First of all, thank you so much for listening to (at least some) of season 1! Launching this podcast has been a huge labor of love + dream of mine for years now. I appreciate each and every one of you who tuned in, shared, liked, commented, and subscribed! Truly, it means the world. Today's episode: leaving your job is a very scary thing- but so is resigning yourself to staying stuck, stunted, and miserable in a job that isn’t treating you the way you should be treated or no longer aligns with w...
Mar 09, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
It’s time to give up, fellow 30-somethings. But not in the way you think. This episode is all about letting go of what we can’t control and facing that fear of being left behind in the pop culture zeitgeist head-on. In this episode: Seeing things from our adolescence (low-rise jeans!) come back in fashion and feeling vaguely attacked The vibe shift article from The Cut and how it’s predicting an impending pop culture pivot How there’s no real need to fight Gen Z over denim styles; fashion is and...
Mar 02, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
There has always been immense pressure for moms to "do it all," but that means something different now with the fishbowl lens social media brings. Today I’m sitting down with my best friend of 20+ years, Lauren Alquist, as she shares her story and experience of becoming a mother, balancing her life and identity, why she chooses to work— and how it makes her a better mom. In this episode: The pressures moms of all styles (stay-at-home, working) face today How to integrate becoming a mom and givin...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 8
More and more Millennial women are opting to either delay becoming mothers or choosing not to have children altogether. Why? Sabrina Osborn is back and we dig into just that in this episode. We also confront the deeply-rooted societal belief that a woman “isn’t successful” or “doesn’t know real love” until she’s a mom- a trash take that we take where it belongs: to the dumpster. In this episode: Choosing to be childless today The things we have heard (or people have said!) to us re: the choice n...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Sitting down on the pod today with Caitlin Fore, my longtime friend and artist, stylist, mom, and influencer (one of the good ones). We reflect on her journey balancing her happiness with her career aspirations, disappointments, and pivots- all while trying to have a life and a family of her own. We then jump into what’s wrong with the influencer industry today (hint: a lot ), what we learned in all the unrest of 2020, and how it forced us into a new way of using our platforms. In this episode: ...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 6
What do you do when you land the fairytale life and then it doesn’t work out? We've been sold on the romantic ideals of our parents: you find the love of your life and you marry them. And yet the divorce rate in the US hovers between 40-50%. So what if that fairytale’s not forever? What happens then? I hash all this out with my good friend, Jared Dunn. We're both members of the Formerly Married Club, but with two completely different divorce experiences. We compare and contrast those experiences...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Who doesn’t love a good 90's boy band? They reigned over the 90s and early 2000s and I’ll be damned if I ever turn my back on the Backstreet Boys. I sat down with one of my best pals and fellow boy band authority, Sabrina Osborn, to have a massive walk down memory lane. If you covered your walls in Tiger Beat posters or you know what KTBSPA means, this ep is for you. In this episode: BSB and how they got started The Backstreet/NYSYNC rivalry and what really caused it Some discography (for pop-lo...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Friends are friends forever... or are they? Let’s get into why adult friendships are weird (and why that’s not always a bad thing). In this episode: How friendships change in your 30s Why those friendships change How internet friendships factor into the equation How to have a successful friendship at this stage (hint: it involves some expectation-reckoning but the result is SO worth it) Follow The Adults Podcast + Ashley: IG: @theadultspodcast | @ashrockchalk Twitter: @ashley_white theadultspodc...
Jan 19, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Photoshop can be misleading and dangerous, as it can be used in a way that warps our sense of what normal bodies and faces look like— and while this affects everyone, Photoshop was especially damaging for the 90s kids. Let's dive into why. In this episode: A dive into Photoshop culture and how it shaped the beauty standards we’re still trapped in today The way unrealistic standards directly influence how we feel about our bodies How Photoshop and the apps it inspired directly contribute to the f...
Jan 12, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to Episode 1 of The Adults Aren’t Alright! In the inaugural ep, we’ll jump into what inspired me to start this podcast: the weirdness of being an adult on paper, but totally not feeling like one in real life. I’ve been talking to my friends about this for years— and what I realized is that we all seemed to feel this way. All of us in our 30s; none of us feeling in our 30s. So here we are! Listen to the episode to: Learn what I mean when I say “the in-between generation” Come along as we ...
Jan 05, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The Adults Aren't Alright trailer is here! The podcast where we uncover the secret the world has been keeping: just because you’re technically an adult, it doesn’t mean you feel that way. For the 90s kids, we viewed anyone over 30 as Really Grown Up. These people always knew what to do-- and they had solid jobs, 401(k)s, and picket-fence families. And now we find ourselves in our 30s... feeling anything but. Shouldn't that "adult" feeling have kicked in by now? We're going to dive into the exper...
Dec 28, 2021•2 min
