Besties In Your Back Pocket

Amy Dickens and Angela Hutchinson
  • 5.0 (1)
  • Comedy

What happens when a Joymaker and a mental health comedian walk into a podcast? You get the two best friends you didn’t know you needed — always within reach, always keeping it real. Amy brings the sunshine. As a Joymaker and speaker, she’s spent her career helping people find the courage to choose joy in the everyday — and she’s bringing that same energy straight to your earbuds. Angela brings the laughs and the truth. As a mental health comedian, she’s mastered the art of making you cackle about the very things that keep you up at 3am. Healing has never been this funny. Together, Amy and Angela are the besties who fit right in your back pocket — ready to hype you up, crack you up, and remind you that joy and mental health aren’t opposites. They’re basically the same thing with different playlists. Loved our vibe? Stay connected with us! Angela:  https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual/  https://angelahutchinson.com/ Amy:  https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens  https://amydickens.org/ https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/ 

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    4. When You Outgrow People

    What happens when you start becoming more yourself… and suddenly some of your relationships don’t feel like home anymore? In this episode, Amy and I are unpacking what happens when you expand. Not just “I read a self-help book and bought a journal” expanded. We mean the kind where your identity, your relationships, your standards, your environment, and your idea of what a good life looks like all start shifting at once. We’re talking about Joy Camp, the strange and beautiful experience of becoming more alive, and why sometimes people leave your life simply because the version of you they knew isn’t the version standing in front of them anymore. In this episode: What actually happens when you start expanding into a bigger version of your lifeWhy certain friendships and relationships can fall away without anyone being the villainWhy joy can completely change what you tolerate, pursue, and surround yourself withAnd whatever the hell happens when Amy and Angela are left alone with microphonesSometimes you realize you’ve been trying to maintain relationships with people who only knew how to love the version of you who was smaller. Meet Amy: Amy Dickens creates experiences centered around joy, play, connection, and remembering that being a functioning adult does not require becoming profoundly boring. Follow Amy: @theamydickens amydickens.org livejoyfullyyou.com Follow Angela: @howtobespiritual angelahutchinson.com

  2. Aug 11

    3. Creating Meaningful Days with Justin Jones-Fosu

    What if the meaning you're searching for isn't something that shows up — it's something you create? This week, we sat down with Justin Jones-Fosu, co-founder of Work Meaningful, TEDx speaker, and author of Stop Chasing, Start Creating, for a conversation on intentional habits, self-care, and how small daily choices build a life of real purpose. Justin shares the framework behind his national study on meaningful work, the year he spent studying tortoises in the Galapagos, and the personal reckoning that led him to a truth he now lives by: stop proving your worth, start being your worth. We talk about the habits that seem small — creating before you consume, filling your own cup first, measuring the gain instead of the gap — but that quietly reshape how alive you feel day to day. Justin also opens up about his own struggles with mental health, therapy, and the moment that taught him meaning isn't found, it's built. Inside the episode, we explore: Why 67% of people value meaningful work over high payThe Choose, Commit, Cultivate framework for intentional livingHow storytelling and community turn small habits into lasting fulfillmentJustin closes the episode with a live improvised poem on aliveness — a fitting end to a conversation that felt less like advice and more like permission to slow down and mean it. Stay Connected with Justin: The Meaningful67 Challenge, starting August 31 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfT-RemGlLljYtxFi8Z3eVoLylY8-yJ4bAHj73Fvl5EDmJvHg/viewform?usp=header My TEDx Talk https://youtu.be/-iy5vzpJjjs?si=5Z3tyvM6l2gWX6Fn Stop Chasing, Start Creating https://a.co/d/0cJN2Tkm National Study on Meaningful Work in America https://workmeaningful.com/national-study-on-meaningful-work-in-america/ Work Meaningful www.WorkMeaningful.com Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us! Angela: IG: @howtobespiritual Amy: IG: @theamydickens https://amydickens.org/ Join us at Joy Camp! https://joycamp.camp/

