Sol Rising

Amanda McKoy Flanagan
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Sol Rising: All In on Love, Loss, and Connection is a bi-weekly podcast where you will hear candid, honest, vulnerable conversations sure to pull at your heart strings and enlighten your soul! Conversations revolve around our basic, fundamental, human instinct for connection. Amanda and her guests explore how emotions—pain, fear, loss, and grief, as well as joy, excitement, happiness, and love—work to either create connection or to hinder it, personally in relationships and collectively out in the world. It's time to let your soul rise!

  1. S4E16 Sky's the Limit with Dr. Robb Kelly

    12/19/2025

    S4E16 Sky's the Limit with Dr. Robb Kelly

    Are you sober? Or trying to get sober but keep relapsing? Have you considered the amazing life you can have once you experience a spiritual awakening and finally know your value, worth, and true place in the world.  Alcoholics and addicts are hardworking, industrious, and resourceful people—born leaders. Join Amanda and her guest Dr. Robb Kelly,  a well-established author, recovery expert and CEO of the Robb Kelly Recovery Group, an addiction and mental illness recovery coaching company created based on extensive neuroscience research and behavioral studies conducted over the past 20 years, for an inspiring take on the potential of the addict and alcohol once they kick the habit.  These two impassioned leaders also explore: 🔥The positive effect of one alcoholic talking to another, specifically in a professional setting 🔥The 3 parts of the brain that play massive roles in addiction 🔥The age-old debate of addicts and alcoholics being "recovered" or always "recovering" 🔥How understanding neuroscience in addiction is a crucial part of the formula for sobriety 🔥Ways in which men can feel safe to share about their addiction and/or depression 🔥The negative connotation associated with emotional expression when it is perceived as a feminine trait   🔥How to stop comparing yourself to others and letting go of the need to measure up Dr. Robb Kelly, PhD is a sought-after recovery expert who believes in treating the causes of addiction and not the symptoms. He has appeared on such shows as The Doctors, Eye Opener, Good Morning Texas, and Kens5 morning news. A frequent contributor to radio and print interviews including The Jim Bohannon show, Miracles in Recovery, USA Today, and participated in McLean Hospital's (Harvard Medical School) study on the stigma associated with mental illness. Dr. Kelly hosted Sober Celebs show on KLIF radio in Dallas and currently hosts the Breaking Through Addiction podcast featuring special guest discussing a variety of mental health issues.   Dr. Kelly created Let's Get Back to 98% Recovery DVDs used in prisons and recovery treatment centers throughout the US. He has lectured on addiction and trauma at high-profile universities, national conferences, treatment facilities, public schools, churches, business organizations and hospitals. Dr. Kelly is currently the CEO of the Robb Kelly Recovery Group, an addiction and mental illness recovery coaching company he created based on extensive research and behavior studies that he conducted over the past 20 years. He shares his personal highs and lows as he struggled and overcame crippling alcoholism in the November 2019 release of the book "Daddy, Daddy Please Stop Drinking." Follow Dr. Kelly on Instagram Check out his website or visit his Linktree to connect and learn about Dr. Kelly's unique, breakthrough approach to curing addiction and arresting alcoholism.  *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    37 min
  2. S4E15 The Courage to Grieve with Brendan Shaw

