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Weekly Woman

128 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

A weekly podcast bringing women in from all over the country to talk about what it means to be female, live our lives, and work towards womens rights!

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First Period Stories Founders on Menstrual Tales from All Over the World

April 02, 2021 14:44 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

As three women sat on a roof, having lunch and sharing their first period stories, they realized something. That each of their stories were unique, yet totally relatable. They wanted to hear more. All 3.7 billion of them. Firstperiodstories.com is a place where they share their unique stories, whether they be funny, cringe-worthy, or just plain awkward. It's a place for those experiencing their first period where they can go and not feel so alone. Because we all know you can be armed with ...

Developing Zippy Pantry for Functional Foods with Ericka & Alexa, & Celebrating Women's History Month, it's Still Here!

March 26, 2021 14:30 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

Ericka Mabrie & Alexa Lombardo join us to talk all things healthy snacks!  Who knew you could eat Lotus seeds!  They founded Zippy Pantry, a new place to find your favorite snacks and we talk entrepreneurship and yummy foods to try!  In addition, we dive into how to keep celebrating Women's History Month in the last days of March, and how we can continue to party as fierce feminists for the rest of the year!

Moving from Central America to Washington DC, life in the Non-Profit Sector with Laura

March 19, 2021 14:30 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Laura Catania worked in Guatemala before coming back to America and working in the non-profit sector.  We're so excited to talk to Laura today about her life, her work, her period, and being a part of the Jubilance sisterhood! Learn more at Jubilance.com/blog

Women's History Month & Miss Canada Finalist Euphelia Xiang on her platform of Financial Literacy & Womanhood

March 11, 2021 15:14 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

Euphelia is an Economics Major at the University of Toronto, Banker by day, Radio host by night.  She is passionate about ethical, vegan living and Loves yoga, piano, and aerial aerobics.  She was a finalist for Miss Worlds Canada 2020 and will be competing in the title of Miss Canada 2021 in June!

4 Phases of Your Menstrual Cycle in Uncertain Times & Creating a Menstrual Community with Miyoshi Days

March 04, 2021 23:40 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

This week we talk about how the uncertainty of time in COVID affects our cycle and then we talk to entrepreneur Miyoshi Days who's creating a community to talk all things Periods!  Miyoshi Days (@miyoshidays) is a menstrual advocate, activist, thought leader, and founder of Hate the Dot (@hatethedot). Hate the Dot's mission is to help turn menstrual cycles into self-care rituals through education and advocacy. Hate the Dot is launching a community-based online platform this February where yo...

Self Love in the Time of COVID & Work Place Coach Sydney Brown

February 26, 2021 17:04 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

It's been almost a year of life in a Pandemic, and we're talking first about how to find self care during this time.  Next, we hear from Sydney Brown, a Bay Area-based executive and corporate consultant who specializes in conflict management and resolutions within corporate teams, and navigating gender, cultural and interpersonal dynamics in the workplace. She's also pursuing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology where she's leading research on the effects of blind loyalty among employees who wor...

Queen of the Stage and Screen, a look at Cicely Tyson, & interview with Bloody Bitches Founders!

February 19, 2021 16:42 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB

This month we're celebrating Black History Month by looking back at the history of Cicely Tyson, the Actress and Model shattering Black Stereotypes and then we dive into our interview with the Bloody Bitches founders Nayanka Paul and Zoe Vella about their organization that creates a space curated for all bodies that bleed.  Learn more at www.Jubilance.com/blog

Celebrating Black History this month looking back at Jane Bolin & Political Worker Adeline Joshua

February 11, 2021 15:16 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MB

Jane Bolin was the first Black Judge in the United States, and Adeline works in Politics in DC now!  Hear from these two ladies striving to fight for a better United States.  And learn more at www.jubilance.com/blog

Celebrating Black History this month looking back at Shirley Chisholm & Entrepreneur and Sex Expert Shakina!

February 03, 2021 15:42 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

This week we're talking about Shirley Chisholm and how she influenced our now Vice President Kamala Harris!  We also talk to Shakina about her work as an entrepreneur in sex education.  Learn more at Jubilance.com

When you get your Period at the Olympics & Other Stories of Fighting for her terms in Sports with Olympian Lina Taylor

January 22, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

Lina Taylor is a two-time beach volleyball Olympian, real estate business owner, mentor to elite athletes, co-founder of a college football award, wife of a Super Bowl champion and mother of three. She has a full life of reinvention and that did not happen by accident. She grew up in Communist Bulgaria and at seventeen came to the US to further her education. Unsatisfied with her first job she followed her passion, learned to play beach volleyball all while working three jobs and she qualifi...

