The Papaya Podcast

is week we (the neighbours) ask each other questions as we catch up on all the wild things going on. From Becci’s viral moment, her thoughts on that, a breakdown of the iconic movie Beautiful Disaster, financial learnings (ahem, taxes!) and Sarah chats all things Sports Illustrated Miami Swim Week.  Follow @NeighbourBecci and @TheBirdsPapaya Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Sexologist, Psychotherapist and Neurodivergent Carlen Costa joins us today! We talk about everything from somatic therapy, the “normal” amount of sex, working through discomforts and life changes that impact the body. This episode is a spicy dive into reconnecting with our bodies in a really meaningful and impactful way.  Find Carlen on IG @Carlen. Costa and listen to her podcast @SpicyFatPodcast...

We all know I love a good thrift haul, but getting started can be so overwhelming. So today, we have on the thrifting queen, Macy Eleni to walk us through getting started, strategies and more! Macy shares her story of mental health, healing from an eating disorder and how THRIFTING was a big part of her healing. We talk strategy, best finds, and the thrifted items we left behind that haunt us to t...

Najwa is such a powerful writer that even if you don’t follow her, you’ve likely read, shared, or saved her work before. Her belief is that we can heal through words, and you feel that when you read hers. Today she joins us to share a bit about her story, her new book “The Only Constant”, opens up about change and our resistance to it, even though - it is a guarantee.  Join millions of others who...

Movie Star, 3x Webby Award winner, speaker, actor, model, tv show host and social media star Madison Tevlin joins us today. She shares with us a bit more of her journey through assumptions people make of her, and how her mom helped inspire “you can and you will” type attitude that we all see in Maddie today. She is smashing biases, and building a career and life for herself in so many inspiring wa...

“None of us learns any of this in school. The people who really needed me weren't the already rich dudes who watch finance news, but my former self. The broke girl. The lost girl.” - Nicole Lapin  Today we break into discomforts around money, managing it, relationships with it, financial literacy and SO more. Nicole is a money expert tackling the topics we are often too scared to approach, and bre...

Author of “Glow in the F*cking Dark” and “Buy The F*cking Lillies”, Tara Schuster joins us today for an incredibly note worthy episode (literally, grab a note pad and be ready to take notes). Tara dives into reparenting yourself, navigating jealousy of other’s stories, self care (it’s the cake, not the icing!) and so much more.  CONTENT WARNING: mentions of suicidal ideation Find Tara @TaraSchuste...

In her 20’s Jamie met a man, who happened to be a father of 3 and found herself in the new role of a step parent. Entering into parenthood part way, with a role that didn’t seem to have a lot of information and support, Jamie found herself frustrated and alone in the experience and decided to do something about it. Now, Jamie has a world-wide community of step-parents accessing support and guidanc...

From Fashion blogger to Sports Illustrated Swim Rookie, Achieng is ready to pump us all up with her wisdom, infectious joy and the way to live and love yourself RIGHT NOW TODAY. She shares her swim search journey and how we can all be more gentle with ourselves, because we’re human and this is our first time doing the dang thing, too. This is the kind of episode that just may change the very way y...

We’re taking the podcast to a press junket! Today on the show is Lisa Vanderpump herself along with 4 castmembers of the new show Vanderpump Villa - Hannah, Emily, Andre & Marciano. We talk about their lives (and relationships) transitioning into reality TV, working for Lisa and of course what sets this show apart from the rest. Lisa shares some insights about how this was and entirely differe...

Answering the juicy questions, confessions and neighbourly advice. This week we chat about a private polygamy relationship and whether or not the writer should go public, boundaries with in-laws and a newborn, navigating co-parenting while wanting to move closer to family when your ex doesn’t, “helpful” gossip or just gossip?  Follow @NeighbourBecci and @TheBirdsPapaya and submit your questions/co...

As an absolute skeptic, this was SO much different than what I even expected. Through tears of joy, validation and so much more, we unpack my (private) psychic reading with Kate Van Horn, author of the new book The Inner Tarot. Exploring the black, white and grey areas of psychic readings, even from a skeptics point of view - there was a lot to learn, explore and dive into.  Visit @kate.van.horn o...

