The Best Life Podcast

Would you date someone with a history of addiction? We all have different feelings about addictions, and different histories with addictive substances. We don’t believe that struggling with addiction is a moral failing that makes you a bad person, but we do know that addictions impact relationships in big ways, and should be taken seriously. People who have addictions deserve love just like anyone...

We have a love-hate relationships with Threads. It’s a fascinating app with some of the worst rage-bait and hot takes, but we fall for it every time. Recently we saw a post about the idea that women, after a certain age, need to be dressing “age appropriate.” If you know anything about us, you’ll know what comes next: fuck that shit. We’ve always been live-and-let-live kind of people, and especial...

Everyone “knows” the right things to do in life when their own lives are great. What if your life is falling apart—should you still be giving advice then? Or accepting advice from people who don’t live perfect lives? Giving and receiving advice is always a touchy subject, especially when it isn’t asked for. But even someone who has no idea what they’re doing can have some wisdom to impart, even if...

Once upon a time we used to think that people who used ads for their businesses or personal brands were somehow “cheating.” Now, we just wish we had started using them earlier. We all know the algorithm is unpredictable now and even when people follow us, we can’t guarantee that they’ll see our content. Not to mention the fact that if we want to scale our businesses in meaningful ways, we need to...

We’ve done a lot of work to face our own insecurities, and for the most part, we’re very comfortable and confident with ourselves. Despite our best efforts, we still feel the sting of insecurity sometimes. Bodies, brains, businesses… it’s easy to compare. But insecurities aren’t objective truth, and when you own your own shit, there’s no space left to feel threatened. That’s the Best Life. (This e...

We are officially in a recession and it costs an arm and a leg each day, just to be alive. The idea of a recession alone can get people closing their wallets and preparing for the worst… but it doesn’t have to be that way. Abundance is possible no matter what the economy is looking like, and it all begins with our mindsets and choosing to invest in ourselves. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the wo...

There are times in our lives when we have difficult decisions to make, but we’re unsure of the way forward. How can we know what the right thing to do is? What if we choose wrong and everything is ruined? The thing is, there’s no such thing as the “wrong” decision. The answers are rarely clear, and you may feel evenly split among your choices, but that doesn’t make any choice “right” or “wrong.” Y...

Does selling have to be sleazy? Danny and Jill are big proponents of marketing and selling with integrity, and that includes not pushing someone to buy when it’s clearly not the right choice for them. But after some recent sales conversations, Danny has been left wondering if there’s a right time to push someone, especially when you know that you have the solution they’re looking for.  Starting to...

You may have heard of “functional” nutrition and medicine, but what the hell does that even mean, and why should you care? As Erin Holt, aka The Funk’tional Nutritionist, tells us, function medicine is about focusing on the root causes of illness, rather than simply treating symptoms. For so long, traditional medicine has been gate-keeping our health, so Erin has built a business helping us become...

Getting older is mind-fuck after mind-fuck, but as we approach perimenopause and menopause, we’re sick of being told that everything has to suck from now on. We don’t accept the idea that all of a sudden we can never build muscle or that our hormones will prevent us from enjoying our lives, and luckily for us, people like Dr. Stephanie Estima exist. Today Jill and Dr. Stephanie are chatting everyt...

Lately, Danny has been taking more girls’ trips in an effort to maintain some individuality outside of her relationship. We love our partners, and we love nurturing them, but when your sole sense of self is tied to your partner and their needs, your own sense of self and your needs start getting ignored, and before you know it, resentment starts growing. We were raised to be people pleasers, and w...

We all know social media is full of smoke & mirrors but, like clockwork, we’re seeing a new disturbing trend: influencers sharing their “mindset transformations” without being upfront about how they’re actually transforming—with the help of weight loss drugs and other procedures. Bestie, you know we’re all for doing whatever makes you feel confident, no questions asked and no judgement, but th...

