Ep 175: In our catch up segment, we bond over shared crazy schedules. Ceara is in the final preparation stage for her upcoming wedding (this Sunday May 26th!) in Charleston. She just got back from a work trip with Visit California, so we get to hear a little about some of the experiences like visiting the Winchester Mystery House and hanging out at a llama farm. Allison is in the process of closing down her current Airbnb and moving out of her apartment. She also shares a personal relationship u...
May 24, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 175
Ep 174: This episode is part 2 of a mini-series with Faith Mabry. She is the owner of second-hand designer + vintage store Revive in Haarlem, The Netherlands! Allison and Faith originally connected over their mutual love for second-hand fashion and both own second-hand stores, and we’re lucky to have Faith on this week to share her expertise with entrepreneurship, circular fashion, marketing, running a business abroad, mental health while working for yourself and more! Faith's shop, Revive, is a...
May 17, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 174
Ep 173: Allison interviews her friend Faith Mabry who she met on a trip to The Netherlands last fall. The two crossed paths at Faith’s second-hand designer store and immediately hit it off. They ended up going to dinner the next night and Allison stayed at Faith’s for a week in her spare bedroom. We’ve been getting a lot of questions about moving abroad, making friends in a new city and how to take the leap so we thought it would be perfect to have Faith come on the show as she has been living a...
May 10, 2024•51 min•Ep. 173
Ep 172: The girls are back this week with a new episode format called “Opinionated AF”, where Allison and Ceara give their opinions on the internets’ opinions. Some internet drama and opinions they cover: the importance of asking for small favors and relying on community women are single but choice but men aren’t a falling out between friends over a hand chain bracelet and the importance of communication in friendship Allison and Ceara also catch up on Ceara reconstructing her mom’s wedding dres...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 172
Ep 171: It’s the last Friday of the month, so you know what that means - a new WWYBD?! episode, where we answer listener submitted questions. Listeners can submit questions any time via our website, and then we pull questions to fit a specific theme. The girls give a proper catch up. Allison shares surprising (or is it not surprising at all?) updates about her extended time in Colombia! Ceara is planning her upcoming trip to New York for a fun wedding-related partnership. QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Tip...
Apr 26, 2024•54 min•Ep. 171
Ep 170: Julia Broome is a 28-year-old influencer on the rise. However, she wouldn’t describe herself that way - she would say she is an educator, which is true, but we’re obsessed with her personally and so is everyone else because she’s such a delight! Born and raised in California, Julia has been around the industry her whole life. Her first internship was with a wellness influencer and it was incredibly impactful to launching her career. Today, Julia does social media management, brand buildi...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 170
Ep 169: In this conversation, Allison and Ceara review the episodes from this year's 8 Dimensions of Wellness series and discuss the key takeaways from each guest. Guests from the 2024 series include: Environmental Wellness with Ansley Emerson Career Wellness with Sam Noddle Physical Wellness with Grace Frisella Nutritional Wellness with Liv Kaplan Spiritual Wellness with Emma Marschall Intellectual Wellness with Ceara + Allison Social Wellness with Lindsay Hornecker Emotional Wellness with Hann...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 169
Ep 168: The last, but certainly not least, episode in our 8 Dimensions of Wellness Series! Finishing off the series with a fun money conversation with Amber Frankhuizen was incredibly inspiring. She is the Founder, CEO, & Chief Strategist at AFMKTG. Her agency fills an unmet need in the market, merging the realms of art and real estate development to create and build edgy and elevated brands. Through her podcast, Old Money, Amber is on a mission to heal the financial fight-or-flight response...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 168
Ep 167: In this episode, Ceara and Allison are back with their monthly advice segment, “What Would Your Bestie Do?!” We address dealing with icks in a relationship, navigating a situation-ship, waiting for the right timing, moving from the friend zone to a relationship, determining if someone likes you, avoiding putting someone on a pedestal, and reminding yourself of your worthiness. Questions Answered: How do I overcome some icks about my partner? What to do when the timing is off with dating ...
Mar 29, 2024•49 min•Ep. 167
Ep 166: Continuing with our 8 dimensions of wellness series, we are joined by Hannah Heidel, who is a master's student of holistic nutrition science. She goes by the social media handle @ nourisheddgirl where she shares a variety of wellness content of her journey and conscious lifestyle. You’ll find vulnerable and heart-centered videos featuring her routines, grocery shopping, recipes, self-care activities, her experience with anxiety and opening up about the reality of her healing process. TAK...
