# first week (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover first week. Page: Feed: --- ## [How my first weeks as head of social are going](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/how-my-first-weeks-as-head-of-social) _2026-08-19 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Featuring my inner critic (again!) ## [Episode 11: Moving to France: Cell Phones, Apartment Hunting, and Cats — Small Challenges from Our First Few Weeks](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-11-moving-to-france-cell) _2026-08-16 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ This podcast episode of A French Lens follows Abbie and Jeff through their first few weeks living in the Loire Valley, recorded during a brutal heat wave in their un-air-conditioned stone apartment. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211458834/3a5f91ac5d28cb79b23e7239b8008a45.mp3) ## [When Stress Stops Being Helpful](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/when-stress-stops-being-helpful) _2026-08-15 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ Stress gets a bad reputation. ## [What life looks like after three weeks in France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/what-life-looks-like-after-three) _2026-08-13 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Permission to call France home ## [Episode 10: Visiting the châteaux of the Loire Valley](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-10-visiting-the-chateaux) _2026-08-12 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ With over 300 châteaux scattered across the Loire Valley, where do you even start? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210895180/060b27426c96dfafe60616737fbc7a9d.mp3) ## [What kind of traveller are you?](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/what-kind-of-traveller-are-you) _2026-08-12 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Mine: LARPing as a local ## [August creative updates](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/august-creative-updates-fc8) _2026-08-05 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ New job, video editing, settling in (or not..) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209865373/1a67b23b44f31fa0bea0fcdfa0b7613d.mp3) ## [A Series of Unexpected Events](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/a-series-of-unexpected-events) _2026-08-05 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Lemme grab my tiny violin ## [Episode 9: Blois, France. First impressions, no edits.](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-9-blois-france-first-impressions) _2026-08-03 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ We love it! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209684747/728833ab77a3073a544caadf4b1764e7.mp3) ## [When the Ground Shifts:](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/when-the-ground-shifts) _2026-08-02 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ Grief, Chronic Illness, and the Work of Living Forward ## [Stream Torrents & IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZO2o5ST8qCFD) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Search magnet links and stream movies, music, books, and live TV in-browser ## [The Shape Loss Leaves:](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/the-shape-loss-leaves) _2026-07-31 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ Grief After the Death of Someone We Love ## [Why You Can't Stop Your Worried Mind With Logic](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/why-you-cant-stop-your-worried-mind) _2026-07-29 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ Your Worried Mind Is Not the Enemy [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208989863/6bd1fd55f818264371a7c4e9c9659df9.mp3) ## [Less sure of the version of America I grew up with](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/less-sure-of-the-version-of-america) _2026-07-29 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ "A pillar to stabilize themselves from within..." ## [A slow life worth savoring](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/a-slow-life-worth-savoring) _2026-07-29 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ I like my life the way I like my coffee ## [Episode 8: How Our Cats Made It To France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/how-our-cats-made-it-to-france) _2026-07-27 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Two cats, a plane, and a very late USDA form. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208702082/b1283451dd52f09e3c9ca78326397bdc.mp3) ## [Andy Burnham's first week as prime minister](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zgff) _2026-07-26 · Westminster Hour_ Ben Wright is joined by the minister for energy and net zero, Polly Billington; shadow transport secretary, Richard Holden; and polling expert Joe Twyman. They discuss Andy Burnham's first week in power, his announcements on the cost of living and his use of social media to communicate his message. They also look ahead to an expected speech on social care and ask whether cross-party agreement can… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p0zy6z.mp3) ## [A Little Discovery of Music in France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/a-little-discovery-of-music-in-france) _2026-07-25 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Practicing John Williams in a 12th-Century Nave ## [Living at my limit](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/living-at-my-limit) _2026-07-22 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ You can’t push a boundary you’ve never reached ## [Four days remain before our move to France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/four-days-remain-before-our-move) _2026-07-18 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Before it becomes a story ## [The cure for precious stationery: buy 18 of them](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/the-cure-for-precious-stationery) _2026-07-15 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Stop saving the nice things for “someday” ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zICjQ3eTydE9) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [What 11 days out from a move to France looks like for me](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/what-11-days-out-from-a-move-to-france) _2026-07-11 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ As we move closer to single digit days before our move, life and time are moving rapidly. ## [Episode 7: How do you say good-bye before a move?](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-7-saying-good-bye-before) _2026-07-09 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ We’re under two weeks out now, still packing two-thirds of a house, still working through a quarter of the people we need to see. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206321776/510db2b36beae78c8816c64a13e989fe.mp3) ## [Imposter Syndrome: The Return](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/imposter-syndrome-the-return) _2026-07-08 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ The first few weeks of my new job ## [July creative updates](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/july-creative-updates-b5c) _2026-07-04 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ New job, painting, writing, vibecoding, moving [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205049012/0cfa60158f274b54ecbdd37fb11b42a4.mp3) ## [Episode 6: Packing Up a Life to Start Anew in France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-6-packing-up-a-life-to-start) _2026-07-02 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Episode 6 of A French Lens tackles the messy reality of packing up ten years of life into four checked bags and two carry-ons, twenty days before departure. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204654305/9a88aa2e7cd04e8db93bf7a0c98ecee0.mp3) ## [Please, before you build the course, write the song](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/please-before-you-build-the-course) _2026-07-01 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Taylor Swift could make millions teaching songwriting, but she's a billionaire because she keeps writing songs ## [Episode 5: What It Really Feels Like to Close the Chapter on a Career You've Known for Decade(s)](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/what-it-really-feels-like-to-close) _2026-06-28 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Abbie has two days left as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and Jeff finished up teaching earlier this month. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204015384/d0641213493bbb329d8f197c1d0fc558.mp3) ## [Three weeks to go until our move to France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/three-weeks-to-go-until-our-move) _2026-06-27 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ This past week has been a doozy. ## [Episode 4: 29 Visas and a Master's Thesis](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-4-29-visas-and-a-masters) _2026-06-25 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Navigating the French Visa Process [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203483350/b8e1201c8197e3302335af922935ed97.mp3) ## [There’s nothing like summer in the city](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-like-summer-in-the) _2026-06-24 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ New York on Gold 200 and Portra 800 ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O992xKLqEHO9) _2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Episode 3: Why Blois? How We Chose Our French Home](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/why-blois-how-we-chose-our-french) _2026-06-23 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ On this podcast, we piggy-back on our last episode, making the decision to move to France. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203169771/77afb60281bb17ef391d7f0ac106f2c1.mp3) ## [Episode 2: When Your Husband Says, "I Don't Want to Move to France"](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-2-when-your-husband-says) _2026-06-22 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ You’ve thought it through, made the spreadsheets, half-packed the metaphorical bags. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203017946/8456d47a14ba3e0ce5914a26d0ec5f30.mp3) ## [Episode 1: How We Decided to Move to France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/episode-1-how-we-decided-to-move) _2026-06-21 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ The backstory of our move to France. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203003070/8dd2dc6d43be413464586aeec7b9239d.mp3) ## [I'm Leaving My Career in American Healthcare to Move to France](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/im-leaving-my-career-in-american) _2026-06-20 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ In the fall of 2025, four happenings occurred in succession that were a tipping point for me. ## [What do you want?](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/what-do-you-want) _2026-06-17 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ The biggest question from a room of infinite possibilities ## [Thursday Was Not The Reminder I Wanted](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/thursday-was-not-the-reminder-i-wanted) _2026-06-13 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ C'mon Man... ## [The New Poverty Line Is $100](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/the-new-poverty-line-is-100) _2026-06-10 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ AI and the future of earning power ## [How Close Ups of Flowers Are Keeping Me Grounded](https://afrenchlens.substack.com/p/how-close-ups-of-flowers-are-keeping) _2026-06-06 · Abbie In France · A French Lens_ Forty-six days until France ## [What do you do when you meet the Try Guys?](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/what-do-you-do-when-you-meet-the) _2026-06-03 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ You take a selfie and print them for your journal ## [June creative updates](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/june-creative-updates-8d1) _2026-06-02 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Creator event, leaving full-time job, travel journal-ing [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200240430/4b3e144678b0d154882ae40c89c8488d.mp3) ## ["Go back to sleep"](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/go-back-to-sleep) _2026-05-27 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ On being a kid again ## [Your Mind Is Telling You a Story. Here’s How It Keeps Writing Itself.](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/your-mind-is-telling-you-a-story) _2026-05-25 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ A plain-language look at why one difficult moment can grow into a whole worldview and what that means for healing. ## [I had AI write my newsletter](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/i-had-ai-write-my-newsletter) _2026-05-20 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ And I forgot I'd even written it ## [Claude has gamified work](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/claude-has-gamified-work) _2026-05-13 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ So I barely leave the computer ## [When the Words Are Not Really Yours](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/when-the-words-are-not-really-yours) _2026-05-09 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ What AI-Generated Responses Are Quietly Doing to Your Learning and Your Relationships ## [What I'd tell someone about to graduate](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/what-id-tell-someone-about-to-graduate) _2026-05-06 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ How to get a job when AI is ruining everything ## [May creative updates](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/may-creative-updates-302) _2026-05-04 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ Book sales, job ???, life ?????? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196423542/6faa1eb22da6851c6f49bfdeb553ce68.mp3) ## [I don't know where I'll be in 12 months](https://beckyisj.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-where-ill-be-in-12-months) _2026-04-29 · Becky Isjwara · Beck At It_ brb freaking out ## [You Are Not Just Reacting Anymore](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/you-are-not-just-reacting-anymore) _2026-04-03 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ What real progress looks like in work, parenting, and everyday life ## [Your Worried Mind Is Not the Enemy](https://toddschmenk.substack.com/p/your-worried-mind-is-not-the-enemy) _2026-03-20 · Todd Schmenk · WellnessTalks.Org_ Anxiety feels like something is wrong with you. The science suggests something quite different.