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Send a text Being able to set boundaries with your parents is a hurdle for most people. Whether it is the holidays, traveling, bed time routines, etc. it can get tricky to set hard boundaries with your parents. We discuss how saying the boundary aloud is more of a suggestion than a boundary. You have to make that next step to enforce the boundary before it is truly considered a boundary.  There ar...

Send a text This episode hits on the importance of focusing on your mental health, what therapy might look like, and things to be cognizant of. Jessie, a licensed therapist, joins me as a personal friend to discuss the mental health issues we may be dealing with on a daily basis without even realizing it.  If you loved Jessie and think she might be the therapist for you, use the website below to s...

Send a text A registered Dietitian, Sydney, joins us today to discuss Diet Culture. People have been learning things about food from a very young age that have shaped their view about food and created harmful habits, and more. We discuss body positivity, body neutrality, and body negativity. She also gives advice on how to create a healthy outlook and relationship with food. If you believe you cou...

Send a text In continuation with our Women's Health mini series, Courtney joins us to discuss her battle with CRPS. CRPS stands for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and it is a neurological disease. Between 5-8 million people suffer from CRPS and there is no modern medicine to combat this. It is known as the suicide disease because of the prevalence of people committing suicide due to the pain....

Send a text Women's Health Mini Series:  When it comes to women's health, women are overall truly dismissed. 1 out of every 2 women have reported their pain being dismissed by doctors. Women are expected to go through procedures such as IUD insertion without being medicated. Women are dismissed easily when it comes to weight gain, irregular periods, mysterious pain... and a ton of it is...

Send a text If you haven't guessed it by now, we are talking about vaginal health today with Sarah, a Nurse Practitioner. We go into detail about yeast infections, sex health, and probiotics and how it all affects our vaginal health. We also talk about anatomy and education on when you can conceive. We hope you find this episode helpful to ask the questions you might be embarrassed to ask.  B...

Send a text Holly has been in the plastic surgery industry for a while and has seen her fair share of botched surgeries, medically necessary surgeries, and so much more. She shares it all with us today on this episode going over all of the juicy stories she can recall. In a world where *youth* and *beauty* are everything, we have a booming plastic surgery industry - including the good ones AND the...

Send a text As part of the Altering Bodies mini series, April joins us today as a licensed esthetician to discuss botox, filler, skin care, cost, etc. She gives us the scoop on it all. If you have never ventured into this world, but have been a bit curious, this episode is so enlightening. If you are very familiar with these procedures, I imagine you will still learn a ton! April puts on her scien...

Send a text Rachel *Stickswell* joins me to discuss her journey on how she became the badass tattoo artist she is today. Not only is it difficult to become an established tattoo artist, it is even harder for women (of course) and apparently even harder for *beautiful* women. Yet, despite the hurdles females face, Rachel has clawed her way to the top and she travels the world tattooing all sorts pe...

Send a text Where to start? Last year, I realized I was bisexual. As a married woman in a straight relationship and two kids later, I finally put the puzzle pieces together and realized this about myself.  As a married couple in a monogamous relationship, nothing is truly changing. However, I thought it was important to not ignore this part of myself. It would be easy to hide and pretend, given th...

Send a text Roy is a beautiful soul. The first male to join me on the pod (besides my husband, of course). He discusses his story in my LGBTQ+ mini series, discussing how gender expression is just that - an expression on his inner most self. Roy grew up in the south where very little of his expression was understood or approved of. Luckily, he was born into an amazing family who loves for Roy to b...

Send a text **Jess - Don't hate me for using this line from Mean Girls!** In this episode, Jess joins me to discuss what it looked like growing up gay in the midwest, when she realized she was gay, and why she prefers to use the term "gay" to "lesbian". We discuss the imposter syndrome that sets in when she doesn't feel "gay enough" even though she is marrie...

Send a text Carly joins us today to discuss the relationship issues she is noticing now that she is working on herself in therapy. Although she was aware of certain things, her insight has only grown deeper. We are all given this narrative that relationships via TV/Movies should be our real like expectations, however, that couldn't be further from the truth. Rom Com's have very toxic lik...

