46: WHY AM I SCARED TO SHINE?
February 14, 2022
Let’s leave fear behind, stop being scared to shine, and start being strong together.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
39: BUILDING AN EPIC PARTNERSHIP
December 27, 2021
Today we talk to Paula Espinosa Valarezo about how she and her husband are both actively engaged in building an EPIC partnership, how they do it, and how they approached becoming parents with this in mind. By keeping THEIR partnership central to the equations.
38: (UN)REMARKABLE: WHAT ARE WE NOT NOTICING?
December 20, 2021
Recently in my storytelling class with Carly Ann Filbin of Written in Brooklyn, I told a story about my fear and anxieties before my second wedding. It was reflected back to me that the part of the story that was compelling wasn’t what I’d originally thought, but the self doubts I had about getting married again. How could I be sure that my trauma and baggage wouldn’t pollute this? Us? Him?
37: BUILDING RELATIONSHIP CAPITAL & GENDER ROLES
December 13, 2021
We’ve got our first DAD on the show! Andy Kingman and I talk about the effects of becoming parents on marriage, friendships, and gender roles — wanting to change internalized, perceived, and assumed gender roles for our children, and in the process, building relationship capital with our kids.
36: WHAT STORIES DO YOU TELL?
December 6, 2021
In this week’s episode I go deep on the power of the stories we tell ourselves and each other. It is through our storytelling (no matter the medium) that we choose which wolf we are feeding inside of us. Which leads me to my question… What stories do you tell? Which wolf to feed?
35: INCONTINENCE + HEMORRHOIDS = HOT MESS
November 29, 2021
Joanne Adams is an internationally certified life and success coach working with new moms who want to feel like they have their sh!t together. Cheerleading for the messy-bun mamas who feel at a loss or a crossroads in life, Joanne’s coaching provides a roadmap that leads them to (re)discover and completely uplevel themselves, without sacrificing time away from their babies.