It's just Kim and Jenn this week talking about old-people words, how "nice Karens" are always just annoying or weird Karens. E.Jean Carroll, chia seeds and Jenn's new smoothie revolution, "Get On Your Knees" by Jacqueline Novak (now on Netflix!), plus listener questions and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jenn and Kim are talking with Joan LeMay, a New York City painter and illustrator and the co-creator of the Steely Dan book QUANTUM CRIMINALS. We're discussing art of all kinds and the challenges of balancing the commercial and the creative, showing up for ourselves, the importance of embracing change and making brave decisions as we age, persistence, beauty over 40 and a lot more.You can find Joan and her work: https://www.joanlemay.com/You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! We're talking all about where we are with resolutions, getting older and big jobs, as well as headshots when you're a woman of a certain age. Plus: The Curse, winter skincare, to gray or not to gray, finding time to read, plus listener questions and a whole lot more!To support the production of the show, join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/Concerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Kim has the plague/flu and Jenn's feeling weird about her book and we're discussing cold and flu detritus, "putting yourself out there," professional perception vs. reality, honesty in friendships, "Saltburn," "Anatomy of a Fall," a movie no one's ever heard of called "Toni Erdmann," a new shampoo Jenn loves (Superzero) plus listener questions and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ambition-Monster/Jennifer-Romolini/9781668056585To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kim and Jenn discuss the importance of earnestness in mid-life, trying to be more gentle with ourselves, some movies we liked (and some we didn't!), plus listener questions and a whole lot more! You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our (return!) guest this week is Lori Leibovitch, editor of the New York Times’ Well section, and this year she's teaching us all about how to stop feeling drained in 2024 through a number of simple, practical ways to bring more energy into our lives in mid-life — and beyond. Lori recently edited the Times' 6-Day Energy Challenge which is designed to help readers feel more awake throughout the day. You can sign up for the challenge here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/well/live/energy-challenge-signup.htmlYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our end of year spectacular! Herewith, our favorite movies, books, television, podcasts, skincare and other miscellany of 2023...You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A meandering week! Kim and Jenn discuss friendship, television, home fragrances, crepey next skin, turning 60, resolutions, travel, listener questions and more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book:https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! We're talking about the holiday season, feeling out of our depths. growing out of being "honest to a fault," the challenges of parenting a teen, facial hair, the necessity of learning new things as we age, plus listener questions and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book:https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's just Kim and Jenn and we're talking all about battling technology, skincare that actually "works," menopause feet, Albert Brooks, Friday Night Lights, The Crown, plus listener questions and more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book:https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is the phenomenally inspiring Karen Walrond. Karen is an author, a lawyer, a leadership coach and a longtime activist. Her latest book is "Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise A Little Hell." We talk all about it and what it means to overcome internalized ageism and live our most curious, engaged, productive and meaningful lives.You can find Karen at: https://www.chookooloonks.com/You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comYou can pre-order Jenn's book:https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy almost Thanksgiving! Not going to lie, both of us forgot that this was our Thanksgiving week episode and so, instead of a gratitude list or turkey recipes, we're discussing perfume fumes, Liz Phair fandom, the movie Nyad, Jeff Bezos and how money can't buy taste, what made Jenn cry out: "What the fuck am I, Snow White?," Kim's Taylor Swift crush, Taylor & Travis, beauty advent calendars, plus listener questions and so much more!SHOW NOTESMaya "base" scent Kiko Milano Advent CalendarYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com*New* You can pre-order Jenn's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ambition-monster-jennifer-romolini/20705024To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's just Kim and Jenn are on their own this week talking about Britney's new book, time changes, moving abroad, male gynecologists and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comFor exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we're mourning Matthew Perry along with having lighter conversations about everything from getting one's colors done to a new favorite shampoo to the peril's of fame to Megan Ryan's new movie — oh, and one us is turning 60!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com*NEW* YOU CAN PRE-ORDER JENN'S BOOK To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is American cartoonist Emily Flake who began cartooning for The New Yorker in 2008, and has had more than a hundred cartoons published in the magazine since. Her most recent project, Joke in a Box, How to Write And Draw Jokes, was just released. SHOW NOTESYou can find Emily at: emilyflake.comYou can buy Joke In a Box here.This week we're recommending beauty products by Merit and Kiko Milano. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com*NEW* YOU CAN PRE-ORDER JENN'S BOOK To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's an all-listener-question episode! We're talking about if neck creams ever work and whether or not you should get your colors done, the three wardrobe items we never scrimp on, what getting fired taught us, building community in mid-life, how we're feeling about the holidays and so much morre!