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Adee Cazayoux is a wife, a new mom and the CEO/Founder of Working Against Gravity, an online nutrition coaching program.  She has worked with elite athletes Katrin Davidsdottir, Tia Claire Toomey and more.  She is also an athlete herself, having won the Bronze medal in the 2016 Canadian National Weightlifting Championships and having competed in the National Pro Grid League.  Honestly, Adee is kind of a big deal, guys.

 Adee and her husband, Michael Cazayoux, help people create intention in their lives and thrive in fitness, nutrition, relationships and more!  They are an absolute power couple and have worked together over the past five years to build for themselves an incredible and unique relationship through -  you guessed it! - intention.    The energy these two bring into the world is unique, beautiful and exciting!!

In this episode, Adee joins us to chat about how she and Michael worked together to maintain their intimacy after the birth of their son, Shai.  Adee brings us concrete tips and strategies as well as sharing her own personal experience in this vulnerable undertaking.   Join us as we chat about pursuing intimacy after baby in the face of decreased sexual desire, body changes, exhaustion and, well, the presence of a new baby!

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Jarina Kong is a chiropractor here in the great state of Nevada who specializes in working with pregnant women and with babies! While Jarina helps patients of all kinds, she has special training to help women and their kiddos in this incredible (and incredibly challenging!) time of their lives.

Today she chats with us about how chiropractic care is helpful (and safe!) for women during pregnancy and how it can be helpful for baby too!  From Cholic to relaxin to different chiropractic techniques - we cover a lot!!

Hit us with your questions or reach out to Jarina directly!

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I hope we really got you with that "Car Attack" click bait because Dr. Mandy really did get in a "car attack" and the story is phenomenal.   She gives us the deets at the end of this episode! Don't miss that part.     Dr. Mandy Milliquet is a practicing Naturopathic Doctor in Canada, where she lives with her husband and her baby boy, Apollo.  She joins us today to teach us all about naturopathic medicine: how it is different from the traditional medical care most of us are used to receiving and how your Naturopathic Doctor can help you get to the root cause of your symptoms to find a proactive and sustainable solution!   Dr. Mandy helps dispel some myths about naturopathic care and will put your mind to ease about finding a great practitioner that you can trust!    She also has some advice for how to find a great, clean mascara too.... so.  That's dope. She is rad.    

Hit us with your questions on Instagram!   Or reach out to Dr. Mandy directly.   Also stay tuned for another episode with her coming up about the female athlete!    

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Kennedy Savant defines the term, “Girl Boss”. In the eighth grade she launched her vintage clothing store, The Regrets of 1985 on Etsy. After discovering Cher, bellbottoms, lava lamps, acid wash, Three’s Company and Twiggy she fell in love with all things vintage. The journey began with searching through her grandmothers’ closets and thrift shops to curate the first batch of inventory. And now 5 years later, just after graduating from McQueen High School, she has launched her store locally. She now has her vintage clothing located at the Space Cadet, a new makers co op. She plans to someday run away to New York and live Rachel Green’s life. (Minus Ross, minus the baby, and minus the coffee house waitress job.) In this episode we hear all about Kennedy’s journey getting started with her company and talk about history, body positivity and controlling your social media feed. This girl is 18 going on 28 - you will be blown away by her maturity, insight and drive. Let’s do this thingy!!! Hit play!!

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Sex should be amazing... so why is it painful for so many of us?!?   So often women get the short end of the stick sexually (no pun intended...).  Our problems can often go unaddressed - or worse, brushed off as "no big deal" or "normal" - when HELLO!  We deserve to be having AMAZING sex!!! And let's be real... that's not easy to do if that shit hurts.... so.  We're here today to address this topic and hopefully bring you some helpful information about what could be causing your pain and what you can do about it! Because, good news!! We can do something about it!!  Jenni is here to help us navigate this incredibly complicated topic and bring you ladies some much needed information about Pain with Sex!!

