Podcast: Life Without Secrets

Do you find yourself comparing your life to your friends on social media? You see the beauty, the success, the perfect relationship, the perfect family, the awesome vacations. But what’s really behind the highlight reel? In Life Without Secrets we are going to dive deep and reveal the secrets, struggles, and strategies people have used in real life to get to who they are now and who they are becoming.
The truth is nobody is perfect! And YOU are never alone in what you are going through.
Hosted by ER Trauma Nurse Jillian Riddell, this podcast is full of useful tips on using your own adversities to fuel your confidence and grow your relationships.
It’s where vulnerability meets connection and loneliness meets belonging in whatever stage of life you are in.
So tune in now and subscribe to the show. It’s time to connect on a deeper level and grow together.

64: Crohn’s Disease: A Journey of Resilience with Dan Stowell

Living with Crohn’s disease is an invisible illness that can be incredibly difficult to manage. It can be isolating, and people with Crohn’s often feel self-conscious and try to hide their condition. Dan Stowell is a Crohn’s survivor who has managed his condition through diet and lifestyle changes. In this captivating episode, Jillian and Dan…

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63: Handling Rejection in Life and Love

Rejection can be tough in both personal and professional life but can also be a significant part of success. Listen, as Jillian and Michael share their personal experiences and suggest ways to handle rejection with grace. They discuss the importance of not carrying emotional baggage from work to personal life and how to form emotional…

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62: Thriving Against the Odds: Building Resilience and Seizing Life’s Opportunities with Amberly Lago

Join Jillian as she talks with Amberly Lago, resilience coach, TEDx speaker, and author. They discuss challenges, including overcoming childhood sexual abuse, and how Amberly has turned adversity into opportunity. They highlight taking care of oneself, overcoming trauma, and facing physical, emotional, and financial challenges. Amberly emphasizes the Pacer framework, which stands for perspective, acceptance,…

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61: Breaking the Routine: Why Traveling Together is Essential

Join Jillian and Michael, as they share their honeymoon experience and how they found a balance between couple trips and family trips. They highlight how traveling as a couple can nurture the relationship, provide an opportunity to rediscover shared interests, and create shared memories. “Going on adventures is so good for our overall well-being. These…

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60: Empowered Wellness: Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Body, Heal Your Brain with Janna Johnson

Jillian talks to holistic nutritionist and integrative health coach, Janna Johnson, about healing her body from Lyme disease. Janna provides tips for preventing tick bites and discusses her research on essential oils as a treatment. She emphasizes the importance of healing the gut and taking the right supplements, following a keto diet, and incorporating intermittent…

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59: Overcoming Obstacles: Building Resilience for Growth

Jillian emphasizes the importance of resilience as a skill that can be built through facing and overcoming adversities, improving conflict resolution, communication, and empathy skills and shares her own struggles to encourage listeners to seek help if needed. Jillian shares her own experience of launching her podcast after Instagram disabled her account, but she persevered…

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58: Uncovering the Truth about Alcoholism and Addiction with Dr. Rob Kelly

Get ready to open up, connect and understand addiction and alcoholism in a whole new light. In this episode, Jillian talks with Dr. Rob Kelly, the sought-after recovery expert who is passionate about treating the underlying causes of addiction rather than suppressing it with temporary fixes. Dr. Kelly has experienced addiction himself and uses this…

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57: Thriving Together: Overcoming Challenges and Cultivating a Strong Relationship as the Spouse of an Entrepreneur

Join Jillian Riddell and Michael Riddell on their podcast, Life Without Secrets, where they discuss the struggles and challenges of being an entrepreneur with a spouse. In each episode, they offer insight and tools to help listeners navigate the difficulties they may face. With personal anecdotes and frank discussions, Jillian and Michael peel back the…

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56: Unlocking Your True Potential with Tori Kruse

Join Jillian as she talks to Tori Kruse, an accomplished entrepreneur, author, podcast host, speaker, and personal stylist who empowers women to look and feel their best. Learn how Tori’s approach to personal styling involves reflecting on internal personality, goals, and beliefs to achieve confidence and authenticity. Listen to Jillian’s story of how working with…

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55: Intimate Conversations: Navigating Different Sexual Desires in Relationships

In this episode, Jillian and Michael Riddell open up about their personal experience and struggles with differing sexual desires in their marriage. They reveal that 79% of couples have mismatched expectations about sexual frequency and experiences, and how life transitions and changes can impact sexual desire in a relationship. With honesty and vulnerability, they discuss…

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