Between the Laugh Lines: The Place to Reclaim Your Beauty, Money & Identity

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You've spent years showing up for everyone else. And somewhere in there, a question keeps creeping in: who am I now, where am I going, what do I actually want? You're exactly who Between the Laugh Lines was made for. This is a podcast for women 40+ who are done coming last on their own list; smart, capable, and ready for honest conversations about the three things midlife actually asks of you: your money, your mirror, and your moment to claim who you want to be next. Hosted by Deb, a CPA who carried debt, rebuilt, and won't pretend a credential makes any of it easy. Deb and her guests talk with no shame, no jargon, and no lectures; just the conversations you wish someone had handed you sooner, or at all. Whether you're staring down a money habit you've been dodging, tired of beauty advice built for someone half your age, or quietly wondering who you are now that the old roles have shifted, you'll leave every episode feeling a little more seen, a little more capable, and a lot less alone. Every episode lives in one of three lanes, either solo or with guests: Money Truth — honest money conversations and real financial clarity, from a CPA who's actually been in the hole Honest Beauty — all things beauty and aging talk from a curious enthusiast, never a know-it-all Identity in Progress — the midlife question of who you're becoming, said out loud; including inspiring, real stories of women who chose themselves Warm. Honest. Funny where it counts. Imperfect on purpose. If this is your kind of honest, follow the show so the next conversation finds you; and share it with the woman in your life who needs to hear she's not the only one. Start free: get your Reclaim Score™ at https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge  Come say hi, on Instagram @thedishwithdeb. Want to work with me? Email info@thereclaimconcierge.com. Right Here, Between the Laugh Lines

  1. 4d ago

    Normal Labs, Still Exhausted: The Blood Tests to Ask For in Perimenopause | Dr. Sarah Khan, PhD, MBA

    Your bloodwork came back normal. You're still exhausted, foggy, and gaining weight anyway. That's not a contradiction, and it's not in your head. Dr. Sarah Khan, PhD, MBA is an integrative and functional nutritionist in New York City. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's at 14 and spent years being told she was fine before she went looking for answers herself. She now works with women whose labs say one thing and whose bodies say another. In this conversation: what a standard panel leaves out, how to ask for more without being brushed off, what happens when the answer is still no, and why the puffiness, the thinning hair, and the weight that won't move trace back to the same few systems. Also covered: a question to ask at the lab desk that can lower your bill, how to get bloodwork run without fighting for a referral, why eating less backfires in perimenopause, and the common prescriptions that quietly drain specific nutrients out of you. As promised on the episode, the five markers Sarah asks for: Fasting insulin (blood sugar) hs-CRP (inflammation) ALT and AST (liver) Thyroid antibodies, TPO and TG (Hashimoto's) ANA (autoimmune activity) Connect with Dr. Sarah: Website: https://www.sarahfunctionalnutritionist.com/ Free root cause quiz: https://www.sarahfunctionalnutritionist.com/root-cause-assessment See her live at the Williamsburg Wellness Fair, Oct 1, Brooklyn ________________________ Between the Laugh Lines is the podcast for women who are done feeling invisible; here you will find honest conversations about money clarity, midlife beauty, and the confidence to reclaim who you are now. Hosted by Deb: CPA, founder of The Reclaim Concierge™, and someone who's lived every word of this. Start with your FREE Reclaim Score™: 10 honest questions, 7 minutes, zero judgment. Find out where the gap really is! Already know you're ready for a plan? The Money Clarity System™ is the system a CPA actually uses, built for real life, not a spreadsheet fantasy Both available here: https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge If this episode resonated, a quick rating or share helps another woman find her way here. Takes 20 seconds; means more than you'd think! Follow @thedishwithdeb on Instagram for more of the conversation between episodes. © 2026 The Reclaim Concierge™. All rights reserved.

