The Quarter Life Happy Hour

Welcome back to Happy Hour! This week, it's my pleasure to reintroduce Carris to the podcast! She's a photographer, writer, creator, dog mom, and now - BUSINESS WOMAN! Carris has worked hard these last couple months to build her growing photography page into a woman-owned business! The 815 Collective is a photography studio that she has founded with two local photographers and it's...

Grab your drink of choice and get ready for Happy Hour! This week, I have my fellow Lit lover, fellow reality tv binge buddy, and gal pal - Katie! We dive deep and analyze the first half of the second season of Love is Blind (*SPOILERS AHEAD*). We then spend the second half of this episode talking about the highly anticipated topic : LOVE BOMBING! How to find the signs of a love-bomber, how we end...

This week, I have Patrick in the hot seat for Happy Hour! A fellow ISU Redbird, former circus performer, resident ginger, and he's got a thing or two to say about modern dating in your 20's! Patrick and I went on a couple dates recently and now we're here - ready to break down the dynamics and social cues in the dating scene. We talk about the guy's perspective when swiping on...

Happy Happy Hour, friends! Joining me today is my new Internet friend! A former Jehovah's Witness member, former Disney adult, former college athlete, and now property manager - Lexi is in her quarter life crisis and has already seen it all! We dive deep into topics such as our shared religious trauma, our bad dates from dating apps, her "Disney stalker", and our cringiest Valentine...

This week had me taking tequila shots with my downstairs neighbor, Alyssa and letting all our pent up aggression out. Alyssa is a feisty Taurus, badass woman, and fellow homeowner and she's super excited to be on the show! On today's Wednesday Happy Hour, we talk growing up in a toxic home environment, Myspace days, the night we officially met, being homeowners, and overcoming being unde...

Second time’s the charm! One year ago, I reached out to semi-viral Tik Tok-er Matthew Wurnig who had just recently gained traction for his “50 Dates in 50 States” concept that blew up across the Internet! This journey that started off with Zoom dates during the early Covid days took him on a cross country adventure, visiting every state and meeting up with a girl on the way! He’s preparing to depa...

Here it is! The messiest of messy - I’m officially introducing my “sister wife”, Tanya to the podcast! Host of her own show, “Tanya’s Playground”, Tanya and I met under “interesting” circumstances (can’t give away all the details in the episode bio!) We talk about our first meeting, how to come out of hardships with a spark of positivity, mutual struggles in dating (lol), and her overall adjustmen...

This week, I'm joined by online acquaintance turned Happy Hour special guest, Sveta! I don't remember how Sveta and I met exactly but she does!-and she tells the whole story. (Yes it involves me crying about a boy at the bar). We also dive into people relying on toxic relationships over friendships, her messy 21st birthday, why you shouldn't just date if you're lonely, trusting...

Kicking off another year of Happy Hours with QLHH videographer, John Saltz joining me to discuss our intentions for the new year, what we expect to see in ourselves, what we thrive for in the new year, and how we want to build our individual brands! John's business partner and one of our good friends from college, Josh Lamb will also briefly join us to talk about his 2022 goals and their smal...

Wrapping up 2021 with every chaotic story we can think of! I'm graced with the presence of the host of "Happy to be Here", Kate once again and she is, in fact, happy to be here! We talk about everything that happened in our lives over the past year - from both experiencing public and messy breakups, to battling with our mental health, to gaining new confidence within our careers, an...

Happy Holidays! Christmas is right around the corner and I brought on my former co-worker, Klaudia to discuss some cheery topics! We talk about how our lives have improved since quitting our service industry jobs, being underestimated as a woman, her growing fascination with cars and how it solidified herself as a member of "car-tok", and finally, we navigate the trauma around being in a...

This week, I have my old high school friend Sandro on the podcast to discuss my analytical tactics while navigating the dating scene. We share our cringiest dating stories, differences we experienced in college, our memorable times at both college and back in high school, and talk about the major flaws in dating and why the men aren't "acting right" the older they get. https://insta...

