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Jama Pantel: Unfiltered
Hosted by Jama Pantel · EN
I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth.
Jama Pantel: Unfiltered is real talk for women who are done surviving and ready to actually figure out what comes next.
If you've spent decades being the dependable one, the overachiever, the fixer, the woman who figures it out while everyone else falls apart, this show is for you.
I'm Jama. I'm an Austin-based photographer, speaker, and 23-time marathon finisher who knows what it means to build something from nothing. I know what survival mode feels like from the inside. And I know what happens when life finally shifts and you don't know what to do with the breathing room.
Episodes are short, honest, and zero fluff. Because you're busy. And you deserve real.
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The Moment I Realized I Was Building a Business I Didn't Actually Want
Jun 200:09:13Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailYou've built the business. You've done the work. But what happens when you realize the business you built isn't actually the one you wanted?This episode is about the exhaustion of explaining your value to people who've already decided it isn't worth it, the moment a cancer diagnosis made everything reorder itself, and what it actually looks like to slowly build toward the right thing instead of sprinting toward the wrong one.If you've ever felt like you were building something that looked right on paper but felt completely wrong in your body...this one's for you.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →What Scarcity Does to Your Brain Even After You're Not Struggling Anymore
May 2600:08:35Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailYou can completely change your circumstances — and your brain will still act like you haven't.That's what this episode is about. The low hum that keeps running in the background even after life gets more stable. The scarcity wiring that doesn't retire just because the actual scarcity is gone.If you've ever felt guilty resting, checked numbers obsessively, or wondered why success still doesn't feel like enough, this one is for you.This is the third episode in a series. If you haven't listened to the last two, go back. They build on each other.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →The Story Behind the Hustle: What Growing Up with Nothing Actually Does to Your Brain
May 1900:09:44Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThree weeks ago I bought a couch.And what happened in my brain when I bought that couch tells you everything you need to know about what scarcity actually does to a person, even long after the circumstances have changed.I had a budget in my head. The couch was over it. But the second I sat in it I knew. It was down. I had never sat in a down couch before and I did not know I needed one until that exact moment. And I still sat there running every scarcity thought my brain has ever had.I can't afford this. What if something comes up. What if. What if. What if.Even though I could afford it. Even though I had done the math.That moment stopped me in my tracks. Because I realized the circumstances had changed. The brain hadn't.In this episode I get honest about where that scarcity brain actually came from. Growing up watching money cause pain. Leaving for college with almost nothing. Walking and running everywhere crying, telling myself it couldn't be like this forever. Losing everything in an apartment fire. Making a vow with nothing but sheer determination to back it up.That vow saved me. But it wired me in ways I'm only now starting to understand.In this episode we talk about:— The couch that made me realize my scarcity brain hadn't gotten the memo — What it felt like growing up with money causing constant pain — Running and crying to multiple jobs in college just to survive — Losing everything in an apartment fire and starting over with nothing — The vow I made to never depend on anyone for anything — What scarcity wires into your nervous system even after you're safe — Why pushing things way down is my superpower and what it costs you — Learning that money flows and taking care of that younger version of yourself"You don't have to keep living like she's still in danger."If this one hit home send it to someone who needs to hear it.Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →Why I Changed the Name — and What Jama Pantel: Unfiltered Actually Means
May 1800:02:52Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIf you've been here a while you may have noticed things look different. New name. New cover art. New energy.In this episode I'm telling you exactly why.This isn't a rebrand for the sake of rebranding. It's what happens when you finally stop hiding behind a concept and just show up as yourself. After Living the Whole Picture and Midlife Reset, I asked myself one honest question: what if my name was the brand?That question changed everything.In this episode we talk about: — Why I changed the name from Midlife Reset to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered — What unfiltered actually means and why it matters — Why I spent years building things under other names instead of just showing up as Jama — What this show is really for and who it's really for — Why Season 3 is the season I stop performing and start telling the truth"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth." That's the show. That's the season. That's what's coming.Welcome to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →Jama Pantel: Unfiltered — Official Trailer Season 3
