The Lessons I've Learned

Happy birthday to me! I am so excited do my annual birthday episode. This is 100% my favorite episode to record year after year. I hope you love this episode as much as I do. 

Here are the 30 biggest …

How do we start to live as who we truly are? WHEN does this happen and better yet, can it? In my opinion, I truly believe that you CAN live as your truest self and own who that is. Tune into today’s …

Let’s be so real – LUCK is really just hard work nobody witnessed. In today’s new episode, we talk about how you can “make” your own luck if you are working on a goal or dream. You CAN do anything yo…

If you know, you KNOW that BIG CHANGE is pretty much my every day life. I’ve gone through sooooo many big changes in less than 30 years of living and feel like I have a pretty strong hold on how to h…

Welcome back to the Lessons I Learned podcast! In today’s brand new episode, we talk about the lesson I learned about loving people differently. Everyone in your life needs and wants to be learned in…

CW: In today’s episode we talk about themes of domestic violence and abuse. If these themes and conversations are triggering to you, please bypass this episode. 

As an adult who grew up in a home wher…

I’ve been a girl who sets goals for a looooooooong long time now and many times before, I’ve shared with you the ins and outs of setting goals, working towards them, and how to make sure they’re alig…

In my 29 years of life, I have done A LOT of different things–including things you might not even know about. And the biggest question I always get is “how are you brave enough to always just do new …

The Living in Sunshine Podcast has gotten a refresh ✨ Welcome to the new, The Lesson I Learned Podcast (formally known as The Living in Sunshine Podcast) hosted by Maddy Fry. In the newest rendition …

Happy almost 2025! I cannot believe this is the final episode of the Living in Sunshine podcast for 2024. This year has flown by and dragged on all at the same time and I am personally so ready for a…

Can you believe that we are already in December?! I cannot believe how wild it is to think that 2024 is almost over. In today’s new episode I do some open reflection on all the things that went down …

Have you ever heard of “the flow state”? Whether you have or have not, the flow state is an amazing state of mind that you can trigger intentionally to heighten your productivity, creativity and focu…

You wanna know the number one BIGGEST THING that I truly believe changed the game for me? It’s gratitude and a daily practice of gratitude. After years of practicing gratitude, I wanted to share with…

Content warnings for this episode: I am talking about some topics that can be seen as politically charged. While that is not the point of this episode, it is something to keep in mind. I personally i…

I want you to stop for a second and think about where you are right now and just really start to think about all the things you’re doing now that you, a year ago, would freak out about. I got caught …

This is a public service announcement that literally no one in the world is the best at everything all the time. And if that doesn’t feel true to you, I am pulling the curtain back on some things tha…

How often do you think about the power of your words? Maybe not that often even if we are told that words hold so much power, because they do. In today’s new episode, I share with you a little realiz…

As an almost 30-year-old, I am really working to make more friends and make NEW friends IRL. The last two-ish years of living in Charleston, I’ve met a lot of amazing people and have gained a few fri…

It’s that time of year again where I give you a big ol’ update on my mental health & mental healing journey. Some content warnings for this episode include therapy, mental health, medications, and an…

Our sleep routines and habits are SO important for our overall health and wellbeing yet so many of us struggle with it. As someone who used to deal with nightmares, waking up in the middle of the nig…