Cool Girls Only

Cool Girls Only

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Cool Girls Only episodes

  • Why We Started This Podcast: tips for starting a creative project, motivation to start a side-hustle, and finding a hobby outside of your 9 to 5

    We've officially been recording the Cool Girls Only Podcast for 6 months! To reflect on the past 6 months, we decided to talk about why we started this podcast. In this episode, we talk about the story of our friendship and the podcast, & how to take action and start a creative project. Happy Listening, Cool Girls! 

    OUR RECS:

    Maddy - @resetnyc

    Jordan - A Technique For Producing Ideas 

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    34 min
  • Relationship Timelines: engagement pressures, dealing with judgemental people, & planning for the future with your partner

    In this episode, we are talking all about relationship timelines. We go through whether we've felt pressures to get engaged, how we deal with people that have opinions about our relationships, and what our relationship timelines are. Happy Listening, Cool Girls! 

    OUR RECS:

    Maddy - Talking about Money in a Relationship (our podcast episode!!)

    Jordan - More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth

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    30 min
  • Self-Care for Cool Girls: how we practice self-care, building a morning routine, & putting yourself first

    Happy Friday Cool Girls, this is your sign to take care of yourself and start making yourself a priority. We looooooove self-care. Morning routines, journaling, spa days, meditation, saving money, etc. In today's episode, we talk about how we define self-care (it can be different for everyone), and how we are focusing on our physical and mental health. Happy listening, Cool Girls!

    OUR RECS:

    Maddy - Ritual Vitamins ($15 off your first purchase)

    Jordan -  Melissa Wood Health

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    39 min
  • Let's Get Educated with Faith Saenz: a discussion on social injustice, working for a non-profit, and how to make an impact

    Welcome to our first "Let's Get Educated" episode. Today we talk to Faith Saenz about her work in the non-profit sector, how to identify social issues that matter most to you, and ways to really make an impact. Faith mentioned some great resources in the episode, all are linked below. Happy Listening, Cool Girls!

    OUR RECS:

    Maddy - check out the 15% pledge

    Jordan -  Follow the Equal Justice Initiative 

    Faiths Recs - The New Jim Crow, 13th Documentary, Ta-Nehisi Coates articles via The Atlantic

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    46 min
  • Negotiating Your Salary and Knowing Your Worth

    Why is it sooooo awkward to ask for a raise? In today's episode, Maddy and Jordan talk about how we navigated these conversations at work, how to prepare, and resources we recommend to prep for that convo. When it comes to growing your wealth, growing your income is the key. Happy Listening, Cool Girls! 

    OUR RECS:

    Maddy - Follow @herfirst100K

    Jordan -  Gayle King on Knowing Your Worth via 9-5ish with The Skimm

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    40 min
  • Wine Night: Life Chat & How We Romanticize Our Lives

    Welcome to our 20th episode, it's wine night! Pour yourself a glass and join our lil life chat. We talk about how we romanticize our lives, the books we are reading, and how excited we are for fall. Happy listening, cool girls!

    OUR RECS:

    Maddy - How To Romanticize Your Life via What We Said Podcast

    Jordan -  Jordan's Favorite Fall Wine! 

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    32 min
  • Dealing with Imposter Syndrome in Your Twenties (& beyond)

    Imposter Syndrome is defined as "the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills." In this episode, we talk through our experiences with Imposter syndrome. Social media, confidence, comparison, we cover it all. Happy listening cool girls! 

    Our recs:

    Maddy - How To Build a Goddamn Empire

    Jordan - How To Fight Back Against Imposter Syndrome

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    34 min
  • The Best (and Worst) Purchases From Our 20s

    We think that being smart with your money and intentional with your purchases gets better with time. Today we talk through some of our smart, and not so smart, purchases from our twenties (thus far). Some of the topics include purchases that have made us happy, purchases that help us feel like we're getting our sh*t together, NYC Essentials, etc! 

    Our recs: 

    Maddy - The 10 Best Purchases I've Made in My Twenties 

    Jordan - The 14 Best Purchases to Make in Your Twenties 

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    43 min
  • NYC Q&A with Maddy and Jordan

    Today's episode is (finally) our NYC Q&A. Thanks for submitting your questions via Instagram, we had a lot of fun answering them. We talk about our favorite neighborhoods in the city, the best getaways, the moment we fell in love with nyc... Happy listening, Cool Girls!

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    31 min
  • Burnout is REAL (Feat. Meg Stoughton): dealing with work stress & burnout, and strategies for optimizing and managing your time

    Feeling burnt out or stressed at work? The everyday pressure at work can take a toll on your mental well-being and sanity. This week we are talking all about burnout and stress at work. We had the pleasure of speaking with the lovely Meg Stoughton (our first guest, yay!). We talked all about how to keep work and personal life separate, the difference between stress and burnout, and ways to avoid totally burning out at work. Happy listening, Cool Girls!


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    47 min

About Cool Girls Only

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Cool Girls Only is a weekly podcast to make navigating your twenties a lil easier, hosted by Maddy Rodriguez and Jordan Smith. Tune in every Friday for honest convos on confidence, self-care, navigating your career, friendship, getting through that quarter-life crisis and more. Welcome, Cool Girls!