Back to our regularly scheduled programming, we're shining a light on the harsh critic that is our inner voice. We unpack why our brains default to being the party pooper and how to shut them down without turning into a toxic positivity robot. There's other stuff too. It's giving full Moming-in-Summer chaos.

It was bound to happen... We accidentally made an episode about our current political climate. What started as between-episode chit-chat became, well, this. No sugar coating this one.

Content warnings: pregnancy loss, medical trauma/death, pregnancy/infant health risks, legal & ethical issues, social & political debate, racial justice context, emotional distress, abuse, mental health

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart:

www.adfontesmedia.com

Northwest Immigration Rights Project:

https://www.nwirp.org/

Refugee Women's Alliance:

https://www.rewa.org/

Fix Democracy First:

https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/

American Civil Liberties Union:

https://www.aclu.org/

Adriana Smith GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-adrianas-family-during-this-heartbreaking-journey

We had more to say (surprise) about adult friendships. We're flipping the script from our last #kthottake to celebrate the beauty of the complexity of adult friendships: more opportunities to be seen and understood, fewer friendships out of obligation, and our personal favorite- the ability to simultaneously support one another and have the time of your life doing it. Oh, there's also some Liver King, Bob Ross, and a handful of other topics that have no business being part of this episode.

What started as a brief Father's Day shout-out for use as an episode intro turned into... well... its own whole-ass episode. There are Fathers- our own fathers, the fathers that father our children, some other fathers (or at least people who may be fathers?), and also not at all fathers. It's relationships, it's childhood, it's our meet-cutes with our husbands... It's all of the things, it's none of the things. You know the drill.

Y'all, it's our tenth episode! Ten very public displays of the things that make us tick, ten hours of subjecting you to topic-pinball, ten opportunities to validate your own experiences and feel a little less alone. So now, ten impromptu questions (not secrets, really) that get to the heart of who we are. We laugh, we cry, we say some weird shit... and we love that you're here for it. Strap in!

This #kthottake is brought to you by the struggles of navigating adult friendships. We’re unpacking the emotional clutter that comes with opening your circle to new friends (or not), setting boundaries, and figuring out who actually deserves your energy. From forced mom-friendships to trusting your gut, we’re diving into what it means to expand and contract without losing yourself. As usual, we have opinions.

A little behind-the-scenes to wet your whistle, then a love letter to the quiet heroes who show up with kindness when it counts. We're getting personal about how having even one person believe in you is the survival secret sauce in this chaotic life. Right words + right time = everything. Let's reframe failure as a plot twist, not the end of the story.

We're diving into one of our favorite spicy topics: being agreeable vs. being authentic. This one's for the people pleasers and the people who've been steamrolled by one. From fake-nice trauma to boundary-setting breakthroughs, we’re getting real about the cost of keeping the peace. Just some hard-earned wisdom from two recovering “nice girls” on a healing journey.