Episode 172: Just Be Right Where You Are with Amanda Joyce Jensen

Amanda Joyce, a #1 bestselling author and health coach with roots on a ranch that nurtured her deep connection to nature, is driven by her top values of balance, peace, health, well-being, wisdom, intelligence, freedom, and happiness. Passionate about equipping people with whole, cheerful hearts that thrive despite life’s challenges, Amanda has raised tens of thousands of dollars for blood cancer research and the American Heart Association and earned global recognition for her advocacy in revolutionary immunotherapy. Through the healing power of nature, heart-centered research, transformative coaching, and heartfelt, award-winning writing, she inspires others to embrace healthier heart habits, cultivate resilience, and create lives anchored in balance, joy, and freedom.

“Amanda Joyce Jensen will always remember the night she told her 4-year-old son, Kezman, that his father, Marshall, had died of cancer – and how Kezman said he already knew because ‘Daddy came to me first.’ He cried as he drew a picture of his dad standing at the end of the hallway, wearing a red superhero cape, flying into his thoughts.

The euphemisms that adults often use to soften the shock can be confusing to a child of such a young age – that someone is “lost” or “passed away” – so his mother talked with Kezman gently but directly. He grasped more clearly than she had imagined that his father was gone and never coming back.”

Read her full story in 2 recent articles about childhood grief where a journalist interviewed Amanda about her experience.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/health/2025/01/27/utah-has-taken-groundbreaking-step/

https://mindsitenews.org/2025/01/23/grief-in-children-soaring/

Her book, Marshalling Beats of Your Heart can be found at this link:https://a.co/d/c1s6AUb. This April she has a course called Unpack Your Heart for caregivers and those who’ve experienced loss- watch for that on her website amandajoyce.com or https://amandjoyce.com.

You can find me on Instagram, Facebook and X as aceamandajoyce since I’m certified through ACE- empowering transformation through lifestyle behavior change. You can purchase my book on Amazon or at a few local stores in Saint George.

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