Episode Description
New year, new promises… and the same old diet chaos. In this episode, Autumn and Donald break down fad diets, New Year’s resolutions, and why extreme approaches almost never work the way we hope they will.

From crash diets and juice cleanses to baby-food meals and cabbage-soup disasters, they unpack why these trends keep resurfacing — and why they so often fail. The conversation expands beyond food into motivation, habit-building, accountability, and the psychology behind extreme challenges like 75 Hard.

They also reflect on generational beliefs about weight, emotional relationships with food, and the fine line between discipline and disordered behavior. Instead of chasing perfection, this episode encourages realistic goal-setting, self-awareness, and sustainable lifestyle change — because real progress comes from consistency, not punishment.

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Key Topics & Timestamps
00:00 — Intro banter, supplements, indigestion jokes & New Year vibes
04:30 — Why health goals dominate New Year’s resolutions
09:30 — Japan’s “Metabol Law” & preventative health
16:40 — Weight, sensitivity & generational conditioning
22:30 — Coaching vs punishment & lifestyle interventions
27:50 — Extreme challenges: discipline vs sustainability
33:30 — Crash-diet breakdown: Master Cleanse, juice cleanses & more
38:50 — Mono-food diets: grapefruit, cabbage soup, egg diet
43:40 — Baby-food diet, HCG & diet-culture history
48:30 — Realistic goal-setting & why vague resolutions fail
53:40 — Accountability, motivation & public commitments
58:20 — Final thoughts & listener callout

In this New Year’s Eve special, Autumn and Donald look back on the past year and talk honestly about growth, change, expectations, reflection, and entering the new year as real humans, not perfectly polished versions of ourselves.

They share stories, perspective, and plenty of laughs as they discuss what the year taught them, what they’re carrying forward, and what they’re happy to leave behind. This episode feels like sitting with friends at the end of the year, reflective, honest, warm, and a little bit funny.

Whether you love New Year’s or feel totally overwhelmed by it, this conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to reinvent yourself to move forward. Sometimes simply making it through the year is worth celebrating.

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Episode Description
In this Holiday Special, Autumn and Donald unpack everything that makes Christmas both magical and exhausting. From childhood traditions and nostalgia to adult expectations, family dynamics, gift guilt, and holiday burnout, this episode is funny, honest, and deeply relatable. They reflect on how Christmas feels different as adults, the pressure to show up emotionally and financially, and how “doing Christmas right” can quietly steal the joy. The conversation covers navigating tricky family interactions, setting boundaries during the holidays, managing comparison and guilt, and giving yourself permission to celebrate in a way that actually feels good to you. With humor, vulnerability, and perspective, this episode is a reminder that Christmas doesn’t have to be perfect — sometimes just making it through the season is the win.

Episode Highlights
• Childhood Christmas memories vs. adult realities
• Holiday expectations, pressure, and comparison
• Gift-giving stress and financial guilt
• Family dynamics and emotional triggers
• Setting boundaries during the holidays
• Burnout, exhaustion, and emotional overload
• Redefining what Christmas means now
• Giving yourself grace during the season

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How do you really feel about Christmas? Joy, stress, or both?
What holiday tradition do you secretly dread… or love?
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TIMESTAMPS 
00:00 — Holiday intro & setting the tone
04:30 — Childhood Christmas vs. adult reality
09:00 — Expectations, pressure & “doing Christmas right”
13:45 — Gift stress & financial guilt
18:30 — Family dynamics & emotional triggers
23:00 — Navigating uncomfortable conversations
27:40 — Letting go of perfection & comparison
32:10 — Holiday boundaries
36:30 — Burnout & emotional overload
41:20 — Redefining Christmas
45:10 — Grace during the holidays
49:30 — Gratitude, reflection & slowing down
54:30 — Final thoughts & holiday wishes

Episode Description:
In this warm, hilarious, and deeply relatable episode, Autumn and Donald unpack the universal struggle of setting boundaries, especially during the holidays. From chaotic travel to freezing Ohio gatherings, food pressure, family questions, and unsolicited advice, they dive into what makes boundaries so necessary — and so hard. They explore how to say “no” without guilt, how to redirect uncomfortable questions, how to protect emotional energy, and why boundaries actually improve relationships instead of damaging them. Mixed with humor and personal stories, this episode brings comfort, clarity, and a whole lot of laughter.

