Vagina Chronicles Podcast

It’s been over a year since we’ve been in front of the mic. For reasons that don’t make sense in retrospect… Because of fear and confusion. We recorded this episode when we were finally able to say that we’re ending VC Podcast… For now. We’re open to what the future brings but not promising that […] The post 099-Farewell… For Now appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

This week, we just wanted to share a short inspirational episode with you. A reminder to pause and breathe! It can be really frustrating to be in that in-between place of setting a goal and reaching that goal; a time when you’re tightening your wallet or saying no to social gatherings or trips or…really, just […] The post 098 – Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Getting Through the Tough Moments on the Way to Your Goals appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

This week, we are thrilled to welcome Starr Burgess, M.A. LPC. back to Vagina Chronicles Podcast! If you’re a long-time listener, you’ll remember Starr from Episode 19: “Healthy Relationships – How To Tell If You Have One and What To Do If You Don’t.” It was one of our favorite conversations with such an incredibly […] The post 097 – Addressing Youth and Teen Abusive Relationships: An Interview with Starr Burgess appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

Our lives are works of art that sometimes look a lot more Goya than Rockwell. Like art, our lives are full of complexities, richness, and stories that are open to the interpretation of each individual who experiences them. Music and literature also share the fluidity of perception. Ink, paint, notes, life experiences…all true. You can […] The post 096 – Leaving Things Behind appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

Trigger Warning: On today’s episode, we are talking to author K.L. Randis about her experience of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and going through the process of prosecuting her abuser…her father. Please proceed at your own discretion if you think any of these subjects may be exceptionally difficult for you to hear at this time. […] The post 095 – Prosecuting Your Abuser: An Interview with K.L. Randis appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

It is an honor to welcome HeatherAsh Amara to Vagina Chronicles Podcast and to introduce her to you on today’s episode. HeatherAsh is the author of Warrior Goddess Training: Become the Woman You are Meant to Be. HeatherAsh shares her journey from spiritual student to apprentice to Toltec Master don Miguel Ruiz to her path […] The post 094 – Becoming a Warrior Goddess: An Interview with HeatherAsh Amara appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

We are honored to welcome Dr. Laurel Geise to Vagina Chronicles Podcast today. Laurel is the CEO and founder of The Geise Group, an international speaker and Strategic Business Consultant, as well as inspirational author. Laurel’s personal spiritual journey led her to the write her beautiful, inspirational book The Jesus Seeds: Igniting Your Soul-Guided Life. […] The post 093 – Living a Soul-Guided Life: An Interview with Laurel Geise appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

On today’s episode, we’re talking about bullying. Have you been bullied as an adult? Are you being bullied as an adult? As we get older and wiser, we’d like to think that we leave a lot of unsavory situations and emotions behind us. You know, on the playground, where a lot of social learning The post 092 – Being Bullied isn’t Unique to Childhood appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

The topic of ambition recently came up in one of our VC2016 brainstorming sessions. After chatting about our ideas of what the word means to us individually, as well as the context it’s societally understood in, we knew we had to dig a little deeper into how describing ourselves as ambitious or not makes […] The post 091 – Are You Ambitious? appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

Today, we welcome Toltec Master of Transformation and author, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. to Vagina Chronicles Podcast. Miguel Jr. is the son of don Miguel Ruiz, author of the New York Times bestseller The Four Agreements… If you feel the way we feel about The Four Agreements, wait until you listen to this fantastic, uplifting […] The post 090 – Five Levels of Attachment: An Interview with don Miguel Ruiz Jr. appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

The holiday season in the States has just come to a close, leaving lots of us feeling a little out of sorts and, maybe, a bit depressed. It can be tough to return to “normalcy” after weeks of celebrations, dinners, drinks, great food, days off, lighter work loads etc. Yeah, we get it. So, where […] The post 089 – Turning Around the After-Holiday Woes appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

This week, we are tackling one of the most personal topics out there: forgiveness. For some, there is a massive cyclone of guilt and shame when it comes to forgiveness. From all directions, we receive messages of how we should be handling our emotions, which ultimately means many of us feel like failures. The truth […] The post 088 – Do We Have to Forgive? appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

This week, we’re talking about the birds and the bees with storyteller, lover of life, and best-selling author Shasta Townsend. Shasta is the author of Happy, Sexy, Shameless: What Our Mothers Didn’t Know About the Birds and the Bees and the creator of Balanced Life Yoga. There is a ton of misleading information out there […] The post 087 – What Our Mothers Didn’t Teach Us About Sex: An Interview with Shasta Townsend appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

This week on Vagina Chronicles Podcast, we’re talking about raising girls to be “nice.” What does that really mean? And how does that impact us as we become women? Around the world, the roles of women are changing… more rapidly in some places over others but, still, changing! And with these changes come more choice […] The post 086 – Overcoming the “Nice Girl” Complex appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

Once a year, at least in the U.S., we are reminded to gather with those we love and give thanks. We make big dinners, stuff our bellies to full, and laze about in tryptophan semi-comas, surrounded by friends and family. The tradition is great, comforting even. But have you ever wanted to do more […] The post 085 – Creative Ways to Give Thanks appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

On today’s episode of Vagina Chronicles Podcast, we are excited to welcome best-selling author, functional nutrition and life coach, chef, host of The Crave Cast podcast, and “cravings whisperer,” Alexandra Jamieson, CHHC, CAPP. Alex shares the four root causes of cravings and the importance of honoring those cravings as communication from our bodies, rather than labeling […] The post 084 – What Are You Really Craving? An Interview with Alex Jamieson appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

Miscommunication is one of the most frustrating feelings one can experience with another human being; we want so badly to express ourselves and be heard that the alternative can be excruciating! Too often, we blame others for this lack of connection. But what if we could adjust our communication skills by tweaking just one element? Not […] The post 083 – Effective Communication: How Tuning In With Love Can Change Your Relationships appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

Happy anniversary to us! The post 082 – Two Years Strong appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

On today’s episode, we’re talking about dissociation and how many of us become disengaged from the present moment after trauma. As the intro episode in a series about dissociation, we offer encouragement for all who feel ready to come back into their bodies (with the help of a therapist, please) to start believing that they […] The post 081 – Dissociation 1: Are You Ready to Be Present? appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.

On this breast-honoring October episode of Vagina Chronicles Podcast, we visit director and activist Lina Esco’s Free the Nipple campaign. After digging deeper into the Free the Nipple movement that followed Esco’s feature-length film of the same name, we realized that there is a little bit of confusion about the point being made by the […] The post 080 – Free the Nipple appeared first on Vagina Chronicles Podcast.