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- Society & Culture
This is what you get when two Canadian women, who come from completely different backgrounds, serendipitously meet in a Brooklyn apartment. Alene Degian and Kristen Mandala became instant friends over their mutual sense of adventure, humour and tearing up the dance floor, which has since blossomed into a five year long friendship. Tune in every week as we have candid conversations about what we *thought* life would be like in our late 20s, and how our unique worldviews help us navigate all things personal, sexual, and professional.
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AITA:Alene and Kristen chime in!
We went down another reddit rabbit hole and we found some juicy 'Am I The Asshole' stories! And you know us, we absolutely love to give our two cents on any situation so tune in as we discuss charging your kid rent, smashing faces into cakes, your mom posting your ex on socials and more! Tune in to get our thoughts and find out we agree on who the asshole in the situation.
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Therapy talk needs to chill!
Let's be real, therapy has gained popularity recently – and we love to see people taking care of their mental health! But what comes with it are the therapy terms that are thrown around without actually understanding what they mean. "Boundaries" "trauma" "gaslighting." Now I'm not saying we're perfect because we've definitely used these wrong in the past but we wanted to make this episode to learn a bit more alongside with you!
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What We Would Say To Our Younger Selves
With both of us being in our thirties, we’ve learned a few things along the way. And there are some things we would love to go back and tell our sweet younger selves.
Listen to this episode and we hope it resonates!
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Unpacking Our *Complicated* Relationship with Food
Diet culture, eat your heart out! We open up about how each of our relationships with food has been in serious flux in the past year. Alene has been exploring the topic with her therapist, and Kristen has decided after eight years to no longer be vegan!
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I Used To Be Body Positive – What Happened?
We never thought we'd subscribe to the notion that our bodies change once we hit 30. We're going to be young forever, right? Well, Kristen and Alene have definitely seen some changes to their body and they're dishing on it in this week's episode.
If you've listened to past episodes, you know both of us are allll about body positivity and body neutrality but we're finding it difficult these days so we wanted to share our feelings.
We go into advocating for yourself at the doctor, how to trust your gut, and so much more!
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Why Are We So Goddamn Busy All the Time!
It feels like as we have gotten older, our social capacity has gotten smaller but our calendars keep getting busier! We used to laugh when we'd see older couples having to schedule time with their friends, and now...somehow... it's become us!! Terrifying.
In this episode we talk about the glorification of hustle culture, being perceived as "booked and busy" and how they want to intentionally slow down in the coming months. We have a feeling that Kristen's time in Spain might make that especially easy!
Plus! We learn a bit about Human Design, and to our surprise, we have a lot more in common than we thought!
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