Still Standing with Diane Six

Still Standing with Diane Six

by Diane Y. Six
Season 1

It's Bonus Mom - The Role Nobody Hands You a Manual For

Have you ever stepped into a role you did not fully understand until you were already knee-deep in orthodontist appointments, Starbucks runs, school emails, weird smells in the backseat, and emotional territory nobody thought to map out for you? In Episode 4 of Still Standing with Diane Six, Diane shares a special story from Step Into My Shoes about Step-motherhood, bonus love, blended families, and the quiet emotional work that happens in the in-between moments. Because Episode 6 had to mean something - Six is the last name, after all. This episode is funny, heartfelt, and honest about what it means to step into a role you did not fully understand until you were already living it. From orthodontist appointments and Starbucks runs to eye rolls, car chats, and unexpected "Love you" moments, Diane reflects on the complicated beauty of being a Bonus Mom. For Step-moms, moms, blended families, and anyone who has ever loved someone through an unexpected role, this episode is a reminder that the quiet love counts. Follow the show so the next episode lands automatically. Stuck in a chapter you didn’t choose? Still Standing with Diane Six is where funny, honest life stories become proof that you can survive the chapters you didn’t choose. For women who have lived through the “you can’t make this up” chapters — and are still standing, laughing, rebuilding, and occasionally wondering what in the WHAT just happened. If the podcast made you laugh, tear up, or question your life choices, follow Still Standing with Diane Six wherever you get your podcasts and send it to one woman who gets it. Discover more: Visit StepIntoMyShoesHere.com for books, freebies, meditations, courses, and the Still Standing Community.

Breast Cancer, Fear, and Finding Your Feet Again

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When life changes in a way you never saw coming? In Episode 3 of Still Standing with Diane Six, Diane shares a personal story about the kind of chapter that changes everything — and what it looks like to keep going when life drops something huge in your lap like breast cancer. Stuck in a chapter you didn’t choose? Still Standing with Diane Six is where funny, honest life stories become proof that you can survive the chapters you didn’t choose. For women who have lived through the “you can’t make this up” chapters — and are still standing, laughing, rebuilding, and occasionally wondering what in the WHAT just happened. If the podcast made you laugh, tear up, or question your life choices, follow Still Standing with Diane Six wherever you get your podcasts and send it to one woman who gets it. Follow the show so the next episode lands automatically. Discover more: STEP INTO THE STILL STANDING WORLD at stepintomyshoeshere.com. Filled with community, meditations, mantras, support, reset courses and all the things! #Diane Six #Still Standing #Step Into My Shoes #The Still Standing Method #women’s healing #personalgrowth #grief #divorce #lifelessons #selfcare #storytelling

Yinz, Belonging, and the Tiny Ways We Edit Ourselves

Ummm... has one tiny word exposed your entire childhood in public? Episode 2 of Still Standing with Diane Six is funny, honest, and slightly too relatable for anyone who has ever tried to blend in… and failed loudly. One word. One college moment. One tiny identity crisis in public. Follow the show so the next episode lands automatically. Stuck in a chapter you didn’t choose? Still Standing with Diane Six is where funny, honest life stories become proof that you can survive the chapters you didn’t choose. For women who have lived through the “you can’t make this up” chapters — and are still standing, laughing, rebuilding, and occasionally wondering what in the WHAT just happened. STEP INTO THE STILL STANDING WORLD at stepintomyshoeshere.com Filled with community, meditations, mantras, support, reset courses and all the things! #Diane Six #Still Standing #Step Into My Shoes #The Still Standing Method #women’s healing #personalgrowth #grief #divorce #lifelessons #selfcare #storytelling

Adoption, Identity, and the Questions We Carry

Ever start your life as a question mark? ​Diane shares her adoption story and a reading from her book on being chosen. This podcast is for anyone navigating life’s unexpected chapters — the messy middle, the rebuilding season, and the moments that leave you asking, “Now what?” Follow the show so the next episode lands automatically. Stuck in a chapter you didn’t choose? Still Standing with Diane Six is where funny, honest life stories become proof that you can survive the chapters you didn’t choose. For women who have lived through the “you can’t make this up” chapters — and are still standing, laughing, rebuilding, and occasionally wondering what in the WHAT just happened. STEP INTO THE STILL STANDING WORLD at stepintomyshoeshere.com Filled with community, meditations, mantras, support, reset courses and all the things! #Diane Six #Still Standing #Step Into My Shoes #The Still Standing Method #women’s healing #personalgrowth #grief #divorce #lifelessons #selfcare #storytelling

The Book That Unintentionally Became a Method

Bonus
For years, Diane Six wrote stories in her iPhone notes - little pieces of grief, adoption, divorce, breast cancer, family, identity, and the ridiculous moments that somehow make survival feel human. But after a layoff shifted everything, those stories became more than memories. They became Step Into My Shoes, the memoir. And while Diane was writing the stories, she began to see something deeper: every major life chapter had a pattern. Disruption. Survival mode. Honest inventory. Identity break. Permission. Forward steps. That pattern became the Still Standing Method. In this episode of Still Standing with Diane Six, Di shares how the book, the method, and the movement came to life - not from a perfect plan, but from lived proof, hard chapters, messy healing, and the realization that sometimes your purpose is hiding inside the thing you thought was only pain. This episode is for the woman in a chapter she did not choose, the woman trying to figure out who she is now, and the woman learning that still standing does not mean untouched. It means you are here. Still breathing. Still choosing. Still becoming. Still standing. Quiz link noted in podcast Discover where you are instantly. If this episode made you laugh, nod, or feel a little less alone, follow the show right now. That one tap tells the podcast world there are more women out here still standing — and apparently we come with stories Stuck in a chapter you didn’t choose? Still Standing with Diane Six is where funny, honest life stories become proof that you can survive the chapters you didn’t choose. For women who have lived through the “you can’t make this up” chapters — and are still standing, laughing, rebuilding, and occasionally wondering what in the WHAT just happened. Discover more: STEP INTO THE STILL STANDING WORLD at stepintomyshoeshere.com. Filled with community, meditations, mantras, support, reset courses and all the things! #StillStandingWithDianeSix #StepIntoMyShoes #SchoolEmails #ParentingHumor #MomHumor #BonusMomLife #MentalLoad #InvisibleLabor #SpiritWeek #PermissionSlip #FridayFolder #StillStanding #HumorAndHealing #SurvivalWithSass #LifeFeelsLifeY
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