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Now Calling Courtney
by Courtney Chow
Every girl's friendships, relationships, and single life have a love/hate connection. This podcast will answer your questions about whether or not what you're going through is shared by others, and give you practical tips. Listen in as Courtney Chow, a fellow single elder millennial, shares advice and stories about discovering how fun the bachelorette life is after her tumultuous 20s, for millennials who wish their married friends understood them better, feel insecure about their current relationships, or simply want to have a little fun.
Episodes
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Episode 3.7: One Last Dumpling Before the Next Season
After a season of reflection, storytelling, and a lot of dumpling feelings, Courtney shares the final episode of Down in the Dumplings. In this closing chapter, she reflects on the journey that led her here—personally, creatively, and professionally—and what it means to step into a new season of...
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Episode 3.6: Taking Friendship Inventory & Calibrating in Quality Time
In this episode, I revisit the friendship conversation I started in season 1: the one where I admitted the ways I had been a toxic friend. I’ve grown since then. I’ve matured. But growth doesn’t exempt you from heartbreak. We’re talking about friendship breakups, drifting apart from people you...
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Episode 3.5: At Home with Cafe Courtney
This week I feel like a fried dumpling. Overcooked. Crispy on the outside. Slightly falling apart on the inside. In this episode of Down in the Dumplings, I’m sharing what the past week has really looked like: being sick, my parents being out of town, relational conflict (yes… lots of tears),...
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Episode 3.4 Ins and Outs of 2026 (No Resolutions, Just Direction)
It’s almost my birthday, which means I’m deep in my reflective era. In this episode, I’m sharing my Ins & Outs of 2026—a realistic, honest reset that’s less about resolutions and more about direction. From health wake-up calls and career focus to reclaiming my rizz, learning how to DJ, and…
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Episode 3.3: The 2025 Golden Chopsticks Awards
I blinked and 2025 was over… and I honestly couldn’t remember what I even enjoyed. So naturally, I made an awards show about it. In this episode of Down in the Dumplings, I’m hosting the first ever Golden Chopstick Awards — my extremely subjective recap of the music, food, pop culture chaos…
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Episode 3.2: The Mailbag & Emotional Takeout: Work life balance, career and love life updates
It’s been a minute — so we’re catching up. In this mailbag episode, I’m answering listener questions and sharing honest updates on where my life is right now: love languages, coffee orders, career twists, work-life balance, concerts that kept me sane, and the very real experience of not hitting...
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Episode 3.1 Tinsel, Twine & Tiny Budgets: DIY Gifts for Broke Besties
Season 3 is officially HERE — thank you for waiting so patiently while I found my way back to the mic. In this cozy comeback episode, we’re talking all things affordable gift-giving for the holidays. Because listen… I wish I could hand out Dyson hair dryers like Oprah, but that is not where my...
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Episode 2.6: Hot Pot and Warm Hearts
Nothing warms the soul (and stomach) quite like hot pot! 🫕✨ In this episode, I’m diving chopsticks-first into my current hot pot obsession—There’s just something magical about a bubbling pot of broth, endless toppings, and the warmth of good company. 🫕✨ I’m spilling (not literally… hopefully)…
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Episode 2.5: Stopping the Spiral with My Skincare Routine & Self-Care Time
Feeling as wrung out as oversteeped tea? Same. When life gets too loud and my brain won’t stop spiraling, I retreat to my sacred space—the bathroom—for a self-care ritual that’s part skincare, part therapy, and all indulgence. Think of this as a DIY jjimjilbang moment: a steaming hot shower, a...
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Episode 2.4: Keep Calm and Anxiety Crafting
Feeling overwhelmed? Let’s slow things down together. In this episode of Down in the Dumplings, I’m sharing the top four crafts that helped me go from feeling overloaded and anxious to calm and centered. From beading bracelets to decorating toploaders, punch needling, and making felt plush...
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Episode 2.3: Battling the Sunday Scaries with my Sunday Reset
The Sunday Scaries might be a universal struggle, but we’ve got our own way of handling them. 😉 In this episode of Down in the Dumplings, I’m sharing my Sunday Reset routine—that helps me go from 😨 to ☁️✨ before the workweek begins. Grab your fave cozy drink, and let’s romanticize the reset...
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Episode 2.2: No Valentine, No Problem! Our Galentine's Day Episode
While I might be a bit down in the dumps today, it's not because I don't have a Valentine: I'm ready to celebrate GALENTINE'S DAY! In this episode I reflect on one of my first Galentine's Day parties and make plans for how I'll be spending it this year and what gifts I'll be preparing. Have ideas...
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Episode 2.1: What's Cookin'? Can you feel happy when things are sucky?