Volleyball all over Europe and chats with a Swiss Volleyball Player on Team Switzerland, Flavia Knutti

January 14, 2021 18:14 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

On this episode of the podcast we dive deep into European Volleyball and talk to Flavia Knutti, a professional volleyball player hailing from Dudingen, Switzerland.  She’s a libero who’s played for Dudingen, Fribourg, and in the United States at Northwestern Ohio University.  And she’s on the Swiss National Team!  She grew up in an athletic family, her mother Myriam is a professor of sports and her dad Bruno is a sports coach for Hockey and Beach volleyball!

Digressions on Mamma Mia and how to raise money for the arts with Elana Lantry

January 08, 2021 17:45 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

My sister joins me as we debate whether Mamma Mia 1 or Mamma Mia 2 is a better film and then we're joined by Elana Lantry who from San Diego, to the cold winters of Michigan, and then to New York City where she lives in an amazing Brooklyn townhouse now, she has circulated all over the US to pursue her love of theatre administration.  Currently in Development in the New York office of a prominent London theatre company, she’s still working during COVID to find funding for the arts.  Last yea...

Prepping for a New Year and rebroadcast of Amber Bowles from Married at First Sight

December 23, 2020 18:20 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

On this episode we talk New Years Resolutions and how to be successful at them.  And then we rebroadcast one of our most popular episodes this year with Amber Bowles from Married at First Sight and her dramatic relationship on the show. She is a middle school teacher living in North Carolina, and we talk reality TV, Charlotte and Womanhood.

Why December is the Most Stressful Month of the Year and Moving to Switzerland to play Pro Volleball during the Pandemic with Rachel Giustino

December 18, 2020 17:13 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

In this episode we talk about the stresses of the holidays and how one woman moves past them living abroad.  A professional volleyball player currently living it up in Switzerland, Rachel Giustino is anything but ordinary.  Hailing from Illinois and from Murray State with 1,764 total kills (when you hit the volleyball over the net and get a point), this queen of the court was the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coache...

Decorating for the Holidays on your Own & Pageants & Consulting with Edie Huo

December 10, 2020 19:06 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

In this episode we talk about the psychological benefits of decorating for the Holidays, even if no one else sees them, and we chat with Edie Huo, Miss Teen Toronto and Finalist for Miss Teen Canada about starting her own Pageant Coaching Firm!

My Craziest Period Story & From the Corporate World to Wellness Coaching, Ashley Logan Changed it all Up!

November 18, 2020 21:39 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

We start the episode with the worst period story a girl can experience... honestly, why does this happen every month and then meet Ashley Logan a wellness practitioner who's changing the game!   Ashley Logan is a wellness entrepreneur opening her own coaching practice, Ashley Logan Wellness.  After working 10+ years in corporate advertising and marketing, earning her  MBA in International Business, and raising her three children she had to sort through my own stress-related health issues. I...

What it is like to be a Teacher during the Pandemic with Andrea Bunn, plus our love of The Bachelor & why it's Feminist

November 18, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Andrea Bunn is a third through fifth grade humanities teacher in Alameda, up in the Bay area of California, who’s currently the Union rep at her school.  She’s now planning how to restart the school year in the fall with COVID still on the horizon, and we’re hearing from this teacher on her perspective.  Andrea is originally from San Diego and she attended UCSB, where she majored in Spanish and minored in Educational Studies. She went on to attend Mills College and obtain her multiple subjec...

That time she was in the Soviet Union & Civic Fabric with Mary Hendra

November 18, 2020 19:06 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

Mary Hendra is a Los Angeles based program director at Facing History in Ourselves where she serves over a thousand schools reaching five hundred thousand students each year in Southern California. She recently started move with Grace a unique Master Class designed to find Clarity and regain power in our world Through Stillness creativity and community. She is also a part of the leadership team of elevate LA and active facilitator for a next big idea book group and runs an amazing podcast bo...

The History of Period Products & Dr. Carleigh Golightly on starting her new Integrative Health Practice

November 12, 2020 22:28 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

Dr. Carleigh Golightly is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and founder of EmpowerMed Integrative Clinic in San Diego, California.  In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Golightly is passionate about expanding the rights of NDs nationwide and has been elected to the lead via the California ND Board of Directors.  She is also dedicated to bringing naturopathic medicine to underserved communities and frequently participates in medical mission trips.  Dr. Golightly discovered naturopathic medici...

Breaking the taboo of SEX and Periods through Sex Education with Shakina Cooley

November 06, 2020 16:01 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

Shakina Cooley is a mother and entrepreneur. The founder of In the Aftermath, a blogger, a Bedroom Kandi consultant, and a relationship sexuality coach. After dealing with a divorce and feeling that she was all alone, she decided to go into coaching. In order to further assist recently divorced and separated women, she founded a company In the aftermath in 2018. Shakina has been sharing her insight on relationships and sex for over 9 years!   To learn more about Shakina visit Jubilance.com...

Miriam Morales on starting her own business during the pandemic, San Diego Picnics

October 30, 2020 15:20 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Miriam is the founder of San Diego Picnics, the sold-out Instagram-worthy pop-up picnics all over the city. She is sharing her insights on best picnic practices, her secret to the best picnic food, and her life as an entrepreneur.   To see more of Miriam's story head to www.Jubilance.com/blog for the scoop!   Or to check out her picnics visit her website https://www.sandiegopicnics.com/

Jane Taylor on Founding The Camaraderie NYC & Her Mission to Unite NYC's Ladies in Friendship

October 22, 2020 13:43 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Jane Taylor is a woman on a mission to change the world or at least New York City through kindness. Growing up in Australia, she moved to New York at eighteen to pursue a career in acting. Along the way, she discovered that what she was searching for was a place where she could connect with other women in the vastness of the city. Jane started the camaraderie to create a space for genuine friendship and fascinating memorable experiences providing an open space for women that is free of press...

Starting her own free medical clinic, Medspire Health, this Entrepreneur, Katie Rosauer, gives us the details on Healthcare in California

October 15, 2020 14:16 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

Katie Rosauer is a woman of many hats. Not only is she applying to be a PA, but she also hosts a podcast with her best friend where she talks about applying to medical school. She is helping to provide free medical care with the fires happening in California with her free mobile medical clinic MedSpire Health. She is an influencer on Instagram talking about healthy lifestyle and inspiring us with her fabulous fashion.

Influencer & Engineer Fizah Nadeem on combining her Pakistani & American Roots in Fashion & her Wedding Planning

October 09, 2020 18:31 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

Fizah Nadeem is not only a fashion icon, she is incredibly smart as an MBA candidate, and also an electrical engineer. We are talking to her about her life as an influencer, integrating her Pakistani heritage into fashion, and womanhood.

Lauren on starting her own podcast, Unleash Your Inner Creative, dropping an EP, & Life in LA

October 01, 2020 16:48 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Lauren LoGrasso is a podcast host and producer, Singer/Songwriter, Public Speaker, Media/podcasting consultant and SAG-AFTRA Actress. Lauren received her BFA in Acting and BA in Communication from Michigan State University. She traveled to Los Angeles to complete her last three credits with an internship on The Ellen Show and decided to stay to pursue acting. Within weeks of her pursuit, she got her first acting role and joined SAG-AFTRA, but soon after, with the constant rejection and less ...

Exercise vs. Innercise & the Creation of Subtle Yoga with Kristine Weber

September 24, 2020 17:20 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

Kristine Weber is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga and an advocate for the use of these practices as an integral part of the solution to the healthcare crisis. She is leading the charge to get slow, mindful practices to people who desperately need them through her Subtle® Yoga Revolution series of online courses and trainings for yoga teachers, which have been praised by thousands all over the world. She has been training mental health professio...

Quite an extraordinary woman, Suzanne tells her story of fighting an eating disorder to becoming a Marathoner & Protocol Vice President!

September 16, 2020 16:30 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

Suzanne's story is far from ordinary. Suzanne Tatum lived in New York City for three years after college and enjoyed working in news operations at CBS News. While in New York, she also learned many tough life lessons Suzanne has-- Suzanne had suffered from an underlying eating disorder and addiction since high school, but these struggles were not fully apparent until her early twenties. After enduring health consequences as a result of her disorder and addiction, she moved to Georgia to reco...

How Melissa Ricci moved from the world of professional dance to starting her fitness empire!

September 14, 2020 13:47 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

Melissa Ricci moved from the world of professional dance into Fitness in 1995 becoming the certified personal trainer. She began sharing her passion for dance and fitness with the diverse clientele at some of New York City's leading health clubs. She then attended the prestigious Kane School of core integration, which is known for its intensive Pilates curriculum and concentration and core muscle anatomy. With her extensive training, she started face fitness with her husband in 2002 to bette...

Married at First Sight Amber Bowles joins us to talk Reality TV, Quarantine, & Teaching

September 03, 2020 16:17 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

You might know Amber Bowles from Married at First Sight and her dramatic relationship on the show. She is a middle school teacher living in North Carolina, and we talk reality TV, Charlotte and Womanhood.