    12/05/2025

    S4E15 The Courage to Grieve with Brendan Shaw

    Grief is a beast...with a mind of its own. How do you manage the wild ride of grief, trauma, and unresolved pain? Do you? Or do you put it up on a shelf, planning to get to it someday but really hope it goes away entirely? Or have you found the courage to look it in the eye and deal with it? Since the 2022 murder of his brother, Philip, Brendan Shaw has been courageously facing his pan through storytelling, social media, and community work to process his own grief and help others feel less alone in theirs. He joins Amanda for an engaging and vulnerable conversation about the invisible and long-term effects of grief, offering tools to meet your grief in a helpful and healthy way, with a focus on encouraging men to summon the courage to grieve.  These two survivors of sibling loss offer insight into: 🔥How to observe your grief with a birds eye view or like a 3rd party to reduce overwhelm 🔥Tools to bring yourself back from ruminating about the moment of your loved ones death to avoid additional trauma 🔥The lifelong, often invisible effects of grief that many don't talk about 🔥Why it's difficult for men to address their emotions (grief and others) and the impact it has on middle-aged male suicide rates 🔥The magic of grief to guide you to a deeper purpose  🔥Where do our loved ones go? And how their spirits live inside of us, compelling us to do the work we both do 🔥Accepting that your grief will always be there and that this is your new normal 🔥How reframing what you are feeling helps to put your grief in perspective, thereby lessening the fear and overwhelm of processing it   The book "Many Lives, Many Masters" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Many-Lives-Masters.../dp/0671657860 Brendan Shaw is the founder of The Phil With Love Foundation, a nonprofit created in his brother Philip's memory, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for medical scholarships, domestic violence organizations, food banks, animal welfare humane societies, and more. He creates content as "BrendanShawGrief" on social media that speaks to the often invisible, long-term impact of loss. Through honest conversation and a willingness to share what many people shy away from, Brendan attempts to brings comfort, validation, and connection to anyone walking through life with grief. Follow Brendan @brendanshawgrief on TikTok and Instagram Check out his website for more information about Brendan and what's to come, including a free newsletter. *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    45 min
  3. S4E14 Induced After Death Communication with Kelly Daugherty

    11/14/2025

    S4E14 Induced After Death Communication with Kelly Daugherty

    Do you believe that you can communicate with your departed loved ones in spirit? Have you had such an experience or are you curious about it? Join Amanda and her guest, Kelly Daugherty, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Fellow in Thanatology, and Board Certified Coach with more than twenty years of experience supporting individuals and families after the death of a loved one for an in depth look at Induced After Death Communication, the therapeutic process used to bridge connection between the seen and the unseen. Together, the ladies explore: 🔥Kelly's personal story of losing her mother at 14 years old (and dad just recently) and how her pain motivated her to study death, dying, and bereavement, and how she helps grievers navigate loss in a therapeutic setting 🔥How grief therapists, coaches, educators, and other professionals are sometimes expected not to grieve and how Kelly handles that 🔥The reason for the resistance to Induced After Death Communication therapy (and other forms of communicating with the departed) 🔥Kelly's personal journey with IADC and how she released resentment and found peace around her father's death experience. 🔥Kelly's podcast The GRIEF Ladies, based on the anagram GRIEF, trail markers to help you move forward through your grief 🔥Their belief that the stigma around "woo-woo" concepts such as communicating with the departed will diminish in time and become an accepted, mainstream ideology   Kelly owns a private clinical practice in Malta, New York, and is the founder of the Center for Informed Grief and co-creator of the GRIEF Ladies podcast. Kelly develops and leads grief-informed trainings for therapists, schools, and organizations nationwide, and facilitates group experiences and retreats that help individuals find meaning, connection, and growth following loss. Visit Kelly's linktree Kelly's website  And her podcast: The Grief Ladies Podcast  Register for Kelly's free workshop Facing the Harder Days and/or book an appointment with her at https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=16839935 Get Kelly's book, The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience, and Connection. Induced After Death Communication by Alan Botkin.  Another book on IADC by Tom Nehmy *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    38 min
  4. S4E13 Reclaiming Resilience with Blair Kaplan Venables

