Welcome to Brutally Anna, a podcast about finding love, losing love, and all the things we think about a lot, but don’t talk about enough. I’m your host, Anna K...
Solo Episode: My emotional baggage around Christmas cards and dating advice on what to do when the chemistry is there, but the sex isn't
Emotional baggage comes in many forms and mine comes when it's time to make our Christmas card.
Keywords: dating, society, culture, relationships, love lessons, dating advice, toxic relationships, overcoming failure, single at the holidays, date yourself, being behind, love and money
This week, I discuss the culture of Christmas cards and all the reasons why smiling photos of perfect families on a 5x7 make me feel some type of way and what to remember this holiday season if your life is looking a little less than picture perfect. I dish on what my "honest" Christmas card would say if I had carte blanche to write what I wanted on the back of our card and why sometimes, you're not behind, you're just on a different path. Tune in as I answer voicemails on whether you should choose love or money and just how important sex is in a relationship.
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How to laugh at death with Kelly Rizzo
Kelly Rizzo wants us all to know that it’s okay to laugh at death. She’s the creator of the award-winning production company, Eat Travel Rock Productions and recently competed on Fox’s Special Forces, but Kelly and I sit down today to talk more about how losing her husband, Bob Saget, forced her to learn that there is humor to be found, even in times of great loss. We tackle the topic of deciding not to have children, why it’s okay to choose the man over the life other people expect you to live, and how she’s managed to start over after having the rug pulled out from underneath her.
For anyone who’s grappling with the loss of a spouse, Kelly wants us all to know that it’s possible to move forward and find love again without negating the love you once had. We discuss whether she would ever go on Special Forces again, her journey from atheism to Christianity and why she believes finding peace is more important than finding closure.
Follow Kelly @kellyrizzo
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Solo Episode: How a psychic led me to back to Zoloft
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American biddies and this Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the psychic that made me realize that I needed to go back on Zoloft. This week, I'm discussing all things antidepressants, medication, and why a bad reading from a psychic led me to get back onto a good path with my mental health. I answer your questions about how to disentangle your life from a long-term partner and how to get over your first love when it feels like you'll never be loved again and, how to handle Thanksgiving when you have nothing to be grateful for.
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The power of not belonging with Ava Lee
What’s it like to feel like an outsider your entire life? On this week’s episode, we sit down with beauty and skincare influencer, Ava Lee, on life before going viral for her “jelloskin” tips and the power of reinventing yourself. Ava dishes on growing up in Shanghai and her first time in America as a college student at Notre Dame. We unpack the nuances of the Asian-American experience, assimilation, and how sometimes, we have to be who we are not in order to discover who we are.
Ava and I detail our early days in social media and how we got over the cringe of being “that girl who thinks she’s an influencer”, how serving sizes are a uniquely American concept, and how she healed herself by going back to her eastern gastronomic roots. For all the biddies who believe in second chances, tune in to find out why it was not love at first sight for Ava and her husband Ben, and who her favorite ex was.
Follow Ava @glowwithava @byava
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Solo Episode: Your struggle is your superpower and other unfiltered thoughts from my hotel room in LA
On this week's solo episode, I'm coming to you, kind of live, from my hotel room in LA with a mixture of gratitude and Wellbutrin. We're reminding ourselves that our mental state is not always an accurate reflection of what the reality is around us, and that having sad moments doesn't make us sad people, it just makes us people. For those of you who find yourselves in struggle city this time of year, tune in for my advice on how to light the fire under you to get yourself going when you're in a rut, and what to do when you're tired of dating, but not tired of hoping to find love. I answer your voicemails about how to stop being fetishized as an Asian-American woman on dates, and how to cope with your ex moving on and getting engaged to someone else.
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Welcome to Brutally Anna, a podcast about finding love, losing love, and all the things we think about a lot, but don’t talk about enough. I’m your host, Anna Kai aka @maybeboth across social media, here to remind you that life can be beautiful, even when it’s freaking brutal. On this brand new podcast, I’m joined by some of your favorite creators and experts on how they navigate dating, how to stay hopeful when you’ve kissed one-too-many frogs or Chads, and most importantly, how to love yourself when you haven’t yet found someone else to love you.
Each week, we tackle everything from dating after divorce, how to ask for what you want from a relationship, and what death can teach us about love and life. If you’ve ever wondered how to begin again when life as you know it has ended, this podcast is here to remind you that the best thing to come out of rejection is often our reinvention.
Join me on Mondays as I sit down and get you the brutal truth so that you can find your truth. Don’t forget to follow me @maybeboth across social media and subscribe to Brutally Anna wherever you get your podcasts.
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