A Hypnotist gives us tips for relieving Stress for when we're not PMS-ing

August 27, 2020 18:55 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Stephanie Dalfonzo is a coach helping women uncover and heal the stuff in their past, they do not even know that husband holding them back. She helps women fighting anxiety and stress and recently released her book, Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom, How to build resilience and overcome anxiety and we're excited to introduce you to her today.  Especially during COVID when life is constantly stressful, she gives us coping mechanisms that we can use for stress when it's not our PMS.

5 facts about the 19th Amendment you didn't know plus interviewing teacher Kellidawn about life in the classroom

August 20, 2020 18:28 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Did you know that Wyoming was gung-ho about women getting the right to vote?  What about New Jersey women being able to vote 100 years before the 19th amendment passed?  I talk all of it and more and rerun my interview with Kellidawn Gilliland, school teacher and mom of three boys.

Jane Addams and how we found our Progressive History

August 13, 2020 17:37 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

This is our third in the series celebrating the 19th Amendment, it's the 100th anniversary of Women's Right to Vote this week!  So we're talking about a little known figure, the QUEEN of the progressive era, Jane Addams, as well as throwing it back with our conversation to the Queens of our own time, the Bloody Bitches, Nayanka Paul and Zoe Vella who are fighting for Women's Rights in their own ways.

Yellow and Red Roses in the Suffragette Movement and an OBGYN joins us to talk shop

August 06, 2020 21:20 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

I only ever want yellow roses from now on.  During the push for the 19th amendment for women's right to vote, the yellow rose was the symbol of the suffragettes, whereas the red rose signified anti-votes for women.  It became a way to count the votes in a sort of exit poll.  We talk all this more on this episode of Weekly Woman.

Protests, Pickets, Pacifists, and Periods

July 30, 2020 17:19 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

It's the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and this August we're highlighting women from the past and present doing amazing things to help our civil liberties!  This week we're talking about Inez Milholland, the face of the Suffragette movement, a Joan of Arc character who led the first march on Washington in 1913.  We're pairing this suffragette with Charlotte Coyle, a protestor now who advocates for womens period rights, ending period poverty, and helping women in prison.

How you can get started on your Essential Oil Journey with Ryan Porter of Essentially Grounded

July 24, 2020 15:20 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

Have you ever wondered about the science behind different scents? Well, this is Ryan Porter, co-founder of Essentially Grounded and Aromatherapy Bar creating unique experiences with essential oils. As an aromatherapy expert, Porter guides guests on a sensory journey where they experience the benefits of essential oils that they have on the body, mind, and spirit. Her vision is to help others discover the benefits of aromatherapy and foster wellness and community through the practice of self-...

How this 2 Time Olympic Beach Volleyball Player qualified for the Olympics in 2 months!!!

July 16, 2020 20:34 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Lina Taylor is a two-time beach volleyball Olympian, real estate business owner, mentor to elite athletes, co-founder of a college football award, wife of a Super Bowl champion and mother of three. She has a full life of reinvention and that did not happen by accident. She grew up in Communist Bulgaria and at seventeen came to the US to further her education. Unsatisfied with her first job she followed her passion, learned to play beach volleyball all while working three jobs and she qualifi...

The "Chicken Enthusiast" from The Bachelor gives us Behind the Scenes Details

July 09, 2020 18:56 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Tiara Soleim was known as the chicken enthusiast on Ben Higgins season of The Bachelor and she is also a dental assistant living in Washington State.  On the podcast this week we talk all things Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise!  She gives us the dirt on behind the scenes of this popular series.

Bleed Shamelessly, a Non-Profit devoted to Ending Period Poverty in Wisconsin talks all things Periods

July 02, 2020 13:40 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

Bleed Shamelessly is a Wisconsin based campaign, working to provide accessible menstrual products and cohesive menstrual education. They are currently hosting a COVID-19 virtual campaign with James Madison Memorial High School to work towards gender inclusivity and menstrual equality.  To hear more go to Jubilance.com/blog

The Bachelor Alum Mel Taevin opens up on Music, Brooklyn, & Pursuing Love on The Bachelor

June 25, 2020 18:24 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Mel Taevin is an Indie rock musician, singer-songwriter based out of Brooklyn, New York and her musical roots go back to when she was a small child playing the piano, listening to Classic Rock on road trips and later skipping class to teach herself guitar in her dorm room and went to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston and her new single "Fall Hard" is now streaming on all services.  To hear her whole podcast visit Jubilance.com/blog

Title IX Gave Me A Shot

June 19, 2020 14:56 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Samantha Cash is a professional volleyball player who’s played in 15 different countries, currently signed to play with the team in Switzerland and in the past, she’s won three European volleyball championships, playing for Team Linz in Austria, Team Northumbria in England, and Team Alcobendas in Spain. She also led the Youth Olympic USA Women’s Volleyball Team to a silver medal as the captain, and recently won best middle playing for Team USA in Vietnam. She went to Pepperdine where she stu...

