The Authentic Collective: Recent Episodes

The Authentic Collective

We are two best friends on our own authentic journeys. We have a passion for mental health, the authentic self, and being honest about the journey towards our vulnerable truths. We hope to cover topics, start conversation, and bring the collective together. We hope to harness balance and grace in your lives as well as ours! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the_authentic_collective/support

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Join us this week as we chat about finding fulfillment in all areas of your life. This week we’re talking about…

  1. Our “pie chart” of health and how you can self-diagnose where you’re lacking
  2. How to accidentally find things you love
  3. Making your life a big deal
  4. Exploring & trying new things in order to find your passions

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Join us this week as we chat about insecurities and overcoming them. This week we’re talking about…

  1. How your physical appearance can affect your mental health
  2. Why it’s so difficult to ask for any kind of help
  3. How your insecurities are formed from your childhood experiences
  4. Practical ways to build your self confidence

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Join us this week as we chat about forgiving yourself and others. This week we’re talking about…

  1. Learning what it means to forgive yourself
  2. The art of apologizing effectively and with intention
  3. Knowing when enough is enough and how to set appropriate boundaries
  4. How trauma affects our ability to forgive ourselves

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Join us this week as we chat about finding your authentic voice in the workplace. This week we’re talking about…

  1. How to find balance between your work life, mental health, and passions
  2. What our work history has looked like, and the different experiences we’ve had with work culture
  3. How Ariana hypes herself up to be the best employee ever
  4. Setting boundaries and letting your voice be heard

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Join us this week as we chat about boundaries & culture. You’ll hear about…

  1. What exactly makes someone “first-gen” or “second-gen”
  2. How to integrate the parts of your culture that resonate with you the most
  3. How to set boundaries between your family’s expectations and your own life
  4. The importance of traveling and finding roots in your community

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This week we’re talking about personal identities. You’ll hear about…

  1. How to find your identity, self-expression, and figure out what you want
  2. Anna’s “life-mapping” trick to get your shit in order
  3. The key to fully loving yourself and receiving love from others
  4. How to find out what makes you happiest and chase after it

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How to live & let go…This week we’re talking about surrendering. You’ll hear about…

  1. How to let yourself feel & get out of your own way
  2. The losses we’ve experienced that have taught us to live in the prevent
  3. Ariana’s Lizzie McGuire movie moment on the back of a motorcycle in Istanbul
  4. Why validating yourself & your feelings is the key to moving forward in life

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We’re getting some friendship anklets this episode. This week we’re talking about friendships. You’ll hear about… 1. Our friendship - the good, the bad, the ugly 2. How we have set our friendship values over the years 3. How Ariana found a letter with everything wrong about her, and what she didn’t do about it 4. When to let friendships flow in and out of your life

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We’re building some fences this episode. This week we’re talking about boundaries. You’ll hear about… 1. What is a boundary 2. How we’ve hilariously failed and succeeded at implementing them 3. Our multi-step process for boundary setting 4. How learning to set good boundaries can make you empowered, confident, and happier with life

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We’re getting spiritual and vulnerable in this episode. This week we’re talking about manifestation. You’ll hear about… 1. How gratitude can change your whole life 2. How manifestation is not some spiritual “woo woo” stuff 3. How to align your intention, actions, and to let go 4. The ingredients for your manifestation cake

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We’re having fun in this episode… This week we’re talking about rest and play. You’ll hear about… 1. How Anna used to believe rest meant staring at a wall with no thoughts 2. Why “play” is so hard to actually do, and our most favorite ways to get in touch with our free-flowing creativity 3. How to start getting what you really want 4. How the both of us might have been hippies in another life…

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On this week’s episode we discuss empowerment. You’ll hear about… 1. What empowerment means to us, 2. How we have empowered ourselves 3. The role that empowerment has played in our lives 4. How you can start your journey to empowerment and feel fully yourself Thanks for joining and listening in! You can find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_authentic_collective?utm_medium=copy_link Send us your questions and topic ideas directly to us: https://anchor.fm/the_authentic_collective/message


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In this episode, we’re sharing our stories. You’ll hear about…

  1. How our childhoods contributed to both of us taking life way too seriously.

  2. Ariana’s cult experience, and the scary things that go on inside deep religious organizations.

  3. Anna’s spiritual breakdown and the moment that put everything in perspective.

  4. How you can turn everything around and finally “go with the flow”.


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In our very first episode we welcome you to the podcast and introduce ourselves! Join us on our journey to learn more about ourselves and go deeper into our authentic selves! We are so excited to be sharing this journey and new chapter of podcasting with you. We hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for more!


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Hi! We are so excited to see you here. Our intention for this podcast is to bring each one of us closer to our authentic selves through raw and vulnerable conversations. Join us each week as we discuss new topics that break our old way of thinking and push us forward to be the best version of ourselves!


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