Episode Highlights:
• Holiday food pressure & body comments
• Family overstepping, dating questions, relationship expectations
• Saying “no” without defending yourself
• Redirecting conversations politely
• Handling criticism & unsolicited advice
• Respecting others’ boundaries
• Why boundaries are essential for emotional health
• Winter motivation, High Rocks training & Hustle Hard program updates

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Join the Conversation:
What boundary is hardest for you — food, family, dating, or saying “no” without guilt?
Send your questions or stories:
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TIMESTAMPS: 
00:00 – Travel chaos & public encounters
05:00 – Thanksgiving recap & Ohio weather
09:00 – Parenting dynamics & emotional modeling
10:45 – Relationship questions & family pressure
14:00 – Food boundaries & holiday eating
17:00 – Fitness expectations in public
21:00 – Handling criticism with clarity
24:00 – Redirecting conversations
28:00 – Dating, privacy & cultural norms
33:00 – How to verbalize boundaries politely vs. firmly
36:00 – Parents overstepping
38:00 – High Rocks announcement & training
41:00 – Winter discipline & motivation
46:00 – Boundaries strengthen relationships
48:30 – Outro & listener callout

The unplanned episode that turned into an unexpected therapy session

Autumn and Donald sit down with zero plan and somehow end up unpacking jealousy, motherhood, emotional maturity, influencer boundaries, childhood wounds, comparison traps, and why people with 27-step “motivational routines” probably aren’t okay.

What starts as chaos becomes clarity...and a whole lot of laughter.

In this completely unscripted episode, Autumn and Donald hit record with “no subject” and immediately dive into some of their most honest, vulnerable, and unexpectedly hilarious conversations yet.

What unfolds is a raw exploration of:

• jealousy and emotional triggers
• motherhood and shifting identity
• parenting through connection, not control
• love languages in friendships and family
• confidence without external validation
• shrinking friend groups as emotional maturity grows
• how not taking things personally becomes a superpower

Between breakthroughs, banter, and a few accidental therapy moments, this episode is a reminder that you don’t need a plan to get real — you just need honesty, humor, and someone willing to go there with you.

By the end, the “no subject” becomes the subject: Life gets deeper when you stop trying to control it.

💬 Highlights & Mentions

• Jealousy as information, not identity
• How motherhood redefines emotional bandwidth
• Kids learning emotional regulation by watching us
• Parenting through love languages
• Donald’s “I don’t get jealous” explanation
• Netflix show tease (no spoilers!)
• Discipline vs. emotional presence
• “Be around people who expand your life”
• Winter slowdown energy
• Teaching kids attention span in a digital world
• Merch drop + seasonal restock

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Perfect for winter gifting and cozy chaos season.

💌 Join the Conversation

• What do YOU do when you sit down with “no subject”?
• Do you spiral into deep life philosophy too… or shut down completely?

Share your story with us:
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🎙 Timestamps
00:00 — “We have no subject today” chaos begins
02:50 — Jealousy, comparison & emotional triggers
06:30 — Mom identity shifts & emotional bandwidth
09:15 — Kids’ emotions vs. parents’ reactions
11:55 — Love languages in parenting
15:00 — Why Donald doesn’t get jealous
18:20 — Friendship & relationship jealousy dynamics
21:45 — Teaching through behavior, not correction
24:30 — Parenting regrets & emotional echoes
27:05 — Confidence vs. comparison in adulthood
30:25 — Time allocation: meaningful vs. obligatory connection
34:20 — Inner circle shrinking with emotional maturity
38:15 — Shifting needs across seasons of life
41:40 — Kids absorbing emotional patterns
44:10 — Winter slowdowns & personal resets
47:15 — Stepping into uncertainty & trusting discomfort
49:30 — Outro & listener engagement invitation

Why Loving People Is Beautiful… and Complicated

Autumn and Donald dive into the hilarious and heartfelt truth about how we give love, how we receive it, and why those two things often do not match. From childhood wounds to adult relationships, parenting, friendships, and emotional needs, this episode explores the messy, meaningful reality of feeling loved.

