A Fresh Story

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A Fresh Story Podcast is a top 2% personal journals podcast, hosted by sisters Olivia Dreizen Howell and Jenny Dreizen, that delves into courageous life choices, creative concepts, and fresh start stories through candid conversations. The podcast explores cultural subjects often overlooked, offering listeners a fresh perspective on various life experiences. Join the sisters and guests on a journey discussing bravery, significant decisions, and fresh starts, navigating the complexities of the human experience.

  1. Wake Up Fresh With Olivia Howell: Feeling Safe Is a Valid Goal

    JAN 21

    Wake Up Fresh With Olivia Howell: Feeling Safe Is a Valid Goal

    In this episode of Wake Up Fresh, Olivia Howell reframes emotional safety as a meaningful and worthy goal. Rather than equating growth with constant discomfort, this daily morning reflection encourages listeners to honor their need for steadiness, calm, and nervous system support. As part of a daily ritual focused on emotional wellness and self-trust, this episode supports anyone feeling pressure to push beyond their capacity. Olivia invites listeners to see safety as the foundation for sustainable growth, creativity, and clarity — not something to apologize for. Wake Up Fresh with Olivia & Jenny is a daily motivational podcast designed to help listeners begin their mornings with compassion, calm, and emotional grounding. New episodes release daily throughout January, alternating between Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen.

    4 min
  2. Wake Up Fresh With Jenny Dreizen: A Quiet No Still Counts

    JAN 20

    Wake Up Fresh With Jenny Dreizen: A Quiet No Still Counts

    In this episode of Wake Up Fresh, Jenny explores the idea that boundaries don’t always arrive loudly or dramatically. As part of a daily morning ritual, this reflection encourages listeners to trust subtle signals of hesitation and honor quiet no’s before they turn into burnout or resentment. Designed for anyone learning to trust themselves more deeply, this episode supports emotional awareness, intuitive decision-making, and sustainable boundaries. Jenny reframes internal resistance as useful information rather than something to override. Wake Up Fresh with Olivia & Jenny is a daily motivational podcast focused on emotional wellness, boundaries, and beginning each morning with clarity and self-trust. New episodes release daily throughout January, alternating between Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen.

    3 min
  3. Wake Up Fresh With Olivia Howell: Slow Is Still Forward

    JAN 19

    Wake Up Fresh With Olivia Howell: Slow Is Still Forward

    In this episode of Wake Up Fresh, Olivia Howell offers reassurance for anyone who feels pressure to move faster or accomplish more. This daily morning reflection reframes slowness as a valid and often necessary form of progress, supporting a more sustainable approach to personal growth. As part of a daily ritual focused on emotional wellness and self-trust, this episode encourages listeners to release urgency and choose a pace that supports their nervous system and overall well-being. Olivia reminds listeners that moving slowly does not mean standing still — it means moving forward with intention. Wake Up Fresh with Olivia & Jenny is a daily motivational podcast designed to help listeners begin their mornings with calm, clarity, and compassion. New episodes release daily throughout January, alternating between Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen.

    4 min
  4. Wake Up Fresh With Jenny Dreizen: It’s Okay If People Need Time to Adjust

    JAN 18

    Wake Up Fresh With Jenny Dreizen: It’s Okay If People Need Time to Adjust

    In this episode of Wake Up Fresh, Jenny explores the emotional reality of change within relationships. As part of a daily morning ritual, this reflection reassures listeners that growth can require adjustment — both internally and externally. Designed for anyone navigating new boundaries or personal growth, this episode supports emotional steadiness by reminding listeners that others may need time to adapt. Jenny reframes discomfort as part of recalibration rather than a sign that change is wrong. Wake Up Fresh with Olivia & Jenny is a daily motivational podcast focused on emotional wellness, boundaries, and beginning each morning with clarity and self-trust. New episodes release daily throughout January, alternating between Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen.

    3 min
  5. Wake Up Fresh With Jenny Dreizen: You Don’t Have to Hold Everything Together

    JAN 17

    Wake Up Fresh With Jenny Dreizen: You Don’t Have to Hold Everything Together

    In this episode of Wake Up Fresh, Jenny explores the habit of emotional over-functioning and the pressure to hold everything together. As part of a daily morning ritual, this reflection encourages listeners to release responsibility that doesn’t belong solely to them. Designed for anyone who feels like the organizer, fixer, or emotional anchor in their relationships, this episode supports healthier boundaries and shared responsibility. Jenny offers reassurance that letting go can create space for balance, rest, and more authentic connection. Wake Up Fresh with Olivia & Jenny is a daily motivational podcast focused on emotional wellness, boundaries, and beginning each morning with clarity and self-trust. New episodes release daily throughout January, alternating between Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen.

