it's cool, us too

it's cool, us too

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  • episode 45 - does balance mean less fun?

    This episode was inspired by a lyric in Adele's song, "I drink wine". In it, she talks about how you're supposed to find balance in sacrifice, but she doesn't know anyone who is truly satisfied. It made us think about what that means in our own lives. In today's epi we discuss:

    • To what extent the pursuit of balance is made harder in your 30 because of different expectations in your 30s?
    • Is fun as important as it used to be?
    • What are those expectations?
    • Are they self-imposed or societally-imposed?
    • Should you have to sacrifice anything to achieve balance, and if yes than what?
    • Why is finding balance so hard for us right now
    • What happens when the things that fill your cup change
      • 32 min
    • episode 44 - hot takes on single-girl-struggle

      In this episode, we chose a few TikToks to respond to where Creators speak about their experience of being single in their 30s. These are our opinions/hot takes on how these videos made us feel. Tune in to learn:

      • How we're feeling about being single right now
      • Whether or not we think we're going to end up in relationships (like, ever)
      • How it makes us feel to see couples with 'new couple smell'
      • the utter violence that is the question, "Why are you still single?"
      • Whether finding a partner should give you more purpose in life
      • The challenge of not having someone to do nothing with
      • How loving your singleness doesn't mean you don't want a partner
      • The problem of being a priority when you're un-partnered

        • We respond to TikToks from these lovely girls:

        • @livinglavidasola
        • @danyellenoble
        • @kaylakleinman
        • @alyssajk_326

          • Love you <3

          53 min
        • episode 43 - the right way to choose a realtor

          We've got another wonderful guest this week on the pod! Welcome Nicole Walter, long-time friend and kick-ass realtor who has joined the podcast to spill the tea on being a new realtor, building her business, balancing her home life with her work life, and more.

          Tune in to learn:

          • how to choose a realtor
          • the process of becoming a real estate agent
          • the importance of a good mortgage broker, and the right questions to ask
          • the red flags to look out for throughout the home buying process
          • the red flags realtors look out for with home buyers
          • the challenge of balancing family life and work
          • the strangest form of down payment Nicole has ever seen
          • What living well in your 30s means to Nicole

            • We hope you love it <3

            42 min
          • episode 42 - tapping into adventure in your 30s

            In today's episode we sit down with Jackie Massar (@jackiemassar on insta). She's HELLA cool. She lived in a smattering of international cities over the course of her 20s and has since settled in Ottawa. And if you take one thing from the episode, we hope it's that you feel inspired to challenge yourself and set goals in your 30s. Jackie is a testament to what that kind of motivation can do.

            • the years we lost as single women in our 30s
            • the challenge of moving to a new country in the pandemic
            • how you build up the motivation to start all over again (in brand new cities/countries)
            • the experience of getting hip surgery in your early 30s - the emotional and physical toll
            • where Jackie finds the motivation to run half-marathons and climb Kilimanjaro (!)

              • We hope you enjoy this one as much as we enjoyed recording it!

              48 min
            • episode 41 - building a friendship pie

              It's just us this time! This episode we wax lyrical on where friendship is playing a key role for us in life right now. While we did an episode a few months back about making friends in your 30s, this is more about how that process is going, where we're struggling to prioritize, and which types of friends we're holding closest to us right now.

              Tune in to learn:

              • How making new friends has gone for Nicole
              • If Meagan has tried to make new friends in a new[ish] city
              • How things have changed in terms of friendships since our 20s
              • The importance of a tribe, or lack there of
              • Different categories of friends - which feel most important right now?
              • Some qualities you value in friends now that are different from in your 20s?
                • A quick 'rapid fire' question series about which of our friends we'd call to bury a body, have a D&M chat, and more

                  • We love you <3

                  53 min
                • episode 40 - that single girl hustle

                  In today's episode we bring on a guest who knows all too well the joys and challenges of being busy. About a year ago, Lisa was rocking 5 jobs, including being an ICU nurse and building her own injectables business. She joins the podcast this week to chat:

                  • how to balance being busy and finding joy in it
                  • what motivates her to stay busy
                  • why this time in her life is a perfect time to embrace the hustle
                  • the healing powers of a good night out with friends
                  • where she sees her career going and why
                  • the power of networking


                    • If you want to see some behind-the-scenes evidence of our wild night out with Lisa a few weeks ago, follow us on insta at @itscool.ustoo


                    Love you, see you next week! <3

                    34 min
                  • episode 39 - not losing yourself in dating

                    It can be really hard when you're in the dating game and you start to like someone - how do you remember to check-in with yourself and not get swept away by the hope of it all? Or the dude's potential? It's so easy to lose track of what YOU want. Tune in this week to learn:

                    • a recap of how our weekend together was (feral)
                    • our common issues with dating historically
                    • the issues we're having right now
                    • how to stop yourself from getting swept away
                    • the importance of checking in with how your body feels

                      • 36 min
                    • episode 38 - anatomy of a first date

                      So...we both had first dates on the same random Tuesday night. We thought we'd make some *content* out of the occasion by recording while we get ready for the date AND after to debrief.

                      Pre-date, we chat:

                      • the ideal lead-up to a first date (texting etiquette, timing, etc.)
                      • the pre-date rituals that work for us
                      • what to wear on a first date
                      • whether you should give out your number before you meet in-person
                      • what we're expecting our dates to be like and why

                        • Post-date, we chat:

                        • why nachos are so great (not date-related, but important)
                        • how each of our dates went and whether we'll be seeing these dudes again (spoiler: very different outcomes for each of us)
                        • the icks and green flags we're reckoning with
                        • how to keep the momentum of active dating going

                          • As always, we love you. Please share this one with a friend that's going through the rigmarole of dating in your 30s. <3

                          47 min
                        • episode 37 - self-care, but we're not experts

                          This week Nicole used chatGPT to figure out what else we should be chatting about. ChatGPT seems to think we'd be experts in discussing the 'art of self-care'. We're deffo not experts but we can speak to how it feels to try to take take of ourselves in a world that makes it hard. We discuss:

                          • what self-care looks like right now in our lives
                          • of all the different types of self-care, which we find easiest to lean into
                          • whether or not the purpose of self-care is to build resilience
                          • what gets in the way of our own self-care
                          • the types of self-care we'd love to integrate into our lives
                          • why self-care feels that bit easier in the summer
                          • how to figure out if you're practicing self-care or if you're hitting the 'easy button'

                            • We hope you're all taking care of yourselves this summer - and share this episode with friends and fam if you think it'd be helpful! We love you <3

                            36 min
                          • episode 36 - hacking the dating game

                            We're back, baby! We may have had a glass or 3 of wine while recording this one (which hit Nicole a little harder than Meag). In today's epi we talk about where we're at with dating, how we're trying to contend with dating 'tools' like the notorious apps, and our perspective on dating this summer.

                            Tune in to learn:

                            • Where we're at with dating right now
                            • What it feels like to be on dating apps right now
                            • Our approach to building our profiles - what kinds of pictures and captions are working for us
                            • How we think men should approach their profiles
                            • How men should approach their first dates (please get there early)
                            • How Nicole is hacking the system (based on a number of TikToks)


                              • We reference @ebtilley on TikTok, if you're looking for some dating hacks yourself!

                              58 min

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