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comTo follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! We're discussing getting snubbed, learning to love your past selves, "The Golden Bachelor," many many beauty products and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.comWhat we recommended this week: CosRx Snail MucinMerit Clean Lash MascaraThrive Impact-FULL Smoothing lipstickVersed Vitamin C powderCera-V Vitamin C SerumEverything/Nothing/Someone: A Memoir by Alice Carrière Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Alexandra Auder, a writer and actress who was born in New York City to Viva, a Warhol superstar, and  Michel Auder, an award-winning filmmaker who directed Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol. Alex was a featured character in HBO’s High Maintenance and has acted in the films of Wim Wenders and Jodie Foster, among others. Her new book, Don’t Call Me Home, is a memoir of her unconventional childhood. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.comSHOW NOTESAlex's book DON'T CALL ME HOMEVivace, microneedling "Past Lives" on Amazon Prime"Naked Attraction" on MAX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a random week in September! Kim and Jenn are talking about anything and everything! Including: Taylor Swift, therapy, Jenn's new job, a new solution for thinning hair, an ongoing quest for just one good pair of jeans, portraits of railway children, Anne Geddes, dorm-room posters of the past and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.Jenn's new beauty Insta: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! We're talking all about old and new jobs, what fashion means when you're over 40, Covid confusion, the greatness of Parker Posey, once you go Eileen Fisher can you ever go back? and a lot more. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Amanda Clayman. Amanda is writer, podcaster and most of all a financial therapist widely recognized as a pioneer in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Financial Counseling. We're talking all about how thoughts, feelings, and associations shape our financial choices, and how we can identify the patterns around money that serve us —and start eradicating those that limit us. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is the delightfully funny and talented novelist Edan Lepucki who talks to us all about her new book TIME'S MOUTH, along with writing and mothering and prioritizing and getting older and process over outcome and time travel and the past (and jeans of the past). Also in this episode: hot flashes, maybe the only Vitamin C serum that works, how the seasons are no longer the seasons and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTESBuy Edan's book!! https://bookshop.org/a/79787/9781640095724Timeless Vitamin C SerumJones Road Miracle BalmGlossier's Boy BrowAbercrombie high rise jeansLevi's Lo Pro jeans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Kristi Coulter. Kristi is an acclaimed memoirist, essayist, and fiction writer. Her 2018 debut memoir Nothing Good Can Come from This was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She has written for The Paris Review, New York magazine, Glamour, Elle, and many other publications. Her new book, Exit Interview, The Life and Death of my Ambitious Career, is out September 12th. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the last show of the summer! We're talking fall fashion, anticipatory anger, shows we're watching, difficult mothers-in-law, CAFTANS, the best way to support a depressed friend, listener questions and more!SHOW NOTESOrganic by John Patrick cashmereEveryday Ritual caftansTelemarketers (HBO show)You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Jenn's lamenting the tax we've all paid for being female. Kim wants to talk about VOGUE's "Greatest Of All Time" September cover. Jenn's similarly annoyed by Variety's cover treatment of Sydney Sweeney. Plus: Prison President, television we're watching, under-eye concealer we're trying, brief chats about senior discounts, poetry, and books we're reading, a defense of "And Just Like That...", a response to a listener comment and just a smidge more I cannot remember while writing these show notes!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.comRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS EPISODEI Will Teach You To Be Rich (BOOK)Trinny London BFF Eye (CONCEALER)Fisk (SHOW)Winning Time (SHOW)The Summer of Dead Birds, Ali Liebegott (BOOK)Dopamine Press Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's an almost end-of-summer wrap up with conversations about work, money, politics, perimenopause, our favorite sneakers, a long rant and rave about the Barbie movie, problematic faves from our childhoods, our dream of aging inclusivity and so much more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a week of listener questions! On the challenges of re-entry, portals to the past, short-term memory loss, existential/mid-life crises (is that all there is?), ADHD in perimenopause, reselling clothes, the worst advice we've ever received, our most embarrassing celebrity encounters, job interview questions, and more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESFor Days clothes recycling Mother denim"I will teach you to be rich!" podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's back! We're talking all about European travel, over-40 job searches, ring lights, old women & hard candy, perimenopause, Sinead O'Connor, the writer's strike, good documentaries about not-terrible men, and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESBeauty productWomanness "Let's Neck"Man docsJohn Early: Now More Than EverTurn Every PageThe Andy Warhol DiariesRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest on this episode is Dr. Judy Kuriansky. Dr Judy is a world-renowned clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, an author, and a humanitarian. She’s written more than a half dozen books on sex and relationships, including "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship" and "How to Love a Nice Guy." Dr. Judy is a pioneer of radio call-in advice shows: In the 80s and 90s, she hosted the popular nationally syndicated radio show “Love Phones” with Chris Jagger. She’s also played bass guitar in an all-female rock band called Artemis.In recent years, Dr Judy has been a first responder to disasters around the world (including in Haiti, Japan, China, Iran and the U.S.). Today, she acts as a representative of NGOs at the United Nations and an advisor to ambassadors. You also may know her as one of the amazing women Jenn interviewed on the podcast STIFFED earlier this year.Today we're talking all about sex in the 1970s, the most common sexual issues couples have, how to grow up, do everything you want and live without regret