Healthy AF

The MESH
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Healthy AF is real talk for real women who want to feel good again—inside and out. Hosted by Amy Chang—nurse, mom, health coach, and fellow human with a Master’s in Nursing and advanced training as a Nurse Practitioner—this podcast is where honesty, humor, and heart meet real conversations about what it actually takes to feel healthy and whole. Because getting healthy (and staying that way) isn’t about perfection—it’s about choosing yourself, one loving decision at a time. Each week, Amy helps you quiet the noise, drop the guilt, and reconnect with your healthiest self through stories, insights, and gentle truths that meet you right where you are. You don’t have to do it perfectly. You just have to start choosing you. To connect with Amy visit her website here! 

  1. 4d ago

    Coming Home to Yourself: The Science and Soul of 9D Breathwork

    In part one of this final breathwork conversation, Amy and Michelle go deep — into the body, into the emotions, and into the kind of healing that doesn't have a name until you've experienced it. Michelle shares what happens when breath reaches the places that talk therapy can't, and Amy brings some personal stories that will have you nodding along and maybe reaching for a tissue. There's science here, there's soul here, and there's a quote near the end that might just stop you in your tracks.   Find Michelle Here   Connect with Amy here!   *Click here to learn more about Michelle Gallager and 9D Breathwork   #HealthyAF #HealthyLife #GriefAndHealing #SelfImprovement #PersonalGrowth #GiveYourselfGrace  #MentalWellness #LifeIsUnpredictable

  2. Jul 13

    Breathwork, Heartbreak, and Healing: The Personal Path with Michelle Gallagher

    In part two of this breathwork conversation, Amy and Michelle get personal. Michelle shares how her own seasons of loss and life upheaval led her deeper into breathwork — and how what she found there became something she couldn't keep to herself. Amy opens up about her own journey through divorce and relationship endings, and how lived experience becomes the most powerful thing you can offer someone else. The conversation moves into the world of holotropic and facilitated breathwork — what it looks and feels like in a room full of strangers, what happens when a sleepy muscle wakes back up during a breathwork session, and why breath bypasses the limits of language to reach places talk therapy sometimes can't. Rich, real, and deeply relatable.   More info: Find Michelle Here, General breathwork description, Holotropic Breathing   Connect with Amy here!   *Click here to learn more about Michelle Gallager and 9D Breathwork   #HealthyAF #HealthyLife #GriefAndHealing #SelfImprovement #PersonalGrowth #GiveYourselfGrace  #MentalWellness #LifeIsUnpredictable

  3. Jul 6

    Your Breath Is Talking — Are You Listening? with Michelle Gallagher

    Health coach Amy Chang sits down with her friend and breathwork facilitator Michelle Gallagher for a conversation that will make you look at every inhale and exhale differently. Michelle shares how her background in fitness and personal training led her to discover that the way people breathe — or don't — was showing up in their pain, their performance, and their disconnection from their own bodies. From frozen pelvic floors to athletes who couldn't engage their muscles no matter how hard they trained, Michelle explains why breath is the missing piece most people never think to address. If you've ever pushed through discomfort rather than listened to it, this one is going to hit home.   Find Michelle Here   Connect with Amy here!   *Click here to learn more about Michelle Gallager and 9D Breathwork   #HealthyAF #HealthyLife #GriefAndHealing #SelfImprovement #PersonalGrowth #GiveYourselfGrace  #MentalWellness #LifeIsUnpredictable

  4. Jun 29

    You Can't Outwork Life: On Grief, Growth, and Letting Go of Control

    A bonus fifth Monday in June brings an unexpectedly raw and beautiful episode. Health coach Amy Chang set out to wrap up a month of fun and play, but life had other plans. After the sudden loss of her beloved German Shepherd Ginny, Amy shares a deeply personal reflection on something many high-achieving, growth-oriented people know all too well: the quiet, exhausting belief that if we just prepare enough, learn enough, and do enough, we can protect ourselves from pain. Spoiler — we can't. Amy explores the fine line between healthy growth and using self-improvement as armor against the unpredictability of life, and introduces the upcoming Healthy Life book club reading No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler — a book that speaks directly to this tension. If you've ever over-researched, over-planned, or over-optimized your way through something scary, this one will hit home. Grab a tissue and give yourself some grace.   Connect with Amy here!   *Click here to opt-in for No Cure for Being Human book club!   *Click here to learn more about Michelle Gallager and 9D Breathwork   #HealthyAF #HealthyLife #GriefAndHealing #SelfImprovement #PersonalGrowth #GiveYourselfGrace #NoCureForBeingHuman #KateBowler #MentalWellness #LifeIsUnpredictable

