Leah on the Line - Bonus 31: The BIG SIS ADVICE episode
Episode Date: January 20, 2023Hey huns! In today's episode we had a real good heart to heart and discussed all things women's health, sex, confidence, seeking validation and more. It was so fun sitting down and chatting with you t...his week, I really enjoyed the vibe this week and it was so fun to just have a proper bestie DMC. I hope you loved it and had a laugh with me! Thank you so so much to every single one of you for listening and supporting LOTL, it means the world to me and I cannot express that enough! As always send in your confessions/dilemmas to leahontheline@gmail.com. Love you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hello, hi everyone, welcome back to a brand new episode of Lear on the Line, happy Friday,
how are you guys, how has your week been, I've missed you so much. So today's episode was
supposed to be where I was going to give all of you guys a call, well not all of you, a handful
of you guys a call and read out a dilemma from my long list of life problems that we're having
and answer them together. But I remember that they take a whole ton of editing they are a bitch to
edit they're the best episodes and one of my favorites but they take a lot of editing because
i have to edit me i have to edit you guys not like edit so i can manipulate what you say but like you
know cut out any inappropriate things that you guys might say some of you guys are crazy out here
like some of you guys especially the c word i get the c word a lot which listen in my everyday vocabulary it comes out do you know i mean it's a frequent word
for me i'll be honest but it's there's something about that word that i've banned from leo on the
line i'm not sure why because it's part of who i am do you know what i mean sometimes i just want to
burst out you know but anyway i know a lot of people get quite offended by that word
so i tend to cut it out but anyway that's just one of people get quite offended by that word so I tend to cut it
out but anyway that's just one example anyway so we're doing that that'll be next Friday I'm going
to record that over the weekend I also don't want to disturb anyone's love island hours you know
what I mean and I tend to record around love island time so we're going to be doing that on
Friday but today's episode is a lovely one this is another one of your guys ideas so thank you so
much to
the beautiful girl who gave me this idea. I think we've done something similar before,
but it's going to be like a big sister episode. So anything you guys would want to go to a big
sister for or a best friend for, but you really just want to talk to a stranger about, you know,
like someone that isn't going to judge you, doesn't know your personal life, doesn't know
your friends and family, me. And basically it's just going to be like a nice heart to heart chat with me on the
line, you know? So you're not actually going to be on the line, but that'll be next week. But you
know what I mean? It's just going to be like a bestie, big sis, even though some of you guys are
older than me. So I felt like kind of a loser saying that, but whatever. You know what I mean? It's just going to be cute. We're going to talk about a
lot of women things, a lot of girly things. A lot of us girls tend to have the same problems. So I
feel like we're going to talk about some of the ones that tend to be a little bit,
just considered a bit taboo, you know, about vagina health, about sex, about relationships,
about confidence, like all those
big cis chats. So I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be really wholesome
and cozy and nice. I hope you guys are all feeling really good today. If you're not,
I hope this podcast leaves you feeling just a little bit better, a little bit more,
a little bit more of a spring in your step. Do you know what I mean? So yeah, I love you guys.
Thank you so much for all of your love and support for always listening thank you for clicking on this episode popping
your headphones in or turning the speaker on your tv up and just sitting and chatting with me it
means the whole world and I just will never get over it like I have this fear that it's going to
be snatched away from me I fully can't enjoy my
life like thing when I have something really good like this podcast or the fact that I do
what I love for a living now like the fact that this is all mine to hold I almost get scared to
hold it too tight in case I squeeze it and it bursts do you know what I mean like I'm so afraid
of it being taken away from me that I almost don't allow myself to enjoy it and it bursts do you know what I mean like I'm so afraid of it being taken
away from me that I almost don't allow myself to enjoy it and that's something I really need to
learn to do can anyone relate to that it's like when you've got something good you don't even
allow yourself to go I am so lucky I love my life but this is incredible I'm always like
oh my god I don't deserve this like this is all wrong like I don't know something's gonna go wrong any minute
now you know don't get too happy Leah like what's the matter with me you know I've worked really
hard I need to enjoy it and embrace the the growth and and the position that I'm in because
I was dreaming of this do you know what I mean and here we are so yeah I just love you guys and
I hope you all know that so So yeah, let's get cozy.
Let's have a big sis slash little sis slash bestie advice.
Heart to heart DMC.
Yeah, I love you.
