What happens when a Joymaker and a mental health comedian walk into a podcast? You get the two best friends you didn’t know you needed — always within reach, always keeping it real.
Amy brings the sunshine. As a Joymaker and speaker, she’s spent her career helping people find the courage to choose joy in the everyday — and she’s bringing that same energy straight to your earbuds.
Angela brings the laughs and the truth. As a mental health comedian, she’s mastered the art of making you cackle about the very things that keep you up at 3am. Healing has never been this funny.
Together, Amy and Angela are the besties who fit right in your back pocket — ready to hype you up, crack you up, and remind you that joy and mental health aren’t opposites. They’re basically the same thing with different playlists.
Loved our vibe? Stay connected with us!
Angela:
https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual/
https://angelahutchinson.com/
Amy:
https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens
https://amydickens.org/
https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/
In this episode Amy and Angela get so real with each other. They share details of their lived experience with mental health, childhood upbringing, losing friends to suicide and how all the the heavy stuff is part of the story to the mission, but the fuel for the mission is fun. Spoiler alert, you don't need to take a test and assign yourself a number value for your Fun Quotient (although you could if that's your idea of fun!) The concept is more about realizing there is a deep intelligence t...
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10. BE THE INVITE with Sweetpea Lifestyle
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9. "Yes, AND..." is the secret to life with Lindsay Dorio
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8. Play is your birthright with Kari Esmail
When was the last time you let yourself play? Play doesn't have to be something you "earn". It can be the way you live your life and let it energize you rather than it be a reward after you're done being an "adult". In this episode Amy shares with Kari Esmail about her own journey from being depressed and isolated to being someone who leads with play, joy and fun. Kari supports her experience with facts that show how play is better for our short term and long term mental health, in one study...
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7. Loving your body, with Camellia Jade
Confidence is an inside out job, but we've been conditioned to only focus on the outside which keeps us looping endlessly. In this episode Camellia Jade shares her story around her confidence and self criticism about her self image and how she would always show up in support to the women around her, but the voice in her head was not treating her the same way. Connect with Camellia Jade: instagram.com/camellia_jade Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us! Angela: https:...
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6. Influencing and Leadership
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16 Sept 2026
5. Finding your place in the world with Ace Anderson
Sovereignty Is a Verb: Stop Outsourcing Your Power What if creating positive change doesn’t start with fixing the world… or everyone in it? In Episode 5, Angela and Amy sit down with Ace Anderson to talk about personal responsibility, purpose, and getting your power back. Because it’s easy to look outside ourselves for the person, system, partner, politician, institution, or circumstance that needs to change before we can feel okay. But what happens when we stop outsourcing our power ...
27 Aug 2026
4. When You Outgrow People
What happens when you start becoming more yourself… and suddenly some of your relationships don’t feel like home anymore? In this episode, Amy and I are unpacking what happens when you expand. Not just “I read a self-help book and bought a journal” expanded. We mean the kind where your identity, your relationships, your standards, your environment, and your idea of what a good life looks like all start shifting at once. We’re talking about Joy Camp, the strange and beautiful experience of bec...
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3. Creating Meaningful Days with Justin Jones-Fosu
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This isn't an episode — it's a behind-the-scenes peek to our VERY CANDID actual planning of our unfiltered show... We honestly just wanted you there from the very beginning. Besties in Your Back Pocket What happens when a Joymaker and a mental health comedian walk into a podcast? You get the two best friends you didn’t know you needed — always within reach, always keeping it real. Amy brings the sunshine. As a Joymaker and speaker, she’s spent her career helping people find the courage to cho...
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