Mar 22, 2024•50 min•Ep. 166
Ep 165: Continuing on with our 8 Dimensions of Wellness series, we have today’s topic: Social Wellness! This week we have on Ceara’s friend, Lindsay Hornecker, to talk all things moving to a new city, making new friends, friendships evolving, and more. Allison and Ceara also catch up in the intro about Ceara’s recent bachelorette trip to Puerto Rico, Allison’s update on her Airbnb hosting journey, a documentary being filmed outside Allison’s apartment and more. Takeaways from our Convo with Lind...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 165
Ep 164: Continuing our 8 Dimensions of Wellness Series, Allison and Ceara share their perspective on Intellectual Wellness and discuss the importance of being lifelong learners, as it helps benefit all the other areas of your life. Everyone you meet, every trip you take, every job you do, friend you make, relationship you devote to and hobby you try has something to teach you. We also believe that learning is more enjoyable when you're living an aligned life because you're naturally going to wan...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 164
Ep 163: Emma Marschall is a holistic wellness coach, breathwork coach, and conscious branding entrepreneur. She supports women in leading lives of radical self-expression and sovereignty. She is the host of the “Love Among Us” podcast and the creator of “Brand Alchemy”, which is her coaching container that helps women build a soul-led brand. This is part of our 8 Dimensions of Wellness series that does a deep dive into each area of wellness - emotional, financial, career, spiritual, environment,...
Mar 01, 2024•54 min•Ep. 163
Ep 162: We’re back for our monthly What Would Your Bestie Do?! where Allison and Ceara answer your questions and give their best advice. Needing some advice? Send in your questions at https://www.alreadyfriendspodcast.com/wwybd! WWYBD topics this month include sister drama and unrealistic expectations, moving to a new state, whether or not to do the digital nomad lifestyle, helping a friend with bad eyebrows, and more! And as always, Allison and Ceara catch up on life - Allison recently returned...
Feb 23, 2024•49 min•Ep. 162
Ep 161: Continuing with our 8 dimensions of wellness series, we are joined by Liv Kaplan to talk all things nutrition! Although nutrition technically falls under the physical realm, we felt like food was such an important aspect that it deserved its entire own episode. Liv has been a wish list guest of ours since the beginning so getting to have her on the show is truly a dream come true! We ask her all the questions we've been eager to hear her take on. Liv Kaplan is a holistic nutritionist (BS...
Feb 16, 2024•59 min•Ep. 161
Ep 160: It's been awhile since we just had a casual chat with you guys! We're pausing the wellness series for a week to catch up. Allison shares an update about her living situation, an upcoming girls trip to Tulum and her current thoughts on her sobriety journey. Ceara catches up about attending the Eli Rallo “I Didn’t Know I Needed This” live book tour/show and being asked to co-host a segment on stage. She also talks about a recent Galentine's Day party. The conversation then shifts to a hot ...
Feb 09, 2024•58 min•Ep. 160
Ep 159: Continuing our 8 Dimensions of Wellness Series, we have on healthy lifestyle and fitness influencer Grace Frisella on to discuss various topics related to physical wellness. As always, we catch up and share personal updates. Grace shares her background in athletics, including her experience in gymnastics as well as playing field hockey for a D1 college. She talks about her time working at First Phorm, a fitness company, and the lessons she learned there. The conversation concludes with a...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 159
Ep 158: It’s the last Friday of the month, so you know what that means - a new WWYBD?! episode, where we answer listener submitted questions. Listeners can submit questions any time via our website, and then we pull questions to fit a specific theme. In this WWYBD, we’re talking all about romance and love because Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Questions we answer from our listeners: Can you share some tips for maintaining a strong romantic relationship? Not necessarily a question but...
Jan 26, 2024•51 min•Ep. 158
Ep 157: Continuing on with our wellness series, we’ve brought on our good friend (and place maker) Sam Noddle to talk about his career in real estate and recently, entrepreneurship. We dive deep into how Sam has been able to balance frequent traveling and the pressure of large-scale projects with his own physical, mental and spiritual health. We talk about the importance of putting yourself out there, overcoming setbacks, developing a consistent morning routine and defining your personal workpla...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 157
Ep 156: We are delighted to bring on Ansley Emerson for our deep dive into environmental wellness. This year, we are focusing on environmental wellness through the lens of our physical home space and our spiritual inner space. We thought this conversation was an especially important one to have in January when colder temperatures cause us to be inside more. Ansley is a space alchemist, which is the art of intentionally transforming your internal and external space in order to create your most au...
