Less Than Ideal 20s

Small business owner of Valessence LLC, Valeria Sanchez, joins Katelynn and Alexis on a conversation about entrepreneurship, including long-term visualization, importance of education on self-development and business, mindset shifts, support systems, life as a small business owner, challenges and realities of being your own boss, losing "friends," and practical tips on how to start your own business. 

Valeria's Website: https://valessence.shop/

Valeria's Business Instagram and TikTok: @valessence.shop

Valeria's Personal Instagram: @valeriaemilyy

We are TIRED of answering to everyone else! Katelynn and Alexis discuss why they want to be their own boss including creating their ideal lifestyles, mlm scam storytime and challenges and realities of being your own boss including the tough beginning stages, "the grind," and the personal mental health effects of pursuing entrepreneurship.

One size does NOT fit all. Food and body image coach Meghan Rillamas joins Katelynn and Alexis on a conversation about the effects of diet culture on our perceptions of ourselves and food, practical ways to heal our relationships with food on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level and showing compassion for ourselves as we learn and grow. 

Meghan's Website: https://www.bodies-empowered.com/ 

Meghan's Instagram and TikTok: @bodies_empowered

Support and Resources: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Sometimes food is not about food at all? Katelynn and Alexis discuss their relationships with food including how it plays a role in their daily lives through feelings of guilt, anger, fear and personal traumas, diet culture, morality attached to food, as well as how to develop a healthy relationship with food the best they can at the moment. Support and Resources: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Katelynn and Alexis discuss anxiety including how it plays a role in their daily lives through breakdowns and panic attacks, their triggers such as guilt, feeling invalidated, and past traumas, as well as practical tips and advice from how they manage their anxiety the best way they can at the moment. Mental Health Support and Resources: www.nimh.nih.gov

Is there anyway we can opt-out of the “real world?” Katelynn and Alexis discuss the job hunt including storytimes about the worst jobs ever, thoughts on the application process from resumes to interviews, post-college existential crisis, living paycheck to paycheck, entrepreneurship and how to purpose and fulfillment in a job.

Learning to love our bodies is always a work in progress. Katelynn and Alexis discuss body image including their insecurities, hip dips and tummies, numbers, habits, relationships with food, asian culture and how to build a positive, healthy perspective on our beautifully unique bodies. Body Image Support and Resources: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Are we supposed to have everything figured out after our 20s? Katelynn and Alexis discuss “the social timeline,” aka the steps that are "supposed" to be followed after your 20s, including 5 year plans, marriage, babies, work status, COVID-19 and how we challenge the status quo by living by our own personal standards.

Can you tell us how exactly to make friends in our 20s? Katelynn and Alexis discuss what community means, funny and traumatizing storytimes about friendships and communities they have been a part of in the past, loneliness, difficulties making meaningful, deep connections with people, internalized micro-misogyny, what it means to be a true friend and how to build a genuine community.