In this episode of The Life We're Living Now, Jamie and Colleen reflect on the intentions they set for the year and how quickly those intentions meet the realities of everyday life.

They talk about prioritizing their own needs after years of caregiving, choosing self-compassion over sacrifice, and navigating shifting family dynamics as children grow up and relationships change. The conversation moves through moments of rage, humor, tenderness, and deep honesty — including how it feels to live alongside uncertainty and health concerns without letting fear take the lead.

Rather than offering advice or solutions, this episode centers on naming what's happening, allowing space for complexity, and recognizing that part of adulthood is learning how to carry hard things while still living fully and laughing along the way. It's a real conversation about what it means to keep showing up for the life you're living now.

Welcome to The Life We're Living Now — a new chapter, ten years in the making.

In this first episode, longtime friends Jamie and Colleen return to podcasting to talk openly about the stage of life they find themselves in now. It's a conversation shaped by, shifting hormones, adult children preparing to leave home, single life, homeownership, careers, and the strange in-between space that appears after many of the goals you once worked toward have been achieved.

They reflect on caregiving, identity, emotional regulation (or lack thereof), changing relationships with time, responsibility, and ambition, and what it feels like to ask "what's next?" without a clean and neat answer. Along the way, they share stories about forgotten toiletries, old planners resurfacing, decade-old goals, clean kitchens, crumbs on counters, and the quiet realization that caring less about certain things may actually be part of growing wiser.

This episode isn't about having it all figured out — it's about talking it out. It's an invitation to listen in as two women navigate midlife with honesty, humor, curiosity, and a willingness to evolve.

Unplanned. Unbothered. (Mostly.)