Still Won’t Apologize

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We know you have been living in suspense for the last week but here is Part 2 of Chelsea's story! Listen this week as we close out this part of Chelsea's story. While her infertility journey is not over, she is a pivotal part. Don't worry we will have her back in the fall to update us all. You can find Chelsea on Instagram @https://www.instagram.com/mrschelsmunoz/You can find her Etsy shop at http...

This week was supposed to be our conversation with Marissa Boyd but after some technical issues we lost our audio. Marissa shared with us her story of leaving an emotionally and mentally abusive husband and what it looked like to start over as a single mom. You can find Marissa on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/marissacboyd/As we wrap up the first half of Season 1 we bring you our 20th epi...

This week’s episode we have Dr. Ashley Maltz who is a doctor here in Austin. Ashley is the founder of Austin Wellness Collaborative and focuses on integrative medicine. Ashley found a passion in learning different ways to treat patients and truly does not believe that there is a one way fits all path to healing. She is trained in he is trained in trigger point injections, meditation, spirituality,...

This week we recap episode #16, Facing Your Traumas with Michelle. We discuss our takeaways on healing. We feel very passionately that everyone deserves to heal from their trauma. We will all face our struggles differently and we will all heal differently. Heather has been very open about her journey and that she has barely started her heling journey. She even had to quit her job in order to full...

This week as we bring awareness to infertility during National Infertility Awareness Week our very own Heather shared her story. Heather and her husband started trying for a baby in August 2016. After 11 months they were finally pregnant. They lost the baby at 9 weeks. They would never be pregnant again. In 2020 they would two rounds of IVF, both resulted in 0 viable embryos. The miscarriage was t...

This week we interviewed a certified clinical trauma expert who is also a licensed clinical social worker, reiki practitioner, Michelle Connor. I do not have enough words to express how incredible and resilient Michelle is. She has spent most of her life taking care of her family and others and finally took a step back to work on her own healing, when she was faced with infertility issues. Michell...

This week as we recap our takeaway from Jacque's episode we take a toxic traits quiz in real time. We thought it would be more fun and give you the opportunity to learn more about us. Are you as surprised by our results as Nikki was with hers or did we score how you expected? Let us know on Instagram @unlikelytoapologizepodcastHere is the link to the test we took. https://www.truity.com/test/toxic...

Empowerment is my chosen name, however Jacqueline Vargas is the government name. I am currently employed at American Airlines in the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion space driving change and impact on a daily basis. My passion outside of the 9-5 job is operating a start up personal trauma coaching program Fight to Flourish supporting individuals transition from trauma and into healthy spaces in thei...

This week is very special to us! Nikki shared her story for the first time. She has battled with endometriosis for 22 years. She was misdiagnosed with IBS is early teens and spent years in pain. When Nikki finally read about another women’s symptoms she said, “that’s me! This is what I have!”Now to find a doctor to listen to her become her next challenge. After years of suffering, and multiple doc...

First and foremost, please head over to Instagram to wish Nikki a very Happy Birthday! You can find her at https://instagram.com/nikki_cammz?utm_medium=copy_linkThis week we recap Krystal's message of choosing yourself. For some it’s easier and for others it’s a massive struggle. Nikki and Heather both chat about choices they’ve made and how different they are when it comes to choosing themselves....

This week as Krystal celebrates her 4 year anniversary since having her breast implants removed due to breast implant illness she shares her story about her journey. For years she was sick and all the doctors she saw told her all her labs were fine and therefore, she was fine. Finally, one day she saw another woman post on social media talking about her own story and Krystal knew in that moment th...

Cycle - a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order. This week as we recap our incredible conversations we had with both Katy Saltsman and Corinne Angelica. We talk a lot about our cycles. Yup, you know the one we as women get or are supposed to get monthly? That one! We’ve been having this conversation a lot lately given everything we’ve both been through in our personal live...

This week is fire with Katy Saltsman! Katy is a nutrition coach, personal trainer, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a passion to shift the conversation around women's health. To change the way we speak to our bodies, treat our bodies, and ultimately to change the way we approach our health and fitness goals. Her business has helped transform the lives of hundreds of women, to not just reach the...

Intentional – Done on purpose. Deliberate. This week we reflect on our conversation with Tish about taking intentional time for ourselves and building our own toolbox of tools we can reach for in our own lives when we need them. When we go through struggles, hard or stressful times so many of us don’t have the tools to choose an intentional or healthy way to cope. If we spend time working on ourse...

*** NOTE*** This was originally supposed to go live on Super Bowl Sunday as our Super Bowl Bonus Episode.....but, life happened and we ran out of time to edit and prep it. So, now we give you our Fun Friday Episode! We hope you enjoy our bonus episode this week. After our conversation with Danielle, we thought it would be fun to have her back to talk dating and dating apps. We had some laughs, sho...

This week we sat down with Tish from Austin Pop-Up Retreats. Tish has been a nurse for 21 years but, she knew she was meant for something greater. She had been hearing if there’s something you crave but can’t find it, create it yourself. What Tish, and most of us need is a day uninterrupted to ourselves. Tish gets vulnerable with us to share her most difficult struggle and how she healed. She’s tu...

This week we were preparing for a very different episode than what you are getting. We were both supposed to research self love and then discuss what it means to us and how we exercise self love in our own lives. Prior to recording we sat down together to compare notes and prepare our outline. Heather got a few minutes in, put her pen down, looked at Nikki and said, " I'm really struggling with th...

This week we have Nikki's sister, Danielle with us. This week is the one year anniversary of her divorce. The last year was the most difficult year of her life. Danielle had to find a strength she never knew she had. Listen along as she takes us through the events leading up to her divorce and how she overcome the grief and pain to come out on the other side loving herself more than she thought sh...

Did you know that women are 25% more likely to Apologize than men? Studies have shown that men and women define the word Apologize differently. This could be because women are raised to value empathy more than men, while men are raised to value strength more than women. Because of our empathic behavior we tend to feel that we are doing something wrong more often, thus creating the bad habit of apo...

Brie Sodano is a personal finance expert and the founder of Sheep to Shark, a financial planning firm that works with people who aspire to be financially successful.  After seeing hundreds of people financially naked, Brie has developed a process that helps clients learn to accurately assess beliefs about money that affect the way they behave, identify and implement solutions to the “disappearing...

Caitlin with Rock Rose Yoga joined us today to discuss life as a trauma and ER nurse during the start of the Pandemic in 2020 and how some personal trauma led her to Somatic Release Yoga.  Caitlin is an Emergency & Trauma Registered Nurse. She is also a Trauma-Informed 200 hour trained Registered Yoga Teacher. She has done specialized trauma training through Yogafit for Warriors; yoga for TBI (tra...

New Year, New You! We call bs on that one. We don’t wake up on January 1 of a new year after some fairy godmother waived her wand on us while we slept to make us this new better version of ourselves. Though that is a fabulous thought. How about we change the narrative to New Year, Better Choices? This week we are discussing all the things that come with a New Year. Do you make giant resolutions an...

We decided to start with a bonus episode. We didn't want to do a formal first episode but we wanted to let you all get to know us a little bit. We thought it would be fun to ask each other questions from Our Moments - Couples Edition (not sponsored). Listen as Heather shares how she got mad at her husband when he dream cheated on her. Join Nikki as she takes you on her emotional breakdown over mar...