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 o

098 – Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Getting Through the Tough Moments on the Way to Your Goals

Mar 20th, 2016 8m 25s

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

097 – Addressing Youth and Teen Abusive Relationships: An Interview with Starr Burgess

Mar 14th, 2016 46m 50s

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

096 – Leaving Things Behind

Mar 6th, 2016 29m 39s

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

095 – Prosecuting Your Abuser: An Interview with K.L. Randis

Feb 22nd, 2016 37m 1s

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 i

094 – Becoming a Warrior Goddess: An Interview with HeatherAsh Amara

Feb 14th, 2016 47m 42s

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 fr

093 – Living a Soul-Guided Life: An Interview with Laurel Geise

Feb 7th, 2016 42m 25s

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 spi

092 – Being Bullied isn’t Unique to Childhood

Jan 25th, 2016 25m 27s

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, o

091 – Are You Ambitious?

Jan 17th, 2016 18m 16s

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

090 – Five Levels of Attachment: An Interview with don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

Jan 10th, 2016 50m 40s

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 a

089 – Turning Around the After-Holiday Woes

Jan 4th, 2016 17m 31s

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 of

088 – Do We Have to Forgive?

Dec 20th, 2015 22m 4s

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

087 – What Our Mothers Didn’t Teach Us About Sex: An Interview with Shasta Townsend

Dec 13th, 2015 47m 13s

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 cr

086 – Overcoming the “Nice Girl” Complex

Dec 6th, 2015 10m 29s

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 o

085 – Creative Ways to Give Thanks

Nov 22nd, 2015 30m 11s

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

Episode 1: Tasty Burgers with Bob Sanders

Nov 19th, 2015 5m 21s

On our frist episode, our special guest, Bob Sanders, joins us to talk about the art of grilling burgers without a using a grill. Tune in for some killer tips and secret recipes from Bob!

084 – What Are You Really Craving? An Interview with Alex Jamieson

Nov 15th, 2015 49m 8s

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

083 – Effective Communication: How Tuning In With Love Can Change Your Relationships

Nov 8th, 2015 30m 53s

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 conne

082 – Two Years Strong

Nov 1st, 2015 9m 54s

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081 – Dissociation 1: Are You Ready to Be Present?

Oct 26th, 2015 16m 20s

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

080 – Free the Nipple

Oct 18th, 2015 19m 17s

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 sa

079 – Do You Feel Breast Shame?

Oct 4th, 2015 38m 48s

This month on Vagina Chronicles Podcast, in honor of breast cancer awareness, we’re going to dedicate each episode to breasts. There is so much disfunction in America concerning women’s breasts; over sexualizing, shame, disassociation, object

078 – Just Show Up!

Sep 27th, 2015 13m 54s

Inspired by a simple, yet profound, quote by NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, we are talking about how showing up can be the tipping point for change. In an interview with NPR, Cady, along with fellow NASA astronaut Serena Auñón, European Space Age

077 – Girl or Woman: Does it Matter What You’re Called?

Sep 20th, 2015 12m 45s

Oh, language. How you can bestow the most empowering of titles or the moniker of “mud.” Words are one of those things that carry so much weight, yet are thrown about like they can’t be used as weapons. And who gets to determine the destructiv

076 – Sexual Harassment and Public Transit

Sep 14th, 2015 36m 55s

There was a study conducted of 600 Parisian women regarding sexual harassment and public transportation in which all, that’s 100%, of the respondents claimed to have experienced one form or another of sexual harassment while using public transi