Who We Become - Life Beyond Change

Amanda Lentz
  • 5.0 (6)
  • Self-Improvement
  • Updated Weekly

Who We Become, Life Beyond Change is a podcast hosted by Amanda, exploring the space after life-altering moments — illness, loss, caregiving, and unexpected change. Through honest conversations about identity, resilience, and becoming, this show holds space for the quiet, often unspoken aftermath, when life moves forward but you’re still figuring out who you are now. If you’re navigating life beyond change, this space is for you. Visit www.amandalentz.com to learn more

  1. Becoming Through Grief: Finding Faith, Voice, and Healing After Loss

    3h ago

    Becoming Through Grief: Finding Faith, Voice, and Healing After Loss

    Together, they talk about navigating pregnancy loss and the sudden passing of a sibling, how grief can feel isolating and disorienting, and what it looks like to slowly rebuild a life that no longer feels the same. Natasha shares how her faith, writing, and willingness to face her pain head-on became anchors in her healing.

    31 min
  2. Still Becoming

    5d ago

    Still Becoming

    At nine years old, Tiffany Yu lost her father and acquired a permanent disability in the same car accident. She has spent the decades since building one of the world's most prominent disability advocacy communities — and figuring out, layer by layer, who she actually is beyond everything that happened to her.

    42 min
  3. Love After the Before and After

    Jun 1

    Love After the Before and After

    In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Abby Maslin to explore caregiving, grief, rebuilding, identity, marriage, and resilience after trauma.

    35 min

  4. May 29

    Who We Become - Season One Finale

    You Don't Finish Becoming. You Just Keep Doing It. A solo reflection on Season 1 — what it held, what it taught, and what it means to have built the space Amanda needed and couldn't find anywhere else.

    18 min
  5. The Diagnosis Comes With Rights You Didn't Know You Had

    May 29

    The Diagnosis Comes With Rights You Didn't Know You Had

    When a cancer diagnosis arrives, it doesn't just change your health — it changes your work, your insurance, your income, your sense of stability. Monica Bryant has spent fifteen years making sure people know they have rights in all of those areas. This conversation is about what she built, what it cost her, and why she keeps going.

    31 min
  6. Three Generations of Caregiving

    May 25

    Three Generations of Caregiving

    In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with her mom, Aileen Smalling, to explore caregiving across generations, identity, faith, resilience, and what it means when the strong one becomes the one who needs care. Together, they talk about watching a mother fight cancer at six years old, stepping into the role of caregiver decades later for her own daughter during the pandemic, and then facing a diagnosis herself. They explore the quiet emotional labor of caregiving, the difficulty of receiving help, and how strength evolves when life asks you to surrender instead of push through. This conversation is for anyone who has been the steady one for a long time — the caregiver, the organizer, the strong one — and is learning how to allow others to show up for them too.

    35 min
  7. When “Healthy” Doesn’t Protect You: Samantha Harris on Breast Cancer, Self-Advocacy, and Reclaiming Your Power

    May 18

    When “Healthy” Doesn’t Protect You: Samantha Harris on Breast Cancer, Self-Advocacy, and Reclaiming Your Power

    In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda Lentz sits down with Samantha Harris to explore identity, survivorship, self-advocacy, and rebuilding after a life-changing breast cancer diagnosis. Together, they talk about the emotional shock of being diagnosed despite multiple “clear” screenings, the overwhelming process of navigating treatment decisions as a young mother, and the deeper healing journey that followed. Samantha shares how cancer transformed not only her health, but her understanding of wellness, advocacy, and what it means to truly care for yourself from the inside out. This conversation is for anyone navigating uncertainty, advocating for answers, healing after illness, or learning how to trust themselves again after life changes unexpectedly.

    34 min
  8. After Survival: Who You Become When Life Doesn’t Go Back to Normal

    May 11

    After Survival: Who You Become When Life Doesn’t Go Back to Normal

    Together, Amanda Lentz and Casey Kang talk about the shock of an unexpected leukemia diagnosis, the physical and emotional toll of treatment and relapse, and how survivorship can feel just as isolating as the illness itself. Casey shares what it really looks like to move beyond survival—and how she transformed her pain into purpose through her work with The Happier Hustle. This conversation is for anyone who is rebuilding after a life-altering experience, feeling lost after “getting through it,” or searching for a way to feel like themselves again.

    31 min
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Who We Become, Life Beyond Change is a podcast hosted by Amanda, exploring the space after life-altering moments — illness, loss, caregiving, and unexpected change. Through honest conversations about identity, resilience, and becoming, this show holds space for the quiet, often unspoken aftermath, when life moves forward but you’re still figuring out who you are now. If you’re navigating life beyond change, this space is for you. Visit www.amandalentz.com to learn more

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