The Laundry Basket Podcast

What do you most love about your looks? Is there something you'd like to change about your physique? We asked the shmoozers community these questions and found out that most of us have insecurities that prevent us from feeling completely beautiful. In this episode, we discuss various aspects of beauty and vanity and how to turn things around to feel more beautiful and more confident in our bodies.
Find us on IG: @schmooze_booze

Quote of the week:
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” - Margaret Wolfe Hungerford 

Check out this video about the perfect cocktails dress based on your body part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLol_2__6Ws

Instagram is a fabulous platform to connect with others and make your project or business grow. In this episode, Salima discusses openly her strategies for growing her IG account @salimaskitchen and how this platform opened doors for profitable contracts and professional growth. 

Quote of the week: 
“A big project is like a messy house, simply pick a corner and just get started.” - Unknown

MONEY! 
We love money :) Mainly, we love the things that money provides us with, like security, well-being, health, fun, and growth of a community. In this episode we discuss how some of our belief systems are blocking us from getting more money in our bank accounts and how to overcome this. We also discuss ways in which we manage our finances and share tips and resources on how to empower our communities create wealth. 

It's been 3 months that Schmooze & Booze has been publishing weekly episodes. What has it been like? How did the shift of energies in the year 2020 affect us and how can you benefit from it? Listen to this shorter episode to get inspired and learn how to engage more with our schmoozers community! 

This topic was chosen by our guest Kristen who bravely suggested discussing issues of depression and loneliness. Salima and I were so inspired by her courage at being vulnerable and open to want to share such deep feelings with the world that we decided to also bring to light some of our own struggles with mental health. If you are worried about this episode bringing you down, let me appease you right away. This one is not about leaving you sad while listening to our stories but rather bringing hope and empowering you while you learn more about mental health. If you've ever felt fragile with your mental health, this conversation will alleviate some of that stress because you'll know you are not alone. If you have never felt you needed help with this topic, I bet you that one of your friend or relative has. And by you listening to this episode, you will get an insider's perspective of how that person may feel, and more importantly, how you can help and support them through it. 
Let's start schmoozing!  

More about Burn out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZGxYBsUXgU 
More about Depression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfrpO9PsGC0

Multi-Ethnic Relationships are more and more common in today's modern societies. in this podcast, we chat with our friend Leonardo who is Mexican and has a German girlfriend. We take a look at some basic differences between cultures and how they can be surmounted through effective communication and love.

We also make reference to this article about the importance of ending the use of the word "race" when discussing human differences.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/ 

Entrepreneurship is one of the most natural phenomena in human nature. It basically means that a person has an idea for a product or holds a certain skill that can be converted into a service and this person will offer this product or service as value to other people, in exchange for something. In our society, we exchange money for value. In other societies and other times in history, it was common to exchange value for value. For example, the fisherman gives me fish and in exchange I paint his house. Whether it is an exchange of value through goods, services, or money, the human ability to be resourceful is what leads us as a species to have a natural inclination for entrepreneurship. Of course, not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, and our economies have not been designed for everyone to be an entrepreneur. Most of the population has never been interested in imagining which service or which product they can sell to make money autonomously. At least this was true for most countries until the economic crisis of 2008. In the few years that followed this crisis, and with the increased accessibility to the Internet, smart phones, and social media, entrepreneurship suddenly gained popularity among the masses. Creating and operating your own business became a necessity for millions of people who had lost their jobs and had nowhere to go to find new employment. The human potential for entrepreneurship was re-ignited and empowered by our technology. Salima and I both decided to take on the road of entrepreneurship, and today we want to share with you our best insider’s tips and opinions about this lifestyle. Most importantly, we dig into an analysis of whether or not everyone should follow the path of entrepreneurship and if the best decision sometimes is simply to NOT do so. This is one of my favourite topics in the world, so let’s get started. 

Quote of the week:

"Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t"
-Unknown

Book reference: The $100 Start Up by Chris Guillebeau https://100startup.com/ 

Online dating has become an integral part of our societies, especially in North America. Some of us have never even downloaded an online dating app (like myself and Salima), while others have benefited greatly from this technology and have been able to meet people they otherwise would have not had the chance to ever cross paths with. There are still many different opinions about online dating; some people question if these are truly apps for dating or only apps to be used for boody calls. Others worry that these apps reduce our social skills and ability to meet new people in natural physical environments. On the other hand, introverts may tell you that these apps have given them the opportunity to start conversations they would normally be too shy to engage in with total strangers and therefore enhance their chances at dating people outside of their immediate circle of friends. Today’s conversation will aim at exploring how online dating has changed our human interactions. We also have a surprise for you: for today’s episode we decided to give our conversation an interesting twist by inviting two men who will share their experiences and opinions on online dating. You will meet Marc, a 37 years old man living in the province of Quebec, in Canada, and Omar, a 25 years old man living in the city of Toronto. Both have had radically different experiences with dating, whether online or offline and have a lot to share with us today, let’s get to it! 

Quote of the week:

"The goal of online dating is to get offline as quickly as possible."
-Amy Webb 

In any type of relationship, there can be differences of opinions, fights or misunderstandings. It’s important to point out that not all conflict definitely involves toxic people. The term "toxic people" refers to people who truly, and often intentionally, act in a way to deliberately hurt the other people around them. Let's keep this introduction short and jump right into our topic because in this week's conversation, the devil is in the details.
Quote of the week:
"Don't Let Toxic People rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out." 
- Unknown 

Articles:
7 types of toxic people: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/toxic-people/ 
12 things toxic people do: https://www.heysigmund.com/toxic-people/ 

Police brutality and systematic oppression against black people in America is nothing new. However, in May 2020, the murder of George Floyd by a police officer who choked him with his knee triggered an international uprising of the masses demanding for justice. Salima, Rita and special guest Mina discuss their impressions of the #blacklivesmatter movement.

Quote of the week:
“Being anti-racist isn’t convenient. If it feels convenient for you, you’re not doing enough and you’re not an anti-racist." -Rachel Rogers @rachrogersesq

Featured audios:
Keedron Bryant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu9R08xFCtg 
Kimberly Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go&t=213s