HOME Podcast

Episode 119: Maia Szalavitz

17 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Maia Szalavitz; a neuroscience journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary Ne...

Episode 118: Favorite Thingstagram

10 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The episode where the girls talk about their favorite things right now (books, music, tech, news apps, self-care), but first, talk about the Enneagram...

Episode 117: Happy-ish-Mostly New Year

03 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! If the best part about 2018 is that it means 2017 is over, that's enough. In this even-longer-than-usual episode, the girls check-in o...

Episode 116: Jeff DeFlavio Returns

20 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of 2017, Jeff DeFlavio returns to HOME. Jeff is the founder and CEO of Groups, a company that provides affordable, modernized trea...

Episode 115: The Hawkins Sisters

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Laura and Holly met the Hawkins sisters (Janet and Julie) at a workshop. When they began telling their story, Laura and Holly immediately asked them t...

Episode 114: The Let Down Reflex

06 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls respond to two letters. The first, from a new mom who's worried about how much she's been drinking in the first months of h...

Episode 113: Allison Micco & Anxiety

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week the girls talk to Allison Micco about the "A" word: anxiety. Like so many people, Allison struggled with anxiety long before she knew what i...

Episode 112: Kate Northrup

22 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Kate Northrup. Kate is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, mother, and activist. She's the author of Money: A Love Story...

Episode 111: Conversation Starters

14 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's the 111th episode of HOME, recorded on 11/11! In this ep, the girls mix it up and ask each other 11 random questions from Danielle LaPorte's "Con...

Episode 110: HoLo HEYYYYYYY

08 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this ep, the girls catch up on their love lives, sobriety, home life and work, including a tricky discussion about serving alcohol at parties (or n...

Episode 109: Good Shit

01 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls riff on the very best stuff that has happened to them in sobriety. From quitting their jobs to paying bills to sober sex, t...

Episode 108: Megan Peters

25 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Megan Peters (aka @crazybananas). They brought her on to talk about how she balances activism, motherhood, blogging, marr...

Episode 107: How To Begin

11 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls give their top tips for getting started in sobriety. From meditation to sweating to talking to God, they talk about what wo...

Episode 106: Touché

04 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls revisit the Episode 16: "What We Know for Sure" (say it in the booming Oprah voice, for suuuuuuuuuuRRRRRRE!) and talk about...

Episode 105: Jordan Bach

27 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Jordan Bach! You may know Jordan from his incredible videos and social media presence, where he masterfully cuts through ...

Episode 104: Holly and Laura Are Gross

21 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls do a standard catch-up about love, work, home, and sobriety and respond to a listener's claim that they're gross.

Episode 103: AA-volution

13 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's show, the girls take a long, in-depth and candid walk through the evolution of Laura's relationship with AA: her beliefs when she start...

Episode 102: Point A

06 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls go back to the roots of the show and answer two letters from readers. The first is from a woman who's wondering how to begi...

Episode 101: Veronica Valli and AA

30 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Veronica Valli, author, therapist and recovery coach. The interview was sparked by a comment Veronica left on Holly’s F...

Episode 100: 100

23 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's the 100th episode of HOME! The girls catch up on what's happening in our country right now and talk about how HOME began two years ago plus their...

Episode 99: Money, Part 2 of 2

16 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In Part 2 of the money series, the girls talk about how their money story has changed in sobriety and what their best teachers and favorite tools have...

Episode 98: Money, Part 1 of 2

09 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls decided to talk about something a little lighter than usual, so naturally, they chose money. This is the first of a two-part seri...

Episode 97: Scott Stabile

02 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Stabile is back -- and this time we're talking about his upcoming book, BIG LOVE, which comes out September 7 (pre-order link below!). Scott is ...

Episode 96: Summer Bottom

27 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

They're back! After an unplanned (and potentially permanent) hiatus from recording, the girls return and talk about what happened.

Episode 95: Dr. Ruth Potee on Addiction and The Brain

20 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Dr. Ruth Potee a board certified Family Physician and Addiction Medicine Physician in Massachusetts. She speaks of the sh...

Episode 94: Narcissus

08 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk about their respective journeys through the man-maybe-daddy-issues-original-wound-thing-that-wont-leave-you-alone stuff: whe...

