2 Dumb Belles

It's a one-woman show today! Kate has been traveling for work, and has selfishly left me all by myself, so I'm telling all about how I recently (just in the past few weeks) started hormone replacement therapy and it has literally CHANGED MY LIFE. I am NOT saying that you should do this if you're having perimenopause symptoms; everyone is different and for some of you, the risks may not outweigh the benefits, and you might choose to manage your symptoms in a much different way than I've chosen. But I wanted to share my story because I didn't realize that this type of thing could result in such a drastic improvement in the way that I feel.

As always, thank you for listening and we'd love it if you shared our podcast with friends and family! We appreciate our listeners.

Hi Dumbbelles!

The news is HEAVY right now. So tune in for something light and fun! Find out what we're reading, and learn what books made it to our "best books of all time" list. We'll give a quick review of some of our favorites ("quick review" because neither of us can remember much once we're done!) and maybe some of these will make it to your "must read" list. Or maybe you've already read a few of these! We'd love to know, so reach us on social media and tell us what you're reading and what books are your all-time faves.

A few that we mention in this episode:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

The Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

Ruth Ware and Tana French (two authors that Kate likes)

As always, thank you for listening and please share our podcast with friends! We're so grateful that you tuned in. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and wherever else you find your favorite podcasts.

Hi there Dumb Belles!

How clean is your home? There's a lot of discussion about "toxic" ingredients in our environment: candles, plug-ins, detergents, fabric softeners, and more. How can you make your home more "green?" We're discussing ways that we're improving our environment and trying our best to not poison our families and all of our visitors.

Which leads us to...dying! All these toxic household ingredients will kill us in the end, but maybe we can find ways to put the FUN in a FUNeral!

Special shout out to Beans Candle Company and The Soap Factory at HTC (both of which use clean ingredients and make your home a safer place in which to live).

Thank you for listening and as always, we'd love for you to review the podcast and share with friends!

Hey there Dumb Belles!

Today we're talking about all things Valentine's (well, GAL-entine's) Day! We're also discussing ways to keep our heads above water when it's COLD AND DARK AND BLAH in the great Midwest in February. Gross. We just want to be warm and see some sunshine!

Thank you for listening and as always, we would appreciate you sharing our Podcast with friends and family. You can find 2 Dumb Belles on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeart.

Hey dumbbelles!

We feel like we've entered our "I don't give a %&#" era. Life is WAY TOO SHORT to care what people think, what they say, or what their opinion is. It's taken us both a long time to get to the place where we're unbothered by others. If you listen to the Mel Robbins podcast (she's amazing, by the way, you should really listen), she speaks about something she calls the "let them" theory. And we're here for it! :)

Thank you for listening and as always, we'd love it if you would like and share our podcast with friends and family. You can find us on iHeart, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Thank you so much for your support!

Hey Dumbbelles!

Have you ever thought about starting your own business? Or maybe you already do own your own business and you're in the thick of it. Either way, listen-in while Kate interviews Lindsay about her company, 10MoreSeconds. She does nutrition coaching, in-home strength training and Pilates reformer sessions, and even Corporate Wellness (which means going into businesses and helping create a more engaging, healthy, and happy environment for all the associates).

Thank you for listening, and as always, share with friends and family. We appreciate our listeners so much. If you can find it in your heart, we'd love if you could give our lil' podcast a five-star rating!

Hey Dumbbelles!

You know we love a conversation about aging and how to manage it in a healthful, productive way. Join us this week as we talk about some of our favorite skincare products to help the cause, as well as dietary choices we make that can benefit our skin and manage our body's inflammatory response.

We also discuss exciting topics including: bloating, GI issues, wine, caffeine, sodas, highly processed foods, and how we don't know each other's middle name (we do now).

Trust us when we say that if you're in our age range, you're going to like this one.

Thank you for listening, and as always, share with friends and family! We appreciate our listeners so much.

Settle in, Dumbbelles, this is a good one.

Kate decided last year to begin a weight loss regimine that included a GLP-1 (a popular weight loss medication) and we decided to do a little interview with her about all the things that she experienced while taking this medication. Plus: how long did she take it? Is she still taking it? How much did she lose? What was the cost? And plenty more details, too.

Please note that we are not suggesting or promoting use of this medication as a weight loss tool; this interview is just to let others in on Kate's weight loss journey and share some insights into what it was like for her.

We hope you enjoy! As always, please share with friends and family. We appreciate all of our listeners!

It's 2025, Dumbbelles!

We took a little time off over the holidays, but we're back to talk about the new year: our goals, our "word" for the new year, resolutions (or lack thereof), ways we want to be better and do better in 2025, and lots more.

Thank you for listening, and let's raise a glass to lots of fun conversations together in the new year.

As always, thank you for listening, and be sure to share with your friends!

Happy Holidays, Dumbbelles!

We're talking Christmas, New Years, and a recap of 2024. Plus, we're ending it with some randomness that we think you'll really enjoy, including our biggest fears and the "joys" of dog ownership.

We're taking off the week of Christmas, so we'll see you all in the New Year! We have some hilarious and relatable episodes on-tap and we can't wait to see you all in 2025.

Happy Holidays and Merry New Year to you all! Thank you so much for listening, and for liking, sharing and subscribing. We appreciate you all!