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Episode 106: Reduce Reuse Recycle
This week Kate and Doree break down how they got “glam” for the iHeart Radio Podcast Awards red carpet. Then, sans guest, they chat about how they’re (imperfectly) working toward making greener life choices and what it means for their self-care practices and skincare obsessions.
Mini-Ep 91: Offering Empathy
On this week’s mini-ep Kate and Doree receive an update from the 13-year-old listener struggling with maintaining long-distance friendships, hear from some fellow horse lovers, reframe how we think about our voices, and discuss how we can give, accept, and ask for help.
Episode 104: Achievable Happiness with Caissie St. Onge
Kate considers making her own mists and focuses on her word for 2020, and Doree shares her new self care practices: her “one line a day” journal and puzzling. Then they welcome Caissie St. Onge, an Emmy-nominated comedy writer, showrunner, and executive producer whose work includes Busy Tonight, Watch What Happens Life with Andy Cohen, and The Late Show with David Letterman. She talks about finding community on social media, creating TV that brings people joy, raising super wise and thoughtful sons, and her deep love for Prince.
Mini-Ep 90: Warm Baths and Honest Conversations
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.
Episode 103: Best Intentions with Chemist Confessions
Doree and Kate ring in the new year by going through their intentions for 2020. Then they welcome Victoria Fu and Gloria Lu, co-founders of Chemist Confessions, to the podcast. They answer tons of listener questions about skincare, share how their careers as scientists led them to start their site, and discuss what inspired them to make their own skincare line.
Mini-Ep 89: Protect Your Heart
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.
Episode 102: 2019 Reflections and Reframes
On this week’s episode Kate shares her Mist List (she loves a mist) and Doree breaks down her best practices for finishing a book with a baby at home. Then they take a look back at 2019, past intentions, life changes, what they learned and what they’re leaving behind.
Mini-Ep 88: Unpack It
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.
Episode 101: Meet the Husbands with Matt Mira and Anthony King
This week Doree discovers Yoga Toes and inspires a conversation about foot care, and Kate shares an embarrassing story from vacation that involves flashing strangers (by accident). Then they welcome their husbands, Matt Mira and Anthony King, to the show. They discuss their face-washing routines, work burnout, panic attacks, and dealing with hair loss. Plus, they try to figure out what Pixi Glow Tonic does. (Spoiler alert: They don’t know.)
Mini-Ep 87: Snail Mail and Family Matters
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.
Episode 100: Must Haves with Caroline Moss
This week, Kate hires a digital organizer to pare down her email and embraces inbox zero, and Doree discovers new skincare obsessions and learns the power of listening to others without offering advice. Then they welcome Caroline Moss, Hey Ladies author and host of the new Forever35-produced podcast Gee Thanks Just Bought It. She discusses the power of friendship when it comes to product reccs, why the InstantPot is not all that, her favorite Trader Joe's moisturizer, and navigating the weird, expensive world of weddings.
Mini-Ep 86: The Kids Are All Right
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.
Episode 99: Talking About Race with Ijeoma Oluo
This week Kate discusses the deep waver, aka her "new" hairstyling super tool, and Doree gets closer to boob liberation and reflects on how it feels to look at old photos of yourself. Then they welcome Ijeoma Oluo, author of the NY Times bestselling book, So You Want to Talk About Race. She talks about how to approach conversations about race, the way cultural appropriation ties into popular wellness practices, the need for more accessibility and inclusion when it comes to hair and beauty products, and why makeup is key to her self-care.
Mini-Ep 85: Soft Lips and Dry Scalps
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!
Episode 98: Heavy Lifting with Chrissy King
This week, Kate returns from Oregon with a bag of new product obsessions (Oils! Mists! Oh My!) and works on waking up at 5AM, and Doree recommends some new books. Plus they discuss the power of face-time with friends, early bedtimes, and annoying body aches and pains.
Then they welcome strength coach, writer, and speaker Chrissy King, who talks about her passion for power-lifting, leaning into self-love, breaking free from toxic fitness and diet culture, and how there’s nothing better than a good book.
Mini-Ep 84: Nip It in the Bud
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.