Trying something new is scary enough, but even more so when you’re trying something new. Impostor syndrome happens to all of us, and that’s okay! But Bestie, what we never want is for impostor syndrome to prevent you from taking action and living the life you dream of. Today Jill is sharing 4 tools you can use to help overcome impostor syndrome. Trying something new in front of public eyes [1:42]...

Look, Bestie, we never want to say we’re better than you. Buuuuuuut Danny’s been meditating every single day for a month, so…. Kidding, of course, but these last 30+ days have been life changing for her. What started out as a years-long unfulfilled promise turned into curiosity, which turned into a real, daily practice that feels like the kind of peace you get while taking a Valium. No kidding. If...

We’ve been entrepreneurs for a while now, and we’ve learned quite a few lessons. The highs are high, the lows are low, but through it all, we’ve pivoted and learned everything we could, and as a result, we’ve become better people. When it comes to business (and life) it all boils down to taking action in the face of paralysis and realizing that you can handle any problem that comes your way—as lon...

With the rise in popularity of beauty influencers and reality shows like Love Island, there seems to be a new standard of beauty, and it requires a lot of effort (and frankly, money). Lash extensions, hair extensions, botox, fillers, and a full-face of makeup daily is becoming increasingly popular… but are men even into it? Do we have to get work done in order to look acceptable? And is this what...

In the aftermath of our divorces, we turned to alcohol maybe a little more than we’re proud of. But hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, and sometimes that means not always having the healthiest coping mechanisms. But since then, we’ve stopped going out at much, met our significant others, and developed new goals around longevity, so our drinking habits have changed. We have new boundaries around...

Some people find doing everything on their own to be difficult, but for us, it’s asking for help that ends up being the harder task. Asking for help can feel like admitting to failure, not being good enough, or opening ourselves up for judgement and it feels safer to struggle alone than to admit we need assistance. But when we think about it, we LOVE to help the people we love, so maybe it’s true...

We’re really passionate about women making money for themselves. Obviously in an ideal world, women in partnerships don’t have to worry about being the primary financial provider if that’s not what they want to do, but having a way to financially support ourselves during our unexpected divorces was pivotal for us, and we want every women to have the option to take care of herself if she ever needs...

Would you break up with your partner if they didn’t allow you access to their cell phone? It certainly seems like a weird dealbreaker to have, but after going through infidelity at the hands of our exes, we can empathize. Private cell phones (and computers for that matter) are causing new problems that weren’t possible before, and while everyone deserves to have privacy, some motherfuckers out the...

We consider ourselves dreamers and big believers in what’s possible, but we do believe in the utility of being “realistic.” At least, being realistic about what you’re willing to do, and realistic about the timeline you want to achieve things in. Every human achievement seemed impossible at one point, and to realize them, it took people who were bold enough to think of them and resilient enough to...

It’s been a while since we recorded a personal episode of this podcast and we felt like it might be time to catch you up to date on what we’ve been doing, Bestie. The world is just as chaotic as ever, meanwhile we’ve been sick, vacationing, and grieving. You know, all the usual stuff. We promise not to be so distant and keep you more in the loop next time—or maybe we won’t. We haven’t decided yet....

When we started this podcast, we were somewhat newly divorced and trying to navigate the world on our own for the first time in a long time. We weren’t sure how to be alone, but we had to. Maybe you can relate—when is the last time you did something all by yourself? Today, Jill shares a 5-item bucket-list for you to try out if you’re newly divorced, or even if you just want to grow as an individua...

There’s a new kind of side hustle you can do from almost anywhere: user generated content. After Danny saw a friend making thousands a month for seemingly little output, she had to do some investigation. For the past few months, she’s been dabbling with UGC so she can give you to lowdown on the the truths, the lies, and what’s possible if you decide to try it for yourself. What is UGC? [1:11] Expl...

There’s so much more to being healthy than just being “thin” and the closer we get to perimenopause and menopause, the more we realize that. Today Jill is chatting with Tina Haupert of Carrots N Cake about minerals, metabolism, mindset, and how important they are to maintaining our health. We always hear about macronutrients, but no one seems to care about micronutrients and the effect that a lack...