It's just Kim and Jenn are on their own this week talking about Britney's new book, time changes, moving abroad, male gynecologists and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comFor exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we're mourning Matthew Perry along with having lighter conversations about everything from getting one's colors done to a new favorite shampoo to the peril's of fame to Megan Ryan's new movie — oh, and one us is turning 60!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com*NEW* YOU CAN PRE-ORDER JENN'S BOOK To follow Jenn's beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is American cartoonist Emily Flake who began cartooning for The New Yorker in 2008, and has had more than a hundred cartoons published in the magazine since. Her most recent project, Joke in a Box, How to Write And Draw Jokes, was just released. SHOW NOTESYou can find Emily at: emilyflake.comYou can buy Joke In a Box here.This week we're recommending beauty products by Merit and Kiko Milano. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com*NEW* YOU CAN PRE-ORDER JENN'S BOOK To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's an all-listener-question episode! We're talking about if neck creams ever work and whether or not you should get your colors done, the three wardrobe items we never scrimp on, what getting fired taught us, building community in mid-life, how we're feeling about the holidays and so much morre!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.comTo follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! We're discussing getting snubbed, learning to love your past selves, "The Golden Bachelor," many many beauty products and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] we recommended this week: CosRx Snail MucinMerit Clean Lash MascaraThrive Impact-FULL Smoothing lipstickVersed Vitamin C powderCera-V Vitamin C SerumEverything/Nothing/Someone: A Memoir by Alice Carrière Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Alexandra Auder, a writer and actress who was born in New York City to Viva, a Warhol superstar, and  Michel Auder, an award-winning filmmaker who directed Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol. Alex was a featured character in HBO’s High Maintenance and has acted in the films of Wim Wenders and Jodie Foster, among others. Her new book, Don’t Call Me Home, is a memoir of her unconventional childhood. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.To follow Jenn's post-40 beauty recs: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] NOTESAlex's book DON'T CALL ME HOMEVivace, microneedling "Past Lives" on Amazon Prime"Naked Attraction" on MAX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a random week in September! Kim and Jenn are talking about anything and everything! Including: Taylor Swift, therapy, Jenn's new job, a new solution for thinning hair, an ongoing quest for just one good pair of jeans, portraits of railway children, Anne Geddes, dorm-room posters of the past and a whole lot more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.Jenn's new beauty Insta: instagram.com/jennromolinisvanity/For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! We're talking all about old and new jobs, what fashion means when you're over 40, Covid confusion, the greatness of Parker Posey, once you go Eileen Fisher can you ever go back? and a lot more. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Amanda Clayman. Amanda is writer, podcaster and most of all a financial therapist widely recognized as a pioneer in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Financial Counseling. We're talking all about how thoughts, feelings, and associations shape our financial choices, and how we can identify the patterns around money that serve us —and start eradicating those that limit us. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is the delightfully funny and talented novelist Edan Lepucki who talks to us all about her new book TIME'S MOUTH, along with writing and mothering and prioritizing and getting older and process over outcome and time travel and the past (and jeans of the past). Also in this episode: hot flashes, maybe the only Vitamin C serum that works, how the seasons are no longer the seasons and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTESBuy Edan's book!! https://bookshop.org/a/79787/9781640095724Timeless Vitamin C SerumJones Road Miracle BalmGlossier's Boy BrowAbercrombie high rise jeansLevi's Lo Pro jeans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Kristi Coulter. Kristi is an acclaimed memoirist, essayist, and fiction writer. Her 2018 debut memoir Nothing Good Can Come from This was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She has written for The Paris Review, New York magazine, Glamour, Elle, and many other publications. Her new book, Exit Interview, The Life and Death of my Ambitious Career, is out September 12th. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the last show of the summer! We're talking fall fashion, anticipatory anger, shows we're watching, difficult mothers-in-law, CAFTANS, the best way to support a depressed friend, listener questions and more!SHOW NOTESOrganic by John Patrick cashmereEveryday Ritual caftansTelemarketers (HBO show)You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Jenn's lamenting the tax we've all paid for being female. Kim wants to talk about VOGUE's "Greatest Of All Time" September cover. Jenn's similarly annoyed by Variety's cover treatment of Sydney Sweeney. Plus: Prison President, television we're watching, under-eye concealer we're trying, brief chats about senior discounts, poetry, and books we're reading, a defense of "And Just Like That...", a response to a listener comment and just a smidge more I cannot remember while writing these show notes!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineConcerns? Critiques? Suggestions? Just want to say "hi"? You can email us: [email protected] FROM THIS EPISODEI Will Teach You To Be Rich (BOOK)Trinny London BFF Eye (CONCEALER)Fisk (SHOW)Winning Time (SHOW)The Summer of Dead Birds, Ali Liebegott (BOOK)Dopamine Press Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's an almost end-of-summer wrap up with conversations about work, money, politics, perimenopause, our favorite sneakers, a long rant and rave about the Barbie movie, problematic faves from our childhoods, our dream of aging inclusivity and so much more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a week of listener questions! On the challenges of re-entry, portals to the past, short-term memory loss, existential/mid-life crises (is that all there is?), ADHD in perimenopause, reselling clothes, the worst advice we've ever received, our most embarrassing celebrity encounters, job interview questions, and more!You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESFor Days clothes recycling Mother denim"I will teach you to be rich!" podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's back! We're talking all about European travel, over-40 job searches, ring lights, old women & hard candy, perimenopause, Sinead O'Connor, the writer's strike, good documentaries about not-terrible men, and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESBeauty productWomanness "Let's Neck"Man docsJohn Early: Now More Than EverTurn Every PageThe Andy Warhol DiariesRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest on this episode is Dr. Judy Kuriansky. Dr Judy is a world-renowned clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, an author, and a humanitarian. She’s written more than a half dozen books on sex and relationships, including "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship" and "How to Love a Nice Guy." Dr. Judy is a pioneer of radio call-in advice shows: In the 80s and 90s, she hosted the popular nationally syndicated radio show “Love Phones” with Chris Jagger. She’s also played bass guitar in an all-female rock band called Artemis.In recent years, Dr Judy has been a first responder to disasters around the world (including in Haiti, Japan, China, Iran and the U.S.). Today, she acts as a representative of NGOs at the United Nations and an advisor to ambassadors. You also may know her as one of the amazing women Jenn interviewed on the podcast STIFFED earlier this year.Today we're talking all about sex in the 1970s, the most common sexual issues couples have, how to grow up, do everything you want and live without regret and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking all about Kim's travel anxiety, nostalgia for magazine summer Fridays, Lucky's banned word list, "Asteroid City" and Wes Anderson, "Laurel Canyon," Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Anniversary Party," "Jury Duty," plus listener reviews and a whole lot more!Products mentioned in this episode: Kosas DreamTeam SPF 40 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is author and podcast host Virginia Sole-Smith. You may know Virginia from her newsletter Burnt Toast, which explores fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. Virginia is the author of the 2018 book The Eating Instinct. Her most recent book—Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture—which going to talk about a lot today encourages us to name and navigate our anti-fat bias so we can raise happier and healthier children.You can find Virginia at virginiasolesmith.comYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You asked, we answered! