Pick Joy

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By: Sabine Schoepke

After years of success and operating in constant survival mode, I realized there’s a better way to live. This podcast is for accomplished women who have built full lives but feel something is no longer aligned. You’re not in crisis—you’re in transition.Each week, I share practical tools and real conversations to help you stop choosing from obligation, guilt, or habit—and start making decisions that truly support you. You’ll also hear from inspiring women and experts on mindset, behavior, and lasting change.No hustle. No hype. Just grounded support for creating a life that feels as goo...

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Trust Yourself Again with Anne Bayford | #11
Trust Yourself Again with Anne Bayford | #11 episode artwork
#11
Yesterday at 12:15 AM

What if the life you've been searching for begins the moment you stop doubting yourself?

In this deeply moving episode, Sabine sits down with spiritual teacher and mentor Anne Bayford to explore how pain, loss, and life's darkest moments can become the doorway to profound healing. Anne shares her extraordinary journey through childhood trauma, three near death experiences, toxic relationships, and rebuilding her life from nothing to discover a purpose rooted in helping others reconnect with themselves.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why losing yourself is often the first step toward finding who you...


Your Body Is Trying to Tell You Something with Dr. Emily Roedersheimer | #10
Your Body Is Trying to Tell You Something with Dr. Emily Roedersheimer | #10 episode artwork
#10
06/25/2026

Have you ever wondered if the symptoms you're fighting are actually messages you're meant to hear?

In this deeply insightful conversation, Dr. Emily Rödersheimer shares how a lifelong battle with rheumatoid arthritis led her to question everything she thought she knew about health. After discovering functional medicine and healing her own body, she left conventional primary care behind to help women uncover the root causes of their symptoms instead of simply managing them.

Together, Sabine and Dr. Emily explore the powerful connection between chronic stress, nervous system dysregulation, people-pleasing, unprocessed emotions, and physical health. T...


Menopause Is Not the End with Michelle Ricker | #9
Menopause Is Not the End with Michelle Ricker | #9 episode artwork
#9
06/18/2026

What if menopause isn't something to survive, but something to optimize?

For decades, women have been taught to fear menopause, suffer through it in silence, or simply accept feeling worse as they age. Registered dietitian Michelle Ricker joins Sabine to challenge that narrative and reveal why menopause is not a disease, diagnosis, or decline. It is a transition that can become a powerful opportunity to reclaim your health.

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in nutrition, functional medicine, and biohacking, Michelle breaks down what is actually happening in the body during perimenopause, menopause, and...


The Midlife Pleasure Reclamation with Venus O'Hara | #8
The Midlife Pleasure Reclamation with Venus O'Hara | #8 episode artwork
#8
06/11/2026


What if self-love had nothing to do with bubble baths and everything to do with coming home to yourself?

In this deeply honest conversation, Sabine sits down with holistic self-love creator and sexuality expert Venus O'Hara to unpack the real meaning of self-love in midlife. Together, they explore how women in their 40s and 50s can reconnect with their bodies, reclaim pleasure without shame, and stop making choices from fear, loneliness, or performance.

From the eight pillars of self-love to sensuality, boundaries, dating after divorce, and the quiet power of wholeness, this episode challenges th...


Midlife Muscle Changes Everything with Tracy Watson | #7
Midlife Muscle Changes Everything with Tracy Watson | #7 episode artwork
#7
06/11/2026

What if the problem was never your discipline, but the outdated rules you were taught about women’s bodies after 40?

In this powerful conversation, Sabine sits down with midlife strength coach Tracy Watson to unpack the truth about menopause, muscle, hormones, recovery, and why so many women feel like their bodies suddenly stopped responding. Tracy shares her personal battle with perimenopause, the frustration of being dismissed by doctors, and the mindset shifts that helped her reclaim her strength, confidence, and vitality.

Together, they explore how strength training in midlife is not about punishment or shr...


When Life Breaks You Open with Jenn Greenhut | #6
When Life Breaks You Open with Jenn Greenhut | #6 episode artwork
05/28/2026

What if the hardest moment of your life was actually protecting you?

In this deeply moving conversation, Sabine sits down with author and cancer survivor Jenn Greenhut, who shares how a stage four diagnosis became the turning point that changed everything. What began as fear, self-blame, and heartbreak transformed into a profound awakening—one rooted in love, trust, and the conscious decision to choose joy, even in the darkest moments.

Together, they explore what it really means to surrender, how to stop living by outdated rules, and why joy isn’t something you wait for—it’s s...


Why Eating Less Stops Working with Gus Garcia | #5
Why Eating Less Stops Working with Gus Garcia | #5 episode artwork
05/21/2026

What if everything you’ve been told about weight loss is actually making it worse?

In this episode of Pick Joy, Sabine Schoepke sits down with strength and metabolic coach Gus Garcia to unpack why the “eat less, work harder” approach stops working—especially in midlife. Sabine shares her own experience of doing everything “right” and still feeling worse, while Gus breaks down what’s really happening inside the body when hormones, stress, and metabolism begin to shift.

Together, they explore how many women are unknowingly operating from outdated rules that no longer serve them—and what to do i...


Why Success Still Feels Misaligned with Daniela Wolfe | #4
Why Success Still Feels Misaligned with Daniela Wolfe | #4 episode artwork
#4
05/13/2026

What happens when your life looks good on paper… but something still feels off?

In this episode of Pick Joy, Sabine Schoepke sits down with social worker and burnout recovery coach Daniela Wolfe to explore why so many accomplished women reach a point where the strategies that once worked suddenly stop working.

Daniela shares the deeply personal story of her own burnout as a single mother trying to do it all — and how a breaking point during a brutal winter storm forced her to rethink everything she believed about strength, self-care, and...


There’s No Such Thing as Someday with Tanya MFK | #3
There’s No Such Thing as Someday with Tanya MFK | #3 episode artwork
#3
05/06/2026

What if the life you’re waiting for isn’t coming… because it was always supposed to start today?

In this episode of Pick Joy, Sabine Schoepke sits down with entrepreneur and strategist Tanya MFK to challenge one of the most common traps high-achieving people fall into: living for “someday.”

After experiencing profound loss early in life, Tanya realized something most of us avoid confronting—tomorrow isn’t promised. Since then, she has built her work around helping people design a life and business that honors what truly matters now, not just...


The Courage to Blow It Up with Krista Hollingsworth | #2
The Courage to Blow It Up with Krista Hollingsworth | #2 episode artwork
#2
04/29/2026

What if the life that looks perfect… isn’t aligned at all?

In this deeply honest conversation, Sabine sits down with spiritual teacher and coach Krista Hollingsworth to explore what it really means to pick joy—especially when choosing yourself might disrupt everything around you. From micro-decisions to life-altering pivots, they unpack the fear, guilt, and self-doubt that keep women stuck—and the quiet inner knowing that calls them forward.

Krista shares her own story of transformation, including the painful but powerful choice to leave a life that no longer fit. Sabine reflects on how small, c...


You’re Not Responsible for Their Emotions  with Joseph Cope | #1
You’re Not Responsible for Their Emotions  with Joseph Cope | #1 episode artwork
04/22/2026

What if the reason you feel emotionally exhausted isn’t because you care too much… but because you’ve been carrying what was never yours to hold?

In this powerful conversation, Sabine sits down with Joseph Cope, known as The Empathy Guy, to unpack the difference between empathy as a feeling and empathy as a skill. Together, they explore why so many accomplished women mistake over-giving for connection, and how redefining empathy can transform the way you show up in your relationships.

Joseph reframes empathy not as softness, but as a fierce leadership skill — one that all...


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04/15/2026

New episodes starting April 23