Shamelessly Unapologetic

Ilana starts off the episode with a few experiences listeners shared with her regarding toxic friendships. Ilana also dives into two experiences she has had with two different people she thought were her friends, but ended up being more like frenemies. She shares a little bit about about how to let go of toxic friends and how to also spot the red flags. 

In this episode, Ilana discusses why she lives a cruelty-free lifestyle along with her decision to become a vegetarian. She shares a bit more insight on what being cruelty-free means and how others can live a cruelty-free lifestyle. Ilana also opens up about her journey to becoming a vegetarian and the steps it took to adjust. If you're thinking about becoming cruelty-free, a vegetarian, or even a...

In this episode, Ilana announces she accepted an offer at a new company and the reason why she got super picky during her job search this time around. She also takes you through a deep dive into her job search process and the roller coaster it was for her. 

After taking a short break, Ilana is back from her trip to San Francisco. She discusses her struggles with missing San Francisco and how being away from the city is starting to affect her. Later in the episode, Ilana shares more about her feelings about Texas passing the anti-abortion law. 

Ilana shares why she is ready for a relationship and why finding a romantic partner is important to her. Even though she's always embraced being happily single, a relationship is still something she really wants one day. 

Ilana opens up more about her mental health, burnout, stress, and hormonal imbalances. 

In this episode, Ilana shares a little bit about why she chose to bite the bullet and live alone. She has always been used to living with roommates and had always preferred it due to her being so extroverted and wanting to save money. However, since moving to Portland...she decided it was time to get her first studio apartment. She also shares what she's learned so far from living alone. 

In this episode, Ilana shares a list of things she is no longer wasting her time and maybe even why you shouldn't either. She also reads off listener submissions on what they're no longer wasting their time on. 

In this episode, Ilana shares what it is like to be unemployed from the times where it happened beyond her to control up until her doing it to herself. She shares an important message about the practice of self-care while being unemployed and how to navigate it. If you're currently unemployed, you may want to give this episode a listen!

Ilana has some news to share with everyone. She recently quit her startup job due to her experience at a company she thought was going to be a great experience...until it wasn't. 

In this episode, Ilana hosts Layla London, who is the host of the Curious Girl Diaries Podcast. Ilana and Layla talk about their terrible dating experiences from being stood up, bad sex, jerks, etc. Later in the episode, Layla and Ilana dish out on their sexual encounters and their kinks. EXPLICIT WARNING: If conversations about sex and kinks make you uncomfortable then you may not like this episo...

Ilana goes on a rant about the dangers of modesty culture and how it affected her life growing up. She shares how she felt more true to herself when she wasn't dressing "modestly" anymore, and feeling better in her own skin. 

In this episode, we are back with another guest featuring Allison Alderman, owner of Virginia's Daughter Bridal Boutique. Allison shares her story of making her dreams a reality and becoming a business owner. She shares her journey about starting a bridal boutique and gives a lot of good advice for those who are interested in having their own storefront or becoming their own business owner. ...

In this episode, Ilana talks about her experiences being a bikini competitor and all of the ups and downs she's faced from competing in NPC bikini competitions.  *Trigger warning* Mentions of eating disorders, weight gain, and weight loss are in this episode.

In this episode, Ilana talks about her struggles with her own religion, antisemitism, her Jewish identity, and her experiences growing up as Jewish.

In this episode, Ilana talks about her traumatic experiences while being an ABA therapist for two years of her life. She developed an anti-ABA stance after she left the industry and didn't look back. She also shares more about why ABA therapy is more harmful and damaging to children with autism as opposed to being helpful. 

In this episode, Ilana reflects on her past month and how her break being away from the podcast was. Curious to learn more about what Ilana was up during the month of May? Listen today to find out!

This podcast will be taking the month of May off to refresh and reflect. Tune in for this mini-episode and we see you back in June!

In this episode, Ilana dives into how many times life has beaten her up and how she has started to recover from all the suffering she's been through. She talks about how she is making, her comeback in life and getting it back together,

In this episode, Ilana shares how much she really enjoys astrology, psychic readings, and using tarot cards to gather insight about her life. She opens up about her experiences with psychic readings, learning tarot cards, and why she loves talking about all things zodiac-related. 

This week we are back with a guest, who is Rebecca Schwartz from the Dating in the Bae podcast. Rebecca and Ilana talk all things about being single and their journey throughout sharing their dating life so publicly online. They share their worst dating stories and their approaches to how they've been navigating single life. You definitely don't want to miss this episode. 

In this episode, Ilana goes back to her college days when she was in a sorority. While most of Ilana's experience in Greek life was positive...she experienced a ton of crazy drama in chapter. She shares some ridiculous stories of pettiness, sisters losing their minds over nothing, and other BS that upset Ilana in her sorority. Get ready for this hot mess. 

In this week's episode, Ilana shares what it's like to be a Youtuber. She goes into the backstory behind her channel, the pros and cons of being a Youtuber, and even shares her opinions on the latest Youtuber drama. 

In this episode, Ilana spills all the tea about her experiences on OnlyFans and why she is choosing to step away from the platform. She discusses her reasons for starting in the first place, how much money she made from it, the content she created, how the general public reacted to it, and more. If you've wanted to learn more about what it's like to be an OnlyFans creator, then you'll enjoy this e...

In this episode, Ilana shares multiple toxic work environments that her Instagram followers have sent to her and her responses to them all. She also shares a story about her biggest toxic work environment she has ever been in. She left that job in 2019 and now she feels she is in a better spot with her career and company. If you have dealt with toxic work environments, then you will enjoy the dump...