These next 40 minutes are going to change your life. Laura from Balanced Bombshells unveils a new way of living that makes your menstrual cycle easier and harmoniously fits into your life, gives you more energy and leaves you completely radiant.This podcast is THE podcast that every woman should listen too, it’s everything your doctor never told you and everything that every single woman should know.A champagne toast to Laura for unveiling the truth!Connect with LauraWebsite: https://www.balancedbombshells.com/Balanced Bombshell Instagram: BalancedBombshellsLaura’s Personal Instagram: Laura_charelleUnderneath Your Lingerie Website.“Pink Diamonds”/Favorite QuotesYour period is your report card for your health.I think of feminine energy as a way to relate to my higher self. If you are feeling resistance and trying do all these things, and the masculine is overshadowing, stop and check in with your feminine, she has all the answers for us.When your on your period it’s the moment where your right and left hemispheres are the most aligned and the time where your heart tells you what to do. All the things that you want to do in your life, whether it’s your career, life, etc. can come up. This is the best time to journal and figure out who want to be, and not only recognize it but taking action on it. A man’s hormones resets every 24 hours, our hormones reset every 21-35 days.The 4 CyclesCycle 1: The first day of your cycle is the day that your period starts and it usually lasts about 3-7 days.Cycle 2: The Follicular phase. This cycle usually lasts about 7-10 days and happens right after your period ends. You’ll start noticing your energy picking up and it’s a really great time for strategy and your brain will start putting plans together to how to achieve what you figured out during your menstrual week. Laura uses that week to plan out all her blog posts and social media. Cycle 3: The Ovulation phase.This is the phase where we can get pregnant and lasts 3-5 days. This tends to be a phase where we compare our lives too just because we feel so great and our energy levels are so high. This is the phase where a lot of us would always want to live at but sadly we can’t. Cycle 4: The Luteal Phase (2 weeks). In week 1 of the luteal phase our energy is still pretty high and our communication is pretty good. In week 2 of the luteal phase some of the pre-pms symptoms kick in (bloat, acne, brain fog, etc.) and our energy can taper out a little bit.Laura teaches women how to live with their cycles to make their lives easier, for example in the ovulation phase and in the first week of the luteal phase is when she goes on podcasts and makes videos because she knows that is when her energy will be at its highest. She partners her business efforts to where she is in her cycle!

Imagine having a thriving business, a growing clientele base and then one day it comes abruptly to the end.Today the gorgeous Nicki Buckmon joins us at the Fitness & Mimosas table to share her personal story of surviving a stroke and navigating through the medical field.Once an avid fitness afficandio and an owner of multiple businesses Nikki learned to lean on her faith, resilience, and her family as she learned to navigate through the new direction in life that had been thrown her way.Instead of giving up, Nicki grew through her story and now speaks throughout the world uplifting others.Put down your kettlebell, pour yourself a Creamsicle mimosa and pull up a chair Gorgeous, Nikki and I are waiting for you!Connect with Nicki:Instagram: nicokb1969_thesurvivorFacebook: Nicki BuckonUnderneath Your Lingerie Website.“Pink Diamonds”“I’m trying to give other people support and when they hear my story, it can help them to get through.”“I want to show others that there is a light at the end of a tunnel.”“If I didn’t have the support that I had...it was just amazing. A nurse came up to me and said ‘ I have been working here for 35 years and I’ve never seen so many people in my room.”“My daughter told me that I needed to see a therapist, and I did and I’m so thankful that I did!”“Initially I hid it (my depression) , I didn’t want my family to not see me as the strong woman that I am. I didn’t want them to see me that vulnerable.”Q: What would fitness look like if women founded fitness instead of men?A: The world would be full of FABULOUS fit women. I would say that us as women, we have to have a broader platform for our voice, for our voice of reason and that is so important.God left me here three times...and I think that God left me here for what I am doing, for my purpose now.“We have got to have this platform and I am going to take it as far as I can take it.”“Talk to God and let him be your motivation and the center of your hope.”I was so mad at God and then I realized that he did this for a reason, and this is it. “Stroke doesn't have an age, it doesn't have any cofactors.” I would tell my 11 year old self that you can be anything that you put your mind too, don’t give up.I would tell my 21 year old self that you turned out to be a beautiful young women who other people look up too.

