Easy Organizing Tips to Transform Your Space

This guest has transformed Kristina’s life. Dany D’Andrea is a professional home organizer and styler, and will give you a holistic approach to editing your home that will impact more than just your closet. In this episode, Dany shares her easy tips for home organization that will transform your space. She offers insight about how and where to start decluttering your home, how you can identify your aesthetic in order to be more intentional with your purchases, and how to know if it’s time to part with an item in your closet. She acknowledges the financial and emotional impact this process can have, and gives great advice for working through it. Enter 2023 with a clear mind and a clear space! There’s seriously nothing more liberating.

Takeaways & Tips from Dany:

“Action inspires motivation. It’s not actually as intense as your mind has built it up to be.” -Dany 

“A lot of people don't realize that their disinterest in wearing something is because they actually don't feel comfortable in it physically.” - Dany

“Ask yourself: how do you use the space the most?” - Dany

What we talk about:

  • Nervous bumpdate from Kristina

  • Raeann’s recent dating hack & update from Brooklyn

  • Navigating the physical changes of pregnancy and how it affects confidence 

  • How to start organizing your space

  • How to edit out items in your closet

  • What to do with items that have sentimental value

  • Reevaluating shopping habits

  • The #1 rule for cycling items through your closet

  • Honing in on your personal aesthetic and style

  • Helpful tools for organization

  • Tips for styling items and creating a practical flow

  • Ask Away: advice for saying no, listening to your intuition and enforcing your boundaries in a sketchy situation

“I don't think you understand how liberated I feel after having Dany in my space. She’s been so instrumental in clearing my mind and my space.” - Kristina

“We see something that’s on trend and we want to buy it, but we don’t think about how it makes you feel. It just boils down to being more intentional with your purchasing habits.” - Raeann

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Winter Holiday Survival Guide: Festive Outfit Recipes & Activities, Budgeting Tips & Staying Healthy

The holidays can be a crazy busy time of year. Between going to events, finding the perfect outfit for said events, shopping for yourself and others, and taking advantage of all of the festive activities, there’s so much to do in such a short amount of time. We’re hoping to take some of the stress out of the season by sharing some of our favorite outfit recipes you may already have in your closet, seasonal activities you shouldn’t miss, tips for staying within your budget, and reminding you to take time to rest. You can enjoy the holidays without breaking the bank or feeling mentally and physically drained!

“If I can’t think of 3 ways to style it with items I already have in my closet, I’m not going to get it.” - Raeann

“Rest up. Don't feel pressure to have to do everything, have to go to everything. You don’t.” - Kristina

What we talk about:

  • How Raeann’s adjusting to the nomadic lifestyle

  • Takeaways from the Lizzo concert

  • Tips for shopping for holiday outfits (sustainability and cost effectiveness)

  • Outfit recipes you may already have in your closet

  • Embrace the season with our favorite holiday activities

  • How to make the holidays more budget-friendly

  • Tips for keeping up with your health and wellness routines

  • Ask Away: How have you settled into your inherent worthiness? Tips for not getting down when you get ghosted or rejected.

“When you are so ruthlessly and authentically yourself, and don't care if people don’t like you, then that confidence continues to grow.” - Kristina

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The Power of Self-Pleasure

Do you know what your body likes and desires? Do you want connect more intimately with your partner, or just feel more confident saying what you want? We all deserve to feel empowered in our sex life. Today’s guest is an expert in the sexual wellness space and is about to teach you how to experience more pleasure and feel more connected to your body. 

Kiana Reeves is an educator, practitioner, speaker, and leading voice in the sexual wellness movement. Her approach is wholistic and includes the emotional, biological, social, and spiritual nature of sex & intimacy. Her work in this field ultimately led her to join Foria as Chief Content Officer, where she has helped grow and shape the sexual wellness brand over the last five years.

In this episode, Kiana explains how masturbating really is self care, beneficial from a health perspective and can improve your overall sex life. We cover the science behind orgasms, how to experience more pleasure, and how to communicate your desires with your partner. We also talk about removing shame from the equation when it comes to sex, and embracing vulnerability. Whether you already feel sexually empowered or don’t even know where to start, we know this conversation will inspire you to try something new & have a better sex life.

“Masturbation and orgasms can boost your immune system, it can support your sleep, it’s really good at resetting your response to stress and lowering cortisol. When you orgasm and when you’re touching your body or masturbating, experiencing pleasure, you’re releasing dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins. All of those chemical cocktails really play a role in feeling powerful, creative and connected.” Kiana Reeves


What we talk about:

  • Our Thanksgiving plans

  • Raeann’s latest date story

  • The activity that’s changing Kristina’s life for the better right now

  • Feeling FOMO from social media

  • Is dating in NYC better than in LA?

  • Thoughts on the recent season of Love Is Blind 

  • Viewing masturbation as self care

  • How masturbating impacts your sex life with a partner

  • The science behind the positive effects and health benefits of self pleasure

  • How to be more comfortable with masturbating

  • Addressing the shame around self-pleasure 

  • Embodiment practices for self-pleasure

  • Kiana’s recommendations for beginner tools and toys

  • Destigmatizing the use of lube

  • The pressure we put on sexual performance

  • What impacts our arousal and sexual pleasure physiologically

  • Can using a vibrator “too much” be a negative thing?

  • How to get out of your head during sex

  • How to have the best or multiple orgasms

  • Tips for talking to your partner about sex

  • How and when to communicate what you want with your partner

  • Ask Away: Is it okay to not have a “wild phase”?


“To destigmatize the use of lube: When you introduce lube, research shows that all parties experience more pleasure.” - Kiana Reeves

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

“When you expand your pleasure capacity and pathways, what’s possible in your body alone really impacts what’s possible in your body with a partner.” - Kiana Reeves

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