Bombshell Brunches Podcast

What really happens when you springboard into your next, bolder, braver version of you? Well, here’s Kristina’s take on the flying pains of building a braver, bolder life. 

The last few weeks, we’ve been learning to livestream, and navigating life curveballs along the way. Our beautiful BB community has taught us how to be brave in order to live full so well, that now we’re left with the blessed curse of getting what we asked for: MORE. 

Listen to Kristina’s top takeaways in the wake of producing her biggest personal solo musical event and a second hugely important advocacy-based musical event, learning to live stream and taking on new contracts and committees with entirely new teams. 

As always, whatever we do, we take you with us, so I hope you enjoy this little solo spill from K-Lao! 

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERE

To connect with Kristina Lao: click HERE

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HERE

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: Glen, Bosco, Hannah, Grace, Rowan, and Chris!

With special thanks to: 

Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway Partner
Roodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner

Telus Optik TV 

We'll keep this short - more info to come, but we're SO excited to announce this level-up move for your two bold, brave (and very tired but happy) BBs, so go ahead and listen in! 

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode talks about reproductive culture, practices and sensitive sexual practices are discussed. We recognise that we are not from the cultures that we discuss, and that this is a complicated conversation. Our intention is to highlight Raquelle’s individual, personal experience, and never intend to place judgement on any culture or norm.  

Raquelle is completing her Masters in Communication, specialising in Health Communications, from the University of Amsterdam. Having returned from a month in Tanzania with the Masaai culture, she takes us through the difference between health culture and individual health bias, how empirical research is conducted, and why she chose to take on an across-the-globe trip to challenge her own existing bias. 

We candidly discuss the beauty and sometimes pitfalls of honouring ancient cultures, the impact of gender norms on nutrition and health, and honour the intention to inspire positive influence while creating and maintaining a safe space for others. 

RESOURCES:

The Masaai Culture - http://maasaiwilderness.org/ 

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERE

To connect with Kristina Lao: click HERE

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HERE

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: Glen, Bosco, Hannah, Grace, Rowan, and Chris!

With special thanks to: 

Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway Partner
Roodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner

Telus Optik TV 

As we look at the gig economy, the great resignation and as more and more companies are deciding to go the direction of work-from-home indefinitely, boundaries have never been more important than they are today. 

Kristina and I sat down to talk about healthy (and unhealthy) boundaries. They’re hard to implement, important to construct, and necessary for our mental and physical health and happiness. Kristina and I dig in on the tactics we use to stick to our own boundaries and how we find ways to honor other people’s along the way.

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: https://www.instagram.com/bombshellbrunches 

To connect with Kristina Lao: https://www.instagram.com/mykristinalao/ 

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: https://www.instagram.com/the_raquelle/

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: 

Creative Director: Glen Gustard: https://www.instagram.com/glengustard/ 

Co-Producer: Hannah Gorton: https://www.instagram.com/gortonhannah/ 

Social Engagement: Grace Harvey https://www.instagram.com/gracemharvey/ 

Social Media & Copy: Elvin Sisco https://www.instagram.com/_elvinsisco 

Audio Content Supervisor: Nicole Mikala https://www.instagram.com/nicmikala/ 

Career Pathways Partner: Levels Music Pro: https://www.instagram.com/levelsmusicpro/ 

How do you exercise full sympathy towards someone, without taking on their emotions? If you’re an empath, or highly sensitive to others, it can be easy to try to comfort them in ways that aren’t helpful. So, here’s how to be a fire friend in times of need. We dive into how can we actively listen to what our loved ones are looking for, create safety on both sides, and allow ourselves to process productively. We talk coffee shop friends, leaving spontaneous voice notes of affirmation, and taking a step back in order to show up fully.

 Thank you to our incredible BB Team: 

Creative Director: Glen Gustard: https://www.instagram.com/glengustard/ 

Co-Producer: Hannah Gorton: https://www.instagram.com/gortonhannah/ 

Social Engagement: Grace Harvey https://www.instagram.com/gracemharvey/ 

Social Media & Copy: Elvin Sisco https://www.instagram.com/_elvinsisco 

Audio Supervisor: Chris Steinkampf https://www.instagram.com/chris_steinkampf/ 

Career Pathways Partner: Levels Music Pro: https://www.instagram.com/levelsmusicpro/ 

Branding Consultants: Roodenburg Design: https://www.instagram.com/roodenburgdesign/

Work Wives unite! From self discovery to big risks, Prestonne shares her yoga journey through both an entrepreneurial and relational lens. After six years of in-person classes, the pandemic gave birth to online partner yoga classes to increase play, intimacy, and relationship richness. Creating authentic community takes time, great support systems and positive, value-aligned partnership in all ways! Join us as we walk through building business partnerships, balancing ownership, motherhood and passion to create a fulfilling future for you and those you care about most. 

About Presonne: 

 In January 2014, Prestonne and  Nicole Whitman partnered to open Yoga Generation in Coquitlam bringing aerial yoga to the Tri-Cities. The two have since opened the second location of YogaGen in Pitt Meadows.

