Let's talk about sex... and let's also make it a goal in 2022 to stop faking orgasms because if we are faking it, that means we are not communicating our wants, needs, desires. NONE OF IT. And why would we do that? Why would we deny ourselves of true pleasure? Krystin Ross also joins us to discuss the challenges of low libido, how mental health can play a big role in the bedroom and the importance of trusting your body to give you the signals you need to reconnect with your sexual energy. You can follow Krystin on instagram here: @krystin.ross Website: https://www.krystinross.com/contact  Join Wild Sex Energy now: https://www.krystinross.com/wild-sx-energy 

This week's episode we talk about meditation, the importance of silence in your healing journey, and Hector's story from disowning all forms of religion to his first interaction with a Tibetan Buddhist Monk to where is he now. Hector’s Instagram @wakeupist Three Jewels website: https://www.threejewels.org/ Med Gala discount: Special discount just for Causing Friction listeners: get $15 off the ticket price for the Med Gala, an ethereal party hosted by Three Jewels on May 5, 2022 in NYC. Visit https://www.medgala.org/ and use code CTE.

For the first ever while recording a podcast, I don't know what to say. What Anastasia and many people are currently facing in the Ukraine is something I can't quite wrap my head around because it isn't something I thought we would experience. This interview is about Anastasia's personal experience fleeing the war in Ukraine and IS NOT about politics, it is not a debate of opinions on the war or matter at hand but Anastasia sharing the trauma of leaving behind her life, starting over and how she gets through each day. You can connect with Anastasia here: www.facebook.com/nastya.vladychynska 

Welcome Spring and welcome firey Aries season... what a good time to check in on our goals, assess where we are at and where it is we want to be. Sarah Steckler joins me to chat all things productivity, how your goal setting and to-do's need to match your energy and how important it is to be mindful of competing goals. Website: www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/ Podcast: www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/podcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/mindfulproductivityblog/ Free Planner Publishing Guide: www.publishaplanner.com/guide Energy Driver & Habit Tracker: www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/energy Mindful Productivity Guide: https://www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/planner Daily Productivity & Brain Dump Book: https://www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/bdb Free Daily Priority Sheet: https://www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/podcasts-by-episode/92

TRIGGER WARNING: David's story started 7 years ago when he was followed home from a bar and brutally raped, beaten and left for dead. David's trauma and healing journey is eye-opening & thought provoking and his work on Surviving Abuse Podcast is designed to bring hope, healing, and education to those who have experienced personal trauma, and abuse. You can connect with David here: www.survivingpodcast.com You can also catch my interview, on David's podcast here: Surviving Abuse on Apple Podcasts

This week's episode there is a trigger warning as we touch on topics related to trauma, self harm, addiction, mental health struggles. Alex walks us through the degrees of separation of trauma, the importance of the age and how we as trauma survivors or loved ones of trauma survivors can respect boundaries, uphold boundaries to work through the motions of healing. You can connect with Alex on IG here Her website is: www.alexandreanesmith.com

This week Meghan The Self-Care Queen joined me to discuss all things self care. How to not feel guilty taking time for yourself, the perfect formula to find what self-care fits your emotional needs, how to not run on 10% battery and how to face the not-so-pretty side of self-care. Connect with Meghan on IG here: @itsmegbonhomme Check out The Lovely Human School 

This week's episode is SPICY! Stephanie joined me to explore the definition of intimacy and how important it is to explore what emotional, physical, experiential and spiritual intimacy means to YOU. Stephanie and I also discuss the importance of communication and question "can 1 partner, fulfill all of our needs?". Connect with Stephanie here: www.safetyinfreedom.com IG: @safteyinfreedom Check out her podcast: Intimacy Truths

It feels so good to do a solo episode, WOW I MISSED YOU ALL! I thought I would give an update now that it has officially been 1 month since I packed my things and moved to Medellin, Colombia. Remember 5 months when I recorded an episode saying something big & life changing was about to happen? That I couldn't explain what or why but my gut was telling me my life was going to change.. well yeah.. it has. Or has it?

