Finding My Big Girl pants
Episodes
Solo Life, Aging, and Dying Alone
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Janina reflects on loneliness through her 20s, 30s, and now on the edge of 40. From relationships that felt lonelier than solitude, t...
De-centralizing men in Dating and life
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dating doesn’t suck your mindset does (said with love).In this episode, I break down how to decentralize men while still dating, desiring, and enjoy...
My story; childhood, moving from home at 16 and building a career with no college degree
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I'm sharing a little bit of my story. From growing up in a small town in Finland, moving out at 16, surviving family chaos, money trauma, and unhe...
Not Behind. Just Intentional
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a year-end brain dump about everything that’s been sitting heavy—and everything that suddenly feels clear. We talk Christmas, bein...
Someday is not a day in the calendar
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one is for every woman who has hit December (again) thinking, “What the fuck am I doing with my life?”In this episode of Finding My Big Gir...
Why Men Need More Sex and You Need to Stop Overthinking
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we dive deep into the messy truth about relationships: why marriage is statistically a disaster, why so many couples quietly fall apar...
Becoming the Woman You Were Always Meant to Be (One Haircut at a Time)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is brought to you by Mercury-in-retrograde-level chaos, bad sleep, and one very life-changing bob. I talk about how cutting my h...
Reporting Live from Mr. Michigan’s Bed
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You send me questions and I answered. We cover how I ended up back in Michigan, how to keep your sanity after leaving corporate, what to do with your ...
The silent epidemic of faking it ( Sex. Orgasm. Your life )
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re talking about women, sex, and the silent epidemic of faking it — bad sex, no sex, faked sex, and the kind that makes you scream h...
Stop Lying to Yourself (and Other Ways I Broke My Own Heart)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A messy, honest debrief: post-Vegas sickness, introvert recovery, why “Nobody Wants This” felt a little too familiar, the tiny acts that feel like...
Choosing Myself (Even When It Breaks My Heart)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Week two of burning my life to the ground. What jumping off from the cliff of uncomfortable safety has taught me while free falling in the unknown and...
Starting Over at 40: No Job, No Man, No plan — Just Me
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 17 years of building her corporate finance career, a comfortable six-figure salary, and a so-called “dream life” in LA, Janina hit her break...