Welcome to another episode of Labia Inc.! Today, I am excited to be chatting with Brookelyn Carter, the founder and artist behind Milky Sands and those Check Your Melon and Boob Equality t-shirts we all know and love. After graduating university with a Bachelors of visual arts, Brookelyn was determined to make a difference using her skills and talent, all of which led her to creating graphics that are meant to lift women up and make people feel more comfortable with their bodies. Besides t-shirts, those graphics can now be found on tea towels, scrunches, scarves, and more.

In today’s episode, Brookelyn will share what it’s like for artists who are creating and selling on Etsy, how she is working to expand her brand, and how she is creating sustainable and eco-friendly products. Brookelyn and I will also discuss how we are healing from our own traumas, how society sexualizes women’s bodies, and the importance of unlearning toxic masculinity. Keep listening to hear how Brookelyn is using her art to normalize different body types and change our perception of what a body “should” look like.

Instagram: @milky_sands

TikTok: @milkysands

Website: https://www.milkysands.com/

Today on Labia Inc., I am so excited to be joined by the one and only Carly Compton. Carly is the founder of Paradise Fitness with Carly, a program focused on helping people heal their relationship with food, exercise, and most importantly, their bodies. Carly is also an eating disorder survivor whose work draws on what she learned and discovered throughout her personal recovery. She is not afraid to talk about difficult topics including toxic diet culture, the stigma around weight, anxiety, and much more. All of this has brought Carly to where she is today, which is empowering people to live their best lives without the idea that they need to be a certain size first.

In today’s episode, Carly and I will discuss the importance of curating your social media to weed out diet culture and harmful weight loss messages, our personal eating disorders, and the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders. Carly will also share the inspiration behind her program and the stereotypes about being skinny that she grew up with, which ultimately shaped her perception of her body. Keep listening to hear how Carly is teaching herself and others that you don’t need to change your body to live life to the fullest.

Instagram: @paradisefitnesswithcarly

TikTok: @paradisefitnesswithcarly

Today’s episode of Labia Inc. is dedicated to all of you, my wonderful listeners.

Although my intention was to record an episode about body confidence this week, I’ve recently looked at the analytics of my podcast and I learned that, to date, we have had over 800 listeners! So instead, I want to use this time to say thank you to everyone who has tuned in to my show. Even though I have been through so much pain and trauma in my life, I have wanted everything that I have right now and I think that it is so powerful to know that I am in control of my own happiness. I am so grateful that I can be here with you, that you can be here with me, and that we are in this virtual space together. I appreciate you for giving your time every week to come and listen to my podcast and I’ll be back next week with a brand new episode of Labia Inc.!

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Thanks for joining me for another episode of Labia Inc.! Today I’ll be sharing another one of my sessions with my spiritual coach, Katerina. In this session, Katerina and I went into detail about what the last week of April looked like for me and my family and not only did I leave the session feeling lighter and less stressed, but it’s also another sneak peek at what coaching could look like for you!

Throughout this conversation, I learned that the way I am reacting to stressful situations is not sustainable and more importantly, I learned that I need to accept the uncertainty in my life instead of fighting it. Katerina also helped me realize that wanting to do something for myself is absolutely normal and a way to reconnect when I feel the need to control what’s going on around me. I hope that listening to this session will provide you with some self-awareness like it did for me. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Labia Inc.! Tensions are really high in my life right now between work, kids, and selling my house and there are a lot of times where I feel like I can’t keep my head above water. However, I made a promise that I would be kinder to myself this year and that’s why today’s episode is all about how to get your shit together. Part of being kinder to yourself is accepting balance, accepting that the good and the bad times will come and go, and accepting that nothing is permanent. I’ve learned that the key to making the best times out of the bad is to not feel guilty for having a hard time when you’re having a hard time.

While today’s episode is a short one, I’m going to share some of the things that I do to thrive or just survive those hot mess times and I’m hoping it will help anyone else out there who feels like they just can’t keep their head above water.