Gen x Taste Podcast

This season’s topic: Vitamins and Supplements

Okay we know that the subject for Fall 2026 sounds really boring, but supplements during perimenopause are confusing, so we are sharing what we are actually taking — and this includes a discussion about the benefits of creatine for people who don’t like to exercise or sweat (aka Lynn).

We also talk about jury duty, Christy passing her latest nutritional board exam (work with her!!!) disgusting meds from our childhood (KM mineral supplements, Chinese herbs), DEXA Scans for bone density, Robotripping, and more.

Show Notes:

* Lynn’s current supplements: SEED Probiotic, Multi Gummy, Calcium Gummy, Arrae Creatine Gummies, Magnesium Glycenate Pills, Fish Oil, Collagen, Zinc, 8Greens Supergreens gummies, Cured CBD Sleep Gummies,* Focus Gummies,*

* Christy’s current supplements: Equilife Daily Nutritional Support Multivitamin (Vanilla), Momentous Creatine Powder, GoLive Prebiotic and Probiotic Powder

* iPhone accessibility features - motion sickness reducer, read aloud, and magnify.

* Saltyface Self Tanner* update (Christy’s first impressions in this episode)

* Lynn’s IG, TikTok and YouTube

* Christy’s IG, nutritional counseling site and sign up for her brand new Substack specializing in perimenopausal women and nutrition

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This Season’s Topic: Coloring Our Hair!

In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about childhood bedrooms, manifestation, dyeing hair new colors, and new spa treatments.

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Show Notes:

* L’Oreal Magic Root Cover Up

* Toppik Hair Building Fibers

* Keracolor Color Depositing Conditioner

* L’Anza Hair Care

* Prose Custom Hair Care

* CXG Scalp Spa (price is $95 — double what Christy paid, so she thinks they must’ve had a Groupon)

* Buccal Massage at Face Studio LA (book with Aina, the owner, and the price is also different than Lynn thought — $135)

* Lynn’s IG

* Christy’s IG and BRAND NEW nutritional counseling site

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This Season’s Topic: Spring Break/Fake I.D.’s

In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about MTV Daytona Style Spring Break, getting Fake I.D.'s from sorority sisters, and an update about the life-changing power of beans.

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Show Notes:

Bean Update

Karen Hurd Bean Protocol

Prose Custom Hair Care update

Nail Concealer

Foldable UV/LED Gel Lamp and Gel Shift Top Coat

Nail stickers

Lymphatic Contour Face Brush

Lynn’s IG

Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe

This Season’s Topic: Coloring Our Hair!

In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about childhood bedrooms, manifestation, dyeing hair new colors, and new spa treatments.

You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!

Show Notes:

* L’Oreal Magic Root Cover Up

* Toppik Hair Building Fibers

* Keracolor Color Depositing Conditioner

* L’Anza Hair Care

* Prose Custom Hair Care

* CXG Scalp Spa (price is $95 — double what Christy paid, so she thinks they must’ve had a Groupon)

* Buccal Massage at Face Studio LA (book with Aina, the owner, and the price is also different than Lynn thought — $135)

* Lynn’s IG

* Christy’s IG and BRAND NEW nutritional counseling site

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In this episode, Lynn and Christy chat about perimenopause pain, a new method for purse organization, teen hormones, senior care, and stories from Halloween — growing up and today.

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Show Notes:

I’m Dead, Not What?

Tin Can phone

Lynn’s IG

Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

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In 2023, I wrote a screenplay for a feature film in less than a week. I made a video about it for Aralan, my friend JJ’s peer-to-peer learning site.

Since then, that same screenplay went through another four drafts (which took almost a year). And then, it was re-written into a TV pilot (which took another 6 months).

Now, two years later, both scripts sit in folders on my computer, along with all the other unproduced .fdx files I’ve worked years on.

Like my fellow filmmakers, I’m feeling frustrated and scared about our industry. I’m discouraged and tired. But even though I’m lingering in uninspired burnout, I did want to revisit the Lynn of 2023 who felt compelled to finish a story. For no other reason but to write it into existence.

So I asked JJ if I could share my class publicly, in hopes that it might energize one of us to keep creating.

The full video is above; here is the course intro:

This is not the first time that I wrote a script this quickly (it’s the third). In fact, the very first one I ever wrote, I Will Make You Mine, I finished in a week. I know this is rare. I know that not everyone works this quickly; even for myself! I don't always write this fast.

I have written several scripts since, and not all of them come together like this. But because I was able to do it, I had so many people reach out and ask me how. I thought about it, and I decided that I would make a video for all of you to share my process a little bit. Because much to my surprise, I guess I have a process! I mean, I must if I've done this three times.

I still have a little bit of imposter syndrome calling myself a “writer.” I am not a member of the WGA. I've never been paid to write, and I don't follow a lot of writing rules you read about in books like Save the Cat.

That said, I Will Make You Mine did end up getting produced and made and has a 100% Rotten Tomato rating. So it's not like I'm not a writer.

