The LowDown Podcast

In this episode, Sara and Alex talk to with Kelli Hobby Shallal, registered dietician, personal trainer and creator of the food blog Hungry Hobby to get the lowdown on healthy habits—from eating well to why you shouldn’t rely solely on counting calories when it comes to your diet. Additionally, Kelli also provides easy recipe ideas as well what she’s keeping stocked in her fridge and pantry to feed her family. Also, as an added bonus, Kelli is offering our listeners 25% off her meal plans! Use ‘LowDown25’ to receive your discount.

Today, Sara and Alex are getting the lowdown about relationships and how to foster them while also taking care of yourself and your own mental health. They talk with Talkspace counselor Elizabeth Hinkle, a licensed marriage and family therapist to discuss why relationships seem harder in this day and age thanks to technology and the many dating apps out there. They also go beyond romantic relationships and how to have healthy and happy friendships. Finally, they discuss the importance of self-care, which is so much more than spending a night in with a sheet mask and a bath bomb.

In this bonus episode, Alex and Sarah Eller (she’s back!) talk with Sara Seely Chacon, business development consultant at First National Bank and Sigma Kappa’s national president. You’ll get the lowdown about the ups and downs of moving all around the country growing up, essentially having two full-time jobs at once (that’s what it’s like being the national president after all…), how Sara’s life has truly come full circle and more.

In this episode, Sara and Alex talk to with Audree López, stylist, freelance writer and editor and the girl behind the blog Simply Audree Kate to get the lowdown on wardrobe essentials every woman should have. Audree shares tips some of the absolute basics you should have in your closet, what pieces you should splurge for versus what you should save your money on, and more. Additionally, she’ll ease your mind when it comes to thrifting and shopping vintage.

Today, Sara and Alex are giving the lowdown about what they’ve learned about everyone’s favorite activity: networking. While we all probably hear how important networking is, it seems like many of don’t know how to do it, or at least don’t know how to do it well. Besides just discussing the importance of networking (did you know 85% of jobs are filled by networking?), they give you actionable ways to begin building your network today.

In this episode, Sara and Alex sit down with diversity and inclusion expert Amy Waninger to get the lowdown about how we can all be more inclusive and promote diversity in both our personal and professional lives. Amy provides a three-step model to overcoming our unconscious biases, provides listeners with actionable ways to be more inclusive and discusses how we can all be more vulnerable, open and authentic.

In this bonus episode, Sara and Alex talk with Ann O’Connell Adams, an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, Sigma Kappa’s national vice president for alumnae and avid yogi. We get the lowdown about growing up in the Chicago suburbs with parents in the airline industry (day trips to cities like Boston weren’t uncommon!), what it’s like arguing a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, that moment when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married on the same day as Ann and her husband and more.

In this episode, Sara and Alex talk with Angela Guillory, associate dean of students and director of greek life at Louisiana State University, to get the lowdown of what sorority and fraternity life was like in the past, where it is now and what she thinks the future holds for it. Additionally, Angela discusses losing an LSU student to a hazing death and how it’s impacted both the local school community as well as the national one.

In this episode, Sara and Alex talk with Lindsay Boccardo, Millennial expert and career coach to get the lowdown of how your attitudes shape your behavior. Lindsay describes the psychology behind our attitudes and how we all see the world through different lenses given our past experiences. She discusses the five attitudes we most commonly find ourselves in and shares tips on how best to interact with someone who is experiencing any of these attitudes.