This week’s mini-ep includes our first listener-submitted theme song, a voicemail with the cutest cameo ever, and tons of empathetic advice for dating with herpes. 

It’s the first mini-episode of 2020! This week Kate and Doree hear from a teen listener trying to figure out balancing their many activities while still having a social life, discuss skincare needs for someone with both dry and oily skin, respond to listener struggling with the isolation that comes with caregiving, and offer up thoughts for someone at a crossroads in their longterm romantic relationship.

On this week’s mini-episode, Kate and Doree hear from a listener with liberating wedding advice, share listener feedback on embracing curly hair, and discuss cultivating and practicing empathy.

This week Kate and Doree offer advice to someone striving to set boundaries with a relative while also supporting them, share a caller's lip care tip, and hear from people with advice for a young listener who's struggling to keep in touch with long-distance friends after a big move.

Listeners respond to questions about seasonal affective disorder, what to do when your boss calls you a pushover, and whether to go to grad school far away from your parents. Plus, we hear from perhaps our youngest listener yet, and hear a request to eliminate the word “purge” from our podcast vocabulary.

On this week’s mini-episode Kate and Doree share listeners’ tips and tricks for combatting dry, itchy scalps, hear from a listener worried about air pollution affecting their health, and discuss the best lip masks and balms to keep your lips soft and supple all winter long. Plus: A Trader Joe’s beauty product shout out!

Doree and Kate hear from listeners attending a concert together in Los Angeles, read an email from a listener dealing with homesickness, share self-care tips for nurses sent in by nurse listeners, and discuss how to handle a boss’s relentless criticism.

Doree and Kate hear from listeners with suggestions about clogged milk ducts, distracting hobbies, and self-confidence, and they give advice to a listener who wants to sell her engagement ring and one who is dealing with a very itchy scalp.

Doree and Kate receive an email from a previous caller who said she doesn’t reach out to friends, get a follow-up email from the woman who’s friend kissed her crush on NYE, dole out some dupe recs, and lend advice to a listener wondering how to move after a negative email from an old friend.

Kate, Doree, and YA author Lauren Morrill receive some listener feedback regarding self-care for new moms, get several messages about how to break up with your stylist, discuss sustainable toilet paper and clothing swaps, and lend advice to a teacher who feels unappreciated.

Doree and Kate hear from a listener about their favorite vibrator, lend advice to an archaeologist wondering how to approach their skincare routine as an afternoon shower-er, and give tips to a mom with young children who wants to make time for self-care.

Doree and Kate hear from several listeners regarding the use of the abbreviation “thx”, lend advice to a listener wondering how to organize their space whilst living with roommates, and receive a voicemail from someone who was dumped via PDF.

Doree and Kate share a listener’s eyeliner recommendation, receive several messages about daily sustainability practices, and lend advice to a mom whose daughter got dumped via text message.

Kate and Doree hear from several listeners about their Trader Joe’s skincare faves, further discuss prioritizing friendships, offer advice to a listener feeling let down by a friend after a BRCA1 diagnosis, and receive many, many messages from listeners who have also peed whilst sleeping.

Doree and Kate get a voicemail from a UK caller who beautifully sings the Golden Girls theme song, hear from a few listeners in response to the person whose partner is transitioning, receive several responses regarding the previous caller who admitted they don’t make plans, and lend advice to a mom who’s wondering how to handle the fear of what her future will hold once she becomes an empty-nester.