The Best Life Podcast

Ep. 620: The Single Tax

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Being in love is great and all, but the real benefit to being in a relationship is the opportunity to split costs. It’s ridiculously expensive just ...

Ep. 619: Can We Force Our Partners to Go to Therapy?

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We all probably agree that men, as a group, need to be going to therapy. But when it comes to your individual man… is it okay to demand that they go...

Ep. 618: Dating Someone With Children

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve chosen not to have children of our own, but would we date a man with kids? Becoming a step-parent is no joke—it’s a lot of responsibility,...

Ep. 617: Navigating Friendship Breakups

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been friends for a decade now and we’re not at all the same people we were when we met. Luckily, we’ve grown together, but not every frien...

Ep. 616: Your Cringe Archive

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When’s the last time you looked into your cringe archive? Everyone who has a personal brand has to go through some less than perfect posts before th...

Ep. 615: Selling Courses About Selling Courses About Selling Courses

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever seen a course being sold by someone who teaches you how to sell courses about building courses? We love the internet business space and ...

Ep. 614: Pretty Girls Make More Money

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We know pretty-privilege exists, but is there another layer we haven’t been paying attention to? Some studies show that women who wear makeup make m...

Ep. 613: Asking Your Partner's Permission

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Look, we’re not into asking permission from our partners to do anything, but there’s something to be said about being mindful of how they feel. Yo...

Ep. 612: Not All Men, But...

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Not all men are evil monsters, but whenever we have a troll insulting our age or appearance… well, it’s always a man. Maybe it’s just because we...

Ep. 611: The Value of Community and Connection

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As we get older, we find ourselves looking back on our happiest memories and noticing that what makes them happy isn’t what we’re doing, but the p...

Ep. 610: The Politics of Liking A Post

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Somewhere along the way, liking (or not liking) someone’s instagram posts has become an act of politics. We like the things we stand for—or at the...

Ep. 609: What We're Cutting, and What We're Keeping This Year

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a brand new year, so now is the perfect time to think about what we want the next 365 days of our lives to look like. Things feel fresh and we’...

Ep. 608: Influence Isn't Important Anymore

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As we get deeper and deeper into our 40’s, we’re finding ourselves less impressed with whatever everyone else is up to. Flashy lives and high foll...

Ep. 607: Out With the Old, In With the New

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

2026 is tomorrow, so it’s out with the old and in with the new! Jill had a pretty great personal year while Danny-J had a pretty shitty one, so we’...

Ep. 606: Learning to Let Things Go

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Life is shitty to us in one way or another, no matter who we are or what we try to do to prevent it. It is, however, our choice on what to do about th...

Ep. 605: Quiet-Quitting Your Marriage

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve heard of quiet-quitting when it comes to work, but what about quiet-quitting your relationship?—not really leaving, but not putting in any e...

Ep. 604: Navigating Holiday Arguments

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are around the corner and with visiting family inevitably comes arguing with your weird uncle about some insane thing happening in the ne...

Ep. 603: Life Is Too Short Not To Celebrate

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Jill and Danny dive into everything from TikTok earworms and the chaos of keeping up with new platforms to Danny’s new “50 First Dates With...

Ep. 602: Going On 50 First Dates

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week we talked about Jill’s big news, so this week we wanted to share Danny’s: she’s dating again! Except there’s one big catch—Danny i...

Ep. 601: The Courage to Love Again

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our girl Jill is married! For our OG Besties, you know what a wild ride it’s been—we started this podcast before Jill even met her now husband. We...

Ep. 600: Replacing Human Relationships with AI Bots

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are some studies coming out that show young people—especially boys—are turning more and more towards AI for relationships instead of their p...

Ep. 599: Boss Babes vs. Trad Wives

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s somehow the era of the Trad Wife—at least on Threads and Twitter—and it seems like all the former Boss Babes are hanging up their blazers a...

Ep. 598: We're Up to No Good (Again)

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back in our Shenanigans Era! Okay maybe not, because we’ve really been home-bodies in recent years… but one thing we really miss from 2016...

Ep. 597: Is It Okay to Look Hot for Your Partner?

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As we get older, we want to look and feel good for ourselves, but we kind of want to look good for our partners too! Men can be annoying as hell for s...

Ep. 596: Danny-J's TEMU Forehead Surgery

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve talked about botox and plastic surgery on this podcast before and Besties know, we’re all for it. Maybe when we were younger we were on Team...

Ep. 595: Shooting the Shit

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We love having thoughtful and insightful conversations as much as the next people, but sometimes we just wanna shoot the shit. It’s been a hectic su...

