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 hear from listeners about supporting your friends who work in the government, how to deal with burnout, and how adding some executive function hacks is working out. Plus, the link to Doree’s barrel jeans!
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Sue Dominus, New York Times writer and author of The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success, joins Doree and Elise to discuss how birth order does and doesn’t affect our identities, how to outsource discipline and make the home life safe and loving, and the thing she wishes she had done more with her kids.
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Listeners call in with their thoughts on the efficacy of at-home laser hair removal, the joys of color analysis, opinions on THE best JLo movie, and advice for what to do with all those tiny beauty samples.
Plus, Doree volunteers at the library and Elise goes to a Patreon event.
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Beauty writer Arabelle Sicardi joins Doree and Elise to discuss her fascinating new book The House of Beauty, which goes deep on topics like how beauty products are made, produced, and distributed around the world, including the connections between fragrance and fascism; hair and the empire of exploitation; and what it really means to live well and how that connects to biohackers and transhumanists.
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Listeners have thoughts about leaving your baby for a trip for the first time, plus questions about at-home laser hair removal machines and whether you can trust “expert” advice about haircuts.
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The duo behind the podcasts Reading Glasses and Reading Smut, Mallory and Brea, come on the show to discuss why we’re seeing a rise in the romantasy and smut genres, how to dip your toe into romance if you’re not already into it, and they’re armed with lots of recommendations of what to read and watch.
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Elise wonders at the efficacy of programs like denim buybacks and Sephora’s empties trade-ins, and Doree has some strong opinions! They also hear from listeners about school self-care, JLo’s best songs, and advocating for the library as a (free!) co-working space.
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Author Jade Chang joins Doree and Elise to talk about her good luck with gut health and her savory porridge dreams, what (and who) went into her new book What A Time To Be Alive, the joy of ginger, and navigating jealousies in friendship.
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Doree and Elise have (just one!) dish towel rec, lots of listener recs for comfy-but-stylish mom jeans, and laser hair removal insight from listeners who’ve done it.
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Rachel Goodwin is back from her glamorous European summer to answer your makeup questions! She’s got mascara recs for you, whether she thinks Wonderskin lip stain is worth the hype, the concealers you can use if you’re a skin picker, her favorite eyelash curlers, and more.
Plus, Elise ranks the top J Lo movies and Doree makes a case for Maid In Manhattan.
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