Today we’re taking a brief pause from our motherhood season for a special National Women’s Day conversation — and in honor of Endometriosis Awareness Month — because some stories deserve their own spotlight.

I’m joined by Kaity Thompson as we talk about endometriosis, medical gaslighting, and what it looks like to advocate for your body when the system isn’t listening. This episode is about female empowerment, trusting your intuition, and reclaiming your voice in spaces that try to silence it.

If you’ve ever felt dismissed, doubted, or unseen — this one is for you.

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There is something sacred about female friendship and something stretching about it, too. In this ✨special✨collaboration with Three Peas and a Pod, we sit down for an honest, gentle conversation about how life transitions, especially entering motherhood, can quietly or loudly shift the rhythm of our friendships. What happens when one friend becomes a mom and the others do not? How do we stay connected when our nervous systems are fried, our identities are evolving, and our calendars look nothing alike?

We talk about supporting new mothers, what it tangibly looks like to show up well, and how women in motherhood can extend grace back to their single or child-free friends. We also unpack the cultural urgency around nervous system regulation, the pressure to heal faster, and how enmeshment with our children can blur identity and friendship boundaries. This episode is honest, therapeutic, and full of encouragement for women navigating friendship transitions, postpartum life, identity shifts, and emotional regulation.

Because maybe the question is not, Why has this friendship changed?

Maybe it is, How can we love each other better in this season?

NOTE: I have been learning SO much from Katy Rexing and her podcast, Within. Some of the ideas/ concepts I mentioned were learned from her. With that being said, I want to give credit where credit is due. I would HIGHLY recommend checking her out! 

On this episode of Dirty Laundry, we explore:

• How female friendships shift during motherhood and major life transitions

• Practical ways to support a new mom, including meals, housework, and real emotional support

• Why our culture’s obsession with nervous system regulation can create more urgency than healing

• Understanding enmeshment in motherhood and how to maintain identity and healthy boundaries

• How to extend grace, empathy, and emotional maturity to friends in different seasons of life

If you have ever felt the quiet grief of a changing friendship, the overwhelm of early motherhood, or the tension of loving someone whose life looks different than yours, this one will feel like a deep breath.

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Three Peas 

Friendship Book

Welcome back to Dirty Laundry with Ollie—this season is all about motherhood.

The beautiful parts, the messy parts, and everything we don’t usually say out loud. Around here, we don’t fold it up neatly, we air it out. Real stories, honest conversations, and reminders that you’re not alone in this. So wherever you’re listening from, take a breath… this is motherhood, aired out. 

On today’s episode, I’m sitting down with former Broncos cheerleader, design enthusiast, business owner, wife, mama, and everything in between, Sophie Gregory. We’re talking honestly about the transition into motherhood and the identity shifts that come with it — who you are as a woman, a partner, and a professional once kids enter the picture.

We get into balancing life and homemaking, the mental load no one warns you about, real conversations around partnership, support, and the courage it takes to ask for help — including navigating mom guilt along the way. Sophie also shares what it’s really like building a business while raising a family, how faith anchors her in the chaos, and what it means to create a life rooted in purpose, peace, and legacy. This one is real, grounding, and full of permission. Please enjoy!

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Sophie’s Instagram

Quilt Website 

Book: Habits of the Household

Welcome back to Dirty Laundry with Ollie—this season is all about motherhood.

The beautiful parts, the messy parts, and everything we don’t usually say out loud. Around here, we don’t fold it up neatly, we air it out. Real stories, honest conversations, and reminders that you’re not alone in this. So wherever you’re listening from, take a breath… this is motherhood, aired out. 

In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Lowman—mom of three boys (9, 7, and 3), an Ohio-based creative, former corporate retail merchant turned mom, stylist, Substack writer, and an all-around incredible human. 

We talk about the quiet ways moms stop showing up for themselves—and how something as simple as getting dressed each day can shift your mood, confidence, and sense of self. From “what do I wear besides leggings?” to dressing a body that keeps changing, Kate shares practical, guilt-free advice for feeling put together without adding pressure.

We cover rituals, romanticizing everyday life, decision fatigue, closet staples, sustainable shopping, and why buying clothes that fit right now actually matters.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected, lonely, or like the old you is on pause—this episode is your permission slip to show up for yourself again.

Comfortable. Confident. No perfection required.

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Kate Lowman 

Kate’s Substack

January has a way of sneaking up on us with a clipboard.

New year. New goals. New version of you. 

Welcome back to another episode of Dirty Laundry with Ollie and HAPPY NEW YEAR. Today marks one official year of Dirty Laundry and I am just so grateful to be here. If you’ve been here since the beginning or this is your first episode, I just want to say THANK YOU for listening. 

I am super excited about today’s episode because I am joined by my friends Erin and Rhianna. Today we’re chatting about GOALS and new years resolutions.  Here’s a question for you…

What if the goals we’re setting aren’t actually ours?

What if they’re born from pressure… comparison… or the belief that rest has to be earned?

In this episode, we’re slowing the conversation down. We’re talking about the goals we set because we think we’re supposed to and the ones that look good publicly—but quietly drain us privately.

We’re asking the uncomfortable questions:

How do you know when a goal is aligned versus just noise?

Where do you think the pressure to “optimize our entire lives” actually comes from?

What would change if we measured goals by how we feel instead of what we produce?

And more…

We’ll name the guilt, the pressure, the quiet habits that actually sustain growth, and the goals no one will ever see on Instagram. Maybe the problem isn’t that we’re failing at goals. Maybe the problem is how we’ve been taught to measure success.

Let’s get into it!!

