it's cool, us too

What happens when you've climbed the corporate ladder, landed the impressive job, earned the good salary... and realized you don't actually want any of it? This week, we're joined by Lisa, who did what so many of us have fantasized about: she walked away from a successful corporate career without having her next move figured out. Then she posted about it on Instagram, accidentally went...

This week, we're catching up. And somewhere between weddings, travel, dating updates, career changes and everything else happening in our lives, we ended up talking about something we think a lot of people in their 30s are feeling: friendship looks different now. As our lives get fuller and everyone moves through different seasons, maintaining friendships isn't as automatic as it once was....

What if the life you've been working so hard to build isn't actually the life you want? This week on It's Cool Us Too, we're joined by Kiki in Sicily, who traded life in LA for a €27,000 historic home in a small Sicilian town. With no renovation experience and plenty of uncertainty ahead, Kiki took a chance on building a completely different kind of life. We talk about what it real...

Everyone has an opinion on what's "worth the money." Some people swear by expensive skincare. Others will die on the hill that direct flights, quality luggage, or a cleaning service are life-changing. This week, we're putting the viral TikTok trend to the test and sharing the purchases we'd happily buy again and again. From beauty and wellness to travel, home, and the little...

When you've spent years chasing promotions, titles, and bigger paycheques, what happens when you finally get there... and still feel empty? This week we're joined by Adrianne Largo, executive career coach and former senior marketing executive, who knows exactly what that feels like. After building a successful career with companies like Kraft Foods and Coca-Cola, Adrianne realized that eve...

We've all had the thought: Maybe I'd be happier if I moved. If I changed jobs. Started over. Became a different version of myself. But what if the thing we're chasing isn't actually a new city, relationship, career, or routine? This week, we're talking about destination addiction: the belief that the life we want is always one move away. Inspired by Kiki's essay, Why Do I A...

We grew up believing there was one formula for success: work harder than everyone else, climb the ladder, collect the promotions, become the girlboss... and then you'd finally feel fulfilled. Except a lot of millennials got there and realized they didn't. This week we're joined by Colleen Bordeaux, founder of Growth Inc. and the creator behind some of TikTok's most painfully accurate takes on corp...

Summer is officially approaching, and we’re treating it like a full strategy session. In this episode, Cole and Meag sit down to define their “summer brands” — the energy, habits, boundaries, goals, and experiences they actually want to bring into this season. From routines and wellness to friendships, dating, work, money, travel, and protecting your peace, this conversation is all about creating...

In this episode, we sit down with our longtime friend Sarah McLaren for a deeply honest conversation about chronic illness, identity, ambition, and what happens when your body changes the direction of your life. After getting COVID in 2021, Sarah began experiencing debilitating symptoms including vertigo, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, cognitive challenges, and sensory overload. What follow...

In this episode, we’re getting honest about something a lot of us don’t want to admit… work isn’t just what we do, it’s who we are. As women in our 30s who have spent years building careers we’re proud of, we’ve also built lives where everything else seems to revolve around them. Our time, our energy, our relationships, even how we see ourselves. And at some point, you start to ask… is this actual...

This week, we’re joined by Maggie Hildebrand — founder of Connection Collective — and honestly… a bit of a real-life reminder that the life you want might not exist yet because you’re the one meant to create it. After moving from the East Coast to Toronto, Maggie found herself feeling something a lot of us quietly experience but don’t always say out loud: making real friends as an adult is hard. L...

In this episode, we’re talking about something we’ve been thinking about a lot lately: what it actually means to be a good friend to friends who have kids—when that’s not your life. Because here’s the truth: You can love your friends deeply… and still not fully understand what they need. We’ve both had moments where we thought we were showing up well—only to realize there was a gap between our int...

In this episode, we’re talking about something that feels quietly true but hard to name: It feels like there’s no space to be a beginner anymore. At work, in dating, in friendships, even in who we’re becoming, there’s this underlying pressure to already be good. To already know. To already have it figured out. But that’s not how any of us actually got here. We unpack the idea that we may be optimi...

