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Karin Taylor
Whether you like to live vicariously through the problems of others or you’re into crowd sourcing solutions to your own problems, Free Advice is the podcast for you.
I’m your host Karin Taylor. As a a mother of 5, philanthropist, animal advocate, girls’ girl, former Playboy Playmate, International Fashion model, actress, and divorcee’ I have a unique perspective and experience with some of life’s common and not too common conundrums. Join us each week as we take on your challenges about life, love, and everyday situations- and present them to our very diverse and often opinionated guest panel to find out what they think you should do. Once our panel has all weighed in, we reach out to an ‘expert professional’ to give feedback on the advice and to provide their own opinion to help get you to a workable and healthy solution. I invite you to come along for the ride, because nothing in life comes for free…except FREE advice!
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Host Karin Taylor is joined with Lisy Devon, who has been married for 23 years with 2 kids in college, to talk about what the internet has been weighing in on— what to do if your husband insists on flying first class while putting you and your kids in economy?
We also weigh in on if you should go to bed angry or if you should work it out before bed.
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In this solo episode host, Karin Taylor talks about sex and dating.
Discussed in this episode:
- Why you shouldn’t do things that break your own heart
- When is the right time to have sex?
- When should you have a conversation about sex?
- Red Flag Conversations about sex
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Email your comments, suggestions or questions to FreeAdvice@KarinTaylor.com
In this episode I have a quick interview with my 12 1/2 year old daughter about her experiences as a 12 year old. This was a last minute interview and she was nervous but I think she did a great job. I was grateful that she doesn’t have a lot of anxiety surrounding school lock downs or shootings, and as grateful for that as I am I recognize that it comes with some level of privilege and frankly luck.
Discussed in this episode:
- School Safety and School Shootings - Parental Rules - What it’s like to be a part of a large family - What she thinks she will be like as a Mom - What age is the best age to get married - What she imagines her husband will be like - Where she imagines she will live and why she wants to live there - Favorite Family Vacation - Favorite Family Tradition - Her favorite thing that she’s done with me - Her favorite things to do - What she looks for in a friend
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In this bonus episode host Karin Taylor is joined by her friend of 25 years, Laura, to discuss dating and everything they have each learned through the last 2 years of Karin’s dating adventures. This freestyle conversation covers many topics including:
- A recap of Karin’s dating adventures
- What modern dating looks from the sidelines as a married person,
- What makes someone a unicorn in dating
- What its like to have a friend who is an eternal optimist when it comes to dating
- What occupations seem attractive to date,
- Laura’s prediction on Karin’s love life in 2023
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Rhonda’s Advice for how to feel connected on a date
- Know and admit what your fantasy and fears are
- Set an intention for the date
- Be curious about your date’s humanity and seek to know them/see them
- Go on at least 3 dates before crossing someone off the list
- Be yourself so that you know that when someone falls in love with you, you can believe it and accept it.
QUOTES AND TAKE-AWAYS
"Positive thinking is a skill. It’s not a mode of operation” Rhonda Britten
"I don't do things that break my own heart” Karin Taylor
"Are you willing to love yourself more than being admired or respected by someone else?” Rhonda Britten
"Loving yourself is not a bubble bath. Self love is putting a boundary up” Rhonda Britten
"Dating is a self-discovery process.” Rhonda Britten
Rhonda Britten is anEmmy Award-Winner, Repeat Oprah guest, and Master Lifestyle Coach who has changed lives in over 600 episodes of reality television including starring in the hit daytime reality show, “Starting Over,” Rhonda is also the author of 4 bestsellers and the founder of the Fearless Living Institute.
CONNECT WITH RHONDA BRITTEN
Instagram: @RhondaBritten
Facebook: @RhondaBritten
TikTok: @RhondaBritten
Twitter: @RhondaBritten
Rhonda’s YouTube
Fearless Living Website
CONNECT WITH KARIN TAYLOR
Instagram: @KarinTaylorOfficial
Email: FreeAdvice@KarinTaylor.com
In this solo bonus episode host, Karin Taylor, speaks candidly about the7 things she wishes she had known about dating after divorce.
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In this bonus episode Karin Taylor & Emily Pantelides from Pantelides PR discuss Unsolicited Advice.
Discussed in this episode:
- Is it ever okay to give Unsolicited Advice?
- Are any topics off-limits?
- Who gets a ‘free pass’ on unsolicited advice
- Can Mother-in-laws ever give unsolicited advice?
