We Should Talk About That

Send me a Text Message about the show! Bria Gadd, AKA The Period Whisperer , has a theory. And that theory is based on her own experience of coming out to (and as) her true self, after being in a 17 year hetero marriage. Bria believes that among the hot flashes, the hormone fluctuations and mysterious weight gain, something also happens to peri-menopausal and menopausal women- they are no longer a...

Send me a Text Message about the show! What if life came with a user manual? Turns out, maybe it does- and it's called Human Design! Nicole Laino, a peak performance coach and Human Design expert, breaks down the Human Design system and shows us how we can learn how we are intrinsically designed to best use our energy in our work, relationships and just life in general. Overall, Nicole explai...

Send me a Text Message about the show! This episode is for those of you who are on the other side of sobriety- as in you do not necessarily have a problem with alcohol or addiction, but you are partnered with someone who is. Be it a personal relationship or a professional one, there is something in this conversation for those of you who are working through the muck of your own emotions in the afte...

Send me a Text Message about the show! In the United States, only 18 states provide medically accurate sex education, which leaves far too many of us in the dark about how our body works. In IS THIS NORMAL? , Dr. Brighten candidly shares what your sex-ed teacher should have said but didn’t. She answers all those “lady parts” questions you’ve always wondered but might not have felt comfortable aski...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Jess B bumped into Skylar Liberty Rose, a midlife coach for the introverted woman, on Instagram when she ran across her video calling out age and body shamers for their hypocrisy when Madonna was under fire for going back on tour well into her 60's. (https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFJ5rKP0Tn/) She immediately shared the video with JessK and here they are-...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Middle aged bodies, weight gain, self-loathing, weight loss, numbers on the scale, diets, embodiment, body self-talk, disordered eating....these are all just a few topics Jess and Jess discuss with nutritional scientist and wellness embodiment coach, Rachel Katz. WHY do we want to lose weight, when we decide to move in that direction, is something Rachel chal...

Send me a Text Message about the show! When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women’s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn’t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hour...

Send me a Text Message about the show!  In celebration of Women's History Month, Jess and Jess sit down with founder, Rebecca van Bergen of Nest, which is a symbol of assurance letting consumers know that the items they shop, from fashion to furniture, have been ethically handcrafted in a home or small workshop. Through partnerships with companies like Target, West Elm, Patagonia, Eileen Fish...

Send me a Text Message about the show! They have talked about it before, and they are bringing it up again. Jess and Jess pellet podcast host of Nobody Should Believe Me and author of  Women are the Fiercest Creatures   about her experiences reporting on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, and how it relates to her on a personal level. In this episode, Andrea shares her experience with her estranged sis...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Are more women having extamarital affairs? Or are more women just willing to talk about them? Jo Piazza, acclaimed author and podcast host wondered, and so she recorded eight episodes with women who anonymously recount their experiences around their own affairs. This one is rollercoaster of judgments. The Two Jess(es) start off feeling a bit differently than...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Let's talk about your money! How much do you spend on Amazon?? JessB halfway divulges that Alexa outed her Amazon yearly total spending during dinner one night. And she nearly choked to death on the total. JessK has all sorts of questions about investing- and how to get started...and seriously, how do we make more money? This week's episode is chock...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Podcast co-host and betrayal coach, Jessica Frew, met her love in college, and they were married within a few months. Everything was easy breezy until two years into their wedded bliss, her husband came out as gay. They attempted valiantly to uphold their vows in a mixed orientation relationship, but it all came to a crescendo when Jessica learned her that he...

Send me a Text Message about the show! This episode is FUN. Jess and Jess talk with Yasmin Elhady about what her life has been like as an Egyptian Libyan refugee growing up in Alabama. Yasmin was the recipient of much school bullying and used her interest in Saturday Night Live sketches to arm herself at school- and it worked! Yasmin shares candidly about her experiences on her childhood, white pr...

Send me a Text Message about the show! January 25th  marks the eleven year anniversary of Jess B's rescue from captivity (she was held hostage by Somali pirates for 93 days for a 45 million dollar ransom demand- check season 1, episode 2 for the full story!) and she is commemorating this very important anniversary with the publication of her first anthology Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collec...

Send me a Text Message about the show! As Sheryl Sandberg departs Meta many are re-examining the impact of her bestselling book Leaning In and how it fits into today's workplace. Jess and Jess sit down for a captivating conversation with author and speaker, Melanie Ho about her book and the  concept of “leaning in” and the challenges that women face in the workplace. “Leaning in and acting mo...

Send me a Text Message about the show! What does it really mean to belong? And why is it one of the most challenging topics of discussion and feeling to embody? In this episode, Jess and Jess sit down with Professor Geoffrey Cohen, and author of Belonging, for a raw conversation about their own experiences that have informed their understanding and shaped their expectations of belonging.  Professo...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Happy New Year! And in true WeSTAT fashion, Jess and Jess have a REAL REAL REAL conversation about mental health- in particular, Jess K's. Jess K talks candidly in this episode, about her struggles with anxiety and depression, and her recent decision to use medication to help her manage it. Jess B has a lot of questions for Jess K around the stigma of ta...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Jess K shares a pretty profound experience with JessB, and it all started with tearing down a vine off the side of her house.  The Two Jess(es) explore the possible meanings around Jess K's experience as she shares her inspired action, and how clearing out something physical, actually helped her clear out the spiritual, emotional, and mental clutter that...

Send me a Text Message about the show! We pick up where we left off...crunchy carrots and all.  Our WeSTAT salon guests really dig into what triggers them, some can't go near zero proof and some consider it a saving grace in social settings. From the weirdness of going into a liquor store and what our children see when we pour that nightcap, to the marketing that goes into how grocery stores...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Another LIVE show with WeSTAT and an awesome group of community members! Jess and Jess organized a holiday party with a "salon style" intention and are honored to be holding this high minded conversation in collaboration with Umbrella Dry Drinks located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Sam Kaston educates the group on what zero proof actually means...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Dr. Kathy Zhang is a hospice and palliative medicine physician and a podcast host who focuses on having the conversations most of us are afraid to have until it's too late: what kind of life do we want to live and when it draws to an end, how can we leave with as little regret as possible? Drawing from Bronnie Ware's, "The Top Five Regrets of t...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Any other middle aged women out there suffering from unexplained pain in their shoulder? Dr. Sameer Nagda has some answers for you. It very well could be frozen shoulder- a condition that can be debilitating, and is misunderstood- and really has no origin or rhyme or reason as to why it happened in the first place.  Working off of Jess B's struggle with...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Jess and Jess check in with each other on their season four theme: Abundance. Every interview they have conducted in this season has ended with asking their guest what abundance means to them. This episode is a collection of those answers, as well as some heartfelt reflections from The Two Jess(es). Support the show Keep up with all things WeSTAT on any (or A...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Jess and Jess have an interestingly exploratory conversation with fellow podcast host, Margaret Killjoy, centered specifically around cool people who did cool stuff throughout the course of history, and how her podcast intends to "drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free." Margare...

Send me a Text Message about the show! If you listened to Monday's episode, the LIVE podcast recording of WeSTAT, you would have heard one of our first audience members contribute her experiences on her second and third act. Sally has been a dance studio owner for over 30 years, and after a traumatic event that caused her family to have to hire a private investigator to vindicate his reputati...