Alter Your Life

Alissa Alter
Alter Your Life

Are you ready to alter your life? Then you're in the right place! Join host Alissa Alter (She/Her) aka “The Amy Poehler of Vaginas” as she explores the intersection of physical fitness and emotional fitness. In other words, our minds and bodies are SUPER connected and we can leverage what we know about building physical strength and agility to do the same with our feelings. Alissa DOES NOT believe in TMI and this is a 100% judgment free zone. Alissa DOES believe that if we spend as much time, energy, and discipline on our insides as we do our outsides, we will be unstoppable.

  1. Sex Work, Findom, Comedy OH MY! With Sex Worker & FinDomme Lane Kwederis

    01/09/2023

    Sex Work, Findom, Comedy OH MY! With Sex Worker & FinDomme Lane Kwederis

    Let's dive into the niche world of Findom with FinDomme Lane Kwederis. In our culture sex workers are subject to stigma, shame, and judgment and you know this is a 100% judgment free zone. Lane and I met as teammates on a musical improv team where we made up musicals together for years before I knew what she did outside of the theater.  Lane Kwederis is a comedian, sex worker, and the creator of the show Sex Job: A show that gives you an inside look into the life of a financial dominatrix. Lane can also be seen on shows like Broad City, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Master of None, and Netflix’s The Characters. Follow her at @LaneKwederis and @SexJobShow In this episode… Sex work is a robust part of our culture, let’s learn about it before we judge After years of friendship, how Lane opened up about her work as a FinDom to her friends How she got into sex work and how not all sex work includes sexual intercourse What is FinDom and what is a FineDomme? How Lane’s experience as a performer, comedian, and dominatrix informs her self worth, sexuality, and confidence Her new show! A comedy show about life as a sex worker Follow, subscribe, rate, review, and SHARE this episode!   If you prefer watching episodes, you can now do that on YouTube!   And don’t forget to check out my SubStack where we talk about all the things we’re not supposed to talk about.    Learn more at www.alissaalter.com   Follow along on IG @alissaalter   As always I’ve got your back, I’ve got your front, and I’ve got your undercarriage.

    1h 4m
  2. Silence, Fatphobia, & Suffering Out Loud: Thoughts From The First Trimester

    12/26/2022

    Silence, Fatphobia, & Suffering Out Loud: Thoughts From The First Trimester

    This season is focusing on the things we don’t like to talk about. The true taboo topics. In this episode I cry and you can also expect to hear…   Exciting news about my NEW one woman show We Party #thisismotherhood. Show info and tickets available here The courage it takes to walk back into the fire of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum NOT forgetting childbirth. Your body remembers everything Why suffering out loud is my way of showing up for myself in this pregnancy and this season of my life Body image and fatphobia beliefs we are all conditioned to carry, how it’s showing up for me now, and how I’m spending time with this conditioning in order to let it go  The definition of silence and how it reminds me of Hanukkah Law of the Body a poem by Lizzie Harris and published in The New York on 12/5/22 Have a question about altering your life, your pelvic floor, how to harness the physical & energetic powerhouse between your legs, marriage, divorce, motherhood, anything else? DM me @alissaalter and submit your Q for my A!   If you’re picking up what I’m laying down…   Follow, subscribe, rate, review, and SHARE this episode!   If you prefer watching episodes, you can now do that on YouTube!   And don’t forget to check out my SubStack where we talk about all the things we’re not supposed to talk about.    Learn more at www.alissaalter.com   Follow along on IG @alissaalter   As always I’ve got your back, I’ve got your front, and I’ve got your undercarriage.

    47 min
  3. Emotional Regulation and Addiction: How We Struggle In The Human Experience with Erin Khar

    12/12/2022

    Emotional Regulation and Addiction: How We Struggle In The Human Experience with Erin Khar

    Follow, subscribe, rate, review, and SHARE this episode!   If you prefer watching episodes, you can now do that on YouTube!   And don’t forget to check out my SubStack where we talk about all the things we’re not supposed to talk about.    Learn more at www.alissaalter.com   Follow along on IG @alissaalter   As always I’ve got your back, I’ve got your front, and I’ve got your undercarriage. If you haven’t read Erin’s memoir Strung Out, it’s not too late! Erin paints the human picture of addiction and how our assumptions and judgment of addicts are influenced by you guess it, the patriarchy, and not humanity.  In this episode… We are all learning from our mistakes, always. As children and as adults Addiction is tied to emotional regulation. The best thing we can do to help future generations avoid addiction is self-efficacy Addicts are human beings struggling with the human experience Boundaries vs tough love. We all need boundaries with everyone, but that doesn’t mean excommunication… Erin Khar is an author and advocate known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, parenting, and relationships. Erin knows first-hand the challenges of addiction recovery. At just 13, she began a 15-year struggle with heroin addiction. With 19 years of recovery, she has established herself as a respected voice in the national conversation about the overdose epidemic. Erin's debut memoir, Strung Out , appeared on most anticipated lists from Apple Books, Goodreads, SELF, The Rumpus, Bitch Media, and others. Of the book, The New York Times writes, "Khar’s buoyant writing doesn’t get mired in her dark subject matter. There is an honesty here that can only come from, to put it in the language of 12-step programs, a 'searching and fearless moral inventory.' This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.” She writes the popular weekly advice column on Substack, Ask Erin, and her personal essays have appeared in SELF, Marie Claire, Salon, The Times of London Sunday Magazine, HuffPost, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and others. She lives in New York City. Learn more at www.erinkhar.com and on IG @ErinKhar

    42 min
5
out of 5
31 Ratings

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Are you ready to alter your life? Then you're in the right place! Join host Alissa Alter (She/Her) aka “The Amy Poehler of Vaginas” as she explores the intersection of physical fitness and emotional fitness. In other words, our minds and bodies are SUPER connected and we can leverage what we know about building physical strength and agility to do the same with our feelings. Alissa DOES NOT believe in TMI and this is a 100% judgment free zone. Alissa DOES believe that if we spend as much time, energy, and discipline on our insides as we do our outsides, we will be unstoppable.

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