Ep. 594: Defining Your Core Values

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our value systems are deeply personal and influence almost everything we do in our lives. We all have core values, whether they’re obvious to us or ...

Ep. 593: We Watched Netflix's Unknown Number

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t normally talk about pop culture, but we just watched Unknown Number on Netflix and holy. fucking. shit. This episode is full of spoilers so...

Ep. 592: Hating the Same Things

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apparently, hating the same things is the mark of a great friendship. It makes sense—misery does love company. There’s something so freeing about ...

Ep. 591: Danny-J Went to Burning Man

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yeah, you read that title correctly. Danny-J went to the infamous Burning Man festival. We’ve been skeptics for years, but curiosity finally won out...

Ep. 590: You Did This To Yourself

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve lived enough life by now to know that shame is never helpful. Sometimes when bad things happen to us as a result of our choices, some asshole ...

Ep. 589: Jill's Final Fiesta

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our Jill is getting married 🥹 If you’ve been a listener from the beginning, you’ll know what a big deal this is and just how proud we are. To c...

Ep. 588: Why We Love Procrastinating and Hate Soap

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Much love and respect to the Gen Z hustlers out there, but that couldn’t be us. Maybe we’re getting lazy, or maybe we’re getting old, but either...

Ep. 587: Is Everyone on Ozempic Now?

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is everyone on Ozempic? Look, GLP-1s are a game changer for so many people’s health. People with metabolic dysfunction and chronic obesity are getti...

Ep. 586: Relationships and Cheating in the Digital Age

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Modern life is just way too overstimulating. There’s more news flooding our feeds before we can even come to terms with what we’ve already seen an...

Ep. 585: The Real Reason Birth Rates Are Declining

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you noticed an increase in discourse about why (or why not) birth rates are declining in America? We see a lot of blame directed towards women—...

Ep. 584: Who the Fuck Wants to Live Forever?

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The wellness industry needs to chill the fuck out. Everyone wants to live forever, but we haven’t heard any good reasons why we would want to. Look,...

Ep. 583: How Long Does It Take to Heal?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does grief have a timeline? Is there a statute of limitations on how long you’re allowed to hurt? We’ve been through our fair share of shitty situ...

Ep. 582: Sharing Personal Stories on Public Platforms

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s this funny thing about being a creator on the internet—strangers think they know you. And while we post the things we post with connection...

Ep. 581: Loving the Idea of Someone

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever loved the idea of what someone *could* be, more than the person that they actually are? There’s danger in falling in love with someone...

Ep. 580: Is There A Moral Obligation to Watch the News?

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Instagram is rolling out a new feature that defaults to keeping news and political content off of our feeds, and it got us thinking, is it irresponsib...

579: Conversations on Money and Marriage

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No one goes in to a marriage hoping that it’ll fail, but statistics don’t lie, and around half of all marriages end in divorce. With those odds, w...

Ep. 578: Never Say Never (Or Else)

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Never say never on the internet because if you make a public claim about one thing and then eventually change your mind, someone out there named Susan...

Ep. 577: Never Underestimate Your Own Influence

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world might be run by assholes and idiots, but that doesn’t make us powerless! Y’all, this is the Best Life, and living the Best Life means re...

Ep. 576: The Healed Woman vs. the Unchanged Man

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it feels like we’re in all-out gender warfare, where women are putting in work to heal themselves while men dig their heels into their old...

Ep. 575: The Communication Tool of the Future

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back and chatting about our new favorite subject—ChatGPT. Danny-J is an outspoken ChatGPT lover—it’s her nutrition coach, therapist, bes...

Ep. 574: Let's Just Ignore the Things We Hate About Our Bodies

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We can’t fight the fact that we’re getting older, so we might as well fight the urge to hate our bodies. Nobody (and no body, for that matter) loo...

Ep. 573: 5 Ways ChatGPT Can Make Your Life Better

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is ChatGPT taking over the world? Is it making us dumber? Less social? Is it ruining our critical thinking? Nope! At least for us, AI programs like Ch...

Ep. 572: Rich People Are Out of Touch

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Katy Perry went to space, and women everywhere rejoiced. Except that didn’t actually happened. Well, Katy Perry DID go to “space” but the rest o...

Ep. 571: The Apocalyptic Dating World in Our Mid-40's

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Getting older is already enough of a mind-fuck, and now Danny has to start adding dating back into the mix? Are you fucking serious?! We thought datin...

Ep. 570: There's No Such Thing As A Perfect Partner

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The person you decide to build a life with is one of the most important decisions you can make, but also… Sometimes the person you once knew (or eve...