Send a text Divorce can be amicable or one sided and blind sided. Divorce can come up for many different reasons. Unfortunately, when kids are involved, not only is a lot more at stake, but now you have to decide if it's worth it or if it would be best to stay and fight for the marriage. Even if you are ready and willing to fight, the other person might not be, and it isn't within your c...

Send a text Over 50% of marriages end in divorce and about 1/4 of the marriages experience infidelity. Addi intimately takes us into her marriage and exposes what infidelity looked like for her and her husband. Did they remain together after the infidelity? Did they get divorced? Are there still trust issues remaining in their marriage? Listen in today to hear what Addi has to say about her person...

Send a text Linsie was gracious enough to have the idea for me to share my story on the podcast. When she was finished recording her episode, she asked me if I would be willing to be interviewed by her. Her episode is Episode 2 of Season 3 called Losing and Finding Love. In this episode, we discuss my car accident, my infertility journey, our failed adoption, and my disassociating with my son. All...

Send a text Episode 3 of 4 of the Traumatic Events mini series. Todays episode is part of our Traumatic Event's mini series, focusing on all the hardships people endure throughout their life. Loss is a huge part of trauma and grief becomes your new norm.  Unfortunately, Leah became very familiar with this when her daughter passed away at the age of 19. Not only is this impossible to imagine,...

Send a text Episode 2 of 4 for Traumatic Event series. Linsie joins us to discuss her life trauma which involves losing the love of her life, Jason, to cancer. Together, they have 2 beautiful children. While the grieving process never truly ends, Linsie was able to find another beautiful love in the most unexpected way. They have blended their amazing families and have learned such amazing coping...

Send a text Traumatic Birth is Episode 1 of 4 of our Traumatic Events mini series.  This superwoman has experienced a lot of pain and heartbreak. From miscarriages and stillbirth's to almost losing her life giving birth to her daughter, she has gone through it. Sara wanted to tell her story today in order to help raise awareness to ask the questions and advocate for yourself with your doctors...

Send a text THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!! Let's recap the episodes! MINI SERIES: Adoption Postpartum Loss Things We Wish We Knew Momming Body Positivity Alternative Planning and Birthing Process Hold Tight! We Will Be Back Soon! Be sure to subscribe to TABOOBS POD wherever you get your podcasts! If you enjoyed today's episode, please be sure to leave a 5 star review! Do you have a taboo topi...

Send a text Thanks to technology, we are able to slightly alter our timelines on when we would like to start a family. Given the circumstances, whether it be a career, haven't found someone to start a family with, etc., we now have the option of freezing our eggs to be able to increase our chances of becoming pregnant in the future. As we age, we lose more and more eggs. If we freeze our eggs...

Send a text First and foremost, my apologies from the recording equipment error. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but it is hard to hear, so I suggest listening with earbuds.  All birthing stories are fascinating! They are all so very different for each person. However, 98% or more of people choose to give birth in a hospital. For the other 2% of people, what drives them to have an alterna...

Send a text Birthing stories are always fascinating. You get to hear about such great strength and endurance after accomplishing one of the scariest and most rewarding things to experience. Each story is different, each person is different and wants different things. Kelly wanted a home birth and she achieved it! Listen in to hear her ideals of why she took the home birth path and how it all playe...

Send a text This episode, Noel joins us as a licensed therapist to discuss the importance of body positivity and compassion for ourselves. It is a mini therapy session for us all! Below are recommendations from Noel.  Books and Websites: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin  https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org Non-Diet Dietician Accoun...

Send a text Angie was hit unexpectedly with a "freak stroke" at age 34. It has affected her life in so many ways! Angie gets vulnerable about her recent struggles to discuss body positivity and women's health. Please tune in and join us in our discussion! Be sure to subscribe to TABOOBS POD wherever you get your podcasts! If you enjoyed today's episode, please be sure to leave...