The Best Life Podcast

There’s a lot of chatter about the male loneliness epidemic, but men aren’t the only ones who are lonely. Plenty of women are lonely, too, and lonely inside of their marriages and relationships. Women have been holding things down for a long time, and most of us are just tired and resentful now. For us, our saving grace is usually our friendships, but our male counterparts aren’t turning to friends the same way. What it comes down to is this: we all need varied relationships with lots of people, and the care it takes to build those relationships isn’t always easy. That goes for men and women. But that’s why we’re so happy we have you, Bestie. You just get us. 

Married men should be banned from Instagram [1:57]
Red flag after red flag [5:30]
Making it about ourselves [7:25]
A double standard we’re okay with [11:03]
Contributing to the issues we complain about [13:21]
Loneliness within a relationship [15:27]
Resentment fatigue [20:30]
Does the care taking go both ways? [22:34]
Diversify where you get emotional support [25:40]
Nobody has friends anymore [29:37]
Care is inconvenient [33:29]
Just keep showing up [37:45]
Shallow social media connections [40:32]

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There’s a lot of talk in certain pockets of the online space about “being in The Room” (whatever that means). In our experience, “The Room” is full of mean girls who only care about you as long as they can get something from you. If that kind of transactional relationship sounds fine to you, then get your ass in that room, but us? We’ll be sitting outside The Room with all the cool people—the people we actually care about and who actually care about us. 

Opting out of transactional relationships [2:01]
Rooms full of mean girls [6:08]
Exploitation of new faces [10:21]
The antidote to jealousy [14:20]
The benefits of building real relationships [17:34]
Knowing who your real friends are [22:16]
There are more ways to be successful [27:43]
“The Room” won’t make or break you [30:57]

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Back for the third time since his original introduction 7 years ago, today we’re talking to Mr. JillFit himself, Keith Lockwood. At the beginning of Jill’s and Keith’s relationship, neither one wanted to get married. We all know how that turned out. What changed? What caused the change of heart, for both Jill and Keith? Change is a gradual process—with therapy and working on communications skills, the Lockwoods are building their Best Lives and Best Marriage together.

Changing our minds about marriage [1:59]
Learning communication in therapy [8:04]
Men’s vs. women’s communication styles [16:25]
Childhood examples of communication [20:17]
Are men threatened by powerful women? [23:28]
What makes a good man [33:41]
I don’t need you, but I do want you [40:21]
Self-abandonment [52:15]

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As AI gets more advanced, we’re seeing an influx of AI “influencers” and it’s getting hard to tell, y’all. And even when we know an account is AI, we still find ourselves comparing our looks and lives to the fake ones, and feeling shitty in the process. We know that “83 year old model” is fake, but she’s still #goals. Unfortunately, we still live in a society that conflates our worth with our looks, and the goal posts just keep moving father back as editing and fake content just keeps flooding our feeds. As much as we wish we could opt out of the beauty rat-race entirely, we find ourselves stuck in it time and time again. But hey, we’re at least trying to own it.

Two types of entrepreneurs [1:57]
AI content is taking over [5:25]
Differentiating human-made content [7:40]
Does the end justify the means? [9:55]
Who decides where the line is? [13:18]
The struggles of new generations [15:14]
Classism in the beauty industry [20:20]
Our social worth is tied to how we look [23:52]
Trying to remain optimistic, despite the horrors [28:25]
Knowing what battles are worth it [32:30]

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Some entrepreneurs would have you believe that the only way to be successful is by grinding 24/7. We’re not so sure. There’s certainly a time and place for working long hours, but if that’s all you ever do, it’s going to kick you in the ass at some point. A busy needs rest at some point, and is it even possible to be working at maximum efficiency every moment of every day? In any case, extremes will keep cycling back and forth from too much to not enough, and back again. We’ll just keep living our Best Life.

A European excursion [0:54]
A summer romance? [12:46]
Low rise jeans are coming back [17:13]
What it takes to get to the top [22:38]
Fast isn’t the only option [25:39]
How effective is your work day? [30:05]
Scarcity in start up culture [34:11]
Sustainability over the long term [36:54]
Everything comes back around eventually [42:17]

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