Second Chances with Christy Belz

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Second Chances with Christy Belz is a showcase of women’s stories of second chances, life-changing choices and perspectives to support our listeners and their journey. Enjoy our vast array of guests who stand for the empowerment of women. We are an upbeat and casual format, interacting with our listeners and guests. NEW You is a safe place for exploration and possibilities.   Learn more about Christy Belz: Website: https://christybelz.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/ Join Christy Belz for a 8-week UPROOT course, designed to help you powerfully partake in your life, finding greater purpose and fulfillment in relationships, work and leadership. Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/ 

  1. 4d ago

    Jennifer Mooney on Heart, Mind, and Medicine

    Christy Belz sits down with Jennifer Mooney, founder of Heart Minded Medicine and integrative nurse practitioner based in Denver, Colorado — healer, entrepreneur, and lifelong student of what it truly means to heal. Jennifer grew up in a medical family in Longmont, lost her mother at 18, and found her way to medicine through classics, hospice volunteering, and a deep conviction that the body and heart can't be treated separately. She spent decades in women's health and family practice before launching Heart Minded Medicine mid-pandemic — one small office, a handful of loyal patients, and no real plan. Her son Julian, who lives with schizophrenia, has been one of her most profound teachers along the way. This is a conversation about loss, motherhood, women's health, and what it looks like to build something meaningful out of the unexpected. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts! Key Takeaways  Losing her mother at 18 sent her to Vermont — and into classics: "Know thyself" and Aristotle shaped how she thinks about healing more than any clinical training did. Raising a son with schizophrenia taught her things no textbook covers: Julian's journey — homelessness, hospitalizations, genetic testing for dopamine receptors — changed how she understands love, advocacy, and releasing expectations. The Women's Health Initiative didn't just pause hormone research — it scared an entire generation of providers: Jennifer breaks down what actually happened, what the data says now, and why women are still being turned away from hormones today. Perimenopause isn't just a symptom list — it's a full identity reckoning: The physical changes and the emotional ones arrive together, and Jennifer explains why that's actually an opportunity. Heart Minded Medicine launched mid-pandemic because a physician backed out and nobody was hiring: She rented a small office, saw the patients who followed her, and built from there. Connect with Jennifer Mooney:  Website: https://www.amandaforcolorado.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartmindedmedicine/  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/  The Brick & The Sponge: https://a.co/d/0acCxcX5  The Brick & The Sponge: https://amzn.eu/d/06LX8RlE

    Jennifer Mooney on Heart, Mind, and Medicine

  2. Oct 8

    Katie Trexler on Identity, Loss, and the Courage to Write It Down

    Perfectly Imperfect: Katie Trexler on Identity, Loss, and the Courage to Write It Down Christy Belz sits down with Katie Trexler — Emmy Award-winning journalist and author — for a story about identity, reinvention, and the courage to rebuild. A longtime television anchor turned communication strategist, Katie shares how walking away from the career she loved unraveled, and why she's convinced women deserve more grace than the perfection they hold themselves to. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts! Key Takeaways  Losing Herself to Find Her Family: Walking out of the newsroom after years as a Denver 7 morning anchor cost Katie more than a paycheck — she lost her identity.The Deep Dive: A years-long practice of daily journaling, meditation, and “heart math” work, and later expanded into painting — became the spiritual reset that eventually fed her memoir.The Break Open Moment: After 20 years of marriage, Katie discovered her husband's affair — and credits the self-love she'd built during her deep dive with helping her recognize she deserved more.Self-Compassion Over Perfectionism: Katie's message, echoed throughout the conversation: women are doing more than they give themselves credit for, and grace matters more than getting it all right.A Book for Her Daughter: What Do I Tell My Daughter? distills each chapter into a lesson for Katie's daughter, Kylie — and a reminder to extend ourselves the same grace we'd offer anyone else.Connect with Katie Trexler:  Website: https://www.katietrexler.com/  Substack: https://katietrexlerwrites.substack.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katietrexlermclean/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katie.trexler.mclean/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-trexler-mclean  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/  Book: https://christybelz.com/influencer/  The Brick & The Sponge: https://a.co/d/0acCxcX5  The Brick & The Sponge- Friendships, Feelings, and Finding Your Voice: https://a.co/d/0amPIULN

    Katie Trexler on Identity, Loss, and the Courage to Write It Down

  3. Oct 1

    Little Things, Big Impact: Leanna Clark and Meg Nichols on Confidence and Girl-Led Change

