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Dr. Shannon Chavez a Sex Therapist and Psychologist from Beverly Hills joins Bianca Reyes of Oh So Fashionably Late and myself to talk about the issues plaguing men and women in the bedroom. In our final installment of #LoveChats week, Bianca and I thought it would be a great touch to include the blueprint to building intimacy in the bedroom but this episode evolved into so much more. After asking our followers and listeners what questions they had about sex and intimacy we were able to build an educational episode that serves to help us all be a bit more confident in the bedroom!

We hope that after you listen to this, you feel empowered to take the reins in your own love life and finally ask for what you need. 

Notable Sites:

https://drshannonchavez.com/

https://www.ohsofashionablylate.com/

On the second installment of FemmeRadio's Love Chats week leading up to Valentine's Day, Bianca Reyes of Oh So Fashionably Late and Melissa Goncalves discuss Traveling and Treating Yourself - and why it's so important now more than ever! They discuss the many ways to book a safe getaway during COVID and how you don't have to spend thousands to have a spa day. They're also joined by a special guest - show producer and Co-Founder of Gotham Podcast Studio, Brianna Peters who provides some hilarious and necessary commentary about Target!

Mentions during the Show:

https://www.ohsofashionablylate.com/

https://www.thesagamore.com/

https://gothampodcaststudio.com/

https://pinkneonlips.com/

This is the first of three episodes during the week of February 8, 2021.

On this episode Melissa is joined by Bianca Reyes of Oh So Fashionably Late to discuss ways in which you can be more mindful and present in you relationships (partner, family and friends).

Timeline:

Intro

Mindfulness: 1:00

with Partner: 2:55

with Friends: 14:00

with Family: 28:30

For more information on Bianca visit her blog at: https://www.ohsofashionablylate.com/

Let us know what you think by emailing femmetee@gmail.com

Kimberly Brophy is a 27 year old entrepreneur from Dublin Ireland. She initially began her journey in the fashion industry as the Founder of Love Kimberly. After working at her family manufacturing business for 10 years she decided to set up Love Kimberly and forge her own path.

At the end of 2019 she was faced with many issues arising due to COVID and it pushed her to reinvent her business and pursue something she has always been passionate about, TANNING! On November 30th she officially launched her luxurious self tanning Mousse, Naked Glow with many ups, downs and lessons learned along the way.

Tune into this episode to hear about how to switch gears, start a business from the ground up and how to grow a following by being confident and real.

IG: @kimberly_brophyy & Nakedglow_ie 

https://nakedglow.ie/

On episode 1 of 2021, Melissa talks about how to find your motivation and how to train yourself to get back into the swing of things. After find herself in a dark place for most of November and December, she discusses how she actively has been working to get herself out of this rut by making actionable changes each and every day! 

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Lauren Cruz is a union county native, a leading professional in the beauty industry and a female entrepreneur and role model. Recently bestowed the title “Waxer of the Year” for her proficiency in eyebrows and waxing, she is setting a new standard amongst her peers and introducing celebrity quality eyebrow services to the tri state area. 

Lauren is the sole owner of The Body Department in Garwood, NJ where herself and other much sought out beauty professionals service their patrons with the highest quality and most innovative beauty and aesthetic services.  The Body Department also holds its own as an e-commerce shop where customers can purchase all different kinds of home beauty options as well, including their #1 voted home teeth whitening system.

Bianca Reyes started a blog when she was in college and never thought much of it. Until a few years ago when she decided to bring back the blog and focus on writing and featuring things she loved. In this episode you will hear about how to start your own blog, how to identify your niche and why focusing on being genuine is so important - now more than ever!

For more information on Bianca and Oh So Fashionably Late, visit: https://www.ohsofashionablylate.com/

Melissa invites Bianca Reyes, Founder and Creator of the blog Oh, So Fashionably Late (OSFL) to Talk Femme to Me to catch up about work life balance, setting unrealistic expectations, friendships, relationships and dealing with hate on social media. They also discuss practicing what you preach and shout out some women who have helped them build their brand! 

Check out OSFL: https://www.ohsofashionablylate.com/

Bianca: 

Beth Mand for Logos (@bethalicious_def)

and many more!

Melissa: 

Ellie Augsburger for Logo (@theanimatorlife)

Christie Freer for design and merch launch (@creationswithchris_ & @christie_freer)

Paris for pictures (@pixelsbyp)

and many more!

*this episode was previously recorded in January 2020 and most information has not taken into account recent issues going on today.

Dr. Cassandra LeClair is an author, professor, communication consultant, and motivational speaker. She is an expert on communicating feelings and improving connections.

Cassandra’s mission is to educate individuals on how to have effective and healthy communication to enhance their relationships. She works to help others gain an understanding of their communication practices to improve their relationships with friends and family members, in the workplace, and beyond.

Cassandra completed her Ph.D. in Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she focused on Interpersonal and Family Communication, with a specialization in Women’s and Gender studies. Dr. LeClair teaches a variety of classes at the collegiate level, where she encourages her students to explore their own patterns and improve their communication. Her teaching and research interests fuel her campus and community involvement. She is active in many local organizations that seek to empower and educate individuals on relationships and identity.

Cassandra lives in New Braunfels, Texas with her two children.

Melissa sits in the hot seat to chat about the last two weeks. She recaps how it felt moving out of her childhood home where she spent 24 years - in just three days! She recaps her weekend filled with a close social distance birthday stop, and her SILs bridal shower!

Then she dives into gender roles. After reading an article in Buzzfeed titled, How the Pandemic Has Exacerbated the Gender Divide in Household Labor Melissa asked her followers on Instagram to discuss their experiences navigating gender roles. She took some of those responses and discusses them here and also shares her own experiences. 

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Timeline:

1. Intro

2. Recap on Moving: @ 2:40

3. Weekend Recap: @ 9:30

4. Gender Roles Discussion: @ 12:20

Brianna Peters is the co-Founder and Owner of Gotham Podcast Studio, located in NYC. Running her own business was not the career path she had originally set for herself, but it turned out to be the role she was made to have.

Gotham Podcast Studio opened in the Fall of 2017 by Brianna and Matt Peters, a husband and wife team now turned Business Partners with a one studio room in a shared office space. Since then, they have grown the business each year and currently have 5 podcast recording studios in their own Midtown, Manhattan location. Their most recent endeavor, Tandem is the newest Podcast Hosting Company set to make its BETA debut in October 2020. Created by the Gotham Owners, Tandem is combining the functionality of Podcast Hosting with the craved Community experience Podcasters are looking for.

Within Tandem, Podcasters can create Membership Profiles that are able to be found by other members. You can pitch yourself to be a guest on a show or find guests for your show through the Membership feature. In addition, Tandem features a Live User Chat, instantly connecting you with other Members and building that Community connection.

Follow along the Tandem journey on Facebook and Instagram @podcastwithtandem and for more information visit podcastwithtandem.com.

On this short episode Melissa shares how the last 2 weeks have flown by since her first Talk Femme to Me release. She recaps how her group of friends were able to make a last minute location change from Miami to Lake George and still give her future sister-in-law a great bachlorette party. She recaps the trip, the fun and the realization that her core group of friends are amazing and despite having not seen each other in 6 months - nothing changes in great friendships. She shares a little bit about the things she has learned over the past few years in regards to friendships and she talks about her Mental Health Monday - spent lying in bed,  drinking a mimosa and watching Netflix. She also finished the longest book she's ever read (I know - she's not  reader giver her a break). Overall, it was a short but good week!

TimeLog:

:00: intro into this episode

2:00: recap of last week's episode with Selina Fletcher, Founder of PaperGreast (papergreats.com)

4:30: Recapping my sister-in-laws bachelorette party and how we shifted from Miami to Lake George

9:00: The importance of friendships and doing an inventory check of your own.

