The Best Life Podcast

Shakespeare once asked the question, “what’s in a name?” and lately we’ve been asking ourselves the same thing. After learning that her ex-husband is getting remarried and then running into him and his new fiancee (all in the same week!), Danny has been rethinking what it means to share a last name with her ex. Changing (or not changing) your last name when you get married is always a personal cho...

Friendships are so important to nurture in our lives, but whether we like it or not, sometimes friendships fade. We grow apart, we miscommunicate, and we get in fights that slowly corrode relationships with friends that used to be our whole support system, and fuck—it can get awkward. Our relationships with friends take effort, and it’s painful when that effort slowly fades away. Through it all, t...

Life in our 40’s is so much different than we ever could have imagined at the beginning of our 30’s. It was a decade of finding ourselves amidst a lot of chaos and upheaval, and no amount of warnings could have prepared us for all that happened. There are so many pieces of advice we didn’t take (and wish we did) and even more advice we wish we had, but at the end of the day, we’re grateful for eve...

It’s no secret, Danny has fake boobs and she’s always liked it that way. That is, until, several people she knows have started having breast-implant horror stories—now she’s thinking it’s time to get them out. Just like our hair or our skin or our clothes, as women, we tie a lot of our identity to our bodies, and especially our boobs, so saying goodbye isn’t easy. But as we get older, our prioriti...

Shitty things happen to us all the time, and while it’s never your fault when someone wrongs you, it is your responsibility to heal from it. No amount of wishing or righteous anger undoes the past, and no amount of trying to understand “why” bad things happen, will take away the pain. Sometimes, you’re just left to pick up the pieces alone. But if you’re able to practice that emotional resiliency,...

We don’t have the shiniest of social media reputations—if you saw what we were up to in 2017 and 2018, no you didn’t—but nowadays we tend to practice a little more “digital modesty.” For us, we just aren’t up to as much mischief as we once were, but there are some who use their digital modesty to seem more appealing to potential romantic partners. There’s definitely something to be said about attr...

 Look we’re marketers, so we know all the tips and tricks being used in modern marketing. Try as we might to be upon front and honest with our marketing practices, there are still tons of people out in the world making sales in less than integrous ways. And while we’d love it for everyone to be up-front about the products that they sell, unfortunately assholes will always be asshole, scammers wil...

If you’ve ever thought about starting an online business, you need a way to make yourself stand out from the crowd. We all know someone with the “it-factor” but is that something that people are simply born with, or can it be taught? We think it can! There are so many voices and personalities online, and the best way to truly stand out is just to be yourself! People can sense authenticity, and as...

Whether in life or in business, there are seasons of quiet and there are seasons of busyness. When shit gets hectic, feelings of resentment start to build and burnout starts to loom closer and closer. You can’t always force your life to be “less busy” so how can you manage the feelings of burnout, so that you can live your own life without hating every single second of it? It’s #TheBestLife, not #...

As much as we all love being petty (and you know we’re good at it, too) there is something to be said about being the “bigger person.” While the un-evolved versions of ourselves might like pointing out when Brenda is acting like an idiot, that kind of negativity never brought out the best in anyone. Whether you realize it or not, people are looking to you to see how you act. Are you proud of the w...

Our value systems are deeply personal and influence almost everything we do in our lives. We all have core values, whether they’re obvious to us or not. Getting clear on what our values are can help us find direction in work, play, love, and life. It’s often said that you teach people how to treat you, and with a defined set of values, you get to set the tone for your interactions and future choic...

One thing the holidays bring about are those damn holiday parties, and what’s even worse than having to go to a work holiday party is choosing an outfit for them—what the hell does “smart casual” even mean?! Then, of course, you have to layer on what your parter is wearing too. Should you coordinate outfits? Will they dress too casually and embarrass you? If they show up looking sloppy, how does t...

Have you ever had a partner so rough around the edges that they need some rehabilitation to be a passable partner, only for the relationship to end and all the work you put in goes to benefit some other woman? We’ve fallen for the project-boyfriend more times than we’re proud of, but there’s nothing more bitter-sweet (and a little bit rage-inducing) than watching your ex go be a better partner for...