Emma Berley returns to talk Makeup and PMS

June 11, 2020 16:15 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Emma Berley, Brooklyn based makeup artist for film and tv joins us to give us some makeup tricks and talk about periods and PMS.  And she's created a video for us available on our YouTube page on how to do our makeup with a mask on!

Life in Washington DC and Lauren's Obsession with Pugs

June 04, 2020 19:53 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

Lauren Lantry is our Weekly Woman on the Podcast this week working to combat climate change as a senior communications strategist. She is super competitive, loves pugs, maybe a bit too much, and has a great fondness for very ugly animals.  To learn more about Lauren and the podcast visit Jubilance.com/blog

Tiktok & YouTube Star Mrs Space Cadet, Erin Azar gives us the lowdown on Marathons & Jubilance

May 29, 2020 16:11 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Erin Azar is a YouTube, Tiktok and Instagram star, joins us this week to discuss Mrs. Space Cadet,  training for a marathon, and why she calls herself an imperfect mess.  Learn more at Jubilance.com/blog

Life in DC from the State Department to USAID with Adeline Joshua

May 22, 2020 17:05 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Adeline Joshua was born and raised in Brooklyn before she moved to DC to attend Georgetown University.  While there, she started working at the State Department and was offered a position right after graduating!  She’s worked there non stop, with brief stints at the World Bank and is now at US Aid on the Pakistan Desk. She recently received her Masters in International Development Studies heading to Ghana for her thesis from George Washington University.  We’ll be talking to Addie about wor...

Bloody Bitch Founders Nayanka Paul & Zoe Vella on Ending Period Poverty & All Things Periods

May 14, 2020 18:20 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

All women bleed but some of them can't afford period products. I'm here with Nayanka Paul and Zoe Bella, the Bloody Bitches, about their blog and their lives, and fighting against period poverty. Bloody Bitches advocates for period poverty, sex education sustainability, and health. They have amazing workshops that you can be a part of. Nayanka is a senior at Temple University studying Account Management Advertising and started to venture has already Bloody Bitches and P & P Alignment, a bus...

Bloody Bitches Founders Nayanka Paul & Zoe Vella on Ending Period Poverty & All Things Periods

May 14, 2020 18:20 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

All women bleed but some of them can't afford period products. I'm here with Nayanka Paul and Zoe Vella, the Bloody Bitches, about their blog and their lives, and fighting against period poverty. Bloody Bitches advocates for period poverty, sex education sustainability, and health. They have amazing workshops that you can be a part of. Nayanka recently graduated from Temple University studying Account Management Advertising and started to venture has already Bloody Bitches. She also volunte...

An Ex Playboy Bunny talks about life modeling and living in NYC

May 08, 2020 19:01 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MB

Jacqueline Giraldo a Colombian model in New York City, and we're talking to her about her life, living in Brooklyn, quarantine by herself, and life as an Ex Playboy Bunny!  See more on the interview at www.jubilance.com/blog

Kellie Haddock talks life as a Singer/Songwriter, Touring the World, and Advocating Peace

April 30, 2020 15:53 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

On this episode of Weekly Woman, Kellie Haddock is a singer, songwriter, wife, and mom. A former widow, Kellie has lived through tragedy and found hope and joy on the other side. Her music draws from real-life stories of beauty, heartache, hope, and the celebration of life. Kellie has performed all over the world to audiences of over 10,000 and was part of a short film, The Thank-You Project, that told her story and was featured on Cosmopolitan, The Today Show, and The Huffington Post.   Ch...

Miss Connecticut & Miss America Runner Up, Bridget Oei on Working in STEM and her Passion for Dance

April 15, 2020 14:14 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Bridget Oei is a former Miss Connecticut who was the first runner up to be Miss America. And this amazing woman does it all. She's currently in medical school at UConn. And she used her platform Women in STEM to help get young people interested in the sciences.

Christine Jamieson talks life as Miss Canada, Mental Health, and her work in Marketing

April 15, 2020 14:02 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

Christine Jamieson, Miss Canada 2019 & Miss British Columbia 2019 and 2018 is the CEO and founder behind PUSH25 Creative Solutions, a full-service marketing company serving British Columbia and beyond.  She is a strong advocate for mental health and epilepsy, working to create programs, raise funds for research, make policy changes and educate the public.

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