Prestonne’s goal as a yoga teacher is to inspire kindness, compassion and gratitude towards others, and most importantly towards oneself.

She has completed over 500 hours in yoga teacher trainings, specializing in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga, and Yoga Nidra. Prestonne holds a BA from SFU, where she studied communications. 
In Prestonne’s class you can expect a focus on pranayama and deepening the connection with your body through the breath. Come ready to play, laugh, relax and rejuvenate your body through deep breathing and lots of stretching. Prestonne encourages her students to listen to their bodies, while simultaneously testing their limits and growing both in a physical and mental capacity.

Resources:
YogaGen

To connect with Prestonne: click HERE

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERE

To connect with Kristina Lao: click HERE

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HERE

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: Glen, Bosco, Hannah, Grace, Rowan, Chris and Elvin!  

With special thanks to: 

Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway Partner
Roodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner

Weekend Warriors and Fab Fit Humans, we’ve got your back (and shoulders, and glutes)! If you are sitting at your desk watching this right now, we’re about to get you moving. Nadia is a physiotherapist for some of the world’s top professional athletes. From the emergency room to recovery for rugby players, Nadia talks us through how to create awareness of our bodies, what common injuries to look out for, and how to fire up the areas of your body in order to workout with purpose. 

From incontinence to high performance training, we talk about mental grit, daily activation tricks, fitness myths, and the big picture of how to approach your fitness AND health journey. 

About Our Guest: 

Nadia was born in Johannesburg (South Africa), with Greek and Italian heritage. Currently living in beautiful Stellenbosch she loves hiking, trail running, reading and good wine (so basically you found the perfect place to live). Nadia is a sports physiotherapist at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport living out my passion every day. She has been a physiotherapist for 15 years, having had the privilege of working with various professional and amateur sports teams/ individuals.

Nadia is known by some of the most elite athletes in the world as the women with the touch that makes grown men cry and I can personally attest to the fact that she is seriously impressive - having fixed issues I’d had for years in just one or two sessions.

RESOURCES:

Stellenbosch Academy of Sport

To connect with Nadia: click HERE 

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERE

To connect with Kristina Lao: click HERE

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HERE

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: Glen, Bosco, Hannah, Grace, Rowan, Chris and Elvin!  

With special thanks to: 

Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway Partner
Roodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner

Buckle up, BBs! A true connector, Candace Sampson takes us from her school supply business to entrepreneurial motherhood, from thriving influencer and broadcast channels to navigating the Canadian Justice system in an incredibly hostile divorce with tenacity and transparency. We talk about leaving your 9-5, the glass cliff, and what to do to prepare for a marriage and divorce- whether you’re in a good place or not! From mindfulness to time management, family courts to brainstorming support, we REALLY get into the weeds. If you’re pushing your entrepreneurial journey up the mountainside, we’re here by your side with tips, tricks and reminders to help you stay on track. 

About Our Guest: 

Candace has been in the trenches with women across Canada for over a decade sharing her self-deprecating humour on Canada’s popular YMC, her passion for travel and food on her website, Life in Pleasantville, and as a TV and Radio personality.

Candace’s reputation for approachable professionalism and a great sense of humour are demonstrated in her delivery of real-life stories that matter across all her digital and broadcast channels.

Resources: 

• Life In Pleasantville Blog - Divorce 
• What She Said
• Black & White by Stephen Dorsey: 
• Dirty John: Betty Broderick (TV Show)

To connect with Candace: click HERE 

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERE

To connect with Kristina Lao: click HERE

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HERE

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: Glen, Bosco, Hannah, Grace, Rowan, Chris and Elvin!  

With special thanks to: 

Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway Partner
Roodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner

Ready to get out of debt? Don’t know how to have the “money” talk with your partner? Release your emotional attachment to money? Get financially naked with your loved ones to build your best life? WE GOT YOU! From an ambitious, money-making background, Alyssa chose to become a writer (a profession notorious for low incomes). With riddling consumer debt and student loans looming over her, Alyssa took a brave leap and started her blog in 2015. Two book deals later, we drop some HUGE gems to help you get on board and soar with your financial image - both on your own and with those you love. 

About Alyssa Davies: 

Alyssa Davies is a content manager for Zolo and a published author living in Calgary, Alberta. She is the founder of the two-time award-winning Canadian Personal Finance Blog of the Year, Mixed Up Money that has over 80,000 followers across social media. Through her work, she has been featured in many notable publications, including The Globe and Mail, FLARE, CBC Gem, and more. Her second book, Financial First Aid, is now available for preorder at any book retailer near you.

Resources: 

• Mixed Up Money
• Fair Play (Book)
• The Year Compass
• Maturn
• The 100 Day Financial Goal Journal
• KindWealth

To connect with Alyssa: click HERE 

To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERE

To connect with Kristina Lao: click HERE

To connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HERE

Thank you to our incredible BB Team: Glen, Bosco, Hannah, Grace, Rowan, Chris and Elvin!  

With special thanks to: 

Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway Partner
Roodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner