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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode may contain sensitive topics for some listeners.

The Girls are back with lots of updates from Riv's trip to Greece. With some recent anxiety over being away from home and traveling, Riv and Elle thought this week would be the perfect time to chat about anxiety. They begin by sharing their struggles with anxiety, what triggers it, and how they get out of a mental funk. They move on to some advice on not letting little things get under your skin and the recipe they follow to keep away anxious thoughts. The girls finish the episode with a little conversation about developing a healthy relationship with food and removing yourself from diet culture. This week let's remember that your anxiety is lying to you. 

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Trigger warning: This episode may contain sensitive topics for some listeners.

This week Riv and Elle welcome Lia, aka Leezy, who is a singer-songwriter and TikTok creator. They kick off the episode talking about Lia's music career, how she got started, the inspiration behind lyrics, the music-making process, her upcoming album, and so much more. The girls then move onto Lia's sobriety. In October, Lia is two years sober and shares her struggle leading to her admittance into a treatment facility. She then shares what life is like as a sober 21-year-old living in Chicago. The girls quickly realize that being sober does not equal being boring. Are mocktails the new cocktails? Lia has found herself on a strange side of TikTok, kinktok, and Riv and Elle have QUESTIONS. How do you transition from a kinktoker to a heavily music-focused creator? Finally, the girls answer some listener questions and react to a listener storytime. 

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Sixty percent of people have a positive experience on dating apps? This statistic seems fishy, especially for Riv and Elle, who have had several bad but equally hilarious experiences on dating apps. As the forty percent who have had not such great experiences, the girls decide to share one of their favorite hinge stories. It was Riv's date, but Elle was, of course, along for the ride. 

Don't worry! Riv and Elle have learned from their mistakes and have obtained several dating app dos and don'ts. They start by talking about what guys should NOT include in their profiles, such as Fish pictures, pimped-out cars, "here for a good time", and so much more. Then the girls drop some advice on starting conversations on the apps, the perfect bios, what photos to include, and finally, the ideal first date. Should you have a picture with your dog on your profile? Do you limit app conversation and go straight for the phone number? Does the first date HAVE to be a dinner date? How do we drop the hint that we're looking for something serious without sounding crazy? All of these questions and so many more are answered in this episode. 

Remember to go into the dating app world without expectations, set your boundaries, and have fun. Also, as proud members of the forty percent, take what Riv and Elle say with a grain of salt. 

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School is back in session, so Riv and Elle decided to share some of their favorite stories from freshman year's glory days. They kick it off with the ultimate ick, swim trunks. While housesitting, the girls decided to dip in the hot tub but didn't exactly show up prepared. Next, they move into their all-star weekend adventures. Riv skipped Valentine's day dinner with her boyfriend to spend the night at a table with Elle and The Migos? Although Riv and Elle aren't huge basketball fans, they would have been stupid to pass up courtside tickets. It all sounded good in theory; however, a good night is all about good company, which wasn't exactly the case for them. Elle explains her first Bulls game experience with quite possibly the worst company. Finally, Riv and Elle get into their old TikToks and everything they would do for a couple of views. Remember, college is a time to have fun, and you have to leave with a couple of good stories, but please do not try any of this at home. 

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Happy Birthday, Elle! This Sunday, the girls kick off the episode with a story for Elle's Birthday about her wearing heels in kindergarten, which sums up who she is today. 

Today's topic is attachment styles and love languages. Before listening, the girls encourage you all to take the quizzes linked below to follow along and learn a bit about yourself. First, Riv and Elle explain their attachment styles, secure and avoidant, and move into explaining the other two, fearful-avoidant and anxious. Can your attachment styles change? They think so.

Riv and Elle then move into love languages and share theirs after taking the love language quiz. Understanding your partner's love language is very important, and sharing yours with your partner is equally important. Riv and Elle may have found a hack in the system when sharing the quiz results. Could this hack fix those gaps in your relationship?

To finish the episode off, the girls answer some listener questions, including how not to compare yourself to others, maintain body confidence, and know the city life is for you.

QUIZ LINKS:

https://www.5lovelanguages.com/

https://www.attachmentproject.com/attachment-style-quiz/

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The girls kick off this episode with some advice for people looking to start their own podcast and then move into this week's updates. First, Shortstop must be stopped! Riv recently found out some dirty details about Shortstop's life in Chicago through a very unexpected source. Second, Jason Nash hates Riv and Elle? After an encounter with Jason Nash, the girls are convinced he hates them after falling victim to their shoe rating game. This week the girls put on their therapy caps and dive into dating violence surrounding manipulation and controlling behavior. It's so important for everyone to know they are not alone, so as someone who has experienced this first hand, Elle touches on her experience. Both Riv and Elle advise on how to recognize this behavior and when to leave. On the entirely opposite end, they wonder, "how do you know you're in love?" and the answer may surprise you. With so many more questions about manifesting your dream man, Riv talks about how she manifested big into her life and a manifestation hack they found on TikTok. 

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The girls begin this episode solo with an exciting update! Riv is going to sail the Mediterranean with Big! On a not so exciting note, Elle has an update from her disastrous love life. The update is shared by our guest, who Riv and Elle are so excited to welcome this week. Devin Olson is a model in Chicago who has rapidly grown her social media platforms in recent months. You may know her from her viral legging TikTok, but she's so much more than that and provides great tips for breaking out of a specific "category" on social media. Devin recently walked in Miami swim week, so of course, the girls had to talk about the casting process along with the walks which we have all seen on TikTok. The girls then move into guys with blue checkmarks and the hype that surrounds them, but why? As three people who put a large portion of their lives on social media, there is room to receive hate. The girls talk about how to overcome that online hate. Should we approach the issue with empathy? To close out this episode, they discuss being emotionally unavailable and how to move past that state.  

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This week the girls are joined by Emma and Maggie MacDonald, sisters who have gained followings across social media platforms showcasing their lives. As the first podcast to ever have both Emma and Maggie on, Riv and Elle had to ask some sister questions. Do they have the same type? Has their profession brought them closer together? Do they have a hard time building their personal brands? And so much more. The girls also answer listener questions about relationships, fallouts with friends, and heartbreak. 

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This week Riv's mom joins the girls for a Q&A style episode filled with all of the questions you've always wanted to ask your mom. Riv and Elle start with questions around building healthy relationships with others. Riv's mom throws in some stories of when she grew up and her relationship with her husband of almost 31 years. Riv learned everything she knows about manifesting from her mom, so the girls switch directions and talk about manifesting your dream reality and staying in alignment. They always say moms know best so next time you're in a predicament, think to yourself, "what would mom do?". 

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After a listener write-in and several questions about dating older guys, Riv and Elle decided to dedicate an entire episode to the topic and their experiences. Of course, this leaves room for the proper introduction of dog dad and rich man. The girls dig up their past and their first relationships after their move to the city. They lived double lives, to say the least, ashamed of their ages and the age gaps with the guys they were seeing. Of course, along the way, lessons were learned specifically about the dating scene in Chicago, which is all shared in this episode. Age is relative, and if you click with someone, you click no matter the age gap. The girls note that it's important never to be naive and understand your worth entering a relationship, age aside. 

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