Post Session Podcast

The girls chat about body image issues and the cultural pressures of the perfect body and why that completely sucks! Also, being strong doesn’t mean you have to look like you live at the cross fit gym either. Themed around the elements of a healthy lifestyle, Laurel and Ashley discuss how this looks to the body, mind and our spiritual sides.

For more Post Session Podcast surfing and diving adventures check the ladies out on Instagram, Facebook or email them.  Don’t forget to read the new blog!

Post Session Notes

-Laurel recommends practicing pop ups to prep for a surf trip and stay healthy.

-Ash prefers underwater torture, underwater tables improves efficiency.

-Forget the keto diet, try freediving for 10lbs quick.

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-Little girls in high heels…come on people!

-Newsflash!! Low rider jeans only look good on 3% of the population.

-The ladies love high waisted pants. No more whale tail.

Dive Deeper

-Health as it relates to the body, the mind and our spiritual side.

-Laurel is sick of what culture says the perfect body looks like. She just wants to be strong.

-Don’t overlook the weight room or pull the line up yourself if you’re a freediver.

-It ain’t all about the body image yall, although most of us have struggled with this at one time or another.

-A healthier body image totally starts with some self talk. We can’t be in an abusive relationship with ourselves.

-Make health goals small.

-Self care is crucial. Engage in something that sparks your creativity to fill your tank. Or set some goals to sustain motivation.

-Sometimes, as mothers, we have to let go a little. Let Dad take over.

-Ash thinks priorities are the main adversary of a healthy lifestyle. Family, busyness, all of these things can consume you.

-Be more intentional with your time.

God Waters

-2 Corinthians 4:6,18

-What a load off!

-Why is everyone so infatuated with looking younger and living forever?

-Age gracefully and be grateful for a life well lived.

Laurel says extra wrinkles from the sun means you had fun.

-Quote from Hunter S. Thompson

-Ren gets props for editing and producing the podcast. He totally convicts us on our homework section.

Homework

-Ash has to take herself on a date. No kids, no husband. Just her!

Resources

-The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Back in the freezing cold “studio” the ladies ponder what it looks like to live a life well balanced. Ashley talks about managing the safety of her children while sailing. Laurel falls back on her experiences as a foster parents and give practical tips on keeping your sanity. Hint, you don’t have to give up surfing if you have kids.

For more Post Session Podcast surfing and diving adventures check the ladies out on Instagram, Facebook or email them.  Don’t forget to read the new blog!

Post Session Notes

-Can one surf too much??

-Ease up on the surf camera and the weather reports.

-The key to the pop up!

-How we keep our kids from falling overboard.

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-The words people use to much and totally misuse. We’ll give you one…wheel house.

Dive Deeper

-How we maintain balance everyday vs. big picture.

-The Chapmans sail away to gain perspective and reduce the influences of a broken world.

-Protecting our kids but living in a bubble. There’s got to be balance.

-Design your priorities and live accordingly.

-Laurel and Don’s experiences fostering children: straight to boiling water!

-Early bedtime for kids.

-Protect your marriage from roommate-ness. Date night!

-Take turns surfing.

-Accomplishing a major goal requires full support/investment of your partner. Thanks Ren for stepping up last Spring.

-When to say “no”

God Waters

-Proverbs 3:4-6

-Trust God, not yourself.

-What “crown you with success” really means.

-Finding balance first in scripture.

Homework

-Laurel gets her face out of the screen

-Ash exercises!

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Part 2 of the “On Location” installment. The girls spend a beautiful morning recording aboard Ashley’s vintage wooden express cruiser, Hope Lee (which is for sale…hint, hint).  Laurel tells another shark story without the shark and the lawn guys start to give us the stink eye!  Ashley discusses the futility of the Cuban kook (CUC) and the ladies give some sound advice on expecting the unexpected when traveling.

For more Post Session Podcast surfing and diving adventures check the ladies out on Instagram, Facebook or email them.  Don’t forget to read the new blog!

Post session Notes

-Will Laurel survive the…ahem…”shark attack”?

-Laurel talks about the La Saladita wave

-Speaking of sharks Ash talks about the sandtigers, sandbars, tigers and other sharks right in our backyard

-Why feeding the sharks isn’t that great

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-Plastics: an injustice we can all get behind. The girls have an interesting take of the order of importance regarding plastic use.

