Very Real

What happens when we fall apart and have to put the pieces back together again? In this episode, Gina and Jenny explore how they have gotten through their most difficult life experiences and how they are using the tools they have now to help rebuild themselves as stronger and healthier individuals.

In this episode, Gina and Jenny review the ins and outs of asking for help - when you would do it, why it's hard, and what to do when you don't get the help you wanted to begin with. Referenced in this podcast, the link to human design charting: https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/ 

Gina and Jenny walk through the differences between Empathy and Sympathy and what that means to them and how they can work on having more Empathy in their lives. References made to the following in this episode: - Brene Brown Sympathy vs Empathy

Can you believe its already been a year? In their Season 2 Premiere, Jenny and Gina discuss accountability - for themselves, and for their friends and family. How is it that we work with bad behaviors in the ones we love, as well as check our own behaviors around others.

In this episode, Jenny and Gina recount and experience at the doctors that is all to common for people - shame, dismissal, and the feeling of being passed off.

In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina talk about how hard healing is, how doing the things that are healthy for us seem impossible, and why coping mechanisms are needed sometimes.

This week, Jenny and Gina take a look back over the last several decades of their lives - where they have come, what they are now and how their insides are starting to match their outsides.

This week, Gina and Jenny recount on more lighter subjects after reading The Book of Delights . They recount the things in their week that delighted them and what that meant to them.

Our first post had issues with audio - here is the corrected version! In this episode, Jenny and Gina recount their trip together, what it would take to really relax, and how they can communicate that with the people that they love the most.

This weeks special guest Emily Aneja talks with Gina and Jenny about her frustrations with white allyship, the challenges that people of color face when educating white people on issues of race and diversity, what it actually means to be an Ally and how we can all do better, even when we fuck up. Books mentioned in this podcast: White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and Ho...

Jenny and Gina explore the feeling of despair, when it comes on, the things that drive it and how it can affect our daily lives.

In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina walk through Gina's new diagnosis of ADHD and what that means for Gina moving forward.

The internet spends a lot of time talking about what our red flags, bad habits and toxic traits are. This week, we cut through that negativity and talk about super powers - what are they, how do they manifest and why should we be talking about them more.

In this episode Gina and Jenny talk about the things they feel the most guilty about when it comes to their kids and partners and what that ultimately says about themselves.

Jenny and Gina bring in special guest Hannah Hepner to talk about forest fires: how they happen, why they are getting worse, and how we can advocate for better fire management.

Jenny and Gina unpack the most common questions about buying a house: when should you buy, how much money you need and if you should even do it at all.

In this special early release - Jenny and Gina talk about Mother's day. What it was like for them as kids with their own mother's, and what it's like for them now as they are mothers. Trigger warning: we discuss childhood abuse and traumatic childhood events in this episode.

Why can't we be as nice to ourselves as we are to others? Why do we have body positivity towards others but not to ourselves? This week, Jenny and Gina explore the concept of internal fat phobia, why it's hard to hold the same views for yourself as you do for others, and ways to help recognize when internal fat phobia is becoming a problem.

Gina and Jenny recount their vacations - how to say no, how not to let expectations get the best of you, and how to move forward knowing that information.

Jenny and Gina catch up on where they are at, whether or not they are accomplishing their goals, and why it's stupid to have goals in the first place.

Gina recaps her trip back to Missouri, managing her father's cancer diagnosis, navigating the difficulties of toddlerdom, and all the other struggles along the way.

In this special episode, Cheryl Medeiros fills in for Gina and Cheryl and Jenny recount their experience in growing up in a small town - what they liked, what they didn't, and how two people living 100 ft apart could have such wildly different lives.

Cheryl Medeiros is back to tell her story about her challenging diagnosis at 25 years old, the loss of her first pregnancy, and dealing with her chronic illness for the past 13 years. Trigger warning: in this episode we talk about pregnancy loss and abortion.

This year, we have seen more illnesses going around than we have seen in many years. The internet likes to tell you what is best for your body to keep you healthy?  But what things are worth it and which ones aren't? Jenny and Gina talk about their experiences with seasonal illness this year, what vitamins they have been thinking about taking, the best way to take vitamins and what has been h...

What is the price for self-sufficiency? When we live up to being responsible all of the time, how does that affect our day to day lives? This week, Jenny and Gina chat with their friend Courtney, who is always there to help and take of things when the need arises. They discuss why it's hard to say no sometimes, why you can get trapped into being the reliable one all of the time, and how to se...