14:40: Recapping my Mental Health Day

17: Introduction of next weeks episode with Brianna Peters, Co-Founder of Gotham Podcast Studio (https://gothampodcaststudio.com/)

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Selina Fletcher is the Creator of Paper Greats, a CPG company producing functional, beautiful paper products designed to be kind to the environment and the consumer. Prior to Paper Greats, Selina spent a decade in the financial industry using her attention to detail and highly organized personality to support C-Suite Executives. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds a master’s degree from SOAS. Selina loves finding ways to create less stress, less mess, and more smiles. She enjoys binging on true crime podcasts, entertaining, and saying no to dishes. Selina’s happy place is near the the ocean, on a yoga mat or in her basement packing orders. When not working, Selina can be found organizing closets, color-coding, discussing reality TV, and snapping an embarrassing number of photographs of her niece and nephew.

ABOUT PAPER GREATS:

Paper Greats was born out of the need for beautiful sustainable products. The company was created in 2018 by Selina Fletcher in Darien, CT. Initially wanting to create a beautiful product for families that would make their lives easier, Selina quickly realized that they could also help those same families do better for the planet. All Paper Greats products are now 100% nationally recyclable (some are also compostable). The aim of the company is to educate consumers to make better choices, recycle in their homes for maximum impact and ultimately bring consumers and products to zero waste.

Visit https://papergreats.com/ for more information.

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On the first of many solo episodes being released bi-weekly, Melissa discusses some (not all) of the personal things that she has experienced over the last 6 months. She reads an excerpt from a solo episode she was supposed to record at the beginning of 2019 and speaks to what she has and hasn't actually achieved. She talks COVID and quarantining with your significant other and how it was the opposite of what people told her it would be like. Melissa also gets personal about her weight-loss journey and how quarantining with a supportive partner has helped her reach some of her goals, when she thought she would just hit a downward spiral. 

Timelog:

0-4:00: Catching up on solo episodes that never happened, getting laid off & failing to meet my goals 

12:00: COVID & How we made it work while both working from home

16:30: Fun things we purchased and did during quarantine

21:40: battling anxiety & weight issues

27:00: Overview of my weight struggles

29:00 Arbonne kick-starting my weight loss 

33:00: Workout plans that I am currently doing

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Christina Broderick is a clinically trained Licensed Social Worker and a Certified School Social Worker who is passionate about the fuse of mental health and education. As the Founder and CEO of IgnitEDU, Christina has a vision that every student is able to learn, build and strengthen their mental health foundation along their educational journey. The mission of IgnitEDU is to ignite education, transforming students from statistics to success stories by incorporating mental health into the education fabrics using their proprietary 3C approach--Content, Connection and Creation--provided through programming, coaching and consulting for schools, organizations and families.

On this episode Christina sits down with Melissa to talk about how her childhood prepared her to create a company in the Mental Health Education health sector. 

Marissa Orr is a former Google & Facebook executive, bestselling author, and leadership speaker. Spending 15 years working at today’s top tech giants, she has conducted talks for thousands of people in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, at companies and universities such as Google, Twitter, Pace University, New School, American Express, and more. Originally from Miami, Orr received her Master’s degree in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Florida. Her best-selling book, Lean Out, The Truth About Women, Power, & the Workplace, was released by HarperCollins Leadership in June of 2019. Featured in Forbes, Fox, Yahoo! Finance, and CNBC, Lean Out is not simply a retort to Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, but a revolutionary path forward with the power to change the lives of men and women in the corporate world and beyond. With Lean Out, Orr provides a fresh voice for a new generation of thinkers. WHY LISTEN? During this episode Marissa discusses some of the very difficult things she experienced in the workplace that propelled her to write her book, Lean Out. She gets real about the political landscape of Corporate America while encouraging you to stay true to yourself. Marissa also graciously dives into the important details on how to begin telling your story (Spoiler Alert: it involves Google) and then how to shop your book proposal around to publishers. Visit www.Marissaorr.com for information.

