MORE with Ava Beilke

Ava’s back in Palm Springs, rounding out the third and final stop on her California road trip. Luckily, there are enough restaurants in this town to bring a completely fresh set of dining recommendations to the podcast. From a mouth-watering smashburger to the world’s best cannoli, there’s a meal for every mood here. Plenty of rich-bixch beverages, too! When unexpected rain hits the desert, Ava ta...

Who better to talk about burnout than the burnout queen? Ava’s not proud, just honest. This week she’s feeling burnt TF out, so let’s talk about it. How did she get here? Can burnout be avoided, or merely minimized? While burnout is defined as a work-related syndrome, it’s wider reaching. Rather than blaming yourselves for mismanaging stress, let’s look at the reality of the world we live in and u...

Ava’s tour de California continues with a stop in easy breezy Laguna Beach. If you were raised on American reality TV, chances are you’ve heard of Laguna Beach. Is it as great as MTV made it out to be? Sure, but also, it depends? Ava shares her experience at a fabulous boutique hotel, complete with morning coffee service delivered to the room, poolside champagne, and beach views, and details...

Ava shares what may be considered unconventional social media advice. Inspired by her personal frustrations as a social media user in 2023, and by her role in contributing to the current collective experience as a social media coach and consultant who has worked in industry for 12+ years, sharing her unfiltered personal viewpoints feels risky, but necessary. Enough of the “shoulds” - it’s time to...

This week Ava’s sharing her honest opinion of Los Angeles, California. While LA is an iconic city, it may not be for everyone. From West Hollywood to Silver Lake, from staying in and vibing with room service on a silver platter at Soho House to touching grass and absorbing sunshine at the Silver Lake Meadows, she covered a lot of ground. While this trip was a bit more chill than previous ones, Ava...

Whether you’re packing for three days or three months, there are certain essentials that should always be packed in your carry-on. This week Ava’s packing up for a month on the road so the packing process is top of mind. She shares a run-down of everything that is (and is not) in her bag. With the overwhelm that packing can bring, it’s easy to lose sight of carry-on bag mentality, and even easier...

What do you think when you hear the word discipline? Chances are it’s a mixed bag. Today Ava explores the topic of self-discipline. While having self-discipline is necessary to accomplish your goals in life, there’s a fine line between healthy and unhealthy levels of self-discipline. After reading Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday, Ava agrees with the author that self-discipline is critical to...

Ava the anti-cupid celebrates Valentine’s Day by sharing a guide to being single and happy in your 30’s. As someone who spent all of their 20’s in relationships, and all of their thirties (so far) single, Ava can finally say that she’s reached a point of contentment and happiness in being single. So much so that she didn’t even realize it was Valentine’s Day this week until she tried to make a din...

Do you feel more triggered than inspired after scrolling Instagram? Do you fall into hours-long TikTok binges? Are you bored because you’ve seen everything online? These are indicators that it’s time to do a social media detox. Ava shares three ways to detox your social media consumption that will help you have a healthier relationship with social media, and improve your mental health and wellbein...

It’s Ava’s birthday week and if one thing’s certain, it’s that she’ll let everyone know it. Birthdays are an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the people we love, including ourselves! Ava reflects on how birthday experiences from childhood can impact how we celebrate as adults, and the fact that birthday parties have been noticeably flat since the pandemic started. To ensure that birthdays...

It’s a new year which means it’s a natural time to start over. Whether it’s setting new intentions for 2023 or packing up and moving across the country, it seems like everyone is starting over right now at some level. Ava is starting over too and is grappling with some annoying ass resistance to doing so. She shares four reasons why people don’t like to start over and offers up a set of reminders...

Ava and Najee spend 48 hours in Atlanta, Georgia for their last travel review of 2022. They make the most of their short time together by taking a stroll through Piedmont Park, escaping the gloom and rain with a visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and do a bit of holiday shopping at Ponce City Market. Of course, no trip would be complete without some bar and restaurant stops. While the duo trie...