and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking all about Kim's travel anxiety, nostalgia for magazine summer Fridays, Lucky's banned word list, "Asteroid City" and Wes Anderson, "Laurel Canyon," Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Anniversary Party," "Jury Duty," plus listener reviews and a whole lot more!Products mentioned in this episode: Kosas DreamTeam SPF 40 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is author and podcast host Virginia Sole-Smith. You may know Virginia from her newsletter Burnt Toast, which explores fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. Virginia is the author of the 2018 book The Eating Instinct. Her most recent book—Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture—which going to talk about a lot today encourages us to name and navigate our anti-fat bias so we can raise happier and healthier children.You can find Virginia at virginiasolesmith.comYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You asked, we answered! Our best tips on everything from summer hairstyles to sunscreen, makeup to shorts. Plus: our summer reads, packing hacks, and a whole lot more! SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESFor every single link to all our picks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/summer-list-85493782 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jenn and Kim are talking all about online age quizzes, octogenarian dads, cults, letting go of enemies, wedding outfits, and living through a pure failure. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Sara Schaefer. Sara is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, and artist. Sara's a longtime standup comedian who has written for numerous television programs including "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" and she won two Emmy awards for her work at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The New York Times called her new solo show 'Going Up' “ambitious and nimble” and “a feat of comedy.” She’s currently touring with "Going Up" in the US and, later this summer, Europe (head’s up listeners in Copenhagen!)SHOW NOTESYou can find Sara on her website: saraschaefer.comYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest is award-winning feminist activist, writer, and editor, Jamia Wilson. We're talking all about leading with love, not being defined by our traumas, righteous accountability, emotional bravery, expecting and fostering reciprocity, spiritual practice, showing up and overcoming the shame of not being "perfect," and a whole lot more.Jamia's site: jamiawilson.comJamia's books: This Book Is FeministYoung, Gifted, and BlackYoung, Gifted, and Black TooStep Into Your Power: 23 Lessons on How to Live Your Best Life, Big Ideas for Young ThinkersThe ABC's of AOCRoadmap for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Advocacy, and Activism for AllThe V Word: True Stories About First-Time SexOrganizations Fighting Book Bans:House of Speakeasy: houseofspeakeasy.orgPEN America: pen.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Kristen Lisanti. For the last 25 years, Kristen has held executive-level culture, talent and communications roles at global firms, coaching CEOs, advising senior leadership teams and building healthy work cultures in businesses around the world. Most recently, she served as Chief Culture Officer for the public relations giant BCW, stewarding cultural integration during the largest merger in public relations history and establishing an organizational culture rooted in a growth mindset. In that role, Kristen launched the industry’s first mindfulness-based leadership development program, which trained 200 executives and emerging leaders on every continent to lead with vision, intention and humanity. Kristen is an experienced coach, certified mindfulness teacher, and a cancer survivor. She teaches leaders and teams how to meet the complexity, volatility and resistance we all often feel at work with openness, ease and even joy. Kristen also teaches workshops on how to stop wrestling with the changes in our lives, live with more ease, and start embracing whatever comes our way. You can find Kristen at kristenlisanti.comYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Memorial Day! Happy Unofficial Start to Summer! It's EIF After Dark/a surprise nighttime episode!Don't forget to join our Patreon! Support the show for less than a cup of coffee! patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: sprucing up one's midlife resumé, coming to peace with Mother's Day, Martha Stewart's SI cover, concerts we're excited about, shows we're watching, books we're reading, plus: listeners questions and more!Don't forget to join our Patreon! Support the show for less than a cup of coffee! patreon.com/everythingisfineSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESLiz Phair concert dates!Somebody Somewhere on HBO Max Quietly Hostile by Sam IrbyQuantum Criminals by Alex Pappademas and Joan Lemay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're lucky enough to be joined by author (and two-time EIF guest!) Claire Dederer, whose latest book, "Monster's: A Fan's Dilemma" has got everyone — including us— thinking and talking. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESClaire's book: MONSTERS: A Fan's Dilemmahere's the book Claire & Jenn mention loving:Dept. Of Speculation by Jenny Offill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's just Kim and Jenn talking this week about all the things we usually talk about: aging/perimenopause, sorting out painful sex and what to do when your neck starts sweating, plus listener questions, many words on tattoos, the problem with dry shampoo, John Mulaney's new special, and a whole lot more!For exclusive bonus Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine. For Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESSara Schaefer's comedyJohn Mulaney's "Baby J" Netflix special"Mrs. Davis" on PeacockWorishofer sandalsAerosoles sandalsSorel sandals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is author Nicole Chung whose new book "A Living Remedy" is a memoir about the loss of both of her parents within just a few years and a meditation on grief. We're also discussing writing through pain, caregiving, how the U.S. healthcare system leaves so many behind, educational privilege and class. and changing one's relationship with overwork.You can find more about Nicole on her website: nicolechung.net"A Living Remedy" is available on Bookshop.org and wherever you buy your books.For exclusive bonus Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's