We hit the big 1-0-0 Podcast Episode Milestone! 🥳 We sit down to interview each other and spill all the tea about our favorite memories and the challenging times we've faced while doing business together.

We also chat about how our podcast and business has evolved over the last 2-3 years, we share some juicy behind-the-scenes stories, and give advice for anyone thinking about starting their own podcast or going into business with a bestie or fam member. 

Oh, and don't forget about the giveaway for a free month inside STSC! Y'all won't want to miss this one. 🤗

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This week's special guest, Gina Gutierrez, is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Dipsea, a people-powered story studio that produces a wide range of erotic, female-focused audio content.

She's passionate about demonstrating why sexual wellness is essential, and how storytelling and imagination are powerful tools that can help women unlock liberating connections with their bodies.

Topics we cover together include:

• Your sex drive doesn’t need fixing ––  the REAL problem behind our cultural understanding of sex and arousal, and insights into the external factors that may prevent you from feeling in the mood
• Why self-pleasure should be prioritized as part of your self-care routine
• What "responsive desire" is and why knowing about it is so empowering for women
• How the idea that “Good sex is something that should happen to us” is disempowering
• How our imagination is the most powerful tool we have to expand our personal agency and capacity for pleasure 
• How Dipsea can help listeners realize their desires, needs, boundaries and fantasies
• Using Dipsea as a resource for healing from sexual trauma and rekindling a healthy relationship with sex

Links:

• Free month trial of Dipsea: https://www.dipseastories.com/STS
• Join us inside Sisters That Stray Collective as we explore Self-Expression this summer. Redeem your free trial here.

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In the way you dress, the way you talk, the way you present yourself… Are you being true to who you are? Or are there aspects of your self-expression that feel filtered?

In this clip, we share about the importance of feminine self-expression and offer a practice to begin connecting with and embodying your authentic expression. 

Listen to this 7 min clip, OR gain access to the full length episode by joining Sisters That Stray Collective: your first 2 weeks are free!

If you'd like to watch our Sacred Self-Expression Embodiment Workshop, access it here with your free trial.

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Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.

If you were to reduce 80% of what you do & pursue on a daily and weekly basis — what would be included in that 20% that's left? 

What if we measured the success of our lives by how well we are loved, instead of how many hours we logged or how many items we ticked off our to-do list?

Topics we cover in this episode:

• How to use the framework "Quality vs. Quantity" to identify your Core Values in every area of your life
• Taking a closer look at what motivates you
• How to take inventory of your life to discover if you're operating in a way that’s aligned with your values
• What does a fulfilled life mean to you?
• Exploring the importance of listening to your body's needs and engaging in activities that bring joy and promote overall well-being

Links:

• More info on Radiant Relationship Academy can be found here: https://www.sistersthatstray.com/rra. And join the waitlist for Fall 2023 enrollment here!

• Join our Live Embodiment Workshop inside Sisters That Stray Collective on Sunday, July 23rd here! You can join for free with a 2 week trial.

• Find more info on our Sisters That Stray Colorado Retreat here! We're holding it over the weekend of October 7th on a stunning, 140-acre retreat property in Sedalia, Colorado. You’ll leave this retreat feeling grounded and refreshed — with more clarity, inspiration, and self-understanding.

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Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

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In this episode, Leah is answering 3 questions submitted in our Facebook group – Healthy Love.

Tune in to hear Leah answer these questions:

1. How would finances work in exclusive relationship? Does the man give more than the woman?
2. I feel a strong connection with him but he says he isn’t ready for commitment… should I wait?
3. Is it okay for the opening of vulnerable conversations to always start with me as long as my partner is always receptive?

Links:

• More info on Radiant Relationship Academy can be found here: https://www.sistersthatstray.com/rra. And join the waitlist for Fall 2023 enrollment here!

• Join our Live Embodiment Workshop inside Sisters That Stray Collective on Sunday, July 23rd here! You can join for free with a 2 week trial.

