The Raw Honeys Podcast

Anger is honest. It’s valid. It’s justified. When we’re taught to keep calm and carry on, it’s easy to bury our true feelings of frustration deep inside. So like the proverbial tree in the woods, if your anger is locked away, does anybody feel it?

We talk about how anger is never isolated. And when we don’t face it, our emotions can have dire effects on our health, happiness, and relationships. So put your shovel away and get your hands dirty.

Helen Fisher Ted Talk (story starts at 21:00)- https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat?language=en

Why Him? Why Her? By Dr. Helen Fisher

Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer

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Chelsea Fine: http://www.chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://www.heatherhildenbrand.com

Abortion Law is the most hot button issue concerning women today. And with the newly proposed laws in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and others, it’s a topic we HAVE to address. But this isn’t your typical abortion talk because . . .

We love you if you’re pro-choice. We love you if you’re not. We love you if you’ve had an abortion. We love you if you think you would have one. We love you if we know you would never have one. Instead of joining the argument, we want to use our voices to let everybody know that this is a safe space. And we’re still going to love each other, even when we disagree.

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Want more Chelsea, Heather, and Amanda? Check out our bestselling fiction while you wait for the next episode of The Raw Honeys!

Chelsea Fine: http://www.chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://www.heatherhildenbrand.com

We’re huge fans of women supporting each other in the media. So we took our love of TV and friendship and combined the two into a list of our favorite portrayals of female friendships. Okay . . . maybe this was just a way for Amanda to talk more about Sex and the City.

While you’re trying to decide what to binge watch this summer, check out some of these beloved friendship themed shows:

Sex and the City: https://amzn.to/2WgZeE7
The Golden Girls: https://amzn.to/2WecNEn
Grey’s Anatomy: https://amzn.to/2QhuehQ
Grace and Frankie: https://www.netflix.com/title/80017537


If you’re a huge Sex and the City fan like Amanda, check out Sex and the City and Us Book by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong: https://amzn.to/2WoE3Qr


We’d love to hear from you. Leave us a comment on Instagram @therawhoneys or Facebook and let us know your favorite portrayal of female friendships on TV!

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Want more Chelsea, Heather, and Amanda? Check out our bestselling fiction while you wait for the next episode of The Raw Honeys!

Chelsea Fine: http://www.chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://www.heatherhildenbrand.com

Guilty Pleasure. We all have one. You know that thing you think is so “bad” but it makes you feel so good?

On this episode, we’re challenging this misnomer. If we’re made to experience pleasure, then why should we feel guilty about it? And is this phrase indicative of something darker? Or do we just delight in the forbidden?

We’d love to hear from you. Let us know your guilty pleasure. Leave us a comment on Instagram @therawhoneys or our Facebook Page!

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Want more Chelsea, Heather, and Amanda? Check out our bestselling fiction while you wait for the next episode of The Raw Honeys!

Chelsea Fine: http://www.chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://www.heatherhildenbrand.com

Virgin or slut. Modesty vs. sexual liberation. Sin and sensuality.

There’s a cultural, maybe even moral, divide in how sex is represented to and for women. Sex has become synonymous with shame for so many women. It’s time to reclaim our bodies, our pleasure, and our sexual identities. No more guilt. No more closed doors. And no more shame.

Check out Nadia Bolz-Weber’s book Shameless: A Sexual Reformation that Chelsea references in the show. https://amzn.to/2PHt9PX

Want to have an open discussion with your teen? Check out our episode, School, Stress, Smoke & Sex with Teen Guest Brooke- https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17444459

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Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://heatherhildenbrand.com

Are you a hot mess? Or a clean freak?

On this episode, Amanda and Chelsea dive beyond the clutter to what’s really behind these personality types. One’s a mini-Marie Kondo and the other a chaotic creative. We find out if clean freaks are just vying for control while messy types are avoiding responsibility. Or do they have more in common than we think?

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Chelsea Fine: http://chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://heatherhildenbrand.com

Your intuition is your superpower. So why does it seem like our heads and hearts are always at battle? And when one wins, we constantly question our decision? Trusting ourselves is not something that our society encourages. Instead we’re forces to dig for it and then defend it. The good news is that trusting and believing in yourself is a muscle that can be developed as soon as you choose that you’re worth it. And honey, you’re worth it. Because when you take that leap and trust your gut, beautiful things happen. (explicit - mild language)

Mentioned: Home with God by Neale Donald Walsch

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Heather Hildenbrand: https://heatherhildenbrand.com

A Honey's Guide to Travel with Bestselling Author Stacey Marie Brown

Every Honey craves a little adventure. So why not take that adventure on the road? Or on a train track, the water, or in the air?

Travel enthusiast and bestselling author, Stacey Marie Brown joins Chelsea and Heather to chat about how travel advances the mind, feeds the soul, and inspires creativity (among many, many other amazing things!)

Hear Stacey’s hilarious and heartfelt experiences abroad and how adventure awaits you as close as your hometown or as far as the other side of the world.

Connect with Stacey Marie Brown, check out the amazing pics from her travels and her adventure-inspired novels by following her on social media:

Website: www.staceymariebrown.com
Facebook: http://bit.ly/2qxe5uS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/S_MarieBrown | @S_MarieBrown
IG: https://www.instagram.com/staceymariebrown/ | @StaceyMarieBrown

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Chelsea Fine: http://chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://heatherhildenbrand.com

Taglines:

When I go to these places and meet the locals, you find that we’re all the same. Then I feel a deeper connection to my fellow humans.

When I go into a place, I want to dive in. Like a pig. I want to roll around in it.

When I travel, I feel so alive and so light that creativity just flows through.

Travel advances the mind and world peace

Being able to experience another culture and participate in another cultural experience is an honor. It is something we should absolutely respect.

“Sometimes you just need an adventure the cleanse the bitter taste of life from your soul.”

Traveling can be magical when you’re open.

Success. We all want it. Some of us even want to be known for it. But in our quest to find out how success is REALLY achieved, we had to ask if success looks the same thing to everyone?

We've learned that the definition of success is a completely individual idea and it evolves over time as our lives and priorities change.

Our favorite success quotes.

Amanda
“True success means winning in the battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.” --Daisaku Ikeda

Heather
"Be ambitious. Think about what success means to you at every stage (because it is a moving target, make no mistake), but do not take curated stories of success as some kind of gospel or road map. Be aware of the way these narratives are manipulated. Be wary of false underdogs”. - Leigh Bardugo

Chelsea
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." -Maya Angelou
"Success is the child of audacity." -Benjamin Disraeli

Check out Madonna’s I’m Going To Tell You A Secret Documentary that inspired Amanda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf6vNbthfBA

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Chelsea Fine: http://chelseafinebooks.com
Amanda Aksel: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand: https://heatherhildenbrand.com

Growing up, we’ve been told that swearing, especially like a sailor, is not “ladylike.” But we’re The Raw Honeys, so when it comes to cursing, we really don’t give a s*** about “cleaning up” our language. In fact, there’s a fun study that shows that people who swear tend to be more honest. And who the hell doesn’t want to be considered honest?

Still, we have to ask. Does dropping an F-bomb make us sound uneducated or like less of lady?

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Want to find out more about our fiction? Check us out for something fun to read while you wait for the next episode of The Raw Honeys!

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Amanda Aksel’s website: https://www.amandaaksel.com
Heather Hildenbrand’s website: https://heatherhildenbrand.com