married! And we're talking all about her wedding, Jenn's week in New York, the importance of friendship in mid-life, a new tinted moisturizer, the easiest clogs to walk around in, putting rollers in your hair, travel tips, plus: listener questions and a whole lot more.SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESDr. Hauschka Translucent Bronzing TintKitsch Ceramic /Velcro Hair RollersMagnafied ClogsTo support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastYou can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our first live show! At CaveatNYC! We don't know what we're doing! You may be able to tell!In this VERY SPECIAL EPISODE:Kim's mom, Eve France!Singer/songwriter Amy Rigby sings us some of her beautiful songs and we cry!!Plus: listener questions and a whole lot of nonsense!!To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastYou can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is New York Times writer Susan Dominus. Susan has worked for the Times since 2007, first as a Metro columnist and then as staff writer with The New York Times Magazine. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize, for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. And her most recent piece, "Women Have Been Misled About Menopause," went viral in a big way. To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenn and Kim introduce Jenn's new podcast STIFFED, from Crooked Media and iHeart media, which is available wherever you get your podcasts, including here: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/stiffed/To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim and Jenn discuss not actually loving attention, how to be social in groups, human pyramids, Yellowjackets, Justine Bateman, the joy radiating from Drew Barrymore's talk show, a new shoe line Jenn loves, Kim's wedding plans and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTESJenn's new project STIFFED: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stiffed/id1678710956Nurse Gigi on InstagramIvy Lee Copenhagen boots: https://ivyleecopenhagen.com/To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Valerie Monroe. Val is a return Everything Is Fine guest who appeared in one of our most popular episodes ever. She was a longtime beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine and she’s written hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics for many national publications, including The New York Times. Val writes the Substack newsletter, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face and, as of recently!, an advice column on The Cut of the same name. There are still a few seats left for our live show in New York on April 9th @4pm @ Caveat NYC.Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking all about religion in childhood, dumb TV we're watching, a new lipstick trick, plastic surgery without shame, wedding planning and all the stuff we always talk about.Our live show in New York is April 9th/4pm at Caveat NYC.Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023This week we're recommending Makeup Forever Lip LinerTo support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carlene Bauer — author of our favorite 2022 book, GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT — joins us today to talk writing, female friendship, ambition, choosing a child-free life, capturing 90s New York, what is it to be Gen X in mid-life and whole a lot more.SHOW NOTESOur live show in New York is April 9th/4pm at Caveat NYC.Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're doing our first live show! When: April 9th, 4pm at Caveat NYC. Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023Otherwise, it's a short, sweet episode this week because we lost an interview to the recording gods but we're still talking about finding joy in aging, dressy outfits, feeling intolerant of bullshit, Condé Nast snobbery, what it is to really see another person, when online friends become IRL friends, COCAINE BEAR, wedding planning, and a whole lot more!To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's just Kim and Jenn talking about: overcoming COVID, movies and TV we're watching, magic, impressions, aging hair, bag recommendations, and why baby's breath is the worst. Plus: Listener questions and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES"Aftersun""To Leslie""The Trip"Marc Maron's comedy hour "From Bleak to Dark"Clare V bagsIl Bisonte bagsBaggu bagsHAIRSTORY hair products Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenn has COVID this week so we're re-running a favorite episode on midlife friendship with Dr. Marisa Franco. Dr, Franco walks us through exactly how to make new friends as we get older, the common mistakes we're making with our friendships, how to handle friend conflict, and what to do when it's time for a friendship to end. Also check out Dr. Franco's new book, “Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making and Keeping Friends As An Adult,” which came out last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Cindy Gallop, a founder and entrepreneur and former advertising exec who now helms several of her own businesses, including the social sex platform Make Love Not Porn — the mission of which is socializing and normalizing sex. Cindy launched MakeLoveNotPorn with a TEDTalk in 2009, that talk has been viewed 2 and half million times. She’s also just launched a newsletter called Dear Cindy, where readers can ask her anything, especially, for our purposes, about having great sex in mid-life and beyond.To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESThis week we're recommending:Make Love Not PornDear Cindy on SubstackBlack Levis JeansWhite SneakersReservation Dogs on Hulu/FX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're discussing death and also recommending mascara! It's a wild life! We all contain multitudes!If you want to support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESThis week we're recommending:Poker FaceBrit BoxStonehouseThe Super 8 Years (Annie Ernaux)If Books Could Kill podcast (the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus episode) How We Live Is How We Die by Pema ChodronStill Pictures by Janet MalcolmFreedom AppMilk Makeup: KUSH High Volumizing Mascara Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking with teacher, author, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and composer (!!!) Julia Cameron. Julia is best known for her international best seller, THE ARTIST'S WAY, which was first published in 1992. Her latest book, WRITE FOR LIFE: Creative Tools for Every Writer, was published in January. In