J. Marcelle Lashley-Kaboré is a Social Entrepreneur and Experiential Maven whose career has transitioned from producing Experiential Marketing Events for the largest brands in pop culture to curating Interactive Education platforms of empowerment for society’s most marginalized. In her advocacy and youth development work to date, she has used multimedia to create a voice and choice platform for youth, which has garnered 5 NY Emmy® nominations for social justice and empowerment documentary film pieces. She has also studied and traveled throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. Her goal is to be impactful on a global level as an ambassador and public servant to communities lacking resources for youth development and female empowerment. As the Founder & CEO of Girls With Knowledge, Inc., Marcelle will continue to impact young women in underserved communities around the world through advocating for opportunities and developing creative platforms by which they can learn, grow and literally change the path of their life in a powerful way. Marcelle is the SheMedia Community Trailblazer Honoree & the #BlogHer recipient of the 2019 Voices of the Year Award. http://www.iamagwk.com/ IG: @girlswithknowledge/

Pamela Delgado is the Founder and CEO of Rawly Bold. What started out as a graphic apparel line has recently shifted into a community on a mission to inspire, motivate and empower - hence the name, Rawly Bold, which was, inspired by being Raw (most authentic form) and to be Bold (unafraid to stand out). She's an LA native & boy mom who has called NYC home for 8 years now. What's inspiring about her story is that she took the plunge into entrepreneurship after learning she was significantly underpaid and just two years after launching she has a community of supportive women who share the same mission to inspire, motivate and empower and gives back to organizations who strive for the well-being of others. Somehow she manages to juggle all her passion projects, mom life, traveling, and her love of food, sports, and wellness. https://www.rawlybold.com/

Meggie Palmer founded PepTalkHer with the mission of closing the gender pay gap. The PepTalkHer App helps you track your career successes. It uses artificial intelligence to coach confidence & negotiation and to give you a peptalk when you need it most. In her former life, Meggie was an award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur. She spent 15 years as a journalist & Foreign Correspondent. Traveling from Syria to Italy telling stories for networks including BBC World, CNBC, Channel 7 & Vogue. On this episode Melissa sits down with Meggie to talk about how she set herself up for success and how her experiences made starting PepTalkHer a no-brainer. You can find her on social media @MeggiePalmer & @PepTalkHer [www.peptalkher.com]. The PepTalkHer app is available free to download on Android or Apple phones.

Colby Schinto is a Certified NBPA Agent & Entertainment Manager, who has spent the past 4 years working in the sports industry. In January of 2019 she became the youngest female to pass the NBPA Exam and become Certified. On this episode we discuss how Colby used networking as a means to secure opportunities and the tips she has for our listeners. Along with that, we discuss the hard-work that goes into the sports industry despite how lavish it may appear. Day-to-day Colby silences the haters and focuses on herself and her future - tune in to learn how you can do the same. Colby is currently working in entertainment and business management for former NBA player, Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest). This episode was taped at The Wing in West Hollywood, CA in November of 2019.

Andrea Geroldi is the Chief of Staff at Rising Tide Capital. On this episode you will learn about her career trajectory in predominantly male dominated industries and how she found her voice and her way. You will learn new ways to appropriately set expectations with your managers, and how to make room for yourself at the table. Follow on Instagram @femme_trepreneur & www.getfemmed.com

During part one of the FemmeRadio interview with Liz Durand Streisand, Melissa speaks to the Co-Founder and CEO of Broadway Roulette about her life and career. How did she become an entrepreneur and most importantly, how did she attain the proper funding to start her venture? Liz is open and honest about the difficulties she faced in boardrooms, pitches and the kick-start of Broadway Roulette. She also discusses the important of mentors and how even in the most difficult positions, she was able to seek solace in mentors such as Jessie Draper, and Randi Zuckerberg. Towards the end of the episode we transition into episode 2 where we shift into Liz as a mother and find out how she balances her life with a 2 and a half year old at home. Don't forget to rate and review the FemmeRadio podcast series & subscribe to our page.