Mandy on the Mountain

By Amanda H Shook, M.Ed.

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Hosted by Mandy on the Mountain — The Appalachian Dandelion. Southern stories, soul healing, and dandelion truths from a mountain woman who lost herself in the middle of trauma and grief—and is finally finding her way back home. This podcast is rooted in Appalachian grit, grace, and the prayers her mother whispered long before she left this world. Even now, those prayers, and the strength of the ancestors before her, are still being answered. This space is for the ones who have carried too much, survived too much, and grown tired of pretending they’re fine. If you’re rebuilding yourself piece by piece, walking toward God, peace, and your own spirit again… you’re home here. A place where weary hearts can rest, root, rise, and remember who they are.

Episode Date
What the Trees Know: Magnolia
Jun 10, 2026
Everyone Has Different Entry Points
Jun 01, 2026
What If Cinderella Just Wanted to Dance?
May 29, 2026
The Weight of the Line, Learning to Wait in a World That Rushes You
May 16, 2026
Not Everyone Is “Everyone”
May 15, 2026
What Are Words If They Aren’t Connected to a Sentence? TRIGGERED
May 08, 2026
You Can’t Pray for the Butterfly and Kill the Process
May 02, 2026
Softness Under the Scar
Apr 30, 2026
You Were Never Nothing
Apr 28, 2026
My Baseline Ain’t Average: He Made It Clear
Apr 22, 2026
Butterflies Don’t Wear Socks 🦋
Apr 15, 2026
Nothing Is the Limit 🐖
Apr 15, 2026
You Don’t Have to Be Full to Move Forward 🌕 🌖 🌙
Apr 11, 2026
Paradoxical Dance
Apr 07, 2026
I Refuse To Be Controlled
Mar 31, 2026
Trial & Error, Grit, and God…Not The Kind You Can Put In Four Walls
Mar 29, 2026
The Record I Would Not Play
Mar 28, 2026
The Audacity to Live: Grief, Faith, and the Text Messages That Carried Me Through 🌱
Mar 23, 2026
Flirting With Destiny (My New Year Starts Tomorrow) 🌱🌳
Mar 19, 2026
I Thought I Was Boring… Turns Out I Just Needed Spring Break & a DIVORCE ❤️
Mar 18, 2026
Letter from the Judge and a record in the mailbox ♥️
Mar 13, 2026
The Moon on a Camaro Hood
Mar 09, 2026
I Realized Something Walking to My Mailbox
Mar 08, 2026
Bass Under a Red Moon
Mar 03, 2026
Later Might Never Come
Feb 26, 2026
Weathered Love and What You Can’t Learn from a Pacing Guide
Feb 24, 2026
What’s in the Tank?
Feb 19, 2026
Peep Frogs,, Peace, and Picking Up the Sledgehammer
Feb 18, 2026
It Smelled Like the Color Purple
Feb 16, 2026
Loving Someone Who Was Complicated
Feb 13, 2026
I’m Not Numb, I’m Just Choosing Peace.
Feb 12, 2026
Truth Is My Alignment, Clean Water
Feb 10, 2026
Dandelion, Rising
Feb 07, 2026
Don’t Eat the Lies
Feb 05, 2026
You’re Allowed to Say This Is Hard
Feb 03, 2026
The Snow Moon, the Penguin, & the Night the TV Came Back On
Feb 01, 2026
Six Sides of a Storm ❄️
Jan 30, 2026
Tune Them Out, Wally
Jan 29, 2026
Addiction by Circumstance: What Trees Taught Me About Leaving
Jan 26, 2026
Y’all… I didn’t even know I was on Apple.
Jan 25, 2026
Sound Is a Safe Place
Jan 25, 2026
Proof Of Life
Jan 23, 2026
I Chose a Square
Jan 21, 2026
Do Not Apologize for Your Depth
Jan 17, 2026
I Needed Fence Posts Too
Jan 14, 2026
Earmuffs
Jan 10, 2026
Falling in Love with Life Again
Jan 06, 2026
Roughing It Feels Like Home
Jan 02, 2026
I’ll Dance to It . But I Won’t Cry to It. Put the Jack Down Ladies 💃🏾
