Sisters Cracking Up

Join us as best-selling author ( Sweetbitter, Stray ) Stephanie Danler and her sister Christina Mannatt are interviewed together for the very first time. Danler calls her interview on Sisters Cracking Up , "The best podcast I've ever done." Danler's memoir, Stray , is one of grave childhood dysfunction which includes a drug-addicted father who abandons their family when Danler was three, and a sec...

We're joined today by Kristin van Ogtrop, former Editor-in-Chief of Real Simple magazine. Join in as real-life sisters psychotherapist Abby Rodman and Beauty and Marketing Exec Julie Howard discuss Kristin's new book, Did I Say That Out Loud? Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them . Abby and Kristin commiserate on the challenges of having three sons (DON'T wear beige, keep your pocketbook ope...

In midlife, it's not too late to manifest the life of your dreams. Most of us have heard of "The Secret" -- but what if that technique of manifesting has just never worked for you? Listen in as sisters psychotherapist, Abby Rodman, and beauty and wellness expert, Julie Howard, talk with author and intuitive, Liz Dean, as she describes the exciting practice of using Switchwords to get exactly what...

Could your fear, anxiety, and depression (and other issues) have less to do with your current experiences and more to do with what your parents and grandparents experienced? Short answer: Yes. Inherited trauma is real. Research shows it plays a far greater role in our physical and emotional health than ever before realized. We humans biologically pass down our trauma experiences to our children an...

Britney Spears has been in the public eye for as long as many of us can remember. Join  Sisters Cracking Up as journalist Leo Honeycutt reminisces about being the first to interview Britney just as her star was rising, and his ongoing involvement with the Spears family. Britney's often-tortured journey is as public as ever as she attempts to free herself of her family's conservatorship. #FreeBritn...

Hey, Sisters! We're introducing a brand-new feature with this fun episode featuring power sisters Alexandra Trower and Andrea Scharff. Ever wonder what connects sisters and creates that unbreakable bond? The answer, of course, is the sharing of a unique family history that brings sisters close and keeps them closer. Our guests today are pretty darn remarkable in their accomplishments and their sis...

Has your relationship with your partner or spouse changed so dramatically you don't even recognize it anymore? Is your partner or spouse depleting you and you just don't understand why? Has anyone suggested your partner or spouse may be a narcissist and you rejected that idea? Debbie Mirza, the bestselling author of The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist , joins Sisters Cracking Up and pulls bac...

This one's a goodie, folks! Listen in as midlife and online dating expert, Diane Anderson, gives us her top ten tips for successful dating in midlife. Abby shares her cosmetic filler debacle, and Julie unexpectedly commandeers the episode.

In this episode, Abby and Julie share your honest and raw Aging Parents Survey responses. Abby shares a friend's TMI convo and a babysitter's dad wonders who will wipe Abby's butt one day because she only has sons.  Abby chooses Dax Shepard to join the Sisters Cracking Up Sister List, while Julie chooses Amy Poehler. Find out why.

On today's episode, Abby and Julie talk to the inimitable stylist-to-the-stars Jacqui Stafford about tips for looking your best in midlife. As our theme song says, we're not seventeen anymore...and we need to take our style, hair, and makeup routine up a notch! We love Jacqui (and her advice) and so will you!   Jacqui  Stafford is one of the industry's most influential and sought-after style and b...

In this episode, Abby and Julie pick the brain of book publishing/publicity phenom Jordan Rodman. Jordan has fearlessly taken FIFTY books all the way to the NYT bestseller list. If anyone knows this business inside and out, it's her. By the time we're in midlife, we all have a book in us. Jordan provides the inside scoop on what it takes to get to the top of the pile, while Abby muses about her up...

In this episode, real life sisters, psychotherapist Abby Rodman and beauty expert Julie Howard discuss sexlessness in marriages and relationships. Drawing from a survey that garnered hundreds of responses (from mostly men!), you'll hear the skinny and the scoop on how and why a relationship becomes sexless. Abby discusses having her house "cleared" by a Shamanic Practitioner, and Julie wonders if...

Holidays feeling a little Covid-y this year? We're with you! In this episode, real-life sisters psychotherapist Abby Rodman and beauty expert Julie Howard talk about the joys and challenges of the holidays during the pandemic, Abby's famous (or she likes to think) turkey recipe, and listeners' election survey results. From red to blue and in between, we share 'em as we get 'em. On our Sister List...

Hair? Meet RevAir! Our lovely, smart, empowered manifester-guest, Debra Isaacson, brought a "crazy idea" at her kitchen table to a revolutionary new product for blow drying hair -- and it's setting the world of haircare on fire. If you've ever had a great idea for a product (haven't we all?) but talked yourself out of it, listen in for inspiration and motivation.  Debra also names her pick for our...

In this episode, sisters beauty expert Julie Howard and psychotherapist Abby Rodman talk all things beauty. Listener-Sisters describe what makes them feel most beautiful, when ( and at what age) they felt most beautiful, and how their definition of beauty has changed over time. Julie dives deep into her own relationship with beauty after decades working in the beauty industry. Abby talks about dow...

Sisters psychotherapist Abby Rodman and beauty/trend expert Julie Howard lament the ongoing pandemic, ask Who does that? without judgment (while very much judging), and dig into listeners' fascinating sibling survey responses. Tune in to Episode #2.

On this episode, real life sisters, psychotherapist Abby Rodman and beauty expert Julie Howard, delve into and dish about the disturbing ridiculousness of white privilege, BLM, and YOUR pandemic survey answers.