Take your manifesting of original rich-bixch experiences to the next level with manifestation boards! What’s a manifestation board? It’s like vision board, but more on-brand. Ava and Najee break down their 5-step process for creating the ultimate manifestation board and walk through their creative process of brainstorming, clipping, creating, sharing, and posting them. Now is the perfect time to i...

Nostalgia is hitting hard this week as Ava and Najee revisit some of the most iconic early 2000’s cult classic movies: Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, and The Devil Wears Prada. There’s something special about the movies that raise you, and the hosts agree that this is definitely the case with Mean Girls. Neither Ava or Najee were particularly fond of high school, but they definitely relate to many of...

Ava and Najee share their plans to reclaim the holidays this year as they head into the thick of it. Holidays are a magnifier and will amplify everything going on in your life; good, bad or otherwise. Traditions are great until they’re not. Whether you find the stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve to be a bunch of bullshit or the best time of the year, the way you choose to celebrate th...

Ava and Najee love a good travel planning moment and jumped at the opportunity to pull together their travel bucket lists for the year ahead. While the co-hosts literally want to go everywhere, they’ve each prioritized three top destinations for 2023. With a list that spans 5 continents, 7 countries, and 10+ cities, there’s something in it for everyone. Ava and Najee both love the idea of travelin...

This week Ava and Najee compile their favorite tips to help boost creativity. While humans are inherently creative, the burnout that results from hustle culture depletes creativity fast, leaving the hosts looking for ways to boost creativity in times of need. The tips in this roundup range from intentionally doing nothing to doing the most with a complicated 6 thinking hats framework - it’s giving...

In this solo travel review Ava takes us on a journey through the Coachella Valley to recap her time spent in Palm Springs California. The weather and landscape are undeniably gorgeous, with ample blue skies, sunshine, palm trees, and mountains everywhere. However, the vibes overall present a mixed bag of emotions. The arguably aging population of Palm Springs had the co-hosts wondering where the m...

This week Ava and Najee are taking the conversation back to the podcast’s Virquarius roots by talking about their favorite zodiac sun signs. While the co-hosts are not professional astrologers, they do love exploring relationships through the lens of astrology. Najee shares his top three favorite signs - aside from his own Virgo, and Ava couldn’t choose signs, so she shares her top three favorite...

Ava and Najee explore what it means to be a digital nomad, and confirm or deny popular perceptions about the work-from-anywhere lifestyle. The co-hosts attribute working in the travel industry to their constant wanderlust and extreme interest in nomading their way around the world. They discuss the ease (or lack thereof) of digital nomadism, cost considerations, and the trade-offs to make when cho...

In this episode Ava and Najee share their unique self-love journeys. What they know for sure is that self-love is a necessity, preferably in ample quantities, to keep them moving along their life paths. Ava reflects on the life-coaching program and relationship break-up that drew her attention and focus to her own self-love, what she does to increase her level of self-love, and how the practice is...

Ava and Najee welcome Professional Astrologer, writer, and artist KJ Atlas to the podcast to talk all about Locational Astrology. Astrology is the language of nature and KJ has made it her mission to decode its complexities into something useful, meaningful, and practical. As a seasoned nomad and travel enthusiast, she is an expert in locational astrology, which is this episode’s topic of focus. K...

This week Ava and Najee explore a classic millennial musing: work-life balance. What does work-life balance look like? Does it even exist? How can it be achieved? The co-hosts offer two different perspectives on work-life balance as a 9-5 employee and as an entrepreneur. Working from home and working from anywhere add additional intricacies and blurred boundaries. What they do know for certain is...

Birthdays are officially a big deal around here because there’s no better way to acknowledge those you love than by celebrating their existence. Today we celebrate Najee, the Virgo in this Virquarius duo. In honor of Najee’s birthday, he’s sharing three major life experiences that anchored his year and the lessons learned. “Self-discovery” was the overarching theme of Najee’s 31st year on Earth -...

Ava and Najee’s travels take them to the historic town of Bath in the English countryside to renew themselves in the majestic, healing waters of this ancient city like any rich-bixch would. Getting there involved a two-hour train ride from London which was easier said than done as the pair encountered some major transit delays. Upon arrival, they were definitely ready for a boujee wellness spa exp...