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February 13, 2023

Episode 15: Body Image, Bigger Pants, & Breaking the cycle

Welcome to Season 2 of The Bets Life Podcast! I’m so excited to be back for this next season! I can’t wait for you to listen to all of the incredible guest interviews and solo topics to come.

To kick off this new season, I wanted to discuss a complicated and important topic: body image. This episode was inspired by the holiday season and my recent travels. I spent the holidays and my long vacation indulging and enjoying every second. I don’t have any regrets, but when I purchased new pants while on our trip, I had some shame creep up about the size that I was buying. This experience made me think about one of my favorite movie scenes from Eat, Pray, Love – I explain more in the episode.

This vacation moment led me to lots of reflection on body image and our ever-changing relationship with our own bodies and self love. While there is a lot of noise about (very) unrealistic or impossible body/beauty standards, most of the time we are our own harshest critic. At the end of this episode, I challenge you to switch the script and focus on ways to love your body.

As always, if you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave a star rating and review. Thanks!

References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObjXY24Ei4

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Turns out, you’re not supposed to pet the horses Turns out, you’re not supposed to pet the horses. Whoopsies. 😆

Polo season has arrived and I am here for it. From now until October 12th, you can spend your Sundays in style watching exciting matches at @santabarbarapoloclub! 🐎 

Don’t forget to wear a hat and flats or wedges for halftime Champagne divot stomping! 🥂 

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Are you also a fan of these things? 🤔 Let me Are you also a fan of these things? 🤔 

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If only my hair looked like this every day 🙏 If only my hair looked like this every day 🙏 

Throwing it back to my shoot with @boudoir_with_jess. I already want to do another one lol. If you’re interested, mention my name to save when booking with Jess! 📸 

Have you ever done a boudoir shoot? Are you thinking about booking one? 🤔 

Spray tan: @beautifulyoumontecito 
Hair & makeup: @805makeup 
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And I’m probably wearing a big dumb sun hat and And I’m probably wearing a big dumb sun hat and speaking to the rooster in high-pitched English (on a French island). 🐓 

Oh well lol. 🤷‍♀️ What touristy traits do you embrace when you’re traveling? 😜
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Heading into the weekend like… 😎 Should be a Heading into the weekend like… 😎

Should be a beautiful weekend in SB! ☀️ 

Any fun plans? Patrick planned a fun date night for us tonight, and I can’t wait! 🍸

Outfit: @dylanstarboutique 
Photos: @marracreative 
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Gotta love a DIY project! I had some matchbooks sa Gotta love a DIY project! I had some matchbooks saved, and then we were also gifted some vintage ones! For a first-time project, I think they turned out pretty well! 👏🏻 

Collect your matchbooks and get all the craft materials here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/thebetslife/list/2F6IQ1Q2X7X35?ref_=aipsflist 🛒 

- Mod Podge your matchbooks and matchsticks. You can use a small paint brush or a sponge brush. I found that I had some discoloration on the white/lighter boxes, so maybe do a couple of coats on those to be safe? Or maybe go for darker colors? I did one coat of Mod Podge on everything. I let everything dry out for a day (although, I don’t think you would have to wait this long).

-  Follow the instructions on the box of the epoxy resin. Wear gloves and mix equal parts, stirring together for a few minutes. I mixed in plastic red cups that I later disposed of. Fill the coaster mold cups halfway with the mixture. 

- I waited 1 hour until the mixture was a bit tacky and then I added the matchbooks. The matchsticks/books may move around a bit, and you can always use tweezers to reposition.

- I waited 5 hours and then filled the rest of the molds up to the top with more epoxy resin. Leave molds for 24 hours and then remove. The coasters should pop out easily! 

What do you think of these? Let me know how your coasters turn out too! Share this video with your DIY/crafty friends. 🥰
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