Jama Pantel: Unfiltered
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.
Episodes
I gained fifteen pounds in roughly ten weeks. Not over a year. Ten weeks. And I was logging nearly a thousand miles of running, hundreds of miles of walking, and over a hundred hours of strength training during that same stretch.
The math made no sense. So in this episode, I am breaking down what was actually happening in my body and why everything I thought I knew about weight management stopped working almost overn...
Running was the first place I was ever truly free. In college I had nothing. I ran everywhere...to class, to work, everywhere. Not because I was training. Because it was how I got through. And when you are sweating hard enough, it is easier to hide the tears.
This episode is about what happens when perimenopause threatens the one thing that has always been yours. The unpredictability nobody warns you about. The 7 min...
I am 48, I have run 23 marathons, and I did everything right. My doctors kept telling me I was fine. So I stopped waiting and got comprehensive bloodwork that tested 125 biomarkers instead of the usual handful.
The results finally told the truth, ferritin at 10, bone density at the 11th percentile, an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of nearly 10 to 1, and a genetic cardiac risk factor called Lp(a) that nobody had ever told ...
For four years, something kept going wrong. Knees in 2022. Shoulder in 2023. Both feet in 2024. A gut crisis in 2025. Every provider gave me an isolated answer. Every single one said the same thing: normal wear and tear, normal for your age.
I was 44.
This is the story of what my body was trying to tell me for four years, and why nobody, including me, was connecting the dots. Until Valentine's Day 2026.
Next week I tel...
You'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 ...
You 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,...
Three 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...
If 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 que...
This 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.
T...
I 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 w...
Last 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 do...
I 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, sle...
Why 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’...
Why 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 r...
Why do you feel like you don’t feel like yourself anymore in midlife… even when everything looks fine?
In this episode of Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel, Jama shares what led her to this new season and why a midlife reset doesn’t always come from everything falling apart.
Sometimes it comes from something more subtle… a shift you can’t ignore.
After years of doing everything “right...
Have you ever felt like you don’t feel like yourself anymore in midlife… but you can’t explain why?
Welcome to Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel, a podcast for high-achieving women navigating midlife changes and figuring out how to feel like themselves again.
If something feels different in your body, your energy, or your identity, you’re not alone.
In this trailer, Jama shares what sparked this n...
It’s Never About the Finish Line: It’s About Who You Become Along the Way
In this final episode of Brand Building: Living the Whole Picture, Jama closes the chapter she began exactly one year ago — on her 47th birthday.
What started as a hopeful project to grow her business became something entirely different: a year-long journey of identity, honesty, and transformation. Instead of gaining clarity ab...
Why I’m Taking a Break: A Year-End Reflection
Episode Description:
After a full year of showing up every week, Jama sits down for an unedited, voice-memo-style message to share what’s been on her heart. This episode is a personal update, a thank you to every listener who has been part of this journey, and an honest reflection on a year filled with change, growth, and realignment.
For the first time in a lon...
Finding Your Flow Again: How to Rebuild Momentum After Burnout
Episode Description:
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost your rhythm: the energy, motivation, and flow that once came naturally? You’re not alone.
In this episode, Jama shares how a slow season in both business and life helped her rebuild from the inside out. After years of pushing hard, juggling photography, fitness, and entrepreneurship, she f...
Rebuilding Strength in Midlife: What It Really Means to Be Strong
Episode Description:
What does strength look like when the version you used to know doesn’t fit anymore?
In this episode, Jama opens up about what it really means to rebuild strength in midlife: not just in your body, but in your mindset, your confidence, and the way you show up in your brand.
After years of defining strength through marathon traini...
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