Heavy conversation starters happening in toady’s episode of QCP. Tonia and Vanessa dig into important issues we all faced as children and discover the changes Tonia is making to raise her daughters with information to support and guide them through the big decisions they’ll need to make in their lives. There are a few laughs along the way as we discover her daughter has accidentally seen daddy’s private parts and shares how shocked she is that daddy has a long vulva.

We quickly dive back into discussions where Vanessa felt like her body had never been her own, realizing she thought her purpose was to be an object for the men in her life whom she was meant to serve. Our intention with this conversation and the many uncomfortable turns taken is to build up the understanding that sharing more information with our children can help to set them up with a tool box full of security and empowerment. Inside of that tool kit is where they will reach when faced with hard situations so they make better decisions than we did.

We are setting the kids up with tools they can use in every situation for their whole lives and empowering them to always connect with themselves first. We want to teach them to trust their authenticity and teach them to listen and always questions their body’s many sirens.

Every ten episodes of Quality Coffee Podcast Tonia and Vanessa will spend the show answering questions the other has about their life’s experiences. As the podcast grows our audience is invited to send in their burning questions for this forty-something duo. One today’s episode discussions lead us through having children after never expecting to, what it would be like to live a day in each others shoes and then a super fun lightning round that ends in a super cute finale. We look forward to continuing our vulnerable and raw relationships with you all!

One of the most important questions we have as 40-something women is how we can improve our sleeping habits? In this episode of Quality Coffee Podcast Tonia and Vanessa share small shifts like monitoring water intake before bed so they’re not waking up through the night, meeting with their respective naturopaths for more concrete answers, and learning more about the path to quality health and sleep by taking out the guesswork. If this description sounds sleepy, we also promise tons of explicit language and not to bore the pants off you!

Sleep is paramount to our health journeys as we close in on middle age, especially with both of us navigating autoimmune diseases. We know we're not alone! Join the conversation with us and be sure to follow along with us on your favourite social media channels, too!

Learning to find balance in a space where constant forward motion is the culture is of the highest importance when protecting your peace. Both of us agree that we want the projects and businesses we are working on both together and separately to be successful and we will do the work to make that happen. However, neither one of us is willing to sacrifice our health to do it. We are having these unscripted conversations to discover even more about ourselves right here with you in the hopes of being the conversation starters you might need to get your own ball rolling. You don't have to be an entrepreneur to hustle - we do that in many aspects of our lives. Let us know how you relate! Enjoy the show.

This conversation plays out quite naturally as Tonia and Vanessa explore ways they've learned to navigate the transition into their forties. The calmer years come from experience and the ever underestimated component of time all wrapped up in one, suggesting that our time to become better peoples ever evolving. We used to avoid pain or confrontation and now we appreciate the value in these discussions. We leave too much to the imagination when we're not direct or clear about who we are, what expectations we have and how we'd like things to be in our own lives. Join the discussion with us...

Tonia and Vanessa are ferocious and funny in this episode of Quality Coffee Podcast. Although in the beginning stages of their journey with perimenopause they address old, closed-minded stereotypes while shedding light on their experiences with common symptoms nobody talks about. Rage, sweats, changes in libido are just a few we’ve come across in the early stages we’re currently facing and we know through conversation with our elder millennial women friends we’re not alone. This episode is going to make you laugh and make you feel seen. Don’t miss it!

We love a good deep dive into making sense of our triggers or crutches to better understand ourselves and the world around us. No one gets out of this life unscathed. Equipped with this knowledge, and that of the different attachment styles, we can pursue our relationships with more care. Protecting our peace is essential to becoming the people we want to be and it also means we have to hold ourselves accountable for the company we keep. Learning about your attachment style just might be a key to unlocking the next level of healing for you!

Something just clicked when we turned forty and a calmness we hadn’t felt before took over where chaos had once ensued. Did anybody else feel that? Protecting your peace became a quiet job, an inside job. It took forty-something years to learn how to let the energy run its course before you stepped in, if you really did at all. That’s a huge part of how we are staying ready these days. Special thanks to Kevin Hart for inspiring this episode of the show. He talks about keeping his material up to snuff at all times so that when he is called on to perform he always has a set ready to go. Stay ready. We now heed this advice in many aspects of our lives which when broken down to its core always brings us back to protecting our peace. Think about the kind of energy you take out into the world if you haven’t showered yet and your kid’s school calls because they’re sick. Did you shower and get ready first thing this morning or do you wait until the last minute? What if the doorbell rings? What if you need to step out and you run into a friend? Are you ready? Stay ahead of the game, jump into the conversation with us and start taking every action you can to protect your peace, too. Let’s go!