Also, have you noticed the new interlude that comes in the episodes now?
Thank you so much for listening.
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comfortable i'm really looking forward to this episode thank you so much to every single one of
you who sent in a response to my insta story asking for your questions and topics and things
you feel shy about or whatever it is you wanted to discuss thank you for sending
them in I feel like everyone is going to be able to relate to at least one of these so I feel like
that's why I'm so excited about this episode because I can definitely relate to a lot of these
so let's kick off with this one it says being confident when having sex I'm always scared that
I'll be shit so I feel like it's totally normal and really common to feel like this
and I feel like a massive part of it is how we feel on ourselves both internally and externally
so you know we all have those days weeks months sometimes where you look in the mirror and you
you just feel disappointed with what you're looking at you're like no I'm not a fan that's
really common really normal we all go through it and i feel like when you're having
those moments it's really hard to just want to get on top of someone and ride the fuck out of
them like you're just not feeling like sexy do you know what i mean whereas when you look in the
mirror and you feel really good about what you're seeing you feel more confident in bed like i just
feel like that is the case and the same as internally so like if we're comfortable with
whoever we're having sex with, if we feel really
happy at the moment, if we feel light and stress free, it's really easy, not really easy, but it's
easier to relax and let loose and, and not let those thoughts kind of come in when it comes to
having sex. So I feel like it really comes down to our confidence, what's going on in and around our lives you know um and i just feel
like we have to sort of learn to let go of the worry of it and more focused on like does it
actually feel good for you like you know is this person doing it for you like let's not worry about
whether you're doing it for them are you doing it for me right now like you know because that that
is so important the fact that you need to be having a good time as well you know like it's a two-way street here honey so I feel like we need to learn to let it go whether
you just say to yourself like you know what I don't fucking care I don't care like if I look
kind of weird in this angle or if you can if you're looking at my bum hole right now I don't
fucking care if I'm having a good time and you're
having a good time who fucking cares do you know what I mean so yeah I feel like it definitely
comes down to um confidence in ourselves is what brings confidence into the bedroom and also whether
we're comfortable with that person because it's a major thing like if that person makes you feel
really sexy and like compliments you all the time and makes you feel like they can't resist you.
That's when you feel like I'm going to rock your world, you know.
And if they make you nervous and if you don't know if they even really fancy you and you're not too sure if they're even into you.
And if they're playing you with other women or men, like you're a bit like, God, I don't know if I'm good enough for you.
I don't know if I'm sexy enough.
You fucking are, first of all.
But I think that makes a big difference. So yeah, we just need to let those
thoughts go somehow. I don't know if anyone finds the trick. Let me know so I can tell all the
listeners. But I think I'd say I'm quite confident in bed. But that's because
I don't know why, actually. I'd say it's just because I'm more concerned if I'm actually having
a good time you know like I I'm yeah that's my main concern I'm like right are we having a good
time rather than like do you think I'm sexy and also I'm not gonna have sex with you if you don't
make me feel sexy to be honest so and also I I make myself feel sexy like I'm like I'm sexy I might not believe it
but I really do convince myself in that moment you know I'm like he is gonna be blown away
he's gonna be blown away when I get my hands on him
honestly fake it till you make it Hans okay moving on to the next one um how not to worry about the
position you're in career-wise when you don't know what to do okay I will be shocked if there
are a lot of people that can't relate to this to be honest I think it's so scary but I was talking
to my boyfriend about this the other day and I was saying like I guarantee you
most of our parents who are in like if any of our parents are in like what we consider to be like
good you know jobs that they might be high up or they they could have been doing it for a long time
or they could be really good at it on like a really good paycheck and that's their career
that's what they do you know I guarantee
they weren't doing it at 25 22 however old you guys are you know like I guarantee they have not
been doing this since our age so I just think we always just have to remember when I get stressed
about like oh my god where the fuck am I going to be in 10 years let's put it this way guys I've
still not managed to make my musical theatre career work out. I don't even know how much I love it anymore. I now do a podcast alone at home in my
home in Somerset, which is where I never wanted to end up long term. I don't have any savings. I
don't know how I'm going to afford to buy a house one day, which is the goal. But then I get, rather
than getting stressed going how am I
going to do this what's going to happen to me is my life even going to work out rather than doing
that I think what is the actual point in doing that right now because thinking about it isn't
going to make it happen thinking about right how am I where am I going to be like what's going to
happen to me in 10 years that's not I'm not going to have the answer today I'm going to have the answer today. I'm going to have the answer in 10 years. So it's like,
