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Ep. 39 - Did We Just Become Best Friends with Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston Jan 19, 2022

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Hi! Welcome back to another episode of Happily Together with Kara and Caleb.

This episode was easily the most fun and most energetic conversation that we've had on our podcast and we just know that you're going to fall in love with Amy and Jess like we did.

Adult friendships are sometimes hard and that's why we sat down with Amy and Jess and they gave us the adult guide to building meaningful friendships in today's chaotic and crazy world.

A Quote That We Loved:

"If you want good friendships, learn how to be self-aware."

On this episode, we covered:

Why are adult friendships so hard
How breaking up as friends is different than as a partner and why is it's more difficult
Why Chapter 6 (When You’re On The Outside) is Amy’s favorite chapter
Why we feel lonely in friendships and how we can create more meaning inside them
10 qualities of a really good friend
The big problem we all face – emotional dumping on friends

More about Jess and Amy:

Jess Johnston and Amy Weatherly met through the beauty of the internet three years ago. After bonding over queso and the Enneagram, their friendship easily moved from surface-level to deep, raw and authentic. Their conversations seemed to always end on the topic of friendship – the source of some of their highest highs, but also their lowest low. Together they created the Sister, I Am With You online community, a spacewhere millions of women get real about friendship. No topic is left off the table; Jess & Amy pour their hearts daily into encouraging women across the globe to engage in authentic connection with each other.

In their debut book, I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants): Finding Unfiltered Real-Life Friendships in This Crazy, Chaotic World, Jess & Amy offer an-easy-to-follow road map to the place we all desperately want to be—authentic friendships. The message of the book is simple: let’s not do life alone; let’s do it together. Jess & Amy share real life examples and actionable steps we can all take to build deep and satisfying friendships.

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Amy Weatherly is a Texas girl through and through, which is where she lives with her husband, three kids, and two rescue dogs--Lou and Brewster. She is passionate about helping women embrace courage, confidence, and purpose for their life, and she does it with a quick wit and down-to-earth sense of humor. She has written for the Today Show, MSN.com, Good Morning America, Yahoo.com, and Love What Matters.

Find Amy on Instagram, here. Find Amy on Facebook, here.

Jess Johnston lives in Southern California with her husband and four kids who are the loves of her life. Her favorite thing to do is to sit around a table with her best friends, eating nachos and laughing until her stomach hurts. She is the co-author of I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants). She has been a top contributor to publications such as HuffPo, Scary Mommy, and Motherly, and has been honored with Motherly's Writer of the Year Award.

Find Jess on Instagram, here. Find Jess on Facebook, here.

Other Links:

Find the I’ll Be There Book Website, here

Find their Sister I Am With You Website, here. Find the Sister I am With You Facebook Page, here. Find the Sister I am With You Instagram Page, here.

Resources we discussed: Love Does by Bob Goff Church Of The Small Things by Melanie Shankle

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Find Kara's website, here.
Find Caleb on Instagram, here.
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Ep. 38 - What We Wish Someone Would Have Told Us About Marriage Jan 14, 2022

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Hey friends, welcome back to a new season and a new episode of Happily Together. This is a podcast where we share the questions we are asking and the conversations we are having that are helping us (and others) build a life that you love -- happily together.

For a while now, Kara and I have been talking about creating episodes centered around a question that we ask you, our listeners and our followers, and that's exactly what we did for this episode.

Last week, we asked you all what you wish you would have known before getting married and we received so many responses.

They were inspiring, insightful, but also heartbreaking.

So on this episode, Kara and I talk about not only what we wish someone would have told us before we got married, but also talked about all of your responses.

On this episode, we mention a few resources which you can find below.

Attached
Co-Dependent No More
Getting The Love You Want

Find more about us at our website, here.
Read through all the responses on our blog, here.
Find more about Kara, here.
Find more about Caleb, here.

