Breakfast with Benefits

Nobody warned us about money, so we brought in someone who actually knows. Bola Sokunbi grew up watching her mother's friends turn up at the door with their suitcases and their kids and nowhere to go, because they didn't have their own money. She decided that would never be her. Born in Austria, raised between Nigeria and the US, she started her first job on a $54,000 salary, saved $100,000 in thr...

"She just wanted to see snow." That's how Sensei Carol White describes one of the survivors she's met. Carol is a black belt martial artist and co-chair of the first human trafficking awareness committee of Women's Club of Coconut Grove in Florida and she's been fighting this in our backyard for almost a decade. The numbers stopped us cold. 1 out of 7 men here has paid for sex with a minor. 90% of...

She opened the show by reading us something that made Kriszta say "go to bed." That's when we knew this was going to be different. Marni Mann has written over 40 books. Five to six a year. She started with addiction memoirs and pivoted to spicy billionaire romance and never looked back. Her readers thank her. Their husbands thank her husband. We got into female desire, fantasy, dead libidos, what...

Nobody warned Roy either. Stay at home dad. Four kids. One husband. 1.3 million people watching. This week Kriszta and Beyza sit down with Roy Moure, Singapore born, London bred, Miami landed, to talk parenting without a manual, teenagers who talk back, screen time, and why grocery shopping at 8pm is the most underrated thing you can do for yourself. Also: dictum, cocktopus, bitchuation. And going...

Life doesn't warn you. It just changes. One day you're a wife, a mother, a career woman, and the next you're asking "who am I now?" In this episode, Kriszta and Beyza sit down with Jennifer Warren Medwin, Miami-based empowerment strategist, certified divorce coach, Florida Supreme Court family mediator and author, who has turned her own hardest chapters into a lifeline for thousands of women. We g...

The wellness industry is not exactly rooting for you and this week's guest has receipts. Amanda Mansur is a yoga teacher, activewear founder, and self-declared old-school biohacker who keeps it radically simple. In this episode, Kriszta, Julia and Beyza sit down with Amanda to talk about women's health, aging after 40, perimenopause, and how to stop losing your mind, your muscles, or your sense of...

How do you talk to your kids about sex, consent, porn, and peer pressure without making the conversation awkward? In this powerful episode, we sit down with international speaker Mike Domitrz to unpack the conversation most parents avoid.  Mike made our jaws drop repeatedly. At some point we just stopped trying to close our mouths. Mike is the founder of the Center for Respect and the author of Ca...

We spend years fixing ourselves. Therapy, routines, discipline. But what if the space you wake up in every morning is quietly undoing all that work? In this episode, we sit down with Jesus Pacheco, not just a designer, but a spiritual designer who approaches homes as living systems. Some call him unconventional. Others call him ahead of his time. He sees space as something that interacts with the...

Endless cooking. Soul-sucking laundry. Ignored trash. Damn sticky fridge door. That hair in the drain. In this episode, we cry about domestic hell that quietly drain our energy, time, and sanity every single day. From onion chopping and endless laundry to disappearing socks and messes no one else seems to notice, we unpack the mental load of keeping a household running and why it leaves us complet...

We're taught that starting over means erasing who we were. New life, new career, new body, new version. Clean slate or nothing. This episode pushes back. It's for women who feel  late . For women who think they have to begin from zero. For women who feel fragmented by many lives, careers, countries, bodies, and identities. Because the truth is quieter and braver than that. Starting again isn't abo...

It's our last episode of the year, and instead of pretending we're brand new people, we did something more honest. We let AI write our New Year episode and then reacted in real time. What followed was funny, uncomfortable, accurate, and very us. We talk about who we became this year, the patterns we're done repeating, the resolutions that didn't survive real life, and what we're actually carrying...

Art Basel Miami is loud, glossy, and expensive. This episode lives on the B-side. During Miami Art Week, we went off the main stage and into the booths and corridors to find women behind the art. Not the headlines. Not the VIP lists. The real ones. We met mothers who paused their creativity, and came back anyway. Artists juggling school pickups, illness, immigration, self-doubt, and the need to cr...

