Pickleball & Partnership: On Transformation, Growth & the Game of Becoming
Welcome to Pickleball & Partnership, the podcast about Transformation, Growth, and Becoming...both on the pickleball court and in life.
I'm Charlotte—Registered Nurse of 37 years, now Life Coach, Podcast Host, and lifelong student of what it means to evolve. Each week, I share honest reflections on the messy, courageous work of personal growth: how we heal, pivot, release old identities, and step into more authentic versions of ourselves.
The pickleball court is where I see everything clearly. My triggers. My patterns. My resistance to change. Every rally becomes a mirror—showing me where I'm gripping too tightly, where I need to trust more, where I'm still playing small.
And what I learn on the court applies to everything off it!
This podcast explores:
- Nervous system healing and regulation
- Identity shifts and career transitions
- Relationship dynamics and emotional patterns
- The cost of transformation (and why it's worth it)
- How to go all in when you're terrified
- What it means to integrate who you were with who you're becoming
This isn't motivational fluff. It's real talk about growth...the kind that honours the grief, the discomfort, and the beauty of becoming.
If you're navigating transition, doing inner work, or just trying to understand why change feels so hard — this podcast is for you.
Hit subscribe and join me every week for stories, insights, and the lessons the court keeps teaching me about life.
Contributors
Neil Jukes
Guests
Carrie Sans
Cari Sans is a licensed marriage therapist and relationship mentor with nearly 20 years of experience helping individuals and couples create connected, thriving partnerships. Her approach is rooted in systems therapy and attachment theory, and she blends that with practical coaching tools to help clients break free from stuck patterns and create real, lasting change. Cari also leads women’s healing circles and teaches relational intelligence as a path to deeper self-awareness, stronger relationships, and a more heart-centered life.
If you’re ready to improve communication, reconnect with your partner, and break out of old patterns, I’d love to offer you a free gift—my Love Reset Guide. It’s a great starting point with practical shifts you can make right away. You can download it at Love Reset Guide or just visit my website at carisans.com.
Dr. Stormy Hill
Dr. Stormy Hill, owner of 2 occupational therapy businesses helping special education students and adults with mental health challenges. She is a pioneer in the development of sensory rooms in rehab facilities. Stormy worked for over 14 years as a mental health OT and is also a certified intimacy coach, founder ofLove Deep Lab, and a national speaker on relationships and wellness.
Featured in NY Post and Thrive Business Magazine For Women, and elected as one of the Women to Watch in Utah Business Magazine in 2014. She is a celebrity authority and #1 Amazon best-selling author in The Transformational Journey - Stories on Business, Life and Happiness.
She has a BA from Duke University, her medical doctorate from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine‚ and her MS in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern California. www.drstormyschiller.com and on IG @drstormyschiller
Lori Gillespie
Lori Gillespie, a top-rated pickleball player with a 4.1 DUPR rating and multiple gold, silver, and bronze medals, joins the show to share her journey in the sport.
Lori is the pickleball coordinator for Prolific Sports House in Calgary and owner of Pickleball Retreats for Canadians
Sara Weiss
Sara Weiss is a dynamic force in leadership and personal development, recognised as a 2-time #1 best-selling author in leadership education, high-performance success coach, and international motivational speaker. As a top leader in the network marketing industry, she has built global teams of thousands and mentored numerous individuals to achieve six-figure incomes. A sponsored amateur pickleball champion and dedicated coach, Sara is also a serial entrepreneur, wealth coach, and passionate agent of change. Balancing her professional achievements with her role as a devoted mother of two, she inspires and empowers others to unlock their potential and achieve extraordinary success on or off the pickleball court.
Siri Baruc Thornton
Siri Baruc Thornton is a Reiki Master Teacher, Transformational Breathwork facilitator, Akashic Record guide, and host of the podcast The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good. With over 26 years of experience, Siri helps spiritual entrepreneurs, mothers, and creatives reclaim their energy, reconnect with their truth, and embody their gifts fully, one breath at a time.
Siri is hosting a Reiki Certification Retreat July 21–23 in Camas, Washington and her Goddess of Light Retreat September 29–October 2 in the Mt. Hood Forest.
Both are designed to initiate lasting transformation, in community, and with joy.
Through her work at sage + blush wellness, Siri weaves energy healing, storytelling, and embodied spirituality into powerful experiences that help people expand their capacity to feel good — and to live, lead, and create from that place. Special Code CharlotteFriend
Teri Citterman
Teri Citterman helps CEOs, senior leaders, and executive teams leverage their power and influence to successfully achieve organizational change.
Teri is founder and principal of Talonn, that helps good thinkers become great leaders. A certified executive performance coach, award-winning writer, and author of the book “From the CEO’s Perspective,” Teri merges her experience in corporate communications and ghostwriting with her knowledge gained from coaching and interviewing hundreds of CEOs.
She has a keen ear for what’s not being said and quickly translates insights into action that achieves measurable results.
Her clients include fast-paced, high-growth start-ups and complex organizations like Alaska Airlines, DocuSign, University of Washington Medicine, PayPal, Brinks Global Services, Bill & Melinda Gates Investments, Microsoft, and Lockheed Martin