-Straw Nazis vs the big picture: Is starting with the straw futile….starting anywhere is important

-No plastic bags in Rincon, PR! Get it together OOSA

Dive deeper

-As sailors we’re always expecting the unexpected, especially after Ren shamed Ash into realizing this

-Uh oh, lawn guy is watching

-Poor laurel was in the sewage house

-Sometimes you catch a foreign bug. Does it mean IBS for life??

-All the reasons being broke in Cuba is a terrible plan.

-What’s a kook (CUC) and why are there no eggs in Cuba anymore? And why are lobsters Illegal?

God waters 

Acts 27

-Apostle Paul: expect a shipwreck 

-Not promised an easy ride as a believer 

Homework

-What’s the next stop?

-Connect with a community 

-Where have you been and where would you like to go?

Resources

Osearch

Laurel’s Doc…check it out!

The girls spend a beautiful morning recording aboard Ashley’s vintage wooden express cruiser, Hope Lee.  Laurel complains about cold water surfing, again and asks the lawn guys to pipe down!  Ashley tells her scariest sailing story and Laurel gives great advice on traveling on a budget.

For more Post Session Podcast fodder check the ladies out on Instagram, Facebook or email them.  Don’t forget to read the new blog!

Post Session Notes

-There’s a 10 degree drop in the water temp and Laurel is NOT stoked about that surf.  

-Our surfer girl drops some knowledge regarding surf etiquette.  Spoiler alert: It all goes back to the Golden Rule.  Treat others the way you want to be treated AND don’t go straight to the peak…come on!

-Ashley talks about her scariest sail ever and why you should never sail on a tight schedule…in a new boat…with your child and an inexperienced friend.

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-Airport etiquette

-Do NOT get your butt out of your seat until it’s your row’s turn to disembark.  Otherwise, Ash will freak out. 

-You’ll be seeing this injustice of the week topic again, and again, and again.

Dive Deeper

-Ahhhh…we love talking about travel

-Tips on how to be frugal.  Airlines to take, scheduling your trip, etc.

-Why combing work and travel is a win/win for your budget

-How to skimp to save

God Waters

-Jonah

-When God calls you where you don’t want to go

Homework

-What small change can you make in your life to make some extra cha ching for your travel kitty?

Resources

The Surfing Podcast

Watch Laurel’s surf doc, “Any Given Morning”

Ashley and Laurel pay homage to their many mentors along the way.  Laurel complains about cold water surfing and explains the dolphin fart.  Ashley reminds us that chocolate is a health food and reminisces about her friend Craig and how he got her into competitive freediving.  

For more Post Session Podcast fodder check the ladies out on Instagram, Facebook or email them.

Post Session Notes

-Laurel is a big baby about suiting up for cold weather.  Instead she suffers through in a spring suit.

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-School lunches…again!

-Why dark chocolate is NOT the same as Poptarts.

Dive Deeper

-Thanks Mom and Dad for everything!

-Ashley thanks the people that got her into diving and PFI for teaching her to be safe, dive deep and make a living doing it.  

-A special thanks to Craig Gentry!

-Ash also thanks her spiritual mentors, including Laurel.  Wait, what?

-Laurel gushes on about her many surf mentors and the unique ways they contributed to her growth and obsession with the sport.

-Dolphin Farts and the late Poco Strickland

-Of course, Tio Tony and his encouragement.  Did you know he invented the IQ Test?  Or something like that…  

God Waters

-Luke 10: 1-9

-Jesus sends out the 72

-Lambs among wolves and a semi-related story

Homework

-Thank a mentor of course!

Resources

Ashley’s WR video from Dean’s Blue Hole circa 2012

A fun video of freediving at the Blue Hole with Guillaume Nery

Watch Laurel’s surf doc, “Any Given Morning”

For everything surfing and freediving

Post Session Notes

-Laurel Hey Mr. Freshwater- “No means Go”

Uppity La Jolla lady yells at Laurel and other children

-Ashley went to DEMA and still doesn’t know what that stand for (Diving-Something-Manufactoring-Association but not       really)

-Thank God for Barf bags on the plane

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-Unisex bathrooms and why they’re the worst!

-It’s hard to do your business with a man waiting outside- sound effects included

-The wet yucky seat!! 

