Charlotte has got an exciting trip coming up and Helli had a much less exciting weekend involving a blown tyre and flagging down cars on the side of the road. We're lamenting the clothing sizing issue that women face, especially when shopping for jeans and have a surprisingly long sports chat (unexpected, we know). We're chatting about how we often feel like we should wait for the "perfect time" to do things and the problems that causes. How do we know when to just start and how do we find the c...
Jun 04, 2025•35 min
We all know what we *should* be doing to recover from burnout, but how to do manage that when you're already in the process of burning out? Plus we've got an interesting chat about privacy - is it the ultimate luxury and how do we protect it? For more content, including bonus episodes, become a paid member of our substack right here. Here is your 30 day burnout recovery guide, courtesy of chatGPT: https://open.substack.com/pub/growthinprogresspodcast/p/i-asked-chatgpt-for-a-30-day-burnout?r=51hw...
May 28, 2025•36 min
It's picky tea season in the UK but there's a rogue revelation that someone doesn't like picky tea... Helli has only just discovered a British staple podcast and Charlotte is repeating last week's recommendation... we're here for the chaos! We're also chatting about why sharing our ambitions outloud feels so exposing, particularly as women and the tension between going after what you want but not being "too" ambitious and not wanting to be seen to fail. For more content, including bonus episodes...
May 21, 2025•37 min
Boyzone, cosy murder-mysteries, and all the regular chaos you've come to expect from us this week, plus we discuss whether we even enjoy half the things we do, or are we just good at them? For more content, including bonus episodes, become a paid member of our substack right here. Want a taste? Here's the bonus episode from March where we're talking about Gwen Stefani, her right wing values and the discourse around that. Recommendations Boyzone Documentary on Now TV The Word Is Murder by Anthony...
May 14, 2025•28 min
We're mixing heavy recommendations with a sprinkle of lighter ones this week, and we're chatting all about Soft Life... The Soft Life Aesthetic is supposed to be the antidote to Hustle Culture, the idea is to have more self-compassion, more intentionality, slow mornings and effortless routines. But the very nature of this curated trend means there is a lot of hypocrisy and privilege in what the soft life aesthetic stands for and the nature of creating content online means it is far from effortle...
May 07, 2025•33 min
You know when you're about to make the big scary decision, and you know it's the right one and that you're being brave and courageous, but it feels the total opposite? Well that's what we're discussing this week. People are always quick to tell you to make the brace decision but fail to mention that when you're making the decision it can feel pretty terrifying. We're looking into why that is, how to overcome it and how you can take comfort in knowing that you have great things waiting for you on...
Apr 30, 2025•31 min
After we've both had wholesome Easter bank holiday weekends, of course we're back with chaos! And this week we're talking about how real self care is not sexy, content-worthy or "aesthetic" like the wellness and self-care we're sold online. Instead self-care is boring, it's effective, it's preventative. But the online aesthetic over-complicates it and creates the pressure to do it "right", rather than doing it genuinely for you. The self-care we're sold online is very privileged and assumes that...
Apr 23, 2025•27 min
Helli is back from a Bahamas cruise and Charlotte has booked a trip to Antibes so it's safe to say we're both ready for summer! But before then, we're chatting about how to embrace cringe. You need to embrace cringe and be seen trying (and possibly failing) to reach success and the things you want, but so often the fear of failing or looking stupid or feeling embarrassed is a barrier that stops us persisting and going after what we really want. For more content, including bonus episodes, become ...
Apr 17, 2025•33 min
This week we're taking about the seemingly insignficant moments that end up being key in your life's trajectory and what could have happened if things were ever so slightly different. We're both utterly obsessed with the idea of "sliding doors" moments (no, not that dodgy Gwenyth film from the 00's) and how things could have been, or maybe never would have been, different if things had panned out in slightly different ways. For more content, including bonus episodes, become a paid member of our ...
Apr 09, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Seriously, asking for a friend, because we constantly tell each other to "trust the process" but when you're going through that process it can be frustrating, infuriating, anxiety-inducing and just generally not all that enjoyable. Yes, that's where e grow. Yes, it's good to be uncomfortable sometimes. And OF COURSE we know we can't just expect success and everything we want overnight, but that isn't to say it isn't sometimes kinda lonely. We're sharing how we navigate these in-between phases, t...