  3. Jul 23

    2. Why Making Friends As An Adult Feels Impossible - with The Party Scientist

    Adult friendship feels like a part-time job with no onboarding, no manager, and everyone waiting for someone else to send the first text. This episode is us grabbing you by the shoulders (lovingly) and saying: BE THE SOMEONE. We're getting into why so many adults feel lonely, disconnected, and stuck on the sidelines of their own lives — and exactly how to become the person who creates connection wherever you go, instead of hoping it finds you. In this episode:  - Why your environment is quietly shaping who you're becoming, whether you've clocked it or not - The one skill that's going to matter more than AI (yes, really) - How to stop passively consuming your life and start participating in it - What it actually takes to build friendships that make you feel more alive, not just less alone - The science behind joy, play, and thriving — it's not just vibes, it's biology Meet Jacques: what started as one guy's mission to build a sober, joy-first life somehow turned into a full-blown internet movement— earning Jacques a reputation (and a very real nickname) as **The Sober Rave Guy**. That mission has since helped over 10,000 people learn to embody their inner Joy Maker. No, we're not exaggerating. Yes, you should probably know who he is by the end of this episode. --- Follow Jacques: https://joymakerrebellion.com Follow Amy:   ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens⁠⁠⁠⁠http://amydickens.org/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/⁠⁠  Follow Angela:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual⁠⁠⁠⁠https://angelahutchinson.com/⁠⁠  Join us at Joy Camp! The sober adult summer camp for people who are done waiting for permission to have fun: https://joymaker.prof/products/joycamp-sober-adult-summer-camp

  4. Jul 17

    1. How Do You Create Healthy Relationships After You've Been Hurt? with Relationship Expert Emily Gough

    Have you ever caught yourself becoming a smaller version of yourself just to keep someone around? We've been there. This week, we sat down with relationship coach Emily Gough, featured on Forbes and ThriveGlobal, for a conversation that challenged the way we think about trust, boundaries, intuition, and the subtle ways we lose ourselves while trying to love other people. We talk about the habits that seem harmless—being "easygoing," avoiding conflict, second-guessing your gut—but slowly chip away at your self-trust. And how learning to choose yourself isn't selfish... it's the foundation for every healthy relationship you'll ever have. Emily shares her own journey through heartbreak, betrayal, and rebuilding, along with the lessons she wishes she'd learned sooner. Inside the episode, we explore: How to tell the difference between intuition and fearWhy boundaries actually create deeper connectionThe sneaky ways self-abandonment shows up in everyday lifeWhat it really looks like to build trust with yourselfWhether you're single, dating, married, healing, or simply becoming more yourself, this conversation is full of the kind of reminders we all need. Emily is the host of the Room to Grow podcast and a relationship coach who brings honesty, warmth, and real-life wisdom to every conversation. This one felt like sitting down with a friend who tells you exactly what you need to hear—with a lot of laughs along the way. Stay Connected with Emily:  Website: https://emilygoughcoaching.com/ Room to Grow Podcast: Https://roomtogrowpodcast.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/emilygoughcoach/ Book: You Grow Me https://a.co/d/07tyBY2L Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us!  Angela: https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual https://angelahutchinson.com/  Amy:  https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens http://amydickens.org/ https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/  Join us at Joy Camp! https://joycamp.camp/

  5. Jul 10

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    This isn't an episode — it's a behind-the-scenes peek to our VERY CANDID actual planning of our unfiltered show... We honestly just wanted you there from the very beginning. Besties in Your Back Pocket What happens when a Joymaker and a mental health comedian walk into a podcast? You get the two best friends you didn’t know you needed — always within reach, always keeping it real. Amy brings the sunshine. As a Joymaker and speaker, she’s spent her career helping people find the courage to choose joy in the everyday — and she’s bringing that same energy straight to your earbuds. Angela brings the laughs and the truth. As a mental health comedian, she’s mastered the art of making you cackle about the very things that keep you up at 3am. Healing has never been this funny. Together, Amy and Angela are the besties who fit right in your back pocket — ready to hype you up, crack you up, and remind you that joy and mental health aren’t opposites. They’re basically the same thing with different playlists. Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay connected with us! Angela:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual/⁠  ⁠https://angelahutchinson.com/⁠ Amy:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens⁠  ⁠https://amydickens.org/⁠ ⁠https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/⁠

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What happens when a Joymaker and a mental health comedian walk into a podcast? You get the two best friends you didn’t know you needed — always within reach, always keeping it real. Amy brings the sunshine. As a Joymaker and speaker, she’s spent her career helping people find the courage to choose joy in the everyday — and she’s bringing that same energy straight to your earbuds. Angela brings the laughs and the truth. As a mental health comedian, she’s mastered the art of making you cackle about the very things that keep you up at 3am. Healing has never been this funny. Together, Amy and Angela are the besties who fit right in your back pocket — ready to hype you up, crack you up, and remind you that joy and mental health aren’t opposites. They’re basically the same thing with different playlists. Loved our vibe? Stay connected with us! Angela:  https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual/  https://angelahutchinson.com/ Amy:  https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens  https://amydickens.org/ https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/ 

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  • Creator
    Amy Dickens and Angela Hutchinson
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Besties In Your Back Pocket
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