  5. Jun 22

    Walking Into Santiago: On Rest, Release, and Coming Home to Yourself

    This is the one where Amy runs. In a giant blue poncho. Through a forest. In the rain. With absolute unbridled joy. And it is everything. In this final June episode, Amy and Karla wrap up their month on the Camino with the parts that are hardest to put into words — walking into the cathedral at Santiago, receiving communion with zero question of worthiness, laying collected objects down in the square and finally letting go, and then trying to come home and re-enter a life that somehow feels both familiar and completely different. They also get honest about the hardest part nobody warns you about: re-entry. The quiet grief of leaving a vulnerable, intentional, fully-present community and going back to litter boxes and unpaid bills. If you have ever come back from a retreat, a trip, a program, or any deeply transformative experience and thought, how do I keep this — this episode is your answer. And the closing reminder from Karla is one you will want to write down: you don't have to go to the Camino to go on a pilgrimage. You can start right outside your front door.   Ready to wake up? Connect with Karla Woggon, Director of Soul Sauntering, to explore pilgrimages, spiritual direction, and what it means to walk with intention: 📧 soulsauntering@gmail.com📞 828-638-0533   Connect with Amy here!    #WalkingIntoSantiago #CaminoDeSantiago #ComingHomeToYourself #LettingGo #SpiritualPilgrimage #TransformationalTravel #JoyAndRelease #SoulSauntering #ReEntryAfterRetreat #WalkWithIntention

  6. Jun 15

    Storm, Form, Reform: What a Pilgrimage Teaches You About Groups — and Yourself

    Whether it's your family, your team at work, your friend group, or fourteen pilgrims walking the coast of Portugal — every group goes through the same stages: form, norm, storm, reform, and break apart. This week Amy and Karla get specific about what that looked like on the Camino, and more importantly, what it revealed about each of them. Amy discovers she is almost always either at the front or the back of the pack — and never in the middle. Karla learns something powerful about leadership, louder voices, and the cost of avoiding conflict in the moment. And somewhere between a swamp detour, instant Nescafé, and the fastest pilgrim in the group, there is a genuinely useful framework for understanding why groups are hard, why they are worth it, and what you can learn about yourself when you are asked to move at someone else's pace. If you have ever struggled with being part of a group, leading one, or just surviving one — this episode is your people.   To learn more about group pilgrimages and spiritual direction, contact Karla Woggon, Director of Soul Sauntering: 📧 soulsauntering@gmail.com 📞 828-638-0533   Connect with Amy here! #GroupDynamics #PilgrimageLessons #LeadershipLessons #CaminoDeSantiago #SpiritualGrowth #WalkingTogether #SelfDiscovery #SoulSauntering #CommunityAndConnection #PersonalGrowth

  7. Jun 8

    The Miracle of the Two Old Men: What Happens When You Walk With Your Spiritual Lenses On

    Last week Amy admitted she mostly just wanted to escape her life when she signed up for the Camino. This week, she tells you what actually happened when she got there — and it is tender, raw, funny, and genuinely miraculous. From blisters that should have stopped her to a stranger on a cobblestone street who blew her a kiss and changed everything, this episode is about what becomes possible when you slow down enough to notice. Amy and Karla also unpack one of the most profound questions a pilgrimage will ask of you: can you rest? Can you stop pushing through? Can you let yourself be cared for? For the overachievers, the caretakers, and the people who are last on their own list — this one is going to hit close to home. Plus, Karla shares her own experience of tending to others' pain and what she learned about the difference between witnessing suffering and internalizing it. That distinction alone is worth the listen.   Curious about pilgrimages or spiritual direction? Reach out to Karla Woggon, Director of Soul Sauntering: 📧 soulsauntering@gmail.com 📞 828-638-0533   Connect with Amy here! #CaminoJourney #SpiritualLenses #SacredMoments #RestAndHealing #PilgrimageLife #EmotionalHealing #SpiritualAwakening #SoulSauntering #LetYourselfBeCaredFor #MindfulWalking

  8. Jun 1

    All of Life Is a Pilgrimage: A Conversation with Karla Woggon

    June is here and so is a very special guest — Karla Woggon, retired Episcopal priest, spiritual director, and pilgrimage leader. Amy and Karla just returned from walking the Camino de Santiago in Portugal, and this month they are unpacking all of it — the walking, the transformation, the unexpected, and the mess in between. In this first episode, Karla shares what a pilgrimage actually is, why you don't have to be religious to go on one, and how taking or leading dozen pilgrimages across the world — from the John Muir Trail to the Holy Land to the coast of Portugal — changed the way she sees everything. Spoiler: she now sees all of life as a pilgrimage, and after this episode, you might too. Amy also opens up about why she signed up a year before she left, what she was running from, and what she was quietly hoping to find. If you've ever felt like life has been dragging you through something you didn't sign up for, this episode will reframe that in a way that might just change everything.   Want to go on a pilgrimage of your own? Connect with Karla Woggon, Director of Soul Sauntering: 📧 soulsauntering@gmail.com 📞 828-638-0533   Connect with Amy here!    #Pilgrimage #CaminoDeSantiago #SpiritualJourney #SoulSauntering #HealingJourney #FaithAndLife #PersonalTransformation #WalkingWithPurpose #SpiritualDirection #LifeIsAPilgrimage

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Healthy AF is real talk for real women who want to feel good again—inside and out. Hosted by Amy Chang—nurse, mom, health coach, and fellow human with a Master’s in Nursing and advanced training as a Nurse Practitioner—this podcast is where honesty, humor, and heart meet real conversations about what it actually takes to feel healthy and whole. Because getting healthy (and staying that way) isn’t about perfection—it’s about choosing yourself, one loving decision at a time. Each week, Amy helps you quiet the noise, drop the guilt, and reconnect with your healthiest self through stories, insights, and gentle truths that meet you right where you are. You don’t have to do it perfectly. You just have to start choosing you. To connect with Amy visit her website here! 

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  • Creator
    The MESH
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    172
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © The MESH 2021
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    Healthy AF

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