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For more than 10 years Emily Pantelides worked as a news anchor and reporter for a half dozen different TV stations across the nation covering everything from the Olympic games to breaking news. She started her career as an intern at WTVT and WFTS in Tampa, then attended the University of Florida where she worked at the local PBS affiliate WUFT. After graduating she worked as an anchor and reporter at TV stations in Augusta, Georgia, Roanoke, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida. She spent her last five years in news at WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, serving as the station’s main morning anchor.
During Emily’s tenure in news she won numerous awards for her reporting from the Associated Press and won a first place award for general reporting by The Society of Professional Journalists. Emily was also awarded a spot in Georgia Trends magazine’s “Who’s Who in Broadcasting” and received the Georgia Association of Broadcasters prestigious GABBY award.
Emily’s experience with media relations and crisis management led her to become the media expert and spokesperson for Next Era Energy, a Fortune 500 company. Emily served as a highly trained media spokesperson, including on crisis communications teams. In her role, Emily was responsible for press training, developing and launching innovative media campaigns through traditional and social media channels and company reputation management.
Discussed in this episode:
- What are the rules for companies when it comes to social media?
- How can you walk the line between professional and personal?
- What we can all learn from DollyParton?
- Emily’s top etiquette tips
- What should you do if you mess up on social media?
Connect with Emily Pantelides
Online: Pantelides PR
Instagram: Pantelides PR
Connect with Karin Taylor
Email: FreeAdvice@KarinTaylor.com
Instagram: KarinTaylorOfficial
In this bonus episode Karin addresses the tendency for newly engaged women to focus more on the ring and the wedding and less on the actual marriage. Karin’s tips include:
- Have a common Vision for the future
- Be on the same page with your values
- Have mutual respect for one another
- If you plan to have children discuss your parenting beliefs!
- Make sure you can have difficult discussions
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Christie Shumate is an award-winning licensed Esthetician and Certified Medical Electrologist, who has been in the beauty industry for more than 30 years. Her Jupiter, Florida based Spa, Transformations Esthetics & Wellness, boasts some of her personally developed cutting-edge techniques as well as an impressive roster of celebrity clients.
Christie’s work took a different turn when two of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer. Christie became deeply involved with their survival journey and realized the deodorant they were using contained a possible connection to a cancer- causing chemical: aluminum. Christie set out on a mission to find deodorants without aluminum but what she found on the market simply didn’t work. “Every single natural product that I used simply wasn’t effective, so I decided to take matters into my own hands,” Christie said. Using her esthetics background Christie created the world’s first plant based, aluminum free Underarm Deodorant Granules that actually work! Underarm Deodorant Granules debuted at a private label manufacturing show, where they were awarded one of the “Innovative Products of the Year”.
Since its creation, the product has become a game changer in the natural world. The single-use, sanitary application method is being hailed as a “genius move” by influencers and bloggers for the simple fact that with this method, you avoid putting bacteria from your underarm directly onto a stick or roll-on and then using it over and over, every day, re-exposing yourself to more bacteria. With this product, you wet your fingers under water, sprinkle a pea-sized amount of granules onto your wet fingers and massage it in to your underarm. “I wanted to create something that didn’t exist on the market, something that was innovative but most importantly safe,” Christie said in a recent interview. “We need to know exactly what we are putting in and around our bodies daily and the health consequences of using aluminum.”
Christie is now on a dedicated mission to educate men and women about the products they use and specifically enlighten women about breast implants, aluminum and all its effects. She has been featured on CBS News, The Palm Beach Post and many other local and national outlets. She is always open to discussions about health, wellness and of course deodorant. For more information, please go to: transformations-wellness.com
You can currently find Underarm Deodorant Granules for sale in Jupiter at Transformations Esthetics & Wellness and One on One Fitness. They are also located at the Salt Suite in Palm Beach Gardens and at deodorantgranules.com
Discussed in this episode:
- Why Christie thinks we need to be careful about using products with aluminum
- How Christie came to invent the first single use aluminum free deodorant
- What Breast Implant Illness is and some of the symptoms
- Christie’s experience with Explant surgery
- Why you should only get explant surgery from a surgeon who ONLY does explant surgery
- The risk of mold inside the implant valves in saline implants
- Why you should look to medical experts for medical advice and not Google.
Resources discussed in this episode:
Breast Implant Illness
DISCLAIMER: THE OPINIONS ON THIS PODCAST ARE SIMPLY THE OPINIONS OF THE GUEST AND HOST ARE NOT MEANT TO BE MEDICAL ADVICE. PLEASE CONSULT A LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
Andy Paige is a former Ford and Wilhelmenia Model and the inventor of the GirlyGoGarter®, GlitzyGoGarter®, and UnderWraps™, which hold 19 patents and are available in over 20 countries.
