Functional Medicine for Women: Nurse Mel (Melanie Mancil) | Ep 66

Functional Medicine for Women: Nurse Mel (Melanie Mancil) | Ep 66

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464997/fan_mail/new] You're doing everything "right" and you're still exhausted - and your labs came back "normal." This conversation is for you. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Melanie Mancil - "Nurse Mel," RN, BSN, functional medicine specialist and founder of Twelve28 - about functional medicine for women and what conventional care keeps missing. Mel shares: - The health mystery that took her from RN to functional medicine - Why "normal" lab ranges fail so many women - Hormones and perimenopause: why there's no one-size-fits-all - How stress and cortisol drive the burnout cycle - The honest truth about GLP-1s and peptides - powerful tools, not finish lines Whether you're a busy mom, a founder, or just tired of being patted on the head at the doctor, this conversation will help you trust your own body again. A note: Melanie speaks from clinical experience. Nothing here is medical advice; peptide, hormone, and prescription therapies should only be used with a qualified, licensed provider. CONNECT WITH MELANIE: Instagram: @melaniemancil Website: https://twelve28rx.com/ CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER(R): Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. 🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her 📲 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher 💗 If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

Peptides, GLP-1s & The Gray Market: Dr. Emily Passic Sets It Straight | Ep 65

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464997/fan_mail/new] Peptide therapy is exploding in women's wellness — but most of what's being sold online is unregulated, unsterile, and quietly dangerous. Dr. Emily Passic is here to set the record straight. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Emily Passic, board-certified naturopathic physician, certified peptide specialist, and medical director of BeautyDrip, about what peptide therapy for women actually looks like when it's done right. Dr. Passic shares: - What peptides actually are and why your body recognizes them - The truth about GLP-1s, food noise, and addiction medicine - Why the gray market is putting women in the hospital - Her top 5 peptides and what each one is really used for - Why HGH for anti-aging is a mistake (and what to use instead) - How sermorelin transformed Aimee's sleep and muscle at 47 - The GLP-1 side effects most providers don't warn you about Whether you're already on a GLP-1, considering peptide therapy, or just trying to cut through the noise on social media, this conversation will give you the science, safety, and clarity you actually need. 🔗 CONNECT WITH DR. EMILY PASSIC: Instagram: @epassic Website: https://www.emilypassic.com/ & https://www.peptidend.org/ BeautyDrip: https://www.beautydrip.co/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/emily-passic-0391306 🔗 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. 🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her 📲 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher 💗 If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

Peptide Therapy for Women: Tara Turnure | Ep 64

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464997/fan_mail/new] Peptide therapy for women is everywhere right now -- but what's real and what's hype? In Ep 64, Aimee Rickabus sits down with Tara Turnure, founder and CEO of BeautyDrip and creator of The Model Mama, for an honest conversation about peptides, GLP-1s, energy, and hormones. After welcoming twins, Tara faced what so many women know too well: hormonal imbalance, insulin resistance, weight gain, and chronic inflammation -- with few real answers. Functional medicine, GLP-1 therapy, and targeted peptide protocols became her turning point. She lost over 40 pounds, got her energy back, and built BeautyDrip to give other women a science-driven, concierge path to feeling like themselves again. In this episode, Tara shares: - Why so many women feel depleted -- and what's happening underneath it - What peptides actually are, minus the hype - How GLP-1s fit into modern metabolic and weight care - The "are peptides the new Botox?" debate - What the "Barbie peptide" buzz is really about - How the 2026 FDA peptide reclassification is reshaping access Whether you're a tired mom, a busy founder, or simply done running on empty, this conversation will help you ask better questions about your own health. Note: This episode is for education, not medical advice. Peptides and GLP-1s should only be considered with a qualified, licensed provider. 🔗 CONNECT WITH TARA TURNURE: Instagram: @taraturnure Website: https://www.beautydrip.co The Model Mama: https://themodelmama.com EXCLUSIVE FOR THE MANAGE HER® LISTENERS: 10% OFF your full order at BeautyDrip — use code TMHBEAUTYDRIP at checkout. Shop: https://beautydrip.co [https://beautydrip.co] Affiliate offer — The Manage Her may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Peptide and wellness therapies should only be used with a qualified, licensed provider. If you're curious about peptides and modern wellness, Beauty Drip is giving Manage Her listeners ten percent off your full order. Just use the code — TMHBEAUTYDRIP — at checkout. visit www.beautydrip.co [https://beautydrip.co]. As always, peptides and wellness therapies are something to explore with a qualified, licensed provider. Beauty Drip is an affiliate partner, so The Manage Her may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. 🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her 📲 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher 💗 If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

Working Mothers in STEM: Why The System Was Never Built for Us — Cassie Leonard | Ep 63

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464997/fan_mail/new] You're not behind. You're not doing it wrong. You're operating inside a system that was never designed for you. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus sits down with Cassie Leonard — engineer, two-time bestselling author, executive coach, and founder of ELMM Coaching — for an unflinching conversation about why the modern workplace still fails working mothers in STEM. After 16 years climbing the corporate ladder in aerospace engineering, Cassie walked away from the corporate world to help other working parents redesign careers that actually work for real life. Cassie shares: - Why the 9-to-5 was built for a 1920s family, not modern working moms - The invisible labor she actively refused to do in corporate - Why "equality" and "equal" are not the same thing - What matrescence is — and why every mother deserves to know - How to engineer your community when the modern world stripped your tribe away - The lie of "lean in" and why hustle culture is past its expiration date - How motherhood is the most undervalued leadership training in corporate America Whether you're working in STEM, leading a team, raising kids, building a business, or all of the above, this conversation will give you the language for what you've been carrying — and a path forward. 🔗 CONNECT WITH CASSIE LEONARD: Instagram: @cassie_redefining_it_all Website: https://www.elmmcoaching.com LinkedIn: Cassie Leonard YouTube: @ELMMcoaching 🔗 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. 🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her 📲 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher 💗 If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

How Women Bounce Back from Failure: Deborah Grayson Riegel | Ep 62

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464997/fan_mail/new] Why do high-achieving women shatter when men bounce? After 21 years of coaching across genders and a study of 1,100 women across 60 countries, Deborah Grayson Riegel has the answer — and it's not what you've been told. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Deborah Grayson Riegel — Wharton School instructor, Harvard Business Review columnist, and author of Aim High and Bounce Back — about the real reason women fear failure and how to interrupt the loop. Deborah shares: - The 5 kinds of failure every woman needs to recognize - Why the "confidence gap" is actually a consequence gap (and worse for women of color) - The 3 components of catastrophic thinking — and how to dismantle each one - How "name it to tame it" pulls you out of the rumination spiral in 30 seconds - The 3 mindset shifts: verdict to information, crisis to calibration, shame to strategy - The one sentence every woman should remember in the middle of a setback Whether you're leading a team, building a business, raising a daughter, or replaying last Tuesday's mistake at 2 a.m., this conversation gives you the language and tools to stop personalizing failure — and start using it as data. 🔗 CONNECT WITH DEBORAH: Instagram: @debgriegel Website: https://deborahgraysonriegel.com Book: Aim High and Bounce Back — https://deborahgraysonriegel.com/books/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. 🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her 📲 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher 💗 If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.