Valley Girl Alchemy Rayna & Sophie

From somewhere over the rainbow to a hut with chicken feet. Listen as the Valley Girls feature two witches with some REAL. LIFE. POWER! Energy is everything right? Even if the energy comes from our favorite fictional characters in books and movies we can call on this energy when we need to the most. What can we learn from these not-so-#basicwitches? 
Resources: Women Who Run With Wolves - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241823.Women_Who_Run_With_the_Wolves
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The Valley Girls have a serious catch up on the recent Boulder Shooting and the COVID vaccine distribution, and then go into the many ways that self-love and self-hate can either make or break us in this life. Sophie talks about the origins of her self-judgment and body dysmorphia and then gives a shout out to the social media influencers that have actually helped (rather than hurt) her relationship with her body. Rayna shares her holistic view of self-love and offers ways to take care of our mental health and overall well being through gratitude and the importance of learning how to receive love from others.

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Where to find us: https://instagram.com/valleygirlalchemy?igshid=ohyaszaxep2u

Everyone deals with tummy troubles every once in a while, but for some of us it becomes a chronic condition. Listen as the Valley Girls discuss their own gut journeys with each other and offer listeners of the pod some hard earned wisdom from it all. From western and alternative medicine, IBS, food sensitivities, to leaky gut, we discuss it all here. Both on the road to recovery, the Valley Girls spill their guts in hopes that their experiences will help others avoid missteps they've taken along their pathway to health. If you experience gut issues and don't know what to do or where to start in healing, you may as well start here. But remember - We are not MEDICAL professionals but rather professional VALLEY GIRLS who deal with gut problems!
Resources: 
1. SIBO Made Simple Recipe Book: https://www.sibomadesimple.com
2. IBS/SIBO Quiz: https://sibotest.com/quizzes/1

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https://filmmusic.io/song/6254-neo-business     
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Where to find us: https://instagram.com/valleygirlalchemy?igshid=ohyaszaxep2u

The past year has been lit with conspiracy theories: QAnon, the Plandemic, and the crazy idea that masks were a way to control the public and turn us all into #sheep. Not to mention the insane MAGA cult that we've been dealing with for the past few years...
How did this EVEN happen babes!? With as many Americans believing the famous conspiracy theories of 2020, what lies ahead for our society? How do we integrate after Biden's inauguration basically put an end to the whole QAnon theory? #Awkwarddd 
Listen as the Valley Girls discuss QAnon, cults, and what makes us ripe for a good conspiracy or cult situation to take hold in our lives. It just so happens that your favorite Valley Girls have been a part of cult-adjacent groups and and survived to tell the tales. Rayna in a charismatic/boundaryless Christian church and Sophie in what turned out to be a perverse Burning Man community. 
We close with discussing the markers of healthy vs. unhealthy community, what do when we find ourselves in a culty situation, and how we manage relationships with love ones who have fallen victims to cults and conspiracies. 
Resources Discussed in the Episode: 

The Rabbit Hole Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rabbit-hole/id1507423923
Conspirituality Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conspirituality/id1515827446
Evolution Counseling www.evolutioncounseling.com


Sponsor: Critical Thinking (Presented by Sophie) 
Music Attributions:  
https://filmmusic.io/song/6254-neo-business    
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What the actual efffff happened at the capitol y'all!? We saw this coming, right?! Listen as these two valley girls open up season 2 by first catching up with each other and then discussing all the ways that social media created the perfect circumstances that led to the giant clusterfuck in Washington on January 6th 2021. Sophie then goes off on everything to hate about social media while Rayna raves about what's to love. The big question is how do we avoid more disasters like this one and even try to make the best of what's actually an online Wild, Wild West situation? How do we make social media work for us so we remain balanced, connected, and having fun amidst this crazy, crazy online world? 
Resources:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rabbit-hole/id1507423923
Sponsor: Trump losing the 2020 election. 
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https://filmmusic.io/song/6254-neo-business    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

America is going through a very bad break up with her boyfriend right now and we totally feel her pain! Listen as Rayna walks us through the different phases of separating from an abusive partner. The insults, the lies, the gaslighting, and the blaming are all forms of abuse that Donald J. Trump has been unleashing on the American people over the past 4 years. As we saw in the election, most of our country has seen Trump for what he is but almost half of us are still under his evil spell. Half of our American consciousness is still attached to the energy that Trump brings to the table without understanding the damage that's currently being done to them and to our relationships with our fellow countrymen. And why is this? 

We believe that personal insights gained from living through and overcoming an abusive relationship could help us as Americans to eventually see the light in ourselves and move towards a place of healing within our country. Listen as we dive into this very personal topic with the Valley Girl Alchemy girls to see what we can do to start healing as a nation. 



Music Attributions:


https://filmmusic.io/song/6254-neo-business   
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Sponsor: Chocolate