She is the author of the best selling book Style On A Shoestring, solidified her “Budget Bombshell” status and offered a celebrated guide to millions of women who watched hundreds of her makeovers on shows such as NBC’s Starting Over, TLC’s Ten Years Younger, STYLE Network’s How Do I Look, SOAPNET’s Soap Talk, A&E’s Cents of Style and countless local network style and makeover segments.
Andy loved dating and loves sharing the dating advice that led her to finding her husband.
Discussed in this episode:
- Andy’s formula when using a dating app
- Why you should always take the 2nd date
- Why you should always date 3 people at once
- Why Andy thinks dating is fun
- Andy’s 3 dating questions that tell you a lot about your date
- What Andy thinks should be on your ‘list’ for an ideal partner
- How Andy handled the topic of sex while dating
- Why it’s helpful to take sex off the table
- How pornography is effecting dating
- Why you have to be willing to walk away
- Why women need to stop with their 'dream list’
- Why Andy believes dating is absolutely a numbers game
- Why its good to not be too available in the beginning of dating
Connect with Andy Paige on Instagram @TheAndyPaige and at www.AndyPaige.com
Connect with Karin Taylor on Instagram @KarinTaylorOfficial
In this episode Karin speaks with 23 year old Richard who is single and dating on the apps. If you’re a woman in your early 20’s OR the parent of a college student and curious about what’s going on in the online dating scene with Gen Z’s you won’t want to miss this episode.
Discussed in this episode:
- Defining what you’re looking for
- Richard’s experience on the dating apps in college
- Traits that make Richard swipe right
- The Mom Bod
- Richard’s Red Flags in dating: Suggestions for what women should avoid in their dating profile photos
- Who should pay on a date
- How Richard feels about women who don’t offer to pay on a date
- How Richard handles bad dates
- How many dates Richard goes on per month
- Richard’s formula for dating
- The first kiss
- What are we? And other discussions on sex
- Hook ups when you still live at home with your parents
- Why Karin thinks its a red flag when young women talk men out of wearing condom
- Karin’s warning for those who want to have a child first and think about marriage second
- Richard’s advice for how women can improve their profile on the dating apps
- Richard’s review of the dating apps
If you have a question for Karin Taylor or a suggestion for a topic please email FreeAdvice@KarinTaylor.com
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Andy Paige is the inventor of the GirlyGoGarter®, GlitzyGoGarter®, and UnderWraps™, which hold 19 patents and are available in over 20 countries
She is the author of the best selling book Style On A Shoestring, solidified her “Budget Bombshell” status and offered a celebrated guide to millions of women who watched hundreds of her makeovers on shows such as NBC’s Starting Over, TLC’s Ten Years Younger, STYLE Network’s How Do I Look, SOAPNET’s Soap Talk, A&E’s Cents of Style and countless local network style and makeover segments.
Many first met Andy when she starred in the daytime reality series Starting Over—which followed the lives of 6 women who were experiencing difficulties in their life and wanted to overcome obstacles and make changes to their life with the help of life coaches….
Andy believes women are powerful, clever and infinitely resourceful and she’s here to share her story and advice for those looking to make major changes in their lives.
Discussed in this episode:
- The death of Andy’s twin sister to suicide
- How Andy was cast for Starting Over
- Andy’s biggest struggle and take away after being on Starting Over
- How Andy’s life changed after the show
- Life Coach Rhonda Britten and the friendship Andy has maintained with her
- How Starting Over launched Andy’s business
- Why your exterior appearance should change when you make internal changes
- How Andy came to write the best seller, Style on a Shoestring which inspired Andy’s Cents of Style
- Which original cast members have passed away
- The major accident that changed the course of Andy’s career mid success
- How Andy came to invent the GirlyGoGarter® and create multiple patents for her products.
- Why Andy believes there are no coincidences or random encounters in life
- How Covid affected Andy’s business and caused her to have another pivot
- Why Andy believes you need to get quiet before making major changes in life
- What Andy thinks is a struggle that is unique to women when trying to make over your life
- Why you should always bet on yourself
- Why picking the right partner is critical
- Second Marriages
- Being a Bonus Mom
- Andy’s Best Tip for discovering yourself
- Andy’s biggest piece of advice for women
Connect with Andy Paige Instagram: @TheAndyPaige
Online: www.AndyPaige.com
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On this episode of Free Advice, host Karin Taylor talks with Celebrity Astrologist, Intuitive and Author Jennifer Neville on how you an use Manifestation, Astrology and Tarot as tools to tap into your subconscious as well as to motivate and guide you in your life. Jennifer is also an intuitive coach and shares how her own personal journey has changed her coaching and we discuss her book, Through Rose Colored Glasses: A recollection of memories.
