We all have that one friend who takes breakups really harshly and finds themselves questioning “What is wrong with me?” when relationships don’t work out. Sometimes we are that friend. Today on the Self Love Breakfast Club, Deb McCollum joins us for another girlfriend chat as we delve into a conversation on the topics of relationships, external validation, and how to be independent in a relationship. Both Deb and Chrystal open up about the role of external validation in their own relationships, ... VIEW POST

"What’s not working in the personal development world and the fitness industry? What are we missing? How can we fill in the gaps?” These are the questions Chrystal is constantly asking. As Chrystal prepares for the launch of the Self-Love Breakfast Club in July, an engaged like-minded community of people working on themselves, she discusses why this club is so desperately needed. She continues to unpack what is happening in the fitness industry and in the personal development space, and why the ... VIEW POST

In today’s episode of the Self Love Breakfast Club, we are joined by Beth Battaglino, a practicing nurse, and CEO of the non-profit HealthyWomen. We speak with Beth about her healthcare career and how she came to be CEO of HealthyWomen. Tuning in listeners will hear about the history of the company, which started as the National Women’s Health Resource Center. It was established in the 1980s by a female OBGYN who wanted women to have easy access to healthcare information at a time when women’s ... VIEW POST

Do you or does someone you know exhibit hyper-independence? Kate Kelly suggested in an Instagram post that if you don’t need anyone and must do everything yourself, this is an indication that your ability to trust has been injured by people letting you down and failing you. Chrystal has taken this quote one step further by suggesting that this belief that someone has to do everything on their own is a trauma response that is usually the result of ‘father wounding’. Today on the Self Love ... VIEW POST

In this Solo Session today, Chrystal delves deep into her fitness journey, her path to self-love, and, in line with the new direction of the Self Love Breakfast Club, she opens up about where she wants ‘more’. Chrystal starts by explaining how messed up she was before she found fitness, how her life changed when she found ‘real fitness’ and started weightlifting, and how this led her to focus on nutrition. Through this process, she started to cultivate self-love, but she found that any level of ... VIEW POST

When we go through times of transition we’re often left feeling inadequate and reaching outside of ourselves for validation instead of looking within. Today on the Self Love Breakfast Club, Deb from the Connectable Podcast joins us for a girlfriend chat on being enough. Deb shares the story of a friend of hers who is going through a tough time and is struggling with the uncertainty she faces. We discuss the six main needs people have, how the need for certainty varies from one person to the ... VIEW POST