all we have to do is just surrender the power to the universe. Like, obviously there are things we can do. We work hard. We, we find what we're passionate in and we step away from things that
don't make us happy. And we don't want to do long-term, you know, like there's decisions that
we can make now, but the decisions long-term we can can't make right now so I leave it in the hands
of the universe and I feel I put my trust in the universe because you know it's never failed us
oh I'm just gonna touch wood real quick I don't believe in the universe failing us but I'm gonna
touch wood just in case I'll touch wood for all of us anyway you know like all the things that
happened in our life even at a moment where you think why why is this happening to me like whether it be a relationship ending or like you've lost
your tenancy in an apartment or a house that you live in whatever or you got like sacked from a
job like and then in those moments you're like why why would you take this away from me why is
this happening and then a couple of years later sometimes days sometimes weeks sometimes like
yes sometimes years you look back and you're like thank fuck the universe removed
that from my life thank fuck that happened to me thank fuck the universe pushed me in a different
direction because this is the thing it will always remove things from your life that aren't good for
you and put things into your life that are of any significance so we just have to sit down
sit back relax put our feet up,
put in the work where we can actually put in the work and then everything else,
it's out of our hands, honey. Do you know what I mean? That's what I think. We just got to live
life and enjoy it. You just got to enjoy it. Yeah. Okay. Advice on being comfortable in your
own skin. My skin is so so so spotty at the moment
I can really relate to the insecurities surrounding skin it's something I've been
really insecure with since I was a teenager because all my friends had the most beautiful
clear skin and it was so annoying and I was the one that had the hormonal spots the big under the
skin ones and I'd get really bad breakout sesh I will say I've been very lucky in terms of I've never had like a severe acne period of my life or anything like
that so I feel really grateful for that but my skin is definitely something I've struggled with
confidence wise and I know there's so many of us but what I think now I still get stressed about
it like when I'm like I'm having a bad breakout session now it's only just started to clear up
and I used to get really stressed about it and I would put concealer on to go to the shop or
answer the front door and you know I remember when I was teenager I'd say to my mum like
there's no way I'd go to the shop without makeup on there's no way now I literally rock out of bed
I'll go to the shop with my spot cream on to be honest with you but I think the reason I stress less
about it now is because all I think about these things in my life right like spots or my big nose
like whatever it is all I think to myself is who cares you know like who fucking cares sometimes
it just takes those moments where you look at yourself you get all upset and you
start looking in the mirror and you pick yourself apart and then all you have to say is who fucking
cares like my spots are so uninteresting like they are one of the not well of you know your
appearance is the most least the most least is the least interesting thing about you, you know? So when I
get upset, I just think, who fucking cares? Honestly, who cares? I could have a real problem
on my hands. Like I could have a real life or death situation. I'm just going to touch wood
again. Sorry. God, my wooden bed frame has really had it from me oh not like that anyway
you know like who cares that's what we have to think we could have a real situation on our hands
and then when I get upset about it I think at least this is what I'm stressing about you know
oh my god sorry guys I got a touch wood? Because I'm so scared of jinxing things.
Oh, honestly, seriously. But it's true, you know. So try that. You know, it's not going to work for everyone. It's not. But the thing is, we try everything. We try all these medications and
different skincare brands and different skincare routines and different face washes. And then
we let our face air dry because we're scared to put a dusty
towel on our face and then we torture ourselves and then it doesn't and then sometimes it gets
worse and then it doesn't get any better and then you just gotta go oh my god I don't even care
I don't even care I'm beautiful I'm beautiful you know like having spots on your face doesn't make
you not beautiful like at the moment I'm breaking out so much over my, all over my back, my shoulders and like down the tops of my arms. And I don't know what
it is. I don't know what is causing it. It used to happen to me when I was a teenager and it
started to happen to me over the past year again. And I was getting really stressed and upset about
it. And I was like, oh, for God's sake, I just want clear skin. Like when I'm watching Love Island
or anything like that. And I see these these girls they've got this beautiful brown tanned shoulders and I'm just they're like mine
all red and spotty now like why and then I just think I don't care I don't like I went to the
gym today and I had like a really strappy sports bra on that was like backless and I just thought
you know what I'm just gonna fucking own it because I don't care like you just have to it is a fake it till you make it situation but I think we have to embrace it and
just be like this is who I am I'm beautiful spots or no spots clear skin or acne like I'm beautiful
the way I am do you know what I mean so I don't know maybe that will help I'm not sure you might
be like yeah thanks Leah I don't care. Great advice. It helps me.