Class. Elegance. And grace. Welcome to this week’s girlfriend the gorgeous Katy, a fitness instructor at Sport & Health Ballston location. Katy and I met in the most interesting of situations, taking a cpr course in a place we had both never been to before!All the pink diamonds quotes in this conversation simply blew me away. My two favorite “pink diamonds” is that Katy says not everyone has the same body goals, and the same thing doesn't work on everybody. People can build different bodies using different workouts. The other is a quote that her mom told her when she was at a restaurant and trying to be a member of “the clean plate club” even though she was full. Her mom told her to “remember it is a tasting menu, you don’t have to finish it.” Katy says that this doesn't just apply to food. It applies to everything in life, to food, alcohol, to experiences that you have in life. Life is a collection of experiences and if something does not fit into your space right now you can always stop doing it, or come back later and “taste the dessert” on a different day.Don’t these pink diamonds make your heart smile?Join us on the podcast for more positivity, fitness, femininity, and self love. Katy and I have a mimosa waiting for you!Editor’s note: After the episode we found out that Katy just got married!!! WOOOHHOOO!!!! Let’s give her a champagne toast Ladies!!!!!Connect With Katy:Instagram: @kwmayTwitter: @KWmay16Workout with Katy (she teaches some amazing classes!)Facebook: Sport & Health Ballston https://www.facebook.com/sportandhealthballston/Website:https://www.sportandhealth.com/ (She teaches at the Ballston location https://www.sportandhealth.com/locations/ballston?hsLang=en ). Underneath Your Lingerie Website.“Pink Diamonds” / Favorite QuotesBeing an athlete is a mentality. I changed my mentality from “things happen to me” to..”things happen and this is how I respond to it.” Working out is for the students, it’s about what they can get out of it. It’s not about the instructor, it’s about the students.I love taking advantage of the fact that I am here, I am a woman. I’m proud of it, not because of just my gender but because of what I bring to the table. The easiest thing to do if you’re not in the habit of working out is to look where your energy comes from, which is your sleep and your food. If you change your sleep and eating habits, because then you’ll have more energy to work out and keep it going. Katy’s Secret SnackSummer Guac: Mix avocado, lime juice, and strawberries and it’s great for avocado toast!For me, beauty stems from confidence. Have you ever seen someone walking down the street and thought “damn she looks so fierce, I could never pull off those pants.” Well the truth is that we could all wear those pants, but we don’t have the confidence to wear them. Beauty to me is being confident, and being secure within yourself - regardless of how it looks like or feels like, it’s being true to you. I would tell my 11 year old self to be proud of your work. From your academic writing to your relationships, be proud of your work. We are all going through life to create the best life that you can have, be proud of what you created.I would tell my 21 year old self, “it’s a tasting menu, you don’t have to finish it.” This applies to food, alcohol, and all of life's experience. That what life is, a collection of experiences and you can "taste" different experiences along the way. My favorite quote is a Kanye West quotes which goes something along the lines of if you don’t love yourself, who will. The easiest and most effective place and person to work on is yourself.

Hi Bombshells!Several years ago I saw the most gorgeous woman do a lap dance/exotic dance on YouTube. The way she confidently owned her sexuality and the beauty that she moved simply blew me away! I made a secret goal of working with her and fast forward to this November, I was certified through her Stripxpertease SXT Instructor Certification course!Kimberly is my mentor, girlfriend, and the woman that has not only taught me how to lap dance and own my sexuality, but who has also inspired women around the world. She is the gold standard of the exotic dance world and today she is sharing her secrets with us.Put down your kettlebells, put on your stilettos, pour yourself a mimosa and get a StripXpertease Online Course Discount Code: The code DANCE gives 50 % off the first 2 months on the video siteLink for code: http://video.stripxpertease.com?code=danceConnect with Kimberly:Website: https://www.stripxpertease.com/homeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stripxpertease/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StripXperteaseNYCYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stripxperteasedanceUnderneath Your Lingerie Website.

Show Notes:7:03 The founding of StripXpertease8:40 How she found the confidence to “step out of the box” and offer something that didn’t exist at the time.10:07 People feeling ashamed of lap dancing. 11:36 Why is it taboo to dance this way?17:17 Do you have to have a significant other before you take a lap dance class?19:45 Her favorite client transformation.27:07 How to do become confident and comfortable with your body and embrace your sexuality.32:19 The secret to “dancing without rhythm.” 35:25 How she handled being judged by others for teaching lap dancing classes.39:09 Standing strong when people are trying to knock you down.48:53 Juggling 3 businesses while taking care of herself. 50:44 Setting boundaries in a feminine way. 58:03 What she loves most about being a woman.59:47 What does the term “femininity” mean to her?1:01 Advice to younger self. “Pink Diamonds”/ Favorite Quotes:“It’s not that women are repressed, but that sex is repressed. Men are allowed to talk about it but women aren’t.”“You’re not going to turn on every man or woman, however you swing. Just how not everyone is going to turn you on. But you just have to hold on to what you like about yourself, what you think is sexy, and do things that you think is sexier! When your feeling fat, old, etc. put on stilettos and move around.”“You can’t be down on yourself. We are all in the same struggle. We are all in the same boat. There are things that are beautiful and sexy about you. And there are people who will love these sexy things about you, you may not be with that person right now but that person does exist.”“There is no shameful about my breasts, about my vagina, there’s nothing shameful about my body, there is nothing shameful about what we do/lap dancing!”“What I love the most about being a woman is the time that I am a woman. Some cool stuff is happening for women right now! When I think about my grandmother, the time that she lived to the time that she died, my experience being a woman is going to be so different than hers.”“Femininity means, to me, being true to your version of what it means to be a woman. It’s not how someone else defines it, it’s what is true to you.”

