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.