LIVE FROM BED with Jade Iovine

This title really speaks to my vibe this month, hanging on for dear life through the holiday season, just doin’ my damn best…

BUT I’m so insanely excited for you guys to hear today’s episode with country pop sensation Kelsea Ballerini!

She’s my people-pleasing, perfectionist, anxious 29-year-old soul-sister who struggles in ways I know we can all relate to. We had an incredibly honest and real conversation, so much so that I think we both forgot we were recording a podcast for thousands of people to hear. 

We talked about her whirlwind of a year, releasing a chart-topping album (go listen to it, it's amazing…) and announcing her divorce shortly thereafter.

She confessed how she’s really feeling these days and how she’s navigating this transition in real time. She is a hero for being so open and I know her honesty about this tricky topic is going to set so many other women free of the shame and stigma of divorce at 29 or at any age, quite frankly. 

We analyzed our chronic people pleasing, female friendships and how her friendships with other famous people have changed in recent years. We talked about the absolute worst moment she’s had online, the various types of hate she gets today, and of course why being an empath can royally suck sometimes.

Kelsea is giving a voice to people who have to make this objectively hard decision to choose themselves at an age when we’re conditioned to believe we should have it “all figured out”–I’m forever grateful to her and I loved every second of our conversation. 

Listen to Kelsea’s album Subject to Change here. 

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I don’t know how we got here so quickly, but it’s officially December, and we’re knee-deep in the holidays. While the holidays are a time for celebrating and festive feelings, for most, it’s impossible to think of the holidays without missing someone. This time of year can remind us of people who aren’t in our lives any more and those who have passed away and it can be daunting to try to balance Christmas cheer with the emotions that accompany crippling grief. 

SO, I thought this was the perfect time for us to talk to grief advocate Marisa Renee Lee. 

But let me preface this by saying...This episode is definitely not just for someone who’s in the midst of their own grief, it's JUST as much for those of us who love someone going through it. We always want so desperately to say or do the right thing by them, but it’s easy to feel that anything we might say or do falls short. And in this episode, Marisa gives us concrete advice on how to comfort a friend, as well as what not to do.

Marisa Renee Lee is a called-upon grief advocate, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of "Grief is Love: Living with Loss." If you ask me, I think this book should be read by absolutely everyone.

Dubbed "the friend we all wish we had in times of need", Marisa uses research-based wisdom to help us navigate the complicated and dark emotions we face when experiencing loss.

In addition to her work in the grief space, Lee is a former appointee in the Obama White House and CEO of Beacon Advisors, a mission-driven consulting firm primarily focused on racial equity, former managing director of My Brother's Keeper Alliance; co-founder of the digital platform Supportal; and founder of The Pink Agenda, a national organization dedicated to raising money for breast cancer care, research, and awareness.

In this episode Marisa explains:

• What different flavors of grief actually feel like 
• How to support a grieving friend and, most importantly, what NOT to say/do…
• Anticipatory grief 
• Why you should continue the relationship with a person who has passed - how to do it 
• The differences between grieving someone who died unexpectedly/suddenly and someone dying from a long illness 

Check out Marisa’s book here.

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This episode is a little different than what we’re usually cooking up over here on TMAI. As some of you know I had my bachelorette party recently and because I, myself, remember a solid 20% of it, I thought I’d have a more reliable narrator (Catherine) swoop in and help me spill all the juicy details of that wild, wild night. 

From celebrity guests to penis cakes, this episode has it all (wrapped up in a minisode package)! 

Can’t wait to get back to our regularly scheduled programming next week, but I miss you extra during the holidays, so I wanted to pop in and tell you alllll about it. 

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Executive Producer Nick Stumpf

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Happy Thanksgiving my angels!!

In honor of us all surviving and thriving this holiday I thought I’d have us revisit the iconic Paris Hilton episode. 

