How To Deal

In this episode, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard explore feelings, one poorly conceived metaphor at a time. Ashley spirals about her sexuality after a casual remark from an acquaintance, and Syd faces the Sunday Scaries and integrates something she learned in therapy a decade ago. The friends wax poetic on email etiquette, their Enneagram numbers, bad first impressions and yearning to ascend. Mentioned in this episode: Unf*ck Your Brain and We Can Do Hard Things.

Friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard start this week’s episode off with a harrowing tale centering…you guessed it…gastrointestinal distress. Syd sees a functional nutritionist and questions the existence of IBS, while Ashley yearns for the healing powers of routine. The friends tackle people pleasing, Problem Solvers versus Problem Babies, and hand vacuums. 

Mentioned in this episode: functional nutritionist Well Fed Health, our favorite facialist Ritual Body Studio and bestseller Atomic Habits by James Clear.

This week’s episode finds friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard employed by someone other than themselves for the first time in years. Ashley envisions the future of her agency GANZA, and Syd turns to Ren Education for help battling depression while fearing pharmaceuticals. The friends tackle uncomfy money conversations, Main Character Syndrome, bitchy emails and their love/hate relationship with Christian mommy blogger-turned-lesbian Glennon Doyle. Content Warning: this episode candidly discusses depression and suicide. Make the best choice for your mental health.

This episode finds friends Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard, you guessed it, unwell. Sydney takes to the woods for creative inspiration, while Ashley seeks out a psychic. The friends discuss potential past lives, maintain a healthy skepticism of the “woo,” and debate group dining etiquette. Required reading for this episode: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss and The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker.

In this episode, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard continue the previous week’s conversation. The besties tackle topics ranging from wedding orgies to Dead Parent Money to a scathing indictment of Irish culture. Somehow these two manage to circle back to the thesis of How to Deal – chin liposuction.

After a long hiatus, Ashley O’Neill and Sydney Blanchard are back and, to no surprise, still dealing. 

The first episode of the much-anticipated second season finds the girls recording from their new home at Open Space Studios. In the year(s) since they last recorded, Syd “got got by the Gras” and Ash snagged a Sag.

In this episode, the friends discuss being over served at Lengua Madre, dissect our culture’s obsession with coupledom and make a case for the bisexual man. Why is Ash even on the pod? For the answer to this and other unanswerable questions, tune in to How to Deal.

Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.

In the season one finale, Ashley and Sydney have some major updates. Ashley finds herself in a much different place with her ex, and Sydney, newly single (again), already has a new Quarantine Crush. The women discuss early masturbation memories, secret orgasms, the state of the world, and Venus in Retrograde in Gemini.

Stay tuned for big things coming in season 2!

Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.

In this long overdue episode, Ashley and Sydney have some pertinent updates. Ashley is on a nudes journey, and Sydney has a Pavlovian response to a backwards hat. The women discuss Ashley's updated definition of loneliness, Sydney's relationship status, and attachment theory. At the end, they answer some listener questions for the very first time. 

Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.

In this extra long, edibles-fueled episode, Ashley and Sydney recap their holidays. Ashley learns the meaning of nostalgia during her breakup-iversary, and Sydney announces a big change in her relationship status. The women discuss Sydney's future career as a life coach, Ashley's new Leo crush and BHE (big homeschool energy).

Everyone experiences heartbreak at different times in their lives. For best friends Ashley and Sydney, heartbreak came at the same time in both of their lives. In this series, the two women try to figure out how to laugh through the pain, move forward and, ultimately, how to deal.

In this episode, Ashley goes on a dating show and entertains an Aquarius, but the dating scene is starting to exhaust her. Sydney and Leg Tats have dropped “L” bombs, but it doesn’t mean she’s done healing. The women discuss dream interpretations, emotional “bouncers” and an astrology app that gives even shadier reads than Co-Star.