45: AVOIDING STRESS BLUE BALLS WITH OPTIMAL PELVIC FLOOR FUNCTION

February 7, 2022

In this episode Alissa realizes where the source of her feeling responsible for her partner’s erections, based on Lindsey Vestal’s, the founder of The Functional Pelvis, explanation of how stress accumulates in the pelvic floor.We are built to experience cycles. Life cycles, menstrual cycles, and stress cycles. And it’s that last one that gets really sticky – see what I did there?

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44: SOFT VS HARD

January 31, 2022

We equate hard with success and easy with lazy.I’m good at being good. But I’m ready to be bad at being good. I’m ready to be “lazy,” give myself a break, and embrace softness. Even if that means I’ll never be able to zip up my pre-pregnancy jeans.

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43: WE’RE ALL GOING TO F*CK UP OUR KIDS

January 24, 2022

Today’s podcast guest Susanna Merrick, founder of Aura Wear, agrees that as much as we will try to be the generation that does it perfectly, we are all going to f*ck up our kids. I know I’m dedicated to doing it differently than my parents did, but I’m not denying it will happen. 

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42: WTF DO WE DO NEXT?

January 17, 2022

I’m tired of having the same conversations on repeat. I’m tired of assessing risk. I’m numb from numbing and wondering WTf do we do next? Where do we go from here?

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41: FINDING YOUR WORTH

January 10, 2022

Why do we so often wait until motherhood to find and own our worth? Warning: I say at least TWO very smart things in this episode, and Ryanne Glasper, our guest, says more than two smart things — to help us opt out of the garbage, re-parent ourselves, and own our f*cking worth.

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40: TRANSITIONS ARE EXPENSIVE

January 3, 2022

In this episode I share a few words of wisdom from my beloved ballet teacher Kat Wildish including, “Transitions are expensive.” They’re expensive because to have the control, musicality, sensitivity, and awareness to make them seamless takes years of training. Our breath naturally transitions easily from inhale to exhale. Day transitions to night. We’ve transitioned from 2021 to 2022. So let’s dance our way into this new year. One breath at a time. 

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