All Episodes

Episode 71: Planning ahead

Episode 70: Where's the Gray Mafia?

Episode 69: Navigating college when the fog gets thick

Episode 68: Keeping up with culture

Episode 67: Healthy aging takes guts. Literally.

Episode 66: What is Meta for?

A collective exhale

Republicans like Bryan McGrath are sick of this crap, too.

How broken are we?

Caring for parents in Tokyo means bridging a huge cultural gulf.

Reunions = high school + time

Balancing the opportunities of a new life amid the chaos of your old one.

He thinks, she thinks

How to start HRT for menopause (even in Florida)

Are you happy now?

At least there was a bus.

How's it hanging?

Sarah Lyman Kravits adapted to a decade of grief by yielding to its unpredictability

Episode 53: As we live more with our finality, celebrity deaths hit different

Episode 52: Carolyn Sklar couldn't find a children's book about mastectomies, so she wrote one.

Episode 51: Have you ever felt guilty about bringing kids into this mess?

Episode 50: Catherine Connors is grieving everything everywhere all at once.

Episode 49: Can boys express emotion in a culture that doesn't want to hear it?

Episode 48: Eliza & Jeff moved north after Florida started messing with their kids.

Episode 47: Helping our kids and parents know when to stand up for themselves.

Episode 46: Shannon Reed became an overnight success after just 30 years.

Episode 45: "The four horsemen of the Fiftypocalypse."

Episode 44: "My body is doing a damn good job of keeping me alive."

Episode 43: "If you choose yourself, you have a future."

Episode 42: "I was wondering how deep we were gonna go."

Episode 41: "It was all snakes and lions and blood and daggers."

Episode 40: "A big phase of disequilibrium."

Episode 39: "As much as I ran from my childhood, there gets to be another chapter."

Episode 38: "It's just a man, a cat, and two guest bedrooms."

Episode 37: "While I still can, my answer is always Yes."

Episode 36: "I wanted to defend the votes of my neighbors."

Episode 35: "Where’s the line about how much you give to your family?"

Episode 34: "How not to die alone."

Episode 33: "We don‘t arrive at 50 on Plan A."

Episode 32: "FAFSA's 1.8 billion mistakes"

Episode 31: "I look forward to yelling at my grandchildren to hand me my hip."

Episode 30: "Nobody can want what you want them to want."

Episode 29: "We'll remember the ones we've lost, but we're forging new ground."

Episode 28: "When we get married, we often don't have an agreement on what love is."

Episode 27: "I go and I run through the woods for ridiculous amounts of time."

Episode 26: "Our education in menopause is still very fear-based."

Episode 25: "I need to be more than just the guy who glided through."

Bonus Episode! "Light a candle, drink something, and you're done."

Episode 24: "Getting a new business card is not a career change."

Episode 23: "There was always a moment in every interview when my jaw dropped."

Episode 22: "I'm never going to do that again, where I don't say exactly what I mean."

Episode 21: "The things that are most important are the things that get broken."

Episode 20: "I knew I was very much falling head over heels there."

Episode 19: "When it all comes together, it is beyond exhilarating."

Episode 18: "Trust you'll handle the tough stuff, and look forward to the good stuff."

Monday Check-In: "I woke up this morning and just ... couldn't."

Episode 17: "If you hate someone, you don't hate just one group."

Monday Check-In: "Please don't eat my death apples."

Episode 16: "Writing is a usually terrible moment of joy."

Monday Check-In: "Two dollars' worth of old-timey medicine."

Episode 15: "I remember going to the newsroom, and it was complete chaos."

Monday Check-In: "OFIM"

Episode 14: "Am I being extra stupid right now?"

Monday Check-In: "Sometimes, it's just chaos."

Monday Check-In: "Crowds, heat, and enforced whimsicality."

Episode 13: “It's hard to lie to the person who taught you not to lie.”

Monday Check-In: "I have a confession ..."

Episode 12: "What can faith look like that is both relevant and progressive?"

Welcome to the Monday Check-In!

Episode 11: "Wisdom is knowing how much you don't know."

Episode 10: "There is agency in all the moments."

Episode 9: "I don't know what my brain's going to do."

Episode 8: "No one prepares you for this level of ... intimacy?"

Episode 7: "Hit the pause button on the Shoulds."

Episode 6: "There is no 'being' a grownup. There is only growing up."

Episode 5: "Children might not have a vote, but they do have a voice."

Episode 4: "Investment banks with a small school attached"

Episode 3: "I have to find compassion in order to do this job."

Episode 2: “Parenting is the most triggering work you can do.”

Episode 1: Why isn't there any There here?