Thank you Cass & Jennie & Pickles and Ollie for letting me host your super VIP PET EVENT this past August 12, 2026 at the Westin Las Vegas! The Recap of my first emcee event honoring all the amazing PET brands I was able to host. Also a personal thank you for supporting my show and the on going plans for Valley Views as my platform expands more globally and into international platforms.

#honored #humble #theafterbark #vip #recap #healoutloud

I want to come back to something that really stands out about the Hyde & Seek story.

Chelsey and Tristen are not waiting for someone else to create the opportunity they have been looking for.

They are building it themselves.

They've taken backgrounds in beauty, entrepreneurship, escape rooms, storytelling, creativity, family, and imagination—and they're combining those experiences to create something new.

And that takes courage.

Especially when there isn't a blueprint.

Especially when resources are limited.

Especially when people don't immediately understand the vision.

But perhaps that's what makes the story worth telling.

The people who change an industry aren't always the ones who fit perfectly into what already exists.

Sometimes, they're the people who looked around and said:

What if we created something different?

Hyde & Seek is actively looking for investors and a permanent space to continue growing their vision and bringing immersive storytelling experiences to life.

Their story is still being written.

And perhaps this is only the beginning.

Thank you to Chelsey Walton and Tristen Lehr for joining me and sharing the story behind Hyde & Seek.

To learn more and follow their journey:

Instagram & TikTok: @hydeandseekimmersive

Website: hydeandseekvegas.com

YouTube: @tristenhydeandseek

And thank you to everyone listening to Valley Views, where we continue to share the people, places, businesses, ideas, and voices that make our community unique.

I'm Amanda Joy Christensen, and until next time, keep looking beyond what you see—because sometimes the most incredible stories are the ones still waiting to be created.

This is Valley Views.

Hayden’s death → what her life revealed about postpartum mental health, addiction, motherhood and grief → then the larger question of whether America is actually building systems that support mothers, particularly single mothers.

Because Hayden’s death is extremely recent, I’d also avoid saying the “system caused her death.” Her official cause of death is still pending. (ABC News)

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Welcome back to Valley Views.

I'm Amanda Joy Christensen, and today we're having a conversation that I believe is bigger than politics, bigger than Hollywood, and bigger than one woman's tragic story.

We're talking about mothers.

We're talking about postpartum depression.

We're talking about addiction and recovery.

We're talking about grief.

We're talking about single mothers trying to work, raise children, afford childcare, keep food on the table and somehow find enough time to take care of themselves.

And we're talking about a woman whose story has brought all of these issues painfully back into the national conversation:

Hayden Panettiere.