The Overcompensating

What if everything we've been told about Botox is only half the story? In this episode, we sit down with Claudia Guzmán, an editorial makeup artist and holistic facial therapist whose approach blends beauty, facial myofascial release and nervous system regulation. After more than a decade working in fashion and beauty, she began asking a different question: What if the most powerful beauty tre...

Is "The Trio" a love story or a story about nostalgia? In this episode, we're discussing the Swedish drama everyone seems to be talking about this summer — and why it's about much more than a love triangle. Our 5 reasons to watch "The Trio":• The characters• Cultural Eroticism™• The nostalgia• The unconventional relationships• The questions it leaves you withWe talk abo...

The Overcompensating Podcast, Episode 15What are we consuming these days — and what is it doing to us? From Agatha Christie to contemporary fiction, from Tucci in Italy to Beef, from Japanese craftsmanship to Italian music, we're talking about the books, films, series, documentaries, ideas and cultural obsessions currently occupying our minds. Along the way, we discuss comfort viewing, challen...

The Overcompensating Podcast, Episode 14Food was never really just food. For a lot of us, eating became tied to body image, control, insecurity, validation, comfort, discipline — and the constant feeling that we should somehow take up less space. In this episode, we talk about our own relationship with food, and how it was shaped by childhood comments, diet culture, the “light” era of the early 20...

There was a time when the Met Gala was synonymous with good, avant-garde taste. In this episode, we trace how it evolved: from a tightly curated world shaped by Anna Wintour to something bigger, louder, and harder to believe. Then comes 2026. Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, and a distinct “Gilded Age" energy: when wealth doesn’t just mingle with culture, it buys its way in. In the second half, we...

The Overcompensating Podcast, Episode 12Why does everything being easier make us feel like we have less time? From food delivery to outsourcing daily life, we unpack how convenience can quietly turn into dependency, and why having more options doesn’t necessarily mean living better. More ease often leads to less intention, and more help to less control — leaving us stuck somewhere in between: feel...

Following our last episode on JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette (Love Story still doing what it does), we slip into the emotional undercurrent of the 90s—the last decade before life became a brand. Before identities turned hyper-performative, before taste flattened into a global aesthetic masquerading as individuality. What we’re calling a “return” might actually be something quieter: a collective paus...

Dissecting the first 4 episodes of "Love Story". We didn’t start with the series. Long before American Love Story existed, we had already read, dissected, and obsessed over their story. This episode covers the first four episodes, created by Ryan Murphy — before the couple is publicly “a couple,” up until their first picture together. We had also read Once Upon a Time by Elizabeth Beller...

The Overcompensating Podcast, Episode 9 We start sleep-deprived, mildly delusional, and somehow convinced we still have the stamina of our early twenties. We don’t. In this episode, we finally tackle relationships — but from our angle. Not the fairytale version. Not the productivity-couple blueprint. Not the “find your forever person and disappear into domestic bliss” narrative. We talk about cris...

The Overcompensating Podcast , Episode 8In this episode, we explore purpose through self-discovery. We share reflections from people who know us well — together and individually — and contrast them with what we see in each other. Using those external perspectives as a mirror, we unpack recurring traits, talents, and patterns. The overarching theme is finding purpose — not as a fixed destination, b...

The Overcompensating Podcast , Episode 7In this episode, we reflect on how curiosity, learning, and openness often get quietly replaced by “that’s just age” once certain life milestones are reached. Without judgment, we explore how giving up becomes socially acceptable, reinforced by scripts that promise stability and comfort — and how rarely those scripts are questioned. We talk about what slowly...

The Overcompensating Podcast , Episode 6This episode was supposed to be one thing. It became something else. (As usual.)Instead of forcing resolutions or pretending we’re entering the new year as fully evolved beings, we looked back first — using a few deceptively simple questions from Mel Robbins to unpack the year we just survived, processed, overthought, and (mostly) learned from. From there, w...

The Overcompensating Podcast , Episode 5In this episode, we dive into the ways we’ve turned comfort into a full-time job — and how being “well” became something we now have to maintain, optimise, and, occasionally, unsubscribe from. We start with Spotify Wrapped and end up diagnosing our generation: subscribed to everything — except peace of mind. From gym memberships to guided meditations, dopami...

The Overcompensating Podcast, Episode 4In this episode, we go back to the essence of The Overcompensating Podcast: sharing our latest overcompensating materials, asking each other slightly absurd questions, and talking about what we’ve been watching, reading, and listening to lately. Think of it as the first what we believe will become a series — a sort of How to Overcompensate guide, where instin...

We’re joined by Rachael Chadwick, a film impact producer who turns documentaries into movements for change. After losing her mum, Rachael created 60 Postcards — a tribute that grew into a book and a global conversation about grief, connection, and storytelling. Since then, she’s led impact campaigns for award-winning films, blending personal stories with social justice to spark empathy and action....

The Overcompensating Podcast, Episode 2 In this episode of The Overcompensating Podcast, we look back at our twenties — the myths we believed, the labels we carried, and the lessons that only came with time. We unpack how careers aren’t linear, why identity is never fixed, and what it takes to lose the fear of “what will people say.” From moving cities to broken scripts, friendships that faded, an...

In our first ever episode of The Overcompensating podcast, M and I share our personal journeys with fitness, healthy eating and mental health. As we draw closer to the big 40, we analyse what we have learnt and our goals for living longer. Or living better.