Stay ConnectedWhich night creams will make you look well-rested, is quitting coffee really worth the headache, can emptying your closet really bring you joy, and wtf is a gratitude practice, anyway? Co-hosts Doree Shafrir and Elise Hu explore these kinds of questions, with a big helping of humor and self-awareness. Together with weekly guests, they navigate what it means to care for ourselves as we get older — and hopefully wiser.
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Doree and Elise share their co-working space suggestions, soft jean recs that aren’t mom jeans, and the SUPER truth about the experience of laser hair removal with listeners. Plus, a microjoy that will bring you a smile.
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Alex Laughlin, writer, audio producer and the creator of Normal Gossip joins Doree and Elise to discuss her new show Try Hard and why it’s important to her be earnest, how she went from self-taught audio producer to building an award-winning show, and what it’s like to step away from a successful project to pursue other creative endeavors.
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Elise finishes up her health scan and Doree heads to dinner with the coolest golf club in town. Then, they hear from listeners about the emotional usefulness of wigs, preparing to leave a child for the first time, and those moments when your parents shock you.
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Former Elle columnist, journalist, and author, E. Jean Carroll joins Doree and Elise to discuss the surprise release of her new book NOT MY TYPE: One Woman vs. a President. Beyond why she was itching to write about “the absurdity” of her sexual assault case against Donald Trump, they also chat about E. Jean’s advice for giving advice, her secret to great posture at 81 years old, and what she plans to do with the $83 million Trump owes her.
Content Warning: This episode has mentions of sexual assault.
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Listeners send in yet more kitchen towel and rag recommendations! Plus, we get a post-friendship month update, and a listener asks for advice on how to handle female pattern hair loss. Plus, Doree has a dog update and Elise has a summer day out sans children!
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Disclaimer: Adult language in this episode!
Comedian and writer Jena Friedman joins Forever35 to talk about her newfound joy in tennis, why she’s excited about her show at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest, the emotional response crying on stage evokes, and how she came to give a TED talk about AI.
Plus, a (positive) update from Elise on both Oscar’s recent misadventures and her biopsy, and from Doree about her hard-earned efforts at Sectionals.
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Elise meets a listener in the wild, and Doree’s clean couch hates to see her dog coming! Plus, listeners turn out en masse with dish towel (and/or kitchen rag) recs and we wrap up with some listener microjoys.
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It’s an extra-special cross-over episode when the co-hosts of GlowJob, Julia Bellary and Sasa Li, join Doree and Elise to chat about all things beauty! They get into the realities of going to aesthetician school, the future of dupes and which ones to keep an eye on, and the importance of listening to your skin about which products feel right.
Plus, Doree returns from her vacation refreshed, and Elise shares an update on her biopsy experience.
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Doree’s on vacation, so Samee Junio joins Elise this week! They chat about Elise’s upcoming biopsy and all the titanium boob markers out there in the world, the hazy summer days of WWE Summer Slam, and the joy of washing your face with a silly headband.
Then, we turn it over to a mini-ep you know and love - Mini-Ep 434: How To Keep Friends and Stay Connected, where listeners called in with their thoughts on friendship month, therapists in therapy, and more!
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Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire magazine, Nikki Ogunnaike, shares with Doree and Elise her love of stretching, the role of magazines in today's fractured attention landscape, and her insights on fashion trends, body standards, and generational differences in the workplace. They also dive into their love of reality TV, why trying your best is never cringe, and the importance of attempting to regulate your emotions.
Plus, Doree updates Elise on how her tennis sectionals went and how she thinks she played.
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