  2. Sep 9

    Subscription Creep: The Money Leaving Your Account That You Never See | Net Worth Wednesday Ep.2

    Here's an uncomfortable little game: guess what you spend on subscriptions every month. Write down your number. Because when women actually add it up, the real figure tends to land at nearly double the guess and there's almost always one charge they'd completely forgotten about. This week, Deb, CPA, and a recovering "I'll deal with it later" spender, walks you through a subscription audit you can do right alongside the episode. Not the obvious stuff. The charges that hide: the annual renewal your brain files as free, the free trial that quietly became a paying membership, the thing your kid signed up for that's still billing after the class ended. (There's even a David Bach storage-unit moment that made Deb look sideways at her own parents.) She also cracks open two places most people never think to look for savings, and with a couple of real examples that might make you a little mad you didn't know sooner. Then she hands you the tool to do it all yourself: a free Subscription Audit Calculator that does the math, shows you your real number, and comes loaded with the full discount lists she only teases on the show. DM AUDIT on Instagram @thedishwithdeb to grab it. This isn't about canceling everything and living like a monk. It's about the difference between money that leaks out and money you actually chose to spend. Between the Laugh Lines is the podcast for women who are done feeling invisible; honest conversations about money clarity, midlife confidence, self-trust, and reclaiming what comes next, hosted by Deb: CPA, founder of The Reclaim Concierge™, and someone who's lived every word of this. Not sure where you're starting? Get your free Reclaim Score™; 10 honest questions, about 7 minutes, zero judgment; and find out where the gap really is. Already know you're ready for a plan? The Money Clarity System™ is the budget system a CPA actually uses, built for real life, not a spreadsheet fantasy. Both available at https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge If this episode helped, a quick rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps another woman find her way here. Takes 30 seconds, means more than you'd think. Follow @thedishwithdeb on Instagram for more of the conversation between episodes. © 2026 The Reclaim Concierge™. All rights reserved.

  3. Sep 2

    How to Calculate Your Net Worth (Even If You Think You’re Behind) | Net Worth Wednesday Ep. 1

    How to calculate your net worth in about twenty minutes, on the back of an envelope, with no spreadsheet and no finance degree. If you have never actually run this number, this is the episode that walks you through it simply and stays with you while you do it. Most women can recite their mortgage balance to the dollar and have still never added up the whole picture. That is not a missing math skill. It is a conversation nobody ever bothered to have with you, and it is costing you more confidence than it is costing you money. In this episode: The two-list method for calculating net worth: what counts as an asset, what counts as a liability Three myths that stop women from ever running the number, including the one about your salary that will not die Where the median net worth actually lands in your 40s and 50s and why that benchmark tells you far less about your life than it pretends to What a negative number does and does not mean, and how many households are quietly in the same spot Four ways to move your number this month, built for women with about zero spare hours Made for women who are caring for aging parents, rebuilding after a divorce, or coming back from a career pause; the exact seasons every net worth benchmark quietly pretends do not exist. Your number is allowed to reflect the life you have actually been living. Bring a pen. Twenty minutes. You will finish this episode knowing a number about your own life that you did not know when you started. __________________________________________________________________ Between the Laugh Lines is the podcast for women who are done feeling invisible; honest conversations about money clarity, midlife beauty confidence, and reclaiming what comes next, hosted by Deb: CPA, founder of The Reclaim Concierge™, and someone who’s lived every word of this. Already know you’re ready for a plan? The Money Clarity System™ is the system a CPA actually uses, built for real life, not a spreadsheet fantasy. Available here: https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge  If this episode helped, a quick rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps another woman find her way here. Takes 30 seconds, means more than you’d think! © 2026 The Reclaim Concierge™. All rights reserved.

  4. Aug 20

    Midlife Loneliness Is Real: How to Find Your People Again After the Kids, the Move, or the Career

    You did everything right; the career, the family, even the moving when you had to. So why does midlife feel so quietly lonely? In this episode, Deb sits down with Nechumah Getz, a senior operations executive who spent 30 years scaling organizations before she hit a stretch of isolation she couldn't fix from a boardroom: a remote move to the middle of a desert, an empty nest, and no structure left to make real friends. So she built one. Nechumah founded Better Outside Together to bring women in midlife back into community; on the trail, in real life, on purpose. This is an honest conversation about the friendships that quietly disappear in midlife, why it isn't your fault, and how to find your people again. Along the way: the real cost of betting on yourself, why she left a 30-year corporate career, and the money truth most founders won't say out loud. Find Nechumah + Better Outside Together: 🌲 Website: https://www.betteroutsidetogether.com 📸 Instagram: @betteroutsidetogether — Between the Laugh Lines is the podcast for women who are done feeling invisible; here you will find honest conversations about money clarity, midlife beauty, and the confidence to reclaim who you are now. Hosted by Deb: CPA, founder of The Reclaim Concierge™, and someone who's lived every word of this. Start with your FREE Reclaim Score™: 10 honest questions, 7 minutes, zero judgment. Find out where the gap really is: https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge Already know you're ready for a plan? The Money Clarity System™ is the system a CPA actually uses, built for real life, not a spreadsheet fantasy: https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge If this episode resonated, a quick rating or share helps another woman find her way here. Takes 20 seconds; means more than you'd think! Follow @thedishwithdeb on Instagram for more of the conversation between episodes. © 2026 The Reclaim Concierge™. All rights reserved.

