This Is Fine!

Mood: Paris themed, expat POV, silly goofy mood

Parlez-vous français ? Jasmin didn’t when she first moved to Paris to get her masters. 

Join us for another episode of the expat series, where we’re following the stories of young Americans (and Canadians!) immigrating to France to start a new life in Paris. Like the Hemingways and Steins who came before them, each has a different experience, a different POV, and a different path. 

Jasmin Breakstone, a Taurus Sun Virgo Rising (slay), witchy wellness aficionado, coach-in-training, cheese connoisseur, and sober curious queen guides us through her journey from Boston to the city of light. 

To follow Jazz’s journey, follow her on Instagram and TikTok.

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Mood: fun and personal, Paris themed, silly

Join us for a conversation with the one and only Allie Goodbun (find her here on TikTok and Instagram), principal dancer at THE Moulin Rouge in Paris. Allie and Dominique chat about what brought them to France, life as an expat in Paris, and observations about cultural differences. The Toronto-born dancer shares her “day in the life” of a Moulin Rouge dancer, as well as how she started her new international business, Ready Freddie. 

Check out Ready Freddie and use Allie’s discount (FREDDIE10!) at checkout at readyfreddieshop.com to get your own cozy Freddie!

Links mentioned in the show: 

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Mood: spiritual, cosmic, manifestation, self development

Today, January 11 (1/11 or 11/1, depending on where you live and how you write dates!) is the “111 portal.” You may have seen some advice on TikTok about manifesting and calling in what you want on this energetically charged day, but our master astrologer, celestial teacher, spiritual hygiene expert, numerologist, and moon mama Shannon Aganza is here with some DIFFERENT advice. Yes, manifesting is coming… but we need to check on some other things first!

This is our first episode diving into the world of numerology. To figure out your personal number (based on your birth date and year) and your personal YEAR number (which changes yearly on your birthday, and provides you a theme for your year!), we have some materials below. Consider this your episode guide, and have your numbers ready and in the back of your mind!

CALCULATING YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER AND PERSONAL YEAR NUMBER

Personal number numerology: 

Personal YEAR number: 

Shannon’s big lessons for today’s numerology (11!) and 2024 at large (8)...

Find more from Shannon at moongathering.com and @moongathering on Instagram. 

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Mood: therapeutic, educational, peaceful

Ready for some therapy? We’re connecting the body and mind — and learning all about somatic therapy and somatic healing with expert Jason Maas, New York-based mind-body-soul psychotherapist and founder of Shadowlight Center. 

Ever wondered why some experiences literally make our stomach sink, or feel like a pain in the neck? Jason has the answers. In today’s “session” we’re diving into how we experience emotions in our physical bodies, and how we can use pain and physical sensation as clues into what our minds and hearts really need. 

To learn more from Jason and his practice, visit shadowlightcenter.com.

Reference from today’s episode: Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

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Mood: astrology, romance & love, educational

Ready to find a romance written in the stars? A love story from the galaxy? Oak, creator of Oak Astrology School is here to help. We’re looking at our OWN charts to find partnership, love, and real meaningful relationships. 

Oak created the course “Don’t Pull Up Your Crush’s Chart” to teach relational astrology from a more introspective POV. Our natal charts are a map… a treasure map, if you will… for so many areas of our lives. Let Oak guide you through this cosmic quest toward the love of your life!

Step one: make sure you have your natal chart handy (or know your descendant sign and its ruler). If you need a natal chart, get a free one at astro-charts.com (not sponsored it’s just literally free).

If you need more resources, go back to past Astro 101 episodes:

Step two: Find your descendant (opposite your rising sign, aka ascendant). Here’s a cheat sheet:

Step three: Find your descendant ruler. Find the planet in your chart. What sign is it in? What house is it in? Cheat sheet:

Once you have those details, buckle up for more astro school with Oak!

If you want to dive deeper into the topic of love and relationships with Oak, This Is Fine! listeners get 15% off their love course, “Don’t Pull Up Your Crush’s Chart” with code ABSOLEM. For eager astro students the popular Full Natal Astrology Course is on mega sale for a limited time! 

You can follow Oak on Instagram at @OakAstrologySchool and catch their new podcast ABSOLEM: the art of astrology and demon slaying. 

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Mood: shopping guide, holiday, just girly things, being ~*~influenced~*~

The annual gift guide + recommendation list is back! Welcome to our 2023 extravaganza. 

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FIND THE WHOLE (SHOPPABLE) GIFT GUIDE HERE (under the super neglected transcripts tab of our website).

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From beauty and home must-haves to Dominique’s extremely unrealistic personal wishlist, your unfathomably niche holiday shopping guide has arrived!

