Kristen and Whitney's best friends, Coti and Ally stop by for some candid girl talk. We get personal as we dive into our favorite segments; YAY and NAYs, Fresh out of Fu***, Rollin with the Homies and Let that Shit go. We share some major secrets, so tune in to find out who has never used an uber, who's peed in a starbucks cup while driving, who has dated Steve Urkel, and who has a major phobia of the clavicle bone. Grab a cocktail and get ready for happy hour with your favorite BFFS.



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On this episode Kristen and Whitney sit down with Chekesha Van Putten a professional spokesmodel, actress and former Laker Girl, with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. She is also the founder of Castango an online job marketplace for performing talent. Castango takes out the middle man so now companies can search, hire and pay talent on-demand. On this episode we chat about building a brand when seeing a need, being a woman in the tech world, and why we all need to try Castango.
Some questions we chat with Chekesha about!

1. We want you to go way back and give us a little bit of your story. 
2. Where did the name and inspiration for Castango come from?
3. Can anyone apply? 
4. What is one thing you would tell your younger self? 
5. At this point in your career, what is one thing you are most proud of. 
6. What’s one piece of advice you would give someone who wants to be a model/ talent or /influencer? 
7. You saw a need and conquered it in the tech world. Talk to us about being a woman in the tech world? 
8. You have cut out the middleman for  models and actors..how does this help your clients... time, money etc
9. What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced so far starting a company 
10. I heard you on another podcast say something so brilliant and I want you to you to share more about it for all of our listeners who have a business or want to start one...you have to learn this quick...”fail fast and pivot”
11. The tech world is changing so fast... has your company had to pivot or change anything recently because of the ever-changing tech world.
12. Where do you see yourself, and Castango in the next 5 years?
13. Where can our listeners find you? Tell us all the details? 
14. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received from your best friend. 

On this episode we sit down with Ashley Rose Reeves of Ashleys' Fresh Fix to discuss finding body love as an adult. Ashley shares how her journey to find love for her body helped form an amazing online community of women looking to better themselves. She chats about sharing her journey online and how she got to the point of creating her better love program. This interview is raw + honest and might make you shed a few tears...we know we did.




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Some questions we chat with Ashley about!

1. Where does your go-get em attitude come from?
2. I have followed you and your journey and your story and I definitely connect with you on having low self esteem due to being super tall and different. Did you ever think your experiences then would help create this powerhouse of Ashley’s Fresh Fix, creating awareness of body image and acceptance. 
3. What we believe about ourselves dictates so much of our mental and emotional state. You’ve created Better Body Love program to help women stop spending so much time hating their body. Tell us about the inspiration behind this course.
4. Can you share a few nuggets on some actions we can take away to retain our brain on how we view our body?
5. People crave authenticity and your ooze it especially on IG. What’s your ultimate goal through all this openness and realness on IG?
6.  You are a busy mom of 4 and having all the business  you do, how do you decide what you spend your time on?
7. What is one thing you want your daughter to always know?
8. What is one thing you want our listeners to know about you? Or to take away from this podcast. 
9. On TGL, we do one yay (thing you are currently loving) and one nay (thing you don’t love), what’s your yay and nay?
10. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received from a best friend.

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On this episode Kristen and Whitney sit down with Karalynne Call of Just Ingredients to discuss the ingredients in our food and the food industry. We talk about deciphering food labels, how to decode ingredients, the top 5 ingredients to completely avoid, and organic vs non-organic.



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Here are some questions we ask Karalynne Call.