I hope you love this episode as much as I do and I can’t wait to see you back here next week for some newness! Xxx

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Buckle up for a willlllld ride. My gorgeous, gorgeous producer Catherine and I were on one this week, and we talked about it ALL. From dissecting an unhinged email from my mom, to some behind-the-scenes moments from the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and our new lazy approach to sex. We felt like laughing this week, so I hope you do too because this episode is filled with… probably TOO MUCH honesty, quite frankly. All I can say is….enter at your own risk ;) 

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This week I got to sit down with everyone’s favorite pop-culture expert, podcast host, and author: KATE KENNEDY!!

Kate is known for her deep dives about things like American Girl Dolls, Gilmore Girls, Britney Spears and Abercombie and Fitch, but in our conversation we dove deep into the shi**y things that are keeping us 20- and 30-somethings up at night…

It seems like my friends and I are all in VERY different places in life, and sure, we’re all happy for each other. But is it getting harder to relate to the people we once called our pajama friends? 

Career shifts: the unedited version. We hear all the time about glorified professional pivots, but Kate gave us her unfiltered truth about the identity crisis and financial terror of starting over in your twenties and thirties. What if you realize the career you’ve been working toward for the past eight years is no longer your dream? What if you left a secure desk job for your side hustle, but as fate would have it, you don’t like where you’re headed? Kate has been there, and gives us the best advice I’ve ever heard regarding this terrifying crossroad. 

And of course, the mysterious, often confusing world of fertility and baby-making. Kate joined us a few days after her egg retrieval, and we had real time conversation about what it was actually like. Over the past few years, Kate went from not being sure if she even wanted kids, to getting pregnant, having a miscarriage, an unwanted but medically necessary “abortion”, two rounds of egg/embryo freezing, and some very hard conversations. Unlike most of the conversations surrounding fertility, I promise this one won’t scare you. Instead you’ll leave inspired and empowered by her very real story, and the revolutionary way she looks at our reproductive options. 

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Ram Dass once said “if you think you’re enlightened, spend a week with your family” and quite frankly, truer words have never been spoken. 

No matter how much you like or dislike your relatives, NOTHING can test your sanity and strength quite like spending time with them. We’re approaching the holidays (hallelujah…) which means a lottttt of family time is coming our way and we’re the first to admit that no amount of self-work can prepare us. Fights, breakdowns, slamming doors and emergency therapy sessions might be as synonymous with this season as twinkly lights and turkey…BUT NOT THIS YEAR. Catherine and I sat down to discuss the tips and tricks we’ve learned to survive our families. We talk about the trickiness of our immediate family relationships, modern family 101, and run-ins with in-laws, as well as commiserate that despite how certain we are that we can keep our wits about us, our family has the unique super power to turn us back into our angsty 13-year-old selves. 

Resources for today’s episode: “Grey Rocking” (so hot right now)

https://www.healthline.com/health/grey-rock#know-when-to-use-it

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Disclaimer: you don’t have to know or like anything about basketball to enjoy this interview ;) 

Jeanie Buss is the controlling owner and president of the LA Lakers - and quite frankly, the road she took to get there could be a season of ‘Succession’. As the owner and president of the Lakers, she’s one of the most powerful people in professional sports — and the true story of the Lakers is her origin story as well. 

Her father, Jerry Buss, was the majority owner of the Lakers from when he bought the team in 1979 until he died in 2013. His 66% controlling ownership was eventually distributed amongst his six children through a trust, with each of them being granted an equal vote, and installing Jeanie as the Lakers’ governor and the team representative at NBA Board of Governors meetings. Per her father’s succession plan, Jeanie was chosen to take over as president and controlling owner and later became the first female controlling owner to guide her team to an NBA championship.[4]

We spoke about the ways Jeanie has steadfastly paved the way for herself in a male-dominated industry, specifically how she unapologetically embraced her femininity by doing things like posing in Playboy the same year as becoming president of The Forum…*chefs kiss*. She shot her pictorial in the stadium the Lakers played - where her father worked – and well, I just live for that kind of ballsiness. 

We talked about her relationship with the former head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, as well as their breakup, her decision not to have children, about the last memory she has of Kobe Bryant and how that tremendous loss impacted her. She opened up about the parts of her childhood she had to heal from, the surprise of gaining a full-blood sibling she didn’t know existed until a couple years ago, and the impossible aspects of working for the family business. 