Courtney is back: and so is her podcast. Introducing Down in the Dumplings: a podcast and exploration on ideas and crafts to try when you're feeling down and need a pick me up. In this episode, Courtney explains where she's been and what's been cookin' in the past two years since the last episode...
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Episode 13. What The Heck Is Underneath My Tree: Responding to Gifts You Don't Like
Special holiday episode is here and i'm talking about how respond when you receive a gift that you're less than thrilled about. I've had my share of getting presents that I knew I would never use and was terrible at being humble about it. But I did some serious self-reflection the Christmas that…
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Episode 11: You Don't Know What I Did Last Summer So I'm Telling You + What's Coming Next for Season 2
I ghosted you but unlike all those guys on Hinge, I'm back and ready to recommit for another season. :) This is the overdue update on what happened to me over the Summer and what I've been up to the last three months. It's been the worst Summer of my life and when I tell you why you'll get it....
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Episode 10. What Its's Like Living at Home With Your Parents and What I've Learned
Today’s topic of family and living at home with my parents is requiring me to get real and get reflective about my own issues and problems. And that’s because this is wayyyy harder for me to be personal about and share. When my family makes up so much of my life and I care about what my parent's...
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Episode 9. Comfy Girl Summer and Body Acceptance
For the first time, I'm not thinking about having a cute girl summer: It's all about being comfy, with my clothes and with my body. As a plus size woman, I have had a life long struggle with accepting my size: but an incident my freshman year in college impacted how much insecurity I carried with...
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Episode 8. The 2022 Summer Bucketlist
What time is it? SUMMERTIME IS FINALLY HERE. And so is my 2022 Summer bucket list! The bucket list is a list of the things that my and my friends will be prioritizing this summer so that when we look back on May, June, July, August, and a bit of September we know what we did. It's a great way to...
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Episode 7. Dealing with Change Even if You Don't Do Well with Change
Making peace with change is one of the most challenging things in life, but it's also one constant in life: things are never the same for long. So how do you are like me and you like security, and hate the unknown? I have four phases that I go through and I'm sharing my mindset in each of them…
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Episode 6. Things to Not Say to Your Single Friends and What to Ask Instead
Though we were all once single, it seems like some people forget what it was like when they talk to people still in that season of life and there are questions I've heard so many times over the years that are discouraging and stall the conversation because I don't know how to respond to questions...
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Episode 5: 10 Movie Comfort Watches When You Need to Cheer Up or Take a Break
I'm back after taking a week away to recharge, process, and gather my thoughts and have ranked my-go shows and movies that I watch when I've been having a hard time. Listen in to hear why these heart-warmers made it into the top 10 of the rom-coms, musicals, and comedies that bring me comfort…
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Episode 4: Should I break up with a toxic friend? Let's talk about adult friendships.
We thought navigating our friendships as teenagers were brutal: but it isn't exactly easier as an adult. In fact, we bring a lot of our baggage into our friendships but I want to help you navigate this. I answer the question "How do I know if someone is a toxic friend?" with some introspection…
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Episode 3: How My Dream Guy Criteria Changed and Dawson’s Creek
The tea is pretty hot for this episode: one of the most frequently asked questions I get asked is what is "What are you looking for in a guy?" but today's episode answers a slight spin on that with me answering how what I'm looking for now, compared to what I looked for in my 20's. I'm taking you...
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Episode 2: Selling Sunset and Tips for Surviving Bridal and Baby Showers as an Introvert
Surprise: your fun single friend doesn't have nearly as much fun at showers. As someone who has hosted 10+ bridal/baby showers and attended 20+, I have some thoughts about how to navigate these mass gatherings of women, especially as an introvert that hates small talk. Listen for my tips &...
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Episode 1: Traveling Solo Tips and Seeing BTS Permission to Dance Tour in Las Vegas
Traveling solo isn't scary: It's actually really fun when you know what you're doing and for bachelorette millennials, can be a great opportunity to recharge. I talk about my experience, what to avoid, the mistakes I made, and things I learned like be sure to share your itinerary with your bestie...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every girl's friendships, relationships, and single life have a love/hate connection. This podcast will answer your questions about whether or not what you're going through is shared by others, and give you practical tips. Listen in as Courtney Chow, a fellow single elder millennial, shares advice and stories about discovering how fun the bachelorette life is after her tumultuous 20s, for millennials who wish their married friends understood them better, feel insecure about their current relationships, or simply want to have a little fun.
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Every girl's friendships, relationships, and single life have a love/hate connection. This podcast will answer your questions about whether or not what you're going through is shared by others, and give you practical tips. Listen in as Courtney Chow, a fellow single elder millennial, shares advice...
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Now Calling Courtney is created and hosted by Courtney Chow.
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