Apr 02, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Helli has moved house (and apologies for her echoey muffled audio, studio space has not been figured out yet!) and Charlotte is back from Stockholm and the joys of the ABBA museum. This week we're chatting about all the things we feel like we're getting wrong, we're told to eat local but also get eat diverse. Avoid Amazon but don't overshop if you shop secondhard, reduce screentime but also stay informed. We’re constantly told what to do, what’s right, what’s wrong, what you should do more of or...
Mar 19, 2025•29 min
Most of us complain about getting older but between the two of us, we so often talk about how ageing is the ultimate privilege. That's not to say ageing is easy and it certainly comes with its challenges, but ageing is a privilege that not everyone gets to experience and we live in a society, particularly as women, where we're sold anti-wrinkle creams, wellness is commercialised and we praise people who look younger than their years. So why are we all striving for longevity, but we're all still ...
Mar 12, 2025•31 min
Oh we're getting deep into it this week discussing success, is there such a thing as *too much* success and is it greedy to ask for more when you already have so much? We live in an always-on society where striving for more seems to be the default. Where we always want to seek more the next big thing, but in doing so, are we being a bit greedy? Should we just be happy with what we have? Did someone say Substack? Click here to subscribe to our ✨brand new✨ Substack (we’ve got a free and a paid ver...
Mar 05, 2025•31 min
Charlotte has a new heated blanket and is getting ready to go to Stockholm, Helli is in the depths of house hunting and apologies for her muffled audio, her mic plug broke right before recording... We've got a juicy chat at the start of the episode about the dangers of what you share about your life online and how trends are mimicking history and the problems with idolising a part of history that you weren't part of. And of course we recognise the irony of our topic this week... but as two human...
Feb 26, 2025•38 min
Helli's been ill for the third time this year (thanks, 2025) and Charlotte has thrown her back out, BUT we're here! This week we're wondering, why are we obsessed with labelling people are role models and policing how people behave because we think they're a role model? Really, anyone can be a role model online these days, so is being a role model even an accolade anymore? Or are we holding people to an impossible standard? Did someone say Substack? Click here to subscribe to our ✨brand new✨ Sub...
Feb 19, 2025•35 min
No. Stones. Left unturned. In this episode we have not one, but two honeymoon recaps, a first glance at the reading lists we managed to get through on said honeymoons, a must-read Substack (that isn’t our own) and a documentary we can’t stop thinking about. And then we’re asking the big question of WHY are the bad things so noisy while the good things happen so quietly? Is it actually a bad thing that we give more air time to the bad? Or is there already enough negativity out there? Did someone ...
Feb 12, 2025•35 min
Helli is a sickly Victorian child this week and Charlotte has her life together with new nails. Prepare yourself for a very in depth chat about Charlotte's stringent Goodreads rating process and Helli's meta take on reviewing books throughout life. It's February, maybe you're struggling with your New Year goals or maybe you never made any, either way we feel like setting some creative goals rather than metrics-based goals is a great way to find more joy and authenticity in your life and to redef...
Feb 05, 2025•31 min
Charlotte reveals which celebrities she gets mixed up and we're both surprised to learn how literal the direct translation of the names are in Lion King... Plus who is the internet obsessed with right now. So all this feels very fitting that we're talking about brain rot content. Oxford English Dictionary named "brain rot" their word of the year for 2024, but what does it mean? What is brain rot content? How do we classify it and is it different for everyone? Is it fundamentally bad? And how muc...
Jan 29, 2025•35 min
A discussion about ice hockey was not on our 2025 podcast bingo card, but we like to keep you (and ourselves) guessing! This week we're chatting about the phrase "you're not like other girls". This phrase feels like it was normalised in 90s rom-coms and was always the "ultimate compliment" from a guy. We both get a big ick from this phrase for many reasons, why shouldn't we be like other girls? and how does this backhanded compliment double as a patriarchal means of controlling women? Also, why ...
Jan 22, 2025•28 min
We’re back and boy are we feeling REFRESHED. It could be the 5 weeks off, it could be that crisp New Year feeling or it could be our brand new look, music and Substack (!). Whatever combination it is, we’re thrilled to be back bringing you more unfiltered, honest conversations about society, culture and early adulthood. It’s no secret we love a to do list, but this year we’re looking at our “To NOT Do List”. The behaviours we want to change, the little things we want to stop doing and what we’re...