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Request the 2026 Goal Guide: [email protected]

Rhianna Wienss

Erin Monfre

In this deeply moving episode of Dirty Laundry with Ollie, we sit with a couple as they share the story of their son, Quinn, who was stillborn. They take us back to the early days of pregnancy—the anticipation, the excitement, and the moment everything shifted. With heartfelt honesty, they talk about the day they learned something wasn’t right, what it was like to leave the hospital without their baby, and how their minds, bodies, and spirits have navigated the weight of grief.

We explore the realities of postpartum after loss and the confusion of a body grieving differently than the heart. They open up about therapy, somatic work, and the courage it takes to grieve out loud in a culture that often prefers silence.

They share the tender complexities of telling Quinn’s story, the emotional pause when someone asks how many children they have, and the intentional ways they keep Quinn’s presence alive. Now expecting again, they reflect on carrying new life while honoring the memory of the one they lost.

This episode is for anyone touched by loss, longing, or fresh grief. It offers compassion, connection, and the reminder that healing isn’t a destination—it’s a daily practice.

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This week on Dirty Laundry with Ollie, we’re joined by Cedric, a counselor whose journey toward healing began in the aftermath of unimaginable loss. When his childhood best friend passed away, it became the moment that shifted everything, sparking not only his faith but also his purpose.

In this heartfelt conversation, we explore what it truly means to move through grief rather than simply get over it. Cedric opens up about the lessons learned from loss, the ways grief can shape who we become, and how pain can ultimately point us toward purpose. Together, we unpack how men and women often experience and express grief differently, and the influence that culture, faith, and even feminism have on men’s mental health and identity.

This episode also dives into the heart of vulnerability: what healthy emotional expression looks like, how women can support the men in their lives without rescuing or minimizing, and how men can reclaim the courage to feel deeply without shame.

Because healing isn’t weakness; it’s courage in motion. It’s learning to let go without losing who you are.

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Cedric Hoard’s Instagram 

Cedric’s Book

Today on Dirty Laundry with Ollie, a space for real stories, honest conversation, and healing out loud we’re opening the door to a story that is both deeply personal and painfully common — a story about motherhood, mental health, and the complicated, often flawed systems that families are forced to navigate.

Our guest is a mother whose son lives with multiple mental health diagnoses and has had significant interaction with the criminal justice system, including a false accusation that changed the course of their lives. To protect her family’s privacy and to honor the sensitivity of what she’s sharing, she will not be visible on video, and we will not be using her or her son’s names. Their identities will stay confidential, but their experience is no less real  and no less important.

As you listen, I invite you to approach this conversation with empathy rather than judgment. This is not a story about blame. It’s a story about a mother doing everything she can for her child, and about the holes in our systems that often fail the very people who need the most support.

We’re here to shed light, not shame. To ask better questions. To understand the human beings behind the headlines. And to offer space for healing out loud, even when that healing has to happen behind the scenes.

This is Dirty Laundry — where we honor the truth, hold space for the hard, and believe that storytelling can help change the way we care for one another.

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TED Talk “A Tale of Mental Illness⁠

I’m including a link to the ⁠TED Talk “A Tale of Mental Illness⁠⁠— a powerful story from a woman living with schizophrenia who has built meaningful friendships, found success, and continues to live a full life. While the individual in our episode has a different diagnosis, this talk is a reminder that people with mental illness deserve the same dignity, opportunity, and respect as anyone else and that their lives hold inherent worth and limitless potential, regardless of what they do or accomplish.

Books:

The Autism Spectrum, Sexuality, and the Law

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System

Representing People with Mental Disabilities 

Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System

Demystifying Disability - What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally 

The PDA Effect - An Autistic Teenager’s Guide to Understanding

Neurodiversity – Affirming Handbook

In this special Thanksgiving episode, we’re pressing pause on the grief season and leaning into gratitude — the kind that comes from remembering where it all began.

We take it back to the story that changed everything for us. The day we found out we were pregnant with our son, Wes. You’ll hear both sides of the story — what it was like in that exact moment, what we felt, how we told each other, and how that one “ordinary” day became one of the most defining moments of our lives.

From there, we open up about what gratitude really looks like for us.  Not just during the holidays, but in the messy, beautiful, everyday moments of marriage and parenthood. We talk about the blessings that didn’t feel like blessings at first, the ways uncertainty shaped our faith, and how we’ve learned to romanticize the small things.

Stay till the end because Zach shares some practical ways to bring gratitude into your daily life — small habits that can help shift your perspective and deepen your joy in the season you’re in.

This episode is about remembering, reflecting, and realizing how gratitude has changed the way we love, parent, and live.

Grab your coffee, take a breath, and join us as we look back on the moment that started it all and celebrate the heart of Thanksgiving: gratitude.

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This week on Dirty Laundry with Ollie, we pull back the curtain on a story that proves even under the brightest lights, shadows can linger.

Our guest, Lauren Sisler, is an Emmy Award–winning ESPN sideline reporter – a familiar face on college football Saturdays. But before the cameras, before the confidence and the sideline smiles, came a tragedy that would change her life forever.

At just 18 years old, during her freshman year at Rutgers University, Lauren lost both of her parents—within hours of each other—to hidden battles with prescription drug addiction. It’s a story she carried silently for years, even as she chased her dreams and built a career on resilience and professionalism.

In this raw and deeply human conversation, Lauren shares what it means to grieve in a world that keeps watching, how shame can silence healing, and how she eventually learned to dance again—both on and off the sidelines.

This isn’t just a story about loss. It’s a story about faith, authenticity, and the courage to let your pain become your purpose.

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Sideline Shimmy

Shatterproof: How I Overcame the Shame of Losing My Parents to Opioid Addiction (and Found My Sideline Shimmy)