In this fun and thoughtful episode, Angie and Shelly explore the world of love languages—what they are, why they matter, and how they show up in relationships with partners, kids, friends, and even co-workers. With plenty of personal stories (some sweet, some hilarious), they dive into how we give love, how we like to receive it, and what happens when those don’t quite match up.

🗣️ Words of Affirmation – Why being told “I’m proud of you” means the world for some people

🤲 Acts of Service – The quiet power of coffee runs, car washes, and everyday kindness

🕰️ Quality Time – Why showing up in person still matters most for some love buckets

🎁 Gifts That Mean Something – Why it’s not about price tags—it’s about thought and meaning

🤗 Physical Touch – From long hugs to hand holding, why affection is non-negotiable for some

👨‍👩‍👧 Love Languages Across Generations – From Shelly’s hug-loving son to Angie’s affirmation-filled daughter-in-law, how different languages show up in families

😂 When Partners Don’t Match – Why mismatched languages don’t mean doom, but do mean you’ve got to pay attention

💬 Serious Conversation Bunny – The adorable trick Shelly used with Phil to signal “hey, I really need you to listen right now”

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💬 Do you know your love language? Do you know your partner’s, your kids’, or your best friend’s? Tell us in the comments—we’d love to know how you give and get love.

In this raw and honest conversation, Angie and Shelly dive into the topic of divorce—the stigma, the shame, and the reality of moving forward when a relationship ends. Between them, they’ve walked through six divorces and came out the other side stronger, wiser, and with zero shame. This isn’t a “how-to” guide, it’s a real talk about why relationships end, what healing looks like, and how to let go of judgment—both from yourself and from others.

💔 The Stigma of Divorce – Why people react the way they do when they hear the number, and how that’s changed over the years

🧠 Shame, Therapy, and Growth – How therapy helped reframe divorce from failure to evolution

👩‍👧 Women and Options – Why “staying married forever” in the past often meant women had no choice but to stay

🌱 Lessons from Each Marriage – What we learned from young, impulsive decisions, fixer-upper partners, and growing apart

❤️ The Right Partner Feels Different – Why finding someone who celebrates your “too muchness” is the real game changer

🪞 Self-Reflection Matters – How taking time alone helped us break toxic patterns and recognize our worth

🚫 No More Shame – Why divorce is not a failure—it’s simply the closing of a chapter that no longer served you

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💬 Divorce is hard. It can be heartbreaking, complicated, freeing, or all three at once. But it is not a failure. Have you been through it? Are you going through it? Share your story with us—we promise, no judgment here.

In this episode, Angie and Shelly dive into one of Prince’s most famous lines from Let’s Go Crazy and ask the big question: what is the purple banana? Inspired by Shelly’s dream revelation and a whole lot of lyrics, the conversation quickly expands into the pursuit of meaning, the power of pivots, and the role of unexpected detours in shaping our lives.

🎶 Prince and the Purple Banana – What that lyric might really mean (spoiler: not an eggplant emoji)

💭 The Pursuit of Passion – Why the purple banana is about chasing what lights you up—and how it evolves over time

⬆️ Elevators and Detours – How life’s curveballs reroute us and why the floor you didn’t expect might be the best one yet

📷 From Car Lots to Cameras – Angie’s layoff pivot that turned into a thriving photography career

👩‍👧 Marriage, Divorce, and Survival Floors – Shelly’s story of becoming a young mom, navigating safety, and finding strength through education

🥇 Gold Medals and Wedding Days – Why the journey matters more than the destination, and how to savor the moment instead of rushing to the next thing

🎈 Hot Air Balloons and Core Memories – Why being present for the purple bananas in your hand is just as important as chasing the next one

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💬 So… what’s your purple banana right now? And has life ever dropped you off on a floor you didn’t expect? Share your story—we love hearing how you turned detours into new directions.

In this nostalgic and hilarious episode, Angie and Shelly swap stories about what it was like to grow up before screens ruled everything. From lawn darts and swing set injuries to Easy-Bake Ovens, sticker wars, and Barbie dramas, they compare the wild freedom of 70s and 80s playtime with the structured, screen-filled world kids grow up in today.

🎯 The Dangerous Toys We Survived – Lawn darts, Tonka trucks made of actual metal, and swing sets that weren’t cemented down

🧁 Easy-Bake Ovens and Spirographs – How a lightbulb cake could take hours, and why drawing endless loops was weirdly satisfying

🚲 Neighborhood Adventures – Riding bikes until the streetlights came on, building forts out of plywood, and mud pie masterpieces

📺 Saturday Morning Cartoons – When the highlight of the week was cereal box prizes and cartoons you couldn’t watch on demand

🚬 Cigarette Runs for Mom – The handwritten note that let an 8-year-old buy smokes at the corner store (yep, really)

🧩 Board Games and Imagination – From Yahtzee and Barbies to turning playgrounds into battlefields, why kids back then had to invent their fun

📱 Then vs. Now – Screen time, instant entertainment, and why being a parent today is both harder and more complicated

💬 Survivor’s Bias – Why “we turned out fine” isn’t always true—and why every generation does the best they can with what they have

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💬 What did YOU play with as a kid? Were you a Barbie-and-board-games type? A mud pie chef? A lawn dart daredevil? Share your childhood play stories—we love hearing them.