    10/31/2025

    S4E13 Reclaiming Resilience with Blair Kaplan Venables

    How strong is your resilience muscle? Have you considered that strengthening your resilience now might make future losses slightly less painful?  And how does reframing the meaning of resilience from strong to soft change how you move through grief? Join Amanda and special guest Blair Kaplan Venables, grief and resilience expert and coach, motivational speaker and the Founder of The Global Resilience Project, for a good look at what resilience is, how to cultivate it, and its place in your grieving process.  The ladies also talk about:  🔥Blair's story of compounded loss and her incredible resilience that drives her passion as the founder of The Global Resilience Project and the Resilient AF book series. 🔥How building your resilience muscle results in a calmer nervous system while in the throes of trauma and loss.   🔥Blair's miscarriage and the hopeful meaning she assigns to it that supports her mission.  🔥Blair's original neuroscientific-proven "Navigating Grief Framework: G-R-I-E-F" for grievers and those who support grievers in a professional setting.   🔥Reclaiming the word resilient as a positive attribute where we bounce forward instead of one which people often associate with pity and struggle.   🔥Blair's experience with Spirit and dream visitations from her mother. Blair's expertise has been featured on media platforms like Psychology Today, Forbes, TEDx, CBC Radio, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global. She is named the Top Grief and Resilience Expert of the Year 2024 by IAOTP. USA Today listed Blair as one of the top 10 conscious female leaders to watch, and she empowers others to be resilient from stages around the world. 'MyStory,' which is a television show available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Google Play, showcases Blair's life story. She is the cohost of the RESILIENT A.F. with Blair and Alana podcast and specializes in helping people strengthen their resilience muscle using scientifically proven methods and guides grieving high performers with her Navigating Grief Framework. The Global Resilience Project's award-winning books are international bestsellers. In her free time, you can find Blair writing, in nature, traveling the world and helping people to strengthen their resilience muscles.   Follow Blair on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.   Follow The Global Resilience Project on Linked In, Facebook and Instagram.   Visit Blair's website and The Global Resilience Project website.   Feel free to connect with Blair via email at blair@blairkaplan.ca *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    37 min
  5. S4E12 Illuminate Your Shadow with Subcellular Healing with Jodi Parker

    10/17/2025

    S4E12 Illuminate Your Shadow with Subcellular Healing with Jodi Parker

    Are you brave enough to see what's lurking in your shadow? Is your nervous system calm enough to feel safe to take a peek? Shadow work. If you've been in the personal development space for a bit, then you've probably heard this term, and it's not as scary as it sounds. Looking at and owning your "stuff" honestly and courageously is a powerful pathway to freedom, one which you most certainly deserve to explore. Jodi Parker is a Health & Wellness Consultant, Peak States Trauma Release Specialist, and Medical Freedom Activist who has spent the last 25 years dedicating her life to learning the most effective ways of removing the physical, emotional, and energetic blockages that hinder optimal health, and she drops some serious knowledge in this intriguing and informative episode. Listen as the ladies dive deep into: 🔥What shadow work is, why it's beneficial, and why you need a calm nervous system to look at your shadow 🔥Why we need to treat the cause of our physical and emotional ailments and not the symptom 🔥Subcellular Psychobiology: understanding this powerful tool to heal on a cellular level, where trauma is stored 🔥The three types of traumas: generational, biographical, and body association 🔥The danger of spiritual bypassing 🔥How to break a karmic loop 🔥How to release the vagus nerve with the intention to increase your capacity to hold emotion in order to do this work Jodi Parker combines her education and vast life experience to engage wisdom and knowledge to assist you on your healing journey. In 2004, When her oldest child went into early liver failure as an infant, Jodi became an expert on detoxing and pure living in order to save her son's life. Emboldened by her newfound wholistic knowledge, she began assisting other mothers in their quest to heal children outside of conventional approaches. Jodi also home schools her three children. ​Her passion for health led her to become one of the original founding council members of the Million Mom Movement from 2016 to 2022. There she empowered caregivers to engage in healthy living and health activism. She has been actively involved in the Medical Freedom Community since 2015. In her quest to become a wellness expert she has studied Peak States Sub-Cellular and Developmental Psychobiology, all aspects of Holistic/Alternative Health modalities, Shamanic & Quantum Energetic Healing, and meditation and breath work. Certified in Black Hat Feng Shui, she is a Certified Darmaja Master and Certified Shaman. In 2024 she began integrating trauma release therapy into her practice, finding that to be the most efficient and effective healing modality yet. She combines all these energetic healing modalities into what she calls "Quantum Vibrational Healing." She strives to constantly learn new and better ways to help people live their "Higher Living Journey." ✨Follow Jodi on Facebook ​ Visit her website to learn more about Jodi and her amazing offerings including one-on-one healing sessions with a free 30-minute discovery call. Sessions are typically focused on relieving trauma, limiting beliefs, or whatever else is in the way of forward momentum. Jodi also carries a number of health products designed to be the best of the best in their respective fields, including organic bath, body, and home, organic superfoods and food-based supplements, and EMF mitigation.  *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    49 min
  6. S4E10 Navigating High Conflict Divorce with Lisa Johnson

