Podcast
A Penny For Your Thoughts
Hosted by Penny Plautz · EN
Tips for dropping into your body, awakening your intuition, and unleashing the wisdom within.
11episodes
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Birthday, Menopause, and The Things Nobody Tells You
2w ago00:13:22Tap to summarizeI had a birthday last week. There was cake. And a rollercoaster of emotions I hadn't expected. In this episode, I go somewhere I've been avoiding — into the little deaths nobody acknowledges, the silence around menopause, and the irony of aging well. This is the conversation I wish someone had started with me at forty-five. Consider this me starting it with you.
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I Went on a Dating Site and Fell In Love with a Pair of Boots
Apr 1300:08:35Tap to summarizeWhat if love isn’t missing—just showing up in places we weren’t taught to look?In this episode, I share a story that begins on a dating site and ends somewhere entirely different. It’s about redefining connection, finding ease instead of effort, and discovering that the most meaningful forms of love often arrive unexpectedly.Also… there are boots.
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When Life Sends You a Generator
Mar 2000:08:59Tap to summarizeI received a generator I didn’t order.Amazon said I could keep it.What happened next made me question whether anything that shows up in our lives is random.
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Why We Are Attached to Our Cars
Feb 300:09:51Tap to summarizeOur cars don't just transport us. They carry us.So when I found myself at the car dealership being asked, “What would keep you from buying a new car today?” my answer defied logic.It was purely sentimental.Because essentially what I heard was, “Are you ready to let go of the car that carried you here today?”At that moment, I was not. No amount of persuasion could help me process that fact. I had to come to terms with it in my own time.
Transcribe →Tracking Your Life:
Jan 2100:11:40Tap to summarizeIn the African bush, attention is a matter of survival.In ordinary life, attention is creation.In both scenarios, what you notice shapes what you become.Learning to track my attention showed me the truth. And then it gave me a choice.I could keep rehearsing endings, or I could start tracking what brings me back to myself.Loss would no longer be the only trail I follow.So I’m learning to track life again.Because tracking invites something wilder and more honest to reveal itself to me.
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The Most Remarkable Gift 2025 Gave Me
Jan 700:10:03Tap to summarizeIn this reflective conversation, Penny Plautz shares her experiences from the tumultuous year of 2025, exploring themes of resilience, community, and personal growth. She discusses the unexpected challenges that shaped her year, the importance of embracing vulnerability, and the transformative power of connection. As she looks forward to 2026, she encourages listeners to recognize the gifts that come from hardship and to cultivate supportive communities.
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Are We There Yet?
Nov 2600:07:57Tap to summarizeThis year unraveled me in ways I didn’t see coming. I kept asking the question I was afraid to answer: “Are we there yet?” What I’m discovering is that maybe arrival was never the point. Maybe becoming is.
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Keep Me Where The Light Is
Oct 2200:04:52Tap to summarizeSo many of us find ourselves in situations we couldn’t have imagined a year ago. This is why I created Architects of the Unknown. Not to avoid ambiguity. But to work with it. To look at what we’ve been taught to fear, like the dark side of the moon, and discover its untapped potential. To do so with a community of others who are going through similar upheaval and uncertainty.
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Architects of the Unknown
Oct 1400:07:35Tap to summarizeFrom grade school to grad school, we’ve been handed maps: how to go from here to there, step by step. What if the map for what’s next doesn’t yet exist? What if you’re meant to build it?You know better than anyone what you want your life to be. You know your preferences, your capacities, and your deepest longings.This episode explores what it takes to be an Architect of the Unknown.
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Your Own Homecoming
Oct 800:07:04Tap to summarizeWhat if homecoming isn’t just a parade or a dance, but a personal pilgrimage — back to the self that’s been waiting for you to return?
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