Beauty and Becoming
Beauty and Becoming is a sanctuary for women who are ready to stop fixing themselves and start meeting themselves.Hosted by Coco — licensed esthetician, Reiki practitioner, certified Ayurvedic health instructor, and intuitive catalyst with over twenty years in the beauty industry — this show explores beauty not as something to apply or correct, but as something to remember. Something that has always lived within you, waiting to be revealed.Each episode is an invitation to come home — to your body, to the essence of your unique beauty, and to the wholeness that was never actually missing.We talk about holistic self-care as a d...
125. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of November Says... The Power is in Your Own Presence | With Carly Whorton
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November is here.
And my lovely friend, Carly Whorton, is here with me today to welcome in the new month.
In this episode, Carly and I explore topics such as:
What October taught us about solitude and retreatThis season of surrender and flowing with the energy of Venus and Mercury retrogradeThe power of the pause, presence, and playHow to work with our old patterns, rather than being in resistance to themKarma, consequence, and sacrificeThe card pull of the month and embracing ourselves in our wholeness and as a s...124. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 7 | The Crown
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This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from which they originated.
These episodes will offer powerful tangible self-care tools for you to help bring more balance and alignment back to mind, body, and spirit.
Remember that our...
123. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 6 | The Third Eye
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This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from which they originated.
These episodes will offer powerful tangible self-care tools for you to help bring more balance and alignment back to mind, body, and spirit.
Remember that our...
122. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 5 | The Throat
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Content Warning: This episode discusses difficult subjects, such as abuse, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, and trauma. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available.
This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from w...
121. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 4 | The Heart
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This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from which they originated.
These episodes will offer powerful tangible self-care tools for you to help bring more balance and alignment back to mind, body, and spirit.
Remember that our...
120. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of October Says... Rest & Reflect | With Carly Whorton
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Happy October! My favorite time of year... there is so much sacredness in the season.
I am honored, as always, to be welcoming in this new month with my dear friend, Carly Whorton, and sharing our monthly energetic report for October.
We begin this episode by looking back at what September revealed to us in the context of the energy we discussed at the beginning of the month.
Then, we take a look ahead at the month to come, discuss our oracle card for October, and flow thr...
119. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 3 | The Solar Plexus
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This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from which they originated.
These episodes will offer powerful tangible self-care tools for you to help bring more balance and alignment back to mind, body, and spirit.
Remember that our...
118. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 2 | The Sacral
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This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from which they originated.
These episodes will offer powerful tangible self-care tools for you to help bring more balance and alignment back to mind, body, and spirit.
Remember that our...
117. Self-Care Through the Chakras Series | Part 1 | The Root
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This is the Self-Care Through the Chakras Series... a series that has been in my heart since the inception of this show, and I am so excited to finally bring it to you.
Each week, for 7 weeks, we will explore each of the 7 main chakras through the traditional yogic lens, anchoring our journey in the authentic Indian roots from which they originated.
These episodes will offer powerful tangible self-care tools for you to help bring more balance and alignment back to mind, body, and spirit.
Remember that our...
116. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of September Says... Harvest Trust - It All Belongs in the Garden | With Carly Whorton
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Here we are, officially welcoming September and the slow descent into a new season.
I am always happy to welcome back my friend, Carly Whorton, and her astrological wisdom into this space.
Today's episode explores the transition from August into September through the lens of self-trust, discernment, and seasonal change. We discuss how August brought a surrender and emotional recalibration, and then we connect that thread to September’s invitation to choose more intentionally what benefits from our energy.
We share our monthly oracle message, lean into the...
115. True Beauty is Not Vanity... It’s Divinity
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In this episode, we explore the meaning of beauty... something which is intrinsic to our very existence.
I share personal stories about my own relationship to beauty, as well as what I have witnessed through years of working in the industry.
I explore what it means to reconnect with that inner well of beauty rather than looking outside of ourselves for a quick fix...
Because there is absolutely nothing wrong with loving lipstick, Botox, skincare, hair care, makeup, or any of the beautiful ways we choose to a...
114. When Insecurity Becomes a Doorway to Self-Love
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I thought I wanted to be prettier... what I really needed was to be cared for.
If you listened to last week's episode, or have been following me on Instagram @beautyandbecomingwithcoco, you will know that I have been talking a lot about insecurity lately…
Putting myself vulnerably front and center to share my own challenges with the reflection I see in the mirror… especially as someone with a podcast that has Beauty in the name and has been in the industry for decades....
But what if insecurity is an...
113. Honoring Our Outdated Identities
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Happy New Moon Solar Eclipse in Leo!