In this episode, we’re unpacking something that feels quietly true but rarely gets said out loud: We expect everything from our friends…but structure nothing around them. We want consistency, emotional depth, validation, fun, and growth, all from the same people. And when that doesn’t happen? We spiral, overanalyze, or send the long text. But at the same time… We don’t build our lives around frien...

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about something that doesn’t get named enough when it comes to dating in your 30s: the mini griefs. Dating at this stage of life often isn’t defined by one big heartbreak. It’s the accumulation of smaller moments — the almost relationships, the ghosting after momentum, the slow fades, and the future you briefly imagined that never quite happens. These micro-di...

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about visibility and how it might be the missing piece between where you are and where you want to be. After reading a piece by Alexa DaFonte about “engineering your own luck,” we started thinking about how often we wait to be discovered instead of making ourselves findable. We assume people know what we want. We assume the right opportunity will land. We assu...

This week’s episode is one we’ve been sitting on for a while. Nicole shares a deeply personal update on her fertility journey — including a scary moment after receiving ovarian reserve results and her decision to move forward with egg and embryo freezing. Then Meagan opens up about something she didn’t think would ever be on her bingo card: her 8-month journey on a GLP-1 (Wegovy/Ozempic). We talk...

In this week's episode, we sit down with Janell Karst — executive coach, creator of the Badass Planner Method, and Marketing Director for a global brand — for a deeply honest conversation about the moment many women quietly experience but rarely say out loud: Is this all there is? At 36, Janell hit her first real rock bottom while living what looked like a dream life on paper: the career, the hous...

This week, we’re unpacking a question that stopped us in our tracks after reading the viral Vogue article: is having a boyfriend… embarrassing now? While we may be late to the game on this one, the conversation is still as relevant as ever. Somehow, we’ve landed in a cultural moment where independence is celebrated, detachment is cool, and wanting a relationship can feel a little… cringe? From sit...

Winter has a reputation problem — and honestly, we think it’s been misunderstood. In this episode, we talk about why winter feels so hard right now and why it’s not because you’re lazy, unmotivated, or “doing life wrong.” It’s because we go from the dopamine highs of December straight into full productivity mode… with zero transition. And our nervous systems are understandably confused. We break d...

For the first time ever, we’re recording in person , and it felt like the perfect moment to hit reset and properly reintroduce ourselves. In this episode, Cole and Meag get personal about who we are, where we’ve been, and why It’s Cool, Us Too exists in the first place. We talk about our careers, our twenties and thirties, the paths we’ve taken (and the ones we didn’t), and what led us to start a...

We’re officially settling back in ✨ In this episode, Nicole and Meagan share a long-overdue life catch-up and dive into the anatomy of a successful girls’ weekend —why they matter, how they’ve evolved as we’ve gotten older, and what actually makes them feel good instead of exhausting. After being a bit quieter over the past few months, we open up about what’s been going on in our lives since the...

Before the goals. Before the vision boards. Before the pressure. We’re starting 2026 with standards. In this episode, Cole and Meag are back after a break and sharing their 2026 Commandments — the principles, boundaries, and energy they’re committing to carry into the year ahead. Instead of focusing on what they want to achieve, they’re focusing on how they want to live, move, and feel. From self-...

In this episode, Meag and Cole take a walk down memory lane and make it healing. They chat about the hobbies, routines, and parts of themselves they’re choosing not to grow out of, even as life in your 30s gets more full (and more scheduled). From long weekends alone to unexpected bursts of creativity, they reflect on how reconnecting with childhood joy, spontaneity, and weird little interests can...

In this week’s episode, Meagan and Nicole sit down with Sarah — a corporate event planner and proud child-free woman — for an honest conversation about choosing not to have children. Together, they unpack the societal pressures that come with that decision, the misconceptions people hold, and the freedom that comes from living life on your own terms. Sarah shares how she confidently made her choic...