The Best Life Podcast

Ep. 520: Business Advice For Our Besties

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been entrepreneurs for a while now, and we’ve learned quite a few lessons. The highs are high, the lows are low, but through it all, we’ve...

Ep. 519: Is "Fake" Beauty In?

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the rise in popularity of beauty influencers and reality shows like Love Island, there seems to be a new standard of beauty, and it requires a lo...

Ep. 518: Our Changing Relationship to Drinking

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of our divorces, we turned to alcohol maybe a little more than we’re proud of. But hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, and sometim...

Ep. 517: The Practice of Asking For Help

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some people find doing everything on their own to be difficult, but for us, it’s asking for help that ends up being the harder task. Asking for help...

Ep. 516: Thinking Of Starting A Side Hustle?

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re really passionate about women making money for themselves. Obviously in an ideal world, women in partnerships don’t have to worry about bein...

Ep. 515: Having Access To Your Partner's Phone Password

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Would you break up with your partner if they didn’t allow you access to their cell phone? It certainly seems like a weird dealbreaker to have, but a...

Ep. 514: Being "Realistic" About Our Dreams

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We consider ourselves dreamers and big believers in what’s possible, but we do believe in the utility of being “realistic.” At least, being real...

Ep. 513: Catching Up on Our Personal Lives

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a while since we recorded a personal episode of this podcast and we felt like it might be time to catch you up to date on what we’ve bee...

Ep. 512: 5 Must-Do Bucket List Items For the Newly Divorced

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we started this podcast, we were somewhat newly divorced and trying to navigate the world on our own for the first time in a long time. We weren’...

Ep. 511: The Side Hustle You Didn't Know You Needed

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a new kind of side hustle you can do from almost anywhere: user generated content. After Danny saw a friend making thousands a month for see...

Ep. 510: Minerals, Metabolism, and Mindset with Tina Haupert of Carrots N Cake

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s so much more to being healthy than just being “thin” and the closer we get to perimenopause and menopause, the more we realize that. Tod...

Ep. 509: Knowing How Much Money is "Enough"

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re the kind of women who love to work and yes, we love to make money. There’s so much moralizing about money and whether having it makes someon...

Ep. 508: A Partner's Permission to Change Your Looks

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re independent women and we don’t need men to validate us—but we do still care what our partners think. But there’s definitely a balance th...

Ep. 507: Is There An Age Limit to Starting an Online Business?

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you too old to start an online business? The short answer is yes. The long answer is of course not! Look, we don’t know about you, but we don’...

Ep. 506: Why Am I Not "Over It" Yet?

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shitty things happen in life, and don’t we know it. And we all know that healing isn’t linear, but haven’t you ever though to yourself, “Why a...

Ep. 505: 10 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Friendships

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a part of getting older that we never expected: it’s getting harder to maintain meaningful friendships. The people who were once our tight...

Ep. 504: The Results of Our 30-Day Instagram Reels Challenge

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re fresh off a 30-Day Instagram Reels Challenge and our results were… nothing like we imagined they would be. When we started our businesses on...

Ep. 503: The Three M's of Building A Personal Brand

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been in the online space for decades now so we’ve become somewhat of experts at creating personal brands—it’s why you’re listening to ...

Ep. 502: The Man vs. Bear Debate

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If we were trapped in a forest, would we rather be stuck with a man or a bear? If you’re a woman, you already know our answer because yours is proba...

Ep. 501: Inspiration Porn, Fake Vulnerability, and Performative Good Deeds

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is it just us, or is everything on social media just engagement farming now? People are posting videos of them crying or doing “good deeds” becau...

Ep. 500: How to Stay Motivated When Nothing Is Working

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Life isn’t always direct. Sometimes while we’re working towards a goal we take a few more steps back than anticipated and it gets discouraging. Bu...

Ep. 499: Grieving our Invisible Losses with Christina Rasmussen

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Grief seems to have been a recurring theme in our lives, but we know now that it’s not just us—everyone is grieving. Grief isn’t always caused b...

Ep. 498: How To Start Having More Meaningful Conversations with Your Aging Parents

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One thing we’ll never have enough of in this life is time, especially with our loved ones. As we get older and closer to the ages our parents were a...

Ep. 497: Get Yourself A Conscious Man

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You know we’re into personal development here, but just because we are doesn’t mean that the men in our lives are, too. Everyone knows you can’t...

Ep. 496: Can We Return to Innocence?