Dec 31, 2025
Letting Life Pick the Next Song 🎶
Dec 27, 2025
Christmas Eve: Grief, Truth, and Starting Over
Dec 23, 2025
A Mountain Woman Named Esther, Grief, Grit, and the Women Who Raised Us
Dec 20, 2025
Roots Before Records: A Mountain Woman’s Reflection on Being Misunderstood
Dec 19, 2025
I Ain’t Doin’ It (Part Two): Protecting My Peace and My Ta-Ta’s!!!!
Dec 17, 2025
Raised by Chance, Trained in Chess
Dec 15, 2025
🌄 The Mountains Never Lie: Winter Signs in Appalachia
Dec 13, 2025
I Ain’t Doin’ It: The Appalachian Anti-Resolution Episode
Dec 11, 2025
Feral Growth: The Day You Quit Asking for Permission
Dec 09, 2025
What the Mountains Know About Us, a Story About Learning to Listen to God’s Subtle Signs
Dec 06, 2025
Bob Seger & Night Moves: The Last Time Life Felt Simple
Dec 05, 2025
Mountain Tuned: The Songs That Told My Story This Year
Dec 04, 2025
🌕 Cold Moon, Warm Heart: An Appalachian Orbit
Dec 03, 2025
Where Light Bends: A Roan Mountain Truth
Dec 03, 2025
Jell-O: The Tender Thaw of an Appalachian Heart
Dec 02, 2025
Appalachian Freeze Mode
Dec 02, 2025
Weekend Slacking: The Appalachian Thanksgiving Hangover
Nov 30, 2025
Haircuts, Ozempic Gossip, and the Thoughts Women Don’t Say Out Loud (Part 2)
Nov 29, 2025
The Things We Think but Don’t Say Out Loud (Especially in a Small Mountain Town)
Nov 29, 2025
Gen X in Appalachia: What We Survived (and Why We Still Look Good)
Nov 28, 2025
The Forrest Gump Guide to Turkey, Black Friday, and I Do Not Care
Nov 27, 2025
Black Friday & The Age of I Do Not Care
Nov 27, 2025
The Thanksgiving I Finally Understood My Mama
Nov 27, 2025
The Dog Who Hurt Me… and Saved Me
Nov 27, 2025
Appalachian Thanksgiving Eve
Nov 26, 2025
Tonight, the November Rain Started to Wake Me Up
Nov 26, 2025
The Hardest Seats at the Thanksgiving Table
Nov 25, 2025
The Things Appalachian Women Don’t Say Out Loud
Nov 24, 2025
The Women We Compare Ourselves To (and the Ones We Shouldn’t
Nov 24, 2025
Momma Said Monday: Waking Up Thankful in Appalachia
Nov 24, 2025
When Thanksgiving Starts in the Mountains (Hint: Not Thursday)
Nov 23, 2025
Appalachia Fishing After the Rain 🎣
Nov 22, 2025
The Appalachian River That Raised Me: The Mighty Doe
Nov 22, 2025
Appalachia mud puddles-catching them🎶
Nov 22, 2025
Appalachian Mountain Rain
Nov 22, 2025
Grounding the Appalachian Way
Nov 21, 2025
Southern Sayings We Grew Up With — Part Two
Nov 21, 2025
The Appalachian Way of Sayin Thank Ya
Nov 21, 2025
The Radio Inside My Head That Never Turns Off 🌄
Nov 21, 2025
When the Appalachian Sky Turns to Signs
Nov 21, 2025
When the Stars Called Me By My Old Name
Nov 20, 2025
Mountain Poor, Mountain Proud, and Pullin’ Up Our Big Britches
Nov 20, 2025
Bless Your Heart: The Appalachian Dictionary
Nov 20, 2025
Stained Glass Windows and Cracked Parking Lots
Nov 20, 2025
Eclectic + Emotional + Survival Mode
Nov 20, 2025
The One Lesson They Actually Taught Us in School
Nov 20, 2025
The Professor/Teacher Who Believed In Me
Nov 20, 2025
The Velveteen Rabbit, My Brother, and Becoming Real
Nov 20, 2025
The Goose Got Me Back
Nov 18, 2025
Peppermint, White Lightning, and a Whole Lot of Common Sense
Nov 18, 2025
The Place I Fell, The Place I Rose
Nov 18, 2025
The Appalachian Dandelion Takes Root. The Beginning: Mandy on the Mountain
Nov 18, 2025