The Girl Next Door Podcast

We continue our Good Neighbor series talking about how we connect with neighbors and build community. We share what life is like in Gilbert, AZ, how well we know our neighbors, and how politics intersects with being neighborly.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we share times we've had conversations with neighbors across a political divide.See full show notes on our website: Won't You Be My Neighbor?Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate America's 250th birthday this summer, we're kicking off a three-part Good Neighbor series. Today we chat about raising good neighbors: how we talk to our kids about current events, protecting our own peace, and the important work of making home a haven.In our extended episode just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we share the times when we've encountered very bad neighbor behavior and how we handled it. Explicit content warning!See full show notes on our website: Raising Good NeighborsConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're two midlife ladies and we want to tell you all about it! We chat about hair and skin, wardrobes, hobbies, health, relationships, and more. Plus what we give no Fs about anymore. It's like a pleasantly scented bowl of midlife lady wood chips and dried flower buds.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing the surprising signs of middle age that we've noticed.See full show notes on our website: Midlife Lady PotpourriConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you need some cleaning motivation, this episode will get you going! We share our favorite cleaning products, our cleaning routines, and some satisfying and quick deep-cleans.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we both share the most disgusting places in our homes. One of us hope the shame of sharing will motivate her to finally address the issue.See full show notes on our website: Clean With Us!Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon,Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We love a deep dive chat about everyday topics and today we're talking about routines! We chat morning, evening, and kid routines. Plus routines around those always cycling things: laundry and food.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're chatting about weird routines and the routines we have around our monthly in-person book club.See show notes on our website: Everyday RoutinesConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your favorite Not Fun Moms are back to design another summer with you! We chat about summer hopes and plans, what our kids will be up to, and how we'll beat the heat. Plus we chat about summer wardrobes.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're talking about what we're dreading the most about summer.See show notes on our website: Designing Our SummersConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, how's it going parenting four tweens and teens between us? We'll tell you! From what's lovely about teens to living with teenage roommates and the shifts we're making in our parenting. Plus the lessons we want them to learn before leaving the house.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we hear from the tweens and teens themselves! They share what they're into lately and give their reviews of our parenting lately.See full show notes on our website: Parenting TeensConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From our family table to yours, we have an honest episode about that ever-important and burdensome daily meal: damn dinner!We chat about the state of dinner in our households and what we're actually feeding out families. We dissect what makes dinner so damn hard and share some little actions we can take to make dinner better.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing our recent dinner wins and fails.See full show notes on our website: Damn DinnerConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate our anniversaries, we're talking about tending to our marriages. We chat about how we're finding time together with our husbands in this season and what we like to do on dates. We also chat about the hobbies we share and might like to get into.As a treat for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we are bringing you the Husbands Next Door! One of them described our marriage as a borg. The other made inappropriate comments that had to be edited out. See? This is why we don't invite them on very often. ;)See full show notes on our website: Marriage TendingConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!Read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for our Spring Bookshelf episode. We check in on our reading lives and Erica's daily nonfic reading. We share what we've read, are reading, and what's on deck. Plus, what our kids are reading.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're diving into how we're managing our book queues, troubleshooting Kelsey's challenges in this area, and we have some real talk about Goodreads (side-eye).See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.comConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sports moms, this one is for you! We chat about our experience parenting our kids through sports so far: what sports they've tried and what they're doing now. Then we compare notes and share our best tips for different challenges that come up with kid sports, and what we love about watching our kids in sports. And, we talk about how to gear up to be your best sports mom self!Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we share our sports mom personas and have some real talk about where we think kids sports has lost the plot.See full show notes on our website: How To Sports MomConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spring has arrived in the desert and we made an episode to celebrate! We chat about what spring is like here and how it always catches us by surprise, reminisce about new motherhood memories, and motivate ourselves for some disgusting spring cleaning.Just for Friends of the Show, we have a spring Would You Rather quiz that gets predictably ridiculous.See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.comConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We thought it was time for a real-time life update and hope this episode feels like a coffee date with friends. We touch on parenting, work, homeschool, the state of the world, and how we're making time for what matters to us.Just for Friends of the Show, we'll be telling you all about our recent