Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship

Send us Fan Mail Caught in the Middle: What to Do When Two Friends Are Fighting  What do you do when two friends you love are fighting—and suddenly you're caught in the middle? In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about one of the messiest parts of female friendship: being the sounding board when you care about both women. How do you listen without choosing sides...

Send us Fan Mail Your Brain Needs Your Best Friend: How Friendship Supports Your Health Why do we walk away from time with our best friends feeling lighter, happier, and more like ourselves? In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore why close friendship is far more than entertainment or an occasional luxury. They talk about how trusted friends help us release stress, pr...

Send us Fan Mail Can a broken friendship be repaired—and how do you know when it's worth saving? When something feels wrong with a best friend, our instinct is often to fix whatever is happening on the surface. The unanswered text. The argument. The awkward conversation. The jealousy. The distance. But what if none of those things are the real problem? In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised...

Send us Fan Mail When Your Friend Hurts Your Feelings… and You Say Nothing Ever had a friend hurt your feelings and said absolutely nothing—not because it didn’t matter, but because the friendship mattered so much? In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie dive into protective silence : the things we don’t say because we’re trying to keep the peace, avoid confrontation, or con...

Send us Fan Mail Friendship Breakups: Honoring the Love, Letting Go with Grace  Friendship breakups can hurt just as much as romantic ones—but we rarely talk about them.   When a marriage ends, there are books, movies, songs, and endless advice. But when a lifelong friendship fades or falls apart, we're often left wondering how to grieve someone who's still alive.  In this heartfelt epis...

Send us Fan Mail Friendship Is One of Life's Most Important Relationships—So Why Don't We Celebrate It?  We celebrate birthdays. We celebrate engagements. We celebrate weddings, anniversaries, baby showers, graduations, and retirements.   But what about the woman who stood beside you through every one of those moments?  In this thought-provoking episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennife...

Send us Fan Mail Flowers While You're Here | A Love Letter to My Best Friend  What if you didn't wait until a funeral to tell someone how much they changed your life?  In this deeply personal and emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer does something she's never done before. Without Jackie knowing, she records a heartfelt tribute to the woman who has been her best frie...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful thing you could do for your best friend... wasn't to fix her, but simply to show up?   In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie have an honest conversation about the connection between female friendship and mental health . Growing up in Generation X, they reflect on a time when anxiety, depression, burnout, and emotion...

Send us Fan Mail What Healthy Female Friendship Really Looks Like | Best Friends, Bestie Energy & Lifelong Connection  What does a healthy female friendship actually look like?   In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie turn the microphone on themselves to explore why listeners connect so deeply with their conversations. It's not just because they talk abou...

Send us Fan Mail Can social media actually make us feel less connected?   In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship , Jennifer and Jackie tackle one of the biggest challenges facing friendships today: how social media is changing the way women connect.  From comparison culture and filtered perfection to texting instead of talking, they explore...

Send us Fan Mail Everything’s Hunky Dory… Right? | The Exhaustion of Pretending You’re Fine  “I’m fine.”  Three simple words that women say every day... even when they're exhausted, overwhelmed, lonely, anxious, and barely holding it together.  In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore the hidden emotional burden so many women carry: the need to mak...

Send us Fan Mail What exactly is Bestie Energy—and why do some friendships feel like home? In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore the meaning behind the phrase "Bestie Energy" and why female friendship may be one of the most important relationships in our lives. From Oprah and Gayle to Lucy and Ethel, Monica and Rachel, and even Taylor Swift and Selena Gome...

Send us Fan Mail How Lifelong Female Friendship Survives Everything | Mandi & Billie's Bestiemony Story   What makes a friendship last nearly 40 years?   In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship , Jennifer and Jackie sit down with Mandi and Billie, lifelong best friends whose remarkable friendship has become one of the most...

Send us Fan Mail Can You Have More Than One Soulmate? What if one of the greatest love stories of your life isn't romantic at all? In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie explore a question that challenges everything we've been taught about love: Can you have more than one soulmate? Most people think of a soulmate as a romantic partner, but what if your b...

Send us Fan Mail How to Help a Woman Through a Marital Crisis | Supporting Her Without Losing Yourself  One of the hardest things in the world is watching someone you love slowly break inside a relationship… while trying to pretend they’re okay.  In this deeply honest and emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about what it really means to support a woman through a ma...

Send us Fan Mail When crisis hits, women don't need rescue—they need another woman who's been there. In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore why best friends become platonic soulmates who share survival maps, not just advice. They dive into the specific moments when female friendship isn't a luxury—it's everything. This is real talk on the friendsh...

Send us Fan Mail Why We’re Basically Thelma & Louise | Ride-or-Die Female Friendships  At some point in every strong female friendship, there’s a moment where you realize:  “If society collapses… this is the woman I’m getting in the car with.” In this hilarious, nostalgic, and unexpectedly emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explain why their friendship has serious...

Send us Fan Mail Sisters by Blood, Best Friends by Choice | The Female Connection Women Need Some women grow up with sisters. Some spend their whole lives searching for one. In this emotional and deeply relatable episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about the difference between sisters and best friends — and why female friendship can sometimes fill a space in our hearts that...

Send us Fan Mail When Money Gets Weird in Friendships: Navigating Income Gaps Without Losing Each Other   Say “yes” to things they can’t afford   How income differences can quietly create distance   The emotional weight of feeling embarrassed, judged, or left out   What happens when someone pays for everything—and why it can backfire   How childhood experiences with money shape adult friendships ...

Send us Fan Mail Raising Good Friends: What We Didn’t Learn (But Our Daughters Need to Know)  Most of us were never actually taught how to be good friends—we were taught to be nice, to include others, and to keep the peace. But no one showed us how to handle jealousy, navigate conflict, set boundaries, or speak up when something doesn’t feel right.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennif...

Send us Fan Mail Friendship Bucket Lists: How to Stay Close, Make Memories, and Grow Together Over Time  Bucket lists aren’t just for life… they’re for friendships too.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie break down why bestie bucket lists become essential as we get older—and why friendships don’t stay strong by accident anymore.  When we’re younger, connection is effor...

Send us Fan Mail The Retirement Home Pact: Why Best Friends Plan to Grow Old Together (And Refuse to Drift Apart)   It started as a joke… but it turned into a pact.  In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie dive into their very real plan to end up in the same retirement home—and why it’s about so much more than aging, housing, or even logistics.  Because behind the laughter,...

Send us Fan Mail We Found Our Way Back: Rebuilding a Friendship After 15 Years Apart  What happens when a friendship you thought was gone forever… finds its way back?  In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie share the real story of how they reconnected after 15 years apart—and why rebuilding a friendship later in life is rarely instant, but always worth it. ...

Send us Fan Mail We Didn’t Talk for 15 Years… And It Mattered More Than We Admitted  What happens when someone who once knew everything about you… becomes a stranger?  In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie open up about the 15 years they didn’t speak — and why that silence mattered more than they ever admitted.  This wasn’t a dramatic falling out.  No big f...

Send us Fan Mail Same Friendship, Different Rules: Why Generations Don’t Get Each Other  Ever feel like you and someone you care about are speaking completely different emotional languages? You’re not imagining it… it might be generational. In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised , Jennifer and Jackie dive into why friendships across different generations can feel confusing, frustrating, and some...