In the spirit of today's energetic lessons... I hopped on the mic for an impromptu inspired episode.
This episode is a peek into my journal today and what I am working to transmute in my own life... the identity upgrade that I have needed.
I share about my insecurities as an esthetician battling acne, through a tumultuous health season the last couple of years.
May this episode remind you to honor where you are while you are in pro...
112. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of August Asks... Now What? You Get to Decide, Queen | With Carly Whorton
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Carly Whorton joins me again today for our monthly energy chat!
August is juicy... and this conversation goes way beyond astrology.
Carly and I explore:
Honoring the seasons in our lives: the "still" seasons, the seasons asking us to walk away from what is no longer worth the "hard", and all the seasons in betweenHow we relate to the difficult events in our lives and discerning between what is difficult and needs to be re-evaluated vs. what is difficult and our Soul needs us to push through (Spoiler ale...111. Embodied Becoming: Integration, Integrity, & the Courage to Be Seen by Yourself
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This week's episode arrived a little later than usual... on purpose. A week of heaviness, density, and overwhelm was asking for the spaciousness to be felt rather than fixed. I needed some time to mother myself before showing up in this space.
That practice of allowing became the doorway into today's conversation: taking becoming out of the conceptual and into the embodied. Last week's episode explored becoming through the lens of integrity and wholeness on a broader scale... this week, we bring it home into the Self.
Set against t...
110. What It Means to Be... Becoming
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Today's episode is evidence that when we trust, surrender, and are open and receptive to what the Universe has available for us… the way will be shown. We are always supported.
Today we explore:
What synchronicities mean when they show up in our livesWhat integrity really meansA reframe of personal powerWhy "becoming" doesn’t mean you need to become a whole new personWhy self-care is a key factor in reaching our fullest potentialPodcast Episodes Mentioned:
108. She's Getting a New Name... | https://www.b...
109. Trusting the Unfolding & The Force of Tenderness
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Today's episode feels incredibly sacred to me.
These birthday episodes have become something I never intended them to be…
They're love letters to my past and future selves.
They allow me to witness not only how much life can change in a year... but how faithfully our intentions continue unfolding, even when life takes us somewhere we never would have chosen ourselves.
A year ago, I couldn't have imagined what was waiting just beyond my birthday.
Within days, everything I thought I knew ab...
108. She's Getting a New Name...
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Today I am sharing an exciting announcement...
After 100+ episodes, this sanctuary has a new name!
In this short and tender episode, I share the story behind the rebrand... from Self-Care Sermon to Beauty and Becoming... and why it was through deep self-inquiry that made this evolution not just possible, but inevitable.
This isn't just a name change. It's a rebirth. A reclamation...
Of beauty as something full and true and innate.
Of self-care as a devotional practice, a doorway back home to yourself.
<...107. Bonus Re-Release | Birthday Episode: The Mud and the Lotus
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In the spirit of celebrating 100 EPISODES (!), I am re-releasing some of my (and your!) favorites!
Today's re-release feels... like ALL the feels... special, beautiful, healing, self-honoring, self-compassionate, self-loving, WILD... all the things.
Today's re-release is my birthday episode from last year, being shared again on my birthday this year. This was a powerful one for me to listen back to, and I hope it brings you what your heart might need today!
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Today, July 9th, is my birthday!
This episode is:
a refr...106. Bonus Re-Release | Self-Care Through Grief | With Bruna Afonso
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In the spirit of celebrating 100 EPISODES (!), I am re-releasing some of my (and your!) favorites!
Today's re-release is extra special, because Bruna is my Cancerian sister, also celebrating a birthday this month!
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Today's episode is probably one of my favorites that I've recorded so far... there is so much resonance and beauty and so many synchronicities that came up for me personally through this conversation... it just felt magical and aligned.
I am so grateful to have such an incredible woman and friend like Bruna in...
105. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of July Says... It's Time to Come Home | With Carly Whorton
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It is that time again! I am back with the wonderful Carly Whorton for our monthly energy chat for July.
First, we take a moment to honor and reflect on how the energy that we discussed for June showed up in our lives over the course of the last month.
Then, I share the oracle card that I pulled for the month of July and how the mythological story of the Selkie Woman illustrates the themes that are so potent during this season.
Carly then guides us th...
104. Remembering Your Light When the Sun Stands Still
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Today's episode is an intentional pause.
This held breath moment in time where we consciously remember to fully experience the exhale.
It is about the moments that ask us to come Home to ourselves.
The moments that reveal something that we may have forgotten… but never lost.
