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In this episode, we catch up on our personal lives and share some exciting updates. Allison has finally taken up boxing after being interested in it for quite some time and her Airbnb unit is coming along - hopefully launching soon, so stay tuned for details on that! Ceara recently went on a brand trip to Branson and brought her friend Hannia. They had a fun time embracing what Ceara is officially...

Plant care is self-care. That’s Maria Failla of the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast’s motto. Maria Failla has built an entire career and podcast community around the practice and belief that plants are good for us physically, mentally, and spiritually. Maria is a New York-based “plant killer turned happy plant lady” on a mission to make the world a kinder and greener place by helping everyone succ...

In the spirit of Earth Day weekend, we wanted to celebrate by sharing ways to incorporate sustainable practices into our daily lives and by interviewing someone who has been creating waves in the world of eco-friendly entrepreneurship. Lucky for us, the founder of Anueva Jewelry, was able to come on our show and share her journey!  Anueva Jewelry is all about sustainability, ethics, and timeless b...

This is the TLDL (too long didn’t listen) summary of what we learned from our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series’ that kicked off in January. We interviewed experts in the fields of emotional, occupational, spiritual, social, physical/nutritional, environmental, financial and intellectual wellness. These were truly life-changing conversations that we are so grateful to have experienced. The informat...

Continuing with our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are joined today by Allison's mom who is a professor in the College of Education. We dive into our 8th and final dimension - Intellectual Wellness. Dr. Saundra Shillingstad believes that good intellectual wellness means the cognitive capacity to show up in the world as your authentic self. Saundra grew up in a household that encouraged...

WWYBD is our ‘What Would Your Bestie Do?’ segment where we anonymously answer questions our community submitted via our website. If you have a question, you can ask it in our question box anytime and we’ll save it for the next WWYBD episode.  In today’s episode, we also catch you guys up on what’s been going on in our lives lately! We’ve missed you and wanted to take the time to candidly talk.  We...

Financial wellness is the ability to meet basic needs and manage money in both the short and long term. We know money can be a stressful topic so we wanted to make this conversation approachable and relatable.  We wanted to bring on a guest that lives a similar lifestyle to most of us - loves to shop, travel, buy $8 lattes, live in a cute place and hang out with friends but has also found a way to...

Continuing with our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are joined today by Sydney Adams! She is a fitness and lifestyle influencer with over a million followers across her social media channels where she shares content about her daily routines, workout tips, healthy habits and nutrition. Sydney is a certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant.  She was the first person we thought of to...

Diving into the realm of environmental wellness for our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are joined today by Terri Cumming of Healthy Home by Design. Terri helps people create homes that they love, that feel good and that are healthy. It's that simple. Terri Cumming loves sharing her knowledge of Design, Holistic Living & Energy to help us all create a home environment we love, feel s...

Diving into the realm of nutrition for our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are honored to be joined by Iliriana Zeneli who is the CEO and founder of Live Healthillie. Illie is a holistic health coach, certified personal trainer, and wellness influencer with over 275,000+ followers on Instagram and TikTok.  In this episode, Illie shares her journey from someone who used to unknowingly promote...

We are halfway through our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness’ series so we are taking this week to reflect on how much we’ve learned over the past six weeks. WWYBD is our ‘What Would Your Bestie Do?’ segment where we anonymously answer questions our community submitted via our website.  In today’s episode, we talk about our favorite ways to take care of ourselves, how we stick to healthy habits when life...

In celebration of our two-year anniversary, we are launching our “podcast bible” which is our 35-page PDF guide of everything we’ve learned from equipment to software to growing your audience to monetization to building a community. It’s everything we wish we would have known before we started. It’s available for $25 on our website alreadyfriendspodcast.com/shop In this episode, we transparently s...

This is Part 2 of our conversation with award-winning anthropologist and TEDx Speaker Dr. Chelsea Shields. After working with clients all over the world to help them better understand how humans have evolved and what they’re socially influenced by, she has developed a theory about the five friends you need in life to contribute to your social safety net. Ideas we discuss in this episode: Finding a...

In continuation of our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are honored to bring on Dr. Chelsea Shields who is an award-winning anthropologist, founder of Brandthropologie, a research and strategy consulting business, and multi-time TED fellow, speaker, and speaking coach. Dr. Shields thinks about social wellness in terms of a safety net. An intricate weaving of people in our community who we dep...

In continuation of our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are diving into spiritual wellness with Dheandra Nicolette. She is the host of Manifest Daily - a spiritual and lifestyle podcast that provides positive energy and support that listener’s need to return to their highest self and live your best life. Dheandra also shares life lessons, personal experiences, self-care, self-love, navigating...

In continuation of our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are delighted to bring on Ashley Stahl. She is a counterterrorism professional turned career coach, spokesperson, and author of the bestselling book, You Turn: Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction, Design Your Dream Career. Through her two viral TEDx speeches, her online courses, her email list, and her show, the You Turn Podcast, she’s...

We are thrilled to bring on a friend of ours, Tiana Gidley, who is the owner of a design agency and proud creator of a self-reflection journal to help guide you to find answers within.  This is episode #1 of 8 in our Eight Dimensions of Wellness Series, where we break down the 8 different areas of our life that make us a whole, balanced person. When we decided to do this series, Tiana immediately...

This is the introductory episode to a series that will cover the 8 dimensions of wellness over the next few months. The 8 dimensions (according to Dr. Peggy Swarbrick) are emotional & mental, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, social, physical, and spiritual.  In this series, each episode will dive deep into one of the dimensions. Our goal is that by providing conversations...

Ep 102: In today’s day and age, it has become more and more common to spend our free time digitally: scrolling social media, binging shows on our computers, playing video games, etc. Traditional hobbies seem to be disappearing, and it seems like the art of having a hobby is becoming lost.  In today’s episode, Allison and Ceara talk candidly about the importance of doing tasks and activities purely...

It seems like society puts a lot of emphasis and excitement on New Year’s resolutions, but we rarely talk about following up with the previous year’s accomplishments. All the conversations we’re seeing online and IRL about 2023 and making resolutions got us thinking about how important it is to reflect on your previous year before jumping in to set more goals.  We talk about our reflection process...

Wow… 100 episodes! We are so thrilled to have met this milestone. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing community of listeners and our support system of close loved ones.  This might be our most wholesome content to date. With it being the 100th episode, we wanted to do something special! With January around the corner, we thought we would give you some ideas and inspiration to take into th...

As we begin to reflect on 2022 and head into the new year, many of us are re-evaluating our current habits and thinking of ways to change up our routines. For some, that may start with cutting back on alcohol, such as participating in Dry January. One in seven Americans participate in Dry January, and the one-month sobriety challenge has quickly become a popular way for many of us to kick off the...

As the temperature drops and we all spend more time indoors, we thought it would be timely to do an episode about how we make our homes cozier so we are embracing the winter season, instead of wishing the cold days away. I’m sure you’ve all seen or heard of the Danish word ‘hygge’ which is all about surrounding yourself with the things that make life good, like friendship, laughter, and security,...

Surprise! We’re dropping this episode early, just in time for the first holiday of the holiday season. So if you’re needing advice before you head out for your Thanksgiving plans, this episode’s for you! It’s officially that time of year - a loving, wholesome season, but it can also bring in some anxiety around scheduling conflicts, over-consuming, family relations, travel, and finances. In our WW...

In this episode, we have on fitness coach Allie Rickard to talk all things women's health. Allie is a certified instructor in several types of fitness, and has built a career around helping women look and feel their best. One way that women can feel their best is through cycle syncing, something Allie has been practicing for several years now.  The term cycle syncing was first introduced by Al...