Honestly, it's all an attitude situation. Okay. How to be happy being alone in your 20s and not
craving male attention. Okay. I feel like so many people can relate to this and I definitely did
once upon a time. So, you know, there's loads of reasons we might crave male attention. First reason being we might need a confidence boost.
You know, like, I feel better when a man thinks I'm pretty.
I feel better when a man thinks I'm funny.
You know what I mean?
So, I totally get it.
Like, I really do.
How to move past that?
I think we need to learn to feel good about ourselves without men like
men can't define define us do you know what I mean like whether men fancy me or not does not decide
how worthy and valuable of a person I am do you know what I mean like if a man thinks I look great
what I mean like if a man thinks I look great fantastic but do I think I look great you know um I don't know that could be maybe we we need love or we don't feel fulfilled you know I was
reading an article by recently because somebody sent me a really similar dilemma um and I was
looking into like all the different places it comes from um and I think
they're all really relatable you know like feeling unfulfilled um and we're like craving it and
craving love and stuff and that can go way back you know like to childhood to be honest not to
get all therapist on you guys but you know it can literally go to that or it can come from rejection
like if if we've been rejected hard in the past um we feel like the way we're gonna feel better
is if if other people want us you know um it can you know things like that knock your ego so much
sometimes that you feel like the only way to repair it is for somebody to do the opposite of
that do you know what I mean so like show me validation show me desire you know so I feel like
we need to understand who we are without male attention and realize that we're actually
incredible people do you know what I mean like what what's on the outside is one thing. Yeah.
But we need to make sure that we're good people inside. We're beautiful inside, you know, like,
what's the point of even looking good if you don't even feel good. Do you know what I mean?
Um, and yeah, I think let's give ourselves some attention. Let's's let's work on us and and work on our own confidence
and also understand that like there are there's only so much a man can do for you you know like
when it comes to confidence and validation like there's only so much that can a man can do and everything else has to come from
us or other areas of our life you know like if you're feeling fulfilled in your career or
if you're happy with your relationships outside like with your friends and your family
with your relationship with yourself you know and I think it's really really common you're so
not alone um but we have to understand that like there's only so much that's gonna do you know like
men complimenting you and wanting to sleep with you and wanting to be with you and just giving
you their attention there's that can only do so much for us um And the rest is on us. You know what I mean? So I love you and I
think you're amazing. Okay, let's move on to this one. What are the best birth control options? I
now have an IUD, but it bothers me a lot during sex. Okay, so when it comes to contraception,
what works for one person is not going to be the same for everybody else. So me, I've been on the mini pill for a long time, but that's because I've had really, really painful periods since I was
15. So I've been on and off it for about 10 years. Um, I haven't been constantly on it for 10 years.
I've tried coming off it a long time, lot of time sorry and for a long period of time
but I just always end up in way too much pain that I can't go to work and I feel like
I'm you know every time I have a period it feels like a medical emergency like it's just never
really worked for me to stay off it which is really stressing me out because I do I just want
to come off it but every time I go to a doctor they say well do you want to have children now
and I'm like no not yet and then they say well why don't we cross that bridge when you do and you know stay on the
pill until then I'm like gorge but what is going on with my body do you know what I mean anyway
that's a personal issue um I think the best thing to do the best advice I can give you is just to
talk to your GP um and don't let them throw you on the
first thing that they list to you like ask to hear all the options and say you want to have a real
deep chat into it you know because I feel like a lot of the time when we go to a GP they go
I'm going to pop you on the pill and then you're like no I don't want to go on the pill and then
they just give option two and it's like can you please talk me through all of the options and all of the side effects so that I can choose knowing everything do you know what I mean
um I actually went to get I don't know if I've told this story I went to get the coil once
and ended up crying my eyes out and left but that was the universe removing that possibility from my
life so basically um I had a phone call with a doctor about my painful periods
and I said I really want to come off the pill because it makes me really depressed um and you
know all the side effects I was like I just don't want them like I just want to feel like I know who
I am and I've been on this pill for so long now I don't I don't actually understand who Leah is
without this pill now I feel like I've been on it for so long like who the fuck am I do you know I
mean and I was also getting really scared because I've had these really painful
periods for so long now I've been diagnosed with PCO but that's not like a when you look at the
symptoms painful periods isn't really one of them and they won't look into endometriosis for me for
some reason no matter how many doctors I've spoken to I've probably spoken to 20 doctors over the last 10 years and none of them will look into endo for me which is really annoying
um but one thing I'm curious if I do have is fibromyalgia because my mum has it um and I
have a lot of the symptoms and I saw that excruciatingly painful periods is one of them
so that could be the answer to my questions but anyway anyway um the doctor said i can go on the hormonal coil because it will work the
same as the pill but the hormone will be basically directly going directly into where does it go
the uterus i don't know i don't want to get it wrong. The uterus? The womb? No, I should know
this. Isn't it funny that as women, we don't actually have a fucking clue how it works.