this episode Julia helps Jenn and Kim through writing blocks, talks about creative flow as a kind of spirituality, and why she thinks it's far too daunting to think about the future. NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking all about feeling "fixed" in therapy when you're really not, Harry and Meghan and taking accountability for our mistakes, archival footage of Jenn partying in 1993, Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion," writing anxiety, publishing anxiety, why do we even create in the first place?, watching "Elvis," and... "Pretty Woman." Plus Kim identifies Richard Gere's bitchface...and we have beauty recommendations!SHOW NOTES Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion"Smashbox PHOTO FINISH FOUNDATION PRIMERIlia's Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Foundation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Kim's sick and it's a short episode... but we're still recommending things!Cleo From 5 to 7Paul T. GoldmanRitual vitamins: ritual.com/FINEShani Darden Lactic Acid SerumNEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's on tour this week so we're answering a few listener questions (like how Lucky magazine actually came to be!) and, afterwards, Jenn interviews author Beth Pickens all about tapping into creativity in the new year — how to start, what to do when you're stuck, forming new habits, finding realistic flow, and most of all: how to use our creative goals as a balm and not a weapon against ourselves. Beth can be found on Instagram @bethpickensconsultingHer "Homework Club" for artists and creators of all stripes can be found at bethpickens.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Lori Leibovitch, editor of the New York Times’ Well section, and we're talking all about getting and staying healthy in the new year, our new year's resolutions, and what is to live "well" in mid-life — and beyond.The book we mention on this episode — about female friendship— is Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our favorite books, movies, TV, comedy, podcasts, things we bought...and a few things we hated too: Here's our 2022 year in review. NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is book influencer Lupita Aquino. Lupita runs the highly influential bookstagram account Lupita Reads and also recommends books on TikTok. Her list of most anticipated books of 2023 was recently published on Today.com.**Books Lupita mentions on the show**Good Talk by Mira JacobYou Gotta Be You by Brandon GoodmanThe Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas ContrerasHow Not To Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie CruzAll This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam MathewsThe Other Mother by Rachel HarperThrust by Lidia Yuknavitch South to America — Imani PerryBibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a holiday season extravaganza! Kind of! Kim and Jenn discuss being secretly uptight, Triangle of Sadness, season 2 of White Lotus, Jenn's favorite new book, friendships that can't time travel, holiday party outfits when you're middle-aged, our favorite go-to gifts, mammograms, listener questions and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESGirls They Write Songs About by Carlene BauerClare V pouchCommes des Garcons pouchHarry & David pearsNEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A week of good moods! A week of talking about Botox, pet peeves, admitting when you're the villain of your own story, ghosts, the shadow self, good and terrible Xmas music, "Fleishman Is in Trouble" and a lot more we cannot remember! NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A post-holiday meditation on middle age, the clothes that fit us as poorly as ex-boyfriends, our collective relationship with celebrity gossip, Frankenstein'd magazine covers, Jenn's rekindled relationship with Nutrafol, the magic of Hairstory Lift, surprise! we're Andy Rooney age, a riveting segment on socks, plus listener questions and a whole lot more!NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's a low-key conversation about eBay shopping, the joy of Bad Sisters, the new Selena Gomez documentary, side dishes and Thanksgiving, the pall of the Christmas season, being haunted by old objects, why sometimes you just need to go to f*cking IKEA, plus listener questions and more!NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareAlso: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are the advantages of a creative life post-40? How do we know what, where, and when to create? On the show to answer these questions (and a lot more) is writer and professor Lynn Steger Strong, author of the novels Hold Still, Want, and her newest, Flight.NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareAlso: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kim and Jenn are talking with Gabrielle Blair, the founder of DesignMom.com and author of the new book Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way To Think About Abortion. NEW NEW NEW: EVERYTHING IS FINE MERCH! Hoodies! Tees! Onesies! Sweatshirts! Notebooks! More!Head to our new Tee Public store: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareOh and here's a link to the red sherpa-lined sweatpants.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week we're talking all about what it is to be an adult and live in our own adult haunted houses, about Tina Fey, the Hulu show "Ramy," bald spots, aggressive walking, getting in trouble as a grownup, Jenna Lyons, what we're cooking, listener reviews and also: DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!SHOW NOTESWe mention one product in this show: Hairstory Powder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's just us this week and we're talking all about thinning hair, a funeral for moth-eaten sweaters, live music, concert friends, cleaning for the cleaning lady, signature scents, what should we know about partners before we marry them? a newfound love for Wordle, style inspiration in "When Harry Met Sally," "Crossing Delancey," "Tootsie," Beth Orton's new album, the podcast "Death Of an Artist," fall clothes and so much more!SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESShearling-lined sweatpantsMaison Louis perfume oilPortrait of a Lady parfum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to really take your career into your own hands? Our guest today is Laura Mayer. Laura is an audio producer and former podcast executive who has helped create and launch many beloved podcasts, including The Dream and The Just Enough Family. After several toxic, high-burnout jobs; Laura's now hosting her own podcast called Shameless Acquisition Target, a wild ride into the pitfalls of her industry, with stops in self-advocacy, owning one's competence and ambition, shameless self-promotion, and boldly setting one's career in the direction you want, even if it means biting the hand that once fed you.We also talk about Shark Tank! And weight lifting! And the business of podcasts! Plus: SHOULD WE PUT 'EVERYTHING IS FINE' ON THE MARKET? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're discussing middle school, asteroids, marital hatred, Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, what bugs us about each other, the Sassiest Girl in America, our favorite podcasts, how to re-build a wardrobe, "excitement pieces," and a lot more.SHOW NOTES HI The Last Movie StarsThe Chronology of Water Malibu RisingDon't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kim and Jenn discuss sex injuries, herbs for hot flashes, the problem with gay husbands, workaholism, the pitfalls of creative collaboration, the shoe trend we'll never return to, graphic novels, Kate Berlant's comedy, oh —and — Kim's therapist listens to the podcast?! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim and Jenn are joined this week by writer Carmen Rita Wong. Carmen's most recent book, "Why Didn't You Tell Me?," is a memoir about her own complicated (and, quite honestly, fascinating) family secrets and we're talking all about complex family dynamics, finding peace vs. granting forgiveness, emotional —and financial— survival, and why it's better to wait until mid-life to tell our stories. SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES"The Split"Sheng Wang's comedy hourSandy Bullock's best .... workCarmen's book Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the show we've got Val Monroe, the former beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine for nearly sixteen years where she wrote the popular “Ask Val” column. Val currently writes the popular Substack newsletter, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face, where she offers philosophical and practical advice for anyone who’s ever looked into a mirror.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Amy Rigby. Amy is a singer/songwriter who performed in such bands as The Last Roundup and The Shams. Her 1996 solo debut, Diary of a Mod Housewife, led to her being named "Songwriter of the Year" by Spin magazine. She's the author of the 2019 memoir, Girl to City, which traces her journey from Elton John-worshipping suburban Pittsburgh girl to punk rock-loving CBGB denizen, and beyond. She has also written for Slate, the Village Voice, and Talkhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're having technical difficulties but also talking all about fall fashion, early style inspiration, personal "fitness," pop culture recs and Linda Evangelista's recent VOGUE cover. Plus listener questions and so much more ! SHOW NOTES!! SHOW NOTES!!Simple Folk lady play clothesMagnafied Clogs Cheap ChicOnly When I LaughMaintenance Phase on BMIRap ShitThis Jungian Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jenn's back in Philly for a funeral, Kim's with her family in the country and we're talking all about what it's like to go back home, the waning days of summer, the burden of home-ownership, attention neediness, owning your foibles, slowing down time, dealing with anger and rage, coming to terms with professional jealousy and so much more!Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Sari Botton. Sari is the author of the new memoir in essays, And You May Find Yourself...Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo. She's also the founder and publisher of Oldster Magazine. We go long on what it's like to tell our stories, coming into our own later in life, burn out, the joys of marriage, acceptance and ambition in mid-life. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Dorie Clark, the bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. Dorie helps people of all ages reimagine their careers, but she's specifically answering EIF listener questions —and advising us on work post-40 — today. You can download her free Long Game strategic thinking self-assessment at dorieclark.com/thelonggame.SHOW NOTES! SHOW NOTES!H&M dressJ.Crew sandalsDorie's latest book: "The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's back from tour, Jenn's back from the desert and we're talking about advising young people, facing failure, taking feedback as you get older, Instagram etiquette, style inspiration, straight-man Tinder don'ts, shifting priorities, discovering new interests, a BOOK recommendation!, listener reviews and so much more!SHOW NOTES IF YOU LIKE SHOW NOTESDeuxmoiBeRealIsaac Fitzgerald's "Dirtbag, Massachusetts" This NYMag story on TinderThe Feeld dating appDon't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You asked, we answered! Or actually we found experts who answered...Our guests today are Dr. Claudia Levine and nurse practitioner Kate Maclaughlin, founders of Menopause Jewelbox, an online resource that provides education, vetted resources, and support to those entering and in the middle of the menopause transition. We're talking all about the perimenopause: hot flashes and hormone therapy, sleeplessness and digestion, lesser-known symptoms and what to do about them. But mostly we're answering the many (many) listener questions we received on this topic!You can find Claudia and Kate at their site: menopausejewelbox.comThey're also on Instagram.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Angela Garbes. Angela is the author of the national bestseller Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change. Her first book, Like a Mother was an NPR Best Book of 2018. Angela’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Cut, New York, Bon Appétit, and featured on Fresh Air and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. You can follow Angela Garbes on Instagram here.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ALERT: We're briefly talking about abortion and inclusive language again! DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THESE THINGS!Also this week: What can be done with an aging neck?