We Are The Stigma

When Melissa found Evelyn From The Internets on YouTube TV, she KNEW we had to get her on the podcast!! A few months later, Evelyn is the closing interview of season 2 and Melissa & Cody couldn’t be more honored. Evelyn is a video producer and Internet personality, using her platform to discuss important (and not so important!) cultural topics and current events. 

The trio sit down for a quick, hilarious and enlightening conversation about therapy, social media boundaries, life as an influencer, and what it was like growing up with immigrant parents in American culture. 

Evelyn From The Internets is an Austin, TX-based video producer and Internet personality. From not-so-serious beauty tutorials and cultural critiques to humorous takes on somber current events, she strives to inspire and entertain viewers, including Beyonce who featured her Lemonade review on the Formation World Tour. Yes, that really happened.

-Find Evelyn on Instagram @evelynfromtheinternets

-Check out her linktree here

-And of course, her YouTube channel Evelyn From The Internets

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What a beautiful episode we have this week!! Cody & Melissa are chatting with the powerful Bek Antonucci about STI shame, body image, and radical self ownership. Bek is a woman who has spent the last 7 years on a spiritual journey which has transformed her life and allowed her to wholeheartedly step into her power. From bullying to abuse, negative body image and a positive STI test, Bek owns her journey and has dedicated her life to helping other humans, from all walks of life, find strength in their vulnerabilities. She is an advocate for freedom and believes true happiness is ultimately an inside job. Bek is a POWERHOUSE and the co-hosts were left in awe of her energy and wisdom, and we know you will be too!

Bek is a free thinker, embodied female thought leader, stigma fighter, public speaker, workshop mentor, founder of the online group program “Being Brilliant,” and Naked Awakening facilitator.”

Bek Antonucci is an Embodiment and Personal Freedom Coach. Bek supports women to break through ineffective body image and self-worth stories, activate their unique voice, and live their most radically fulfilled and expressed lives. 

Through a range of different holistic and intuitive modalities including trauma therapy, somatic response tactics, inner child connection, wounded ego healing, and more, Bek supports women to learn to love their vulnerabilities. To take radical self ownership of the thing that they once thought made them unworthy in society's eyes and transform their lives from the inside out. Together we go on a journey of deep inner transformation and come to a place of true self-acceptance. 

Connect w/ Bek on Instagram @BekAntonucci
Find her work on Instagram @naked.awakening

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-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

10 Min Monday!! We've talked about it, now it's time to BE about it!
Poop is stinky, stigmatized, and SUPER uncomfortable to talk about (especially for Melissa) But, in order to end stigmas, we MUST get uncomfortable. So, we'll start the convo for you, we only ask that you keep talking about it. We go over our own stigmas, our own fears and why it's all so damn hard to discuss! 
So much love and we'll see you next Monday for an all new episode! xox

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-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

After taking a week off, Melissa & Cody are back and cannot wait to share this heartfelt episode! They chat with the exceptional Ben Woodward, author of the transformative book, The Empowerment Paradox. Ben’s book teaches one how to turn their struggles into strengths, by utilizing the 7 Vital Virtues.

Cody shares a truly powerful & vulnerable conversation with Ben that should NOT be missed. They discuss mental health & adversity, and we are reminded that while it can be extremely difficult to find hope when we are down, it is ALWAYS there waiting for us when we become willing to fight for ourselves.

Ben Woodward has become a highly sought after authority on personal and corporate transformation, helping individuals and organizations alike navigate through the complex and often uncomfortable journey of meaningful, lasting, and positive change. 

As the author of the best-selling book, The Empowerment Paradox, Ben is quickly becoming the go-to person for empowering others in their efforts to turn adversity, struggle, and suffering into strength, meaning, and purpose.

For all information on Ben check out www.ben-woodward.com You can pick up his book on Amazon here

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-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

This week Melissa is interviewing her co-host and husband, Cody Kreutz. In early February 2020 Cody went through a spiritual awakening that completely changed him as a human. A man who was once full of self-doubt and self-distain suddenly found self-love and a world of possibilities. He was depressed, bored, unfulfilled and felt hopeless in the world around him, somehow he became open to spirituality, the ideas and beliefs he found, suddenly made sense and everything quickly changed.  

Cody never believed in spirituality nor the idea that we're all connected, he didn't practiced meditation, yoga, or breath work, spent no time reading or enjoying nature - but, after his spiritual awakening, he does it all. Was his awakening simply a random coincidence? Or was this a moment in the making for the past 39 years?  

We talk about how it  happened and what it looks like. The most important thing of all?? Finding self-love and understanding ones limiting beliefs. 