three-night podcast retreat! From what we did and ate to a cheese emergency and our favorite Winter Olympic event. Plus, we'll share some of the planned episodes we're really excited for this year.See full show notes on our website: Life LatelyBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on a musical adventure as we explore the soundtracks of our lives thus far: from our childhoods through angsty teen years, falling in love with our spouses, and becoming parents.Just for Friends of the Show, there was one song on both of our discographies that was so impactful we need to do a deep dive with you, and maybe sing along together too. Of course we are talking about Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio. Elder Millennials, you know what we're talking about.Listen to the companion Spotify playlist! Erica & Kelsey's Personal DiscographiesSee full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.comBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have a lot to stay about listening to music. From our different experiences growing up with music to how we listen today and how musical we are (or aren't). Plus we meander through musical gate-keeping and the joy of vibe playlist.Friends of the Show can listen to us chat about how our kids are listening to music. Spicy opinions ahead!See full show notes on our website: Listening to MusicBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XOXO this episode is all about love! We chat about celebrating Valentine's Day (or not) and how we show our loved ones we care including our husbands, kids, and friends. Plus, what's romantic at this stage of life.Friends of the Show can listen to our extended episode in which Kelsey shares something romantic that went very wrong and Erica shares a few specific turn offs.See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.comBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are waving our organizing S.O.S. flags. Join us as we spill all the messy details and help each other brainstorm solutions. We hope we normalize the home disorganization that we can all find ourselves in while also giving you some organizing encouragement!In an extended episode just for Friends of the Show, we're each telling you about a home organizing solution that is working really well in our homes.See full show notes on our website: Organizing S.O.S.Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're bringing new year energy to this episode all about our intentions and goals for 2026. We both share our word for the year and the goals we have for ourselves. Plus, we record messages for our future selves.Friends of the Show can listen to an extended version of this episode in which we each share a secret goal for the year. Shhhhh!See full show notes on our website: 2026 IntentionsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and listen to extended versions of the show.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laugh along as we air our 10 latest grievances and make space fresh new year energy. We'll be back in two weeks with our 2026 intentions episode!Just for Friends of the Show, and new this year!, listen to an extended version of the episode in which we share what grievances we are guilty of committing (as accused by our family).See full show notes on our website: Annual Airing of the GrievancesBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're closing out the year with our annual reflections including what made us laugh, cry, curse, and think. Plus we share how our intentions served us this year and reveal our ta-da! lists.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing what we're leaving behind in 2025.See full show notes on our website: 2025 ReflectionsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like a bowl of chocolate-covered nuts on a festive spread, we hope this episode will be a tasty holiday treat! We share tips for handling the seasonal chaos, and then we dive into the real nuts, from peanuts to cashews and the queen of nuts herself. Along the way we unapologetically share our very strong opinions and find ourselves debating the merits of being "naked and salty." Cheers!For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing our opinions on the polarizing cousin of the nut: the raisin!See full show notes on our website: This Is Nuts!Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're feeling the warm and fuzzies for our parents (hi, Mom and Dad!) and sharing the things we're grateful that they taught us, from the little things to the big. Plus how we're carrying those things forward in our own families.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing something we definitely learned about what not to do by watching our parents.See full show notes on our website: 10 Things We Learned From Our ParentsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a lot of heart, today we're chatting about how grateful we are for each other and our friendship. We recount how we met as next door neighbors, became podcast co-hosts, and over the years have grown into the dearest of friends. We also share what we've learned from one another and the ways we make each other better people. We immediately shared a big hug after recording this.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing what's surprised us the most about the other person or our friendship.We are thankful for all of our listeners near and far, and happy Thanksgiving this week to our American listeners!See full show notes on our website: We're Thankful for UsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gifting has lost the plot a little bit lately. Instead of feeling generous and joyful, gifting during the holidays can feel like a chore. We're exploring what's changed and how we can gift better. Plus, how to make managing wish lists less onerous and a few little luxuries we're recommending.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we each share something we're doing differently when it comes to gift-giving this year.See full show notes on our website: Gifting BetterBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grab a snack because this episode will make you hungry.We're leaning into cozy season with a conversation all about comfort food. We share the comfort foods from our childhoods, the new ones we've found in adulthood, and what comfort foods we're creating for our kids. Plus, what we crave when we're sick.