Almost 30

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The end of the year can be an interesting time. It can be really exciting, but there’s also a ton of pressure that can be dumped on you to make change. After a year where many people felt like life was on pause, there’s a LOT of expectation going into 2021. Now is the time to try and be realistic about your goals and give yourself grace, without falling into the trap of feeling complacent or helpless. K+L talk about the Grand Conjunction that’s happening on December 21st, how they’re planning on approaching the end of the year, and how you can prepare to thrive in 2021, even if your circumstances haven’t changed much.

We also talk about:

• What we want to experience in 2021
• The Grand Conjunction and what it means
• Pulling away from the chaos
• Taking inventory on your health
• Disengaging from the agenda
• Doing things before your ego tells you not you
• Being strong with your boundaries
• Setting up your support system
• Releasing expectations

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Resources:

• Visit shopalmost30.com to shop our merch, digital workshops, and more.

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K+L have done the research: you all LOVE to talk about sex. Dr. Holly Richmond is a Somatic Psychologist, Certified Sex Therapist, and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She led an amazing New Paradigm workshop this year, and it was juicy! So we had to have her on the podcast to share her insight with all of you! In today’s episode we talk about how the role of sex and intimacy has changed in 2020—whether you’ve been living together or not—and the lack of connection we’re facing, as well as how to get back to that connection… or at least find a way to connect intimately that feels best for us individually. She also tells us how we can broach the difficult subject of criticism, having better sex by having better communication surrounding it, and separating sex and intimacy. It’s a super deep conversation about something we all want to know about but most of us can’t talk about and it will leave you feeling empowered to have more intimate conversations in your relationship.

We also talk about:

• How unwilling people are to talk about se
• The growing pains people are facing around sex during COVID-19
• Starting a conversation without making your partner insecure
• Avoiding being critical during sex
• How body image holds us back from enjoying sex
• Finding ways to reach orgasm
• Edging, climax control, and lasting longer in bed
• Pornography consumption and trends during the pandemic
• Reigniting the spark in your sexual relationship
• What somatic therapy is
• Getting into your body
• Making the decision to go to sex or relationship therapy
• Handling high emotions and conflict
• Improving a low libido
• Broaching the conversation surrounding a fetish
• Navigating intimacy without sex

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Resources:

• drhollyrichmond.com
• Instagram: @drhollyrichmond

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After a near death experience, everything changed for Wade Lightheart— and he learned to adapt to his newly endowed perspective by transforming and restructuring his views and lifestyle. Today K+L are joined by Wade,  a 3-time All Natural Bodybuilding Champion and founder of Bioptimizers, who is committed to uncovering the deep mysteries of the human experience. His thirst for knowledge and hunger for a deeper meaning in life combined with a spiritual awakening has helped to set his path. . He’s an experienced world traveler and has met some of the world’s smartest and most influential people. We have always been big fans of his and are grateful for his ability to strip away jargon to help us understand, relate to, and interact with his field.. In this episode, Wade tells us all about that spiritual awakening and the paradigm shift in his own life that occurred as a result of it. He speaks on the importance of cultivating sacred spaces and recognizing energy signatures. Wade is a master in hormone knowledge and imparts with us some truths about magnesium, birth control, and blue light. His mission is to cultivate compassion and we are so grateful for our time spent learning with him.

We also talk about:

• How having a spiritual practice is a non-negotiable
• Wade’s near-death experience and life review
• Reading “Think and Grow Rich” and realizing he was on the wrong path
• Having difficult conversations
• The importance of cultivating sacred spaces
• People damaging their bodies while bodybuilding
• Why people gain weight after bodybuilding and can’t take it off
• Resorting to metabolic medication to look a certain way
• Keeping your hormones in balance, the effects of your thyroid and metabolism on IQ
• The effects of birth control
• Why Magnesium Breakthrough is so different from everything else out there

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Resources:

• wadelightheart.net
• BiOptimizers | Use code “almost30” for 10% off at bioptimizers.com

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Jenna Zoe is an Almost 30 regular at this point, and we still want more. She’s our go-to human design expert, but in this convo we land on some super interesting topics: her career path, the big 2027 shift in human design + what that’s all about, finding your purpose, and how we can stop pissing away our power. If you’re as big a fan of Jenna as K + L are, there’s lots to love in this amazing discussion.

We also talk about:

• Jenna Zoe’s career path and how she got to where she is today
• Figuring out what you love to do and going after it
• The 2027 shift and the different cycles we are going through
• Not taking Human Design so literally
• Where we are not living in our true design
• How past lifetimes fit into Human Design
• Living your type in the new year
• Biggest learnings from 2020
• What’s next for Jenna

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Resources:

• myhumandesign.com
• Instagram: @my.humandesign

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THE SOLO

If there’s one thing the A30 community loves to hear about, it’s relationships and sex. It’s something we don’t talk much about publicly, but it’s a big part of our lives. K+L remove the filter (as if there was one) and delve into messy, honest, real stories while answering your questions on love, sex,  relationships, all the things.

