We Should Talk About That

Send me a Text Message about the show! Should we cut out all sugar? Go gluten-free? What about intermittent fasting or the flat-belly tea that Instagrammers love? We are overwhelmed with conflicting and often inaccurate recommendations on what to eat. Most of that information is pushed on us by massive corporations, government agencies, and social media influencers who have a vested interest in wh...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Do you overdrink? Do you feel ashamed about your drinking habit? Are you concerned that your habit is turning into a problem, especially when 5 o clock rolls around and you reach for that bottle of Pinot without even really thinking about it anymore? Jess and Jess have decided its time to have a conversation about their alcohol habits, and so they have invite...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Is there a difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating? The Two Jess(es) take a look at their own food habits and get really honest with functional nutritionist, Mindy Gorman- Plutzer, creator of The Freedom Promise, a program that helps people look at their relationship with food through the lense of what food can do for us, instead of what i...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Caroline Paul is the ultimate BADASS. She has spent her life following her heart and dreams wherever they have taken her, including a 13 year career as one of San Francisco's first fire WOMEN, white water rafting on rivers all over the world that have never been rafted, kayaking around various countries and micro flighting with the world's elite, ju...

Send me a Text Message about the show! In this episode, Jess and Jess discuss the interesting background and career of Linda Simensky, Head of Content Creation for PBS Kids Network. How much tv is too much tv for our kids?  And does the quality outweigh the quantity? What about YouTube? Bad, Ok, Terrible? The Two Jess(es) ask this children's television expert everything! Meet Linda! As the He...

Send me a Text Message about the show! What reaction does the word 'FAT' illicit in you? Does it make you feel uncomfortable, about yourself or someone else? Do you correct your children if they use it as if it were a dirty three letter word? Do you think this word when you look at yourself in the mirror? Does it make you feel...shame? Tiana Dodson is a body liberation coach who is fat,...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Failure. It's a scary word in general, but when it comes to our kids and letting them 'fail' we are a generation of parents that will go to great lengths to keep that from happening. Maybe it's the way Gen Xers were parented (or not parented) or our need to achieve or just our general fear of upsetting the proverbial apple cart- one thing...

Send me a Text Message about the show! How is Thanksgiving different for you this year? And how are you feeling about it? The Two Jess(es) have a chat about their holiday traditions in general, and what that looks like in the height of a pandemic. JessB and her family are getting even campier this year and JessK is making her "Friendsgiving" circle much smaller. In true fashion, TTJ(es)...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Liz Bohannon did what few of us dare to do in our lifetimes: she realized she wanted to make a difference in the world, but what needed to change first, was her own life. So she quit her job, bought a one way ticket to Uganda and ten years later, she runs a collaboration of women on both sides of the pond that have built a beautiful community of belonging and...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Among many things, the pandemic of 2020 has brought along with it a huge spotlight that has brought into focus so many inequalities, imbalances and well, problems, within our society and culture. But along with that, many of the coping skills we have employed to get through life in a less than steady relationship are gone, and there are many couples out there...

Send me a Text Message about the show! **Mature Content** Topics such as suicide and mental illness are woven throughout this conversation. If you have not watched the super popular Amazon Series Modern Love yet- you are missing out. Particularly episode three, 'Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am' which portrays a woman (played by the lovely Anne Hathaway) struggling to live life with bipolar...

Send me a Text Message about the show! On this nine year anniversary of Jess B's kidnapping (we know, that IS a really weird sentence, but there really is no other way around it!) TTJ(es) invite Jess B's husband, Erik Landemalm, to come on and do most of the talking.   Sitting around Jess B and Erik's kitchen table, the three have a really open and honest conversation about what it...

Send me a Text Message about the show! **Adult Content, NOT for little EARS!** Continuing on in the theme of 'Enough...' The Two Jess(es) have had ENOUGH of several things, just to name a few: tinkling when they sneeze, peeing themselves when they laugh too hard, having to pee more than 14 times a day and the perpetual dryness, 'down there.' ENOUGH already! Dr. Gopi takes this...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Dr. Joshua Kefer brings decades of experience to this conversation with The Two Jess(es). Packed full of helpful information, this episode is also equal parts a therapy session as Dr. Kefer alleviates many of Jess and Jess' fears about the psychological impact the current pandemic, and virtual school setting may be causing for our children. Dr. Kefer rem...

Send me a Text Message about the show! There is A LOT to unpack in this episode with Tara Haelle, a science and health journalist whose article "Your 'Surge Capacity' is Depleted-It's Why You Feel Awful" hit our radar in August as something we should definitely talk about.  We revisit familiar themes of toxic positivity, embracing the suck, and being OK with NOT being OK a...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Whether you can't live without pups in your life or not, this conversation is nothing but FEEL GOOD. Kathy Callahan, the matchmaker who actually introduced The Two Jess(es) way back when, shares her heart and experience with us as she recounts what it has been like to foster 175 puppies to date. Kathy candidly shares her journey to where she is now, and...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Looking for the silver lining in a difficult situation can be a great coping mechanism, but sometimes, it can actually become toxic. The Two Jess(es) talk with toxic positivity experts and therapists Dr. Jamie Long and Samara Quientero on what toxic positivity looks like, how it shows up in our lives and conversations, and how it can negatively impact the way...

Send me a Text Message about the show! The Two Jess(es) have the immense privilege of sitting down to talk with author of the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Dear Madam President, to discuss her newest work: She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World. This is is not a man-haters hour, but rather, an episode filled to the brim with all the important observations...

Send me a Text Message about the show! This is the talisman episode by which The Two Jess(es) are building WeSTAT's Season 2 around- exploring what it means to be ENOUGH, to have ENOUGH, to want ENOUGH, to say ENOUGH. This conversation with writer and creator of the massively successful food blog Gluten-Free Girl is everything we need as we begin this next season of pandemic life. Shauna exud...

Send me a Text Message about the show! The Two Jess(es) are 60 episodes in, and after a brief 'mini-break' through August, they are ready to bring you more! This season we will be looking at the word 'Enough' in all its many layers, complexities and sides. Join us as we hold space for one another, challenge the idea of what Enough is, and through the process, learn how to bette...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Amy Kalokerinos has often been referred to as the AK-47 of the startup world, and she brings it HOME with her talk on second generation gender bias. The Two Jess(es) discuss the massive disparity around the descriptors used for women (often negative) in the work place, and the descriptors used for men (often the positive counterpart to the words describing wo...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Who out there spent their 20's (and 30's) watching Carrie Bradshaw traipse around NYC in designer stilettos with her gal pals, downing cosmos and breaking hearts along the way? If this is a pop culture touchstone for you, then you will certainly get a kick out of this conversation! The Two Jess(es) sit down to talk with the creator of Sex and the Ci...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Following an article written by Chabeli Carranza from The 19th* a non-profit, non-partisan newsroom that is committed to empower women, people of color, and those historically underserved by American media — with the information, resources and community they need to be equal participants in democracy, The Two Jess(es) sit down with Chabeli and talk about the...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Where HAVE all the tomboys gone? And can we really use that word anymore? What does it actually mean? The Two Jess(es) have an incredibly thought provoking conversation with writer and researcher, Lisa Selin Davis, a modern day tomboy expert, and author of the newly released book, Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to be Different. Th...

Send me a Text Message about the show! Jess and Jess sit down to talk with Dayna Chung, the co-founder of Community Equity Collaborative, a grass roots organization based in the Bay Area, that works to raise awareness on the profound effects supporting Early Childhood has on the future citizens of our country and the teachers who serve them. This is an interesting conversation that centers first a...