• Find more info on our Sisters That Stray Colorado Retreat here! We're holding it over the weekend of October 7th on a stunning, 140-acre retreat property in Sedalia, Colorado. You’ll leave this retreat feeling grounded and refreshed — with more clarity, inspiration, and self-understanding.

Support the show

Let's connect on Instagram – send me a message @meleah_manning

Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.

We are sharing a conversation with one of our past business mentor’s turned artist, Ella Cook, about how she closed down her multi 6-figure business to pursue love and her lifelong dream of making art.

The juicy topics we cover together include:

• Finding the courage to pivot, let go of other’s expectations and ideas of success and define it for yourself
• Ella's advice to women who feel like they’ve boxed themselves into a life they don’t love
• How she navigates her relationship with her ego after walking away from her six-figure business
• The overachieving patterns Ella had to overcome on her way to creating a life that felt truly fulfilling 
• How she allowed herself to fall wholeheartedly in love 
• How her partnership has supported her in pursuing her dreams 
• Owning that your desires are valid and you are allowed to want them
• Finding liberation when throwing the “rule box” out

Links:

• Connect with Ella on Instagram @_ellatheartist. Find her art at ellatheartist.com and claim your free art print of the Feminine Archetypes here!
• Join us on retreat in Colorado this October: Including 3 nights & 4 days of workshops, breathwork, yoga, sisterhood, cacao and fire rituals, acres of land to explore and connect with, sensual movement, delicious meals and lots of laughs. To book: all you have to do is submit your deposit and intake form, and we’ll follow up to set up your payment plan. We also offer a clarity call if you have questions or just want to make sure this is the right experience for you.

Support the show + free gift for our listeners:

• Leave us a written review on Apple Podcasts or a 5-star review on Spotify and email a screenshot to [email protected] for 1 month FREE inside Sisters That Stray Collective.

Support the show

Let's connect on Instagram – send me a message @meleah_manning

Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.

This episode is here to help you shed sexual shame with science and spirituality.
Today we are sharing a really powerful conversation with, Kaamna Bhojwani, who researched sexual shame and studied Spiritual Psychology at Columbia University.

She hosts KaamnaLive, an online talk show dedicated to addressing taboo topics such as sexless marriages, infidelity and mental health.  Her life philosophy is simple – nothing in the human experience is profane, so let's talk about it.

Some of the topics we dive into with Kaamna are: 

• How sexual shame impacts us in each major chapter of our lives
• The most surprising things Kaamna has learned while studying shame
• How to start expressing your sexuality when you’re afraid of how others will perceive you
• The most effective way to counter sexual shame 
• Ways sexual shame shows up in women vs men
• How to communicate with your partner if you are on a path of healing shame & your sexuality
• Conversations to have with your kids to help prevent passing shame down

Links:

• Connect with Kaamna on IG at @kaamnalive and www.kaamnalive.com.

• Join us on retreat in Colorado this October: Including 3 nights & 4 days of workshops, breathwork, yoga, sisterhood, cacao and fire rituals, acres of land to explore and connect with, sensual movement, delicious meals and lots of laughs. To book: all you have to do is submit your deposit and intake form, and we’ll follow up to set up your payment plan. We also offer a clarity call if you have questions or just want to make sure this is the right experience for you.

• Magic Mind is the delicious elixir I've been taking every morning with my cup of coffee that helps me relieve stress & anxiety and drop into a beautiful flow state. You get up to 56% off your first subscription or 20% off your one time purchase in the next 10 days with promo code: POWERP20.  You can try it out it at http://magicmind.com/powerp.

Support the show + free gift for our listeners:

• Leave us a written review on Apple Podcasts or a 5-star review on Spotify and email a screenshot to [email protected] for 1 month FREE inside Sisters That Stray Collective.

Support the show

Let's connect on Instagram – send me a message @meleah_manning

Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.

The National Organization for Women Foundation reports that at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are “unhappy with their bodies.”  This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen.