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Welcome To Happily Together with Kara and Caleb Jan 10, 2022

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Hi Friends! Can we just say that we are so glad that you are here! On this podcast, we share the real, the practical and vulnerable conversations that we are having as we are doing our best to design a life that we love, happily together.

Each week, it’s our desire to invite you into our lives, almost like you’re sitting with us in our living room, and share the fun, messy and raw conversations we are having around being newly married, to creating meaningful relationships, to growing through change and to becoming new parents.

One thing that we value so highly in our lives is meaningful relationships so to us the success of this podcast is that you, yes you reading this right now, you feel like you’re sitting with us, having good wine (or tea) and coming along on this journey with us.

You can expect new episodes each week on Wednesday. And, you can find us on our YouTube channel, here.

Learn more about Kara, here.
Learn more about Caleb, here.
Find Kara on Instagram, here.
Find Caleb on Instagram, here.

Ep. 37 - A Powerful End Of The Year Exercise Dec 23, 2021

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Hey friends, and welcome back to the last episode of 2021. Kara and I are so glad that you're here. On this episode, Kara and I talk about the 2021 Year In Review exercise that we did that was powerful for both of us. If you're anything like us, then it's so easy to feel like nothing happened of the course of the year, or feel like your life really didn't change. Well, that all changes when you do you own year in review.

So, on this episode, Kara and I talk about the small and big changes of this past year -- and what's really happening behind the change.

In so many ways, I can't help but to think that one day Kara and I will look back and will be able to say, 2021 was the year that our lives changed in the best of ways.

On this episode, we talk about:

Our favorite book of the year
The shifts in our business - which was really about learning how to trust ourselves
Moving from Los Angeles to Nashville - which was really about grieving unmet expectations
Getting pregnant - which was really about the expansion that's possible when you create the space
Our first year of marriage

Our intention with this episode was to help put to words anything that you might all be experiencing in your own life. If you find that you resonate with any of this, please let us know!

Thanks again for listening and we'll see you in the new year.

Ep. 36 - How To Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable With Kara and Caleb Dec 02, 2021

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Hey friends, and welcome back to another episode of Revolutionary Relationships!

We all know that the leaning into discomfort is the prerequisite to growth and so we break down how we intentionally go about doing just that.

Caleb speaks to his 10 year journey of transition and the ways he's learned to live in the flow of life's river. Kara speaks to this new season of pregnancy and pulls the parallels of allowing life to birth what is for us.

On this episode, we talk about:

Finding grounding in the midst of chaos
Allowing space for all emotions
Body practices that are wildly helpful

We can’t wait to hear what you think of this episode, so make sure to say hello on Instagram!

You can find Kara on Instagram @bykaraelise

You can find Caleb on Instagram @Caleb_campbell

A huge thank you to our sponsor CALIBRATE: https://www.joincalibrate.com/

The Embodiment Deck: www.theembodimentdeck.com

Ep. 35 - What Do You Do When It All Falls Apart with Emily McDowell Nov 24, 2021

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Note: Intro ends and our conversation with Emily begins at 11:40.

Hey friends, and welcome back to another episode! We’re so excited that you’re here and even more excited for you to dive into this amazing conversation with Emily McDowell. She is raw, insightful, hilarious, and there is so much wisdom in this episode - you’re going to walk away feeling so inspired.

If you don't know, Emily McDowell is the founder and creator of Em & Friends. After a cancer diagnosis, she learned that sometimes people drift away simply because they don’t know what to say. She also learned that there wasn’t a huge supply of greeting cards available that spoke authentically to complex or nontraditional life experiences.

So in 2012 she started writing and illustrating her own cards, reflecting her real, complicated life—like Valentines for people who are kinda ambiguously dating, Mother’s Day cards for people who aren’t technically your mom, and cards for seriously ill people who might find “get well” messages awkward at best.

Emily is a writer, illustrator, speaker, teacher, and entrepreneur who lives in Portland, OR, and is such a wise voice to a generation who is recovering from hustle culture.