Episode 93: Nikki Myers

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Nikki Myers a yoga therapist, teacher and somatic experiencing practitioner who founded CITYOGA School of Yoga and Health...

Episode 92: Everything Is Difficult

26 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

You know the Louis C.K. line, "Everything is amazing and nobody's happy?" This episode is something like that, except more like, "Everything is amazin...

Episode 91: Rob Bell

16 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rob returns to HOME! He talks to the girls about his newest (incredible) book, "What is The Bible? How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stori...

Episode 90: Everything All The Time

10 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On the heels of the first She Recovers event in New York City, the girls recap the event including their favorite speakers, moments, and takeaways.

Episode 89: Rebecca Campbell

03 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rebecca Campbell, best-selling author of Light is The New Black and Rise Sister Rise joins HOME. Rebecca is a spiritual teacher, mentor, an...

Episode 88: The First 100 Days

27 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Holly and Laura talk about the weird, glorious, difficult, out-of-body, out-of-mind time that was the first 100 days of sobriety. They recap what life...

Episode 87: Elena Brower

19 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Elena Brower returns to HOME to catch up with the girls on work, some of her upcoming projects, the importance of simplification, her teach...

Episode 86: All Growns Up

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week marks Holly's 4-year sober anniversary and one year since Laura quit her fancy corporate job. In this episode, they reflect on those milesto...

Episode 85: Ann Dowsett Johnston

05 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ann Dowsett Johnston, bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Woman and Alcohol returns to HOME to catch up with the girls abou...

Episode 84: Karla Mosley

29 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Karla Mosley is an LA-based actress and producer who currently plays Maya Avant on "The Bold and The Beautiful." Karla met Holly at a silent meditatio...

Episode 83: Intromission

22 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week's talk is an introduction to an episode that turned into an entire episode about men, dating, the suckstorm of repeating the same patterns, ...

Episode 82: Never Would I Ever

15 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls play the old school drinking game "Never Would I Ever", listing some of the big things they never thought they'd do, and then did...

Episode 81: Stephanie Snyder

08 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Stephanie Snyder is a mama, a master yoga teacher, the founder of Love Story Yoga studio in San Francisco, and a fellow recovery warrior. She’s also...

Episode 80: Worthy Obsessed Introverts

01 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Holly and Laura riff on random subjects including feeling un/worthy, obsessing about men (aka "Laura's Second Sobriety"), and the evolution of introve...

Episode 79: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

22 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to their friend and novelist, Aidan Donnelley Rowley. Aidan is an NYC-based mama of three, who quit her job as a lawyer in h...

Episode 78: Melissa Febos

15 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir, Whip Smart, about her life as a professional dominatrix, and the essay collection, Abandon Me, coming out F...

Episode 77: Hero's Journey

08 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The hero's journey was introduced by Joseph Campbell, and is the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adven...

Episode 76: Is This Thing On?

01 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Since there's not much else going on in the world, the girls do a check-in this week on the big four: work, love, home and sobriety. Vagina is only me...

Episode 75: Azita Nahai

25 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Dr. Azita Nahai, a Kundalini Yogi, scholar, speaker and therapist. She is the founder of Trauma to Dharma™ ~ an experie...

Episode 74: Isabel Foxen Duke

18 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're talking about food again! This week, the girls talk to Isabel Foxen Duke, a fixture, and leader in the body-positive movement and creator of Sto...

Episode 73: Hell Is Other People

11 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

"Hell is other people" -Jean-Paul Sartre. In this episode, Laura and Holly talk straight about one of the hardest parts about getting sober: other peo...

Episode 72: Sarah Roberts & Sugar

05 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls talk to Sarah Roberts, author of The 28 Day Kick The Sugar Challenge and author of the popular blog, SarahTalksFood.com. Laura, H...

Episode 71: HoLo's New Year's Revolutions

28 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of 2016, Holly and Laura talk about New Year's Eve past and present--what they used to look like, and what they look like nowadays...

Episode 70: Lara Frazier & Love Addiction

21 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Holly and Laura revisit sex (and love) addiction with their dear friend, Lara Frazier. While Lara was in treatment for chemical addic...

Episode 69: Megg Watterson

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Megg Watterson returns to HOME for one of the most riveting conversations to date (at least, in our opinion). Holly explains her own resistance to Meg...