Even without knowing these stats, it's pretty clear that body image issues are VERY common among women and can develop at a young age.

If you've struggled with body image, you know how frustrating it can feel to improve it. It's certainly not as simple as repeating self-love affirmations.

In this episode, we cover:

• Our own personal challenges with body image (*TW: eating disorder recovery)
• What we have found helps support more compassion, atunement with your body, inner peace, food and body freedom
• The impact stress has on our body
• "Body neutrality" as a gentle baseline
• Why looking at the motivation behind our decisions will create better results
•  The single greatest factor that impacts our wellbeing 

Links:

• Join us on retreat in Colorado this October: Including 3 nights & 4 days of workshops, breathwork, yoga, sisterhood, cacao and fire rituals, acres of land to explore and connect with, sensual movement, delicious meals and lots of laughs. To book: all you have to do is submit your deposit and intake form, and we’ll follow up to set up your payment plan. We also offer a clarity call if you have questions or just want to make sure this is the right experience for you.
  
  
• Magic Mind is the delicious elixir I've been taking every morning with my cup of coffee that helps me relieve stress & anxiety and drop into a beautiful flow state. You get up to 56% off your first subscription or 20% off your one time purchase in the next 10 days with promo code: POWERP20.  You can try it out it at http://magicmind.com/powerp.

Support the show + free gift for our listeners:

• Leave us a written review on Apple Podcasts or a 5-star review on Spotify and email a screenshot to [email protected] for 1 month FREE inside Sisters That Stray Collective.

Support the show

Let's connect on Instagram – send me a message @meleah_manning

Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.

We are conditioned from the time we are young to "stay busy" and to attach our worthiness to our productivity. In this episode, we're debunking the belief that rest is something that needs to be earned.

Topics we cover include:

• The effect non-stop pressure to achieve has on our bodies
• Why we may actually fear resting
• How to break the pattern of chronic worry and repetitive negative thoughts
• What causes rest anxiety
• How to make rest the most productive thing you do today
• How more rest can physically benefit our brains
• Tips for incorporating more meaningful rest into your life

We’re hosting a retreat this October 6th-9th in Colorado!

Sisters That Stray Retreat is an opportunity to meet a network of heart-centered women and create authentic friendships that will last a lifetime.

Including 3 nights & 4 days of workshops, breathwork, yoga, sisterhood, cacao and fire rituals, acres of land to explore and connect with, sensual movement, delicious meals and lots of laughs.

It’s all inclusive, you just need to get yourself there!

To book, all you have to do is submit your deposit and intake form, and we’ll follow up to set up your payment plan.

We also offer a clarity call if you have questions or just want to make sure this is the right experience for you.

More info can be found here: www.sistersthatstray.com/retreat

Support the show

Let's connect on Instagram – send me a message @meleah_manning

Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.

We just announced our 2023 Sisters That Stray Retreat in Colorado! In this episode, we're offering a behind the scenes peek into where the inspiration came from to host a retreat this year. 

We share about:

• Why we decided on Colorado as our location
• The inspiration behind this retreat
• What makes our retreat experiences so unique
• A few reasons why you'd want to go on this retreat (even if you've already been on one  with us before)
• Some of our favorite past retreat memories
• How this retreat will be different than any of our other retreats

All the info on the retreat can be found here.

Book your clarity call with us here if you have questions or would like to make sure this is the right experience for you.

Magic Mind is the delicious elixir I've been taking every morning with my cup of coffee that helps me relieve stress & anxiety and drop into a beautiful flowstate. You get up to 56% off your first subscription or 20% off your one time purchase in the next 3 days with promo code POWERP20: http://magicmind.com/powerp.

Support the show

Let's connect on Instagram – send me a message @meleah_manning

Learn more about Radiant Relationship Academy — a mentorship to overcome your patterns in dating & relationships and experience a healthy, fulfilling love.

Enrollment now open — Book a Discovery Call for Radiant Relationship Academy.