Anyway, it goes directly where it's supposed to go. Is it the uterus? Cervix? Who knows? Honestly,
who knows? But anyway, it goes directly there whereas the the pill you
take it orally obviously and then it has to go through your whole body so that the percentage
of hormone is higher apparently this is all relayed to me from a gp i have no clue how legit
this information is you'd like to think it's legit coming from the nhs but anyway um love the nhs by the way
just putting it out there so i was like great like i can keep my contraception up but i'll
have less of the hormones going from my body sounds stunning i was very scared though because
there's just not something i would do like having this like big fuck off hook going straight up my,
through my cervix, like that just doesn't ever feel like something I would do. Like that I'm
not brave. Like I'm not a brave gal. Like I'm normally like, I'll just pop a little pill.
Do you know what I mean? I like to play things quite safe. Anyway, something possessed me to
go and get this coil, right? And I and I went into the like it was in a sexual
health clinic where I had to get it I was living in London at the time and I went in and she was
talking to me and there was two women there and they were sat really close to me which was really
weird and I was really nervous like I had I just was I had the fear of like even sitting down and
spreading my legs and somebody putting something up my purse I was a bit like oh my god what am I fucking doing like is the pill really that bad
I don't know I quite like the pill actually now I think about it like that's what was going through
my head anyway I go to this room and the women are sat really close to me and I was I felt like
really uncomfortable like there was literally on top of me and they started saying to me like why
are you getting the coil if you're on the pill and I was like well um a doctor said to me that it might be better for me because then I'd have less of the hormones and she was
like why are you on contraception I was like well first of all I don't want to have children but
mainly because I get really painful periods and she's like you should not be on the mini pill if
you get painful periods and I was like oh and she's like yeah you need to be on the combination pill
and I was like oh I can't take the you need to be on the combination pill and i was like oh i i
can't take the combination pill because i suffer from headaches and migraines no that's not true
that's not true i was like oh that's just what i've been told for the last 10 years
so i'm all fucking flustered and really scared and i feel like i've done something wrong like
she's telling me off and then i was like well it's weird because the mini pill does take away my
and then I was like well it's weird because the mini pill does take away my excruciatingly painful periods you know like I don't actually really get periods recently I do it's really annoying I have
about fucking three periods every six weeks now it's very annoying but whatever what I'm saying
is she started telling me that everything I've been told is bullshit even though I know on the mini pill it says that a side effect
is painful periods which is odd because I still get very very very painful periods but before
when I'd get a period I would get like this hot flush and I would faint and I would vomit
and it was the sort of pain where I was my mum thought I was in labor when I when it happened
to me in college they thought I was having a miscarriage like it's it's a scary level of pain
to the point where you think there's no way I'm not dying like that's how bad the pain is but
since being on my pill it's really bearable pain like I might be like curled up in a ball every
now and then but it's more just like it's bearable anyway so it does help even
though she's telling me it shouldn't anyway she just really scared me and I'm looking to my right
and there's that bed with like the metal things that you put your legs in up in the air and I was
like oh my fucking god like this is a nightmare um and then I just started crying I just literally started crying in this sexual
health clinic and then she just backtracked completely and was like oh no did we say something
to upset you know and I literally was just really honest I was like I'm sorry I'm not being rude but
you're really overwhelming me and I feel like you're telling me off and I was like this is
this is a scary place for anyone to be let alone a young woman like I'm 23
I was 23 at the time I was like I'm 23 I feel really vulnerable in this position I have no idea
what is going on in my body I'm scared I'm worried I have health anxiety not that you knew that and I
don't expect you to but this is an overwhelming situation for anyone on a normal day and you're
really making me upset and uncomfortable
and i literally i was really proud of myself for telling her because she when i tell you she was
shouting at me her voice was raised like my mum hasn't shouted at me like that in my whole life
and my mum's a cockney gal like it was scary she was literally like why are you getting on the pill
i mean why are you getting the coil if you're on the pill?