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve seen some shit and like it or not, we’re left a little jaded after all the pain, mistrust, and heartbreak. Once upon a time, we were innocen...

Ep. 495: Building Your Money Machine with Mel Abraham

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Making money is an important part of life—you need it to live! But it’s far more important to build a money system that takes care of you, so that...

Ep. 494: You're Giving Me the Ick

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s this phrase we’ve been seeing online lately, maybe you’ve heard of it. Women and girls keep talking about things men do that give them “...

Ep. 493: I Don't Wanna But I Have To

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are a million tasks on our to-do lists that we need to get done—and we don’t want to do any of them. There are so many little things we shou...

Ep. 492: Who Gets Custody of the Dog?

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Custody battles can be ugly, especially over the one thing most important in our lives: our dogs. When a relationship ends, everything that was once “...

Ep. 491: What to Do When Your Partner is Hotter Than You

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Attractive people just get more out of life, whether we want it to be true or not. But when you’re dating someone who’s just really attractive, it...

Ep. 490: Get A Life

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You need to get a life. No, really. We don’t mean it as an insult—and trust us when we say this applies to us as well—but sometimes as girlfrien...

Ep. 489: Friendships in the Digital Age

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the easiest way to keep up with friends is to follow along with their lives through social media, but people fall through the cracks, and oc...

Ep. 488: Starting a Shopify Business

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2020, Danny J and her boyfriend decided to experiment with starting a Shopify business, and in the process, they learned a lot. Starting an online ...

Ep. 487: Can Charisma Be Taught + Why Should You Care?

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Charisma—we all want it, but what exactly is it? And if we don’t have it naturally, are we just screwed? There’s a pervasive myth about charisma...

Ep. 486: If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say, Don't Say It At All

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re in need of online etiquette coaching, and quickly. We grew up being taught that if you can’t saying anything nice then you shouldn’t say a...

Ep. 485: The Trouble With In-Laws

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You get to choose your partner, but with them comes their family, and you certainly don’t get to choose your in-laws. So what do you do when there’...

Ep. 484: Staying Mindful of Body Obsession Extremes

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We may have worked through our dieting obsessions and pushing our bodies to extremes, but that doesn’t mean everyone else has. Every now and then we...

Ep. 483: Take Your Brain Back with Kara Lowentheil

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you grow up a woman in this society, there are a number of ways we get socialized—to feel like we have to earn our worth, to second guess every...

Ep. 482: Optimize Your Mindset with Miss Excel, Kathleen Norton

20 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Before 2020, Kathleen Norton couldn’t imagine anything other than her corporate job, but after healing her inner child, doing deep shadow work, and ...

Ep. 481: Aging Strong: How We Feel Fit + Athletic After 40 with Rachel Cosgrove

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all heard some 20-year-old trainer say that “age is just a number” when it comes to our training, but the truth is that fitness in our 40’...

Ep. 480: The Internet is Boring Now

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is it just us, or is the internet boring as fuck lately? And yet even though we’re bored to tears, we can’t stop cycling through the same apps ove...

Ep. 479: We're Sick of Authenticity

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s so much chatter about “authenticity” and “just being yourself” online these days that it’s kinda starting to lose meaning. Of cour...

Ep. 478: When A Prominent Public Figure Tells A Lie

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe you’ve heard already, but prominent podcaster Andrew Huberman, was recently exposed for having relationships with 6 different women at once. A...

Ep. 477: How Our Workouts Change As We Age

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re not at young as we once were, and as much as we hate to admit it, our bodies are changing. That means making peace with the fact that the way ...

Ep. 476: Finding Happiness While Sober with Courtney Andersen of Sober Vibes

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been on a sober-curious kick lately, so who better to talk to than someone who’s built a community for sober women and has been sober hersel...

Ep. 475: Are We Morally Obligated To Keep Up with the News?

27 Mar 2024

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...

Ep. 474: Can Men + Women Be Friends, No Strings Attached?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re bravely tackling a question no one has ever dared to ask before: can men and women be friends? Okay, okay, we hardly have a new take on...

Ep. 473: Simple Is Boring

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whenever we face problems in our lives, we tend to crave complicated solutions over easy ones. Somehow we think complexity is more likely to give us a...

Ep. 472: The Loneliness in Getting Older

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe it’s just us, but there’s some weird loneliness that seems to come with getting older. We’ve been holding it down for our loved ones for s...

Ep. 471: Is Taking Selfies Self-Absorbed?

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s 2024, are we still judging people for taking selfies? Sometimes we like the way we look and want to share it, what’s so wrong with that? Ther...