Needless to say, working so intimately with your family leaves room for conflicts, and the Buss family has definitely had their fair share. Many of you are probably familiar with a specific conflict between Jeanie and her brother Jim that resulted in her firing him, because, in short, she was worried he'd make trades the Lakers couldn't recover from. In response Jeanie’s older brothers sued her and mounted a campaign to remove Jeanie from her position. We talked about making that decision and where she and her brother stand today.

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Fun fact: I grew up next door (like actually next door) to the Playboy Mansion. So, to me, the girls next door really were the Girls Next Door. 

It added another layer to my already colorful childhood, with parties and peacocks that kept me up for all hours of the night. 

Then, one incredible day in 2005 E! Released a brand new show called…THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR, and the lives of every millennial girl changed forever. If you lived under a rock and have never seen this show (stop what you’re doing and go watch immediately), The Girls Next Door was a reality show about The Playboy Mansion, Hugh Hefner and his three girlfriends Holly, Bridget and Kendra. These dynamic women quickly became the stars of the show, and captured the hearts of families and young women nationwide. The show gave us a look inside the wild lifestyle of three very different women with one common interest: their boyfriend. It showed their extravagant costumes, the parties they’d host, vacations and day trips all over the world, their butlers, lavish lifestyle, and many, many dogs. 

But, as with most things, their lives weren’t quite what they seemed. In addition to all the fun and playfulness the show captured, there was jealousy, manipulation, body issues, infighting, and a dark side to the boyfriend they were basically employed by. 

And damn, did we GO THERE… Holly and Bridget joined me on this week’s episode, and were so honest and real about the years they lived at the mansion, dated Hef, and starred in (in my opinion !!!) one of the best reality shows of all time. Not only did we reminisce on the years we spent as neighbors, but they let me in on the secrets of the mansion, Hef’s world, the parts they’d rather forget, and everrrrryyything in between. 

We explored Holly’s neurodivergence, some of the sexual aspects of the girls’ relationships with Hef, how they feel about his death, and how it impacts the way they think about him now. They told me all about the drama inside the mansion, the excuses they’d use to get out of going out or sex, diet culture within the house, the rules they were expected to follow, and answered ALL our burning, behind-the-scenes questions we’ve spent the last decade dying to know. Don’t quote me on this, but this might be one of the juiciest TMAI episodes of all time. 

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*Trigger Warning* This episode contains extensive conversation about sexual abuse. 

After two long weeks we (you and I) are finally back together, and I’m not going to spoil it, but we have an unnnnnreeeallll season coming your way…

Our guest this week is Jeannie Mai Jenkins, who you probably recognize from her eight seasons on The Real, Dancing with the Stars, or her new show Holey Moley!

This episode is extremely special because of how honest Jeannie was, and I know there is so much shared healing that will happen as a result of her openness. 

To give you a little background: when Jeannie was nine years old, a family member that would frequently babysit her and her siblings began to sexually abuse her. The abuse lasted for years and ultimately, when Jeannie mustered up the courage to tell her mom what this man was doing to her, her mom doubted Jeannie’s described experience. 

This interaction caused an eight-year-long rift between Jeannie, and her mom and they didn’t reconcile until years later. In an extremely raw and ground-breaking episode of Jeannie’s YouTube show Hello Hunnay, Jeannie invited her mom on the show to discuss, for what would be her first time in front of a camera, what had happened between them. The healing that happened in that episode was nothing short of inspiring, and something that I think all mothers and daughters should watch. 

Jeannie and I talked about breaking traumatic chains and how to avoid passing your traumatic past on to a new generation. We discussed the difficult and complex task of healing mother daughter relationships, with or without going to therapy, how to know if you’re people-pleasing and how to stop it, depression and anxiety both pre- and post-partum, and the truth about how her traumatic childhood memories still affect her today.  

Jeannie is remarkable, and I swear I had chills during this entire interview so, as always, let me know what you think and how you relate to what we talked about!

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