I was like, oh my God, sorry, I'm so fucking stupid.
I'm so stupid.
It was really scary.
Anyway, and then she was just like, oh no, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.
And then I was like, can I leave, please?
And she fully, like, wasn't going to let me leave.
Like, she was, like, wheeling her chair towards the door as I was standing up.
And I was like, I just literally went, please can you just let me leave?
I need to get out of this room.
And then I literally walked out.
And as soon as I stepped outside, I just bawled even harder.
But it was a really traumatic experience for me.
But that was the universe saying the coil ain't for you, honey.
Like it's just not.
But because I have PCOco like I imagine that would be
quite painful because I get a lot of cysts down there apparently I don't know if that's related
but yeah ovaries is that where it goes directly to your ovaries or is it or is it your uterus
oh I don't fucking get it to be honest with you honeys so yeah that's my experience with the coil
but my sister has a great experience on the coil she loves it she's been she's been on it i don't
know what you say she's had it inserted into her purse for a few years now and she has no issues
with it she absolutely loves it i know loads of people that have great stories of it because i
remember when i was looking at getting it i put up an instagram story and asked for some of your guys experience and advice and stuff and
a lot of you said that you had great experiences with it and you love it um and yeah what I would
say to you is sorry about my long tangent on that on my story but I'm still traumatized from it to
be honest but yeah there's so many different options and I would just say talk to a GP because
I am not the gal to be given advice I don't know the difference from my uterus to my fucking ovaries apparently.
So okay, speaking of vaginal health, somebody says BV thrush UTI. So common. Okay, so I don't
know why these are so like taboo sometimes. Like, why is it not normal to just be like,
oh my God, I've got thrush. Like, itchy purse, itchy purse, pussy's itchy.
Like, why isn't that normal though? Do you know what I mean? So, you know, thrush can be a few
things. You know, actually somebody said to me they keep getting it um where is this
response they would they just said like reoccurring thrush or something like oh here we go is it
normal to get reoccurring thrush so yeah I went through a phase of getting it a lot and I don't
know what I did to get rid of it because i never ever used to take i used to
get thrush more when i was a teenager and i had it maybe like four months ago for the first time
in years i forgot how fucking horrible it is it burns mate literally burns my puss was on fire
honeys literally fire in the purse so every time i've had it in my life i never went to the doctors like i never took any of the
medication or anything i just always waited for it to go away on its own because it always did
but this time like the symptoms would go and then it would because it was like swelling
sorry if it's tmi i mean it ain't fuck it do you know what i mean you know my lips
no do you know what i'm setting an example we need to talk about this so i'm sorry if you find
this uncomfortable the lips were swollen to be honest it was red hot burning itchy right
and then it would go it'd be totally fine then it would come back and it would go then come back and
it came back like four times over the space of like i want to say like six seven weeks and then i took one of the tablets
and it went and it didn't come back so i was looking into it and apparently like even if
the symptoms go it doesn't mean the infection's gone so like you can carry this infection for
ages and also if you have a partner men don't often show symptoms as much as women do because
men can get thrush if you didn't know that so like if you're having sex with a guy um and you think
oh my thrush is gone like let's have sex you might still have that infection and you could be giving
it to your boyfriend who or just someone you're sleeping with i don't know friends and benefits someone you're having frequent sex with and then they've got now this thrush or whatever the infection is and um they
might not have any symptoms so they don't even realize they've got it and then they put their
willy back in you again and then it causes all your symptoms again and then you have it again
and then the symptoms go and then you go let's have sex let's have sex and then you have sex and then he gives it back to you and you pass it back and forth back
and forth that's that's the thing apparently i found that out so that's one thing to consider
um also it is something about the yeast right like it's it's the production of yeast
see this is not me what am i talking talking about? Why have I done this episode?
I don't know anything.
I don't know anything about women's health.
It's so confusing.
But it's something about like before your period, you can produce too much yeast.
I think.
