Episodes

Sometimes an episode stays with you. This is one of those Spark Shorts. After last week's conversation with Nora Isaacs — writer, personal historian, and founder of Backstory — Michele and Liz couldn't stop thinking about it....

She was standing in front of a hot dog cart in midtown Manhattan when an 18-wheeler knocked her off her feet — and knocked her onto a completely different life path. In this episode, Michele and Liz sit down with writer, auth...

Even the most prepared families miss something. In Liz's case, it was a document sitting in a file cabinet that nobody remembered to upload to the hospital portal. This Spark Short is a real, unfiltered conversation between M...

She was 35 with three little kids when her mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's — and she had no plan in place. You're home for the holidays. Your dad's lost weight. Your mom tells the same story three times. You go to help wit...

he was 12 years old when terrorists bombed her father’s military headquarters — and for a day, she thought he was dead. In this deeply personal episode, Michele sits down with someone listeners have come to know and love on t...

What if one small idea — born from a family vacation — could change the trajectory of an entire community, an entire country, and your own family forever? This week on Spark Me, Liz and Michele reflect on one of the most movi...

What starts as an ordinary trip can sometimes become the spark for real, lasting change. This week on Spark Me, Liz and Michele sit down with Barb Cox, a working mom whose decision to take her two teenage sons to visit their ...

If you're not prepared… everything changes. In this Spark Short , Liz and Michele unpack one of the most practical and overlooked skills behind confident communication: preparation . Inspired by their conversation with Profes...

What if leadership isn’t something you wait to be given—but something you choose to step into? This week on Spark Me, Liz and Michele sit down with Dr. Jamie Leddin, professor of practice at Vanderbilt University, leadership ...

What if the symptoms you’ve been brushing off as “just stress” are actually your body asking for help? This week’s Spark Short is a real, honest check-in between Liz and Michele as they reflect on their conversation with meno...

What if menopause wasn’t something to “get through,” but a phase of life you could understand, support, and actually feel stronger in? This week on Spark Me , Liz and Michele sit down with wellness educator and Master Menopau...

What if the biggest myth about intimacy is that it’s supposed to stay the same forever? In this Spark Me conversation, Liz and Michele unpack their powerful episode with Dr. Erin Murphy Ross — and dive even deeper into the la...

What if your relationship isn’t broken — it’s just overloaded? In this candid and compassionate episode of Spark Me, Liz and Michele sit down with Dr. Erin Murphy Ross — marriage and family therapist and sex therapist — to ta...

What if addiction isn’t the problem — but the solution to something deeper? In this Spark Short, Liz and Michele revisit their powerful conversation with Brenda Zane of the Hope Stream community and unpack one of the most eye...

There are conversations parents whisper about or avoid altogether because the fear and judgment feel unbearable. This is one of them. In this deeply personal and powerful episode of Spark Me, Michele and Liz sit down with Bre...

What does it really take to turn a spark of an idea into something tangible, impactful, and lasting? In this episode of Spark Me , Liz and Michele dig into the power of execution — how following through on a vision can change...

What if the most powerful thing you could do this week took just ten seconds? This Spark Me episode is a reflective conversation inspired by last week’s powerful discussion with Stacey Fritz — and by a week that, as Michele p...

Why so many women stay stuck in fight-or-flight and how to learn to pause and exhale Many women are managing careers, families, aging parents, partnerships, and their own expectations, often in a constant state of inhale (fig...

What if the thing we reach for to relax is actually exhausting us—and quietly reshaping our kids’ brains along the way? Social media is woven into nearly every part of modern life, but in this candid Spark Me conversation, Li...

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do in your second act is walk away from a life you thought you were “supposed” to live. This week on Spark Me , Liz and Michele sit down with Rachel Olszewski Conrad , founder of Fear Less ...

What happens when a story refuses to be forgotten? In this Spark Short, we talk about a book that took decades to become real — not because it was being written, but because it was being lived . What started as cassette tapes...

What if grief wasn’t something to “get over,” but something we learn how to carry — together? This week on Spark Me , Liz and Michele open up about a chapter of life many of us enter quietly and unprepared: losing our parents...

What if the “future of AI” wasn’t just about technology, but about what kind of humans we become while we build it? This week on Spark Me , Liz and Michele sit down for a Spark Short that’s… not actually all that short. They ...

What if life feels fuller when we notice just how much there is to be grateful for in every part of it? In this heartfelt Spark Short, Liz and Michele share how this holiday season is bringing surprising joy, deeper connectio...