Empowered Explant

February 7, 2023
Empowered Explant

EPISODE 14: The power of a sexy bra - with Meg Smith of Love, Lexxi

What makes you feel like a sexy queen? To celebrate the month of love,  I'm sharing this deeply vulnerable and honest conversation with Meg Smith, the incredible founder and badass boss lady behind Love, Lexxi – a brand of beautifully designed bras that Meg created after going through her own explant journey. She opens up about her struggles with body image, her explant experience, and we talk about confidence, self-love, and feeling sexy in our natural bodies.

I hope you come away with a perspective shift on what it means to feel confident and sexy, and how you can start to show yourself love right now in this moment.

Links and resources:

Visit www.lovelexxi.com (In this episode I’m wearing the Emry bra and Meg is wearing the Harli)

Follow Love, Lexxi on Instagram at @welovelexxi

Connect with Meg on Instagram at @megsmithventures

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Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

January 31, 2023
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EPISODE 13: The different types of explant surgery procedures explained!

Wondering which type of explant surgery is right for you? It can feel confusing trying to understand the different types of surgical procedures and what they all mean!

In this episode, I break down (in easy-to-understand language):

1. The three types of explant surgery procedures
2. Who they may, or may not, be suitable for
3. What’s doable under local and general anesthesia
4. Add-on procedures (breast lift and fat transfer)
5. How to choose which is right for you
6. Which procedure I chose to have

Links and resources:

Email me and let me know if this helped give you clarity, or if you still feel unclear and have questions!
[email protected]

Download your free Explant Planning Checklist:
Checklist.empoweredexplant.com

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

January 23, 2023
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EPISODE 12: Relationships, dating, and sex after explant with Stefanos Sifandos

Are you worried that your husband/boyfriend/partner won't find you attractive without your breast implants? Are you feeling nervous about dating after explant surgery? Do you feel insecure getting topless in the bedroom?

Believe me breastie, you are not alone.

I'm joined by relationship coach, Stefanos Sifandos, to address some of our biggest fears and share some tips on navigating this big change with your partner (or the one you’re manifesting) and, most importantly, within yourself.

Hot Tip: You may want your significant other to listen to this too!

Links and resources:

Follow Stefanos on Instagram (trust me, you want to!)
@stefanossifandos

Stefanos Sifandos Website
www.stefanossifandos.com

Breathwork for the Feminine
www.stefanossifandos.com/feminine/

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/anticipation

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

January 17, 2023
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EPISODE 11: 7 reasons to say goodbye to your breast implants!

Are you still on the fence about breast implant removal, or feeling worried about your decision to explant? Maybe you’ve already explanted and questioning whether it was a good idea… This episode is for you beautiful lady!

Links and resources:

Take the Quiz: Is it time to consider removing my breast implants?
Explantquiz.empoweredexplant.com

Explant surgery planning checklist:
Checklist.empoweredexplant.com

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

January 10, 2023
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EPISODE 10: The Quest for Better Breasts with Dr. Amanda Savage Brown

Do you find yourself wishing your boobs were more…(fill in the blank)? Full, perky, symmetrical, smooth, sensitive… There’s always something that could be improved, right? In this episode I sit down with Dr. Amanda Savage Brown, psychotherapist and explant warrior, to discuss how you can free yourself from the constant quest for better breasts. She also very honestly shares about her own explant experience.

• How you can begin to grow in self-love.
• What self-acceptance is.
• Tools you can implement right now to start to heal from the inside out.

Links and resources:

Check out Dr. Amanda Savage Brown’s blog articles at:
www.amandasavagebrown.com/blog/

Click here to get your copy of Amanda’s best selling book, Busting Free!

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/anticipation

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

January 3, 2023
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EPISODE 9: 11 lessons explanting taught me last year, and what’s coming in 2023!

Happy New Year Breasties!

Reflection is an important part of setting yourself up for success in the new year! These are the valuable lessons I’m taking away from 2022, which came to me thanks to my explant journey. I’m also excited to share with you what’s to come in 2023- both personally and related to this community! 

Warning: This episode is like a new year journal entry - unscripted and unrehearsed. Hot tip- listen on 1.5x speed when I'm talking slowly haha!

Share your lessons from last year with me in our Facebook Group or tag @empoweredexplant in your Instagram post!

Links and resources:

My fave non-toxic skin care, Primally Pure!
Visit their website and use my code DARNAH10 for 10% off your first order.

Be a guest on the podcast and share your BII/explant story!
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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/anticipation

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

December 27, 2022
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EPISODE 8: Grief, the forgotten emotion.

For the final episode of 2022, I’m getting real vulnerable about the emotions that can come with explanting and sharing tools to support your mental health, so you can continue to heal inside and out.

Links and resources:

Breathwork For The Feminine:
https://stefanossifandos.com/feminine/

Mantra:
I am patient with my healing process. I feel my angels holding me today as I grieve what I have lost and who I no longer am. I accept what I cannot change and find the courage to change the things I can. My life has purpose and I live today in compassion and love.

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/anticipation

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

December 20, 2022
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EPISODE 7: 7 Reasons I’m Excited to Have My Itty Bitties Back!

Pulled from the archives 5 days after my explant surgery, this episode isn’t just about what I was excited about after having my breast implants removed, but it also provides you with a tool you can use when you face post-op challenges! 

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Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

December 13, 2022
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EPISODE 6:  A Pre-Surgery Prayer

Are you feeling nervous leading up to your explant surgery? Perhaps you need a little extra faith in this moment? I wrote a special prayer for my mama to take into her surgery week and wanted to share these powerful words with all my breasties facing their big day.

So get comfy, create a little you-time, and let’s call in some good energy and protection!

Links and resources:
Click here to download and print the prayer for yourself, or to give to a friend.

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/anticipation

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.

December 6, 2022
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EPISODE 5: My Mum is explanting too - an emotional pre-op interview.

Darnah’s Mum, Janice, is the first guest on the show, in a brave emotionally-charged interview recorded seven weeks before her own explant surgery. Janice talks about why she got her implants twenty-three years ago, her debilitating symptoms, her fears and excitement leading up to surgery, and shares her hope for future generations. 

Links and resources:

Primally Pure: The best non-toxic skincare!
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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/anticipation

Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical or mental health advice. Darnah is not a medical practitioner. She shares from personal experience, research, and conversations with other people. If you are experiencing symptoms, pain, post-surgery complications, or mental health concerns, please seek care from your medical provider or surgeon.