Ep. 470: Can You Be Too Relatable?

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you have an audience of any kind, a decision must be made—do you keep yourself relatable and friendly to all, or do you out your own self on a ...

Ep. 469: Grief Demands to Be Felt, Even When It's Misunderstood

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Grief demands to be felt, and in many ways it needs to be witnessed. Grief doesn’t have a specific look, nor does it have an expiration date, but th...

Ep. 468: Do We Even Need Men?

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a lot of shit about men (and sometimes they deserve it) but at the end of the day, we love men and we appreciate what they do for us and who t...

Ep. 467: Towels for Valentine's Day

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries, do gifts matter? Or is it only the thought that counts? Maybe a mixture of the two? We aren’t saying tha...

Ep. 466: Elitism in Internet Business

24 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a lot to be said about “getting in the room” and surrounding yourself with people who can challenge and elevate you as a business owner ...

Ep. 465: Danny vs. Jill: To Plan Ahead or To Wait 'Til the Last Second?

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are some people who like their life planned out to a T, months in advance of any event (like Jill!) aaaaand then there are those that wait until...

Ep. 464: How To Make the Big, Tough Decision

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There will be times in our lives when we are faced with a tough decision, be it personal, business, financial, or otherwise. When we come to these cro...

Ep. 463: Your Success Only Counts If You're Attractive

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether we like it or not, our society is hyper-fixated on how women look, act, and exist in this world. If you’re single, you’re looked down upon...

Ep. 462: How Danny Got Off Her Anti-Depressants

10 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Danny was always told she’d be on anti-depressants for the rest of her life. As a child, she was told that her brain was “imbalanced” and she’...

Ep. 461: Finding Our Focus in an Over-Stimulating World with Dr. Laura Gouge

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a world where we’re constantly being bombarded with distractions and anxieties, our mental health is at an all-time low. Anxiety, depression, PTS...

Ep. 460: That Time Danny Got Extorted

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When something looks too good to be true… it probably is. We’ve talked about buying followers, downloads, and likes here before but hey, even we a...

Ep. 459: The Power of Names

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shakespeare once asked the question, “what’s in a name?” and lately we’ve been asking ourselves the same thing. After learning that her ex-hus...

Ep. 458: Friendships That Fade

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Friendships are so important to nurture in our lives, but whether we like it or not, sometimes friendships fade. We grow apart, we miscommunicate, and...

Ep. 457: Advice To Our Younger Selves

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Life in our 40’s is so much different than we ever could have imagined at the beginning of our 30’s. It was a decade of finding ourselves amidst a...

Ep. 456: A Chat About Explant Surgery

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s no secret, Danny has fake boobs and she’s always liked it that way. That is, until, several people she knows have started having breast-impla...

Ep. 455: It's Not Your Fault (But It Is Your Responsibility)

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shitty things happen to us all the time, and while it’s never your fault when someone wrongs you, it is your responsibility to heal from it. No amou...

Ep. 454: Practicing Digital Modesty

13 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t have the shiniest of social media reputations—if you saw what we were up to in 2017 and 2018, no you didn’t—but nowadays we tend to p...

Ep. 453: The Lack of Integrity in Internet Marketing

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Look we’re marketers, so we know all the tips and tricks being used in modern marketing. Try as we might to be upon front and honest with our mar...

Ep. 452: Standing Out From the Crowd

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever thought about starting an online business, you need a way to make yourself stand out from the crowd. We all know someone with the “...

Ep. 451: Protect Yourself From Burnout

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether in life or in business, there are seasons of quiet and there are seasons of busyness. When shit gets hectic, feelings of resentment start to b...

Ep. 450: Be The Bigger Person (Even When You Don't Want To)

29 Dec 2023

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. 449: What Are Your Core Values?

27 Dec 2023

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. 448: What the Hell Are We Supposed to Wear?

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One thing the holidays bring about are those damn holiday parties, and what’s even worse than having to go to a work holiday party is choosing an ou...

Ep. 447: Have You Ever Been a "Rehab" Girlfriend?

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever had a partner so rough around the edges that they need some rehabilitation to be a passable partner, only for the relationship to end an...

Ep. 446: Your Partner's Previous Relationship Experiences

16 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve talked about feeling insecure over your partner’s ex relationships before—and believe us, it’s normal to feel that way—but there’s a...

Ep. 445: Do Women Even Need Men Anymore?