It is about releasing the expectations, the "shoulds", the obligations… and coming back to the core of your Truth, your Essence, your Light.
Let this episode become a sanctuary for you… holding you in whatever moment it finds yo...
103. Bonus Re-Release | Boundaries as Self-Care Series | Part 3 - Family | With Cory, Daniel, & Taylor Rivard
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In the spirit of celebrating 100 EPISODES (!), I am re-releasing some of my (and your!) favorites!
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Today's episode is so extra special to me because I have all of my siblings joining me!
My older brother, Cory, my younger brother, Daniel, and my younger sister, Taylor, all sit down with me to have a very open, honest, and vulnerable discussion around our unique interpretations of boundaries within our family system.
I am so grateful for their presence, their willingness to share, and their support of myself an...
102. Taking an X-Ray of Your Life: Where Are You Gaslighting Yourself?
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Today's episode is another really personal one for me.
For years, I have lived with chronic pain. The kind of pain that slowly becomes part of your identity. The kind that quietly weaves itself into your daily decisions, your relationships, your work, your sleep, and eventually the way you see yourself. When something has been present for long enough, it's amazing how easily we can begin to normalize it. We adapt. We minimize. We convince ourselves that it's not that bad.
But sometimes life presents us with a moment...
101. Bonus Re-Release | Body Image, Motherhood, and the Evolution of Self-Care through a 20-Year Friendship: A Convo with my Bestie, Angela
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In the spirit of celebrating 100 EPISODES (!), I am re-releasing some of my (and your!) favorites!
This re-release episode is extra special, because it also happens to be my bestie's birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANGELA! Love you!
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A most heartfelt thank you to my beauty-full best friend, Angela, for being so vulnerable, open, and honest in this episode.
You can show her some love on IG @angelalundberg_
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100. You Are Right on Time
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Today's episode is a very important milestone for me… Episode 100!
And while I am definitely celebrating myself today… this is not about "look at me"... it's about "come with me".
This episode is about:
The importance of starting - just do the thingShowing up messy. Imperfect. Scared. The world need your truth. Why not getting lost in the big picture is critical to success - consistent baby steps matterHonoring your own creative force withinConnecting to your beauty that is NEVER separate from youPodcas...
99. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of June Asks... Why am I here? | With Carly Whorton
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I am back with my dear friend, Carly, for your monthly energy forecast. I share the oracle card that I pulled for the month of June and what the image of the Waterfall can mean for us.
Carly explores some important astrological transits for June… chapters closing and new ones beginning…
This episode is jam packed with takeaways including:
How to live a life on purpose - recognizing that the time will be spent no matter what… so how are you choosing to spend it?How a daily self-ca...98. The True Cost of Beauty: My Year Without Botox
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There’s a difference between choosing something because it genuinely brings you joy… and choosing something because you’re afraid of what happens if you stop.
And I think many of us — especially as women — have been conditioned not to question that line too closely.
We are meant to shut up and look pretty.
Today’s episode is a very honest conversation about beauty, insecurity, self-worth, aging, the nervous system, and the complicated relationship many of us have with the reflection staring back at us in the mirror.
97. Making Your Life a Musical: Remember to Live
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Today's episode is one of those simple, yet profound reminders that we need to return to again and again and again.
Everyone that I am speaking to lately is experiencing some sense of heaviness… and it is in that heaviness that we need to remember that we have the power to bring more light.
I was confronted with my own questions of self-worth recently, and in this episode we navigate the delicate balance between showing up for others and nurturing ourselves.
Together, we can walk each other home...
96. Why Your Body’s Signals Are Your Greatest Self-Care Guide: My Lessons Through Fertility Grief
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Content Warning: This episode discusses difficult subjects, such as suicidal ideation, depression, mental health, trauma, and abuse. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available.
Today's episode is probably my most personal so far.
And yet it is certainly not intended to be just a beautifully polished narrative about ME.
It is recorded with the intention of inviting you into a safe space where you might not feel so alone with anything you might be struggling with: health scares, fertility fears, rel...
95. Self-Care with the Seasons: The Energy of May Asks... Who do you think you are? | With Carly Whorton
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In this episode, Carly Whorton brings her astrological expertise in a practical and grounded way, and we weave together my own intuitive practices, and our combined love of self-care to help guide you into stepping into your full agency and thrive in harmony with nature.
We explore how re-framing astrology as an energetic weather forecast can transform your daily experience, helping you surf life's inevitable waves rather than be crushed, swept away, or overwhelmed by the tides.
Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, this episode is perfect for th...