Since Dominique considers herself a tiny wannabe Oprah, we’re back with a Dominique’s Favorite Things 2023, which ended up being a lot of beauty, fragrance, powder pink, and all things french. Plus, some fun and aesthetic things you might want for your house/life (*gestures broadly at everything*).

You can use the links below in the description or head to our gift guide HQ, here.

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Mood: validating, personal development, reflective, fun

What do you want to be when you ‘grow up’? Here’s a fun concept: you don’t have to just be one thing your whole life. 

Your style may change, your preferences may change, your appearance may change, your interests and passions and hobbies and careers… you get it. You have your own ERAS. Different life chapters. Seasons. You can live a dynamic life!

As Oscar Wilde once said, “If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.” 

Confidence and Mindset Coach Jenny Gaither, Creator of Brave Babe Glow Up, joins us for a chat about our personal evolution, our personal “Eras Tour.” What era are you in? Are you leveling up, glowing up, evolving? 

Jenny tells us, “life is a progressive glow up.” 

And if you’re ready for a new era, a new glow up, a personal evolution… whether you’re quitting your job, leaving a relationship, moving to a new country, or simply cutting your hair or changing your clothes… let us (Jenny) help! She walks us through the “anatomy of a glow up” and a Glow Up 101 (take notes!). Get ready for your best era yet… and a validating chat about not knowing what you want to be for the rest of your life (it’s a good thing, we promise). 

💫Get your Brave Babe Glow Up Guide from Jenny here! 💫

Journal prompt: What is your glow up leading you to? If you could wave a magic wand right now and you had everything you wanted, what would it be like? Get really creative and specific… don’t hold back.

References in this episode:

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Mood: Paris, personal, travel + culture

Welcome to the first official recorded-in-Paris episode, where Dominique answers listener questions about the past 4.5 months of living in the land of baguettes and romance. You're going to hear all about the "Emily in Paris Yellow Brick Road™."

Topics include favorite things to do in Paris, funniest language mishaps, raclette, fun Paris restaurants, making friends in a new country, the Ispahan croissant at Pierre Hermé, homesickness, Chanel parties, iPhone theft on the Paris Métro, and Parisian fashion trends (spoiler: UGGs are involved, shockingly).

This is a quick 15 minute update (7.5 minutes if you listen on 2x the way Dominique does). 

Links/mentions from the episode: 

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Mood: wellness + health, educational, beauty

“Health and beauty is our original condition,” says TIF’s latest guess, Sandra Lanshin Chiu, L.Ac. and founder of LANSHIN beauty. 

After studying alongside world leaders in Traditional Chinese Medicine and dermatology, from California to Beijing to New York, Sandra has become a pioneer and leader herself. She shares the TCM approach to skincare and dermatology, and how “health is the foundation of beauty.” By looking at health and beauty through the TCM lens, Sandra teaches us about Qi, gua sha, and more.

Grab yourself a hot cup of tea, maybe a notebook, light a candle, and get ready for a healing chat about finding your own inner health and beauty. 

Want to try gua sha or get yourself some TCM skincare tools? This Is Fine! listeners get a special discount at LANSHIN — use LANSHIN promo code THISISFINE15 at checkout for 15% off* your purchase through the end of 2023. 

*excludes previously discounted sets/bundles; code expires 12/31/23 at 11:59pm EST.

Mood: therapy, mental health focused, upbeat, validating

WELCOME BACK! It’s been a (longer than anticipated) minute since we’ve last chatted, but This Is Fine! Podcast is back in action after Dominique moved to Paris (salut de la France, tout le monde!). 

Perhaps over this past summer (and start to autumn) you felt a little bit of FOMO, or got jealous of someone’s vacation updates on TikTok and Instagram. Maybe you haven’t gotten promoted yet, or saw that everyone in your age group has begun to buy a house. Have you gone to one too many baby showers and thought, this is not where I thought I’d be at [age redacted] years old?!

Don't worry, we called the therapist for you. Dr. Kevin Gilliland, PsyD, our trusted on-call (literally) clinical psychologist is here to talk about the BS of the ‘societal timeline’ (the milestones you’re ‘supposed’ to meet, and when)... plus the idea of FOMO, comparison, and searching for what we really want in life. Sound good? Prepare for some validation.

You can find more of Dr. Gilliland on his podcast, Struggle Well, Live Well, Worry Less (on Spotify and Apple), and our own episodes 27, 24 and 2.

Resource mentioned in episode: Word of the year PDF (Unravel Your Year by Susannah Conway)

We’ll be back soon with updates from Paris! What do you want to hear next? How did you like today’s episode? Send us a note at [email protected]. You can hear more from Dominique on Instagram and TikTok at @dommymichelle. 

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