Officially switching career paths has given me a brand new perspective on my professional life and how twenty-somethings bounce around in their careers. This week, I'm joined by real life BFF, Bailey-who's a former restaurant manager-to discuss everything good, bad, and incredibly toxic about the service industry! We share stories about our years working at restaurants, how one's bu...

We're back! Joining me this week are the Walsh brothers - all the way from the UK! Joe and Jonah are the co-hosts of their own podcast-How Do You Survive Your Twenties. They're well-traveled, adventurous, somewhat experienced, and just trying to survive their own quarter life crisis. We discuss crazy travel stories, dating stories, culture in America vs. The UK, and so much more! Stay tu...

This week is for Swifties everywhere! Kate comes back on the show to break down RED (Taylor's Version) in all its' glory and chaos. We talk about the next step in my professional life and then dive into our personal takes on Taylor Swift's re-release of RED and the All Too Well: Short Film! https://instagram.com/quarterlifehappyhour

This week's episode is very special as I sit down with a fellow "church life" survivor and life coach-the spiritual and beautiful Rachael! We discuss how our paths crossed again after nearly a decade, our personal "turn-offs" about the church community, her journey of navigating her sexuality while still with the church (including her marriage , and how relying on the univ...

Happy spooky season! Welcome back to Happy Hour featuring my king of Halloween-my buddy Josh to talk about all of our favorite Halloween memories including costume ideas, party stories from years' past, and ideal horror and Halloween movies. We also dive into our own "horror stories", which are "situations that should have gotten us kidnapped" while being young, dumb, and...

Happy Hour this week is graced with the presence of my favorite Libra, my podcast BFF Kate! The host of "Happy to be Here" joins me to talk about her dating life down at college, old flames, maintaining successful podcasts, and hiding behind the mask of social media. We also talk about the opposite of other people's "glow-ups" (the ever-so-tragic "glow-downs")! h...

Happy Season Premiere! Happy Hour is BACK and it's more chaotic and confusing than ever. But it's okay because I'm here to help you through it! Another year closer to 30, I sit down with my former roommate, best friend, and newly single BADDIE Bailey to discuss the differences when it comes to bar settings, weekend plans, self-care days in your early-20's in comparison to now-t...

For the Season 3 finale, I'm discussing the hard-hitting topic of doing the things that scare you in life with my bestie and former co-worker, Tyler. Tyler is one of the chillest dudes I know and he shares his experience moving all the way to Austin, Texas in the middle of the pandemic last year to pursue culinary school and find his groove in the service industry as a chef. We talk about tak...

Back for another round of Happy Hour, I have my bestie from college, Carris joining me! I give her a recap of my birthday, turning 27 (!?!?!), and she gives me insight on her new, adorable roommates!! We also dive deep into the topic of relationship trauma, insecurities women face in new relationships, getting into healthy relationships, plus we are also briefly joined by Carris's boyfriend,...

This week, I have two of my favorite co-workers and some of the best servers out there, Haley and Andrew back to continue their reign on QLHH! We discuss getting "happy birthday"d from people from our past, industry struggles, dealing with customers, and more! https://instagram.com/quarterlifehappyhour

This week, I'm releasing a mini episode that probably should have stayed in the drafts but it's Happy Hour. It's messy. It's chaotic. It's "The Quarter Life Happy Hour". It's real life and this week, gal pal Bailey and I discuss the most random, drunken topics such as realistic dreams and our night out, consisting of a broken phone. Barely edited and raw rec...

This week, I'm taking a break from seating tables and running a restaurant to discuss the hot topic of "friendship breakups"! QLHH regular, Kate is joining me all the way from grad school to talk about her first ever friend-breakup and how it has affected her. We also discuss the importance of keeping positive and uplifting people in your lives. There's, of course, two sides to...

This week, fellow literature lover and BFF from college, Katie is joining me to discuss our greatest guilty pleasure--reality dating shows! We start off by giving some insight on the Delta Variant and COVID after Katie's recent recovery. We also dive deep into some of the details, behind the scenes facts, and analyze some of today's most popular and chaotic reality dating shows! *SPOILER...