If you're unhappy, unfulfilled, looking for a change, or just interested in spiritual awakenings, this episode is for you!

This week we are sharing a heartfelt conversation with Anise, and we promise you’ll be just as moved, enlightened, and inspired as we were.

Anise opens up about her childhood trauma, growing up around drugs and alcohol, how it impacted her life, and ultimately, how she is working to overcome her past. Anise is proof many of us have pasts & struggles that not many people know nothing about. We are in awe of her wisdom, vulnerability, and growth. We are ALWAYS humbled by our guest's vulnerability and this interview is no different. No matter what pain you may have gone through, or are currently  fighting, there is strength and inspiration to be found in this episode. 

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-You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook 

-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

(Trigger Warning: Self-harm) 
In this episode we are re-interviewing Juliana Lorton from Season 1, Episode 2. Julie's back to talk about life with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Her first episode is by far our most listened to episode, so we're here to check-in and to keep learning! It's been 3 years since her BPD diagnosis - 3 years of learning, growing & living. Join us as we talk about love, relocation and what it's like to live your life honoring your mental health diagnosis rather than fighting it. Julie is proud of the woman she has grown into, and you KNOW we are to. BPD is still one of the most stigmatized and unknown of the mental health diagnosis and we hope to keep breaking that stigma with education, open-mindedness and understanding. Please, if you or anyone you know is affected by BPD (either directly or indirectly) share this episode - you never know who may need to hear it! Thanks for listening!   

-The best way to support We Are The Stigma is by leaving us a five-star review! 

-As always share with others, and reach out if you’d like to share your story https://wearethestigma.com/be-a-guest-on-our-show/

-You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook 

-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

It’s another 10 Minute Monday and we’re getting personal again! The couple last discussed Cody’s life as a stay-at-home-dad, now they’re flipping the script. Melissa opens up about the life and feelings of a full-time, working mom. We discuss the stigmas & the guilt of this side of parenthood. 

We'll be back next week with an all new episode! Thanks for listening! xox

-You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook 

-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

-The best way to support We Are The Stigma is by leaving us a five-star review! 

-As always share with others, and reach out if you’d like to share your story https://wearethestigma.com/be-a-guest-on-our-show/

What is Sexual sovereignty? Body literacy?? Well, you're about to find out! Melissa and Cody are chatting w/ Isabella Frappier and the conversation couldn't be more beautiful! We learn about sex, kink, the nervous system, spirituality, sexual aftercare, sex magic, and so much more! The convo left us feeling all juiced up and we know it will do the same for you! No matter what your sexual life does (or doesn't) look like, we promise you will learn a little bit more about who you are, as a being. Isabella Frappier is the real deal and holds no knowledge back! She's been featured in Vice, Netflix's Goop & the Sex With Emily podcast. Join us as this incredible human helps us grow.

Isabella Frappier is a sexual activist and pleasure mentor, focused on body literacy and sexual sovereignty, she's been featured in Netflix, Goop, Sex With Emily podcast, and VICE. Isabella works with clients in one-on-one video sessions and in group workshops and transformational online courses to help them embrace their sexuality, incorporating aspects of feminist BDSM, sex magic, and even astrology into her work. She co-hosts the Sex Magic Podcast. Isabella offers free sex education on Instagram, as well as a popular weekly Erotic In Motion class where you can explore empowering feminine movement and community support.  BDSM has been a big part of Isabella's life, and her coaching around kink and BDSM centers on conscious and clear intention-setting, expanding personal pleasure, and enhancing the tantric aspects of BDSM. She coaches singles and couples in communicating and negotiating boundaries and desires, as well as teaching individual rope tying sessions she calls Spiritual Sensual Shibari."

Find Isabella on Instagram @bellatookaphoto @and @sexMagicPodcast visit isabellafrappier.com to learn more about her courses and links to her show episode of Goop!
The best way to support We Are The Stigma is by leaving us a five-star review!

As always share with others, and reach out if you’d like to share your story https://wearethestigma.com/be-a-guest-on-our-show/
-You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @_wearethestigma
-You can follow Cody’s spiritual journey here on YouTube!

Thanks for listening!

In this 10 min Monday, Melissa and Cody are talking about one of society's biggest stigmas, the life of a Stay-At-Home-Dad. Cody has been a SAHD for over a year, and he has a lot to say! The couple share a candid conversation about the ups, the downs, and the inner battle that Cody faces. There are many variables of parenthood, but one thing is clear - being a stay at home parent is by far, the most difficult job one may do.