the introvert’s guide to living life on the flipside

welcome back everyone! it's been more than a year since olivia last sat down to chat and so much has happened since then! she goes over her life from the past few months and what led to the biggest life-altering decision of all: choosing to walk away from vet school and the veterinary industry. from her first real experience going to a club and swimming with dolphins to tripping and falling in the...

today's the day that olivia got accepted into vet school!! she goes over her academic journey, including everything from assisting in a dog's birth at 9 years old to making acetaminophen in her australian chemistry lab to fighting through second semester physics, it has been quite the journey this whole time! she is so thankful to be where she's at right now! this episode is a reminder to keep pus...

today, we're celebrating the ten year anniversary of the wackiest moments that would go on to foreshadow much more insanity down the line in olivia's life. from her creepy neighbors who told her as an 11 year old to not drink too much out of the liquor cabinet to getting lost on the chattahoochee river for several hours, and being forced to sleep on a redneck chain bed with her parents, she's got...

happy 2 year anniversary to sydney, australia! in honor of this momentous week and seeing her former roommate again this weekend, olivia reminisces on her favorite trip to date. she goes over what it was like to travel abroad with her roommate for the first time, choosing to be more adventurous via skydiving, surfing in the rain, and wearing birkenstocks accidentally while hiking in a rainforest f...

welcome to one crazy week! olivia explains how she's experienced both sides of the strange man vs. the bear debate by breaking out a couple of stories concerning creepy men and bears visiting her campsite. she then goes on to discuss how accidentally uploading the wrong document got her permanently banned from the uber app, as well as all of the ins and outs of applying to vet school! this is the...

today, olivia breaks down some of her favorite (or at least memorable) moments from her childhood. from getting left at church by her parents, being pushed off the playground by her best friend, and her dance teacher thinking she was special needs, to giving her brother a black eye or attending a warrior cats party, she has quite a few interesting tales to tell. she concludes this episode by talki...

today, we get started with olivia's first real crazy story from high school! she takes us back to her junior year, when she got mono two weeks before covid-19 was declared a global pandemic. olivia goes over how missing class can actually be worse than attending in the long run and what to do when your teacher insinuates that you're a slut in front of the entire class. she goes over how to handle...

happy back to school week! today on the introvert's guide to the college rollercoaster ride, olivia discusses her first thoughts on the academic side of college, meeting professors, how her nerves actually forced her to talk in class, the necessity of finding a way to calm yourself down when feeling overwhelmed, the importance of establishing ways to cope with stress, advice on how to not overdo i...

welcome to the introvert's guide to the college rollercoaster ride! today, we kick off the podcast by giving a little bit of background through discussing olivia's college application process, her weird essay topics that should have been a dealbreaker, why she only applied to berry, what twilight has to do with her acceptance letter, first impressions, being the first person accepted to berry from...