Mildly Thriving

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In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly & Meredith talk about how much other people’s opinions, whether they are strangers, friends, family, or even people we just make up in our heads, mess with how we live our lives. We call each other and ourselves out for all the sneaky ways we let the fear of what someone *might* think influence our choices. We also laugh about how we will spend thirty dollars to have a ten dollar burrito delivered but baulk about the cost of getting clothes properly tailored. We go off about how terrible bra shopping is and even consider renaming the podcast “When Will We Shit Our Pants?”

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Kimberly & Meredith are serving up some real talk on the Body Positivity movement. We explore wether it's really empowering us, or just another way to guilt-trip ourselves because we’re not “positive enough” about our bodies? (Like, thanks but no thanks.) We spill on how growing up in their households shaped everything from body image to how we see what past generations put up with. Plus, us girls reveal our not-so-secret weapon we learned from some random chick on Insta: sometimes the ultimate confidence boost is just declaring yourself a hot girl! Oh, and yes, Meredith cracks open a seltzer and lets out exactly one burp… consider it her mic drop.

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Cetus-Lupeedus fellow MiTh-ers. In this week’s episode, Meredith & Kimberly talk about important topics like dicks and butts on a bus, should we even bother taking pictures if we’re traveling for ourselves, and how much social media influences (and the Disney Channel) where we go and what we do while we’re traveling. We offer unhelpful advice on how to be more in the moment and live for you, not your Insta. We also go on a random tangent about Tacoma's Porchfest and the fire-breathing fiberglass dragon vehicle that we now want to build ourselves, but know we never will.

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Welcome back to Mildly Thriving! This week, Meredith and Kimberly unpack the mystery of why making/maintaining friends in your 30s feels harder than trying to assemble IKEA furniture without (or hell, even with) the instructions. Spoiler: we’re blaming our parents, our healthy sleep routine, and maybe even our social energy batteries.

Somehow, we also take a scenic detour into why camping is the absolute worst (sorry, tent enthusiasts).

If you’re looking for actionable tips to grow your social circle… well, we’re not saying you won’t find any here, but we are saying you might leave feeling seen, entertained, and maybe a little validated. Or maybe not... but if you listen you'll find out. 

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In this episode, Kimberly and Meredith attempt to educated the world about emotional addiction. Did they do a good job? Nope. They probably just confused everyone who listened (hi, mom). But hey, silver lining, Meredith got a personal therapy session out of it. And since Kimberly isn't a licensed or qualified therapist, she could not bill her. Bullshit. 

So yeah, please talk to your therapist if you made it through the whole episode, because we (collective we... so yes, that included you, dear listener) might have issues. Don't worry we will be talking to ours, you know the real ones we pay.

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In this episode, Meredith and Kimberly attempt to discuss why "having it all" is actually a myth, just like the Loch Ness Monster or Sasquatch. What does end up happening when Meredith insists on us "winging it", we go on long tangents about why Kimberly hates Phyllis Schlafly, why Meredith's path in life makes so much more sense since she was diagnosed with ADHD, and what life is actually like we geriatric dogs. 

We promise we will be more on topic in the next episode... just kidding. We're not liars. 

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“Welcome to the very first episode of Mildly Thriving! We’re kicking things off by answering a few big (okay, they’re actually basic, just like us) questions. Such as, why we started this podcast (honestly we’re not even sure), what qualifications we have (none, zip, zero, zilch), and what you can expect in the future (honestly, we’re not sure about that either). 

So… welcome! Thanks for listening. 

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Original audio by Patrck Joseph (Thanks Patrick)

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