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Manders Mindset

Manders Mindset

Di: Amanda Russo
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Are you feeling stuck or stagnant in your life? Do you envision yourself living differently but have no idea how to start? The answer might lie in a shift in your mindset.


Hosted by Amanda Russo, The Breathing Goddess, who is a former Family Law Paralegal now a Breathwork Facilitator, Sound Healer, and Transformative Mindset Coach.

Amanda's journey into mindset and empowerment began by working with children in group homes and daycares. She later transitioned to family law, helping people navigate the challenging emotions of divorce. During this time, Amanda also overcame her own weight and health challenges through strength training, meditation, yoga, reiki, and plant medicine.

Amanda interviews guests from diverse backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, and wellness experts, who share their incredible journeys of conquering fears and limiting beliefs to achieve remarkable success.


Hear real people tell how shifting their mindsets and often their words, has dramatically changed their lives.

Amanda also shares her personal journey, detailing how she transformed obstacles into opportunities by adopting a healthier, holistic lifestyle.

Discover practical strategies and inspiring stories that will empower you to break free from limitations and cultivate a mindset geared towards growth and positivity.

Tune in for a fun, friendly, and empowering experience that will help you become the best version of yourself.

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  • The Cards You Were Born to Play | Alexander & Viki | 221

    The Cards You Were Born to Play | Alexander & Viki | 221
    Sep 7 2026
    Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the answers to understanding purpose, relationships, and personal patterns have been hiding in plain sight... in an ordinary deck of playing cards?In this fascinating conversation, Amanda sits down with sacred strategy guides Alexander and Viki to explore the 52-card system they use to help people better understand themselves and what they describe as their “cards to play.” Alexander shares how a lifelong search for deeper meaning took him from religion and seminary to Wall Street, India, meditation, shamanic practices, and eventually an unexpected encounter at a Brooklyn party that completely changed the direction of his life.Viki also opens up about her journey from modeling into energy healing, including how childhood experiences continued influencing patterns in adulthood and why healing became such an important part of her path. Together, Alexander and Viki explore how the cards can offer insight into personality, relationships, challenges, strengths, and purpose, while emphasizing the role of free will in how those energies are expressed. Amanda even receives a reading of her own cards, revealing some surprisingly accurate insights along the way.💡 In this episode, listeners will discover:🃏 How Alexander unexpectedly discovered the 52-card system during one of the most difficult moments of his life✨ Why he believes an ordinary deck of playing cards contains an ancient language and blueprint for understanding life❤️ How Viki uncovered the connection between childhood experiences and patterns that continued showing up in adulthood🌱 How an experience with energy healing helped lead Viki from modeling toward a completely different path💭 Why understanding personal patterns can create greater self-awareness without removing the power of free will🤝 How Alexander and Viki use the cards to better understand relationship dynamics. and the surprising role the cards played when they first met👑 What Amanda’s Queen of Hearts birth card reveals about emotional intelligence, nurturing, self-care, and heartfelt expression🧠 Why the 10 of Clubs points toward curiosity, knowledge, mental activity, boundaries, and the importance of creating stillness🗺️ How birth cards, personality cards, challenge cards, gift cards, and yearly cards create what Alexander and Viki describe as a map for navigating life🌟 Why “playing your cards right” isn’t about predicting the future, but about understanding personal strengths, challenges, and choices more deeply⏰ Timeline Summary:05:00: Alexander and Viki share the childhood experiences, family dynamics, and unexpected paths that helped shape who they are today.15:00: Viki opens up about her modeling career, struggles surrounding body image, and the health experience that led her deeper into energy healing.27:00: Alexander reflects on a spiritual search that took him through religion, seminary, Wall Street, India, meditation, shamanic practices, and numerous systems of self-discovery.38:00: A devastating moment followed by an unexpected encounter at a Brooklyn party introduces Alexander to the Nine of Hearts—and changes the direction of his life.50:00: Alexander and Viki share the synchronistic story of meeting at a Manhattan café and how the cards revealed something surprising about their compatibility.59:00: Amanda receives a personal reading of her Queen of Hearts and 10 of Clubs, uncovering themes of nurturing, emotional expression, curiosity, knowledge, boundaries, and mental stillness.01:09:00: Alexander and Viki reflect on authenticity, self-love, letting go of perfection, emotional expression, legacy, and what it truly means to “play your cards right."To Connect with Amanda:Schedule a 1:1 Virtual Breathwork Session HERE📸 Instagram: @thebreathinggoddessFollow & Support the Podcast:📱Instagram: @MandersMindset👥 Join the Manders Mindset Facebook Community HERE!To Connect with Alexander & Viki: Website: https://www.thesourcecards.com/Book: Play Your Cards Right: A Sacred Guide to Life on Earth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesourcecards/
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    1 ora e 21 min
  • Turning 30: What My 20s Actually Taught Me | 220

    Turning 30: What My 20s Actually Taught Me | 220
    Aug 31 2026

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    What if turning 30 isn’t about having life figured out... but becoming more intentional about how you experience it?

    For the 30 days leading up to my 30th birthday, I shared one thing every day that I know now that I didn’t understand or didn’t understand in the same way at 20. What started as 30 individual lessons quickly became something much bigger. When I looked at them all together, I realized there were a few themes that kept showing up, and those themes tell the real story of what my twenties taught me.

    In this episode, I’m reflecting on the lessons underneath those 30 lessons. From learning how to trust myself and speak up in the small moments, to accepting that some people are only meant to be in our lives for a season, to understanding grief, change, and the importance of actually experiencing the life happening right now, this episode is about entering a new decade with intention. I’m also sharing the question that has stayed with me for the past two years and helped guide some of my biggest decisions and might just change the way you think about your own life, too.