In this honest, warm, and genuinely hilarious deep dive, Autumn and Donald unpack the Five Love Languages — and how wildly different they can look from person to person. They share childhood stories, strict households, sensory-trigger food moments, and emotional reactions that shaped the way they show affection today. From the Vegas blackout dining disaster to the “hair in the pie” trauma, to airport meltdowns and surprising moments of kindness, this episode blends vulnerability with peak Everything’s Perfect comedy.

Together, they explore:
✨ The difference between how we give vs. how we receive love
✨ Why physical touch freaks some people out
✨ How growing up in the 80s/90s shaped emotional availability
✨ Why communication might actually be the sixth love language
✨ And how knowing someone’s love language can change relationships, friendships, and parenting

By the end, listeners are reminded that love isn’t about perfection — it’s about learning each other’s language, even when you don’t speak the same one.

💬 Highlights & Mentions

•  The Vegas blackout-dining story (the sensory overload!)
•  Childhood discipline, emotional availability & family dynamics
• Autumn’s moving story about her uncle
• The “Amazing Race Birthday” — legendary acts-of-service moment
• Nell’s love language (physical touch) and Donald’s reaction 😂
• Autumn’s hierarchy: Quality Time → Words → Gifts/Acts
• Donald’s hierarchy: Quality Time (giving) → Words (receiving)
• Traveling with babies, airport meltdowns & strangers’ kindness
• Upcoming Aruba trip & beverage line update
• December challenge & new merch

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• Signature Hats
•  Limited-Edition Holiday Items

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💌 Join the Conversation

• What’s YOUR love language — and is it different for giving vs. receiving?
• Share your sweetest, funniest, or most chaotic love-language moment:

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Your story might be featured in an upcoming listener spotlight!

🎙 Timestamps
00:00 — The dark restaurant story & sensory dining chaos
03:00 — Cleanliness, food anxieties & the “hair in the pie” trigger
06:00 — Childhood discipline & parents listening to the podcast
08:00 — Emotional presence vs. providing (80s/90s parenting)
11:00 — Generational patterns: affection, hugs, “I love you”
13:00 — Breaking down the Five Love Languages
15:00 — How Autumn gives love
16:00 — How Donald gives love
17:00 — How Donald receives love (“…but only from Nell!”)
19:30 — How Autumn receives love
22:00 — Gifts vs. Acts of Service overlap
23:00 — The Amazing Race Birthday story (major acts-of-service energy)
25:00 — Surprises, thoughtfulness & the dream “pack your bag” moment
26:00 — Friendship & recognizing each other’s languages
28:00 — Balancing partners, kids & priorities
30:00 — Family tensions & communication gaps
33:00 — Parenting, siblings & misunderstandings
35:00 — Traveling with babies & kindness from strangers
36:30 — Traveling for work vs. traveling with kids
37:00 — Autumn & Dom’s Paris surprise
38:00 — Beach talk: fears, skinny dipping & geography mix-ups
41:00 — LA beaches = accidental cold plunge
42:00 — Spanish ads interruption + beverage tasting
45:00 — The matcha + tropical summer beverage line
47:00 — Upcoming Aruba trip
48:30 — Final love-language takeaways
49:00 — December group invite & merch reminder

Autumn and Donald get nostalgic (and brutally honest) about Thanksgiving — the food, the family, the traditions, and the hilarious chaos that makes the holiday unforgettable.

In this cozy, chaotic, and laugh-filled episode, Autumn and Donald serve up a full plate of Thanksgiving memories, family traditions, and food-related disasters. From freezing childhood walks to unhinged family games, burnt stuffing, and the never-ending pumpkin vs. pecan pie war, they celebrate everything that makes this holiday both heartwarming and completely ridiculous.

