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 listener thoughts on Sephora finally carrying MAC products, senior care in America, and the prevalence of workplace burnout for women.
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We’ve got a golfer on the show! Hilary Lassoff, Founder of Bunker Club – a golf-centered social club for women, queers and underrepresented voices – joins the pod to talk about all things community, sports, and how coaching can change the way you feel about a sport with Doree and Elise.
Plus, we did it! The Forever35 (aka YOUR) Giving Circle investments helped us make Virginia the country’s newest pro-democracy trifecta! Thank you to everyone who was able to donate! And thank you to everyone who voted, went door-knocking, or in any way engaged civically this election cycle. <3
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Doree and Elise reflect on how much the topic of parents getting older has resonated with listeners. Then listeners send in their thoughts on jobs and identity, tips for continuing to help your aging parents, and the strange lens we still view weight through in the U.S.
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Poet and author Kate Baer returns to the pod four years later (almost to the day!) to discuss her latest collection, How About Now?, the ways she keeps intimacy alive within her friendships, and what she enjoys about living in the country.
Plus, Doree gives us the play-by-play on her recreational tennis team’s dramatic trip to National Championships in Scottsdale!
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Listeners share thoughts on our recent guest Vanessa Grigoriadis’ episode on aging parents, offer ideas for how to support a friend going through IVF, and advice for switching careers without spending a ton of money (and maybe even with the help of AI?). Plus, Doree has a triumphant tennis update!
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The States Project’s Melissa Walker is back on Forever35 to discuss the importance of upcoming off-year elections, like high-stakes contests in Virginia next week. The ladies also talk about why driving powerful change at the state legislative level is vital, what door-knocking can do, and how to make the most of dramatic career pivots in your 30’s.
In these final days before the election, the Forever35 community is raising for VIRGINIA! Any and every Giving Circle donation received from October 20, 2025 through October 28th at 11:59 pm PT will be matched dollar-for-dollar until we reach the $100,000 cap!
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Listeners send in their request for bath towel recs (they’re different from dish towels!), the importance of working on your executive function skills, and advice on changing careers without the side hustle.
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What is it like to take on your aging parents' health management, finances, and the logistics of it all? Vanessa Grigoriadis, reporter and podcast producer, joins the show to get into it. She hypes her new show “So Your Parents Are Old,” that tackles the very real, very difficult stage of life when caretaking for parents is a subject that still has a sense of taboo around it. The ladies also gab about what makes today’s ultrarich — and famous — unique from other eras.
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Listeners send in their thoughtful notes about dealing with, moving through, and getting to the other side of burnout – especially when you like your job and your company.
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Cadence Dubus (founder of Brooklyn Strength and host of the podcast Busy Body) joins Forever35 to remind us that our bodies don’t need be “optimized” and share practical reasons for getting into fitness. She also offers her take on how GLP-1s are changing the way people think about their bodies and the kinds of questions you have to ask yourself when beginning a new movement practice.
Plus, Elise shares a transformative Korean shampoo, and Doree takes another big step in her decluttering moment.
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