If you have ever been curious about Astrology, Tarot, Manifestation Techniques or Intuitive Coaching this is the episode for you.
HOW TO CONNECT WITH Jennifer Neville
Instagram: JenniferNeville
YouTube: LittleGirlLostTarot
Website/Coaching: LiveZenWithJen
Book: Through Rose Colored Glasses
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In this episode host Karin Taylor is joined by Janis Spindel from Janis & Carly Spindel Serious Matchmaking to talk about the business of Matchmaking and what it really takes to find love, happiness and a serious relationship.
Discussed in this episode:
- How Janis became a Matchmaker
- How the Matchmaking business has changed over the years
- Why eligible bachelors outsource their dating to a Matchmaker
- Why Janis won’t take a female matchmaking client on ever again
- The 4 B’s that every woman needs to have
- What makes a man an attractive prospective client for Janis
- Janis & Carly’s sixth sense and premonitions used in matching clients
- The premonition Janis had about the ideal match for Karin
- How big of a role sex plays in dating
- Why Members never see pics of their match prior to a date
- Why you should never give up on love
- Janis’ advice for women—its not the typical advice you’d expect from a Matchmaker!
- Janis’ favorite matchmaking stories
CONNECT WITH JANIS SPINDEL
Website: Janis and Carly Spindel Serious Matchmaking
Instagram: JanisandCarlySpindel
BOOKS BY Janis Spindel
How to date men: Dating Secrets from America's Top Matchmaker
Get Serious about getting married: 365 proven ways to find love in less than a year
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Single and tired of the dating apps? Shelby Frenette has solutions for meeting quality singles who share your passion for travel. Shelby has hosted over 500 cruises and organized hundreds of solo travel trips with thousands of singles from all around the world. She is a true travel influencer and a real life, 'Julie Cruise Director’ for single sailings.
Discussed in this episode:
- Advantages of going on a Single Sailing or Solo Sailing trip
- The ideal client for a Singles Sailing Trip
- 5 Tips for getting the most out of a Solo Singles Trip
- Tips for Single Women on Singles Sailing Trips
- Tips for Single Men regarding Solo Sailing Trips
- Upcoming Trips you can book with Shelby
- Shelby’s dating advice for singles
- Shelby’s suggestions for meeting people offline
Connect with Shelby Frenette Online
Website: TravelFun.Biz
Instagram: @SoloTravelExpert
Connect with Host, Karin Taylor
Instagram: @KarinTaylorOfficial
Gina Hendrix is known as the Celebrity and Billionaires' Matchmaker. Although Gina exclusively represents men in her Matchmaking business she has a lot of information and tips for both men and women. If you want to improve your dating game you won't want to miss this episode!
Discussed in this episode:
- Common Dating Myths
- Find out how to qualify men like a Matchmaker on the dating app
- Learn tips to use on Bumble and Hinge
- Find out who is more delusional in dating
- Plus, Gina shares the worst date she's ever been on!
Connect with Gina Hendrix on:
Facebook: Gina Hendrix Matchmaker or Badass and Brilliant Website: www.GinaHendrix.com
Instagram: @theGinaHendrix
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On Instagram: @KarinTaylorOfficial
Resources referenced in this episode:
Dating Theory Calculator
Female Delusion Calculator
Male Reality Calculator
Calculate Possibility of Your Soulmate
Have a question or topic you'd like to see covered on this podcast?
Email: FreeAdvice@KarinTaylor.com
This week Karin talks with Catherine Danieli, a Love and Relationship Coach, about what a high value man/woman are, how fairytales are hurting women in their romantic relationships, and what's the most important thing you need to learn in order to o find a fulfilling romantic relationship. Catherine Danieli is a Love and Relationship Coach, workshop facilitator, and energy healer. She has been working with women one-on-one for over 10 years to cultivate self love and self confidence, heal destructive relationship patterns and create extraordinary romantic relationships. Catherine has created a step-by-step map for how to choose a healthy romantic relationship that centers around a woman’s inner-worth and feminine power. She helps women rewrite their love stories so they can have the life and relationship they dream of. She’s been married for 5 years and with her husband for 8 and has trained with Terry Real of the Relational Life Institute, Ellyn Bader, founder of The Couples Institute and Pia Mellody. She is also the co-founder of the popular dating and relationship podcast: The New Truth. You can connect with Catherine on: Instagram: @lovecoachcatherine Website: www.CatherineDanieli.com Podcast: The New Truth