How to Break Up with Your Friends

Have you ever needed to have a difficult conversation with a friend but didn’t know how or where to start? Do you want to improve your relationship with your bestie or low-key have some things to work through?  If you want to know more about evaluating friendships and how to be a good friend, today’s episode is for you! We also talk a lot about being in different phases of life, which is common in our age group, and super hard to navigate. We are very excited for you to hear this episode and hope it helps strengthen or salvage the important friendships in your life.

“Friendships don't typically end in a big drama, it’s often not like one big stab wound it’s death by a thousand cuts.” - Erin Falconer

What we talk about:

  • Rae spills some tea about an old flame

  • Why you need to prioritize time with friends 

  • Tips for balancing work life, social life and home life

  • Navigating relationships with friends who have kids

  • Normalizing having different friends for different types of connections and interests

  • Work friends don’t have to be transactional

  • The importance of a diverse friend group with people who are different from you

  • What to do if you feel like a friendship has run its course

  • How to support healthy friendship dynamics

“You want to have friends with the same core values but that have a different life experience. They're bringing something that makes you feel a little uncomfortable or curious… because friendships have the ability to unlock different parts of yourself.” - Erin Falconer

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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How to Embrace Your Height and Size

Let’s be real, being the bigger friend in your friend group sucks sometimes: not being able to share clothes, shop at the same stores, and hearing people thinner than you complain about their bodies. We receive messages from listeners all the time requesting advice on how to handle these situations. Raeann and Kristina have both been the bigger friend, in size and height, and know that it can feel alienating. But they’ve also come a long way in their confidence journeys and have plenty of good advice to share. So, we’re talking about how to change your mindset and embrace your height and size in this episode!

“You can’t change people’s opinions necessarily. If someone thinks you’re fat or too tall, they’re gonna think that. You have to really work on changing your own perception of yourself.” - Kristina

What we talk about:

  • How to move past negative comments on social media

  • Times in Rae and K’s past when they’ve been uncomfortable in their bodies

  • How to change your mindset around your size

  • How to handle unwarranted comments from men about your size

  • How to be honest about your experience with your friends and help them understand your position

  • What helps Raeann and Kristina to feel empowered and proud of their size

  • Benefits of choosing clothing that fits and compliments your body

  • Ask away: Is it wrong for a married man to go to lunch with a female coworker?

“Fuck yeah, we are tall, gorgeous, Amazonian, bad-ass women. It’s all about changing the mindset that we need to take up less space. Own the fact that that is your power. If you are tall and curvy, you are fucking gorgeous, and you have to tell yourself that. And (your mindset) will start to change.” - Raeann

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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Plus-Size Bridal Style

Wedding invite says: serve a look. We have a fun wedding-themed episode for you today as wedding szn approaches! Taelor Pawnell aka @stylishsista is your plus-size, creative, Virgo, bridal bestie, sharing tips for plus-size bridal fashion and wedding planning on her social media. Raeann loved following her and was super inspired by her fire Brooklyn Bridge engagement photos so we had to have her on the podcast to hear more!

“There's a lot of hidden costs of being plus-size, and then you add the layer of not having options. I’m very much wanting to do what I want to do and you push me into this box with 5 options to choose from that are standard? No.” - Taelor

What we talk about:

  • Raeann shares a dating update

  • Kristina’s wedding dress disaster story

  • Process of getting ready for her engagement photos

  • How to be confident on camera

  • Where Taelor shopped for her “outside of the box” size inclusive outfits

  • Taelor’s wedding dress shopping experience and advice for plus size brides

  • How Taelor found her bridal dress designer

  • The toxic weight loss pressure brides feel

  • Tips for planning and navigating pre-wedding events

  • Ask away: My partner hasn’t said “I love you” yet, should I be worried?

“In order to be confident, remember the end goal. It’s all about you, this is your thing.” - Taelor

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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