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French Antiques Experience - Chateau de Brives: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/antique-experience-france
Cognac Jewellery School Foundations 2027: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cjs-foundation-2027
Cognac Jewellery School Collections Week 2027: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cognac-jewellery-school-collections-2027
In this episode, Wendy sits down with author and educator Thymai Dong-Sheehan to talk about identity, belonging, and the courage to tell your own story. Born in Vietnam and raised in the United States, Thymai grew up navigating two cultures while never feeling fully claimed by either. Years later, stepping away from her career to care for family left her grieving the loss of her worker identity, but it also gave her the space to pursue two dreams she had been saving for retirement: publishing The Beauties of My So-Called Asian Life and starting her own business. What emerged was an honest examination of the stories told about her, the parts of herself she had learned to minimize, and what it meant to finally decide that her experiences were valid and worth sharing.
They explore:
 How Thymai moved from feeling caught between Vietnamese and American identities to embracing the full complexity of who she is 
 Why releasing the need to prove she belonged required vulnerability, spirituality, community, and self-forgiveness 
 How losing confidence after leaving her career led Thymai back to the inner work behind her larger vision for educational change 
This is a conversation about claiming the right to tell your own story, allowing every part of your identity to belong, and trusting what can emerge when an unexpected pause creates room for something new.
Connect with Thymai:
ThymaiDongSheehan.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tmaidong
Get her book, The Beauties of My So-Called Asian Life: Vulnerability, Equity, Spirituality: amazon.com/Beauties-So-Called-Asian-Life-Vulnerability/dp/B0F7GSKHVN?tag=syty-20
Referenced in this Episode:
A Course in Miracles Links: 
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https://www.amazon.com/Course-Miracles-Combined-Quality/dp/1883360242?tag=syty-20
marianne.com/acim/
Creative in Residence at the Phineas Wright House: app.flodesk.com/form/6995f2e1ae676cb64b2c5b37
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French Antiques Experience - Chateau de Brives: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/antique-experience-france
Cognac Jewellery School Foundations 2027: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cjs-foundation-2027
Cognac Jewellery School Collections Week 2027: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cognac-jewellery-school-collections-2027

Carrie Fabris is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and the founder of CareerFrame, where she works with leaders and teams on the kind of self-awareness that actually changes how people show up at work. She's also a self-described activator — someone wired to move fast, act now, and figure out the rest later. Lately, life's been asking her to do the opposite: pause, observe, and trust that the timing isn't hers to control. In this episode, Carrie and Wendy explore:
Why Carrie has learned to trust a slower pace and pay attention before reacting
What it actually took to leave a stable job with zero clients lined up, simply because staying didn't feel right anymore
The difference between forcing an outcome and taking inspired action, then trusting the timing to work itself out
Carrie's story isn't about having a plan for everything. It's about learning that the how isn't always yours to control, and that the action you take matters more than having it all figured out first.
Connect with Carrie:
CareerFrame.com
Instagram: instagram.com/cdfabris
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cfabris-reframe-coaching-training
All In: A Working Mom's Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life: amazon.com/All-Working-Unapologetic-Quest-Juicy/dp/1945587776/?tag=syty-20
Referenced in this Episode:
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan: amazon.com/dp/B0B61XSW1M?tag=syty-20
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361?tag=syty-20
Saying YES to Living Life by Design with Gina DeVee: buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/15316784
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What if your next chapter could be born in a beautiful city… while you gave yourself permission to dream? Space to Dream Global Workshops: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/space-to-dream-global
Sonya Weisshappel calls herself the Chaos Whisperer, and her business card should probably read more like a dictionary than a title — she helps people move through major life transitions by starting with what's actually around them, whether that's a friend circle that no longer fits or a lifetime of inherited belongings nobody's touched since a loved one died. 
