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Alter Your Life
by Alissa Alter
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.
Episodes
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Horizontal Abs: A Workout You Can Do Lying Down! Really!
I had a client once who told me the reason she was drawn to Pilates was because it was a workout you can do lying down. And I'll be honest (I always am) she's not only person who feels that way! So in today's MINI EPISODE I'm sharing a guided workout/movement practice that you can do lying down!...
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Boundaries, Eyelashes, & Pubic Hair Have This In Common: Being Picky Is Good
Ready to Alter Your Life? Then you're in the right place! Learn more about your host Alissa Alter and how she integrates her experiences as a professional Broadway performer, certified Pilates instructor, and coach to harness the physical and energetic powerhouse hidden between your legs aka your...
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Neuroplasticity & Creating New Physical and Emotional Patterns
In this mini episode… Addressing the physical compensations of pregnancy and what my body clearly remembers from last time Reminding my body and myself that THIS pregnancy is THIS pregnancy and NOT my previous pregnancy Acknowledging my emotional growth during stressful times Moving past patterns...
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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...
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Bringing More Of ME to 2023
Instead of focusing on making resolutions I'm focusing on bringing more of ME with me into 2023. In this mini episode… How starting dance classes again in 2022 reminded me more of who I am Exciting news about my NEW one woman show We Party #thisismotherhood. Show info and tickets available here…
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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…
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Your Q My A! Giving Birth Again After A Fourth Degree Tear
You asked and I'm answering! In this episode… Approaching pregnancy for the second time Considering childbirth after a traumatic fourth degree tear What I am available for and NOT available for Owning MY right decision which does not have to be yours. And vice versa :) Have a question about...
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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…
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Stressed? Overwhelmed? Overstimulated? YOUR Self-Care Menu Will Save You From Burning Out
I created a sample Self-Care Menu for you AND a Self- Care Menu template you can customize to save yourself from stress, burnout, overwhelm, and overstimulation this holiday season and every freaking day. This menu was born out of necessity because I find the overstimulation of motherhood…
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The Physical & Energetic Powerhouse Hidden Between Your Legs
Kegels are the standard answer when more often than not we need to release tension, articulate muscles, and find movement. We need to find release and feel safe relaxing into our bodies. Into ourselves. We need this physically, mentally, and emotionally. I want you to use your breath in your…
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Where Is Your Vagina Pointing?
Srsly, do you know the answer? As a Pilates instructor for almost 20 years and a dancer for over 35, I know a thing or two about alignment. Knowing where your vagina is pointing is a one stop shop for all of your musculoskeletal alignment needs. It also happens to be the holy grail of your...
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Your Pelvic Floor Through The Ages: Adolscence, Matrescence, and Menopause
We are kicking off season TWO with a four part deep dive all about YOUR pelvic floor: Why you have one, what you can expect at each stage of womanhood, how it works, and what this untapped physical and energetic powerhouse between your legs has to offer. This episode is part two and explores the...
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Introducing YOUR Pelvic Floor
We are kicking off season TWO with a four part deep dive all about YOUR pelvic floor: Why you have one, what you can expect at each stage of womanhood, how it works, and what this untapped physical and energetic powerhouse between your legs has to offer. Spoiler alert: She can teach you a LOT…
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Season 1 Wrap Up + BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
Big, huge, HUGE! (cue Julia Roberts walking out of that store on Rodeo Drive with SO MANY BAGS!) I'm not going to spoil the surprise here, you'll have to listen to the episode for that, but I will share some of the other things discussed in the episode… Highlights from conversations through…
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Turning Down The Volume of Self Criticism & Love Your Body When You Don't Like How It Looks with Meagan Fitzgerald
Have you signed up for the FREE 5-Day pelvic floor challenge yet? AH! Before reading further, sign up here! You're only 5 days away from stronger muscles, better sex, & confident sneezes! As women, we are conditioned to exist for others. To please, to serve, to submit, and I call BS! No more!…
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Stopping The War With Our Private Parts: Finding Safety Again After Painful Sex with OhNut Founder Emily Sauer
Ever wonder what a penis would look like wearing a pink donut? Me too. Wonder no more because the OhNut is here! And no, it's not just for decoration! It's function is even hotter. The OhNut is a wearable silicone sleeve that works like a bumper to control and limit depth of penetration. It's…
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Breathe For Your Health: Finding Balance & Hope with Patricia Ladis PT, CBBA
Sometimes the solution is as easy as breathing. But that doesn't mean one deep breath will change your life. It means you can change your life by starting with one breath. If you're picking up what I'm laying down… Follow, subscribe, rate, review, and SHARE this episode! If you prefer watching...
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You Always Have The Potential To Create: Connecting To The Lunar Cycles + Cosmos with Transformational Astrologer Corina Crysler
Meeting, talking to, and collaborating with Corina Crysler is a practice in knowing and trusting that there is so much going on beyond what our eyes can see. I first connected with Corina in Blair Bandenhop's course Your Wellness Brand and knew immediately we were going to be friends. She's fun,...
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From Disordered To Empowered Eating & How To Give A Great BJ with Hiwa Alaghebandian
Something Hiwa and I have in common is that we are multi multi multi hyphenates. So it's no surprise that this episode had a WIDE range of storytelling, wisdom, and insight. In this episode… Leaving behind perfectionism and a legal career for a life of creative flexibility Healing disordered…
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Incontinence Is Common, Not Normal. Here's What You Need To Know with Urogynecologist Dr. Allison Polland
Despite what Billy Madison said, peeing your pants isn't cool. And it certainly doesn't make you Miles Davis. Now, unclench your butt because we are going there! In this episode we cover… What incontinence is and what you can do it about it! You have more options than you think when it comes to...
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Build For Tomorrow with Jason Feifer
Do you ever wonder what my name and Jason's book have in common? Change. Change is not only important, it's inevitable. Our brains need change in order to create memories and organize information and teach us how to navigate and handle life! Because…change is inevitable! In this episode we also...
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Sex, Cults, and Puppeteering with Kayla Prestel Owner of Feel Good Pilates NYC
THIS EPISODE HAS EVERYTHING! Cults (in this case an evangelical church) and the impact of an us vs. them mentality. How Ariel's song Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid is the feminist manifesto we need. Sex & Masturbation as avenues to reclaim power an autonomy of our physical and…
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Creating A Hospitable Environment For Pleasure with Sex Coach Danielle Savory
Pleasure doesn't just show up. You need to invite her to the party. And if your party sucks, she's gonna be a hard no. See what I did there? Let's figure out what we need to let go of or leave behind in order to create a hospital environment for pleasure. Let's plan a panty dropping party she…
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Listen and Live With Your Whole Body with Broadway's Rachael Ferrera
Shhhh, don't say anything, take a deep breath and notice what you hear. With your ears you hear my delicious, comforting, safe, hilarious voice, but what do you hear with your body? In this episode: Listening with our body is the KEY I mean it, the KEY to living your best life. Like literally…
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Even In Our Modern World, Health Takes Time with Stephanie Tan founder of Nooci
In this episode: How and why integrating TCM into our modern lives can help us find optimal health, balance, and energy. Stephanie's persistent nasal allergies led to her founding the first company to modernize TCM and make the benefits of herbs accessible to women worldwide. Where the name Nooci...
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The Choice Is Yours: This Question Changed Everything
In this unplanned BONUS solo episode, Alissa shares some recent thoughts and musings inspired by…you! In this episode: Response to a listener email about taking time for herself. Insights uncovered during my 8-week program MOVE like why scooping poop multiple times a day is something I willingly…
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Finding Pleasure At The Barre with Simi Botic
In this episode: From Bar Exam to Ballet Barre Simi not only changed careers, she healed her disordered relationship with her body and food by finding pleasure in movement at the barre. How her membership Movement Unmeasured was born from releasing her punishing approach to exercise and finding...
