The Best Life Podcast

By Danny-J Johnson & Jill Coleman

What's The Best Life Podcast about?

Welcome to The Best Life podcast! Here we talk about everything from: success, money, relationships, entrepreneurship, productivity, honest communication, positive psychology, and an abundance mindset. Creating a life that YOU choose.

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The Best Life Podcast episodes:

04.20.2024
Ep. 482: Optimize Your Mindset with Miss Excel, Kathleen Norton
Before 2020, Kathleen Norton couldn’t imagine anything other than her corporate job, but after healing her inner child, doing deep shadow work, and really committing to her own energetic output, she built the Miss Excel brand and now has almost...
04.17.2024
Ep. 481: Aging Strong: How We Feel Fit + Athletic After 40 with Rachel Cosgrove
We’ve all heard some 20-year-old trainer say that “age is just a number” when it comes to our training, but the truth is that fitness in our 40’s and beyond is different than what we used to do! Our bodies,...
04.12.2024
Ep. 480: The Internet is Boring Now
Is it just us, or is the internet boring as fuck lately? And yet even though we’re bored to tears, we can’t stop cycling through the same apps over and over again. We’re addicted to it and yet we’re just...
04.10.2024
Ep. 479: We're Sick of Authenticity
There’s so much chatter about “authenticity” and “just being yourself” online these days that it’s kinda starting to lose meaning. Of course you should be yourself online, but often people mistake being “authentic” with being vulnerable. Some people like to...
04.05.2024
Ep. 478: When A Prominent Public Figure Tells A Lie
Maybe you’ve heard already, but prominent podcaster Andrew Huberman, was recently exposed for having relationships with 6 different women at once. And while there’s nothing technically “illegal” about what he’s done, it’s a really shitty move done by someone who...
04.03.2024
Ep. 477: How Our Workouts Change As We Age
We’re not at young as we once were, and as much as we hate to admit it, our bodies are changing. That means making peace with the fact that the way we once worked out no longer works for us,...
03.29.2024
Ep. 476: Finding Happiness While Sober with Courtney Andersen of Sober Vibes
We’ve been on a sober-curious kick lately, so who better to talk to than someone who’s built a community for sober women and has been sober herself for 11 years and counting? Today, Danny interviews Courtney Andersen, founder of Sober...
03.27.2024
Ep. 475: Are We Morally Obligated To Keep Up with the News?
Instagram is rolling out a new feature that defaults to keeping news and political content off of our feeds, and it got us thinking, is it irresponsible to ignore current events? Unfortunately, many news sources are produced with biases, headlines...
03.22.2024
Ep. 474: Can Men + Women Be Friends, No Strings Attached?
Today, we’re bravely tackling a question no one has ever dared to ask before: can men and women be friends? Okay, okay, we hardly have a new take on this topic—of course they can!—but as two women whose marriages ended...
03.20.2024
Ep. 473: Simple Is Boring
Whenever we face problems in our lives, we tend to crave complicated solutions over easy ones. Somehow we think complexity is more likely to give us a result—unfortunately, while simple is boring, it’s also effective. No one wants to hear...
03.15.2024
Ep. 472: The Loneliness in Getting Older
Maybe it’s just us, but there’s some weird loneliness that seems to come with getting older. We’ve been holding it down for our loved ones for so long, and we’re caretakers by nature, but maybe it’s time to ask who’s...
03.13.2024
Ep. 471: Is Taking Selfies Self-Absorbed?
It’s 2024, are we still judging people for taking selfies? Sometimes we like the way we look and want to share it, what’s so wrong with that? There are so many times we wish we’d gotten over ourselves and taken...
03.08.2024
Ep. 470: Can You Be Too Relatable?
When you have an audience of any kind, a decision must be made—do you keep yourself relatable and friendly to all, or do you out your own self on a pedestal to keep people coming back for more? For the...
03.07.2024
Ep. 469: Grief Demands to Be Felt, Even When It's Misunderstood
Grief demands to be felt, and in many ways it needs to be witnessed. Grief doesn’t have a specific look, nor does it have an expiration date, but there are some types of grief that might seem uncommon or “wrong”...
03.02.2024
Ep. 468: Do We Even Need Men?
We talk a lot of shit about men (and sometimes they deserve it) but at the end of the day, we love men and we appreciate what they do for us and who they are. But sometimes we wonder if...
02.29.2024
Ep. 467: Towels for Valentine's Day
For holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries, do gifts matter? Or is it only the thought that counts? Maybe a mixture of the two? We aren’t saying that the only way to make us feel loved is by buying us gifts, but...
02.24.2024
Ep. 466: Elitism in Internet Business
There’s a lot to be said about “getting in the room” and surrounding yourself with people who can challenge and elevate you as a business owner or person, but at what point does it become elitism? At what point is...
02.21.2024
Ep. 465: Danny vs. Jill: To Plan Ahead or To Wait 'Til the Last Second?
There are some people who like their life planned out to a T, months in advance of any event (like Jill!) aaaaand then there are those that wait until the last possible second to confirm anything and leave the rest...
02.16.2024
Ep. 464: How To Make the Big, Tough Decision
There will be times in our lives when we are faced with a tough decision, be it personal, business, financial, or otherwise. When we come to these crossroads, we feel lost. What if we make the wrong decision? What if...
02.14.2024
Ep. 463: Your Success Only Counts If You're Attractive
Whether we like it or not, our society is hyper-fixated on how women look, act, and exist in this world. If you’re single, you’re looked down upon. If you’re married, a lot of your success is attributed to your husband....
02.10.2024
Ep. 462: How Danny Got Off Her Anti-Depressants
Danny was always told she’d be on anti-depressants for the rest of her life. As a child, she was told that her brain was “imbalanced” and she’d always have to take meds to feel okay, but as of October os...
02.07.2024
Ep. 461: Finding Our Focus in an Over-Stimulating World with Dr. Laura Gouge
In a world where we’re constantly being bombarded with distractions and anxieties, our mental health is at an all-time low. Anxiety, depression, PTSD, and ADHD are being reported in record numbers and it all feels so impossible to fix. Luckily...
02.02.2024
Ep. 460: That Time Danny Got Extorted
When something looks too good to be true… it probably is. We’ve talked about buying followers, downloads, and likes here before but hey, even we aren’t perfect. Recently, Danny saw an opportunity to bury some bad reviews, but unfortunately, things...
02.01.2024
Ep. 459: The Power of Names
Shakespeare once asked the question, “what’s in a name?” and lately we’ve been asking ourselves the same thing. After learning that her ex-husband is getting remarried and then running into him and his new fiancee (all in the same week!),...
01.27.2024
Ep. 458: Friendships That Fade
Friendships are so important to nurture in our lives, but whether we like it or not, sometimes friendships fade. We grow apart, we miscommunicate, and we get in fights that slowly corrode relationships with friends that used to be our...
01.25.2024
Ep. 457: Advice To Our Younger Selves
Life in our 40’s is so much different than we ever could have imagined at the beginning of our 30’s. It was a decade of finding ourselves amidst a lot of chaos and upheaval, and no amount of warnings could...
01.19.2024
Ep. 456: A Chat About Explant Surgery
It’s no secret, Danny has fake boobs and she’s always liked it that way. That is, until, several people she knows have started having breast-implant horror stories—now she’s thinking it’s time to get them out. Just like our hair or...
01.18.2024
Ep. 455: It's Not Your Fault (But It Is Your Responsibility)
Shitty things happen to us all the time, and while it’s never your fault when someone wrongs you, it is your responsibility to heal from it. No amount of wishing or righteous anger undoes the past, and no amount of...
01.13.2024
Ep. 454: Practicing Digital Modesty
We don’t have the shiniest of social media reputations—if you saw what we were up to in 2017 and 2018, no you didn’t—but nowadays we tend to practice a little more “digital modesty.” For us, we just aren’t up to...
01.10.2024
Ep. 453: The Lack of Integrity in Internet Marketing
Look we’re marketers, so we know all the tips and tricks being used in modern marketing. Try as we might to be upon front and honest with our marketing practices, there are still tons of people out in the world...
01.05.2024
Ep. 452: Standing Out From the Crowd
If you’ve ever thought about starting an online business, you need a way to make yourself stand out from the crowd. We all know someone with the “it-factor” but is that something that people are simply born with, or can...
01.04.2024
Ep. 451: Protect Yourself From Burnout
Whether in life or in business, there are seasons of quiet and there are seasons of busyness. When shit gets hectic, feelings of resentment start to build and burnout starts to loom closer and closer. You can’t always force your...
12.29.2023
Ep. 450: Be The Bigger Person (Even When You Don't Want To)
As much as we all love being petty (and you know we’re good at it, too) there is something to be said about being the “bigger person.” While the un-evolved versions of ourselves might like pointing out when Brenda is...
12.27.2023
Ep. 449: What Are Your Core Values?
Our value systems are deeply personal and influence almost everything we do in our lives. We all have core values, whether they’re obvious to us or not. Getting clear on what our values are can help us find direction in...
12.23.2023
Ep. 448: What the Hell Are We Supposed to Wear?
One thing the holidays bring about are those damn holiday parties, and what’s even worse than having to go to a work holiday party is choosing an outfit for them—what the hell does “smart casual” even mean?! Then, of course,...
12.20.2023
Ep. 447: Have You Ever Been a "Rehab" Girlfriend?
Have you ever had a partner so rough around the edges that they need some rehabilitation to be a passable partner, only for the relationship to end and all the work you put in goes to benefit some other woman?...
12.16.2023
Ep. 446: Your Partner's Previous Relationship Experiences
We’ve talked about feeling insecure over your partner’s ex relationships before—and believe us, it’s normal to feel that way—but there’s another layer of insecurity and jealousy to work though when it comes to the different traditions and milestones they experienced...
12.13.2023
Ep. 445: Do Women Even Need Men Anymore?
As women, it used to be true that the worst insult someone could throw at us was “you’re going to die childless and without a man’s love,” but it’s not quite a threat anymore. More and more women are finding...
12.08.2023
Ep. 444: Do You Have A Back-Up Boyfriend?
According to some men (and we all know how reliable they can be
12.06.2023
Ep. 443: Entering Our Zero-Fucks Era
We’re in our zero-fucks era
12.02.2023
Ep. 442: Who's Your Celebrity Hall Pass?
Having a celebrity Hall Pass—aka someone you’re “allowed” to have sex with outside of your relationship—is a somewhat common thing, but like… should it be? We know that the times in our lives we’ve been most obsessed with celebrities has...
11.30.2023
Ep. 441: Keeping Our Hormones In Check as We Age
You know we love talking to experts on hormones and aging here—aging is coming for us whether we want it or not, and we won’t be going down without a fight. Today Jill is talking to Kim Schaper, metabolism and...
11.24.2023
Ep. 440: Rebuilding A Relationship in Destruction Mode
There’s a moment right before you end a relationship that might be the perfect opportunity to destroy the status quo and rebuild from scratch. Buuuuut just because you’re in this “destruction mode” doesn’t mean this plan will work every time....
11.22.2023
Ep. 439: Starting from Scratch in Your Career
Starting over in your life is one thing, but starting over in a professional sense is a whole other mind-fuck. We talk about mindset a lot here, but we’ve still been known to suffer from comparisonitis and negative self-talk from...
11.17.2023
Ep. 438: Your 2023 Hoiday Survival Guide
The holidays are quickly approaching, and if you’re anything like us, the coming weeks and months can be filled with stress from all around. Our families love us, but that doesn’t stop them from pressuring us to be certain ways,...
11.16.2023
Ep. 437: Movement and Your Mental Health with Meghann Koppele Duffy
The health of our brains is connected to every other function of our bodies, and especially our movement. As Meg Koppele-Duffy, co-founder of the Neuro Studio and movement coach for patients with neurological conditions, says, “every patient is a neuro...
11.10.2023
Ep. 436: 9 Keys For Success
If you listen to this podcast, it’s likely you have an interest in personal development and creating success in your life. But it’s not enough to just desire growth, it takes intentional thought and work. Manifestation plays a part for...
11.08.2023
Ep. 435: 8 Lessons Learned from Scaling a Business from 2 Team Members to 10
Jill’s back with a solo-pod today to speak to those listeners who are more entrepreneurial minded, coaches, managers, or leaders of any kind. The last few years for Jill have brought about a ton of growth, both personally and professionally....
11.03.2023
Ep. 434: Fighting Distraction in An Attention Economy
As technology and media develop further and become more important parts of our lives, our attention is getting spread thin. As a result, we’ve all become pretty bad listeners. You probably don’t even realize it—most people tend to believe they’re...
11.01.2023
Ep. 433: Is Cleaning the Secret to Success?
Is the secret to success as simple as making your bed? It’s been said that cleaning is the ultimate life-hack—declutter your desk to declutter your mind, clean up your finances to make even more money, make your bed and you’re...

What's The Best Life Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Best Life Podcast episodes:

Ep. 482: Optimize Your Mindset with Miss Excel, Kathleen Norton

Ep. 481: Aging Strong: How We Feel Fit + Athletic After 40 with Rachel Cosgrove

Ep. 480: The Internet is Boring Now

Ep. 479: We're Sick of Authenticity

Ep. 478: When A Prominent Public Figure Tells A Lie

Ep. 477: How Our Workouts Change As We Age

Ep. 476: Finding Happiness While Sober with Courtney Andersen of Sober Vibes

Ep. 475: Are We Morally Obligated To Keep Up with the News?

Ep. 474: Can Men + Women Be Friends, No Strings Attached?

Ep. 473: Simple Is Boring

Ep. 472: The Loneliness in Getting Older

Ep. 471: Is Taking Selfies Self-Absorbed?

Ep. 470: Can You Be Too Relatable?

Ep. 469: Grief Demands to Be Felt, Even When It's Misunderstood

Ep. 468: Do We Even Need Men?

Ep. 467: Towels for Valentine's Day

Ep. 466: Elitism in Internet Business

Ep. 465: Danny vs. Jill: To Plan Ahead or To Wait 'Til the Last Second?

Ep. 464: How To Make the Big, Tough Decision

Ep. 463: Your Success Only Counts If You're Attractive

Ep. 462: How Danny Got Off Her Anti-Depressants

Ep. 461: Finding Our Focus in an Over-Stimulating World with Dr. Laura Gouge

Ep. 460: That Time Danny Got Extorted

Ep. 459: The Power of Names

Ep. 458: Friendships That Fade

Ep. 457: Advice To Our Younger Selves

Ep. 456: A Chat About Explant Surgery

Ep. 455: It's Not Your Fault (But It Is Your Responsibility)

Ep. 454: Practicing Digital Modesty

Ep. 453: The Lack of Integrity in Internet Marketing

Ep. 452: Standing Out From the Crowd

Ep. 451: Protect Yourself From Burnout

Ep. 450: Be The Bigger Person (Even When You Don't Want To)

Ep. 449: What Are Your Core Values?

Ep. 448: What the Hell Are We Supposed to Wear?

Ep. 447: Have You Ever Been a "Rehab" Girlfriend?

Ep. 446: Your Partner's Previous Relationship Experiences

Ep. 445: Do Women Even Need Men Anymore?

Ep. 444: Do You Have A Back-Up Boyfriend?

Ep. 443: Entering Our Zero-Fucks Era

Ep. 442: Who's Your Celebrity Hall Pass?

Ep. 441: Keeping Our Hormones In Check as We Age

Ep. 440: Rebuilding A Relationship in Destruction Mode

Ep. 439: Starting from Scratch in Your Career

Ep. 438: Your 2023 Hoiday Survival Guide

Ep. 437: Movement and Your Mental Health with Meghann Koppele Duffy

Ep. 436: 9 Keys For Success

Ep. 435: 8 Lessons Learned from Scaling a Business from 2 Team Members to 10

Ep. 434: Fighting Distraction in An Attention Economy

Ep. 433: Is Cleaning the Secret to Success?