/Regrets, we've had a few/ Our favorite TV right now/Our favorite books too/Zany older lady style/Good places for solo travel/To Google or not to Google your ex...plus listeners questions and so much more!AND NOW...SHOW NOTES.Sculptra is the neck treatmentAlso: MicroneedlingThe Candy House by Jennifer EganHuman Blues by Elisa AlbertThe BearChloeGood Luck to You, Leo GrandeGood TimingJ.Crew slides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: The world continues to be a bummer and we're trying to deal with it. Can we move on from the bummer? Should we go live in a hutch in the woods? Plus: Catalina Island vs. Coney Island, scenes from an open marriage, '90s nostalgia, re-watching "Flirting With Disaster," two takes on shorts, listener questions, listener reviews AND — surprise! — we have a male listener!HI, HELLO, HERE ARE SHOW NOTESWhat we recommend this week:Big Bud Press Shorts This Paris Review article on Open Marriage by Jean GarnettFlirting With Disaster, the 1996 film (streaming on Hulu!)INKEY eye creamsDon't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NOTE: This episode originally aired in September 2021.Today on the show we've got Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the book "Your Turn: How To be an Adult" to talk all things adulthood: raising self-reliant kids, facing our underlying shame and anxiety around "adult" things, and how to live out the independent lives we truly want in midlife—and beyond.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for exclusive content and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age.We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. You can email us at: everythingisfinethepodcast@gmail.com. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We recorded this episode before Friday's hideous Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision but still discuss just how regressive this summer already felt — from the threat of nuclear war/fighting Russia to the abortion rights rollback; from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's reunion to the overwhelming success of Top Gun2—what decade is it even? Where are we? Does time have meaning? Plus: the open marriage conundrum, does quality inexpensive skincare exist?, what happens when you type "58 year old makeover" into Google, why we all need to get on board with trans kids' rights FFS(!), moving past "compare and despair," and talking honestly about the indignities of aging, no matter what the haters say. SHOW NOTES: This week we talked about INKEY skincare. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK! JUNE MADNESS! Kim and Jenn discuss all things mid-life makeovers, necks that appear like scrotums, thinking critically when you're becoming old and soft, the one thing we'd change in our lives if only we could, active sex lives in menopause, reclaiming "middle aged" as not a complete bummer, plus listener questions and the word Jenn can't stop mispronouncing!Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is legendary fashion journalist Teri Agins. Teri covered the industry for The Wall Street Journal for nearly 30 years and is the author of the acclaimed books, “Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers” and “The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever.” We talk all about what's changed in fashion, why clothes are so expensive, the complicated truth of fast fashion, and why designers don't prioritize older people (even though we have the $$!). Plus: Teri's best style advice for those of us who are now "mature." Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kim and Jenn are coming in hot with takes on the comedy of middle-aged fitness, the travesty of U.S gun laws, how to avoid a life spent with jerks, and how gossip just doesn't feel right anymore. Plus: Kim has a Fiona Apple story and — hold onto your hats — it's our most lukewarm fashion advice yet. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alt titles: "White Button-Down Age," "F*cking Leads To Kissing," "Medicine Cabinet of the Past." Come for the accountability talk stay for the old-ass elbows. Plus listener questions!Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which we talk about nothing and everything, ramble about home, our hair and hair products, trading spaces with our partners, feeling like a ghoul, aging and age-related adjustments, getting parent drunk, the rules of parties, no one wants the crudités, finding "town," must get to "town," the performance of identity, dealing with an aging body, The Leftovers, The Offer, Barry, Hacks, and why are we all still so fascinated with Anna Wintour?Plus: Two good new hair products!SACHAJUAN shampooHAIRRARI volumizing hair dust Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Instead of stewing in our collective outrage (and fury!) over the recently-leaked Supreme Court decision regarding Roe v Wade, now seems like a good time to talk about action. Our guests today — Rebecca Hart Holder and Jen Bluestein — have spent much of their careers fighting for abortion rights and reproductive equity. Rebecca is the executive director of Reproductive Equity Now and Jen is the former managing director of NARAL Prochoice America and the current senior director of policy and advocacy at the Schusterman family philanthropies. In today's episode, the two explain in simple, straightforward terms where we are with abortion rights now and the best ways to channel our righteous pro-choice rage in order to actually make a difference.Show notes for this episode/resources for protecting and expanding abortion access nationwide:National Network of Abortion FundsReproductive Equity NowIndivisible To find and support local clinics:Abortion Care Network**some listeners found this Google Doc useful as well: How to Show up For Abortion Access Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Rebecca Soffer. Rebecca co-founded the Modern Loss website, which provides support for those who are grieving, and explores grief in all its forms. She’s also the co-author of "Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief," and author of the about-to-be-published “The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience.” Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our 100th episode! Kim celebrates a decade of Girls Of a Certain Age! Jenn turns in her book! We recommend deodorant! Also: Perimenopause 101, more anger, meeting men, our favorite SNACKS, and...billionaires! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On lazy rivers, the perils of parenting tweens, our favorite television right now, our favorite books of the moment, a mascara Kim can't stop raving about, to send or not send nudes, and an unexpectedly long rant about yacht rock and Steely Dan. Plus: Who's interesting? What does interesting even mean? Plus: Even more listener questions and listener reviews!Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A week of travel and travel tips, post-pandemic dressing and how this stage of the pandemic feels like a bad dream. Speaking of bad: "Bad Vegan." Speaking of not-bad: "Rothaniel," and Ruth Reichl's memoir. Plus: Jenn's hair update = an episode of the Twilight Zone.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listener Questions, part 2! In this episode, Kim and Jenn discuss anxiety, self-compassion, understanding our post-pandemic selves, accepting that which we cannot change as we age, and what it was *really* like to work at Sassy in the 90s and Condé Nast in the aughts. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Listener questions! We're talking all about ambition, long-term relationships, happiness, work/life balance, fun, where we find joy and so much more! Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Megan Stielstra. Megan is the author of three highly-acclaimed essay collections: Everyone Remain Calm, Once I Was Cool, and The Wrong Way to Save Your Life, which was the 2017 Nonfiction Book of the Year from the Chicago Review of Books. She’s also a beloved writing teacher, a member of the nonfiction faculty at Northwestern University, and teaches courses online with Catapult and StoryStudio. We spoke with Megan about creative practice, what holds us back from telling our stories, writing about those you love, and how the best thing we can do as creative people is listen to and lift each other up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation about what it's like to be hated, about learning to love your enemies, about forgiving our own younger sins, about tattoos and old friends but not tattoos as old friends, about the perfection of Pamela Adlon and her perfect show "Better Things." Plus: AA adages! Boring tales from therapy! Jenn gets called a "psychopath!" Kim gets called the "biggest bitch I've ever met!" And, last: listener reviews!Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation about anger— when it's useful, when it's not, different types of anger, who gets to be angry, what makes us most angry, plus: how we often use anger to mask other, more vulnerable emotions/how we really feel. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking about social media whiplash, the guilty joy of watching "Euphoria" when you're middle aged, the disappointment of "Pam & Tommy," regrets and the male gaze, plus: more hair talk, bummer moods, and how we're really feeling about our birthdays this year.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feeling lonely and like you just don't have enough friends? You're not alone. Our guest this week is Dr. Marisa G. Franco, a psychologist and friendship expert who’s researched and studied the value and meaning of friendship extensively, both in the U.S. and as it applies all over the world. In this episode Dr. Franco walks us through exactly how to make new friends as we age, the common mistakes we're making with our friendships, how to handle friend conflict, and what to do when it's time for a friendship to end. Dr. Franco's new book, “Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making and Keeping Friends As An Adult,” will be published by Penguin Random House later this year and is available for pre-order now.Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking about breast pain and changing breasts, about a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, about sports and sports fans, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's genius relationship, how there's no "right" way to age, and how to start seeing things and people as they really are. Plus; Kim's secret majorette past!Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Peggy Orenstein. Peggy's an award-winning journalist and internationally recognized speaker on gender issues, especially those related to teens, sex and relationships. She is the author of seven books, including "Cinderella Ate My Daughter," "Girls & Sex" and her latest, "Boys & Sex." We talk all about her research on gender, sex, and pleasure; how to have candid, sex-positive conversations with your kids; and why the Dutch are doing everything better than we are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A light-hearted episode in the midst of a dark-feeling time! That's right, by listener request, it's another beauty episode! Today we're joined by beauty writer and former Rookie Mag staffer Marie Lodi to talk all about the best new and notable beauty products and getting out of our beauty ruts in 2022.Some products we discuss/recommend:Bioderma Sensibio H2OTatcha Rice Powder NYX Shine Loud LipstickL'oreal Lash ParadiseKolorete Organic Luxury Beauty LipstickCharlotte Tilbury Magic Away ConcealerElf Superhydrate MoisturizerKinship — All SkincareIlia Super Serum Skin TintHairstory New WashSkinMedica TNS Advanced SerumDon't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's show has it all: caffeine, microdosing, "The Lost Daughter," " And Just Like That," the quicksand of mid-life, affairs, hot flashes, friendship, Elena Ferrante, Tilda Swinton — and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Grace Bonney, an author and founder of Design*Sponge, the daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress. Grace's most recent book is "Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women Over 50."Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfine Our show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The one in which we discuss everything but the ongoing pandemic: Holiday cleaning, Airbnb fails, first kisses, confidence(?), bachelorette parties, go-to karaoke songs, dancing — oh, and one of us secretly believes she's an athlete. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined today by author, essayist, and book critic Maris Kreizman, Maris is the host of The Maris Review, a literary podcast from Lit Hub and we're talking all about ambition and the business of publishing along with the best books of 2021 and recommendations for the best books to give as gifts right now.You can find Maris at mariskreizman.com and on Twitter @mariskreizman. And do visit her excellent Book Shop list for out-of-the-box book recommendations. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's December and you know what that means! This week we're talking all about the holidays—giving gifts, receiving gifts, holiday traditions, unvaxxed relatives, the omnipresence of terrible Christmas music, and how to cope with all of it. Plus: Does Kim have vocal fry? And Jenn addresses the expectations and toxic positivity that can surround middle age. Don't forget: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast and you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.