Archives for October 2020

As promised, I’m now giving the Democrat’s perspective of this year’s election and how it applies to us. If you haven’t already, I really strongly encourage you to go back one episode and listen to my interview with Britt Larsen, who gives the Republican view from the questions I asked.

Christina Sandhoff is a political advocate and a personal friend of mine. She has a degree in political science and has worked on local campaigns, volunteers on policy committees, and now she’s working in the office of a prospective State House Representative in Colorado.

I’ve asked Christina basically the same questions that I asked Britt last week, in hopes that you’ll get a level view of each side of the discussion. What I found very interesting are the similarities in what Christina and Britt said in response to my questions. 

Again, this two-episode series is not meant to sway you one way or another, or even interject my own opinion. This is also certainly not going to turn into a political or news podcast. I just really enjoy talking with people who have different views from one another, in hopes I can get perspective on the whole story and figure out how the big picture applies to me. I definitely learned new things from each of these incredibly intelligent women, and I hope you do too.

I hope that this has inspired you, I hope that both conversations over the last two episodes have taught you something you didn’t know before. Most of all, I hope that you are inspired to take action in your local towns, cities, state, and that you go out and VOTE. 

I know that, especially right now, it’s a charged world out there. Between a pandemic, conversation about social justice, and the sound of two Presidential candidates yelling over each other, it feels overwhelming; at least for me. I really hate talking about politics. Honestly, the confrontational feel of it all just makes me want to crawl under my bed and stay there until the election is over. I know social media has a lot of definitive opinions out there. I know that we can be conditioned not to talk about these things. I certainly don’t feel smart enough to even broach the subject.

That’s why, over the next two episodes, I’m talking with two women who are much smarter than me. I’ll be asking the same questions to each woman, and one will be giving me the Republican perspective, the other, the Democrat perspective.

I have to stress that this is not to endorse a certain candidate or voting philosophy. My hope is to inspire you to dig in and research the candidates and the issues that are important to you.

First up, I spoke with Britt Larsen. Britt gives us the Republican perspective and speaks from experience on Capitol Hill, and having worked closely with Congressmen, Senators, a Governor, and even helped on a Presidential campaign. Now, Britt is a Career Coach & Creator of Livlyhood, a community for women who work, and she’s a champion of women in the workplace.

She hosts the Livlyhood podcast to celebrate working women and to help them find joy in their jobs. Her extensive career in public affairs prepared her to now guide working women to figure out how to get what they want and need from their careers. 

Britt really emphasizes the importance of paying attention to what’s happening at your own local level, why it’s important, and how to do it.

Remember, it’s so important to me that both sides of any argument,  policy, and the political aisle are represented in this conversation,  so please remember to tune in to next week’s part two, where I talk with Christina Sandhoff, who gives us the Democrat perspective. 

Connect with Britt

Website
Instagram
Pinterest 
Facebook
Private Facebook group

“Whoah,” is all I have to say about today’s guest. Just… “whoah.” 

Y’all know I am passionate about women and body positivity, so when this guest reached out, I knew I had to have her on the show.

Rachel Coleman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 12 years of experience treating Eating Disorders at both an inpatient treatment center and in private practice where she focuses on guiding adolescents and women to break free from diet culture and stop evaluating their worth by the number on the scale. Rachel is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, has a certification of completion in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Maternal Mental Health, and is a Certified Intuitive Eating PRO. 

I wish we could have talked all day. Rachel has so much knowledge about our self-talk and the narrative about body image that’s being influenced by generations and generations of women, AND our society.

We had impactful discussion about diet culture and what it is, how we can actually VOTE for body positivity, the first step to accepting our own body, and how we can teach our daughters in the process.

You guys, I don’t think I’ve ever said this about any episode of the podcast before, but you actually owe it to yourself AND your children to listen to this episode and get plugged into the resources Rachel gives about body image and REAL health. I don’t know a single woman, size 0 to size 20, who hasn’t found something wrong with her body. We’ve got to change this. Please listen, share with a friend, and connect with body positivity resources.

Connect with Rachel

Website
Mom Genes Podcast
Instagram
Mom Genes Instagram 

Resources Noted on the Show

Fearing the Black Body, by Sabrina Strings
Body Positive Power, by Megan Jayne Crabbe

Body Positive People to Follow

Instagram.com/fatpositivefertility
Instagram.com/sonyareneetaylor

I’m sure by now we all know that teachers are bending over backward trying to crush this whole distance, hybrid learning thing. If there were ever a time we need to take care of our teachers with love and alcohol, it’s now. 

I really wanted to hear about learning during a pandemic from a teacher’s perspective, so today I am talking to none other than my own sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Tina Hubrig. She has been teaching for over 20 years, and she has some compelling words to say about what both students and teachers need during these crazy times of learning.