Have you ever been curious about sobriety? Have you ever woken up with a hangover so bad, you start to question what is the point of all this? This episode is for all of you who sometimes feel that they need a break from alcohol... but that doesn't make you an alcoholic, right? So why does it seem that AA is the one & only "sober" community we can turn to, for guidance? Why isn't there something for the in-between? The people who are curious about sobriety? Who are maybe questioning their relationship with alcohol but don't quite feel that it is so black and white... If this resonates with you, just know it resonates with me too and interviewing Alex McRobert, Founder of The Mindful Life Practice and Sober Curious Yoga, also the host of the Sober Yoga Girl Podcast brought light to the most important topic for 2022.  Alex's website is here! Listen to her podcast here: @soberyogagirlpodcast

This week's episode is all about money manifestation, money mindset and how facing our shame our debt, financial literacy and why it all comes back around to self worth. You can connect with Kat on IG @katcozzad  Website: www.katcozadd.com Join Kat's FB Group for free training! 

1 week away from 2022 and all I have to say is what the heck was that!? This week's episode is all about saying goodbye to 2021 and goodbye to old ways of doing things. We all are trying to achieve optimal productivity and want 2022 to start off on the right foot... but what does productivity even mean to you? How can it mean something different to each person? And how do we change our habits of procrastination, shift our focus and truly change our mindset around the value of TIME? because isn't that what productivity all comes down to? Valuing our time?

TRIGGER WARNING! This episode discusses emotional abuse, physical abuse, childhood trauma, alcoholism, poverty and mental health distress/crisis. This episode breaks down the frustrating, thought provoking mini series "MAID" on Netflix which follows Alex's journey of leaving an abusive relationship, living off of welfare and 7 different government programs, all while processing generational trauma, childhood abuse and difficult relationships with her parents. There are TONS of spoilers so I advise listening after you have watched the series which is based off of the memoir written by & based off of Stephanie Land's life; "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive". It was the catalyst for Maid, Created/Written/Produced by Molly Smith Metzler.

Ariana joined me this week to discuss the 6 stages of grief are not linear, how everything feels like a trigger around the holidays, the importance of creating new memories or rituals, as well as how can we support those who are grieving and set healthy boundaries. We also discuss that grief is more than death or loss,  that indeed you can grieve those who are still living, but absent in your life whether that is going no contact with family members or even when you are experiencing loss through the form of a break up.  You can connect with Ariana here: https://www.advancehealth.ca/ariana-zeppieri-makhan 

Amanda Rose is BACK! Amanda describes herself as "a Modern Astrologer, Movement & Breathwork Instructor and Intuitive Guide." This week's episode, Amanda assess my natal birth chart, breaks down each touch point, each house and explores both the high and low road of each path. You are so much more than you moon, sun and rising sign. Natal birth charts can help you to discover… Your individual conscious and subconscious motivators and personality traits Discover how you appear to the world and what your souls truest aspirations are Decode your relationship dynamics, love language, career and job destiny Learn to understand your challenging and opportunistic cycles that you may experience throughout your life Gain an in depth understanding of any karmic loops you may be experiencing in this lifetime and how to get yourself out of it to accelerate your ascension path Connect with Amanda here: @mindfulmagickmethod Amanda's website is HERE:  www.mindfulmagickmethod.com 

THE NEWS IS FINALLY OUT!!! Season 2 is starting off with a bang.. I finally interview my partner and we discuss our relationship, how it has developed over the years, the way that we fight/tackle problems, the sense of adventure that we LOVE in our relationship and most importantly we dive into why we are moving to Medellin, Colombia.

1 WHOLE YEAR!? EXCUSE ME!? How did I get here? Celebrating 1 year of this podcast, reflecting on how I have grown, who I am becoming and where the heck is season 2 headed... be on the look out for maybe a website, maybe a newsletter, maybe some BETTER special guests and maybe an international move...

So we have all seen in the movies, people being hypnotized on stage and the ridiculous acts that follow.. But how do we look at hypnosis in a modern way? How do we look at it as a tool that we can leverage for fast paced, deep rooted change? Marina joins us this week to dive into everything hypnosis and the subconscious mind. Marina's IG is here! Check out her SPOTIFY

Gabby is a holistic life coach who walks with women into their remembrance. Gabby's focus is on Inner child work + nervous system regulation, to ensure we are free from shame, guilt and can work on being the person we needed, when we were younger. Gabby touches on the importance of understanding our child to parent relationship, as a kid, was all about survival, that our parents couldn't meet every single one of our needs, reparenting and so much more.  CONNECT WITH GABBY ON IG: HERE!

This week we are discussing the easiest way to connect or reconnect with your partner. VALIDATE THEIR FEELINGS. That is it. It really is THAT simple. I walk through the steps of how to first see how you may be invalidating your partner then teach you some phrases to use, when your partner is experience a big emotion, to ensure they feel seen and heard.