    💡 In this episode, you'll learn:

    💜 Why real confidence is built through self-trust and keeping promises to yourself.
    🗣️ How speaking up in the small moments helps build the courage to advocate for yourself in the big ones.
    🤍 Why temporary people can leave permanent lessons and why missing someone doesn’t always mean they belong back in your life.
    🫂 How my understanding of grief has expanded beyond death to relationships, identities, futures, places, and past versions of ourselves.
    🌱 Why you’re allowed to change your mind and let your life look different than what your younger self imagined.
    ✨ How to stop saving joy for special occasions and start making ordinary days meaningful.
    🌎 The powerful question that has helped me make big decisions and think differently about what makes a life meaningful.

    ⏰ Timeline Summary:

    [4:00] How keeping promises to myself, getting quiet, and listening to my own guidance helped me build genuine self-trust.
    [7:09] Why speaking up about something as small as my birthday nails reminded me that self-advocacy is built in everyday moments.
    [10:09] What my twenties taught me about temporary people, friendship, boundaries, and why missing someone doesn’t always mean reconnecting.
    [15:06] How loss changed my understanding of ordinary moments, grief, and showing the people who matter how much they mean while they’re here.
    [19:34] Learning to let life change shape, embrace different seasons, and release the idea that changing the plan means something went wrong.
    [22:09] Why anticipation for tomorrow shouldn’t cost you today and the importance of actually experiencing the ordinary days of your life.
    [25:13] The question that changed how I approach big decisions and what it means to create a life that feels deeply meaningful.

    To Connect with Amanda:

    Schedule a 1:1 Virtual Breathwork Session HERE

    📸 Instagram: @thebreathinggoddess

    Follow & Support the Podcast:

    📱Instagram: @MandersMindset
    👥 Join the Manders Mindset Facebook Community HERE!
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    32 min
  • When Life Forces You to Start Over | Gaylen Wilson | 219

    When Life Forces You to Start Over | Gaylen Wilson | 219
    Aug 24 2026
    Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if some of life’s biggest setbacks aren’t the end of the story, but an invitation to reinvent who you are?In this powerful conversation, Amanda sits down with Gaylen Wilson, heart transplant survivor, relationship author, certified thriving relationship coach, and founder of the Monument Method Institute, to explore a life shaped by loss, addiction, second chances, and an extraordinary capacity to begin again. From losing the farming career that had become part of his identity to struggling with alcoholism and eventually facing life-threatening heart failure, Gaylen shares why gratitude for what remained kept him from becoming bitter about everything he had lost.Gaylen also opens up about finding his biological family later in life, breaking his own cycle with alcohol, and the unforgettable night a donor heart gave him another chance at life. That second chance ultimately helped inspire a new purpose: helping others create stronger, safer relationships. Through the Monument Method, Gaylen explains why emotional safety may need to come before communication, what happens when the “lizard brain” takes over during conflict, and how couples can learn to stop fighting against each other and start fiercely protecting the relationship they’re building together.💡 In this episode, listeners will discover:🌱 How Gaylen learned to reinvent himself after major losses repeatedly changed the direction of his life🙏 Why focusing on gratitude for what remained helped him move forward instead of becoming bitter about what he had lost🍃 How financial and professional setbacks contributed to Gaylen’s struggle with alcoholism and the perspective that ultimately helped him approach sobriety differently🧬 What Gaylen discovered after searching for his biological family decades after being adopted, including a family history that gave him a new perspective on his alcoholism❤️ The emotional story of Gaylen’s declining heart health, preparing for the possibility of death, and receiving the call that a donor heart was available only 30 minutes later💞 How Gaylen and his wife, Heather, maintained affection and connection through years of serious illness and uncertainty🧠 Why Gaylen believes many relationship conflicts aren’t really about what couples think they’re fighting about🦎 What happens when the “lizard brain” takes over during fight-or-flight mode and why communication becomes so difficult in that state🏛️ How the Monument Method uses a shared “sacred word,” eye gazing, connection, and repair to interrupt conflict before it causes more damage🫶 Why emotional safety can be essential for intimacy, communication, and maintaining a strong bond✨ How receiving a second chance at life inspired Gaylen to turn his experiences into a mission centered around relationships, connection, and leaving a legacy⏰ Timeline Summary:02:30: Gaylen reflects on having to reinvent himself multiple times throughout his life and why gratitude for what remained kept him from becoming bitter.06:30: Losing the farming career that had become part of his identity, facing bankruptcy, and experiencing the professional setbacks that eventually contributed to his struggle with alcohol.11:00: Searching for his biological family later in life and discovering a family history of alcoholism that gave Gaylen a new perspective on his own story.20:00: Gaylen shares his journey toward sobriety and the different understanding of addiction that helped him finally break away from alcohol.26:30: After years of declining heart health, Gaylen tells Heather he believes he has only months left to live, then receives the call that a donor heart is available just 30 minutes later.44:30: The experiences that led Gaylen and Heather to develop the Monument Method, including emotional safety, fight-or-flight mode, eye gazing, and using a sacred word to stop conflict before it escalates.01:24:30: Why Gaylen believes emotional safety has to come before communication and how protecting the bond can completely change the way couples approach conflict.To Connect with Amanda:Schedule a 1:1 Virtual Breathwork Session HERE📸 Instagram: @thebreathinggoddessFollow & Support the Podcast:📱Instagram: @MandersMindset👥 Join the Manders Mindset Facebook Community HERE!To connect with Gaylen: Website: https://www.monumentmethodinstitute.com
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    1 ora e 55 min
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