Meet Alaina and Ash. Two friends, ten years in, four years apart - connected by voice notes, fierce opinions, and the shared chaos of being a woman in your 40s & 50s. From career pivots to protein obsessions, from aura readings to crying in towels at 8am, this is what it really sounds like to figure it all out in real time. No polish. No neat answers. Just two women, one VN at a time. 

The AAs to Z…of Protein: Shakes, Gruel, and a Breakthrough

Two friends and longtime voice-note oversharers, Alaina and Ash, discuss turning their shared protein obsession into a podcast, framed by their 2026 life resets and the pressures of being women navigating sleep, steps, hormones, and strength training. They trade experiments and frustrations about getting enough protein at breakfast and after workouts, including protein breakfast “gruel,” pros and cons of protein water, and debates over flavours like chocolate and cereal milk. Alaina describes mixing matcha with milks, waters and various supplements, while Ash works through portions and timing. After numerous and humorous failed attempts, they reach breakthrough recipe combinations like flavored protein with half coconut water and half milk tastes like a milkshake, leading to more flavours, half flavoured/half unflavoured blends, and a pantry filled with protein products.

00:00 AAs to Z....of Protein

19:30 The Breakthrough

• (00:00) - AAs to Z....of Protein

Alaina overhears a table of women deep in a protein and collagen debate and has a lot of thoughts. A few short, unfiltered moments from the AA's to Z of... Protein.