Episode 68: Dawn Nickel, She Recovers

30 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's Dawn! In this week's episode, the girls talk to the true mama bear of the recovery world and half of She Recovers, one of the largest women's onl...

Episode 67: Thanks-Election-Giving

23 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a hell of a couple weeks, huh? The girls talk about their experience of the election, the days since, and what they're doing to keep sane an...

Episode 66: Kelly Brogan

16 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls talk to Kelly Brogan, M.D. Kelly is a Manhattan-based holistic women’s health psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestse...

Episode 65: HoLo Take A Spin

09 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for a catch-up! Holly and Laura (HoLo) do a check-in about the usual four: work, love, home and sobriety. Topics include nesting, Holly's wo...

Episode 64: Enjoli Virus

03 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The girls talk to Kristi Coulter, the force behind the mega-viral Medium article published earlier this year titled "Enjoli." Kristi talks about drink...

Episode 63: Teachers

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The girls share who their biggest teachers have been, what they learned from them, and what "the way in" is to each one. Meaning, if you're new to the...

Episode 62: The Craving Brain

19 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls talk to Jolene Park, a functional nutritionist, and an expert in the craving brain. They talk about the intricate connectio...

Episode 61: Uncool

12 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A common belief our society has about sobriety is that it's boring, sad, and ultimately...uncool. The girls address this from their own perspectives, ...

Episode 60: Mark Manson

05 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's Mark Manson! The guy who singlehandedly simplified 90% of relationships with The Law of Fuck Yes or No, and author of just-released NYT bestselle...

Episode 59: Sex Addiction

28 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls talk to "JJ," a man who's in recovery from sex addiction. As a subject they've never explored before, and as women, they ha...

Episode 58: Rejection

21 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls talk about the big "R." Rejection has been a theme that's plagued both of them throughout their lives, and an area where th...

Episode 57: Tommy Rosen

13 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's Tommy Rosen! In this episode, he talks to the girls about his own recovery story, "recovery within recovery," cross-addiction and co-dependency. ...

Episode 56: Glennon Doyle Melton

07 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The sound on this one is a bit rough, guys. It was the second take (listen to hear the story of that madness) and the girls forgot to ask Glennon to p...

Episode 55: Megg Watterson

04 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

FIRST! This will be the last episode of HOME in August! The show will resume again the first week of September with an amazing line-up (listen to hear...

Episode 54: Forgiveness

28 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the girls respond to a letter from a woman who's having difficulty forgiving herself for her transgressions in her marriage during he...

Episode 53: Why Me?

20 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, the girls respond to a letter from a man who's wondering why he got addicted in the first place. Was it his upbringing? His wo...

Episode 52: James Altucher

14 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

James Altucher is an entrepreneur and writer. He's founded 20 companies, ranging from hedge funds to dating websites, most of which he says failed. F...

Episode 51: Money Sobriety with Meadow DeVor

06 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This could be called the breakthrough episode. It's not the topic of sex, or heartache, or blackouts, or shame the girls have been most afraid to talk...

Episode 50: About Us

29 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 50! For this special episode, the girls pull the curtain back and talk about their friendship. They each recount how they met, their first imp...

Episode 49: LGBTQ, Addiction and The Hard Conversations

23 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, TJ Woodward, an addiction counselor, inspirational speaker and author in San Francisco joins the girls to talk about the specific iss...

Episode 48: Seane Corn

15 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Seane Corn is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, activist, and the founder of "Off The Mat, Into The World." She's also one of our own person...

Episode 47: Lisa Smith

07 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Smith is a writer and a lawyer based in NYC. Girl Walks Out of a Bar (released today!) is her story of addiction and recovery. Prior to beginning...

Episode 46: Jeff DeFlavio and Opiate Addiction

01 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff founded Recover Together (soon to be rebranded "Groups") to solve a profound market failure and social ill: millions of people addicted to heroin...

Episode 45: Laura's Lazy, Holly's Mangry

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this catch-up ep, the girls do the round robin about work, love, sobriety and home life while cussing like sailors (sorry). Laura talks about the e...

Episode 44: Mom Shame

18 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

One year ago today, Melissa Johnson's kids were taken from her custody. And one year ago, tomorrow, she will celebrate 365 days sober. In this gorgeou...