    10/03/2025

    S4E10 Navigating High Conflict Divorce with Lisa Johnson

    Have you experienced divorce or currently going through one? And is your spouse making it a living nightmare for you? If so, you are experiencing a "high conflict" divorce, and this form of loss not only carries similar emotions as all other forms of loss but also intensified them. Join Amanda and her guest, Lisa Johnson, high conflict divorce strategist and author of Been There Got Out: Toxic Relationships, High Conflict Divorce, And How To Stay Sane Under Insane Circumstances, for an empowering conversation that serves as a guidepost for those suffering with a narcissistic ex or soon-to-be ex.  Listen to the ladies discuss: 🔥How to manage your relationship with your ex and your children in the midst of a divorce and legal proceedings 🔥Strategies to navigate the legal system with a narcissistic ex 🔥Legal abuse: What it is, the emotions associate with grief that accompany it (anger, injustice, despair), and the toll it takes on a person mentally and emotionally 🔥When one parent pits the children against the other, using coercion to force the children to choose them in an attempt to punish their spouse and how this is a form of emotional abuse 🔥Strategic communication tips: How to craft emails to your ex keeping in mind the "invisible audience" that may read them at some point 🔥The importance of humor and having fun to help you move through difficult life transitions Lisa Johnson is the co-founder of Been There Got Out, high conflict divorce strategist and certified domestic violence advocate, who has successfully represented herself through scores of court appearances. Her case, published in the Connecticut Law Journal, is being used as legal precedent. Lisa's live testimony helped pass Jennifers' Law in Connecticut, the third state in America to expand its legal definition of domestic violence to include "coercive control."  She and her partner, Chris, coach people in high-conflict relationships, divorce, custody battles, and co-parenting hell so they have the chance of the best outcome in family court and beyond. They also offer a weekly Legal Abuse Support Group for those dealing with narcissistic opponents in legal matters. Their book, Been There Got Out: Toxic Relationships, High-Conflict Divorce, and How to Stay Sane Under Insane Circumstances' was released in 2023. Their first course, "How to Communicate with Your Ex Without Destroying Your Case or Losing Your Mind" is out now! Follow Lisa on all platforms @beentheregotout Listen to her podcast here. Buy her book, Been There Got Out: Toxic Relationships, High-Conflict Divorce, and How to Stay Sane Under Insane Circumstances  Access your free Strategic Communication course! Learn more at https://beentheregotout.com/ *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    42 min
  7. S4E10 It's Okay to Be Okay with Erin Blechman

