Hi Bombshell!Welcome to this week’s Fitness & Mimosas with my girlfriend Sammie. Sammie is my “gothic pin up doll”, with the perfect hourglass curves and makeup that looks like she stepped off the cover of Vogue, Sammie is all about women supporting women, freedom of self-expression and self-love.During her senior year of college Sammie developed a project discussing the more liberating and empowering side of the sex industry. She found freedom in self-expression as a sex worker and enjoys shedding the light about a side of the industry that is rarely talked about. In this podcast we talk about some of her greatest lessons as sex worker, the importance of drawing boundaries and knowing your worth and the beauty of femininity.Put down your kettlebell, make yourself a mimosa, slip into your sexiest pair of stilettos and “push play” for some girlfriend-to-girlfriend chat time!Connect with Sammie:Sammie’s Instagram: ladytoeheadWebsites to empower sex workers:Stripper Labor Rights: http://stripperlaborrights.com/HIPS: http://www.hips.org/Coaching for strippers: https://www.survivetheclub.comWebsites to help if you are in a difficult situation:National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network: https://rainn.org/Breaking Free: http://www.breakingfree.net/-xoxo-Fitness Corner: Connect with Spice It Up Fitness at info@spiceitupfitness.com or get the free Bombshell Butt Lift plan at http://bombshellbuttlift.com/. Show Notes:How she learned to be free (5:30).Sex work & judgement (9:30).How to handle it when a guy is inappropriate (11:30).Respect & community in the Sex Industry (14:00).The hardest part of sex work (15:40).The greatest takeaway/breakthrough from working in the industry (17:49).Advice for anyone entering the industry (18:22).The story behind the logo on Godiva Chocolates (19:46).Sexuality vs. Sensuality: (22:28).Being Vulnerable (25:44).What is femininity? (27:00).The importance of mindfulness (30:40).Transitioning out of sex work (33:12).Handling rejection & taking care of yourself in the sex industry (36:40).Importance of women standing together (40:21).Femininity & Fitness (42:56).Favorite Quotes“It’s not even that we have to expose our bodies to be proud of it, everyone’s expression of it is different. Mine was more exposure than hiding, but some people’s are hiding which is just as empowering. That’s what I love about having authority over yourself.” “Our bodies are policed.”“I’m here and I’m going to be me, and if you have a problem with it-that has nothing to do with me.” “Start practicing just saying “no” in general to create boundaries.” “I connect sensuality with intimacy. Sexuality can sometimes create a false intimacy which people feel closer to you then they really are…sensuality is being sexy and vulnerable.”“Sexuality comes with confidence” “At one point probably even Rosie the Riverter didn’t know how to be feminine and vulnerable.”“Mindfulness is important, otherwise it can just fly by us because we live in such a busy world.”“For anything that makes you feel less than 100% amazing. Have a mantra. ‘I am amazing, their idea of beauty is very one sided and their wrong- because I am beautiful.”“One thing that I like to tell myself is that I am worthy. Because there are so many circumstances where we are told that we are not. Whether it’s beauty or being told that we are not worthy of affection. Their wrong, you are worthy.”“(re: her stripper persona vs. her real life self) remember to keep them separate and in a sense they are one within each other.”“My advice to the world to be to love yourself. You are amazing and no body can tell you any different and if they don’t their dumb.”“Be authentically you.”
