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Hey love bugs—got a magical unique episode for you this week—I asked Emily and Lili, two older teens in our community to come on, hang out and talk being real, and the Badass Academy community. What resulted was: them spilling the tea on eating disorders (heads up, if that’s feeling tender for you), big uncomfortable feelings, loving yourself, and when you just *know* something, but you don’t know something… right??!! Get ready for two humans who love each other -- and love you -- not holding back ONE bit. Come listen :) Love ya, Eliza. 

P.S. This is the first of our epic Badass Academy convos happening on the podcast in March! Get ready for REAL humans talking about their community experience in Badass Girls, and inviting you to join us!! Want to know + join us? Click here: badassgirls.me/academy.

Hey babes! Welcome to magical episode #44 and a personal love note to younger me. Have you ever had regret or shame or pain that you wanted to avoid about a younger version of yourself? Stuff that happened when you were younger? That you wished had gone differently? Today’s episode is all about the love letters we can write to ourselves now, and how we can heal and lay the weight down of the past crap and unfelt feelings and shame stuff. It’s also about the Badass Academy (link below) and how so much of what I’ve created is a love letter to my preteen + teen self. Love you, Eliza. 

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening on March 10th, 2021! Get on the waitlist (or learn more about the program after the 10th): badassgirls.me/academy.

Hey loves! [Today’s episode is 14+ recommended as we unpack some stuff about sex that’s more for older teens.] I went on the birth control pill when I was 15 or 16 (honestly I don’t remember, I should probably text my mom -- she’ll remember) -- and I felt super empowered and kinda feminist and mostly coooooool. I -- real talk -- wanted people to see me not so subtly taking my pill pack out of my bag to take it every time my daily alarm went off. ;) Fast forward to now and I know so much more about the pill that NO ONE TOLD ME (even and especially my pretty cool doctor(s) at the time!!). I’m talking… negative side effects we brush off, long term potential impacts of not ovulating for years, and why going on the pill so early can MESS YOU UP. I asked Nicole Jardim, author of Fix Your Period and the “Period Girl”, to come hang with me today and give us the full story about the pill. Come listen, and share this one with someone who needs it! Xoxox, Eliza

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March! Get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/43!

hey loves! The Valentine’s Day madness is (kinda) behind us now, but anyone else still feeling it? Maybe you’re feeling lonely. Maybe you feel like you didn’t ‘do’ it right. Maybe you’re feeling confused about the whole thing. Today I’m talking about how to know you’re worthy of love, love stories that change us, my number one red flag for dating, and telling a different kind of love story together. Come listen. xx love, Eliza

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March! Get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/42!

How do you know you have a crush? What does good teen dating look like anyways? How do we get over the whole people pleasing thing? Oh, my loves -- today I go IN on it all with one of our real teen mentors here at Badass Girls -- the brilliant Lili Platt. Today, we talk about our first crushes, the weird thing we thought was true about dating, that time I (literally) ran away from holding hands with my crush at camp, and so much more. Come listen. XO, Eliza

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March! Get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/41!

Hey loves! Ask me anything is back with a part 2 answering questions about talking to a younger sister who’s terrified of tampons, how to build trust with soon to be step-siblings and feel more safe being your real self, whether anyone outside of ourselves can really know us, how to know if you’ve got really boring friends (eek! It’s not that they’re lame they just might not be a grrrrreat fit for you), and strategies for not stressing about the music lesson your parents are forcing you to take (that’s keeping you up every week). Got a Q? I may have an A ;) Click here to submit your question. Then come get cozy and give a listen :) xo, Eliza

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March! Get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/40!

Hi my brilliant beauties! I’m so excited to share today’s episode with you: it’s with one of my biggest teachers from my early 20s!! Regena Thomashauer is the author of multiple books about loving yourself, and she’s the headmistress of The School of the Womanly Arts in NYC, and now online. Today we’re talking about: choosing self-love, feeling good, and how to flirt (the answer is really not what you think and includes babies and puppies) -- AND so much more!! Come pull up a chair, get cozy, or take us on a beautiful walk in nature with you. I promise you’ll feel more alive at the end of this one. Love, Eliza. 

 

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March 2021! Click here to get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/39!

Hey brilliant one! Yeah you ;) Ever notice how our dominant culture has a very narrow and dumb story about what being ‘smart’ means? How certain classes are ‘better’? And neurodiverse folks often have to bear the burden alone of our dumb systems and limited understanding of ‘intelligence’? Today, me and my guest are unpacking that. Nicole Connell is a learning fairy godmother (best term ever) and we’re talking about: why neurodiversity is what the world needs, how diagnoses like ‘adhd’ and ‘dyslexia’ focus on learning challenges and completely ignore the gifts, WHAT some of the gifts actually are (!!!), some tips for adults/parents/educators, and so much more! Come listen :) xo, Eliza

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March 2021! Click here to get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/38!

Are you an astro-nerd (my own term, lol)? Do you live for doing your friends horoscopes? Or do you judge astrology as kind of ‘woo’ but secretly want to know more about it…? Like what is it actually? Today I’m diving in with my beloved friend and astrologer, Jennifer Racioppi, author of Cosmic Health (out today!!!!!) and we’re talking: why astrology is super scientific actually, her own journey to astrology which includes a teen cancer diagnosis, how to live more aligned with the moon phases, and so much more!!! Come listen ;) xoxo Eliza

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March 2021! Click here to get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/37!

Hiya my loves! It’s the New Year!!!!! Have the diet ads started yet? The gym discounts? The resolutions that feel great-ish… but then come crashing down (and only you’re to blame)? The tempting idea… that in the next 5 minutes/21 days/year you can change everything that’s not perfect or unacceptable or divergent about yourself? And then be so perfectly happy all the time? HA. It’s been a looooong time since I’ve made a resolution, but I love New Years and any chance to celebrate, say thank you, or let some crap go. Want a quick dose of inspiration? A nice exhale? A reminder that your worthiness is not up for debate (or on sale right now in the form of diet tea)? This episode is for you. Love, Eliza. 

P.S. The Badass Academy Membership is opening in March 2021! Click here to get on the waitlist: badassgirls.me/academy

P.P.S. Find show notes and links from the episode at badassgirls.me/podcast/36!