IN CONVERSATION: Allira Potter

Shameless

Shameless Media

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Hellooooo friends! Today on the show, we bring you the glorious Allira Potter. Allira has curated an incredible career by being herself and embracing what the universe throws at her. Despite having numerous hurdles in her path since her mother’s death when she was a teenager, Allira has flourished and thrived. Allira is a body positive warrior who helps her audience practice self-love every single day. In this chat, we talk with Allira about processing grief after her mother’s passing, how spirituality completely changed her perspective, and finding new love. For more from Allira, follow her on Instagram @allirapotter. If you enjoyed this episode, may we also recommend you listen to our In Conversation chats with Rae Johnston and Jules Von Hep. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Hayu. Head here or download the app to start your free trial. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

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0:43.0	I just remember the day so clearly.
0:45.0	It was June.
0:46.0	We got told that she had terminal cancer and I was like,
0:48.0	yeah, whatever, like, you know, the doctors will fix you.
0:51.0	That's what the mentality that I had. I was like, the doctors will fix you.'s what the mentality that I had I was like the doctors will fix you and she was like
0:54.8	mate it's it's not I've been given like a couple of months and I was like yeah yeah whatever and
1:00.0	by November she was literally gone.
1:03.4	It was just, it was the most bizarre, foggy year of my existence. The Hello and welcome to this in conversation episode of Shameless with the Glorious Alyra Potter.
1:33.7	If you head to Alyra's Instagram profile, you'll see she describes herself as a bad-ar spiritual
1:38.5	and mindset coach, a woman who has curated an incredible career by being herself and embracing what the universe
1:44.5	throws at her. Despite having numerous hurdles in her path since her mother's
1:48.4	death when she was a teenager, Alyra has flourished and thrived. She is a body positive warrior who also helps her audience
1:55.0	practice self-love every single day and we felt like we were sitting down with a literal
1:59.8	ray of human sunshine when we did this chat. Here's Alyra.
2:06.0	Alyra Potter, welcome to Shameless in conversation. Thank you so much for joining us.
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