    09/18/2025

    S4E10 It's Okay to Be Okay with Erin Blechman

    In honor of suicide prevention month, Amanda brings you an incredibly courageous guest who lost her son to suicide in 2020. A woman who embodies an extraordinary amount of bravery, taking to stages nationwide with a mission to elevate the conversation around mental illness, grief and loss, and to break the stigma of death by suicide. Erin Blechman is an author, speaker, and Certified Grief Educator, with a striking ability to speak openly and honestly about her experience as a mother with a mentally ill child who ultimately took his own life.  In this unflinchingly candid conversation, the ladies discuss: 🔥The challenge of staying compassionate and understanding while watching someone you love struggle with mental illness 🔥The relief a parent may feel that their child is no longer suffering, and because they themselves are now unburdened by the pain, but feel shameful speaking that out loud 🔥It's okay to feel whatever you're feeling while coping with your child's mental illness as well as grief around their passing 🔥The importance of healing in community; sharing your pain and how you feel with people who "get it" helps to normalize it 🔥The mentality and struggles of a person who dies by suicide 🔥The common feeling of dying with our loved ones, and moving forward as a way to honor them 🔥The "both/and" concept 🔥Turning "What if's?" into "Even if's" About Erin  In addition to Erin's valiant mission to elevate the conversation about mental illness, suicide, loss, and grief, she also aims to increase education, awareness, and compassion for those who suffer as well as help people become comfortable talking about suicide openly in an attempt to end the stigma. She offers grief support to bereaved parents through online groups and community talks that seek to build greater understanding of mental illness, suicide, loss, and grief. Her book, My Unexpected Journey: Reflections After Losing My Son to Suicide, chronicles the eighteen months following the devastating loss of her beloved son, Max after his long battle with mental illness. Erin lives part-time in both Pennsylvania and Florida with her husband, Bill and Max's former dog, Emmylou. Their son, Sam, and his wife, Julia, reside in Pennsylvania. My Unexpected Journey is her first book. Get it here.  Follow Erin on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn and on her website.  *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    52 min
  8. S4E9 Facing Death and the Uncertainty of Life with David Ferrugio

    09/04/2025

    S4E9 Facing Death and the Uncertainty of Life with David Ferrugio

    Why is our society so afraid of death? How does facing the reality of the inevitable help us to live happier right now? And how can embracing change without resistance lessen the anxiety, fear, and stress most of us feel on a daily basis? Join Amanda and her ultra pragmatic guest, David Ferrugio of DEAD Talks Podcast for a down-to-earth conversation about the benefit of facing and dealing with grief, death (others and our own), and trauma, and moving forward in a way that sets you free to trust your intuition and live a better life.  Listen for: 🔥David's story of losing his father in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 when he was just 12 years old and how he processed this trauma as a boy 🔥The unpredictable nature of life—expecting the unexpected removes the fear, allowing you to roll with the punches more easily 🔥Why the risk of happiness feels so scary 🔥How loss automatically creates a new identify for a griever, and how you have the power to redefine the new you 🔥Motivation to get started on something without needing to know what's going to happen, and the freedom you have to change course whenever you feel moved to 🔥Permission to feel it all and trusting you won't feel devastated forever 🔥An incredible "nod" from David's father in a divinely timed experience at the 9/11 memorial About David David Ferrugio is the host of DEAD Talks, a podcast exploring grief, death, and the afterlife through raw, honest conversations with guests ranging from Tony Hawk to Neil deGrasse Tyson. Inspired by losing his father on 9/11 at age 12, David blends humor, heart, and curiosity to normalize talking about life's only guarantee. Keep an eye out for David's book to be published September 2026!! Learn what David's up to here. Visit his website and follow DEAD Talks on Instagram.  *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to solrisingpodcast@gmail.com. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

    57 min
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Sol Rising: All In on Love, Loss, and Connection is a bi-weekly podcast where you will hear candid, honest, vulnerable conversations sure to pull at your heart strings and enlighten your soul! Conversations revolve around our basic, fundamental, human instinct for connection. Amanda and her guests explore how emotions—pain, fear, loss, and grief, as well as joy, excitement, happiness, and love—work to either create connection or to hinder it, personally in relationships and collectively out in the world. It's time to let your soul rise!

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  • Creator
    Amanda McKoy Flanagan
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    64
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    Sol Rising

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