Jan 12, 2024•52 min•Ep. 155
Ep 155: We are so excited to kick off the first episode of 2024 with the second season of our wellness series. If you were with us last year, welcome back! We’re happy to have you and can’t wait to bring on more guests who can share their unique perspectives on each dimension. If you’re new here, check out our 2023 kick off episode “ Self-Care Series: The 8 Dimensions of Wellness ” that dives deep into each dimension. The dimensions wellness are (according to Dr. Peggy Swarbrick) emotional &...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Ep 154: We’re back with another Q&A! The last one of 2023. In our WWYBD episodes, we answer anonymously submitted listener questions. We catch up about the holidays and share our peaks of the week. In this episode, we talk about doing dry / damp january, maintaining friendships when you’re cutting back on alcohol, navigating life changes and feeling nostalgic for past versions of yourself, finding a gym that has community and learning how to cook! TAKEAWAYS: Dry January can be a beneficial c...
Dec 29, 2023•49 min•Ep. 154
Ep 153: The Already Friends Podcast had such a great year that we wanted to reflect and express gratitude for all the incredible things we did in 2023. We debuted our first iteration of the wellness series, launched our website and first pdf guide (how to start a podcast). We took our first group trip with 17 members of our community. We hit 500k+ downloads which helped us lock in our first long term sponsorship. We had some really big guests on the show and got to meet some of you in real life....
Dec 22, 2023•47 min•Ep. 153
Ep 152: Before kicking off the new year, we highly encourage you to reflect on this year’s progress, experiences, highs and lows. We did an episode last year, December 2022, called “How To Reflect on Your Goals” if you want to listen as we share our progress for going through your year from a balanced and wellness-minded lens. Goals are way more fun with friends so we’re here to encourage you to find accountability buddies, be realistic about where you are, set aligned goals, create systems that...
Dec 15, 2023•51 min•Ep. 152
Ep 151: There’s a reason for the famous quote, “Yoga changed my life.” A consistent yoga practice can create mental clarity and calmness, increase body awareness, relieve chronic stress patterns, relax the mind, improve sleep and create more mindfulness throughout many areas of your life. It’s challenging to convey the depth that yoga can have on your overall well-being until you experience it yourself but we wanted to do a deep dive on the topic to inspire you to deepen your yoga practice if it...
Dec 08, 2023•52 min•Ep. 151
Ep 150: Things become trendy so fast. Trends can start and stop without you even realizing they happened. It can be hard to know what items are worth the hype and what items are a total bust. This is how the trend of ‘de-influencing videos’ on TikTok started. Social media consumers were tired of seeing an overwhelming amount of content recommending things that either the influencer knew didn’t work, weren’t made to last or were just promoting for a paycheck. And now as the holidays are upon us, ...
Dec 01, 2023•54 min•Ep. 150
Ep 149: In this WWYBD, our monthly advice episode, Ceara and Allison help our listeners with some post-grad problems. Questions submitted include: How do I make sure living at home after college doesn’t stunt my personal and professional growth throughout my early/mid-twenties? What screenshots did you take this past week? What is the most respectful and appropriate way to handle and mentally cope with backlash or harsh criticism? How do I get over a major crush? SPONSORS + DISCOUNTS: This episo...
Nov 24, 2023•37 min•Ep. 149
We are delighted to have our first-ever guest, Amber Michele Giangregorio, back on the show! This episode is a beautiful testament to how much someone can grow in just a few short years with support, intention and unconditional love. Amber candidly shares stories from her sober journey with personal highs and lows. We talk about quiet quitting, silence supporters and the importance of transforming your environment as a catalyst for change. She gives us the bts scoop of her process to becoming a ...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 148
As the Already Friends podcast, of course we have to do an episode about Friendsgiving! In this episode, we're diving headfirst into the world of Friendsgiving, the ever-popular tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving with your besties! To help us with planning the perfect Friendsgiving, we've invited the ultimate party planner and our dear friend, Jane Stewart, to join the conversation. Jane shares her insights, tips, and tricks for hosting a memorable Friendsgiving and talks about: How to add pe...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 147
We have returned from the first ever Already Friends Group Trip, and we can officially say it was a success! We share all the behind the scenes on our trip from how it first came to be, initial planning woes, launching and then actually doing the thing! We share fun memories from Costa Rica, recap the week, and tease a future trip (stay tuned)! And we’re so happy to say that the trip was everything we hoped it would be and more. The group vibes were on point, we had such a fun itinerary, tons of...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 146