After building a successful and thriving brand, Emily boldly wrestled with what it looks like to truly choose yourself and grant yourself the permission to change your mind.

On this episode, we talk about:

Walking away even when things don't make sense
Finding the courage to stand alone
Trusting your own journey outside of the opinions of others
Being okay with not being liked
Rediscovering the life on the other side of letting go

We can’t wait to hear what you think of this episode, so make sure to say hello on Instagram!

You can find Emily on Instagram @Emilyonlife You can find Emily’s work here: www.emandfriends.com

You can find Kara on Instagram @bykaraelise You can find Caleb on Instagram @Caleb_campbell

This Episodes Sponsor: Calibrate :Get $50 when you use the code BLEAV.

Ep. 34 - Understanding Your Autonomic Nervous System and Why It's Important with Sarah Baldwin Nov 11, 2021

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Friends, if there is one episode that you listen to, this would be the one. Honestly, when you grasp this concept and learn the tools and apply the work to your life, your life will change in the most unimaginable ways.

Sarah Baldwin is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner trained through Peter Levine's three year trauma training and a member of the Polyvagal Institute training team. She is also trained in somatic Attachment Theory, Parts Work, Psychodrama and Martha Beck's life coaching program. Sarah is based in Los Angeles and has grown to serve hundreds of clients from around the world and offers a variety of individual, group, and online coaching options.

On this episode, we talk about:

The history of the autonomic nervous system
Looking at yoru life in parts, what it means and why it's important
Self compassion for the autonomic nervous system
The important concept of titration
The autonomic ladder and how to move up and down it
The importance of taking tolerable steps
What the ANS has to do with burnout
Discovering purpose by understanding your ANS

You can learn more about Sarah, here: www.sarahbaldwincoaching.com

Ep. 33 - Parenting Through Emotional Connection with Sterna Suissa Nov 03, 2021

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Note: Our conversation with Sterna begins at 14:30 seconds in.

Hi, friends! Welcome back to another episode of (r)Evolutionary Relationships. We're so excited that you're here because we think you're really going to love this episode with Parenting Coach, Sterna Suissa. Sterna is not only an incredible coach, but she's a gifted communicator.

On this podcast, we talk about

The power of self awareness
What it means to parent through emotional connection
What it looks like to parent through emotional connection
And how do we begin to reparent our inner child.

Whether you're a parent or thinking of being a parent or you just want to learn how to reconnect to the inner child inside of you, then you'll love this conversation.

Learn more about Sterna, here.

Learn more about Kara, here

Learn more about Caleb, here.

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Ep. 32 - Sex, Sexuality and Ethical Porn with Sex Educator Erica Smith Oct 20, 2021

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Note: Intro ends and our conversation with Erica begins at 9 min.

Hey friends, and welcome back to another episode and we're so excited that you are here! This week’s episode is so insightful, full of insight, some hard conversation, and we know you’re going to love it.

Erica Smith Erica Smith, M.Ed., is an award winning, nationally recognized sex educator with over 21 years of experience. She is the creator of Purity Culture Dropout, an intensive sexuality education and coaching program for folks who were raised in purity culture and who are seeking the queer inclusive, shame free, trauma informed, medically accurate, and comprehensive sex education they need.

For most of her career, Erica provided sex education, HIV prevention, and advocacy to young people in juvenile detention. Erica believes that access to compassionate, comprehensive, evidence-based sexuality education is a key component to wellness and equality for all.

Erica is a wealth of information when it comes to understanding and talking about sexuality. She’s informative, data driven, and helps people breakdown barriers and fears when it comes to talking about sex. On this episode, we talk about her years of experience in education around sex, and we talk about cultural shifts in the conversation that are so important to note and understand.

On this episode we talk about:

Why we’re so afraid to talk about sex
The purity movement and purity culture, and it’s damaging effects on our sexual identities
Current research happening around pornography and sexual education
What is ethical porn and how does it differ
What exactly do we mean when we say sexuality?