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing the specific comfort foods we crave when we're blissfully alone.See full show notes on our website: Comfort FoodBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In honor of spooky season, we're revealing – and laughing over – our minor fears. Find out why you too should be terrified of: arts and craft, a trip to the zoo, sending a friendly text, and more.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a time we had to overcome a fear.Also for Friends of the Show, mark your calendars for Sunday, November 16 at 9 am Pacific / 12 pm Eastern for our live Holiday Hangout! These are casual and fun conversations chatting about our holiday plans, stresses, gift ideas, and more! Become a Friend of the Show for just $5/month and get access to all our bonus content and past live hangouts!See full show notes on our website: Minor FearsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a tender episode today talking about death. We share our experiences with death thus far, and how we are thinking about that inevitability for loved ones and more generally. We also share the songs and writing about death that have moved us.Thanks for being here with us, and we're so glad to be with you.Just for Friends of the Show, we're each sharing our current thoughts on how we hope to be remembered one day when we leave this life.See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About DeathConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready for creepy, cozy reading season? You know we are! On this bookish episode, we share our current reads and TBRs. Plus what our kids are reading, what else we're listening to, and our recent memorable reading moments.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a recent book or two that disappointed us! We don't like to bash books publicly, but every reader knows that you need to vent to fellow readers from time to time.Happy reading!See full show notes on our website: Fall BookshelfBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friends, it's Fall Extravaganza!! This year, we have an apple theme and take it way too far. (Would you expect anything less?) On our apple romp we get judgy but also informative, try apple recipes, and declare apple approves and abominations. Plus, we sniff sophisticated apple candles and take an apple-themed "would you rather?" quiz. Detours include witchy book club, jeans shopping, and Midwestern sayings.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing what we are not looking forward to this fall.See full show notes on our website: Fall Extravaganza & Apple AbominationsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hop on in, we're going for a drive! We compare notes on learning how to drive, and make pit stops for our driving personalities, car essentials, and the joy of driving. Plus, Kelsey's driving quirk and what Erica can't stand in the car.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're chatting about how we're thinking about teaching our own kids to drive (gulp!). And would love your advice!Happy (safe) driving, friends!See full show notes on our website: DrivingBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for a conversation full of fall leaves, cozy libraries, and tradition. Erica interviews Kelsey about her time at Yale as a graduate student! Erica asks all of her burning questions, and Kelsey invites you to stroll down Ivy League memory lane with her.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, Kelsey is telling us what she would do differently if she were going to relive her time at Yale.See full show notes on our website: Kelsey at YaleBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Happy back to school season! With three middle-schoolers between us, we're diving into those beautifully awkward, formative years. We'll share stories from our own middle school days and talk honestly about parenting tweens today: the wins, the struggles, and all the messy moments in between.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing our most embarrassing middle school memories.See full show notes on our website: Back to (Middle) SchoolConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're parenting in public, or at least talking about it. We discuss why it makes us a little sweaty, the worse public parenting situations we've been in, and our best advice.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing the parenting things we only do at home and never in public. Join us there for our answers plus all of our bonus content including full-length bonus episodes!See full show notes on our website: Parenting in PublicBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get your checklist ready, let's get stuff done! We share our strategies for being productive, calendaring, and to-do lists. Plus, how we motivate ourselves when we really don't want to do anything.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing what stuff we're not getting done.See full show notes on our website: How We Get Stuff DoneBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're catching up on how our summers went—as friends do! We share highs and lows and discuss how our summer plans actually played out.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing what didn't go so well this summer.See full show notes on our website: How Was Your Summer?Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're sharing what money management looks like in our houses and in our marriages. We talk about the roles we and our husbands take when it comes to finances, the disagreements we've navigated with our spouses, and what we've learned along the way. Plus, how we're teaching our kids about money.With Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a financial conversation that we had in our marriages that made a big impact.See full show notes on our website: Family Money ManagementBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's on your bucket list? Join us as we share ours including what we want to accomplish, where we want to travel, and what's on our family bucket lists.Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're both sharing some more personal bucket list items.See full show notes on our website: Bucket ListsConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.What does summer what does summer look, smell, feel, taste, and sound like to you? That's what we're chatting about on the show today. From grilled hot dogs to legs sticking to hot vinyl car seats, we describe unique portraits of summer in our childhoods and in parenthood.