Moving to California pt. 2 : When it wasn't sunshine & flowers

The Grief and Liberation of Becoming Someone New; Letting go of who you were to discover who you are

In this week's episode, Izzy explores what happens when the identities we have carried for a long time start to shift. From careers and relationships, to the roles we have played in the world, many of us built a sense of self around labels that may eventually no longer fit. Letting go of those identities can bring grief, uncertainty, and discomfort, but it can also open the door to a deeper, more authentic understanding of who we truly are. This episode is about navigating that in-between space and learning to embrace your evolution. This is a great episode for anyone navigating change, a transition, feeling stuck in their life, or wanting to get to know themselves on a more authentic level.

Who Gets Protected? Diving Into the Epstein Files, Abuse, and Why Online Groups for Women Exist

In this week's episode of Make It Make Sense, Izzy dives into the Epstein files, systemic abuse, and the uncomfortable question: who actually gets protected? From high-profile cases to “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” online groups, this conversation explores why women are increasingly turning to each other for validation and safety, and what that says about the systems meant to protect us. Izzy shares personal reflections on abusive dynamics, the loss of self-trust that follows, and why speaking out often leads to further punishment instead of accountability. Izzy also dives into the call for change we are seeing within our systems and the call to ask men to look inward and face themselves and their shadows.

Learning to Sit With Shame

In this week's episode, Izzy explores the role shame plays in shaping our behaviors, relationships, and our sense of self. Drawing from her personal journey and lived experiences with shame, Izzy unpacks how shame forms, what it protects, and what lives beneath it. This episode invites listeners to slow down and build capacity to sit with shame, rather than resist or bypass it. Izzy shares ways to work with your shame, like meeting it with compassion and curiosity, and how healing it is to look at the things we normally run from.

Self-Trust Series Ep. 1 - Returning From the Fog

In this week's episode, Izzy kicks off the Self-Trust Series and shares why she stepped away from the podcast - twice this season - and what it's taken to come back on. Izzy shares about the fog that can follow emotionally and psychologically damaging dynamics, how self-trust gets eroded over time, and the courage it takes to reclaim your voice when truth has felt unsafe.

Moving to California pt. 2 : When it wasn't sunshine & flowers

In part 1, Izzy shares the story of moving to California with nothing but a deep inner knowing she was meant to be there. In part 2, Izzy pulls back the curtain on what happened when she arrived - and it wasn't sunshine & flowers. Izzy opens up about the challenges, fear, shame, exhaustion, feeling incredibly lost, and the deep pain she faced in those early months, and the truths she had to confront along the way. This is an episode that shares the really hard parts of making a big change, how expansion doesn't always feel good initially, and what it means to keep choosing yourself even when it feels impossible.