Ep. 569: The Importance of Community

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you’ve travelled as much as we have, and worked from home for as long as we have, building an in-person community is harder than it looks. We h...

Ep. 568: Are Busy Friends Better Friends?

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What makes a good friend? Is it someone with lots of wealth, power, or status? Someone who can connect you with important people? Kind of sounds like ...

Ep. 567: Build A Life You Don't Need A Vacation From

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever had someone (usually an internet marketer trying to sell you something) tell you to “build a life you don’t need a vacation from”?...

Ep. 566: Why Don't Men Listen to Women?

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If men cared about their relationships with women, it would make sense to listen to what women have to say, right? Yeah, we know, sounds unrealistic. ...

Ep. 565: 4 Ways to Deepen the Connection in Your Romantic Relationship

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jill is newly and happily engaged, but her relationship hasn’t always been perfect. When it came time to decide to break-up or take the next step in...

Ep. 564: Gradually, Gradually, Gradually... Suddenly

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we’d like to wave a magic wand and be miraculously healed from all our traumas and pain. Unfortunately for us (and you) we live in the rea...

Ep. 563: Knowing What You Want Out of Life

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve finally arrived at “mid-life” and if there were ever a time to have a crisis, it’s now. It’s easy to get swept up in the fast pace of ...

Ep. 562: The Utility in Impostor Syndrome

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No one loves feeling like an Impostor, but there are some people who probably should feel like one. There’s utility in Impostor Syndrome—if you’...

Ep. 561: I'm Not the Same Person I Used to Be

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone knows that if you dare to have a presence on the internet, you have to stay the same forever. Duh. Changing your mind and evolving as a perso...

Ep. 560: You Need to Mindset Yourself

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even for people who know everything there is to know about having a healthy mindset need to check themselves at some point. Sometimes, it’s exactly ...

Ep. 559: Business is Innately Personal Development with Nardia Norman

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Jill is having a conversation with fellow fitness business coach, Nardia Norman. Nardia shares her journey as a trainer of personal trainers, h...

Ep. 558: Caught in the Messy Middle of Things

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast grew out of some really shitty times in our lives, and since then we’ve learned a lot about how to deal with all that shittiness, espec...

Ep. 557: How to Overcome the Need for Affirmation

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve fucked up and started over and changed our minds so many times in this life that we lost count. In our younger years, we made a lot of decisio...

Ep. 556: Joy and Sadness Can Coexist

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Somehow, it’s a new year again and this time we’re feeling neither well-rested, nor excited to do it all again. It’s almost like the years start...

Ep. 555: Being the Bigger Person (Even When You Don't Want To)

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As much as we all love being petty (and you know we’re good at it, too) there is something to be said about being the “bigger person.” While the...

Ep. 554: Let's Normalize Doing Nothing

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s normalize taking a break. Our society focuses heavily on constant productivity and hustling 24/7 but let’s be honest, it’s just not sustai...

Ep. 533: Auditing Your 2024

25 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the year comes to a close, there is a lot of messaging to keep going, to push through—to push harder, even. We’d like to offer up another persp...

Ep. 552: How We Healed Our Food Obsession

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Yes, food is fuel but it is so much more than that. Food is community and connection, and honestly, sometimes that shit is simply delicious. We used t...

Ep. 551: The Unnecessary Pressure of the Holidays

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday season is just around the corner and with the holidays comes a lot of stress, expectations, and obligations. Fuck that. Just because someo...

Ep. 550: Problems Are the Price of Growth

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been entrepreneurs for well over a decade now, and we know we have plenty of listeners with their own businesses or with entrepreneurial dream...

Ep. 549: A Never-Ending Black Friday

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is it just us, or is Black Friday out of control now? Less than 10 years ago, Black Friday was a one-day event where you’d slap a bitch at Walmart f...

Ep. 548: Work-Wife Jealousy

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone’s been asking the same question for years: can men and women be friends? We see no problem with male-female friendships, but things feel a ...

Ep. 547: Consumerism and the Complexities of Social Media

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Life is complicated and as much as we would love some straight-forward answers, it’s rare we get any. Lately we’ve been thinking about how our con...

Ep. 546: My Clients Are Stanky

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Somehow, this is a hygiene podcast now. It was never our intent but either we’ve jumped the shark, or our lives are filled with really stinky people...

Ep. 545: The Prettier You Are, the More Money You Make

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pretty privilege is undeniable, but did you know that the more attractive you are, the more money you’ll make too? It doesn’t seem fair since our ...

