We are so glad to welcome back Brittany Piper – speaker, author, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and educator in sexual violence prevention and trauma recovery. In this episode, she is sharing her expertise of somatic healing, which starts with the body and can be life-changing for anyone with trauma, anxiety, and/or chronic stress, especially if traditional talk therapy isn’t working. We discuss the science of the nervous system, learning the language of your body and how to regulate your stress responses, how to de-escalate your anxiety, and what a “trigger” actually is. We also discuss trauma and anxiety in relationships – talking to your partner about your needs, how you can be a helpful partner to someone who is struggling, co-regulating, and using a tool called “parts work” in a conflict. Before Brittany joins us, we’re discussing wild AI text summaries, and unpacking a listener dilemma about a situationship with a colleague. Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome back to The Snack – a lighter serving of Girls Gotta Eat. This week, we’re talking about:

Why Rayna can’t get a puppy + unhinged cats

Undercover weddings: Kristen Stewart, Jalen Hurts, Joe Exotic

Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley’s hard launch

Pope Francis passing

The story behind “The Big Dumper” of MLB

The best and worst ways to break up with someone

What jobs celebrities would have if they weren’t famous

Headlines: Fyre Festival cancelled, being polite to chatGPT costs money, Trader Joe’s tote-gate

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We have our friend, content creator, and second GGE guest ever Jeremy Jacobowitz back on the show to talk about our favorite topics – food and dating. We kick this fun convo off talking about the most underrated food cities, traveling to Japan, LA vs. NYC food scenes, Jeremy’s beef with a popular bagel spot, and using restaurant reservations as bait on dating apps. Then we discuss dating and specifically first dates – who should pay, is it weird if he offers to pick you up, why no one wants to have dinner on a first date, why men show their crazy more than women, and our listeners’ nightmare first dates. Before Jeremy joins us, we break down the most unhinged dating app prompt we’ve seen and the meanest DM Ashley ever received. Enjoy!

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Welcome back to The Snack – a lighter serving of Girls Gotta Eat. This week, we’re talking about:

The all-female trip to space on Blue Origin

Karen Read trial and documentary

TV shows we’re watching/excited about

Book recs

Gossiping with Deuxmoi about Coachella, Taylor and Travis, Blake Lively, and Bravo tea.

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If you consume one piece of content about money, let it be this episode! Money expert, financial educator, and founder of Her First $100K Tori Dunlap joins us to discuss a wealth of topics – how women are socialized about money vs. men, how our first money memories mold us, the Ostrich Effect that is detrimental to your financial success, and then all the action items. Tori walks us through the first and most important step in managing your money, debt payoff, how to actually budget and not hate it, the best credit cards to have, how to start investing and the one mistake never to make, negotiating a higher salary, and how to navigate the current $hitshow state of the world. We also share what our audience has spent money on that has changed their lives. Before Tori joins us, we talk about Rayna’s wild night in Vegas, Ashley’s undying love for a specific city, and debate the difference between “staying up” and “staying out.” Enjoy!

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Welcome back to The Snack – a lighter serving of Girls Gotta Eat. This week, we’re talking about:

Dire Wolves are back from extinction

Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick’s baby name beef

Gabby Windey vs. Clayton Echard

Our White Lotus finale breakdown

Mike White vs. Cristobal Tapia de Veer

Thai food delivery gate

Headlines: Viral TikToker gets fired, Cory Booker’s speech, SNL throwing shade

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The key to manifesting may not be what you think it is, and we have one of the OGs in the spiritual space, Gabby Bernstein, to talk about it. She just released her tenth book, Self Help, and shares her simple four-step practice that can help you turn inward, heal, and manifest the life you want for yourself. We talk about limiting beliefs and the stories we tell ourselves (“I’m not good enough”, “If I don’t do it, no one else will”, “I’m the only single one”), how the wellness space has changed in the last 20 years, the issue she sees the most in couples, and who she wants to set Rayna up with. Before Gabby joins us, we catch up on recent travels, Ashley starting her tour, and a situation Rayna had with a guy (including our fave text of the year so far). Enjoy!

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Welcome back to The Snack – a lighter serving of Girls Gotta Eat. This week, we’re talking about:

Breakups: Sydney Sweeney, Mark Cuevas (who?), Becca Moore

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell rumors

Texas dildo bill (plus other wild sex laws)

Remi Bader’s weight loss reveal

Chappell Roan’s comments about having children

Quick headlines (Morgan Wallen, Rachel Leviss, Justin Bieber)

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