Cliterally Obsessed

Okay, but what happens when happily ever after doesn't work out? We're back for part two with Jennifer Reynolds from Fresh Legal LLP to bust some of the biggest myths about separation and divorce. If your husband cheats, do you get more money? What happens to the house? And does the law actually care who was the bigger asshole in the relationship? Spoiler alert: the girls were NOT happy with some of Jennifer's answers. We get into the legal realities of ending a relationship, what women should know about their rights, and why understanding the law before you're in the middle of a breakup is probably a very good idea. 

Love is blind, but your lawyer shouldn't be. In this first of a two-part episode, we're joined by Jennifer Reynolds, lawyer at Fresh Legal LLP, to talk about the legal stuff women should know BEFORE saying "I do." Rebecca comes prepared with some wildly specific hypotheticals involving con men, stolen assets, and men who move into your house and refuse to leave (asking for a friend, obviously). We break down the basics of marriage, property rights, and how to protect what you've worked hard for. And if you're already married? Don't worry, it's not too late to draw up some ground rules in case things go south. 

Are you training hard but not seeing the results you want? Maybe the problem isn't your workout, it's how you're fuelling it. This week, we're building on our last conversation with dietitian Debora Sloan, RD to talk about eating for performance, building muscle, and recovering properly. Is working out fasted actually beneficial? Do you really need electrolytes, or is plain old water enough? And what should you be eating before and after a workout? We break down the science, bust a few nutrition myths, and talk about why eating less isn't always better. Because if you're going to work your ass off at the gym, you might as well feed those muscles!

Listen to Dietician Debora Sloan as she helps us cut through nutrition noise and give women 35+ practical information about how to build a well-fuelled diet without obsessing over numbers.

The butt talk continues, but this time we’re asking the important question: what should you actually do if you see blood in your stool?  Rebecca shares how she found Dr. Zalai in the first place and ultimately ended up having him remove her hemorrhoid (thanks, bestie!). We also cover treatments for common butt ailments, anal HPV (yes, your ass can get HPV too), why you should get your Gardasil vaccine, and when bleeding deserves a closer look. Come for Rebecca’s hemorrhoid story, stay for an unexpectedly hilarious amount of useful information about your anus.

We’re talking butt stuff with the hilarious and incredibly educational Dr. Cristian Zalai of the West Island Colorectal Clinic.  What exactly IS a hemorrhoid? What’s an anal fissure? Why do they happen, and why can they hurt so damn much? Dr. Zalai breaks down some of the most common butt ailments, what’s actually going on back there, and when it might be time to get your butt checked. Somehow, we learned a LOT and laughed almost the entire time.

In Part 2 with body-positive trainer Sara Denny (@sara.denny1), we talk about why you don’t have to earn your food, exercise doesn’t need to be punishment for what you ate, and training can be about getting strong, capable and maybe a little jacked. Sara also gets into what happens when you talk about body positivity online and suddenly everyone with WiFi has an opinion about your body. Food isn’t a reward, exercise isn’t a punishment, and your body is not a public comment section. 💪

What happens when your body changes…and fighting it stops working?

We’re joined by body-positive trainer Sara Denny (instagram @sara.denny1) for a conversation about something so many women have been taught to fear: taking up more space.

Sara shares her own experience with medication-related weight gain and the mindset shift that followed. Instead of training to make herself as small as possible, she started asking a completely different question:

What if I trained for what my body can DO instead of what I want it to weigh?

We talk body positivity, weight gain, unlearning the pursuit of thinness, and why strength, function and feeling powerful in your body might be much better goals than chasing a smaller version of yourself.

And yes, sometimes the goal can simply be: get jacked.

Part 1 of our conversation with Sara Denny. 💪

Okay, we know the basics. Now we have questions.

In Part 2 with Melany Goodhue from Pulse Wealth, we basically do what any reasonable women would do when given access to someone who really understands money: we pick her brain.

We get into the questions women actually have about building wealth, investing, financial independence, relationships and money, planning for the future, and what we should be doing with our money right now.

No judgment. No pretending we already know what all the acronyms mean. And absolutely no assumption that someone else is going to take care of our finances for us.

This is the money conversation we wish someone had sat us down and had with us years ago.

By this point, Rebecca was prepared to follow Melany not only into a fire, but apparently into any financial decision she ever makes again (and hired her shortly before this episode aired!)

Why did we learn the Pythagorean theorem but not how to invest?

This week on Cliterally Obsessed, we’re talking about something that affects almost every part of women’s lives but somehow still feels intimidating to talk about: money.

We’re joined by Melany Goodhue from Pulse Wealth, who managed to explain finances in a way that was practical, approachable, and refreshingly free of finance-bro energy (no offence, bros!).

In Part 1, we go back to basics. We talk about building wealth, investing, saving, debt, planning for the future, and why women can’t afford to disengage from their finances.

If you’ve ever thought, “I really should understand this stuff better,” this episode is for you.

Rebecca was so impressed by the end of this conversation that she told Melany she would follow her into a fire.

We stand by that endorsement.