Love, Girl Talk
by Girl Talk
Women today are facing a crisis of self-worth. The Girl Talk Podcast is here to confront our deepest doubts, celebrate our dignity, and offer a safe place to land. Each week, Julie and Shannon will share personal stories and reflections to inspire women of all ages to recognize and radiate their true value. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and join these friends in building a sisterhood of self-worth. Love, Girl Talk.
Episodes
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EP31: You are enough. You are worthy. You are loved.
As we enjoy our last bites of chocolate and savor the red roses of Valentine's Day, Love, Girl Talk host, Julie Larkin, and special guest, Monica Hinderer, LCPC, reflect upon our heart's deepest desires. Monica offers the therapeutic lens into our self-limiting core beliefs--our fears of being...
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EP30: New Year, TRUE You
As we implement our new year’s resolutions, we can get hung up on perfecting our lives. Julie shares how we can let go of perfectionism and become truly confident this year. True confidence is the inner conviction of our inherent dignity and the outward manner in which we live that out. QUOTES...
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EP29: #MyGirlTalkStory: Let Go & Let God
This heart-tugging episode brings forth a blend of trusting friendship, finding hope and struggling through healing. Our guest, Mary Reilly, shares her experiences about living with a neurological disability called spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). Having to transition from running to using a walker...
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EP28: Fill Your Cup
Our hearts were made to give and serve, especially to those whom we most love. However, sometimes our sincere charity forgets its own needs, and we become frustrated and depleted. Julie explains how in order to best pour into the people who need us most, we first must fill our own cup! In light…
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EP 27: Data Points
Life comes with challenging and uncertain choices. When the pressure seems overwhelming, we can remind ourselves to be gentle and intentional, and allow time to simply observe the good and bad “data points” on the graph of life. Julie chats in this Girl Talk 101 episode about how to look at the...
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EP 26: #MyGirlTalkStory: Sporting and Supporting Sisterhood
When it comes to the field -- the competition, the practice, and the fellowship make an impact in the heart of the game. Our guest, Meg Gargulinski, shares her passion for lacrosse and how her life has been transformed as a player and coach. Her rooted humility shines through owning her mistakes...
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EP 25: Crying Out Loud
One tear, two tear, sad tear, happy tear! Why do we cry sometimes at the most unexpected and unwanted moments -- if only we could control it? Letting those precious tears come out bonds us as sisters and can shine a light on things that are unknowingly building deep inside us. Shannon and Julie...
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EP 24: Signs of Healing
When brokenness seems so big and the desire to be back to normal dangles just out of reach, healing can still be present. Shannon shares that our sense of self can endure while struggling through healing. Healing does not necessarily mean the remission of symptoms. It is the restoration of a…
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EP 23: The Perfect Conditioner
Beauty products such as moisturizer and conditioners can make our skin and hair feel healthy, silky, and smooth. On the other hand, placing conditions on our happiness can have the opposite, tangled effect. Julie shares the perfect conditioner for a thriving life. “Happiness is not dependent on...
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EP 22: The Empathetic Journey of Friendship
Julie and Shannon speak to the topic of empathy; how to see, listen, and feel deeply connected to others. We go through heartaches and headaches in life, and how relieving it is to feel heard and accepted in your current place. Our relationships are strengthened with a healthy dose of empathy,...
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EP 21: Happy Birthday to the Love, Girl Talk Podcast!
The Love, Girl Talk podcast is celebrating its first birthday! Co-hosts, Shannon and Julie, reminisce over shared memories and lessons learned, and reveal a few shenanigans behind the scenes. We thank our wonderful guests for their vulnerability in sharing their stories, and look forward to many...
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EP 20: Never Enough
In Julie’s reflection on the song from The Greatest Showman, “Never Enough,” she invites us to remember self-acceptance. Through our accomplishments and failings it can seem we are not enough. Thankfully, we are worthy and enough exactly as we are -- yesterday, today, and always! “Start where you...
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EP 19: Part II: The Antidote to Loneliness
Shannon and Julie follow up to Episode 16: The Pandemic of Loneliness with the antidote to loneliness -- authentic friendship! As dear friends, they speak to the heart of deep, abiding friendships with some trusty ingredients for baking the best memories together. Friendship is a precious gift...
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EP 18: #MyGirlTalkStory: 1 Girl Revolution with Kate Bryan
Our special guest, Kate Bryan, shares the common grit and resilience of every woman. She tells us about her life-long inspiration behind founding 1 Girl Revolution, and sheds light on the powerful stories of ordinary girls who respond to real needs. Whether you are incarcerated, homeless, nine...
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EP 17: Gifts of the Sea
Shannon reflects on her favorite memories from the beach, where life lessons have been passed down through the generations while walking along the seashells. Every woman is a gift to be cherished. “Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty,...
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EP16: The Pandemic of Loneliness - Part 1
Girl talk dives into the hard reality behind the current pandemic of loneliness. Extended isolation from friends and family, feelings of anxiety or depression, and limiting physical interaction has placed remarkable stress on men and women who are wired for connection. Everyone may experience...
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EP 15: #MyGirlTalkStory: Eating Recovery at Rock
Christie Dondero Bettwy has been helping people find healing and freedom from eating disorders and mental health challenges for more than a decade. She currently serves as Executive Director for Rock Recovery, a Washington, DC based nonprofit that breaks down barriers to eating disorder and…
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EP 14: All the Single Ladies
During this month of love, Julie reflects how one quote made a big impact on her single life. ------ “Your single life is not a holding pattern. Every single person has the opportunity to develop themselves and serve society in a significant way.” - Sharon Hefferan “Tell me, what is it you plan…
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EP 13: #FeelsLikeHome: Cookies and Conversation
We are in the midst of a global pandemic of loneliness felt through isolation and a longing for human connection. At Girl Talk, we are providing the antidote to this pandemic of loneliness through friendship, hope, and healing. During the holiday season, we are going down memory lane with our...
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EP 12: #FeelsLikeHome: Mom Talk Connection
We are in the midst of a global pandemic of loneliness felt through isolation and a longing for human connection. At Girl Talk, we are providing the antidote to this pandemic of loneliness through friendship, hope, and healing. During the holiday season, we are going down memory lane with our...
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EP 11: #FeelsLikeHome: High School Hallways
We are in the midst of a global pandemic of loneliness felt through isolation and a longing for human connection. At Girl Talk, we are providing the antidote to this pandemic of loneliness through friendship, hope, and healing. During the holiday season, we are going down memory lane with our...
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EP 10: #FeelsLikeHome: College Sisterhood
We are in the midst of a global pandemic of loneliness felt through isolation and a longing for human connection. At Girl Talk, we are providing the antidote to this pandemic of loneliness through friendship, hope, and healing. During the holiday season, we are going down memory lane with our...
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EP 9: #FeelsLikeHome: Intern Hall of Fame
We are in the midst of a global pandemic of loneliness felt through isolation and a longing for human connection. At Girl Talk, we are providing the antidote to this pandemic through friendship, hope, and healing. During the holiday season, we are going down memory lane with the mini-series,...
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EP 8: My Skin; My Story
Girl Talk explores the unique and unrepeatable dignity behind every person. Julie and Shannon invite Girl Talk Ambassador, Victoria Turner, to share her stories of diversity of skin color, language, and experience through service, while appreciating the inherent worth of each and every human…
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EP7: Enough to Eat
"Love, Girl Talk" co-hosts Julie & Shannon welcome their dear "Zia" to share her stories of shame, inadequacy, eating disorders, and the struggle to love her body and herself. Wether we're counting calories, living by the scale, or constantly seeking the approval of others, Zia helps us journey...
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EP6: One Little Bubble at a Time
Julie and Shannon tackle mental health with their first "Love, Girl Talk" guest! How do I handle anxiety in my everyday life? What does depression look and feel like, personally? Is it ok not to be ok? Join these friends as they encourage each other to take on life "one little bubble at a time!"...
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EP5: A Million Papercuts
All roads lead to Rome, and all Girl Talk pillars lead to healing...hopefully! Join the ladies as they close out this section of Girl Talk Foundations, and discover why healing is so necessary, sometimes painful, and ultimately, beautiful! “Your feelings are not right or wrong. They just are.” —...
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EP4: Light in the Shadows
Hospitality, vulnerability, and friendship all lead to hope. Join Julie and Shannon as they ask some tough questions. Why do we need hope? Where does our brokenness come from? How will hope help us? “The way I see it, hope is our lifeboat out of any situation. No matter how low we feel, how…
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EP3: What? You Too?
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person looks at another and says, "What? You Too? I thought I was the only one..." Julie and Shannon turn the page to friendship as they continue to build Girl Talk's sisterhood of self-worth. “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's...
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EP2: To Love at All is to Be Vulnerable
Julie & Shannon turn the page to vulnerability discovering heartbreak, loneliness, anxiety, and a bit of messiness. Listen as they reflect and decide if vulnerability is ultimately the best choice for them. Quotes Leading Discussion: “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your…
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EP1: Feeling at Home in Girl Talk
Join Julie and Shannon for their first episode of “Love, Girl Talk.” In this first "chapter" you will learn about the mission of Girl Talk, get to know our founder and program director, and dive into the heart of Girl Talk hospitality. As our first pillar of Girl Talk, hospitality serves as the...
About this show
Women today are facing a crisis of self-worth. The Girl Talk Podcast is here to confront our deepest doubts, celebrate our dignity, and offer a safe place to land. Each week, Julie and Shannon will share personal stories and reflections to inspire women of all ages to recognize and radiate their true value. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and join these friends in building a sisterhood of self-worth. Love, Girl Talk.
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