We Gotta Talk Sonni Abatta

Feel like talk therapy just isn't cutting the mustard anymore? Enter hypnotherapy.



Today I'm talking with is with certified hypnotherapist and teacher, Keylee Miracle, who wants you to know that healing trauma has to be tailored to you. Your experiences, your beliefs, your life. And when talking about your feelings isn't enough, sometimes hypnotherapy is.



In this episode we talk:

+ The difference between talk therapy and hypnotherapy

+ Busting myths about being hypnotized

+ Your childhood "core wound" and how it's informing your behavior and thoughts, even now

+ The benefits of being an outsider

+ What working with a hypnotherapist looks like

+ Intergenerational trauma, and carrying the wounds of our ancestors

+ Neurodivergence and being diagnosed as an adult



Follow Keylee on Instagram here, and check out her services here.

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Welcome to episode 2 of the Healthy Skin Series, a miniseries here on WGT! If you love skin cycling, this one's for you.

In this episode I talk about being part of Dr. Whitney Bowe's secret product trial where I got to sample her NEW product, one that she says was the most-requested after she started her new line, Dr. Whitney Bowe Beauty.



In this episode we talk:

+ How to skin cycle like a pro

+ What your skin does when you're on a good cycling program

+ Dr. Bowe's new Retinal Nightly product, and how it fits into the skin cycling routine

+ Retinal vs. retinol

+ Why I stopped using retinol for about a year

+ The gentle skin cycling method, and why it worked for me

+ The products I use to gentle skin cycle



If you love Dr. Bowe, you need to check out our other conversations too!

Episode 191: Good, Glowing Skin Starts in Your Gut, with Dr. Whitney Bowe


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I've done it, maybe you've done it too... Posting my kids online. Feels harmless, right? Like, everyone wants to see cute babies, and funny toddlers, and maybe even show off their talented older kids .

But how much is TOO much when it comes to posting our kids online, and where do you draw the boundary? Sarah Adams is the founder of Mom Uncharted, where she dives into that very question.

Each family has to decide their own rules, but it's something you should think about sooner rather than later if you're sharing any part of your child's story online.



In this episode we talk:

+ The outrageous things that parents have shared online about their kids

+ The idea that "kids aren't content"

+ Giving our children the right to tell their own stories online

+ How to speak to your child about what you want to share online

+ Questions parents should consider before hitting "Post"

+ The exploitation of young girls on social media

...and so, SO much more.



Find Sarah on Instagram here, follow me on IG here.

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***Use code WEGOTTATALK on the Furtuna Skin website for a 20% discount!***

Welcome to The Healthy Skin Series, a miniseries on We Gotta Talk where I'm interviewing various experts and founders on how to achieve healthy skin.

On the first episode, I'm talking with the founder of one of the lines that's always on my top shelf (and in my nightstand!), Furtuna Skin.

Kim Walls has studied biochemistry, skincare and nutrition for two decades, and along with Furtuna Skin co-founder Agatha Luczo, has launched a line that comes from the heart and the hills of Sicily, Italy.

Combined scientific knowledge with the wisdom of plants, Furtuna Skin has some incredible products that I always have on hand. I'm a fan of their gentle micellar water (perfect for a gentle AM cleanse when I don't want to *wash* wash my face), their bi-phase oil (which I literally leave in my nightstand and use as a last, replenishing step), and most recently have become obsessed with their azure-colored beauty, the Olive Replenishing Balm.



Join us as we talk:

+ The pro-aging mentality, versus anti-aging

+ The wildly potent plants from the organic Furtuna farm in Sicily that feed their formulas

+ What it's like visiting the Furtuna farm

+ What makes olive oil a uniquely powerful skincare and nutrition ingredient

+ Why we're being gentler on our skin--avoiding harsh "anti-aging" ingredients and instead leaning into gentle ones

+ Protecting and re-building the skin barrier

...and more!



Follow Kim on Instagram here, and check out all of Furtuna's amazing offerings here. Start with the products above; you won't be sorry!


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Today I'm joined by the host of Cooking with Nonna, as well as author, podcast personality and Food Network star Rossella Rago, to talk all things Italian American. Join us as we talk favorite recipes, growing up Italian, carrying on family traditions and more.

First of all, we LAUGH. This woman is hysterical. We also talk:

+ What it was like being raised as a first-generation American in Brooklyn, all the ways she did and didn't fit in

+ Her best memories spending summers in Puglia

+ Why Italy is so easy to love

+ Northern vs. Southern Italians

+ The places she recommends for first-time (and followup!) visitors to Italy

+ Her favorite pasta recipes and hacks

...and more!

Check out Rossella on Instagram here!


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Join me as I ponder (for a whole half hour) the everlasting question of modern parenthood: When is too much, too much... when it comes to our kids' activities? Am I the only one who's having a hard time keeping up? Are we doing too much? But if we dial back, then is it too little and they're missing out? Is it wrong to want your kids to just have a happy, average life? How do we help our kids reach that sweet spot of having something they love, and also letting them be kids? And why did no generation of parents before us ever really seem to wrestle with these questions??

Come for the ceaseless pondering, stay for the stories about me picking daisies in right field as a kid!


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