Toxic Waste of Time

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Swimming Pools Ivy and Katie talk about the importance of female friendships in their lives and how they've grown since their teenage years. 

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Two-Factor Authentication Katie and Ivy talk about our various experiences with Self-Help media, and at what point it becomes a toxic relationship. 

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: farm animals In this episode, Ivy and Katie talk about the idea of "Twin Flames" and clinging to a relationship too hard, no matter how toxic we know it is. They touch on Twin Flames Universe, and the culty spin on twin flames going on there. 

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Houseplants In another Toxic TV throwback, Ivy and Katie discuss Season 1 Episode 13 of Charmed, and we'll reveal some of the things that aged like fine wine, and others that were well, a little too campy. Unpack our greatest fears in this episode!

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker; Travel Friends. Are they worth it? The time and energy investment required to maintain friendships in adulthood is significant. And some people are good friends, and others just good company. Others still go bad after three days. Katie and Ivy break down their thoughts on grown-up friendships and points of toxicity in this charming episode. 

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie decide to let fate decide the topics for this week! We spin our wheel and choose from a list of topics, and respond with our raw unscripted thoughts: no prep or research! See what the universe wants us to talk about! Icebreakers: Doctors, Podcasts, Perfume

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Video games Katie and Ivy talk about Fairy Tales, with a focus on Cinderella, and sus out the points of toxicity in these classic stories. 

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie get onto some wild tangents now and then, and some of them are pretty funny! So we thought we'd share them with you all rolled up into one episode! If you like these, please tell us!

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie talk about why we feel the need to back away from delivery apps and just go get the things outselves. Icebreaker: Political Correctness

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Hiking. Ever feel like affirmations are just dumb? Does a bubble bath really fix everything? Katie and Ivy explore the toxic potential of Self Care. 

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie talk about the detrimental effects of toxic positivity Icebreaker: Professional Wrestling TW: Depression, death, funerals, repressed emotion Thanks for traveling back in time to check out the early episodes of the Podcast Formerly Known as Bad Boss Detox! Since Ivy and Katie fully detoxed from our toxic work experiences, and moved on, we changed the name and the gene...

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Water Bottles. With another Toxic TV Throwback, Ivy and Katie analyze "Read No Evil" from Season 3 of The Facts of Life. This 1982 episode explores book banning, and with an issue like that, we're bound to get a little spicy!

Send us Fan Mail Our friend Mikey D is back with more wisdom on what to do when a formerly toxic person reappears in your life. We'll break down the 5 R's of a true apology, how to tell when YOU might be the toxic one! Icebreaker: Bugs TW: Insects, spiders, bedbugs, mental illness

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Cilantro. Katie and Ivy get deep with our research on Generational Trauma. (aka Intergenerational Trauma, Ancestral Trauma) Could the scars of past generations still exist in you? We'll find out, and make our unscientific determination of whether or not this could be toxic! 

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: The Olympics. In part two on this topic, Ivy and Katie talk about the complex web of toxicity surrounding the religious/political divide in the US, and our own thoughts on how to navigate it. Trigger Warnings: religious trauma, abuse, political violence

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Storms. In episode 1 of Season 3, Ivy and Katie discuss their relationships with religion and politics in part one of two on this topic. It's complicated. Or is it?  Trigger Warnings: Religious trauma, indoctrination

Send us Fan Mail In the season 2 finale, Ivy and Katie talk about what might be one of the most toxic relationship types we've seen so far: the Frenemy. Hopefully this is one we can all agree to just cut loose and move on from! Icebreaker: Furries.

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie have had varied experiences in school, with teachers, students, and their kids' teachers. In this episode, we'll talk about some of the most toxicity in teaching, and shout out some of the teachers who shaped our lives in the best ways. 

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy analyze our relationship with a vintage WB classic, Charmed! Ivy's never seen it, and Katie's a developing superfan. But is it toxic?  Icebreaker: Marijuana TOPICS: Charmed, Vintage TV, TV Shows, TV Drama, Witches, Occult, Magic, Magick, Wicca, Toxic relationships

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy have two very different body types,  but the similarities in their body image struggles are closer than you might think.  Icebreaker: Baking Topics: Body Image, eating disorders, bulimia, anorexia, social media, women's magazines, thinspo, fitspo, baking, shopping, clothing, clothing sizes Resources:  nationaleatingdisorders.org   https://nbcc.org/resources/nccs...

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie speak with voice actor, author, and podcast host of The Soul Goals, Dawn Cunningham, about our own relationships with our mothers, and how that might affect our own parenting. 

Send us Fan Mail Continuing our discussion of the two part opener of season 2 of The Facts of Life, Ivy and Katie think about the toxicity present in this show and how it relates to TV today.  TRIGGER WARNING: Racism, Sexual Assault, abortion, suicide

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie talk about one of Ivy's favorite shows growing up, The Facts of Life. But Katie's never seen it! How does the show age?  Like fine wine? Like a school milk carton left in a locker over winter break?  Icebreaker: Haunted Houses. TRIGGER WARNING: Racism, age gap dating, abortion

Send us Fan Mail Katie shares some of her highlights (or lowlights) from her slog through online dating. Some of the worst offenders are put on blast (anonymously), and Katie recounts all that she learned about herself and the dating process.  Icebreaker: Caffeine

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy have very different dating histories. Ivy met her man "as a child" as she often says, and Katie waded through the online dating swamp for nearly 15 years before she finally found the right guy. Katie explains what that experience was like in this two part episode. Icebreaker: Sports