We’ve talked about feeling insecure over your partner’s ex relationships before—and believe us, it’s normal to feel that way—but there’s another layer of insecurity and jealousy to work though when it comes to the different traditions and milestones they experienced together. Your partner can’t undo the past and they can’t un-experience the things they have, so don’t hold it against them. Just bec...

As women, it used to be true that the worst insult someone could throw at us was “you’re going to die childless and without a man’s love,” but it’s not quite a threat anymore. More and more women are finding happiness and fulfillment on their own, and the days of “needing” a man to take care of us are long gone. Don’t take it the wrong way, we really do love men, but we’ve seen too many women in o...

According to some men (and we all know how reliable they can be 🙄) most women will have a partner in mind as a back-up option if the relationship they’re currently in doesn’t work out. We can’t deny that the fantasy of feeling like we could make any man from our past drop everything and run away because they’re obsessed with us sure sounds fun, but truthfully, there’s no person we’d even want to...

We’re in our zero-fucks era 💅 Over the last few years on the internet it’s felt like we have to be careful with every little thing we say, lest someone take offense to something innocently said. But lately, we just don’t have the bandwidth to care anymore. We can’t monitor every move we make, and when we spend so much time trying to please everyone, we limit the impact we can make to the people w...

Having a celebrity Hall Pass—aka someone you’re “allowed” to have sex with outside of your relationship—is a somewhat common thing, but like… should it be? We know that the times in our lives we’ve been most obsessed with celebrities has been due to the fact that we didn’t really have anything else going on in our lives. But hey, a celebrity Hall Pass might be a better choice than a Hall Pass for...

You know we love talking to experts on hormones and aging here—aging is coming for us whether we want it or not, and we won’t be going down without a fight. Today Jill is talking to Kim Schaper, metabolism and hormone expert for women over 35, about how our bodies change as we get older and what we can do to feel our best along the way. You can stay on a diet for your entire life, but at some poin...

There’s a moment right before you end a relationship that might be the perfect opportunity to destroy the status quo and rebuild from scratch. Buuuuut just because you’re in this “destruction mode” doesn’t mean this plan will work every time. It may sound like a great idea—starting over again—but sometimes change comes a little too late, and you can’t erase the past and certain hurts. Relationship...

Starting over in your life is one thing, but starting over in a professional sense is a whole other mind-fuck. We talk about mindset a lot here, but we’ve still been known to suffer from comparisonitis and negative self-talk from our own inner-critic—no one can make you feel worse about where you think you “should” be than yourself. Most people start off-and-on again, and even more people give up...

The holidays are quickly approaching, and if you’re anything like us, the coming weeks and months can be filled with stress from all around. Our families love us, but that doesn’t stop them from pressuring us to be certain ways, or accomplish certain life “milestones” that we don’t really care for, not to mention to pressure to travel, buy gifts, overindulge in food, and over consume alcohol. It’s...

The health of our brains is connected to every other function of our bodies, and especially our movement. As Meg Koppele-Duffy, co-founder of the Neuro Studio and movement coach for patients with neurological conditions, says, “every patient is a neuro patient.” We want to stay sharp (and happy!) as we age, and there’s so much more about the brain-body connection to keep in mind than we once previ...

If you listen to this podcast, it’s likely you have an interest in personal development and creating success in your life. But it’s not enough to just desire growth, it takes intentional thought and work. Manifestation plays a part for sure, but no one woke up one day with success just because they wished for it. In today’s episode, Danny-J is sharing 9 key steps of a system she uses to create suc...

Jill’s back with a solo-pod today to speak to those listeners who are more entrepreneurial minded, coaches, managers, or leaders of any kind. The last few years for Jill have brought about a ton of growth, both personally and professionally. After working all on her own for several years, Jill wanted to level up JillFit, and that meant really embodying a leadership role and bringing on new team me...