    4 min
  6. Wake Up Fresh With Olivia Howell: Your Nervous System Is Trying to Help You

    JAN 16

    Wake Up Fresh With Olivia Howell: Your Nervous System Is Trying to Help You

    In this episode of Wake Up Fresh, Olivia Howell reframes the nervous system as a source of support rather than something to control or fix. As part of a daily morning ritual, this reflection encourages listeners to approach their bodies with curiosity and compassion, especially during moments of stress, anxiety, or emotional fatigue. This episode supports emotional wellness, nervous system awareness, and self-trust by helping listeners understand that physical responses are signals — not failures. Olivia invites listeners to listen to their bodies, prioritize safety, and build regulation through gentleness rather than force. Wake Up Fresh with Olivia & Jenny is a daily motivational podcast designed to help listeners start their mornings with calm, clarity, and emotional steadiness. New episodes release daily throughout January, alternating between Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen.

    4 min

  7. JAN 16

    Fresh Friday with Olivia and Jenny: When ‘Spirituality’ Becomes Manipulation – The Dream Story That Wasn’t a Dream

    Some Fridays feel like a finish line. And some Fridays feel like the moment you realize you’ve been running the whole time—quietly, bravely, on fumes and faith—while the world keeps asking you to prove it counts. In this cozy, funny, unexpectedly tender weekly wrap-up, sisters Olivia Howell and Jenny Dreizen start with the kind of behind-the-scenes chaos that is modern life and somehow end up in the deep end of what it really means to rebuild yourself. Because the conversation turns, as it always does, toward the stories we’ve been told—and the ones people use to control us. Olivia opens up about the unnerving experience of “dream logic” being used as manipulation: how someone can cloak pressure in spirituality, how narrative-weaving becomes a weapon, and how hard it is to name what happened when it didn’t look like the usual kind of harm. Jenny calls it what it is: a form of spiritual abuse. And in that naming, there’s a small, steady permission slip: if your inner world was used against you, you’re not “dramatic.” You’re awake. From there, it’s the grounding stuff—the holy stuff, honestly: making an office feel like yours again, building tiny miniatures because your nervous system needs something gentle to hold onto, swimming because you remember your body is allowed to belong to you. Olivia shares a moment that will hit every working mom (and every entrepreneur) right in the chest: her kids asking when she’ll get a “real job,” as if building a company, holding dozens of divorce support consults, and keeping an entire community of people afloat is somehow… imaginary. The takeaway lands like a hand on your back: rebuilding isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s wallpaper and a calendar and a deep breath between calls—proof that your life is still yours, and you’re still becoming.

    33 min
  8. Simple Tips to Support Yourself: How do I tell my kids we're getting divorced?

    JAN 16

    Simple Tips to Support Yourself: How do I tell my kids we're getting divorced?

    In this Simple Tips to Support Yourself episode of A Fresh Story, host Olivia Howell is joined by therapist and author Oona Metz to offer clear, practical guidance on one of the most difficult parts of divorce: talking to your kids when your co-parent refuses, avoids the conversation, or isn’t emotionally available. With nearly 30 years of clinical experience and more than 15 years leading divorce support groups for women, Oona brings calm, child-centered expertise to a moment that often feels overwhelming for parents. Oona breaks down actionable co-parenting strategies for navigating this conversation solo, including how to explain divorce in age-appropriate language, how much information is enough, and how to answer hard questions without blaming or oversharing. She explains why children don’t need perfect wording—they need emotional consistency, honesty, and reassurance—and how one regulated parent can create stability even in high-conflict or uncooperative co-parenting situations. These divorce recovery tips are especially helpful for single parents carrying the emotional labor of the transition. The episode also draws from Oona’s book, Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women, which focuses on the emotional realities of divorce rather than legal logistics. Listeners will leave with increased emotional resilience, practical scripts, and a key mindset shift: you don’t need agreement from your ex to protect your children’s emotional wellbeing. Presence, clarity, and care are enough.

    6 min
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A Fresh Story Podcast is a top 2% personal journals podcast, hosted by sisters Olivia Dreizen Howell and Jenny Dreizen, that delves into courageous life choices, creative concepts, and fresh start stories through candid conversations. The podcast explores cultural subjects often overlooked, offering listeners a fresh perspective on various life experiences. Join the sisters and guests on a journey discussing bravery, significant decisions, and fresh starts, navigating the complexities of the human experience.

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  • Channel
    Fresh Starts
  • Creator
    Fresh Starts
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    268
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Fresh Starts Registry
  • Show Website
    A Fresh Story

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