1. What Melissa’s parents said when she told them about her dream – and how those magic words set the course of Melissa’s life.
2. The green and red flags Melissa tells her kids to look for in a relationship.
3. Why Melissa is a shark, and her brilliant strategy to “Run Around the Block” in almost any difficult situation. 
4. Melissa’s and Abby’s experiences with ghosts.
5. How Melissa learned about sex – and the way she talks to her kids about it.

About Melissa:
Melissa McCarthy is an award-winning writer, producer, and actor. Her work includes Bridesmaids, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Ghostbusters,The Heat; Identity Thief; This is 40, The Hangover Part III, The Starling, “Gilmore Girls”, and “Samantha Who?”. She won an Emmy Award and People’s Choice Award for her role in “Mike & Molly” as well as an Emmy for “Saturday Night Live”. 

Melissa and her husband Ben Falcone founded On the Day Productions and have produced Tammy, The Boss, Life of the Party, “Nobodies,” “Little Big Shots,” Superintelligence , Thunder Force, “God’s Favorite Idiot,” and Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed.

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138. Melissa McCarthy: Sex, Nuns & Ghosts

Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace.
On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, gender, parenting, blended families, bodies, anxiety, addiction, justice, boundaries, fun, quitting, overwhelm . . . all of it.
We laugh and cry and help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, free-er, less alone.

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302. Chelsea Handler on Happiness, Groundedness & the Upcoming Election

Chelsea Handler is back to join Glennon, Amanda, and Abby for a heartfelt and hilarious conversation about life. She tells us how she found her happiness, how to take accountability in your own life, and why – if she has to confront someone doing something WILD or offensive – she’s going to have a little fun! 

Discover: 
-Why being selfish is the ultimate gift we can give to the world and each other; 
-The unexpected side-effect Chelsea experienced from therapy and how to move through it if it’s happening to you, too;
-Chelsea’s thoughts about how to navigate big feelings during the upcoming election cycle; and 
-Chelsea’s story about a stranger on a chairlift and their exchange about Taylor Swift. 

For our previous conversation with Chelsea, check out:
115. Chelsea Handler: On Breaking Up & Being Unbreakable

About Chelsea
Chelsea Handler is a comedian, television host, podcast host, author, and advocate whose humor and candor have established her as one of the most celebrated voices in entertainment and pop culture.

Chelsea is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, five of which are #1 bestsellers – including Life Will Be the Death of Me. She hosts the iHeart Radio advice podcast, Dear Chelsea – and her most recent critically acclaimed comedy special, Revolution, is available on Netflix. If you want to see her live, Chelsea is currently on her Little Big Bitch stand-up tour.

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301. What You Need To Know to Have More Fun TODAY with Catherine Price 

We’re back with Fun Expert and author of, Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, Catherine Price, to talk more about fun: what it is and how to have more of it. Today, we’ll discuss whether fun and productivity can coexist, thoughts about women and fun, and why the right to fun might just be innately connected to the human experience AND activism.

Discover: 
-The definitive reason why Abby has the MOST fun and how you, too, can use her fun strategy; 
-Why fun actually increases creativity and productivity; 
-Why people view women having fun as offensive and why we must do it anyway; and 
-Actionable tools you can use to invite more fun into your life!

Check out the last episode we did with Catherine and these others about fun, too:
301. FUN: We’re Finally Figuring It Out with Catherine Price 
4. FUN: What the hell is it and why do we need it?
62. The Big Lies & the Truth About Happiness with Dr. Laurie Santos
63. How to Live a Little Happier with Dr. Laurie Santos
216. How to Find DELIGHT Today (and Every Day) with Ross Gay

On Catherine: 
Catherine Price is the author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again.  She is also an award-winning health and science journalist, founder of Screen/Life Balance, and author of How to Break Up With Your Phone. She runs a substack newsletter called “How to Feel Alive” and her TED Talk, Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life, has been viewed close to five million times. 

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300. FUN: We’re Finally Figuring It Out with Catherine Price 

Pod Squad! Do you remember back in the very first days of the pod when we talked about FUN? It was episode 4. Now, hundreds of episodes later, we’re finally ready to give fun the long, deep dive and consideration it deserves. Abby is excited, Glennon is interested, and Amanda is skeptical, but we’re all here, ready to learn and maybe even to have a little fun. Thankfully, Fun Expert (how cool is that title?) and author of, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, Catherine Price is here to be our fun ambassador and to teach us all how to draw more fun and fun opportunities into day-to-day life!

Discover: 

-The difference between real fun and fake fun;
-The mental load’s impact on fun;
-The three necessary ingredients for fun and how find your “Fun Magnets;” plus
-Abby, Glennon, and Amanda’s stand out fun moments and how they plan to create more of that in their lives.
 
Check out these other episodes, too: 
4. FUN: What the hell is it and why do we need it?
62. The Big Lies & the Truth About Happiness with Dr. Laurie Santos
63. How to Live a Little Happier with Dr. Laurie Santos
216. How to Find DELIGHT Today (and Every Day) with Ross Gay

On Catherine: 
Catherine Price is the author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again.  She is also an award-winning health and science journalist, founder of Screen/Life Balance, and author of How to Break Up With Your Phone. She runs a substack newsletter called “How to Feel Alive” and her TED Talk, Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life, has been viewed close to five million times. 

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FUN: We’re Finally Figuring It Out with Catherine Price

299. Parenting: How to Nurture Yourself and Others

In this episode we’re going deep into parenting. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda (along with the help of Tracee Ellis Ross, Michelle Obama and Dr. Becky Kennedy) discuss the brutiful journey of parenting, reparenting ourselves, and learning how to love and be loved. 

Discover: 

-Tracee Ellis Ross rejects the lie that a woman’s purpose is to be “chosen” – and what “mothering” means to her
-Michelle Obama tells us how to finally live in our own enoughness; 
-How to know if you are engaging in “pendulum parenting;”
-The #1 strategy for all relationships: REPAIR, with Dr. Becky Kennedy; and 
-The moment Abby finally felt lovable. 

Check out the full episodes:
12. PARENTING: How do we make this thrilling, terrifying roller coaster ride a little bit easier?
167. Tracee Ellis Ross: How to Make Peace in Your Own Head
13. Brave Parenting Qs & the Power of Saying YES!
193. MICHELLE OBAMA!
267. The #1 Relationship Strategy with Dr. Becky Kennedy
189. Abby for the 1st Time On Divorce & Her Unrequited Love
 
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298. How to Survive Your 20s, Abby On Bonus Parenting & IS Anyone TRULY Toxic?

Amanda, Glennon and Abby give an update about things they’re thinking about including: Glennon’s favorite memes, Amanda’s realization about leadership in her family, and Abby’s exhaustion turned to joy. Plus, we answer questions from the Pod Squad on surviving your 20s, and how to navigate bonus parenthood.

Discover: 
-The simple, three-step process that revolutionized the way Amanda thinks about leadership and parenting; 
-Abby’s heartfelt advice to a Pod Squader on how to navigate her 20s & why need ALL need it, no matter our age;
-Insight into Abby’s journey as a mother & why being in your kid’s memories is everything; 
-Glennon’s surprising take on labeling people as “toxic” and what to do instead. 
 
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138. Melissa McCarthy: Sex, Nuns & Ghosts

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