May 1500:00:52Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThis is Jama Pantel: Unfiltered — real talk for women who are done surviving and ready to figure out what actually comes next.I'm Jama. Portrait photographer, speaker, and 23-time marathon finisher who knows what it means to build something from nothing. I know what survival mode feels like from the inside. And I know what happens when life finally shifts and you don't know what to do with the breathing room.This podcast exists because I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth.No fluff. No performance. Just honest conversations for women who are done performing their lives.Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →Survival Mode: What Happens When You Finally Don't Have to Hustle Anymore
May 1200:09:21Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailI Googled something last week that I'm mildly embarrassed to admit: "what do people actually do when they're not stressed?"And here's the wild part. I garden, I read, I hit 10,000 steps a day, and I've run 23 marathons. By every external measure, I'm someone who takes care of herself. And I still felt like I had no idea how to actually rest.In this episode of Midlife Reset, I'm getting honest about what happens when you've spent your entire adult life in survival mode, always working two jobs, always hustling, always carrying something, and then life shifts and suddenly you don't have to anymore.If you're an overachiever who built her entire identity around productivity, you know the feeling: the moment things slow down, your nervous system panics. Rest feels risky. Quiet feels suspicious. And stopping, even for a week, feels like it could cost you everything.This episode is for the women who grew up knowing what it meant to have nothing, who learned to hustle not because it was trendy but because the alternative was terrifying. And it's for anyone who has ever wondered: who am I when I'm not just surviving?In this episode we talk about:— Why overachiever burnout doesn't look like doing nothing (and why rest can actually feel unsafe)— How survival mode rewires your nervous system around constant urgency— What happens when you turn things you love into a brand, and lose the joy of them— The difference between ambition and chaos with a calendar— Learning to want things for yourself again, not for the algorithm"Rest isn't the opposite of ambition. It's just ambition without an audience." — Jama PantelIf this episode hit home, share it with someone who's carrying more than anyone around them realizes.Follow Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel wherever you listen to podcasts.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →Why You Feel Fine One Week… and Completely Off the Next
May 500:07:53Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailLast week I was exhausted… couldn’t recover, couldn’t sleep, everything felt off. This week? Energy is back, workouts feel strong… and then I hurt my back moving weights around at the gym.So yeah… how do you make sense of that?If you’ve ever felt completely off one week and totally fine the next, this episode is for you.In this episode, I’m talking about something that doesn’t get explained enough… how inconsistent everything can feel in midlife. From low energy and poor recovery to suddenly feeling strong again, it’s not always a steady pattern you can “fix.”I share what this has looked like for me in real time, including a week of exhaustion, a bounce back into feeling normal again, and then hurting my back doing something as simple as moving weights around at the gym.We’re also talking about how tools like Garmin can reflect what’s happening in your body, even if they’re not perfect, and how metrics like sleep score, HRV, and recovery can line up with how you actually feel.This episode is about learning to recognize the difference between something being broken and something fluctuating… and how that changes the way you approach your body, your workouts, and your expectations.If you’ve ever thought, “why does my body feel different week to week?” this episode will help you make sense of it.WHAT WE TALK ABOUT– Feeling exhausted one week and completely normal the next– The frustration of not knowing what changed– Why inconsistency is harder than being “off” all the time– Workouts feeling heavy vs suddenly strong again– Real-time example: hurting my back moving weights (not lifting)– Why setbacks don’t always mean something is wrong– Running and workout inconsistency – The “oldest daughter control” mindset and wanting to fix it– Garmin data: sleep score, HRV, and recovery patterns– Feeling “unproductive” for the first time ever – Dexa scan vs day-to-day experience – The shift: broken vs fluctuating – Why your body doesn’t follow a predictable pattern anymore – Reframing inconsistency in midlifeKEY TAKEAWAYSFeeling good one week and off the next is common in midlifeInconsistency can be more frustrating than constant fatigueYour body is not broken, it’s fluctuatingData tools like Garmin can reflect patterns, even if they aren’t perfectSetbacks don’t always mean you did something wrongAwareness matters more than control in this phaseEnjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →I Don’t Feel Like Myself Lately: Perimenopause, Fatigue, and Weight Gain in Midlife