Dive Deeper

-Laurel shares writer’s conference over step. What did he really say?  A hilarious yet cringe worthy story.

-Ashley throws shade on ill fated 7th grader.  She should’ve stood up to the kid! 

-The lady on the bus that freaked out Laurel and everyone else.  She should’ve hugged her.

-Ash, “The funny thing about making mistakes is that they don’t always look like mistakes anymore but bumpy roads to where I am now. Mistakes make me uniquely me and I’m uniquely resilient in thanks partly to my mistakes.

-Plus, when we look back on the way things turned out we can more clearly see how God works through our lives…BAM  

God Waters

-Luke 10: 25-37

-The Good Samaritan

-Testing Jesus is always a big mistake

-But who is my neighbor…if you don’t know, ask Mr. Rogers.

Homework

-Apologize to someone you’ve hurt or offended

Resources

DEMA

Post Session Notes

-Laurel saw a great white shark in the water, but it was dead, and she definitely didn’t almost die.  Oh yeah, and she wasn’t even in the water when she saw it.

-Ashley blacked out and saw Ren naked!  Channels a Jane’s Addiction concert she went to circa 2000.

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

-Still no female writers in Surfer magazine. 

-Stab takes a stab at hiring females to round out their voice.  Get pushback from women.  What tha?  

Dive Deeper

-The Pacific Ocean kicked Laurel’s butt in big fashion.

-The health benefits of hypoxia…we think

-How to turn stressful situations into relaxing ones. 

-Alpha waves? 

-Let the mind control the body, NOT the other way around.

God Waters

-Luke 9:24

-Follow me

-Kayla Meuller story

Homework

Eulogies-Laurel did Ashley’s homework

Apply for the Stab Mag job!

Have coffee with a stranger

Resources

Tedx Odense: Stig Severinsen Breatholding is the New Black

Dear and Glorious Physican by Taylor Caldwell

Freedive Cafe: Oxygen Advantage with Patrick Mckeown

Nobel Prize Press Release: Hypoxia

Hypoxia Induced Autophagy

Post Session Notes

Puerto Rico- it’s still there!

Laurel and Don are getting it together

Ashley is tired of talking about her ear

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

Chick bashing, why girls…why?

Frienemies, Ashley has had them

Dive Deeper

How to pick up high quality chicks, especially as we get older

For Laurel, keeping them is harder than making them

Political differences with new friends

When to just shut up

When Ashley met Wendy

Meet ladies with mutual interests

Meeting ladies at the beach!

Transformative experiences make best friends

God Waters

John 15: 14-15

Upgrading from servant to friend. 

Vulnerability

Oswald Chambers

Mat 4: 18-21

Homework

Eulogies-Laurel did Ashley’s homework

Apply for the Stab Mag job!

Have coffee with a stranger

Resources

Gift of Going Without

Mar Azul Surf Shop

The Insanity of Obedience by Nik Ripken

Stab Magazine

Note: The featured picture is of Ashley nursing Cape about 10 minutes before a record dive attempt.  

Post Session Notes

Wrightsville Beach Long Board Club contest

Tio Tony’s a born winner

Toes on the Nose

Laurel is fun sized!

Nursing an ear injury

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

Dogs on the plane…poor Fiona

Laurel is manic

Dive Deeper

Questioning your identity

Diving after pregnancy…twice

What defines you?

Life after the film industry

Defined by God’s love

Point Break

God Waters

Gal. 3:26

We are sons and daughters of God through faith

Figaholics

Homework

Ash and Laurel: Submit our contest entries

Peeps: Write your eulogy 

Resources

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Post Session Notes

Laurel has another Holden Beach surf excursion 

-Just Paddle Out!

Ashley talks about her freediving courses and a rookie mistake she made

-Never Push Your Ears

Injustice of the Week, Week, Week

Rules of the road

Why being polite stinks

Dive Deeper

Obstacles- 

-You might hit rock bottom

-Imposter syndrome

-Failure to launch

-Humiliation…losing to a twelve year old

Swallowing vomit

-Procrastination 

-Israelits 

Naysayers-

God Waters

Psalm 92

Homework

Ash and Laurel: keep trucking on writing assignments and submit for edits

Peeps: Eccl 7:8, Focus on the finish.  Pick one thing to start and see it to fruition.  Or better yet, just take the next step.

Resources 

babycenter.com

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron