This week we're proud to share Shani Silver an author and podcaster from Fort Worth, Texas. Her name is pronounced like “rainy” with a “sh.” In April of 2019, she launched A Single Serving Podcast to change the narrative around being single and to help single women shed both societal shame and a digital dating dependency. Shani wants single women to know that it’s possible to feel free and optimistic about singlehood. To love single life and desire a relationship at the same time. After thirteen years single and three years dating app free, she’s living proof. Tell us about your...
This week we're proud to share Aimee David, founder of Fluid Beach. Tell us about your newest project, Fluid Beach? Hi, I just shipped my first store this past month on the dream island of Lanai in Hawaii the Four seasons hotel! I started thinking of creating the brand and specifically the slip dress swimsuit set around the summer of 2019. What inspired you to create the Fluid Beach signature set? Inspired by the ever changing curves in my body.. wanting to cover all the right parts but show the most beautiful parts of my figure. Started as halter, skinny straps,...
This week we're proud to share Melody Godfred, founder of Fred and Far, and author of Self Love Poetry: for Thinkers & Feelers. What does union mean to you? Union evokes so much for me. Togetherness. Fullness. Wholeness. Balance. Alignment. Peace. It’s something that I used to think only applied externally – meaning, it can only be achieved with another person or thing (i.e. the coming together of two halves to form a whole). But the more I’ve learned about and experienced self love, the more union has become a concept that for me is closely tied to self-integration. To...
This week we're proud to share sisterhood member Shannon Amrein. After being diagnosed with Lyme disease and being sick for many years, Shannon found herself at a crossroads: either keep following the allopathic methods of treatment that were making her sicker or forge a new path. She decided to take a new path and ended up healing herself completely from all diseases using energetic techniques. That journey inspired her to study and learn more about healing, so she could share this amazing recovery with others. Today, Shannon is a Shamanic practitioner, trained in the lineage of contemporary Star and Earth Shamanism. She...
This week we're proud to share sisterhood member Lindsey Klein, a Los Angeles based fashion designer that inspires women to live their dream life through fashion. Creator of Liberated Society Fashion and also Fred and Far's marketing coordinator, in this interview she shares her advice on what joy is, living a life full of joy, and how important it is to prioritize your joy. How do you define joy? To me, joy is a feeling of bliss that happens naturally and effortlessly when living in alignment with who you truly are. It is a conscious state of being that we must decide...
This week we're proud to share sisterhood member Shivani Reddy, a photographer based in SoCal that captures moments in time. She focuses on authentic and raw emotion to help drive the story behind her imagery. For the past 10 years she has photographed weddings, families, expecting mothers, and everything in between. Her personal mission is to encourage individuals to find beauty in the imperfect moments that make for the best memories and most passionate stories. What inspired you to do the work you’re doing? My grandfather had an admiration for all things photography and he practically raised me from kindergarten...
This week we're proud to share sisterhood member Lauren Cobb, a dedicated yoga practitioner for over ten years. As a natural teacher and purveyor of inspirational vibes, she strives to provide her students with a physically demanding vinyasa flow paired with uplifting messages that leave students feeling both physically and emotionally empowered. Take her classes locally at SOL Yoga or online via zoom. When she's not on the mat as a student or teacher, she can be found by the pool, on the boat, or enjoying time with her two amazing children that light up her life and her handsome husband in sunny South Florida. Thank you for taking...
This week we're proud to share sisterhood member Kayla Hayempour, a menstrual equity activist who started her organization Petticoats Rule to combat period poverty in Los Angeles and internationally. Her efforts with social justice organizations such as Girls Learn International, The Pad Project, and Women Deliver have been recognized globally, and she’s served as a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and on Mayor Garcetti’s Youth Council. An incoming UCLA freshman, she's excited to work with and inspire the next generation of changemakers. Thank you for taking the time to chat with us Jackie. Tell us about...
This week we're proud to share sisterhood member Jackie Shapin, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. She provides therapy to adult individuals and specializes in treating OCD, anxiety and eating disorders. We're grateful to share her and her wisdom with you, especially as we're all trying to reintegrate into society now that pandemic restrictions are subsiding. Thank you for taking the time to chat with us Jackie. Tell us about your work as a therapist. What do you specialize in? I am a licensed marriage and family therapist. I treat individual adults who are struggling with anxiety, OCD, eating...
Chelsea Quint is a long-time member of the Fred and Far community (she has both an Emerald and a Citrine Self Love Pinky Ring!), which is why I was so delighted to be on this podcast and share how this self love movement is my way of living my legacy - the theme of her podcast. Chelsea is both a business coach and healer who believes healing is the key to unlocking your wildest business dreams. As someone who discovered my purpose and career by embarking on my own self-healing journey, I couldn't agree more. Below please find links to the...
If you're looking for a self love podcast, you've come to the right place. Even though self love sometimes feels like a solo exercise, it is actually a journey that we take together - by talking, sharing, exploring and learning. That's why our founder Self Love Philosopher Melody Godfred loves sharing her self love philosophies and experiences on podcasts. Here are some of Melody's favorite self love podcast conversations to date. Velvet's Edge Podcast with Kelly Henderson and Guest Melody Godfred Excerpt on how to have healthy boundaries: Kelly: How do you have boundaries because I know as a small business owner...
It's been over a year now of global upheaval, something not lost on our Fred and Far sisterhood striving to continually dig into the journey of self love and self care during a transformative time. We often speak of the stresses, fears, and trauma this last season has carried for many of us—but rarely do we speak of the effects this pandemic has had on our sexual intimacy and ability to connect. If you've been experiencing a lull—or all out stagnation—in your intimacy, desire and sex life, you're not alone. It's actually a completely normal symptom of what we have all been enduring. But there...