Jan 15, 2025•32 min
We missed last week's episode which just tells you how chaotic this last month has been with Black Friday, wedding planning, travelling to Christmas Markets and Christmas prep. BUT we are back with our end of year wrap up and how we're feeling about goals and intentions for going into 2025. If you're not feeling sure about your goals or how you feel about going into the New Year, you're not alone! You can join our FREE quarterly newsletter here - https://growth-in-progress-podcast.ck.page/a9c9d0...
Dec 11, 2024•34 min
Charlotte has no hot water, Helli has injured her neck, it's been a week of annoyances, made more stressful as we approach the busy end of the year. If the end of the year is starting to feel hectic and like you're in a hamster wheel, you're not alone! It's easy to feel busy and stressed at this time of year but how do we maintain motivation and momentum? How do we get unstuck from the hamster wheel and find perspective and purpose? You can join our FREE quarterly newsletter here - https://growt...
Nov 26, 2024•36 min
Anyone else feeling Christmassy early this year? We're chatting birthday parties, netball, rubbish Christmas movies and how we're feeling in the run up to December as well as two new recommendations this week. We've all heard of overthinking and know what it is and the self-doubt and feelings of comparison that come with it, but what about the wider impact on your overall happiness and enjoyment of the moment? Does overthinking how you appear to others take away your authenticity? In a world whe...
Nov 20, 2024•32 min
It's the Paris debrief! We're catching up after just getting back from Charlotte's hen do in Paris - Moulin Rouge, friendship bracelets, Eiffel Tower, Dior Gallery, tune in for all the fun, girly weekend vibes! Of course we're also back with two new recommendations and a conversation about having difficult converstions - how do we have them? what's the right way to have them? When are they useful and when are they just not worth it? You can join our FREE quarterly newsletter here - https://growt...
Nov 13, 2024•37 min
What’s the difference between being selfish and simply focusing on yourself and your own goals? And why does prioritising yourself often get branded as being selfish, or at least feel like you’re being selfish? Well that’s what we’re trying to get to the bottom of in this weeks episode. We’ve also got two brand new recommendations and some very out-of-character updates. Did someone say heavy metal concerts and Hyrox? You can join our FREE quarterly newsletter here - https://growth-in-progress-po...
Nov 08, 2024•31 min
The irony of this week's topic isn't wasted on anyone, trust us. Between Helli spending just 4 days of October in the country and Charlotte being knee-deep in everything wedding (yes, she knows this is at risk of becoming her entire personality), we have not been slowing down. After a couple of recommendations and catching up on life lately, we're discussing why sometimes slowing down is the best way to actually achieve your goals faster and in a more efficient way. You can join our FREE quarter...
Oct 30, 2024•Season 1Ep. 224
Helli is back from Scotland and Charlotte has officially given notice! We have a chat about True Crime and whether the genre as a form of entertainment has crossed a line into excessive depictions of abuse and violence to serve a fascination with the perverse, rather than as a deterrent for behaviour like this. This week we're chatting about the topic of urgency culture, we are so used to having everything we need at our fingertips from Amazon Prime delivery to Uber Eats and multiple streaming s...
Oct 23, 2024•30 min
Anyone else still totally obsessed with Adam Brody? We're guilty as charged! This week we're getting into why actually, *everybody* wants "Nobody Wants This", the book everyone needs to read this autumn and why we all need to lean into trusting our gut feelings a bit more. Why are we so bad at trusting our guts? Is it because we're women and we're told it's silly? Is it because we're always looking for solid evidence before we make a decision? We're not sure, but what we do know is over the past...
Oct 16, 2024•35 min
We're very much a work-in-progress when it comes to stopping people pleasing, but that's why we want to talk about it. People pleasing can manifest itself in so many ways from always saying "yes" to constantly apologising to compromising our boundaries or offering to do something or taking the fall for something to keep the peace. Is it because we as women were rewarded for people pleasing tendencies early in our career? But it's not sustainable, it creates resentment and how do you even know if...
Oct 09, 2024•28 min
It's Helli's first autumn in the UK in 5 years and we're ready to get cosy for the season! We're chatting autumn vibes, cosy candles, knitwear and evenings in front of the fire. We always love to chat about how we're slowing down for the season each year but this year we're jumping on the Dopamine Menu trend - our list of seasonal activities which are enjoyable, cosy, healthy and give us that dopamine hit we're all looking for. You can support us on Patreon and get access to exclusive content (i...
Sep 18, 2024•37 min