They swap stories about Aunt Donna’s legendary potatoes, smoked-turkey secrets, and travel mishaps that prove Thanksgiving never goes as planned and honestly, that’s what makes it perfect.

Between the jokes and nostalgia, the hosts reflect on gratitude, community, creative growth, and all the exciting things ahead: new merch, holiday challenges, and a fresh wave of Everything’s Perfect projects. 

By the end, one thing is clear: Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be perfect... it just has to be shared.

💬 Highlights & Mentions

• Holiday merch presale — sweatshirts & trucker hats. Get your merch at everythingsperfect.com 
• Autumn’s “Power-Walking Dad” Thanksgiving tradition
• Wild family games: sock-tie races & dark hide-and-seek
• Iconic dishes: Aunt Donna’s potatoes, grandma’s stuffing, smoked turkey tips
• Dessert debates: pumpkin vs. pecan pie
• Travel chaos: the Pico hike & holiday bathroom fails 🚽
• Manifesting 2025 projects — beverage line, Healthy Holiday Hustle, TV & book ideas

💌 Join the Conversation

• What’s YOUR most iconic, chaotic, or heartwarming Thanksgiving story?
• Do you have a family recipe everyone fights over?

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Send your stories, they may be featured in an upcoming listener spotlight!

🎙 Timestamps
00:00 — Intro banter & merch presale
04:00 — Autumn’s childhood walk-to-Thanksgiving tradition
09:00 — Snow days, sledding chaos & Kaylee’s meltdown
12:30 — Travel stories & the infamous Pico bathroom situation
16:30 — Big-family games & Thanksgiving memories
22:00 — Favorite dishes (Aunt Donna’s potatoes! 🥔)
28:00 — Pumpkin vs pecan pie: the dessert showdown
33:30 — Post-meal rituals: movies, cards, football
39:00 — Gratitude reflections for the year
45:00 — Manifesting future projects & holiday challenges
50:00 — Christmas vs Thanksgiving: the decorating debate
55:00 — Wrap-up: holiday cheer, invites & final laughs

AI Is Wild… and We’re Just Trying to Keep Up.

Autumn and Donald dive into the bizarre, hilarious, and slightly unsettling world of artificial intelligence known as AI. From automated customer service agents (when you really just wish you could talk to a human), AI art, deepfakes, and dating-app algorithms. Is AI making life easier… or just weirder? Or, like also….a little scary maybe? 

Autumn and Donald dive into the weird, hilarious, and slightly terrifying world of artificial intelligence. From robot voices and dating-app algorithms to AI art, songwriting, and the rise of deepfakes.

They share real-life encounters with ChatGPT, automated customer service nightmares, and the strange feeling of technology that seems to know you just a little too well. With humor, curiosity, and a healthy amount of side-eye, they explore whether AI is improving our lives… or slowly taking them over.

From Black Mirror moments to deepfake horror stories, they break down the fears, the fascination, and the reality check of living in an AI-powered world.

One thing becomes very clear: AI can do a lot,  but it still can’t compete with sarcasm, soul, or the chaotic banter we love from Autumn and Donald.

💬 Highlights & Mentions:

• AI everywhere: dating apps, customer service bots & creative tools
• ChatGPT and AI-generated voice experiments
• Deepfake culture & what “authentic” even means anymore
• Black Mirror references & real-life parallels
• Creative industry worries: art, writing, music & what counts as “original”
• AI’s impact on jobs, empathy & everyday life

💌 Join the Conversation

• How do YOU feel about AI — excited, terrified, or just confused?
• Have a bizarre or hilarious AI story? (Chatbot meltdown, deepfake gone wrong, autocorrect disaster?) Let us know! 📩 [email protected] or @everythingsperfectofficial

Your story might be featured in a future listener spotlight episode!