  5. Aug 13

    Stock Market for Women: What a Self-Taught Investor Does Every Morning Before 9:30am

    "Being rich is a state of mind. It's not about having money. It's up here." That's Adrienne LoJacono, 77 years old, born in Sicily, self-taught stock trader, real estate broker, and one of the most quietly impressive women to sit down with Deb on Between the Laugh Lines. She didn't grow up with money. Her parents were a tailor and a seamstress who came to America with three kids and a language barrier. What she grew up with was the decision that she was going to go out and get what she was missing, and she never stopped. In this episode, Adrienne breaks down what it actually takes to learn the stock market from scratch, why she still watches it every single morning, what she wishes her own children understood about building wealth, and the one thing she'd tell any woman who thinks she missed her window. Her answer is so simple it almost made Deb angry. You'll know exactly why when you hear it. The Rapid Reclaim Round closes this one out : including a Ride or Die beauty answer that involves zero products and a Sunday rule. Between the Laugh Lines is the podcast for women who are done feeling invisible; honest conversations about money clarity, midlife confidence, self-trust, and reclaiming you. Hosted by Deb: CPA, founder of The Reclaim Concierge™, and someone who's lived every word of this! Not sure where to start? Take the free Reclaim Score™ quiz :10 honest questions, about 7 minutes, zero judgment. Find out where the gap really is: https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge   Already know you're ready for a plan? The Money Clarity System™ is the system a CPA actually uses, built for real life: https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge   If this episode resonated, a quick rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps another woman find her way here. Takes 30 seconds, means more than you'd think! Follow @thedishwithdeb on Instagram for more of the conversation between episodes. Have a question or interested to be a guest: email info@thereclaimconcierge.com

  6. Jul 23

    Women's Networking After Getting Fired: How Jenn Fasano Built Babes in Business

    Women's networking, female entrepreneurship, and what it costs to be the woman everyone leans on. Jenn Fasano, founder of Babes in Business Long Island, joins Deb for an honest conversation about getting fired, building a women's networking community from scratch, and running three businesses without pretending it's effortless. Jenn was working sixty-hour weeks in corporate, commuting into the city, when she got fired. Her mentor's response became the turning point: you were hanging off that cliff with both feet, and he just pushed you. What she built next launched in November 2019, four months before the world shut down. In this episode: Why the traditional 7 a.m. networking breakfast made her think this is not for me; and what she built instead How she kept Babes alive through COVID by going live every single day, kids screaming in the background The money lessons no one teaches you: separate LLCs, separate accounts, and hiring a bookkeeper before you think you need one Why she only works one-on-one, and what she asks every client before anything else The surprisingly short list of people she actually leans on; and why family isn't on it Plus my Rapid Reclaim Round: her best unglamorous business investment, the word her daughters use to describe her working, and the one beauty product she won't leave home without If you're building something of your own and you're tired of hearing that it looked easy for everyone else, this one's for you. Find Jenn: jennfasano.com On Instagram: @babesinbusinesslongisland, @jenn_fasano  Find Deb: https://stan.store/thedishwithdeb : if you are ready to gain clarity & confidence with your financial life-Grab the Money Clarity System™ On Instagram: @thedishwithdeb Between the Laugh Lines is the show where more meaningful conversations happen solo or with guests to dig deeper into how women can get honest about beauty, money, and who they are right now. Real beauty that works on your actual face, money talk with zero shame, and figuring out who you are now; not who you used to be. Hosted by Deb, a CPA who carried real debt and rebuilt. Follow the show so you don't miss what's next. Go on, reclaim you.