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As women, it used to be true that the worst insult someone could throw at us was “you’re going to die childless and without a man’s love,” but...

Ep. 444: Do You Have A Back-Up Boyfriend?

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

According to some men (and we all know how reliable they can be 🙄) most women will have a partner in mind as a back-up option if the relationship t...

Ep. 443: Entering Our Zero-Fucks Era

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re in our zero-fucks era 💅 Over the last few years on the internet it’s felt like we have to be careful with every little thing we say, lest...

Ep. 442: Who's Your Celebrity Hall Pass?

02 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Having a celebrity Hall Pass—aka someone you’re “allowed” to have sex with outside of your relationship—is a somewhat common thing, but like...

Ep. 441: Keeping Our Hormones In Check as We Age

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You know we love talking to experts on hormones and aging here—aging is coming for us whether we want it or not, and we won’t be going down withou...

Ep. 440: Rebuilding A Relationship in Destruction Mode

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a moment right before you end a relationship that might be the perfect opportunity to destroy the status quo and rebuild from scratch. Buuuu...

Ep. 439: Starting from Scratch in Your Career

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Starting over in your life is one thing, but starting over in a professional sense is a whole other mind-fuck. We talk about mindset a lot here, but w...

Ep. 438: Your 2023 Hoiday Survival Guide

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are quickly approaching, and if you’re anything like us, the coming weeks and months can be filled with stress from all around. Our fam...

Ep. 437: Movement and Your Mental Health with Meghann Koppele Duffy

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The health of our brains is connected to every other function of our bodies, and especially our movement. As Meg Koppele-Duffy, co-founder of the Neur...

Ep. 436: 9 Keys For Success

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you listen to this podcast, it’s likely you have an interest in personal development and creating success in your life. But it’s not enough to ...

Ep. 435: 8 Lessons Learned from Scaling a Business from 2 Team Members to 10

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jill’s back with a solo-pod today to speak to those listeners who are more entrepreneurial minded, coaches, managers, or leaders of any kind. The la...

Ep. 434: Fighting Distraction in An Attention Economy

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As technology and media develop further and become more important parts of our lives, our attention is getting spread thin. As a result, we’ve all b...

Ep. 433: Is Cleaning the Secret to Success?

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is the secret to success as simple as making your bed? It’s been said that cleaning is the ultimate life-hack—declutter your desk to declutter you...

Ep. 432: Yanking Yourself Out of Scarcity

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to feel all good when everything’s all good… but having an abundant mindset is a big ask when money is tight or business isn’t doing...

Ep. 431: Online, Everyone Loses

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is it just us, or does everyone seem to make everything about them nowadays? Look, we aren’t calling everybody a narcissist (or maybe we are…) but...

Ep. 430: Becoming Sober-Curious

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve seen something interesting, and maybe you have too, but there seems to be a cultural shift away from drinking alcohol. After our marriages end...

Ep. 429: Relationships Are Made In the Details

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a lot about communication on this podcast, but can you blame us? So many struggles and conflicts in our lives and relationships could be easil...

Ep. 428: Overcome Your Overspending Once and For All with Paige Pritchard

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you an emotional shopper? Money is a hot-button issue and for a lot of people, talking about income, spending, and debt brings out a lot of shame....

Ep. 427: Getting Help With Your Mental Health

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day and as people who are no strangers to mental health struggles, we wanted to talk about something near and dear t...

Ep. 426: Men's Use of Social Media

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Should men have rights? The jury is still out on that one, but for now it seems like they still do and one of those rights we can’t seem to take awa...

Ep. 425: Healing From Relationship PTSD

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a lot about the struggles of being stuck in an unhealthy or toxic relationship—and rightfully so—but there isn’t much being said about h...

Ep. 424: Get Yourself Out Of A Rut

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a difficult few years (okay, okay, maybe it’s been more than a few years…) and we’re seeing burnout all around us. Getting stuck in ...

Ep. 423: Making Friends with Your Family with Danny Coleman

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We got 5-peat guest, Danny Coleman, on the show today! Danny Coleman is Jill’s younger brother and one thing the Colemans do well is great family re...

Ep. 422: "Victim Blaming" on Social Media

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are tons of terms that get thrown around the internet and it’s hard to know what’s what at times. Today we wanted to chat about victim blami...

Ep. 421: Do Opposites Attract? with Jill's Boyfriend, Keith!

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is an interview with a very special guest—Jill’s boyfriend, Keith! When this show started, Danny and Jill were both single and u...