🎙 Key Topics with Timestamps
00:00 — Intro “What even is AI?”
04:10 — Robot voices, ChatGPT & first encounters
09:20 — Automation: the good, the bad & the funny
15:30 — Deepfakes: what’s real anymore?
21:40 — AI art & the creative identity crisis
27:00 — Tech vs. talent: who wins?
33:15 — AI in dating apps & daily life
38:40 — Is AI making us lazy or efficient?
44:50 — Algorithm bias & moral dilemmas
51:00 — The irreplaceable human touch
57:30 — Wrap-up: embracing tech without losing personality

The Pressure, the Prompts, and the “No Tip” Guilt Trip.In this painfully relatable and laugh-out-loud episode, Autumn and Donald dive headfirst into the world of tipping culture, where generosity meets guilt and every coffee counter has a tip screen silently judging you.

From tipping at drive-thrus to awkward Venmo requests, they unpack how we got here, why we’re tipping for everything, and how social media has turned “being generous” into a full-blown performance. Expect hilarious real-life stories, strong opinions, and a few moral dilemmas as they debate who deserves a tip, how much is too much, and whether “no tip” automatically makes you the villain.

Equal parts funny and thought-provoking, this episode proves one thing: we’re all just trying to do the right thing… without going broke doing it.

💬 Highlights & Mentions

• The awkward rise of digital tip prompts 💸
• Tipping at coffee shops, salons, drive-thrus & everywhere in between
• “Tip shaming” and the social media guilt spiral
• Donald’s tipping horror story (you’ll cringe and laugh)
• The psychology behind guilt-tipping
• How kindness matters more than percentages

💌 Join the Conversation

• What’s your funniest or most awkward tipping story?
• Do tip screens make you generous… or just guilty?

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Send us your stories — the best ones might be featured in our next listener spotlight!

🎙 Timestamps
00:00 — Intro banter & weekly chaos recap
04:20 — The tip screen stare: pressure to tip for everything
09:10 — Who deserves tips and who doesn’t?
13:45 — Awkward tipping moments: coffee shop, salon & drive-thru
19:20 — Bad service vs. guilt tipping
23:50 — “Tip shaming” and social pressure
29:30 — Donald’s tipping horror story
34:40 — Digital payment guilt & Venmo awkwardness
39:50 — Pandemic tipping habits: what changed
44:30 — Behind the scenes: servers, pay & moral balance
49:00 — When kindness matters more than percentages
54:30 — Listener callouts & tease for “awkward social moments”
59:00 — Wrap-up & outro laughter

The Period Problem, Emoji Chaos & The Three Dots of Doom.

Autumn and Donald dive into the hilarious (and mildly traumatic) world of modern texting—where one punctuation mark can turn a friendly message into a passive-aggressive crisis.

From the eternal “Thank you.” vs “Thanks!” debate to decoding Gen Z slang and emoji overloads, they break down how communication has evolved—and occasionally gone completely off the rails. Expect confessions, laughter, and some much-needed digital therapy as they explore how tone, timing, and kindness still matter in a world of read receipts and autocorrect disasters.

💬 Highlights & Mentions

• “The Period Problem” — when punctuation feels personal
• Emoji chaos: how many is too many 😂😭🥲
• Gen Z slang decoded: Rizz, No Cap, Aura, Mid, Drip, Skibidi
• Texting gone wrong — from office mishaps to relationship fails
• When to text, call, or voice memo (and when to stop overthinking)
• Paying it forward & small acts of kindness in a digital world

💌 Join the Conversation
 What’s your biggest texting pet peeve or funniest autocorrect fail?
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 📸 @everythingsperfectofficial

Share your stories — they might get featured in the next listener episode!

🎙 Timestamps
 00:00 — Intro & weekly chaos recap
 03:00 — Condo disaster & unexpected kindness
 07:00 — When good deeds come full circle
 10:00 — Texting anxiety & digital social cues
 14:00 — “Thank you.” vs “Thanks!” — punctuation problems
 19:00 — Emoji decoding: laughs, flirts & fails
 25:00 — Autocorrect nightmares & awkward work texts
 30:00 — Text, call, or voice memo? The etiquette debate
 35:00 — Gen Z slang translation guide
 45:00 — Digital tone & relationship misunderstandings
 52:00 — Wrap-up & audience callout