  7. Jul 8

    Midlife Skin Changes: Why it Happens & Why it is Not Your Fault (with Dr. Natalya Borakowski)

    You caught yourself in a bad mirror and thought, who is that? and quietly decided you were falling apart. Here's the truth: you're not. What changes in your skin, your face, and your confidence in midlife isn't failure. It's biology; and once you understand it, the fear loses its grip. This week Deb sits down with Dr. Natalya Borakowski, a naturopathic doctor who went from a classical piano career to founding a skincare practice in Arizona women drive across the city to see. She explains why your products stopped working, what's actually happening in your brain when you don't recognize your reflection, and the four simple things that matter more than anything in a jar: no shame, no fear-selling, no anti-aging nonsense. Honest talk about beauty, confidence, and coming home to yourself. ✨ Ready to get honest about your beauty, your money, and who you're becoming? DM the word RECLAIM on Instagram @thedishwithdeb for The Reclaim Score™ FREE Connect with Deb: Instagram: @thedishwithdeb Shop + free resources: stan.store/thedishwithdeb Email: info@thedishwithdeb.com This week's guest: Dr. Natalya Borakowski: Instagram: @natalyaborakowski + @unveilyou.life Platform: https://unveilyou.life/  https://www.desertbloomskincare.com/dr-natalya-borakowski-nmd/  Between the Laugh Lines: The Place to Reclaim your beauty, money, and who you are.

  8. Jun 17

    Financial Anxiety in Women: Why It Has Nothing to Do With How Smart You Are

    If you have ever known exactly what you should do with your money, and avoided it anyway, this episode is for you. Financial anxiety does not care how educated you are. It does not care that you have a degree, a title, or are a mom-preneur. It lives in us all capable, smart women precisely because we know enough to feel ashamed of being stuck. I bring my CPA training and my own personal debt story to one of the most avoided conversations in the midlife space. Because the women who need this most, are the ones least likely to admit they need it. In this episode you'll hear: What financial anxiety actually is and why mindset work alone won't fix it The real reason high-achieving women stay stuck with money longer than anyone else Three reframes that build financial confidence without requiring a complete life overhaul You already know what you should do. This episode is about why you're not doing it and what actually helps move the needle. Between the Laugh Lines is the podcast for women who are done feeling invisible and ready for honest conversations about what's on their bathroom counter, what's in their bank account and who they're becoming.  Hosted by Deb; a CPA who carried personal debt, a beauty obsessive who does the research and testing, and a sandwich generation survivor building something real, all while raising her sons, managing the retired husband and working full time. No hustle culture. No toxic positivity. Just truth, delivered warm and with a laugh sometimes! Grab The free Reclaim Blueprint™ and other resources: https://stan.store/thedishwithdeb  Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thedishwithdeb   Email me your questions: info@thedishwithdeb.com

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You've spent years showing up for everyone else. And somewhere in there, a question keeps creeping in: who am I now, where am I going, what do I actually want? You're exactly who Between the Laugh Lines was made for. This is a podcast for women 40+ who are done coming last on their own list; smart, capable, and ready for honest conversations about the three things midlife actually asks of you: your money, your mirror, and your moment to claim who you want to be next. Hosted by Deb, a CPA who carried debt, rebuilt, and won't pretend a credential makes any of it easy. Deb and her guests talk with no shame, no jargon, and no lectures; just the conversations you wish someone had handed you sooner, or at all. Whether you're staring down a money habit you've been dodging, tired of beauty advice built for someone half your age, or quietly wondering who you are now that the old roles have shifted, you'll leave every episode feeling a little more seen, a little more capable, and a lot less alone. Every episode lives in one of three lanes, either solo or with guests: Money Truth — honest money conversations and real financial clarity, from a CPA who's actually been in the hole Honest Beauty — all things beauty and aging talk from a curious enthusiast, never a know-it-all Identity in Progress — the midlife question of who you're becoming, said out loud; including inspiring, real stories of women who chose themselves Warm. Honest. Funny where it counts. Imperfect on purpose. If this is your kind of honest, follow the show so the next conversation finds you; and share it with the woman in your life who needs to hear she's not the only one. Start free: get your Reclaim Score™ at https://stan.store/thereclaimconcierge  Come say hi, on Instagram @thedishwithdeb. Want to work with me? Email info@thereclaimconcierge.com. Right Here, Between the Laugh Lines

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