I'm not entirely sure.
I'm not entirely sure.
But anyway, again, just go to the GP honey because
sometimes they can just give you something and it's just absolutely fine um a weak immune system
apparently that has something to do with it I did see that when I was suffering
whoa that was one aggressive hiccup um when it comes to UTIs I'm gonna touch wood for the millionth time this episode I've never had
a UTI I don't think I feel like you'd know if you had one because so many I've seen so many girls
talk about it and apparently they're so fucking painful so I'm just gonna touch wood and really
pray that I don't get one but yeah I've never had one but yeah they're really really common
actually one girl that gets them a lot Maddie Grace jepson she posts about on her insta story a lot she is the uti queen so if you want to feel better about it go and follow
maddie because she's very open and honest about her utis on uh her insta story so love her for
that but yeah it happens to the best of us um comparing yourself to other girls in real life on TikTok or Instagram, 100%, we all do it, we all
do it, so what we need to remember is TikTok is, I look way better on my TikTok camera than I do on
my iPhone camera, believe me, believe me now, like the blur, the skin blur the teeth like everything looks better on tiktok but we also have
to remember that there are people that will heavily edit their instagram photos and people
are good at it these days like people are scarily good at editing photos these days
but you also have to remember even if it's a raw photo it's a video and you look at them and you think wow she is perfect it does not take away how beautiful you are it doesn't take away how
incredible of a person you are it doesn't take away all the amazing assets you have in and around
your life you know like it's one of them things where we have to do that thing where I was saying
who cares like yeah beautiful girl who cares'm beautiful. I'm a lovely person.
I've got an amazing friendship with my best friend from 20 years. I've got an incredible
boyfriend or girlfriend. I've got an amazing relationship with my sister or my mom or my dad,
whoever. It's not important. Yeah, it's nice to to be pretty we all like to feel pretty and we like
to feel attractive we like to feel sexy but it's it's not the be-all or end-all like there's so
much more to life um and you know i always say this we have to make sure we like who we are inside
because this is the thing you can be absolutely fucking gorgeous but that means nothing if you're a shit
person and that is a fact you know um and we also have to remember that these people that you're
comparing yourself to they compare themselves to other people you know like everyone will have that
person they look at and they think oh my god i wish i look like you you know like everyone has
that person so no matter who you're comparing yourself to they do not they don't love themselves the way that we all want to love them love ourselves like it is
it's an unrealistic feeling that we're all just craving like i don't think any of us are ever
going to look in the mirror and be like i'm fucking perfect i'm a 10 i'm flawless like i
don't know i just think we need to let go of that desire and more
just be happy with who we are and be grateful for what we've got. Be grateful for everything else.
And also know that we are beautiful regardless of everybody else. Do you know what I mean?
Does that make any sense? I hope it does. You are all beautiful inside and out and that's all that
matters okay amazing okay I think I'm gonna end it on that note actually because that's quite a
beautiful note to end on oh I really enjoyed that episode I hope you guys enjoyed it was very
personal sorry if I talk too much about my little pussy but um there she is i'm glad you guys have a relationship now
i really have no secrets at this point i'm taking it too far now i took it too far when i started
the confession diaries to be honest like i crossed a line that cannot be uncrossed so
here we are honeys do you know what i mean let's wrap up the episode okay guys thank you so much for listening to this episode i really
enjoyed it i hope you guys did too i hope you feel a little bit more empowered feel a lot more
confident remember when we get stressed about something all we have to say is who cares it
doesn't matter do you know what i mean and i love you guys you're
all beautiful you're all worthy of an incredible life amazing relationships amazing friendships
amazing success financial abundance happiness you know the universe is always on your side
remember that and i'm always on your side you know what i mean so yeah um send me any ideas
for a weekly debate on Tuesday that's
coming up in a couple of days um I will also be calling you over the weekend to get you to give
your input on the dilemmas for Friday's episode so if you want to get involved send me your phone
number on Instagram um or email however you'd like to communicate and remember if you want to send in a dilemma you can
click the description there's a link to my website or you can go to my instagram and there is a link
in my bio or you can just send it directly to leo on the line at gmail.com and yeah i love you guys
so much i hope you have an amazing weekend don't get too drunk or do and get some confessions lined up
for the confession diaries.
Don't text your ex, text me instead
and I will speak to you on Tuesday
for a brand new episode.
All right, I love you.
Bye.