    Christy Belz sits down with Leanna Clark — former CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado — and Meg Nichols — Denver School of the Arts vocal student and patient ambassador at Children's Hospital Colorado — for a story about confidence, mentorship, and second chances. After nearly seven years of Leanna leading the organization, Meg turns the tables and interviews her, and together they trace how a single patch, years of showing up, and a girl-led movement reshaped them both. Connect with Girl Scouts of Colorado:  Website: https://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/  Book: https://christybelz.com/influencer/  The Brick & The Sponge: https://a.co/d/0acCxcX5  The Brick & The Spong- Friendships, Feelings, and Finding Your Voice: https://a.co/d/0amPIULN

    Little Things, Big Impact: Leanna Clark and Meg Nichols on Confidence and Girl-Led Change

  4. Sep 24

    Reclamation Point: Dr. Traci Arends on Faith, Divorce, and Coming Fully Alive

    Christy Belz welcomes Dr. Traci Arends, founder of She Fully Alive — Air Force veteran, educator, wellness coach, and spiritual director. Traci grew up in Montana, the granddaughter of homesteaders and daughter of a single mom, with a WWII father she never really knew but always wanted to make proud. That longing took her to the Air Force, where she discovered she was more of a leader than she ever gave herself credit for. She then had to make one of the hardest calls of her life when a remote deployment meant leaving her newborn daughter behind. She chose her daughter. She went back to school, built a career in education, got married — and twenty years later, watched that marriage end and her faith community quietly disappear at the same time. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts! Key Takeaways  What You Don’t Repair, You Repeat: Patterns don’t go away on their own. Traci’s work is built around helping women find the awareness to actually break them.Transformation Starts With a Breaking Point: Her research on transformational learning shows that disorienting moments — divorce, loss, major transitions — are often the entry point, not just something to survive.Whole-Person Health Isn’t a Trend: Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual — Traci’s framework treats these as inseparable. Neglecting one affects all the others.Connect with Dr. Traci Arends:  Website: https://www.shefullyalive.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traciarends Email: traci@shefullyalive.com Email: info@shefullyalive.com  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/

    Reclamation Point: Dr. Traci Arends on Faith, Divorce, and Coming Fully Alive

  5. Sep 10

    The Open Window: Dafna Michaelson Jenet on Faith and Reinvention

    Christy Belz sits down with Dafna Michaelson Jenet — author, TEDx founder, former Colorado state senator, and 2026 Girl Scouts of Colorado Woman of Distinction — for a story about courage, faith, and second chances. A legislator turned advocate, Dafna shares how a decade of open windows led her from the statehouse to confronting antisemitism full-time, and why she keeps choosing to jump through them. Key Takeaways  A Grocery Store Conversation: After a lottery ticket didn't win, a conversation with her boyfriend about what she'd do with the money led Dafna to commit to 50 states in 52 weeks, meeting 500+ community changemakers. The First TEDx Women License in Colorado: TED New York agreed to Dafna's women-only event, but only if men were included — she held one with eight women and two men, and got the license a month later. Deciding to Run: Dafna didn't set out to run for the state legislature — a city councilman's ask nudged her toward city council, and a different ask, from a Democrat who'd lost her seat, redirected her to the House instead.A Family Crisis Becomes Policy: After her son's mental health crisis at age nine exposed gaps in care for kids with unmet needs, Dafna advocated for free youth mental health care for any Colorado student.Leaving the Legislature: After a decade in office and antisemitism she experienced directly, Dafna left this year to lead the David Merage Foundation for Confronting Antisemitism. Connect with Dafna Michaelson Jenet:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafnamichaelson  Website: https://journeyinstitute.org  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DafnaMichaelson/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dafnam  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/  Book: https://christybelz.com/influencer/  The Brick & The Sponge: https://a.co/d/0acCxcX5  The Brick & The Spong- Friendships, Feelings, and Finding Your Voice: https://a.co/d/0amPIULN

    The Open Window: Dafna Michaelson Jenet on Faith and Reinvention

  6. Sep 3

    Health Care Is a Right: Annie Lee on Medicaid, Equity, and Staying in the Room

    Christy Belz welcomes Annie H. Lee, JD — president and CEO of Colorado Access, the state’s largest Medicaid health plan, and the first woman and first person of color to lead the organization. A first-generation Korean-American and daughter of immigrants, Annie’s path from watching her family navigate a health care system not built for them to running one of Colorado’s most consequential health organizations is equal parts personal and profound. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts! Key Takeaways  Your origin story shapes your purpose: Annie didn’t find health equity through a policy paper — she found it at the grocery store watching her mother struggle to be understood, then imagining that same mother trying to communicate her symptoms to a doctor. That fear became her career.Health care requires a sacred exchange: When language, culture, or bias interrupts the moment between patient and provider, the damage runs deep. Annie watched it happen with her grandmother in Houston first — and spent the rest of her life making sure it happened less.Know who Medicaid actually serves: Most enrollees work. The rest are caregivers, people with disabilities, kids in poverty, and people in transition. Once you know who’s actually in the program, the word “deserve” gets a lot harder to throw around.Coalitions are the only path forward: Annie and Donna Lynne aren’t talking big picture in the abstract — they’re working through enrollment funding, briefing the next governor, and building the cross-org advocacy the moment demands. No single organization absorbs what’s coming alone.Connect with Annie H. Lee, JD:  Website: https://www.coaccess.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-l-70a9a938  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/