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Trusting Your Intuition When Society Tells You Not To with Ashley DeLeon
In this episode: During her fertility and pregnancy experiences Ashley was often met with a firm "No." when advocating for herself and how that changed her relationship to her body and her providers. How meeting our own basic needs empowers us to self advocate and we cannot organize and make…
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From Muggle To Magic with Connie Viglietti
In this episode: How Catholicism and Reiki are connected, I know. I'm Jewish, I'd never made this connection either. How our own perceptions and definitions of success and failure inform how we show up or don't show up in the world. We can connect to and remember who we are by giving ourselves…
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Finding A Sustainable Pace In Life & Business with Blair Badenhop
In this episode we discuss… Reevaluating our identity around work, our purpose, our value, and where we are investing our energy. Realizing you're approaching or have entered burnout and recovering by addressing our most basic needs. Saving some of our valuable energy for ourselves instead of...
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Your OWN Owner's Manual
You know that manual from your first vacuum cleaner with the extra parts all in a ziploc bag so you don't lose any important parts that you never looked at or used? You have and hold onto owner's manuals for appliances, vehicles, and whatever else comes with one, but when it comes to yourself?…
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Dating Doesn't Have To Be Trash with Bronwyn Tarboton
Bronwyn is a NYC based performer, musician and lover of trash! Pre-pandemic Bronwyn was performing on Broadway in Disney's Frozen. When Broadway shut down she began finding more furniture and home decor being thrown out in her neighborhood than she could keep. She began re-imagining, selling, and...
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It's Time To Sculpt Your Feelings
I believe that if we spend as much time, energy, and discipline on our insides as we do our outsides, we will be unstoppable. In this episode I explain… How to leverage what we know about building physical strength in the gym/studio to strengthen our emotional body. What hypertrophy is and how it...
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Noticing and Adjusting Trauma Drama with Dr. Lynyetta Willis
As a psychologist, family empowerment coach, and award-winning author, Dr. Lynyetta Willis, helps frustrated families stop Stable Misery® cycles or unhelpful patterns that keep them stuck, so they can create more joy in their parenting or partnerships. Her Triggered to Transformed® Parent…
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The Family Solar System
Remember learning about solar systems and oblong spheroids and orbit patterns and ellipses? So fun, right?! Well, today we are talking about solar systems and how they are my new favorite metaphor for ever shifting and changing family dynamics. Are there retrogrades? Maybe! Or are those more...
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Muscle Memory For Your Spirit with Rachel Chase Shur
Rachel is a wife, mom, Broadway actress, social media manager, dog mom, and lover of pasta. Her passion lies in finding a successful balance between work life and home life. Family first, and then figure out the rest! Learn more on IG @itsrachelchase In this episode we discuss: Finding comfort…
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Building Your Empire NOT According To Plan with Zibby Owens
Zibby Owens is an author, podcaster, publisher, CEO, and mother of four. Zibby founded Zibby Owens Media, a privately-held media company designed to help busy people live their best lives by connecting to books and each other. One division is Moms Don't Have Time To, the home for Zibby's…
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We're Not Called Human DOings
Why I'm running a special deal on all of my online courses right now. Message Alissa to learn more! Growth and change are not a process of replacement. It's a process of amalgamation. It's an augmentation, combination, and integration. BEing includes some DOing, but it isn't exclusively DOing. We...
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What's Inside
A little bit more about me, what I do, and why I do it. How my divorce catapulted me into expansive growth and renegotiating my agreement with the world and myself. How taking ownership of my past decisions created my current reality. How instead of punishing my past self, I used the information…
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I Believe You
We haven't officially launched yet, but fueled by holy rage, the recent war on reproductive rights, domestic terrorism murdering children, a well intentioned yet poorly executed comment from her partner, and the clarity obtained only after an amazing therapy session, Alissa is coming in hot about...
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Are You Ready To Alter Your Life?
Are you ready to Alter Your Life? Then you're in the right place! Learn more about your host Alissa Alter and how she integrates her experiences as a professional Broadway performer, certified Pilates instructor, and coach to help you remember the life you were born to live! If you're picking up...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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Alissa Alter
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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...
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