Our feeds won't stop feeding us nonsense, and we can't stop scrolling. In this episode, we look at how our phones shape what we think, how we feel, and why everything suddenly feels like a mess, even during the days we're supposed to feel grateful. From algorithm anxiety to the pressure of perfect lives, we unpack what we're being served every day and what it's doing to us. Funny, honest, a little...

Between skydiving dreams and dishwasher duty, the women of Breakfast with Benefits ask: Would you do it all over again? Marriage, motherhood, and the midlife remix. Served hot, unfiltered, and slightly burnt around the edges. 

In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to sit down with one of Peru's most celebrated fashion designers, Sitka Semsch. Our conversation flowed through the worlds of fashion, sustainability, women's empowerment, and motherhood. Themes that define both her work and her philosophy. Sitka's collection beautifully blends innovation, timeless elegance, and artisanal craftsmanship.  https://sitk...

What happens when three mothers try to find peace and end up in a Temazcal wondering why enlightenment smells like sweat and eucalyptus? In this unfiltered episode, Beyza, Julia, and Kriszta confess what really goes down at women's retreats: overpriced yoga mats, collective tears, and the hope that "healing" lasts longer than the flight home. From solo trips in Sedona to group bonding in Tulum, th...

Sleepness nights follow us from babyhood to adulthood and somehow, nobody's getting rest.  In this episode, we sit down with Sleep Coach Ane, a former lawyer who turned her own battles with anxiety and insomnia into a new calling : helping families sleep. We spoke: Why cry-it-out sleep training doesn't actually teach healthy sleep but destroy our bond with our kids... The surprising connection bet...

Our husbands don't listen, but maybe you should. In this episode we dive into the wellness circus: endless supplements, biohacking, and the promise of living to 120. Kriszta brings back insights (and stress) from a health event, Julia questions if we're just not trying not to die, Beyza reminds us that American food might be poisoning our kids. From candy at school to billion-dollar longevity indu...

✨In this episode, we welcome our very first guest, vocational astrologer Mariana Birchall ( or Mariana Birth Chart" 😉). She shares her personal journey of transformation and how it led her to help mothers, and now also men in midlife, navigate career changes, new beginnings, and business ventures through astrology. We explore birth charts, astrocartography ( the astrology of place), maps for chi...

In this episode, we step into the College Admissions, the real Squid Game: the stress, the pressure, and the doubts every parent secretly carries. From the London's brutal school system to Miami's cutthroat admissions race, we share raw stories, fears and hopes for our kid's future.  Honest, funny and sometimes painfully real, this is one conversation every parent needs to hear.

Ever had those days where you just want to "emotionally murder" the things that drive you nuts, like traffic jams, noisy neighbors, or even your own dog?  In this episode, we let our dark humor fly and make a (very satirical!) hit list of all the people and things that drive us crazy. No actual violence, just emotional murder and lots of laughs!  Who (or what) would make your list? Drop it in the...

Our unfiltered thoughts on Gabor Maté's talk in Miami Event ! Join us as we dive into our experience of the night; from Beyoncé-level traffic to Cheetos-crunching attendees, we share our candid take on the event, and whether his message truly resonated. Tune in for a lively discussion filled with personal reflections and critical analysis...

Kriszta's unexpected police car crash at dawn sparks a deep dive into Freud, art, and the guilt of family obligations. Join our chat on life's hidden signals, balancing passions, and why sometimes we all need a RESET...

"Ever notice how a fight loses its steam when it is not in your native language?"  Tune in as we dive into the wild and wonderful world of adapting to life to US. From language barriers to cultural faux pas, we share humorous and touching stories about finding our true voice abroad. Hear how we navigate and hold on to our mother tongue amidst the funny and tricky challenges. Don't miss this engagi...

SPOILER ALERT !!!! Join us as we discuss a series that's taking the world by storm with its innovative one-shot filming. We explore themes of social media dangers, online bullying, and the challenges of parenting teens today, along with personal stories of childhood trauma and healing.