Episode 4: This episode is a softer one. A conversation about slowing down, care, and coming back to yourself when the world feels loud.

Madeline sits down with Lauren McCourt, founder of Wild Hart Rituals and creator of The Wild Hart Year, a guided healing journal for women navigating burnout, grief, and emotional overwhelm. Together, they talk about nervous system care, ritual, journaling, and what it means to tend to yourself gently — without rushing the healing process.

Lauren shares how her own lived experience shaped this work, why helping even one woman feels meaningful, and how healing can be held rather than forced. This episode is an invitation to pause, breathe, and come back to yourself.

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About the Guest

Lauren McCourt is the founder of Wild Hart Rituals and the creator of The Wild Hart Year, a guided healing journal designed to support women through burnout, grief, and emotional overwhelm.

Drawing on her own lived experience, Lauren blends nervous-system regulation, ritual, journaling, and gentle somatic practices to support emotional release and reconnection. Her work is rooted in compassion, practicality, and the belief that healing doesn’t have to be rushed — it can be held.

Learn more about The Wild Hart Year:

www.wildhartrituals.com/pages/journal

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Episode 3: In this episode of She Says It, Madeline sits down with Seattle-based writer and content creator Aleenah Ansari for a conversation about voice, storytelling, and choosing to say it anyway.

She shares her journey to becoming a writer, how pitching really works, and why representation in media matters. Together, they talk about making space for others through story, trusting your lived experience, and creating work that reflects who you are.

This episode is for anyone who knows they have something to say and is learning how to say it out loud.

Connect with Aleenah:

• Website: www.aleenahansari.com

• Instagram: @AleenahAnsari & @AleenahWrites

• TikTok: @AleenahAnsari

• Substack: substack.com/@lovealwaysaleenah

• Work with Aleenah: www.aleenahansari.com/coaching-nurturing-your-creative-voice

She Says It is a MadlyCreative project and part of the Strategic Communication Studio.

Learn more at madlycreative.co.

Episode 2: In this episode of She Says It, host Madeline is joined by Lucy Parpaglioni, a traveler, writer, and the founder of Itinerari di Cinema America, a platform centered on movie-inspired travel and first-person storytelling.

Lucy explores filming locations across the U.S. and beyond, asking what happens when a place first seen on screen becomes something experienced in real life.

Lucy approaches travel as storytelling rather than a checklist. Her work focuses on presence, observation, and noticing the details that can’t be found online. She lets history, emotion, and lived experience guide the narrative through authenticity.

Madeline introduces the episode by reflecting on a January 2025 trip to Ireland and the moments that stayed with her long after returning home. She shares how movement and unexpected connections shaped the way she listens, creates, and ultimately found the courage to start this podcast.

This episode is for anyone who has ever planned a trip because of a movie or felt changed by a place they didn’t expect.

Learn more about Lucy at www.itineraridicinemaedamerica.com.

Episode 1: In the first episode of She Says It, Madeline sits down with KJ Blattenbauer, founder of HearSay PR and a publicist with nearly 30 years of experience helping founders build visibility rooted in trust, clarity, and authority.

KJ challenges the biggest misconception about PR—that it’s about chasing attention or landing one-off press hits. Instead, she reframes visibility as a leadership tool, grounded in positioning, message alignment, and being understood in the right rooms.

She’s the author of How to Be a Media Darling and the upcoming Pitchworthy (2026), a modern guide to building long-term authority without losing your voice or values.

This conversation sets the tone for She Says It—where visibility meets intention, and saying it out loud becomes an act of leadership.

Learn more about KJ at www.hearsaypr.com.