This is how I wrote a feature film in one week or less, not how you should write a film.

Unlike a program where you have somebody like the Coen Brothers or Spike Lee teaching you how to write a screenplay, (which is great — I mean, I definitely want to know more about that process), this is more peer-to-peer. This is like we're sitting in my office, which we are — having a cup of coffee together (or a giant tumbler of water, in my case).

So relax and let me tell you a little bit more about my process.

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In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about the inspiration we got from watching 80’s TV/movies like Full House and Desperately Susan, then Lynn describes her first medical pedicure, and Christy shares sunscreen picks that actually feel good on your body.

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In this episode, Christy and I chat about caring for aging parents, insomnia, bedtime rituals, security blankets, sleep paralysis, and a nail polish that will forever change your life.

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Show Notes:

Christy’s Cooling Bed System + Lynn’s Sleep White Noise Earbuds

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Swedish Death Cleaning

Department of Aging in your state (here is the LA site)

Dazzle Dry in “Lit” (see below)

Dr. Dana Hydrating Non-Acetone Nail Polish Remover

Lynn’s IG

Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

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Last week I was watching Severance and — this is not a spoiler — the episode centered around the backstory of “Ms. Casey,” played by Dichen Lachman. I found myself immersed, totally taken with her performance, the way I usually enjoy this show. It’s one of my favorites.

Afterwards, I had a moment and realized, “Wow. I’m not the least bit jealous of the actress who played her.” And that felt AMAZING.

How did I get here?

I read for the role of “Ms. Casey” in 2020, back when it was titled Tumwater. This was one of the last times I went in-person for an audition — it was actually Valentine’s Day, so pre-pandemic. I did not come anywhere close to landing the part; I didn’t get a callback and I remember the casting director trying to work with me several times in the room to find the correct “tone.” Having seen the show, I now see I was pretty tone deaf and nowhere near it.

Maybe that’s why watching it didn’t bother me, because it was never even close to being mine.

There are parts in other projects that I have come close to, that I haven’t seen or that I avoid talking about, because it still feels painful. Parts that were juicy, parts that would’ve changed my bank account, parts that would’ve changed the trajectory of my life and my career.

Maybe.

I’ve been getting paid to act since I was 5-years-old. I got my SAG/AFTRA card when I was 9, in 1985. I consider myself a professional actor, even though there are many years that go by unemployed and uninsured. When I first got out of college and no longer had my parents to staple my headshot to my resume or drive me to auditions in the city, I began logging all my auditions: casting directors, what I wore, how I felt, what my average booking/callback rate was.

I stopped doing that in my 30’s, when I realized it was leading to an unhealthy obsession over my career that spilled into other areas — like controlling what I ate or not going on vacations “just in case I have to work” or spending most of those vacations memorizing. I’m still guilty of the latter. At the end of 2019 I was starring in two feature films with back to back shoots. So I had a lot of lines to learn, but I managed to find more balance. I consciously dedicated an hour in the morning, another after lunch, and another before bed so that I could still enjoy a Thanksgiving Paris.

Like I learned with vacations, and food, how I talk to myself about my weight and how I look — I have had to carve out a healthier way to look at rejection and jealousy. I’m writing this not as a “How to deal with rejection and jealousy” but more of a reflection on why I think I’m able to cope with it better at certain times than others. I mean, I don’t think I have this figured out but I’m still pretty in awe that I’ve gotten to this point.

In the past, if I was also working, it was much easier to let the pain roll off my back if I was booked/busy. And yes, I think the decades of rejection and comparison have helped me develop a more calloused/thicker skin, but I also believe this comes from monitoring what I allow into my life, in the form of negativity. This comes not only from others in the entertainment industry, but also the everyday language I choose to listen to. The things I read. The podcasts I play. The casual gossip I hear, even among friends.

Not too long ago, I met one of my childhood heroes growing up. She shook my hand and asked how she might know my work. I told her probably from Saving Face, because that is the film I’m best known for. She immediately nodded — “That’s why I don’t know your face, I never watched that movie! Because they didn’t cast me in it!”

It was a strange moment. For me, at least. Because I related to her, and it wasn’t a side of her I wanted to relate to. I wanted to just fan girl or bond over being Asian actresses. I mean, she was a huge reason I knew I could even be in the movies. She was a trailblazer! But instead, I saw in her the part of me I tried to stuff down, avoid, and hide — the part of rejection and comparison that is so painful it can leave you feeling wounded, even decades later. And yet, she was so cool and casual about it. Enthusiastic, even!

Lately, I’ve been embracing a lot of my imperfections. Mostly because I have no choice with perimenopause, where each and every hour presents me with a new set of weird physical and emotional symptoms. It’s getting more and more challenging to be my own cheerleader. So instead of the constant reframing into positivity that has been harder to access, I’ve been re-examining my flaws. Giving them space and time to heal. Realizing many of them will be scarred and not as painful to touch.

But the risk of re-infection is there. And so, I’ve still gotta protect my heart and work on that balance.

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