Have you ever felt that others just knew how to lead, how to navigate social media, have more emotional regulation or just pretty much having it together? Today we sit down with clinical psychologist, Dr Jody Carrington about exactly this: emotional regulation and learning when you don’t have the script yet. We talk about happiness, and the fact that NO ONE is happy ALL the time, but we can be vul...

“I can't remember anyone I've seen at a public pool with such a memorable body, good or bad that I think about it ever again” - Josie Balka, our guest today… and that quote? From a sound bite you’ve likely heard thousands of times across social media. But where did it come from? Josie shares her struggle to accept her voice, find her words and share her lived experience through her “self proclaime...

Struggle to meditate? Skeptic about manifestation? Yep, that’s me! So today we have on guest Mimi Bouchard who is the founder of Superhuman App, an app that’s different kind of meditation- it’s activation. We explore what that means, looks like, and how we can shift ourselves into a more positive lifestyle by changing the way we think of and for ourselves.  Check out @superhumanapp in the App Stor...

Once a month neighbours Sarah & Becci welcome you to the neighbourhood of confessions, advice, and straight up settling age-old debates. Today we read some emails we received asking questions like what to do if your kid wants to meet a friend from online? Or, how would you handle a male partner that has a lower sex drive than you and not feel bad about yourself? Or - do we believe loved ones c...

“Those of us with ADHD have brains that work differently, which means we need to work differently” - howtoadhd.com So let’s talk about it! Jessica McCabe from YouTube’s series “how to ADHD” and now with a new book of the same name discusses some of the ways in can work WITH their brain! This episode helps with understanding for both those who have ADHD or maybe for someone to understand someone el...

Bethanie & Anthony Garcia are the power couple behind The Garcia Diaries instagram and podcast where they open up in very real ways about life, love, and well…bodies too! Bethanie grew an instagram following for her honest approach to motherhood and podpartum, body image and more. THEN, opened up about her own choices such as things she regrets (weight loss injections) and things she doesn’t (...

After a little hiatus we are back and ready to bare it all, kinda. Reflecting on what nearly had me decided to end the podcast and ultimately choosing to move forward with it. Looking back on the last year, mental health, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and having to choose what “success” is. Because if it’s all in the numbers, and not in your heart? I don’t think we’re winning.  PLUS, we m...

They’re both running wildly successful businesses, raising families, and cooking at home? Well, let’s dive into it all AND talk about their new NYT Bestselling cookbook, Fraiche Foods Fuller Hearts, a follow up from their first cookbook. We dive into what it takes to make a cookbook, why they did it and that awful question every mother is asked - how do you balance it all? The answers are refreshi...

A returning fave guest - Meredith Shaw is here! The new Breakfast Television co-host, model, stylist, and all around all-star human is here to give us an update AND some incredible insights into the journey. Prepare your hearts for some major ah-ha moments and wisdom from one of the best. Follow  @MeredithShaw  and tune in weekday mornings for her co-hosting Breakfast. Learn more about your ad cho...

In the middle of a pandemic with a visible gap in the market of nails, one woman came up with an idea, tossed it around with friends, created a brand name and then WENT FOR IT. Today Bailey joins us to talk about what it took to go from idea to reality, imposter syndrome to scoring two Dragons on Dragon’s Den and just all it can take for a small business to make it among the big fish. She also sha...

Our first ever podcast movie review and it’s none other than the 5-part Twilight Series that we binged over 3 days…and blanked out a little around Eclipse. Alas, a decade or so late to the game, we sat down to watch some of the most iconic movies of our generation, and broke down exactly the wins, the hilarity, and the plot holes that frustrated us. I’ll be honest - I have no idea how this podcast...

As a 10 year creator who went from a booming business to financial failure, Daniel, known online and his blog as  @DoTheDaniel , shares his story on not knowing it all. We discuss the growing toxicity in social media, where we hope it goes and his new career into a lifestyle expert on Cityline! Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. S...

We had some listener submitted questions and I’m answering them on the pod today, grilled by none other than our sometimes co-host  @neighbourbecci  (who asks you don’tfollow her, but really - you should). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.