Forever35

Listening to Doree, Kate, Elyse is like spending time with friends. Forever35 has been on my weekly listen list for years now. A comfortable, casual listen where I learn new things and hear from cool women.

Currently listening to the pod (while I meal prep as self care) and finally had to leave a review! It’s hard to explain how much Forever35 means to me, while nothing quite replaces casual friend hang convos the pod comes close. It’s almost eerie how often Kate and Dory’s conversations mirror my internal monologue/text convos with friends. Do yourself a favour and listen!!

I loved this podcast so much for years. I followed Doree and Kate both separately and the pod was such a great expansion in the early years, but for the last 2 years it has turned into a completely frustrating space where over-consumption and consumerism are in the forefront. Where there used to be much more meaningful conversations about their lives and lived experiences and self care as a whole, it has now turned into product-central. With the deinfluencing trend gaining traction (aka. showing people how they don’t need to buy all the trendy/expensive/new things to make them happy), Doree and Kate just seem more and more out-of-touch and unrelatable by the day. The recent move to Patreon, further commodifying their community and making things “exclusive”, is just another demonstration of this. It’s deeply disappointing.

I tried to like this podcast. However, after several tries I am still left feeling I've learned nothing, processed nothing, related to nothing. And they have this verbal tic of smacking the inside of cheeks when they start speaking, which gets on my last nerve.