Some important references:

Sex, God, & the Conservative Church by Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers: https://amzn.to/3jibH4q

You Are Your Own by Jamie Lee Finch: https://amzn.to/3DVTJwz

Sex Positive Families: https://sexpositivefamilies.com/

Parenting Forward by Cindy Brandt: https://amzn.to/3vqcHIE

Advocates For Youth: https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/

You can find Erica on Instagram @ericasmith.sex.ed

You can find Erica’s website here: https://www.ericasmitheac.com/

You can find Kara on Instagram @bykaraelise

You can find Caleb on Instagram @Caleb_campbell

You can find Kara + Caleb on TikTok @karaandcaleb

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Ep. 31 - Psychedelics, Microdosing and The Future Of Mental Health With Kelsey Ramsden CEO Of Mindcure Oct 13, 2021

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Note: Intro ends and our conversation with Kelsey begins at 11min mark.

Hey friends, and welcome back to another episode and we're so excited that you are here! This week’s episode is so insightful, full of incredible research, and we know you’re going to love it.

Kelsey Ramsden is the Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer Mind Cure Health. With over fifteen years founding, scaling, and operating innovative companies across Canada and the Caribbean, Kelsey Ramsden is globally recognized for building multiple multimillion-dollar businesses.

MINDCURE’S mission is to identify and develop products that ease suffering, increase productivity, and enhance mental health. It was born, in part, as a response to the mental health crisis and the need to find effective treatments in areas beyond psychiatry. These include digital therapeutics, neuro-supports, and psychedelics. Referring to MINDCURE as the Netflix of Mental Health, Ramsden cites that the company’s digital therapeutics platform iSTRYM has parallel qualities, constantly optimizing and customizing to provide predictive, personalized recommendations.

Kelsey is so insightful on the power of psychedelics to help people heal. Kelsey defines mental health as the investment in ourselves and our body from the neck up and she sees mental wealth as a space that can be held and served in a revolutionary and integrated way.

On this episode we talk about:

The power of psychedelics to heal trauma
What actually happens in a psilocybin journey
Current research happening around various psychedelics to heal
How to know if a journey is right for you
The future of microdosing

You can find Kelsey on Instagram at @kelseyramsden

You can find Kelsey’s website here: https://www.mindcure.com/

You can find Kara on Instagram @bykaraelise

You can find Caleb on Instagram @Caleb_campbell

You can find Kara + Caleb on TikTok, @karaandcaleb

Kelsey Ramsden Full Bio:

With over fifteen years founding, scaling, and operating innovative companies across Canada and the Caribbean, Kelsey Ramsden is globally recognized for building multiple multimillion-dollar businesses. She twice earned the honor of being named Canada’s Top Female Entrepreneur and serves on the Entrepreneurship Council for the University of Western Ontario. Kelsey is a renowned thought leader and published author and holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Accomplishments include founding construction firm Belvedere Place Development and residential project-management company Tallus Ridge Development in British Columbia – breaking barriers in traditionally male dominated fields.

“All my life I was the organizer and hub in the spoke of many circles,”“That’s how my MBA world met my psychedelic world.”

As President and CEO of MINDCURE, Ramsden is banking on a different kind of wealth: mental.

“There are folks making compounds, folks getting clinical data, folks doing great work in these areas….but I see mental wealth – that’s the investment in ourselves and our body from the neck up – as a market that can be held and served in a revolutionary and integrated way.”

Referring to MINDCURE as the Netflix of Mental Health, Ramsden cites that the company’s digital therapeutics platform iSTRYM has parallel qualities, constantly optimizing and customizing to provide predictive, personalized recommendations.

“Our tech is more deliberate than others’ and at scale, I believe we will have the largest psychedelic repository of human experience data -- which means we can shorten the time it takes to heal.”

With a psychedelic Renaissance underway, Ramsden finds herself a pioneer on a frontier (again) – and with the most precious of commodities. “We have one mind,” she said. “It’s our greatest asset.”

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