Apr 2800:09:45Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailI don’t feel like myself lately… and I didn’t know how to say that out loud.Nothing is technically wrong, but my energy, my body, and even my emotions don’t feel like me anymore.If you’ve been feeling off lately but can’t quite explain why… this episode is for you.I’m sharing what this has actually been like navigating brain fog, constant hunger, weight gain, sleep issues, hot flashes, and emotional shifts… all at the same time.As someone who has always been disciplined and consistent, this has been one of the most confusing phases I’ve experienced.We’re talking about what it really feels like when your body starts changing in midlife, especially during perimenopause, and why doing everything “right” doesn’t always give you the same results anymore.And this is just the beginning of what I’m unpacking in this next phase of the podcast.If you’ve ever thought, “something is off, but I can’t explain it,” you’re not alone.KEY TAKEAWAYSFeeling “off” in midlife is often a combination of physical and emotional changes, not a single issuePerimenopause can affect energy, hunger, mood, sleep, and focus all at onceYou are not losing discipline, your body is changingThe routines that used to work may not work the same way anymoreAwareness is the first step before trying to fix everythingEnjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →Why Your Workouts Aren’t Working Anymore (Even If You’re Doing Everything Right)
Apr 2100:10:30Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWhy Your Workouts Aren’t Working Anymore (Even If You’re Doing Everything Right)Show Description If your workouts aren’t working anymore in midlife, even though you’re doing everything right, you’re not alone.In this episode, I’m talking about the frustrating reality so many women face as their bodies change. Weight gain, fatigue, slower recovery, and workouts that don’t produce the same results they used to.After more than 35 years of running and over 20 marathons, I’ve always been consistent with my fitness and nutrition. But recently, things shifted. What used to work… doesn’t anymore.We’re getting into what’s actually happening in midlife, why your body may not be responding the same way, and how this impacts not just your workouts, but your identity.If you’ve been eating clean, staying disciplined, and still not seeing results, this episode will help you feel seen and understand what might be going on.Show NotesIf you feel like your workouts aren’t working anymore, even though you’re doing everything right, this episode is for you.I’m sharing my personal experience navigating midlife changes, from weight gain and fatigue to injuries and recovery that doesn’t look the same anymore.This isn’t about doing more. It’s about understanding what’s changing and learning how to respond differently.In This Episode:Why your workouts may not be working the same way in midlifeThe connection between fatigue, recovery, and weight gainHow hormonal changes can impact your body and performanceThe mental shift that happens when your identity is tied to fitnessWhy doing more is not always the answerWhat has actually helped me adjust, including walking and strength trainingHow to start listening to your body instead of pushing throughKey Takeaways:You’re not doing anything wrong if your results have changedMidlife requires a different approach to fitness and recoveryConsistency still matters, but it may look different nowYour body is not broken, it’s changingPaying attention to how your body responds is more important than pushing harderEnjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
Transcribe →Why Being the “Easy One” Stops Working in Midlife
Apr 1400:04:57Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWhy does being the “easy one” start to feel exhausting in midlife?In this episode of Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel, Jama dives into the pattern of always being the one who figures things out, keeps the peace, and holds everything together… and why that role can start to feel different in midlife.For years, being dependable, capable, and “easy” may have helped you build your life and relationships. But at some point, those same patterns can begin to feel heavy, misaligned, or unsustainable.In this episode, we talk about:the “easy one” or oldest daughter patternwhy being the reliable one can lead to burnoutmidlife awareness and identity shiftsletting go of habits that no longer feel alignedhow to start questioning long-held patternsIf you’re in your 40s and feeling tired of always being the one who holds everything together, this episode will help you understand why—and what it might mean for you moving forward.Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to Jama Pantel: Unfiltered wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review — it helps more women find the show.🎙️ Listen and subscribe: https://www.jamapantel.com/jama-pantel-unfiltered/📸 Photography: https://www.jamapantel.com/📩 Work with Jama or book her to speak: https://www.jamapantel.com/contact/Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/jamapantel/"I decided to stop performing and start telling the truth."
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