Hi Bombshell!Welcome to this week’s Fitness & Mimosas podcast with the gorgeous Patrice Adeline of Beauty TimeRN. Patrice is a plastic surgery RN and is on a mission to make people more comfortable, confident, and aware of the different invasive and noninvasive procedures that are available to us. Plastic surgery is sometimes put under a taboo umbrella but Patrice would like the world to know that it’s not something to be scared of or to hide. It is possible to naturally enhance your body while still filling your cup with self-worth and self-love. If you have ever wondered about liposuction, lip fillers, Botox, breast augmentations and more then this delicious episode is for you!Connect with Patrice:Website: https://beautytimern.com/YouTube: Beauty Time RN | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjPKa4gNMLNtS2IJPCwci9gTwitter: BeautyTimeRNInstagram: PatriceAdelineUnderneath Your Lingerie Website.Show Notes:2:50 Plastic Surgery Stereotypes.4:28 How to get plastic surgery without looking like you are on “Botched.”6:20 Self confidence and plastic surgery.8:25 How to pick the right breast size implant.11:00 Saline vs. Silicone Implants.12:58 Breast implants and breast cancer screenings.17:50 Liposuction vs. Cool Sculpting. 19:04 Plastic surgery and the booty. 20:58 The 411 on botox.22:59 Lip fillers and “duck lips.”23:27 Patrice’s journey to become a plastic surgery RN.26:00 Not getting lost in comparing herself to others.27:27 The definition of sexiness and beauty.28:47 What does a healthy approach to plastic surgery look like?29:34 The feminine side of life.31:50 Advice to 11 and 21 year old self“Pink Diamonds” / Favorite QuotesPlastic surgery is not the stereotypical plastic surgery that people think of or how it used to be, it’s evolved to be more natural and fit into people’s lives. I’m not tell people that they need to have plastic surgery. I’m just here to help people who want to have it done feel supported. And to feel confident talking about it, whether it’s with their peers, or significant others, or family members. Just like anything else, if you wanted to tell something about your having done and they don’t support you, it doesn't feel good. I want people to be able to feel supported and confident. I would tell my 11 year old self that it’s cool to be smart and that no one can take knowledge away from you.I would tell my 21 year old self to be more outgoing, I’m a very shy extrovert but lately I’ve noticed that I’ll start conversations among random people, and you never know what may come out of it and what someone’s story is.For breast implants the most popular implant is the gummy bear implant. Which retains it’s shape if it splits.For me femininity is the qualities of being nurturing, being self given. loving deeply, having passion, having grace, feeling sexy and being sensitive. And some people make look at those qualities and say that those aren’t qualities or strengths. But I believe that you can play those qualities to be your strengths. Sensitive may seem like a weak quality but I believe that being sensitive allows us to feel deeply and to be self aware.Sexiness and beauty is the way that someone feels about themselves. We all have different qualities. It’s doing things that make you feel sexy or doing things that make you feel beautiful. It’s not necessarily trying to get there but it’s about embracing the qualities that you have.