1. Introduce yourself to the TGL community?
2. Tell us how you got into investigating what is in our food?
3. Can you give specifics on things you changed immediately when you started to research food? 
4. Organic vs non organic and the importance of USDA what is the difference and importance and why should we be buying organic food even the processed stuff?
5. Reading labels: labels they frustrate me because they are so hard to trust and know what all these chemicals are... So how do you break down a label and what are some important things to look for and avoid?
6. Okay let’s dive into Glyphosate: it is in everything from grain to milk and people are just now starting to talk about it. For those who don’t know anything about glyphosate can you share all about?
7. As someone who is gluten intolerant you actually blew my mind when you started talking about a glyphosate intolerance. You personally had this happen to you can you share your story.
8. Sucralose aka artificial sweeteners good ole splenda, it seems like it’s in everything. But the FDA as down played its effects on us ruling it out of having a link to cancer. What are the popular products people are consuming that contain LOTS of sucralose and what are some healthier options for people to switch to? 
9. On a past episode of TGL we discussed infertility, throughout your research how do you think our food and beauty products are affecting our reproductive abilities?
10. I’m sure you get this question all the time… where do I start if I want to change my food patterns?
11.  You are a busy mom of 6 how do you prep for grocery shopping and were are some of your favorite places to shop?
12. If our listeners could take away one KEY takeaway from our conversation today what would that be?

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On this episode Kristen and Whitney sat down with Stevie Minner head of marketing for Apele undies, a company created by women for women. Founded by Natalie & Tomi these performance underwear AKA period panties are on the rise creating another choice for heavy and light flows. On this episode we chat about finding why should women try period panties, what makes Apele panties stand out from the rest, women’s health & the environment, breaking the stigma of periods.


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What you can expect to hear out of our conversation with Stevie!

1. Introduce yourself and your company. What role do you play in Apele?  
2. Apele was a company created by women for women. So why should women try period panties?
3. For those listeners are just hearing about Period Panties tell us how Apele panties work? And do you just wash them at then end of the day?
4. Let’s talk women’s health & the environment: we never really think about it but we read on average women can use 8,000-14,000 tampons in a lifetime. People are so much more aware aware of what they are putting in their body and are looking for a green, convenient option. What makes Apele stand out from the other options?
5. Breaking the stigma of periods has become kind of trendy lately. We’re seeing it in mainstream at the Oscars, and across social media and Apele fits right in this trend, how do you plan on using this publicity to create more awareness? 
6. Apele is focused on being able to help through the 7 stages of women hood?- First Periods etc. Tell us why your team is focusing on this?
7. What is one thing you wish you knew as a young girl as it relates to women’s health. 
8. We ask every guest what is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten from your best friend? 
9. What can we expect from Apele in 2019? 
10. Where can our listeners find you? 

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On this episode we sit down with Lauren Scruggs Kennedy, a lifestyle blogger, NY Times best-selling author, creator of The LSK Foundation, creator of 'Stranded' dry shampoo and the clean living program 'The Clean Sweep'. If that isn't enough she is a woman of faith and the wife to Jason Kennedy of E news. We chat about the accident that changed her life, the gift of pain, finding beauty outside of physical appearance, her LSK foundation, the process of starting a dry shampoo company and so so much more.



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Lauren's Blog

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Questions you can hear on Lauren's Episode:

• We have personally followed you and your journey for a long time. But for anyone living under a rock tell us about yourself.
• We don’t want to assume everyone knows your story, so will you share with the TGL listeners about the accident that changed your life.
• Your past experiences have allowed you to really being able to help so many women, and then creating the LSK foundation. Tell us how and why you started this foundation? 
• What are your goals with this?
• You live a pretty public life, and have so many amazing things going for you in your life, yet Jesus still seems to remain number one in your life, your social media presence, your blog, ect. How have you kept your faith above the it all?
• We have to ask because our TGL listeners (and us!) wanna know Tell us everything life with Jason - basics, the wedding, faith, marriage, pregnancy.
• Tell us about the process of creating Stranded your own dry hair shampoo?
• Tell us about CLEAN SWEEP program which launched this past January?
• What makes your clean sweep program stand out from other programs? 
• What can we expect to see from you in 2019?
• What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten from your best friend? 
• Where can we find you?