In this episode, Sonya and Wendy explore:
Why it's okay to let go of relationships that used to be a match and no longer are, and how to trust that shift without needing to explain it
The disconnect Sonya sees constantly between what someone says they want and what their actual physical surroundings are set up to support
How organizing a closet, a junk drawer, or a lifetime of inherited belongings is rarely just about the stuff, and why the physical work often opens a side door into grief that talk therapy alone doesn't always reach
Sonya's approach isn't about decluttering, or networking, for their own sake. It's about recognizing that your surroundings — people included — should actually reflect what you want now, not just what you've always had.
Connect with Sonya:
seriatim.net
Confessions of a Chaos Whisperer: My Life as an Organizing Guru, Business Owner, and Mom https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Chaos-Whisperer-Sonya-Weisshappel/dp/B0CTGD5HZD?tag=syty-20
Referenced in this Episode:
The One Question that Shifts Everything | Aransas Savas buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/18652692
The Numerology of Endings and Renewal | Dina Berrin buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/18106144
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Website: Phineas Wright House
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Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
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Martine Cohen didn't set out to rethink her relationship with rest. Instead, a serious car accident and concussion forced the issue, stopping her in her tracks until she had no choice but to listen to her body in a way she'd ignored for years. She's since built her work, including her book No More Layers, around exactly that: understanding why we override our own needs, and how to stop. In this episode, Martine and Wendy explore:
Why perfectionism isn't a personality trait but a safety mechanism the brain built to avoid rejection, and why that mechanism can never actually be satisfied
The small, consistent rituals Martine uses to reset her nervous system daily, and why tiny, repeated habits do more than one big gesture ever could
Why so many women only give themselves permission to ask for help when something has gone wrong, and never when things are going well
Martine's approach isn't about overhauling your whole life overnight. It's about noticing the habits you already have, deciding which ones are actually serving you, and building new ones in their place, one small, repeatable choice at a time.
Don't forget to DM Wendy @wendy.harrop and Martine @martinecohen_ on Instagram to share your new habit!
Connect with Martine:
Get her book, No More Layers: Discover Your Inner Power and Reclaim True Freedom From the Inside Out: amazon.com/dp/1955811792?tag=syty-20
MartineCohen.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/martinecohennml
Instagram: instagram.com/martinecohen_
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Interested in being a guest on the show?
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Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!
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Chelsea Ann was married to a man whose company sold for nearly a billion dollars. Homes across the world, nannies, staff, every material thing money could buy. Then came a prayer at the base of the Dalai Lama's temple, and nine months later she found herself at the Great Pyramid, hearing from a man who told her she'd spend her life teaching women something else entirely: how to return to their own nature. 
In this episode, Chelsea Ann and Wendy explore:
What it actually looked like to walk away from a life of extreme wealth instead of toward one, and why she never expected the prayer to actually be answered
The gap she kept finding in how women are taught, or not taught, to become mothers, and why she wrote her first two books to fill it
How her work as a menopause practitioner and her spiritual teaching intersect, and why she believes "returning to a woman's nature" is an actual practice, not just a metaphor
Chelsea Ann's story isn't a rags-to-riches arc, or even a riches-to-rags one. It's what happens when someone decides the life everyone else is chasing isn't the one she wants, even without a clear picture of what comes next.
Connect with Chelsea Ann:
ChelseaAnnEffect.com
Instagram: instagram.com/chelseaanneffect
Get her book, The Feminine Effect: amazon.com/Feminine-Effect-Discovering-Your-Nature/dp/163698617X?tag=syty-20
Get her book, The Feminine Frequency: amazon.com/Feminine-Frequency-Nature-Awaken-Humanity/dp/163698763X?tag=syty-20
See all her books here: chelseaanneffect.com/shop
Referenced in this Episode:
Ina May Gaskin: penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/9774/ina-may-gaskin/
Conversations with God, Book 4: Awaken the Species, A New and Unexpected Dialogue: amazon.com/dp/1786781328?tag=syty-20
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Connect with Wendy:
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Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
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Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to podcast@phineaswrighthouse.com
Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!
If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.