Abby Miller is the eldest daughter of the Miller family, the family I lived with in 1998 as an exchange student in Nebraska and who I have kept in contact with over the years.

In my 8th visit to the States, I knew that I needed to get all the Miller girls onto the podcast individually to hear each of their stories.

They are all involved in the LA Entertainment industry in some way and so today's episode features Abby.

Abby has been living in LA for the past 23 years and has been in Tv Shows such as Madmen, Justified, The Sinner, Home before Dark and in the movies, Jess Plus none and California Scenario.

We discuss A LOT of things but just some of the topics include:

*What it's been like living in LA for the past 23 years after moving from Nebraska and how it was surviving during the pandemic and writers strikes.

*Juggling writing scripts in between mum duties.

And a whole lot more!

As usual send me a DM with what resonated for you!

Find me at @officiallyemmayoung and Abby at @theonlyabbymiller

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• Instagram: @officiallyemmayoung
• Emma the Celebrant

SURPRISE EPISODE!

Yep, I'm deciding to drop an episode on a MONDAY! Just to spice things up!

I was incredibly lucky to sit with one of my dear American friends, Kendra Johnson, who flew all the way from Utah to New York to spend a day and a half with me in Brooklyn. I was there for the Personal Branding Workshop and I felt truly privileged that after 28 years of friendship, every time we catch up, it's like time has stood still!

I really wanted to sit with Kendra and have a good conversation about her wonderful journey with adopting her son, Eli after 8 years of trying for a baby with her husband Dan. We speak about their arrangement for an open adoption with Eli's birth mum and how unique and special that is for them both. We then go into detail how after 2 years; they made the decision to give IVF a go so Eli could have a sibling. Kendra was then blessed to fall pregnant with their adorable little girl Avery.

Other topics we discuss include:

* What it's like to be nursing in America for the past 20 years.

*How she balances work and home life with a husband who is in the military and often travels overseas for months at a time.

*How she was inspired after listening to Flossy's episode to commit to joining the gym and taking time out for herself to gain her strength and fitness once again.

A massive shout out to all the women in Kendra's life, including her sons' birth Mum.

If anything in this episode hit you in the feels, please let me know by sending me a DM. You know how much I love those!!

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Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• Instagram: @officiallyemmayoung
• Emma the Celebrant

I'm coming to you from Brooklyn, New York!!

Today's episode is a solo one where I have a quick chat about the epic Women's Personal Brand Workshop held by Jess Williamson that I attended yesterday in Brooklyn.

I bang on about my three favourite A words at the moment, Authenticity, Ambition and Audacity and what that means to embrace them all at once!

A typical Emma tangent where I'm spitting truth wisdom and waffle at its finest and hint at the sneak peek preview for next week's episode.

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• Instagram: @officiallyemmayoung
• Emma the Celebrant