    Health Care Is a Right: Annie Lee on Medicaid, Equity, and Staying in the Room

  7. Jul 30

    Seeing Takes Time: Nancy Sharp on Grief, Healing, and the Stories That Set Us Free

    Christy Belz welcomes Nancy Sharp — award-winning author, TEDx speaker, story coach, and resilience expert — for a conversation that begins with one of life’s most unimaginable collisions: the day Nancy gave birth to premature twins and learned her husband’s cancer had returned. What followed were years of caregiving, grief, and ultimately the courage to begin again — moving across the country, opening her heart to love, and building a life centered on purpose and storytelling. This is a warm, honest, and deeply moving conversation about living in the gray space, choosing hope, and reclaiming your story as a path to healing. Key Takeaways  The Day Everything Changed: On the same day Nancy gave birth to premature twins, her husband Brett got the call — his cancer was back everywhere. She knew in that moment he was going to die, and the years that followed would reshape everything.Living in the Gray Space: Releasing the pressure to have life be black or white gave Nancy permission to take chances again — and it became the philosophy she now teaches others navigating their own hard seasons.Putting Yourself in the Path of Opportunity: Every second act in Nancy’s life — love, career, platform — traces back to one deliberate choice to show up and stay open, even when the outcome was uncertain.Write Like a Mother******: Cheryl Strayed’s advice changed how Nancy thinks about creative practice — you don’t have to write every day, but when you do, make it count.You’re Never Truly Stuck: No matter the circumstances, there are always options and always a next step — and true resilience isn’t bouncing back, it’s reframing your experience so you can grow, move forward, and choose hope.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Connect with Nancy Sharp:  Website: https://www.writeyourlifeletter.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancysharp  Book/s: https://www.writeyourlifeletter.com/books  Email: nsharp@nancysharp.net  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancystorymuse/  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/

    Seeing Takes Time: Nancy Sharp on Grief, Healing, and the Stories That Set Us Free

  8. Jul 23

    Nelisha Firestone: a story about crisis, presence, and the unfinished business of women and wealth.

    Christy Belz sits down with Nelisha Firestone — founder and CEO of Firestone Financial Group — for a story about crisis, presence, and the unfinished business of women and wealth. A financial strategist who's spent two decades helping business owners plan their futures, Nelisha shares how a sudden brain bleed on a Colorado mountainside reordered her priorities, and why she's convinced women are sitting on more financial power than they realize. Key Takeaways  The Roots of the Work: Her father's rocky business exit and her grandmother's sudden widowhood at 49 shaped Nelisha's path into financial planning. The Day Everything Changed: A pre-season ski day in Breckenridge turned into a sudden subarachnoid hemorrhage and an eight-day hospital stay — landing her in the lucky third who recover fully. What Survival Reframed: Coming that close to not making it back to her daughters left Nelisha more present and acutely aware that any day can shift on a dime. Women and the Wealth Gap: With women projected to control 40-45% of retail assets by 2030, Nelisha says the real barrier is discomfort talking about money, not access to it. The 80% Problem: Most business owners exit with no plan, per Exit Planning Institute research — Nelisha guides clients through valuation and balance sheet strategy years ahead of any sale. Define the Next Chapter First: Owners who exit without a clear picture of what's next, Nelisha's seen, often end up walking back into the business they left. Connect with Nelisha Firestone:  Website: https://www.firestonefingroup.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelisha-firestone  Connect with Christy Belz:  Website: https://christybelz.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/  UPROOT Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/  Book: https://christybelz.com/influencer/  The Brick & The Sponge: https://a.co/d/0acCxcX5

    Nelisha Firestone: a story about crisis, presence, and the unfinished business of women and wealth.
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Second Chances with Christy Belz is a showcase of women’s stories of second chances, life-changing choices and perspectives to support our listeners and their journey. Enjoy our vast array of guests who stand for the empowerment of women. We are an upbeat and casual format, interacting with our listeners and guests. NEW You is a safe place for exploration and possibilities.   Learn more about Christy Belz: Website: https://christybelz.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christybelz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christybelzcoach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristyBelzCoach/ Join Christy Belz for a 8-week UPROOT course, designed to help you powerfully partake in your life, finding greater purpose and fulfillment in relationships, work and leadership. Course: https://christybelz.com/uproot/ 

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