In this practical (and very real) episode, Angie and Shelly dive into the art of building sustainable habits. Whether it’s health, home, career, or daily routines, they talk about why some habits fade after a week and others become lifelong rituals. From ADHD hacks to accountability buddies, garden watering to gym avoidance strategies, this one’s packed with stories, humor, and tips you can actually use.

🧠 Habit vs. Sustainable Habit – Why short-term fixes don’t always work and what it takes to wire something in for the long haul

🚰 Water Goals & Coffee Triggers – How to stack new habits onto ones you already have (like drinking water with your morning coffee)

🏋️ The Gym Hack – How reframing “go to the gym” into “drive to the gym” changed everything

🦷 Flossing Made Simple – Why starting with just two teeth is better than aiming for perfection on day one

📱 Apps, Lists, and Learning Styles – The tools that work (and don’t) depending on how your brain is wired

🪴 Garden Coffee Routine – How Angie tied watering her plants to her morning coffee ritual to make it non-negotiable

👯 Accountability Buddies – Why sometimes we need someone else to text us “did you do the thing?”

📝 Start Small, Grow Slow – Why 66 days (or more) is the real timeline for habits to stick

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💬 What’s the one habit you’ve actually made stick? And what’s the one you keep trying but can’t get past week two? Share your wins and your fails—we’re all creatures of habit here.

In this fun and nostalgic episode, Angie and Shelly laugh their way through decades of fashion trends—the ones we loved, the ones we hated, and the ones we can’t believe we actually wore in public. From polyester pants that could melt if you stood too close to a campfire to whale tails in the early 2000s, nothing is off-limits.

👖 Polyester and Bell Bottoms – Why the 70s were both fabulous and flammable

🕺 Disco, Prairie, and Shoulder Pads – From gunny sack prom dresses to Dynasty chic

🧦 Leg Warmers and Stirrup Pants – Ready to jazzercise at a moment’s notice

👟 Jelly Shoes and Waffle Stompers – Cute, smelly, and sometimes dangerous

🎸 Grunge in the 90s – How Kurt Cobain and farm kids turned flannel into a fashion revolution

👖 Low Rise Jeans and Whale Tails – The early 2000s trend we’d rather leave in the past

💎 Bedazzlers, Crocs, and Capsule Wardrobes – What came back, what we wish stayed gone, and why simple classics always win

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💬 What fashion trend do you secretly miss? What’s one you hope never makes a comeback? Drop your fashion confessions in the comments—we promise not to judge your gaucho pants.

In this rollercoaster of an episode, Angie and Shelly open up about their decades-long diet journeys—every plan, pill, and program under the sun. From vinegar shots at sunrise to medical weight loss procedures, they share the wins, the failures, and the surprising lessons along the way.

But this conversation goes deeper than diets. They tackle why our bodies cling to set points, the role of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, and the hard truth that losing weight doesn’t automatically solve life’s bigger problems. Funny, raw, and real—this is one you’ll feel in your gut (literally).

🥬 Diets Galore – Atkins, Keto, Jenny Craig, cabbage soup, vinegar shots, MLM shakes, hypnosis, surgery, and more

⚖️ The Set Point Theory – Why our bodies fight to stay at a certain weight no matter what program we try

🥖 Bread Cravings Are Real – Why sustainable habits matter more than quick fixes

💉 Medical Procedures – Angie and Shelly share their different experiences with surgical and non-surgical options

🧬 Metabolic Truths – Insulin resistance, PCOS, and why “calories in, calories out” doesn’t tell the whole story

💔 The Emotional Side – Why losing weight doesn’t guarantee confidence, self-love, or life satisfaction

❤️ The Meat Suit Philosophy – Loving your body today while still working toward health and sustainability

😂 Bananas and Eggs – The ridiculous fad diets we wish we could erase from memory

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💬 What’s the weirdest diet you’ve ever tried—cabbage soup, juice cleanses, grapefruit-only, or something even wilder? Share your diet disasters and victories—we’re here for the confessions.

Angie and Shelly are digging deep into the messy corners of life—literally. This episode unpacks why we hang onto stuff we don’t use, how scarcity and abundance shape our shopping habits, and why decluttering is about way more than organizing your house. From pineapple slicers and multiple Instapots to crockpot collections that deserve their own zip code, the conversation is funny, honest, and surprisingly freeing.

🍍 The Pineapple Slicer Problem – Why owning two doesn’t make sense (and why we keep them anyway)

🥘 Crockpot Confessions – Do you really need five? Asking for a friend

🧠 Scarcity vs. Abundance – How growing up broke or living in survival mode impacts the way we spend and keep things now

📦 The Emotional Weight of Stuff – Why decision-making about old boxes feels exhausting and sometimes heartbreaking

📅 Decluttering Beyond the Closet – Cleaning up your schedule, your subscriptions, and your mental bandwidth

💡 Practical Decluttering Tips – How to purge without burnout, set limits, and actually make it stick

😂 Low-Grade Hoarding Humor – Because if you can’t laugh about your “Monica closet,” you’ll cry

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💬 What’s hiding in your “room of shame”? A pineapple slicer, a closet of mystery, or a subscription you forgot you were still paying for? Tell us your clutter confessions—we promise we won’t judge.