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Hi Beautifuls!Today we sit down with Lisa Espinoza of Team Icon, The Queen of Bikini Posing and lifestyle transformations. She is a woman who holds her space in a male dominated industry with elegance and class. She runs multiple businesses, built a business from the ground up in only a year and inspires and uplifts everyone around her. She lives her message with the entirety of her heart and is my role model for a woman who practices her craft, changes the lives of others and honors her femininity. Connect with Lisa & Team Icon:Website: https://www.team-icon.com/Instagram: lisaespinoza_teamiconFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Team-Icon-374644226072348/Underneath Your Lingerie Website.Show Notes1:40 How Lisa started becoming a posing coach.6:45 What to do when you fall off your fitness plan.9:20 How to start a fitness plan.10:50 Posing: The 411.12:15 The mental aspect of competing. 17:00 How she transformed the field of posing.19:40 The secret to realizing your dream.22:15 How to stay balanced and organized.24:20 Listening to yourself instead of others doubts.24:35 What to do when you have lost who are.27:08 The secret to building a circle that empowers you. “Pink Diamonds”/Favorite Quotes“The choices that you are making right now are the ones that you will be living 20 years from now.”“Start where you are at and take small steps.”“If you believe in a dream and keep working toward it, it will come into fruition.”“The only difference between people who make it and those who do not, is that successful people never quit."“ Keep God’s voice and then your inner voice first, is key to being successful and key to being you. Because if you listen to everyone else then you become a mix of everyone else around you.”“Stay true to who you are.”“When you are phenomenal, you attract phenomenal.” - Eric Thomas.“For me, honoring your craft means knowing everything you can about it, working relentlessly hard on it, and not quitting at it.”‘Women are a force to be reckoned with when they don’t hide from themselves and when they believe in their power.” I would tell my 11 year old self : “You have to love all that you are and love all that you are not. You are whole just as you are, on your own. You are whole no matter who is in your life or who is not. Who professes their approval of you or who doesn't. You are valuable, and smart and worthy and it’s ok to be smart.”I would tell my 21 year old self: “Focus on you, focus on working, focus on building an empire now. Don’t play around anymore.A good thing that I did is that I did is that a girlfriend and I traveled everywhere and I think I should have done more of that rather than worry about boys.What does “femininity” mean to you? To me, femininity means strength. And I don’t think that we necessarily relate those two words together but in my mind it totally does, in order to be soft - and I always think of women as the soft place to fall in the world, but in order to be soft we have got to be strong. And in order to be beautiful we have to be strong enough to love ourselves first. In order to be forgiving we have to be strong enough to give ourselves grace, in order to be confident we have to be strong enough to be humble. In order to be happy we have to be strong enough to see gratitude in everything and I think that all those things equal beauty. And so it really all goes back to strength. The bible talks about how our inner beauty radiates to the outside and it’s so true! But it all goes back to being strong enough to do those things.

Class, beauty, and elegance. These are the three words that sums my gorgeous girlfriend Amy Salvaria. An arbonne consultant and holistic health coach amy is an endless possibility attractor, lover of life, and promotes health and beauty in a holistic way.Join Amy and I around our virtual “cocktail table” today as we discuss how to stop caring what other people think, self care, and Amy shares her favorite recipe (because life is about being both healthy and delicious!)My “aha!” moment of the conversation was when Amy shared that “mastering” is the action of switching back, instead of being perfect. If something does not serve you, mastering is the action of switching back into the flow of something that does lift you up and is positive. Xoxo, Here is to supporting each other and live our best lives!Connect with Amy:Instagram: Amysal04Facebook: Amy SalvariaUpcoming website: Livingjoyfull.comFoodie Tips:Best Gluten Free Crackers: Mary’s Gone Crackers.Giada White Bean Dip: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/white-bean-dip-with-pita-chips-recipe-1914865Underneath Your Lingerie Website.Show Notes:2:10 The Dirty 30.4:10 How to Stop Caring What Other People Think.7:32 What Meditation is Really About and Meditation Hacks.11:39 The Arbonne Secret.15:29 The tip to curing adult acne.19:20 The Misconception between being Slender and Healthy.24:50 Foodie Tip26:00 Pushing Ourvelses to be Uncomfortable.29:50 Tips and Tricks for Drawing from a Place of Femininity.30:45 The Secret to Keeping Yourself a Priority When Life Challenges You.38:19 Advice to her 11 year old and 21 year old self.Favorite Quotes:“If you are not healthy it will reflect on your skin. You can’t cover it up.”“I used to think that I had a sensitive stomach, now I realize that I don’t. I just wasn't eating food that served me.”“You don’t lose weight to get healthy, you get healthy by losing weight.”“Self help is what takes you to the next level, it helps you to learn how to take care of yourself. Nobody can take care of you, you are an adult.”“You have to be your main priority.”“85% of what we put onto our bodies is going into our bloodstream and traveling to our major organs.” “No regulations have been set for skincare and cosmetics since the 60’s and 70’s.”“Arbonne has not only met the European Union list of banned substances for skincare and cosmetics but has exceeded it by 600.”“Mastering something means being able to switch back (instead of being perfect). Being able to switch back and say ‘I am not going to let it affect me right now.’” I would tell my 11 year old self: You are going to fit in. You are going to find your people. It’s all going to be ok.I would tell my 21 year old self: It’s totally fine that you are an old soul, it will be much better in the long run. Just give it a few more years!What does femininity mean to you: Femininity is knowing that you are strong, knowing that you are a woman and that you can do anything.If women were the founding mothers of fitness : There would be a lot more acceptance. It can be fun and we are all created to be a different shape. All of those shapes are ok as long as you feel good on the inside.

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