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Amy Gaydosh (she/her) is a Colorado-based design student and illustrator with Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, ADHD, and PTSD. In today's episode, we ask her Google Fill-In questions to see what common questions the world has about BPD, and what they have all wrong.

(A "Google Fill-In Question" just means allowing Google to auto-complete the rest of the question after typing the beginning, for example, "How does BPD". After that, you allow Google to fill in the rest with its most common search!)

Learn more about BPD: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml

Follow Amy on Instagram: @planetamy

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In this week's episode, our founder and host Sage (she/her) plays a game of We're Not Really Strangers with friend Kodie Harris (she/her). We will be back next week with more conversations, advice, and stories from people like you. See you next season!

Follow Kodie on Instagram & Twitter: @kodiemagnolia

Follow Sage on Instagram: @sagelally

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Charlotte Rich (she/her) is the owner and lead designer at The Violet Branch, a fine art floral design studio specializing in weddings and events based in Charleston, SC (and beyond!). Her goal is to create something for her clients that reminds them of what brings them joy. The Victorian art of Floriography was designed so that a grouping of flowers held a message or told a story. This is what Charlotte bases her work on. Her hope is that each client will feel like their floral arrangement tells their story.

Learn more about The Violet Branch: https://www.thevioletbranch.com

Follow Charlotte on Instagram: @thevioletbranch

Follow Charlotte on Tiktok: @thevioletbranch

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It’s hard to think of Latifah Al-Hazza (she/her) and not think of travel. She’s swam with Amazonian Candiru fish in Peru and Ecuador, contracted Dengue fever in Puerto Rico, fallen on a colony of fire ants on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and if that all wasn’t enough, she’s also been on hotel lockdown for bomb threats in Taiwan. In short, Latifah is a travel expert.

She took her first international trip at four months old and Since then, has lived in four countries, been to five continents, and explored over 38 countries. She has since gone on to major in journalism as well as be selected to travel to Turkey for an international reporting class, winning an EMMY for her reporting there. When she's not writing, you can find Latifah planning group trips with her mom for Femscape Sojourns: a travel agency redefining travel for women. 

Learn more about Femscape Sojourns: https://femscapesojourns.com/

Follow Latifah: @tifahtravels (she recently changed it!)

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For 17 years, Founder and CEO Monica Grohne (she/her) suffered from severe PMS- PMS so bad that she thought she may be bipolar. With the help of leading OBGYNs, nutritionists, psychologists, and her own obsessive research, Monica founded a whole health solution that provides real relief: Marea. With Marea, there are no stupid questions and your symptoms are their symptoms. Welcome to your flow state.

Follow Marea: @mareawellness

Learn More: mareawellness.com & use the code WOMXN15 for 15% off!

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Ashleigh Renard (she/her) has built a committed mass-following who tune in daily for her fresh, no-fuss advice on everything from keeping monogamy hot, to renegotiating a marriage, to getting kids to clean the house (because nothing makes her prouder than child labor). With plenty of humor, her down-to-earth voice tackles topics that are relatable to anyone struggling with the awkwardness of living in a meat suit at Earth School. She resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her husband Manny, their three children, a cat, and a dog. As a child, she thought "Pennsylvania the most unfortunately named state, too similar to Transylvania." To her delight, it has ample sunlight and a remarkably low population of vampires. Her debut book, SWING – A Memoir of Doing it All will be available May 2021. Use this link to pre-order it and get the audiobook for free: ashleighrenard.com/swing 

Follow Ashleigh on Instagram: @ashleighrenard 

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TW: this episode contains mentions of sexual assault (no details or graphic stories were shared)

Finley Muratova (they/them), also known as Fin, is a Russian-born New York City-based aspiring journalist and NYU junior. After experiencing sexual abuse in their teen years, they were inspired to use their platforms to educate on the importance of comprehensive sexual education and affirmative consent. Nowadays, Fin is passionate about storytelling and using their words to support victims of sexual violence however they can.

Follow Fin on Instagram: @finleymuratova (changed since recording!)

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Xue Bin (she/her), also known as Miki, is a product designer at Sonos based in Seattle. She recently graduated from the University of Washington with a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction and Design. She also holds a B.S. from NYU Shanghai in Interactive Media Arts, allowing her to develop a diverse skill set and philosophy to make meaningful designs in academics and industry. She cultivates empathy through user research, bringing out ideas through iterations of ideation and prototyping, and scaling products through systems thinking. She likes to start her designs with human stories and finish them with a drizzle of creativity and a critical touch.

Follow Miki on Instagram: @miki_bin

Follow Miki on Twitter: @mikixuebin

See Miki's Work: www.mikibin.design

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Emily Saenz (she/her) is a talented photographer, writer, and creative that is known for her colorful portraits and attention to light & detail. She is also the founder of Wondering Well, an online community dedicated to providing a space for religious deconstruction through discussion & resources. In this episode, we discuss how she’s broken down her faith journey and what it means to continue asking the big questions.

Follow Emily: @heyemilysaenz

Hire Emily: www.emilysaenzphoto.com

Follow Wondering Well: @wonderingwell

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Madisyn Hess (she/her) is a college student at CNU, a future occupational therapist, and a disability rights advocate. When Madisyn was 12 years old she experienced a Fibrocartilaginous Embolism (or in layman's terms, a Spinal Stroke) the day after she attended tumbling practice. Now nearly a decade later, she is completing her undergraduate degree in Psychology with hopes of pursuing a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy. In her limited free time, you can find Madisyn dancing, singing, or trying any adaptive sport she can!  

Follow Madisyn: @m_kellerr 

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