Balanced Bae Podcast with Allie Gonino

In season 2 episode 2 of The Balanced Bae Podcast, host Allie Gonino sits down with Alexa Smith, undergraduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, to talk about sustainability practices, and the zero-waste movement. What’s the zero-waste movement you ask? It’s taking collective responsibility for the amount of waste we produce, and changing our habits to align more with the values of recycling, reusing, and reducing our consumption and production. As you may or may not know, the world today is facing a plastic problem like we’ve never seen. More plastics are getting dumped into the ocean every day, with micro-plastics even seeping into our food supplies. Luckily, there are many products and practices we can implement into our lives to help curb our carbon footprint, support small, sustainable businesses, help the global economy, and protect the environment. It all starts with awareness. Alexa is majoring in Natural Resources and Environmental Science, and just published her first book, ‘Economic Eclipse: Shifting Toward a Sustainable Future by Eliminating Waste’, which can be purchased on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1636767052. Join the Balanced Bae community on Instagram @the_balanced_bae, and find Alexa on Instagram @zero.waste.lex. Thank you for listening to / watching the Balanced Bae Podcast, don’t forget to like, rate, review, share, and subscribe!

Intro episode to season 2 of The Balanced Bae Podcast, hosted by Allie Gonino. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]

In episode 5 of the Balanced Bae podcast, Allie sits down with fellow ally, Quddus Phillipe. Quddus, (aka Q), is an acclaimed TV host, speaker and is the host of a new podcast called Breakthrough with Q. Inspired into action after the murder of George Floyd, Quddus founded Ally Now. Ally Now is a network of people dedicated to dismantling racism through building community and facilitating authentic conversation and communication in the workplace. In this episode, Allie and Quddus explore what it means to be an ally during this time of social upheaval, the importance of creating an intentional online presence, bringing joy to the work of activism, the dangers of over-exposure to social media, and the benefits of plant medicine. Follow Ally Now @allynow on Instagram, and join the revolution by visiting: https://quddus.typeform.com/to/heSuos --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]

In this episode, Allie and Ceri Bethan discuss the value of engaging in a regular meditation practice, the meaning of mindfulness, how it can help us cope with depression, and self-worth. Ceri is a certified meditation and mindfulness coach, an actress, and reiki therapist. You can find her on Instagram @ceri_bethan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]

Allie sits down with self-development coach, Matthew Paetz, to talk about the meaning of living with purpose, healing from trauma, and the importance of personal expression. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]