We also talk about:

• Road head anxiety (LOL)
• Breaking out of negative relationship patterns
• Having sex with a new partner
• Handling money in your relationship
• Getting your partner to go to therapy

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Resources:

• Visit shopalmost30.com to shop our merch, digital workshops, and more.

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Lauryn Evarts Bosstick is the embodiment of female entrepreneurship, self awareness, and pure determination.  The Skinny Confidential founder is so generous with sharing what she’s learned, what she knows, and her own expertise. But she also knows her formula for success isn’t what works for everyone. It’s inspiring to see how clearly and confidently she knows who she is and what truly matters in her life. In today’s episode have an honest conversation about how she leads her team, the complexities of being a mom and running a business, her partnership with Michael and her journey of learning to balance her hormones after a baby. She also gives some of her best hacks for managing to give to her family and her team, and they are truly inspiring and mind-blowingly creative.

We also talk about:

• The importance of getting your hormones checked
• Maintaining a level of privacy on social media while making your living online
• The surprises of being a mom
• Saying no to more and being less reactive
• Productivity tips for running a business
• The experiences that have rattled Lauryn
• What’s exciting Lauryn now

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Resources:

• theskinnyconfidential.com
• Instagram: @theskinnyconfidential

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This interview with Gunny Sodhi is the perfect thing to set off your ayurvedic Thanksgiving! Gunny has so much wisdom to offer when it comes to taking care of yourself from a natural, holistic perspective. The way he talks about how he’s managed to heal himself naturally through anxiety and trauma is incredibly powerful. K + L have talked ayurveda before, but there’s something beautiful about bringing in this personal story of moving through loss, and it’s sure to offer you so many lifestyle and nutrition changes you can adapt to your own life to feel so, so much better.

We also talk about:

• Growing up steeped in ayurveda
• How Gunny used ayurveda to heal after a tragic accident
• The specific structures that helped him
• The lifestyle changes you can make to service a thriving microbiome
• The eight branches of ayurveda
• How children can practice ayurveda
• Herbs to aid your immunity
• Oil pulling—should you do it?

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Resources:

• YouVeda | Visit youveda.com and use code ALMOST30 for 30% off
• Learn more: youveda.com/knowledge-center

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K+L originally spoke to Alok Vaid Menon about two years ago — or, in 2020 terms, a lifetime ago — and it continues to be a relevant and important conversation for us to share. There are few people who have had such a lasting impact, not just from the show but from life. K+L left this conversation feeling more human, more connected, more aware of how they affect others: exactly what our world desperately needs more of right now. Alok also recently released a book, “Beyond the Gender Binary,” which shows that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression only limited by your creativity. So, to celebrate the book and this beautiful, powerful, kind, and heart-centered soul, we wanted to share the conversation again.

We also talk about:

• The ins and outs of your passion being your business
• Growing up (emotionally repressed) in a small Texas town
• Southern “politeness”
• Balancing being a strong example for others + being a complex, flawed human
• Why it hurts when we turn someone into a metaphor and a symbol
• Visibility does not mean safety for women and trans people
• Where Alok developed their emotional vocabulary
• Gender + shame
• Learning not to fear their own gender nonconformity
• The psychology of fascism
• Why Alok is frustrated by the individualism of self-care
• The people who bully us want to be us
• Aesthetics as political resistance
• Violence against gender non-conforming individuals has escalated over the past few years
• What we can all do, every day, to challenge the current paradigm

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Resources:

• Get yourself a copy of “Beyond the Gender Binary”

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Did you know that we are spending more than EVER on supplements, but we aren’t statistically healthier?

Many of us have been taking supplements for years without realizing all the additives that go into them, such as binders and fillers made from sheep's wool, corn, soy and other less desirable ingredients.We’re finding out that what we’re taking to improve our internal harmony may not be as helpful as we’ve been told. This conversation with Sara Cullen, the founder of GEM (get 20% off with code ALMOST30), brings to light some of the things that we should be considering when shopping for supplements, as well as the benefits of GEM: “anti-vitamin” alternative made with real food.. She also goes into the synergistic effects of food and how some foods work together to create greater bioavailability of nutrients, the importance of Vitamin D, why algae is the new trend in nutrition, and her story of starting a company with some great advice for any budding entrepreneurs.

We also talk about:

• The early days of GEM and the inspiration behind it
• Finding out what’s in the vitamins and minerals you’re taking
• Reducing the amount of filler in our diets
• The regulation loopholes of the supplement industry
• Learning from the mistakes of your first company
• Using algae for nutrition
• The effectiveness of food synergy
• Advice for early stage entrepreneurs

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Resources:

• dailygem.co
• Instagram: @daily_gem

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Alignment is the goal - in mind, body and spirit. Being in alignment affects not only our physical body but our emotions, our mental state, our relationships — truly everything. There’s never been a better time to get into alignment, and Aaron Alexander, manual therapist and movement coach and creator of The Align Method, is here to help us work through a more holistic lifestyle. We talk about mobility, mental health, social health, and how it’s all interconnected. Plus, he gives us some hacks for dealing with the detrimental effects of quarantine, and we could all use a few more of those.

We also talk about:

• The Ram Dass documentary on Netflix

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Resources:

• alignpodcast.com
• Instagram: @alignpodcast

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