The Things We Know

In this episode, Lisa and Kari sit down with Joanna Shakti to talk about love, intimacy, and what it really takes to feel connected — to ourselves and to each other — in lives that are often overloaded with work, caregiving, and distraction. The conversation doesn't land on easy answers. Instead, it opens up a more honest question: what are we actually missing when we talk about loneliness, an...

Safety is often treated as common sense, but in this episode Lisa and Kari explore the invisible mental load that comes with constantly assessing risk, making calculations, and navigating a world that asks women to stay vigilant while rarely questioning why that vigilance is necessary. In a conversation that moves beyond the obvious, they examine what those unseen habits cost, what they reveal, an...

In this deeply honest and timely conversation, Kari and Lisa sit down with gender diversity therapist, parent coach, and AFFIRM Coaching Program founder Rachel Hulstein-Lowe to talk about allyship, LGBTQ+ advocacy, parenting gender-diverse youth, and the emotional realities families are navigating in today’s polarized climate. Together, they explore what meaningful allyship actually looks like bey...

It's a strange moment to be talking about imposter syndrome when so many of the people running things appear utterly unburdened by self-doubt. In this episode, Kari and Lisa are joined by returning guest Charlotte Callahan — songwriter, actor, performer, and frontwoman of the all-female band The Deffades, back from the Season 2 fan favorite Barbie in the Real World . Together they dig into the res...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari Morin and Lisa Callahan make the case that fun isn't something you earn after you've crossed everything off the list — it's a genuine biological need, and the science backs them up. Drawing on the research of Dr. Stuart Brown, founder of the National Institute for Play, and author Cyndie Spiegel's concept of microjoys, Kari and Lisa expl...

In this episode, we sit down with Maureen Cooper — better known as Coach Mo — a healthy lifestyle and weight loss coach who helps professional women get out of survival mode and back in sync with their bodies. Coach Mo's approach is refreshingly simple: when you build habits around nutrition, movement, stress, and sleep that actually work with your natural rhythms, health stops feeling like a batt...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari and Lisa unpack a phrase they've both been saying more often lately — "I'm too old for that" — and ask what it actually means. Drawing on Ashton Applewhite's TED Talk on ageism, they explore how much of what women experience as "getting older" is learned cultural conditioning rather than anything inevitable. Then they get specific: naming what they're g...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari and Lisa sit down with Angela Burk, author of Real Girls Guide to Midlife , for a conversation that doesn't try to tidy midlife into a transformation story. What they got instead was something more honest — and more useful. Angela writes and speaks about what midlife actually looks like: the identity shifts, the relationship reckonings, the body changes...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari and Lisa talk with Los Angeles divorce attorney Sarah Intelligator about what actually causes relationships and marriages to break down over time and what people often miss in the early stages of dating and partnership. After nearly two decades practicing family law, Sarah has seen recurring relationship patterns emerge in couples navigating divorce. Sh...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari Morin and Lisa Callahan talk honestly about how relationships evolve over time — beyond the early butterflies and beyond the breaking points — into something quieter, deeper, and often more meaningful than we expected. They explore: Why relationships can feel different even when nothing is "wrong" The slow emotional drift that can happen in lo...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari and Lisa turn the mic on themselves. As coaches who spend most of their time asking the questions, they finally sit in the guest seat and answer the ones that get to something real fast. What do people get wrong about coaching? Who are they actually built to work with? What does someone really come to them for, even when they can't name it yet? And...

We sat down with Athena Dean Holtz for a conversation about something most women don’t talk about enough — the decisions we make when we’re hurting. The ones that make sense at the time. The ones that cost us later. And the moment when you finally see the pattern and realize you can’t keep doing it the same way. We talk about wounded decision making, how women self-medicate with work, and what it...

We didn’t plan this episode. We sat down and hit record because the news cycle last week was too much to ignore. We talk about what women are actually absorbing right now. The stories that don’t just stay in headlines, but land in our bodies. From political misconduct allegations to the exposure of online communities built around violating women, to the ongoing lack of accountability for powerful...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Lisa and Kari  explore what happens when life doesn’t match the vision board. Drawing from their coaching work and lived experience, they unpack why tools like intention setting and mindset can be powerful when they work, and why they can become painful or even shaming when reality intervenes. Together they examine the limits of manifestation culture, the ro...

In this powerful episode, Lisa and Kari sit down with Jessica Patay, founder and executive director of We Are Brave Together, a global nonprofit created to support caregiving mothers raising children with disabilities and medical complexities. Jessica shares the personal story that sparked her mission, the invisible isolation so many caregivers endure, and why community is not a luxury, it is surv...

In this episode of The Things We Know, Kari and Lisa slow down to talk about why storytelling has always mattered so much, and why it still does right now. They reflect on story as a way we make sense of what we’ve lived, how women across cultures have carried memory and meaning when formal histories fell short, and why telling our own stories is never just personal. The conversation explores how...

What if the best version of you is still ahead? In this episode, Lisa and Kari get real about one of the most quietly radical things a woman in midlife can do — let herself be new. Not fixed. Not improved. New. If you've ever Googled "how to reinvent yourself in your 40s" at midnight, or wondered whether it's too late to try something that scares you, this conversation is for you. Lisa and Kari ta...

In this conversation, Kari and Lisa sit down with Shawna Rosenzweig, CEO of Camp Fire, to explore what young people are facing today and what adults can do to support them with clarity and compassion. Shawna shares her path into youth development and community engagement, what it looks like to lead a one hundred and fifteen year old national organization, and how she balances identity, parenting,...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Lisa and Kari explore what it really means to make peace with your pace in a world that constantly equates speed with worth. They unpack the quiet pressure so many women feel to keep up, especially in midlife, when responsibilities multiply and life demands more care, not more urgency. The conversation moves through burnout, ambition, desire, and the seasons...

What if getting dressed could feel like a way to reconnect with who you’re becoming? In this episode, Kari and Lisa talk with Julia Dietmar, CEO and co-founder of OpenWardrobe, about how style naturally evolves through the seasons of our lives and how clothing can help us express ourselves more authentically during times of change. Julia shares how to let go of old fashion “rules,” how to make the...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari and Lisa revisit a topic that sits at the heart of every meaningful relationship: repair. Rather than striving for perfection or trying to get it right all the time, they explore why the willingness to notice harm, take responsibility, and come back into connection matters more. Drawing from relationship research, parenting and caregiving realities, and...

In this episode, Lisa and Kari sit down with international speaker and visibility expert Kimberly Crowe to talk about finding your voice and letting it work for you, especially in the middle chapters of life. They explore why so many women stay hidden, how the stories we tell ourselves shape our confidence, and what begins to shift when we choose visibility over perfection. Kimberly shares her jou...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Kari and Lisa sit down with Dr. Nelva Lee to reflect on how embracing life’s turns helped define the path she ultimately built. Nelva reflects on a career spanning healthcare administration, education, entrepreneurship, and community advocacy, and how building systems to support multilingual, immigrant, and underserved communities emerged through lived exper...

In this episode of The Things We Know , Lisa and Kari use the psychological thriller All Her Fault as a doorway into a much larger cultural conversation about how quickly women are judged, blamed, and morally scrutinized. Through the intertwined storylines of working mothers, caregivers, and a woman whose life has been shaped by inherited guilt, they explore how blame lands differently on women th...

Lisa and Kari came back to talk a little bit more about what is going on in our country right now. We are all exhausted and it is hard but we have to keep going because speaking out is working. Please share this episode with everyone you know