Ask Away Part 3: How to Recover from Heartbreak, Support New Moms, Talk to Your Doctor About Weight and Practice Self-Love

Kristina and Raeann are answering your questions in today’s episode and sharing raw and honest emotions about what’s been going on in their lives behind the scenes. Raeann opens up about struggling lately with the sadness of heartbreak. Whether you’ve recently experienced a break up or are still dealing with emotions from past relationships, we’re here to remind you that it’s okay to be sad when you lose something you love. But we’re also sharing our tips for moving on, focusing on yourself and appreciating where you are now. We also get Kristina’s perspective on what you can do for a friend who is a new mom to support her, talk about what to do if your doctor suggests you should lose weight, and share our daily practices for self-love.

“Sometimes you have to sit in sadness and accept how you’re feeling and know that even though there are brighter days ahead, it's okay to be sad.” - Kristina

What we talk about:

  • How to stop judging women based on their appearance 

  • What to do if your long-term boyfriend hasn’t proposed yet

  • Can exes be friends?

  • Daily tasks to build self love

  • How to support a friend who’s a new mom

  • What to say if/when a doctor fat shames you and how to advocate for yourself

  • Leaving a long term relationship

“Oftentimes, when you feel triggered, you need to look within yourself. It's your insecurities that are feeding these thoughts. The more you build confidence in yourself and your worth, the less you’ll think about other women.” - Raeann

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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Top 5 Wellness Tips for Women

Courtney Swan (@realfoodology) is an Integrative Nutritionist with her masters of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health and she also happens to be a dear friend of Raeann. Courtney posts daily about the real food and organic movement on her Instagram account: Realfoodology as well as her weekly podcast, also called Realfoodology. She aims to educate on the dirty practices of the food industry and how to eat healthy, with real food, and today she’s on the podcast sharing her top 5 wellness tips for women who are looking to improve their overall health.

“You need to cancel out the noise and stop being so focused on, ‘this one thing is bad, and this is good.’ Just come back to, ‘is it real food?’” - Courtney Swan

What we talk about:

  • Raeann recaps Stagecoach

  • Tips to wind down to prioritize sleep

  • The danger of heating food in plastic

  • How to tell if packaged food is okay to eat

  • Ingredients to avoid in sunscreen

  • Why sunscreen doesn’t protect you from skin cancer

  • How spending time in nature impacts your nervous system

  • Unsuspecting foods that can be high in sugar

  • How to find ways to enjoy moving your body

  • Tips for tracking your cycle naturally

  • What Courtney recommends for testing yourself for food sensitivities or allergies

  • The hypocrisy of skinny women being able to eat whatever they want but plus size women are shamed for loving food

“Getting outside in nature does wonders for your nervous system.” - Courtney Swan

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

“It’s so f*cking hypocritical that for a skinny woman part of her personality can be how much she loves food and it can be accepted. But then if a curvy woman is doing the same thing she’s promoting obesity and being unhealthy.” - Raeann and Kristina

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Things Men Don't Get

Not wearing socks with holes in them. Folding damp towels. Planning literally anything. We love the men in our lives, but living with them is not the easiest sometimes! We’re reading off the things men just don’t get that drive our listeners crazy and it’s equally hilarious and frustrating. Tune in to see if your submission made it into the episode and if you can relate to any of these situations!

“When it comes to men not understanding urgency, we need to meet in the middle. Why create more stress?” - Kristina

“I am concerned for the general straight male population with their lack of ability to make a plan.” - Raeann

What we talk about:

  • Raeann’s prep for Stagecoach

  • Raeann’s recent health issues

  • Raeann shares about getting her IUD removed and off of birth control

  • Reality TV relationship trainwrecks

  • Why are women better at multitasking?

  • How to allow men in our lives to do more for us

  • What men do that drive women crazy and why we think that is

  • Ask away: changing sizes/getting comfortable with going up in clothing size

“Tracking your cycle and knowing your body is such a powerful tool.” - Raeann

“Once you let go of the number or size of clothing you wear, which means nothing, and are in clothes that fit your body, you’re going to feel so much better and look so much better because your clothes are going to fit you.” - Raeann

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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