Ep. 544: A Publicity Stunt That Worked

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you watch the big fight? You know, the one between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. We were never much fans of fighting, but it seems like the whole worl...

Ep. 543: Money and Morality

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Money matters, whether you like it or not. We believe that women deserve to make just as much money—and more!—as any man, and that wanting money i...

Ep. 542: ChatGPT Saved My Relationship

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Danny has a secret weapon in her relationship, and it isn’t therapy. It’s ChatGPT. When things get heated, communicating is hard! Luckily there’...

Ep. 541: Leaving A Relationship for the Unknown

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Relationships are tricky, and it’s normal to wonder what life might look like outside of the one you’re in. Things get even stickier when the pers...

Ep. 540: How to Be Alone

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you split from a long-term partner, there’s a real period of grief you’ll experience. No one ever goes into a marriage thinking that it’ll ...

Ep. 539: Your Breath Smells Like Ass

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Y’all know that we want to stay as healthy (and as hot) as we can for as long as we can, and a large part of that is our dental health. We’ve been...

Ep. 538: Making Attempts to Age Backwards

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re feeling a little chaotic lately, so we’re recording a chaotic episode for you today. We talk a little about the possibility of doing a retre...

Ep. 537: Can Women Be Happy If They Aren't In A Relationship?

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We know the internet is full of people who say shit they don’t even believe just to rile us up, but damn does it get to us sometimes. There’s a ne...

Ep. 536: Could You Fall In Love With Someone You're Not Attracted To?

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Looks aren’t everything—but that doesn’t mean they don’t matter. But are you a bad person for turning someone away for the way they look? It’...

Ep. 535: The Anatomy of Betrayal with Lindsay Haverslew, The Betrayal Trauma Therapist

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We love talking about relationships on this show, and that interest started with the upheaval we faced when our respective marriages ended due to infi...

Ep. 534: Would You Date An Addict?

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Would you date someone with a history of addiction? We all have different feelings about addictions, and different histories with addictive substances...

Ep. 533: Should We Be Dressing Age-Appropriately?

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a love-hate relationships with Threads. It’s a fascinating app with some of the worst rage-bait and hot takes, but we fall for it every time...

Ep. 532: Who Is Qualified To Give Advice?

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone “knows” the right things to do in life when their own lives are great. What if your life is falling apart—should you still be giving ad...

Ep. 531: To Use Ads or Not To Use Ads?

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Once upon a time we used to think that people who used ads for their businesses or personal brands were somehow “cheating.” Now, we just wish we h...

Ep. 530: Even The Most Confident People Can Have Insecurities

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve done a lot of work to face our own insecurities, and for the most part, we’re very comfortable and confident with ourselves. Despite our bes...

Ep. 529: Finding Abundance When Money is Scarce

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are officially in a recession and it costs an arm and a leg each day, just to be alive. The idea of a recession alone can get people closing their ...

Ep. 528: The Secret to Making Hard Decisions

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are times in our lives when we have difficult decisions to make, but we’re unsure of the way forward. How can we know what the right thing to ...

Ep. 527: Is There A Right Time to Get Pushy on Sales Calls?

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does selling have to be sleazy? Danny and Jill are big proponents of marketing and selling with integrity, and that includes not pushing someone to bu...

Ep. 526: The Science (and Art) of Functional Medicine with Erin Holt, aka The Funk'tional Nutritionist

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You may have heard of “functional” nutrition and medicine, but what the hell does that even mean, and why should you care? As Erin Holt, aka The F...

Ep. 525: Muscles and Movement's Impact on (Peri)Menopause with Dr. Stephanie Estima

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Getting older is mind-fuck after mind-fuck, but as we approach perimenopause and menopause, we’re sick of being told that everything has to suck fro...

Ep. 524: The Pitfalls of People-Pleasing

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lately, Danny has been taking more girls’ trips in an effort to maintain some individuality outside of her relationship. We love our partners, and w...

Ep. 523: An Epidemic of Dishonesty in the Online Space

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We all know social media is full of smoke & mirrors but, like clockwork, we’re seeing a new disturbing trend: influencers sharing their “minds...

Ep. 522: 4 Tools To Overcome Impostor Syndrome

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trying something new is scary enough, but even more so when you’re trying something new. Impostor syndrome happens to all of us, and that’s okay! ...

Ep. 521: The Power of a Daily Meditation Practice

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Look, Bestie, we never want to say we’re better than you. Buuuuuuut Danny’s been meditating every single day for a month, so…. Kidding, of cours...