94. Messy Doesn’t Disqualify You, It Initiates You
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There are seasons in life when everything feels clear, aligned, and moving forward… and then there are seasons that feel uncertain, tender, undone. The spaces where things are falling away before anything new has fully arrived. The in-between. The messy middle.
In this episode, I want to talk about what it means to be in a season of transition — when you feel like you’re no longer who you were, but not quite who you’re becoming yet. The moments where life feels disorganized, chaotic, confusing, unclear, or difficult to make sense of...
93. Remembering the Body's Wisdom: Returning to the Love of Your Sacred Vessel in Taurus Season (and always!)
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Content Warning: This episode discusses difficult subjects, such as trauma, abuse, disordered eating, self-harm, and body image. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available.
Todays episode is a tough one… but a necessary one. I have done episodes like this in the past, and I can promise you that there will be continued conversations on these topics in the future. And that is really the point: we cannot have these conversations enough. Conversations about body image... about self love... about the less Instaglamorous sides of heal...
92. The Hidden Healing Power of Emotional Release Through Holistic Aesthetics | With Millie of Rooted Within Skin and Wellness
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Content Warning: This episode contains talk of sexual abuse. If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship, help is available. Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 or text "HOPE" to 64673.
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On today's episode, I am joined by Millie, owner of Rooted Within Skin and Wellness.
Millie is a holistic esthetician and skin fairy at heart, blending intuitive touch with grounded technique. She specializes in buccal massage and nervous system supportive facials that go d...
91. Quieting the Itty Bitty Shitty Committee | With Audrey Sutton Mills
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On today's episode, I am joined by Audrey Sutton Mills, who is a self-love teacher devoted to helping women quiet the inner critic and return to their truest selves: worthy, whole, free, and sovereign. Through her writing, programs, podcast, and retreats, she guides women toward deeper alignment and their fullest expression.
Today, I have the pleasure of discussing Audrey's new book, Quiet the Itty Bitty Shitty Committee: Five Self-Love Tools to Silence Your Inner Critic and Reclaim Your Worth.
This book and this conversation is so beautifully human, and e...
90. Discipline: Self-Caring or Self-Constricting?
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In this episode, we are taking a look at the role that discipline plays in our life.
While it a beautiful skill to cultivate, the scales can easily be tipped into an overly egoic territory. I share how I unconsciously slipped into a prison of my own making… letting my discipline become walls I was building around myself.
We explore:
What balance actually means in our lifeHow to work in partnership with our Higher Self to create a sustainable, aligned life that reflects our valuesStructure vs. spontaneityThe relationships - wi...89. Wellness as a Journey: Storytelling Through Self-Care | With Caroline Alboneti
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The first time I spoke with today’s guest, it was an instant recognition of: this is my people. I find that despite being across the world from one another, we can talk like old friends endlessly about our love of self care and beauty and wellness. I was so excited to have her back on the podcast for a second episode!
Caroline Alboneti is a global wellness guru, acupuncturist, luxury wellness consultant, naturopath, Traditional Chinese Medicine expert, spa strategist, and educator.
With nearly 20 years of experience, Caroline specializes in...
88. Be the Villain: Exploring the Vacuum Law of Prosperity & Spring Cleaning
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We are in a season of transformation. An energy shift. A change in momentum.
Maybe you can feel this in your own life... this stirring. Maybe you can notice it with the blooming of the daffodils out your window. Maybe you can sense it with the light staying later here in the northern hemisphere.
But no matter where you are at in the world… things are shifting.
Today's episode talks about how to best prepare for this change in energy... this change in season. We explore how to ri...
87. Channeling Our Inner Warrior: You Are the One You Have Been Waiting For
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In today's quick episode, we channel the Warrior archetype, which is within each and every one of us.
We approach this archetype through the lens of the Divine Feminine.
We talk about the hero's journey… but not in the linear, strong, muscled approach that is often portrayed from an unhealed masculine perspective. The Divine Feminine, which also lives within each and every one of us, navigates the hero's journey by being courageous in the descent through the darkness.
With a subtle shift in language and perspective, we can h...
86. Freeing the Dragon: A Conversation on Freedom, Manifestation, and Softening into Play | with Carly Whorton
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Today I am joined by my dear friend, Carly Whorton. Together we explore the transformative journey of 2025 and what it means to free the dragon, and how the Universe is always moving us forward on the river of life. Our job is to allow and ride the waves.
This episode dives into so many beautiful themes including:
Examining how we view freedom in our livesWhat it looks like to release old patterns and confront our woundsHow to start imagining and then building a life more aligned with our valuesW...