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Britton is a 31 year old badass female entrepreneur living in Reno, NV. Her business is called Biggest Little Fashion Truck Reno and she joins us on the show today to talk not only fashion, but also entrepreneurship!  She tells us the story of starting BLFT and gives us tons (and I mean like a LOT) of tips for taking your wardrobe and using it to make yourself feel phenomenal and HIP!!!  She doesn't use the word "hip"... but it's true and hip is a fun word!   We talk about using fashion and colors to flatter different body types, current and upcoming fashion trends and how to choose flattering colors for your skin tone (which is a topic that has always been....super confusing to me.).  Britton is super sweet and we had a lovely time.  She is passionate about helping women feel confident and empowered and she uses fashion to do so!   Go check out her instagram and give BLFTReno a follow!

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Whitney Zuspann owns CrossFit Complete in Oklahoma with her husband, Zac, where femSTRONG host, Stacey, worked for 7 years before moving to Nevada to open up Wolf Valley Performance. Whitney has two sons and is pregnant with her third, due in August.    Whitney has competed at the Regional level for CrossFit and also competes in weightlifting, but most importantly for our listeners today: Whitney has loads on knowledge and experience with fitness during and after pregnancy!    In this episode you'll hear about the lessons she learned the hard way with her first pregnancy, how she implemented her new knowledge during her second pregnancy and how she is currently navigating her third pregnancy which happens to be high-risk!    This is a must-listen for all moms who love to MOVE and who aren't quite sure how to keep doing that while they grow their babies!    Whitney is one of my absolute favorite people to talk to for mindset, inspiration and motivation.  I hope you all LOVE this episode and enjoy getting to know her!

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Erin Burke is a creative genius - I'm not kidding.  She does: branding, marketing, photography, videography... she has even published a BOOK!   This girl can do it all and let me tell you: she does it all SO well.   In this episode, Erin gives us a crash course in branding and marketing. We chat about how to build a strong brand for your business and what the heck "branding and marketing" even means!  We even chat a little bit about the birth of femSTRONG (hint: Erin was there!).  Alright, folks, you know what to do!  Hit play to hang out with us and learn from Erin Burke!

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In this episode we hang out with Bree Naccarato.  Bree owns Loved Momma Fitness in Carson City, Nevada - she is a certified Pregnant and Postpartum Athleticism Coach and a CrossFit Level 1 Instructor.   That's a mouthful, but what it means is that Bree is qualified to help you navigate your fitness journey fearlessly before, during and after pregnancy!   She also has a program called the Doula 360 program which helps mamas  with not only the physical and fitness parts of their pregnancy, but the emotional and psychological as well.  Oh yeah, she has her Bachelors in Psychology too.   She's got you covered in all aspects of your pregnancy journey!     Bree's passion for helping women is outlandish - I've never seen someone quite so fired up about pregnancy and birth and vaginas and breastfeeding and, guys, we're going to have to have her back because this woman has so much information for you!     We hope you enjoy the show and hope you learn something valuable to you and your journey!

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Join us as we hang out with Ali Conway, Founder and Owner of Strange Bikinis - a designer bikini brand born in Reno that is body-positive, environmentally friendly and hella fashionable.  Ali tells us all about how Strange got started, what makes it so amazing (it is SO COOL) and where they're going!  Ali is an absolute blast to hang with and hearing her story was so empowering and exciting.   She has done an insanely good job of branding and marketing Strange Bikinis and we are so proud that she calls Reno home!   Come hang with us as we ask Ali all of the things!  And then enjoy shopping because you'll definitely want a Strange Bikini after this.....

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Megan Brenner is a practicing therapist at Presence Therapy in South Reno, Nevada.   She specializes in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and works primarily with folks with depression, anxiety disorders and suicidality (though she sees anyone!).  In this episode we chat about mental health during the Coronavirus pandemic and we also chat about therapy - common misconceptions, when to seek a therapist and how to find a good one that you LOVE.   We can't wait for you to meet Megan and hope you love her as much as we do!

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