No, You're Not Dying

We're not even a week into Daylight Savings Time ending, and we already feel like we're in the upside down. Which means we're officially entering ~holiday season~. Which ALSO means that the stress of having to handle complicated family dynamics - like those with your parents or siblings - is defrosting like Mariah Carey. That's why in this week's episode, we're talkin...

The Candy Corn Queens have spoken: the best time of year is upon us! Today, we're getting into the Halloween spirit - not to be confused with Spirit Halloween - as we share the best spooky movies (and immediately forget the names of the greats), party songs (there is an objectively right answer and Joyce *does* perform karaoke thrice), and the nostalgic items we still crave now (read: pumpkin...

This episode has everything: Raspy voices. Judging a book by its cover. Accidental miscommunications. Conspiracy theories & giant meat-eating crabs. Then, we're diving into a question everyone loves to think about even though it will probably never come true: "What would I do if I won the lottery?" And there's more psychology behind it than you might think. We talk about ho...

*TW: This episode discusses infertility, pregnancy loss, and grief.* A lot of us have grown up watching movies and shows that told us that creating a family would be easy, magical, and wonderful. And we believe it, because we like to think that things are going to go the way we hope (and think) they will. But when they don't, it's devastating, and can leave you feeling like, "where...

Today we're picking up where we left off last week, with Part 2 of our parenthood series! Our inner voice can have a lot to say when it comes to the pressures around having kids. But so can the voices of our parents/in-laws, friends, and society at large - and it can be a lot harder to quiet them. This week, we're diving into how to do just that, and navigate the external noise that can...

There are moments in life when you may hear the chatter around having kids get louder: if you're recently married, if you see your friends or peers starting families, if you're single in your thirties, etc. They make you realize that the decision to have kids is not like what you thought it would be: it's far more complicated, with a lot more noise. Today, we're talking about h...

Do you ever look at something and think to yourself, "what the heck is happening here?" Turns out we feel that way...about a lot. And we're not ashamed to admit it.  Today, we're back with a Part 2 to an episode we did last year sharing the many things that simply just do not make sense to us. In talking about everything from DVDs and the internet, to family ancestry, underwate...

Sometimes around birthdays people do lists like "20 lessons I learned at 20" and things of that nature. But that felt like a lot and also we didn't want to, so this episode isn't that. Instead, this week we're sharing lessons we wish we learned earlier in life. Some are about our own psychology, some are about the world in general, but all of them could have saved us some...

Does anyone else feel like the back-to-school season is more like the beginning of the year than January 1st is?  Today, we're chatting about the anticipation of heading back to the classroom - whether you're a student, a parent, or even a teacher - and why you never really outgrow that feeling (no matter how old you are). We talk about the pressure of starting a routine & and the im...

*This week we're throwing it back to an episode from a year ago! We'll be back next week with a new episode.* We've all had moments where we want to tell people in our life to stop doing something - being friends with someone we think is toxic, dating someone that we think is undeserving of their love, engaging in bad behaviors that we ourselves have done that ended badly, and, and,...

Walk into any room where an icebreaker game is being played, and you'll see almost everyone cringe. Mostly because nobody wants to participate, but also because they raise the question: how exactly are you supposed to describe yourself in just 3 words? Today we're talking about how we really develop our personalities and why our need to simplify things can actually create more problems....

Do you know that person whose middle name might be "chaos" and saves everything until the last minute? Or maybe you're familiar with the person who is more cautious than frenzied and likes to get ahead of a problem before it becomes a disaster.  Regardless of which problem-solving style rings more true to you, it turns out that they have far-reaching impacts in your life. Today, we&...

This episode is brought to you by yet another major thunderstorm that you'll hear in the background. Today we're celebrating Ted Lasso's return, recapping our experience seeing Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and once again letting our health anxiety take the wheel while being offered only dirty dimes in return (trust us, it will make sense). Then, we dive into an often overlooked type of...

As a society, we treat talking about our salaries & income like bringing up Voldemort: they shall not be named. There's no denying that money is an intensely personal subject and is more than what's in your pocket. It's tied to power, security, access to things like healthcare, your sense of self-worth, and beyond. But, if we never talk about it, it just gets bigger and scarier...

We came back from vacation feeling...insane. Our lack of sleep and general confusion has resulted in whatever today's episode is.  We start with a recap of our trip and the perils of early morning travel. Notable highlights include the curse of the brussell sprouts, a nearly-broken arm and a run-in with TSA, accidentally breaking out of our own car, and the humiliation that comes with almost...

Some weeks you're thriving, and some weeks you're dumpster diving. And unfortunately for (one of) us, we're knee deep in psychological garbage.  Today, we're talking about bird calls, travel stress, and what to do when life's got you down. We discuss being an observer vs. active participant in life, the "workout mentality" and how to apply it to making plans, the...

Growing up, the majority of our life is spent with people of the same age - in school, in camp, in sports. It's not really until we enter the working (aka real) world  that we look around and realize...wait a minute, is my new pal someone who could be my mom? Yes, and it's probably a great thing. Today, we're talking about the unexpected benefits of befriending people of different a...

We don't know about you, but stories from the World Cup have taken over our feeds, our brains, and our lives the last few weeks: the tales of Lawrence, KS, the Tartan Army, Cabo Verde's draw, the discovery of ranch dressing, and so much more. And it got us thinking...aside from the actual soccer part (like the insane offside rule which half the time doesn't even make sense when it g...

We're back this week with a listener-requested episode! Thank you to you, listener! For many millennials and Gen Z-ers (is that even what you're called?? idk), social media comes naturally. We know how to use it, what platforms are in, and we can pick up what we don't know quickly. But for the parents of us 20-&-30-something-year-old teenagers, it's not quite as easy. And w...

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger", "When one door closes another door opens", "You're only given the battles that you can handle": Quotes in frames at your local HomeGoods, or things you say to people when they're going through a tough time and you have no idea what else to say? (Or perhaps both)? This week we're talking about platitudes -...

We saw That's The Point Podcast with Kristin and John do an episode on this, so we're doing an episode on this (with our own twist). Today, we're having goof & gab time where we talk about the things we used to be impressed by that no longer impress us, and the things that actually *do* make the cut these days. We talk about everything from the clean-girl aesthetic and needing t...

Cheating is a not-all-that-uncommon occurrence in relationships, but that doesn't make it any less devastating. And if someone cheats, it's normal to think: this is over, leave and never look back. But is it really that simple? Today, we're talking about the complexities of infidelity in a relationship and how to determine if you want to stay with your partner and move forward. We c...

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes...finding everything your partner does kind of annoying and realizing you might actually hate them? Queue the questions: is this normal? Is it just a phase? Is it worth saying anything?  In today's episode, we're talking about how you can go from the adoration of your wedding day to the resentment of everyday life with your partner, and w...

**apologies for a bit of wacky audio today, we accidentally messed up our audio levels while recording oops** Do you have a favorite song that makes you feel powerful? Or maybe one that completely changes your mood, or takes you back to a specific moment in time and suddenly you feel like the person you were then? What about one that you listen to when you're pissed off, or need a good cry? Y...

The third and final episode of the interview series is here! We're picking up right where we left off, at perhaps the most frightening point of all: the aftermath. The interview is over, you're leaving the building, and then you queue up Zendaya's hit song "Replay" because it's time to rethink the entire experience as you make your way home. Today, we discuss why obse...