Pockets of Knowledge

#184. When Success Costs Your Health: Redefining Ambition for Women with Dr. Amy Loden Tiffany

May 06, 2026

What if the version of success you're chasing is actually killing you? In this candid conversation, host Desiree Stanley sits down with Dr. Amy Loden Tiffany—physician entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, author, and mom of five—who shares how she went from burnout and serious health crises to building a thriving concierge practice that helps ambitious women reclaim their health without losing their impact. Dr. Amy's journey includes multiple wake-up calls that forced her to ask: am I being wh...

#183. One Mentor, One Life, Endless Ripples: Supporting Foster Youth with Ashley Trussell

April 29, 2026

CONTENT NOTE: This episode briefly mentions child abuse in the context for how one girl entered the foster system.What begins with one life can change entire generations. In this inspiring conversation, host Desiree Stanley sits down with Ashley Trussell—founder of Butterfly Effect Foundation—who shares how a single relationship during COVID led to creating a nonprofit that now mentors teenage girls aging out of foster care in Arizona, one butterfly at a time.Ashley's journey started when...

#182. From Survival to Empowerment: Education & Support for Single Moms with Gail Showalter

April 22, 2026

In this warm, practical conversation, host Desiree Stanley sits down with Gail—speaker, author, and founder of Single Moms Empowered—who has spent nearly two decades turning her hardest season into lasting support for women navigating single motherhood.Gail shares how she returned to college with three little kids and started writing because she realized other women needed the same kind of stories that had carried her through. What began as weekend retreats to give single moms a break evolved...