The Donas: Advice & Stories

In this episode, Donna talks about birth charts, Solar Returns, and Saturn Returns. She dives into her own Saturn Return to give examples about how you can work with the energy and learn the lessons that will help you live your best life moving forward. We talk about the meaning of a Saturn Return, how to figure out the dates of your Saturn Return, how long a Saturn Return lasts, how to get through, and the themes that may come up for you. It's all about getting through this time and you will get through. She also challenges listeners who have been through their Saturn Return to go back and look at their charts and revisit the themes and lessons of that time. 

Emma Willmann is a stand-up comedian and actress, she co-hosts the podcast Inside the Closet with Matteo Lane. You've seen her on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as "Beth" on The CW series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac and she's been named one of the 10 funniest women in NYC by Time Out NY. This episode we discuss our partners, relationships, masturbating, chivalry, watching porn, sobriety, relapsing, trying to take control of self-care, and why we care so much about how old we think we look. 

Alison Leiby is a comedian, writer and producer, known for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel , The President Show and Triumph's Election Watch 2016 . In this episode, we discuss her new hour "Oh God, An Hour About Abortion", living with chronic pain, and how she has used storytelling and comedy to work through these moments in her life.

Ectopic Pregnancy can be life-threatening and most womxn don't know they are having one. We hear from Ally a member of our community. She shares how she found out, navigated the health system & had to make quick decisions about her future reproductive health while being told she could die. She raises the topic: Do you know if your OB/GYN is part of a pro-life or pro-choice practice? We talk about ectopic pregnancy symptoms, risk factors such as douching, treatment, and PTSD

Casey Balsham is a comedian and the host of The Shady Shit Podcast.  In this episode, we discuss her fertility journey and how she wants to laugh about it while most of the internet does not. Depression and making the choice to go on medication, and the almost 40 women's midlife crisis. She opens up about feeling lost after doing comedy for 10 years and how she took back her life. 

In this episode, I take a look at the new moon in Taurus themes of self, abundance, finances, and security and stability in these areas. What is self-care to you? How have your routine changes since the pandemic? Are you emotionally and mentally our of the pandemic? Have you even begun to process? We look at Dr. Paula Gill Lopez's steps for how to start a self-care routine and how it's not a one size fits for everyone. We also hear from members of the Donas Community: Celia, Dave Merheje,  J.F. Harris,  Fidel, Morgan, & Beverly who share what self-care looks like for them currently as they start to move through what they have learned about themselves over the last year. 

Lil Frex Comedian is a Comedian, Rapper, and Pizza Lover from NYC. You have seen her on Comedy Central, MTV’s Wild N Out, and her popular weekly Instagram show "That's What I Heard". We answer your DMs, talk skincare, her first botox experience, consistency, how doing what feels right and make you happy brings you to places your couldn't have imagined. This is a fun episode and sitdown, Q&A, and hangout that you will enjoy. 

Alzo Slade is a correspondent for VICE News. He has reported on a wide range of topics ranging from President Trump's border wall to men's hair weaves. In addition, Alzo Slade is a professional documentary/fashion photographer, stand-up comedian, and former professor. Between Journalism and Comedy, his work can be seen on HBO, Showtime, Hulu, Vice, Amazon, and Comedy Central. His recent TEDx talk aims to motivate students to keep going and never give up on their dreams

In this episode, I talk about turning 40 and the expiration date society thinks it is. When to move in silence, how to tell you're picking up other people's fear and anxiety, when to know it's actually yours and how to avoid dump truck people. Are you living with intention and present? How Donna is trying to live with intention and even eat with it. There's also a guided meditation for you that you can listen to and get your relaxation on. 

Comedian Julia Solomon talks about skincare, self-care, and mental health. She gives us product recommendations, talks about her journey with mental health, and how she has used skin care to connect with other women and take care better care of herself.