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're talking about the sense sensations we wish we could forget about summer.See full show notes on our website: Summer Five Senses PortraitConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate America's 247th birthday on July 4th, we're exploring what patriotism means to us and reflecting on how it's expressed today. We also share what makes us proud to be American, and where we see room for growth as a nation.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing how we feel about patriotic symbolism like flying the flag and singing the national anthem before sporting events.See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About PatriotismBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moms, pack your swimsuit and emotional baggage, we're going on vacation!We explore the experience of being a mom on vacation and how to make the best of it, from planning, to family time, and doing what we love too.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we share what we think our kids will remember about us on vacation, the good and the bad!See full show notes on our website: How To Vacation MomConnect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, Erica shares her experience growing up in the Evangelical Christian church. She reflects on both the meaningful aspects that she still values today, and what she finds problematic. Erica opens up about how her faith has evolved and what she now seeks in a church community.Thanks so much for listening with an open heart.See full show notes on our website: Erica's Evangelical UpbringingBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Your reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected], read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As ladies in our 40s, we've got perimenopause on our minds – let's chat about it! We share where we are personally in this journey, what our interaction with providers has been like , and how we'd like to see the conversation around perimenopause change.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we have a companion bonus book club episode for you! We are discussing The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver. In the episode we dive even deeper into the changes that menopause brings and how we can navigate it as comfortably and gracefully as possible.See full show notes on our website: Fun With Perimenopause!Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's design our summers! We're chatting about how we plan a summer with kids and get into topics like snacks, chores, screen time, and–oh yeah!–summer fun!For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're both sharing how we design great summers for ourselves as well (not just our kids!).See full show notes on our website: Designing Our SummersBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**Whoops, we scheduled this episode to come out a day early so it's our little Tuesday gift to you!**In honor of both of our wedding anniversaries this month, we're bringing back a favorite relationship topic: best spouse/worst spouse!In the spirit of loving honesty, and with full acknowledgement that we actually think our husbands are the best, we share the traits that make our husbands, and ourselves, the best and worst spouses.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we'd love to hear and chat about how you are the best and worst spouse/partner/or friend.See full show notes on our website: Best Spouse/Worst Spouse AgainBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We invite you to join us with an open heart as we discuss abortion. While we're not experts, we hope to model how we can have nuanced and meaningful conversations even on divisive topics.Thank you so much for listening and being in conversation with us.See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About AbortionBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for another bookish episode! We check in on our reading lives, chat about what we're reading lately, and what we're looking forward to reading. Plus we share what our kids are reading lately. We mention what else we're listening to (besides audiobooks) and our recent memorable reading moment.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing our favorite reading and bookish accessories Plus, get bonus book club episodes this year as a Friend of the Show! We'll be reading and discussing The New Menopause and The Frozen River.See full show notes on our website: Spring BookshelfBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you!And, read Kelsey's RISING*SHINING blog and Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're sharing the 10 best pieces of advice that we've heard. They touch on parenting, trusting yourself, personal finances, time management, navigating hard times, and more.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing the worst advice we've ever heard – we'd love to know if you agree!See full show notes on our website: Best Advice We've HeardBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes a little change makes all the difference. Today we're sharing 10 little changes we've made that have made our lives better.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a nagging annoyance in our lives and we're asking for your ideas for little changes that might make them better.See full show notes on our website: Little Changes, Big DifferenceBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] Kelsey's blog and SubstackYour reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an honest chat about what's going well, and not so well, with organization in our homes and lives. Plus we brave our kids' rooms to see what they look–and smell–like.For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a small organizing win that has a big impact.See full show notes on our website: Organizing Wins & FailsBecome a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected]'s RISING*SHINING blog and SubstackYour reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're bringing the new year energy to our annual show about our intentions, goals, and plans for the year ahead. We each share our word for the year, what big things are coming up for us this year, and, as always, leave messages for our future selves.See full show notes on our website: Our Intentions for 2025Become a Friend of the Show! Join our Patreon community and get bonus content.Get more content from Kelsey on her RISING*SHINING blog + podcast and Substack.Connect with us on Instagram: @higirlsnextdoorWe love to get your emails: [email protected] reviews on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen really help the show – thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.