Episode 43: Shame

11 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps the most difficult aspect in overcoming addiction is shame. In this episode, the girls talk about the pervasiveness of shame and how it shaped...

Episode 42: O.P.D. (Other People's Drinking)

04 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this ep, the girls answer a letter from a sober woman who was frustrated and disappointed by a yoga retreat she attended where drinking played a mu...

Episode 41: The Fight

27 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Holly and Laura attempt to answer a listener's letter but mostly just succeed in fighting. The letter writer is frustrated that her attempts at self-c...

Episode 40: Laura & Holly Freak Out

20 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk about freaking the f*%k out, shall we? As Laura sits squarely in a freak out state after recently quit her job/career (something Holly did ...

Episode 39: Holly Doesn't Talk for 10 Days

07 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

HOLLY IS BACK! She spent 10 days at a silent meditation retreat and lived to tell about it. She talks about why she’d do such a thing and what the b...

Episode 38: Augusten Burroughs

29 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

They say don't ever meet your heroes, but in this case, they turned out to be wrong! Augusten Burroughs is the author of ten books, including NYT Best...

Episode 37: Scott Stabile

23 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Stabile is an author, screenwriter, speaker and love spreader. At 14, Scott lost his parents tragically and later lost his brother to heroin ove...

Episode 36: Eating Disorders, 2 of 3

16 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the second of this three part series, Holly and Laura talk to Gina Lorenzo, a Holistic Health Counselor and certified Gabby Bernstein coach. Gina t...

Episode 35: Labels, Part 2 of 2

09 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of this series, Holly and Laura talk about how the label "alcoholic" has evolved for them and whether or not they use it now and wh...

Episode 34: Rob Bell

02 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Bell is a bestselling author, teacher, speaker and an all-around uniquely inspiring and lovable human being. His books include The New York Times ...

Episode 33: Labels, Part 1 of 2

24 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of this two-part series, Holly and Laura explore the label "alcoholic." They each discuss what the label meant to them before the...

Episode 32: Rayya Elias

17 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Rayya Elias is the author of the incredible memoir, Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East ...

Episode 31: Socializing

10 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Holly and Laura talk about what their social lives looked like pre-sobriety, in early sobriety and how they look now. They cover social anxiety, wheth...

Episode 30: Eating Disorders, Part 1 of 3

03 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In part one of this three part series, Holly and Laura share their own experience with disordered eating and the crossover with addiction. The next t...

Episode 29: Elena Brower

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Elena Brower is a mama, teacher, speaker, and co-author of Art of Attention. She’s been teaching yoga and meditation since 1999 and has taught all o...

Episode 28: Holly and Laura Keep Climbing

21 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's another "check-in" episode, and this one is long and probably too juicy. They dish on life: home, work, looooove and sobriety. Holly shares about...

Episode 27: Atheism in Recovery

13 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the early episodes of HOME, Holly and Laura made a snarky joke about spirituality in recovery (not their coolest moment). Catherine Gray, today's g...

Episode 26: Annie Grace

06 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Laura and Holly talk with Annie Grace, author of “This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol. Find Freedom, Rediscovery Happiness and Change Your Life?” Sou...

Episode 25: Nutrition in Recovery, Part 1

30 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How can we eat to best support our bodies in recovery? What about sugar? And COFFEE? In this episode, we talk to Mary Vance, our resident nutrition gu...

Episode 24: Miracles and Angels

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Unicorns abound! Holly and Laura define what miracles and angels mean to them and how they've materialized in their own lives, both in life before sob...

Episode 23: Ann Dowsett Johnston

16 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

"The world opens when you begin to tell your own story and others come forward." -Ann Dowsett Johnston. Ann is an award-winning writer, journalist, ...

Episode 22: The Shockers

09 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Apparently “The Shocker” is a sexual position, or so Holly’s friends tell her. This episode will make you cringe in the first half and cry in th...

Episode 21: Sarah Hepola

02 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In the first interview episode ever, Laura and Holly talk to Sarah Hepola, author of the New York Times Bestseller "Blackout: Remembering The Things I...

Episode 20: The Holidays

23 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are upon us! Holly and Laura talk about what the pre-sobriety holiday scene looked like and what's in store for this year. They each lay ...