The Be Real Babe Podcast

In this episode, we talk all about Christmas and the holiday season! From traditions, to memories to all the holiday treats, we cover our faves of the Holidaze. Wishing all of our babes out there a very Merry Holiday Season!

In this episode, we bring on Gretch from Never tox to share what Botox illness is, what those that suffer from it go through, and what alternatives there are if that is the avenue for you! Of course, this Illness isn’t always the case for everyone but it definitely isn’t something we feel has been talked about much & it happens more than we know. We want everyone to feel safe to share their experience, their story and not to feel alone in their journey, either by being successful or if your healing. What ever makes you feel amazing without causing you more distress! The key 😍 Knowledge is truly power and it’s important that there is informed consent when doing such procedures. This is in no way medical advice, just women discussing ideas and experiences to spark discussion and ensure all sides of the story are heard ♥️ Huge thanks again to Gretch again for bringing this awareness to our platform!

In this special episode, we talk about Breast Implant Illness with two of our very our community. While some can have implant surgery and have no issues ever, that isn’t always the case. & we feel it is important to share all sides! Some women have or are suffering with a plethora of symptoms and no exact diagnosis. Hundreds of thousands of women have now pinpointed their issues with their implants & thanks to some loud voices in this movement, the FDA now has a black box warning that must be signed by the patient so they are informed fully before going through with it. For some, it’s life or death getting their implants out. In this two part series, Bella and Danielle take us through what it was like before implants, during, explanting & life after. These two amazingly strong women sharing their truths and we cannot be more grateful for them sharing their real experiences with us ♥️

Social Media. Cell Phones. The best/worst thing to happen to our generation. As with all things, social media and the use of cell phones can be super helpful, in help connecting, educating and positively impacting our day to day lives. It can also be another heavily addictive substance. Coming from a generation before these platforms and devices, we talk about the good and the bad, the changes we’ve seen and want to see and tips on how to remove yourself from the never ending addiction to scrolling. This new substance abuse could end up being one of the most deadly because most people don’t even know they are addicted to it. Specially through the pandemic. Screen times nearly tripled in the past two years. Learning how to balance your work life, social life and real life without getting caught up in online FOMO is hard af! So let’s start talking about it and working together to create better habits in the real world ♥️

Just like the other substances we’ve talked about, doing recreational drugs is another super accepted form of activity that, in the wrong hands can be dangerous. Both of us having addictive personalities, and past trauma, this was an easy escape of reality. It was easy to fall into the party life and focus on nothing else. As we age we no longer see the value in escaping reality or the need to use substances to do so. Of course, there are no judgements here, we always want those to do what they feel is best for them! But for us, going hard just ain’t it anymore. & if it’s taking over your life, you deserve better! For us now, we’ve been done for a long time. Now Micro dosing substances and using them to enhance or clear your mind is where we are at now. And not all our good for this either, there a lot of substances that have zero benefit. But what you do on your own time is for you! Please just do anything safely and in moderation 🙏🏼

*TW-Addiction* In this episode, we talk about BOOZE and how much it’s apart of society today, making it potentially deadly to those addicted to it. One of the most socially accepted substances on earth too, making it even harder when trying to refrain from it. It’s everywhere you go. Every holiday. Every season is a reason. & more often then not, people ask you why you don’t. Now, of course, like everything, alcohol has its place and purpose and who doesn’t love a good winery tour in the dead of summer in the Okanagan? But we can all agree, there is a limit. We’ve all played with that line. It’s a hard one to stop because you think to yourself, will people still like me if I’m not partying? Thoughts we are sure most people feel. But once you find your time, you’ll never look back! You’ll see it as a means of fun and celebration, rather than escape or as a copying mechanism. Everyone has their own journey of discovering what’s best for them; we only hope you do things that bring you joy!

*TW - Addictions. This episode we start to talk about addictions to prescription medication. Although we truly believe there is a place and time for western medicine, we’ve also seen the dark sides. Specially if you already have an addictive personality. Something that is so widely accepted and super easy to find, pill addiction can be kept from even the closest of people. It’s also usually provided to people by medically trained professionals, in which we put our trust in. Without patients being monitored, it’s very easy to manipulate and get what you need. We talk about how this caused some mistrust with medical professionals, how it affected daily life, how it affects life currently, and how quitting pharma was the best thing to happen to one of us. We believe that medicine can be the best medicine but also, for some, it can be your worst enemy. A silent one. But with all bad, comes massive good. Once you are able to identify your addiction, wrestle with it, beat it… it can be your biggest tool to recognize and be aware/accountable for your own behaviour. As always, talking the bad to the good ♥️

In this episode, we bring back one of our fave guests Erin to chat about what it’s like to be a single super boss mom! We all know one. Fuck, some of us know 100 of them! What these mamas do is beyond super human strength. This one in particular has a full time career in insurance, takes care of 3 kids on her own AND finds the time to slay bodybuilding competitions ♥️ Talk about busy, talk about goal oriented? Talk about Super Mom! How does she do it all? How does she handle it all? We chat about it in this episode!!

In this episode, Courtney and B chat about what it’s like to be a single parent vs a co parent. Two very different and unique journeys that both require such different forms of showing up! While single parents have all the weight, they also can decide for themselves what is best for the child/children, where as co parenting, you carry less weight but also have to then work with someone to parent. And that can be easier or harder, really depending on your partner and you! Open communication, humility and the love of your child seem to be the key points of success in parenting but not everything is as easy at that is it? Jump on it and have a listen about. Courts journey of being a single parent to a coparent ♥️

In this special episode, Kayla and her mom chat about what it was like to be adopted and what it was like to adopt. Such a special episode where both mother and daughter connect like we’ve never had on the show before ♥️ Our amazing guest Debbie, shares her experience with endometriosis and her journey to becoming Kayla’s mother. Such a beautiful ending to their story!