Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel

Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guests: Tessa and Amir

Come Back to Love® Radio: Redefining Love, Freedom & Connection in the Next ChapterGuests: Tessa and Amir, co-hosts of The Open Nesters podcast
In this inspiring and thought-provoking episode, Robyn welcomes Tessa and Amir, life partners and hosts of The Open Nesters, a podcast and movement redefining what love, intimacy, and purpose can look like after the nest empties.
Together, they explore how to navigate the transition from parenting-focused partnerships to deeper self-discovery, sensuality, and freedom in midlife and beyond. With humor, insight, and vulnerability, Tessa and Amir share their journey of evolving into an open relationship, the challenges and gifts it’s brought, and how this new chapter has deepened their connection—both to each other and to themselves.
Topics include:
Reclaiming your identity and desires after kids leave home
What it really means to be in an open, conscious relationship
How mature love invites authenticity, adventure, and spiritual growth
The power of curiosity, communication, and freedom in long-term partnership
If you’re feeling the stirrings of something more in midlife—more passion, purpose, or possibility—this conversation invites you to reimagine what’s next.
Tune in to hear how love can evolve, deepen, and expand… when we allow ourselves to do the same.
BIOS: About The Open NestersTessa & Amir are a deeply experimental and creative couple who have been joyfully married for over 30 years. They have three adult kids: one is married while two are flowing in and out of the home as they find their way in the world. Tessa & Amir have nurture intentional family time and holiday celebrations, as well as precious one-on-one time with their adult children. They believe that, having allowed the kids the space to grow, this gives Tessa & Amir the opportunity for karmic payback!
TESSAYou can often find her in the woods or on the beach, meditating, dancing, or drumming.  Paying close attention to the people and the world around her, and believing that by holding the pain and messiness of life, sorrows yield to the delights and connections possible in every moment through an open heart.Tessa has been an educator most of her life, in addition to her work as a public speaker and coach on topics of mindfulness and movement. Her work seeks to invite us all into deeper permission for playfulness and creativity. She thrives on engaging with new people from all walks of life and loves the journey inherent in this labor of love.AMIRAmir is a successful serial entrepreneur, a hobby DJ of late-night radio, music collector extraordinaire, and antique radio collector. He is a photographer and a visionary thinker, continually finding new vantage points of creative and business expression. He believes music is the great connector, shaping his life and holding him through pivotal moments. Sharing it is how he communes in love with the people around him.
For more enjoyment, go to:  https://www.theopennesters.com
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Karen Brody

Come Back to Love® Radio: What It Really Takes to Become a Rested Woman
Guest: Karen Brody 
Summary:
In this soulful and nourishing episode, Robyn is joined by Karen Brody, women’s well-being advocate, yoga nidra guide, and founder of Dare to Rest. Together, they explore how deep rest is not just a healing practice—but a radical pathway back to self-love, wholeness, and connection.
Karen shares how burnout, betrayal, and emotional exhaustion disconnect us from our hearts—and how rest can become the medicine we need to remember who we are. From her own personal transformation to guiding thousands of women around the world, Karen speaks powerfully to the ways rest helps us reclaim our voice, soften our nervous systems, and receive love more fully.
 Topics covered:
Why rest is a feminist and spiritual act
The science and soul behind yoga nidra
How rest can support making truly aligned choices 
What it means to “rest our way back to love”
Whether you're recovering from heartbreak, holding too much for others, or longing to feel whole again—this conversation offers a soft landing place.
Tune in and rediscover the power of slowing down, listening in, and coming back to love—one breath at a time.
Bio: Karen Brody is a rest and women’s empowerment coach, yoga nidra teacher, author, and the founder of Daring to Rest—a global movement helping women reclaim rest as a source of power, healing, and wholeness. She is the author of Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Meditation, and the creator of the Daring to Rest™ Method and the Rested Path™ Framework. Through Daring to Rest programs, Karen has taught tens of thousands of women yoga nidra and how to create a rested life. She has also trained women around the world to guide others on a journey to rest through her Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Facilitator and Rest Coach training programs. Karen is the mother of two young adult sons raised on rest.
Free Gift here
http://daringtorest.com/deeprest
For more information about Daring to Rest go to:
http://daringtorest.com/
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Shelly Sharon

Come Back to Love® Radio: How the Mother Wound Impacts Your Relationships 
In this deeply moving and healing episode, we explore the tender terrain of the Mother Wound—the complex emotional imprint left by the ways we were mothered (or not), and how it shapes our lives. 
Joining us this week is Shelly Sharon a certified Hakomi therapist and somatic Buddhist psychology coach …. I do not present myself as an intuitive guide. Together, we discuss how the Mother Wound shows up in our own lives—in particular how shame is so prominent and creates a lifetime of holding secrets. Part 2 of the episode addresses how we can begin to gently unravel the wound and heal. 
We focus on:
What the Mother Wound really is (and what it isn’t)
How it impacts our relationships
Why safety, nourishment, and wise inner guidance are essential for healing
Practical ways to begin re-mothering yourself with love and presence
Whether you’re navigating grief, reclaiming your voice, or simply seeking to soften your experience with your own mother wound, this episode offers a sacred space for healing. You’ll leave with a sense of permission to trust your own rhythm—and to begin the slow, beautiful work of coming home to yours
Bio: After many years of running away from her traumatic childhood, where she suffered infant starvation, emotional and physical neglect and abandonment, Shelly turned her life story on its head.
Shelly has been a professional ballet dancer, a coffeeshop owner and a sought after social change strategist and independent researcher, but it was only when she started devoting herself to intense meditation practice and Buddhist psychology studies with leading international teachers that she owned her mother wound — and her appetite for healing and serving others in healing opened up.
Shelly is a certified Hakomi therapist and trauma trained by Janina Fischer. She specialises in helping women heal from the hurts and limitations left from a complex relationship with their mother, manifesting in many ways, both personally or professionally.
Shelly's a cat mum and in a loving relationship with her soulmate. She loves swimming in Alpine lakes, riding horses, picking wild flowers, and is always cooking delicious food enough to feed a tribe. She's working on her first book on healing the mother wound and is the co-host of Healing the Mother Wound Summit.
Website:
https://www.shellysharon.com
Free gift link:
https://www.shellysharon.com/dreamvisions7-three-mother-wound-types
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Francine Tirrell

Come Back to Love® Radio: From Matchmaking to Healing: Navigating Love After Overwhelm
In this heartfelt and eye-opening episode of Come Back to Love® radio, Robyn Vogel speaks with transformational coach Francine Tirrell about the hidden fears that keep us from love—and how we often dismiss potential partners over small things as a way of protecting ourselves. They explore what really lies beneath those quick judgments, especially in the world of matchmaking. Francine also shares her personal story of navigating major life transitions and how those experiences shaped the powerful work she does today. Together, they discuss how she helps clients move from overwhelm and busyness back into grounded presence—supporting them in reconnecting with their bodies, their truth, and their capacity for love.
BIO: Francine Tirrell is a powerhouse Spiritual Business and Mindset Coach and founder of Forever Changed Coaching. She supports high-achieving women who are ready for a Big-Ass Uplevel—but never seem to have the time or space to figure out how to get there. Through her unique blend of intuitive coaching, Conscious Codes, EFT, Oracle Cards, and energy healing, Francine helps her clients break the patterns keeping them stuck so they can stop second-guessing, reclaim their energy, and finally create the thriving business and life they’ve been longing for.
A former corporate leader, professional matchmaker, and date coach, Francine understands how easy it is for women to lose themselves in the constant doing. Now, she’s on a mission to help them break their addiction to busyness, trust their inner wisdom, and lead with calm, clarity, and confidence. Francine is known for her fun, compassionate, and no-fluff style—and is a trusted guide for women ready to get out of their own way and step fully into the life they’re meant to live.WEBSITE: www.foreverchangedcoaching.com
FREE GIFT LINK: Upleveling Breakthrough Call: https://tinyurl.com/3z344k3y
Next Event: From Overwhelm to Thriving. Find out more here. 
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Marisa Sim

Come Back to Love® Radio: Healing the Mother Wound 
Summary: 
In this tender and illuminating episode of Come Back to Love® Radio, I’m joined by Mother Wound expert, Marisa Sim. Together, we explore how the wounds we carry from our earliest relationships—especially with our mothers—can silently shape our self-worth, relationships, and capacity for love. Marisa shares her personal journey and offers profound insight into how healing the Mother Wound opens the door to deeper connection, emotional freedom, and a return to our true selves. Whether you're actively healing or just beginning to explore these dynamics, this conversation is a loving invitation to meet yourself with compassion and reclaim your voice, boundaries, and joy.
Bio:  Marisa Sim grew up in Singapore in a very conservative Chinese family with controlling parents. Her mother was emotionally unavailable, critical, and abusive, which led Marisa to have low self-worth. She became the "good girl", the people-pleaser with low boundaries. She was in and out of toxic relationships and friendships. She was once called a "doormat" because she didn't know how to say "no" to others.
Then, at 30, Marisa started doing the inner work- cultivating self-awareness and self-compassion, healing emotional wounds, regulating her nervous system, unlearning unhealthy coping mechanisms, and rewiring thoughts and limiting beliefs.
She started my coaching journey 9 years ago as a holistic health coach and supports women healing from their mother wound, childhood trauma and stepping into their authentic power.  She is a trauma-informed coach and a neuro-linguistic programming practitioner, and is trained in root cause therapy.
But most importantly, Marisa Sim is a Mother Wound survivor. 
Please go to Marisa's website to learn more about her profoundly healing work:  https://www.marisasim.com  And to get a copy of your Mother Wound Healing Journal scroll to the bottom of her website. 
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guests: Deanna Coyle and Mandy Pullen Barr

Come Back to Love® Radio: Is it Possible to Divorce with Love?  
In this heartfelt and enlightening episode of Come Back to Love Radio, Robyn Vogel is joined by Deanna Coyle and Mandy Pullen Barr of Vesta Divorce to explore what it truly means to experience Divorce with Love. Together, they discuss how to navigate the end of a marriage with dignity, compassion, and emotional integrity. Listeners will hear personal stories, practical tools, and expert guidance on finding the best resources for you if you're contemplating or going through divorce right now!  Co-parenting, healing from heartbreak, and redefining identity after divorce are all important parts of the process. This episode invites anyone facing or recovering from divorce to consider how love—yes, even during separation—can be a powerful guide for transformation and new beginnings.
Deanna and Mandy's Bios:
Deanna Coyle is an entrepreneur, speaker, and writer. She is Co-Founder of Vesta: A New Vision for Divorce, which provides informative events and trusted professional resources that educate and empower people to navigate life during and after divorce. Having gone through a challenging and draining divorce herself, she intimately understands the isolation and frustration that can permeate the divorce process. 
As the head of Vesta’s Divorce Concierge Service, Deanna has had the privilege of guiding thousands through their divorce journeys. She and her friend and business partner, Mandy Barr, host the Podcast Dishing on Divorce, which provides education, inspiration, and humor.
With over 20 years of financial experience, including seven years as a securities analyst on Wall Street, Deanna brings a wealth of knowledge to her work. She graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, received her M.B.A. from the Tuck Business School at Dartmouth, and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. She is successfully co-parenting her two college-age sons with her ex-husband. In her free time, she enjoys kayaking, skiing, Pilates, cooking, and traveling.
Free Gift: Complimentary Concierge Call with Deanna (via phone call or Zoom) - Calendly.com/DeannaCoyle
Website: VestaDivorce.com
Mandy Pullen Barr is a dedicated Concierge Specialist and Strategic Managing Partner at Vesta, leveraging over five years of expertise to guide individuals through the complex process of divorce. Based in Natick, MA, Mandy's passion lies in helping clients make informed, confident decisions that lead to clarity and long-term success. Having gone through her divorce over 17 years ago without Vesta's support, Mandy feels deeply passionate about providing others with the resources she wished she had.
As Vesta's first point of contact, she ensures clients feel seen, heard, and supported. Mandy expertly connects them with Vesta's trusted professionals and creates tailored roadmaps that address the emotional and practical aspects of divorce. Her training and experience as a certified mindset coach deeply inform her concierge work, allowing her to hold space with empathy, ask powerful questions, and help clients shift from overwhelm to clarity.
Mandy's unwavering commitment to service, transparency, and compassion sets her apart, offering clients the confidence they need to navigate this challenging transition.
Her work extends beyond Vesta. She hosts the Dishing on Divorce podcast, sharing expert insights and practical advice, and has co-authored two inspiring collaborative book projects. She also serves on the Board of Directors for The Sparrow Collective, a pioneering supportive living community for women navigating divorce and beyond, helping bring holistic recovery and empowerment to life.
Outside of work, Mandy enjoys life with her husband, Dave, and their blended family. Together, they embrace outdoor activities, mindfulness practices, and making meaningful memories. Her son is currently in college, and she treasures every moment they get to spend together. She also adores her two bonus adult children and loves spending time with them—whether it’s exploring new places, sharing great food, or simply enjoying quality time. 
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Lisa Carrillo

Come Back to Love® Radio: Awakening to Oneness
In this heart-opening conversation, I sit down with Lisa Carrillo to explore the profound shifts that come with spiritual awakening. Lisa shares her personal journey of remembering who she truly is and realizing a deeper truth—that we are not separate from one another, but intrinsically connected through one divine essence.
Together, we reflect on what it means to live from that awareness, how it changes the way we relate to ourselves and the world, and how love becomes the guiding force when we remember there is only one Truth.
This episode is a beautiful invitation to come back to love, to unity, and to the sacred knowing that we are all part of something greater—together.
BIO: In 2009, Lisa Carillo was at a silent retreat and lost all thoughts that create the sense of a separate self. She saw everything as a single benevolent unfolding. A few weeks later when those thoughts returned, they didn’t seem so credible. Instead, she found herself curious to understand their illusory nature and developed tools to unravel apparent suffering. She’s written two books, “An Unprincipled Life: Living From the Unknown” and “Living Awake: 20 Techniques to End ‘I Got It; I Lost It.’” With an M.S. in Chemical Engineering, an MBA, as well as graduate studies in psychology, she takes a practical and heartfelt approach to freeing us to experience our Infinite Being.
Free stuff: Lisa hosts 3 free online meditation groups weekly. Find out more below. 
Website: https://www.experiencingthetrueself.com YouTube Channel    / @enquiryintoself   Books On Amazon: AN UNPRINCIPLED LIFE - LIVING FROM THE UNKNOWN https://a.co/d/4bqlOf0 LIVING AWAKE 20 TECHNIQUES TO END “I GOT IT; I LOST IT https://a.co/d/466wL3i
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Amanda Short

Come Back to Love® Radio: A Former Quiverfull Mom’s Journey to Self and Sovereignty
Welcome to Come Back to Love Radio, where we explore the courageous journeys of healing, self-discovery, and reclaiming the life—and love—we all deserve.
Today’s episode is a powerful one. I’m honored to introduce Amanda Short, a brave and inspiring woman who is just beginning to share her story after leaving the deeply controlling and patriarchal belief system known as the Quiverfull Movement. Her journey is one of resilience, inner strength, and profound transformation.
Amanda is a mother of four, raising her children with intention, love, and the freedom she never had growing up. She’s currently finishing her Bachelor’s degree and creating a new path—not only for herself but for the next generation. Her story is one of reclaiming power, finding her voice, and choosing a life rooted in truth and possibility.
This conversation is a testament to what’s possible when we say yes to healing—and yes to love. Let’s dive in.
BIO:  Amanda Short is a passionate and gentle advocate for healing, truth-telling, and reclaiming personal agency after years spent inside the rigid and oppressive belief system known as the Quiverfull Movement—a fundamentalist Christian subculture that promotes extreme patriarchal values, strict gender roles, and high-control family structures. Once deeply enmeshed in this lifestyle, Amanda now uses her voice to invite women to gather and speak their truths surrounded by love and compassion.  Her work supports others who are navigating their own paths toward liberation and healing. In Amanda's words, "When we spend time together, get to know you better, and hold each of you in the Circle, we are held, we belong, we are strong, and we remember who we are!"
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: Joanna Lindenbaum

Come Back to Love® Radio: Reclaiming the Abandoned Self 
Summary:
In this rich and thought-provoking episode of Come Back to Love®, host Robyn Vogel is joined by Joanna Lindenbaum, founder of the Applied Depth Institute, for a deep dive into the transformative world of Jungian Shadow work. Together, they explore how uncovering and integrating the hidden parts of ourselves—our “shadow”—can lead to profound healing, deeper self-love, and more authentic relationships.
Joanna shares her deep wisdom on how shadow aspects form, how they show up in our lives and relationships, and why embracing these parts is essential for personal and relational growth. Through insightful examples and compassionate guidance, she illustrates how the very parts we try to suppress or deny often hold the keys to our greatest power, intimacy, and wholeness.
A standout moment in the conversation is when Joanna introduces a powerful reflection exercise to help listeners begin to explore their own shadow. She invites them to ask:
“What qualities in others trigger me the most—and what might those reactions reveal about parts of myself I’ve disowned or rejected?”
This gentle but illuminating practice opens the door to greater self-awareness and compassion, allowing individuals to bring more of themselves—light and shadow—into love and connection.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone ready to do deeper inner work, release old patterns, and come back to love with greater depth, authenticity, and wholeness.
Bio: Joanna Lindenbaum is the founder of the Applied Depth Institute, and teaches master level facilitation and coaching skills to coaches, therapists and leaders so they can respond powerfully & effectively to the issues their clients bring to them.
Using her 20+ years of experience and extensive background with coaching, human behavior, embodiment practices, and Archetype & Shadow, Joanna’s approach to ethical and trauma-informed facilitation and coaching supports her students to gain a level of skill, confidence and depth the majority of their peers don’t have. Graduates of her signature Sacred Depths Practitioner Certification become the best of the best at what they do, plus they experience life-changing personal transformations as they step into this mastery level. All of this, in turn, positively impacts their businesses as their proven results then attract more renewals, referrals, and professional opportunities.  
Joanna has led hundreds of retreats, workshops, and trainings with thousands of participants and clients in the US and abroad. 
WEBSITE: applieddepthinstitute.com
FREE GIFT: https://pages.applieddepthinstitute.com/resistance
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Come Back to Love with Robyn Vogel: Guest: David Waldas

Come Back to Love® Radio: From Aligned Moments to Aligned Living with David Waldas 
In this uplifting and insightful episode of Come Back to Love®, host Robyn Vogel welcomes David Waldas, founder of the Aligned Living System, for a powerful conversation about living—and loving—from a place of deep inner alignment. David shares his unique approach to helping individuals move out of stress, overwhelm, and disconnection and into a grounded, coherent state where clarity, presence, and authentic connection naturally emerge.
Throughout the interview, David offers practical tools and profound wisdom on how alignment with one’s true self becomes the foundation for healthier relationships, deeper intimacy, and more conscious communication. Listeners will learn how to recognize when they are out of alignment, how to return to their natural flow state, and how that shift impacts not only their own well-being but their ability to love and relate with others.
A highlight of the episode is a simple yet powerful tool where David guides listeners through—designed to help them tune into their internal state, and reconnect with their core essence.
Whether navigating a current relationship or preparing to invite in a new one, this episode offers a meaningful invitation to come back to love—by first coming home to yourself. Did you know most people are resourcing 90% of their thoughts, feelings and emotions from external cues?  What if that 90% were found inside you? What's possible then?  Listen in and find out! 
BIO: David Waldas is the Head Coach, Founder, and Author at Aligned Living and The Aligned living Foundation 501c3. Known as an out-of-the-box thinker, David works beyond conventional rules, blending creativity with deep personal insight. But rather than just thinking outside the box, their true focus is on what’s inside—inside each person. They believe every individual is a treasure chest of potential, and when people connect to their inner genius, they become bold, visionary, and fully alive.
Too often, our desire to fit in overshadows our ability to discover who we truly are. Many have the ingredients for greatness but hold back, waiting for permission instead of stepping into their power.
That’s what led David Waldas to create Aligned Living—a unique coaching experience that blends years of training in education, business, and entrepreneurship with a powerful, purpose-driven curriculum. Drawing from a Master’s in Education, real-world experience, and proven strategies, David helps clients unlock their brilliance and live from it fully.
Through coaching, tools, and teachings from their book, David guides others to stop following someone else’s rules—and start living in alignment with their truest self.
Your free gift from David (which I highly recommend you download) is an intro to Aligned Living:  https://www.davidwaldas.com/intro-video
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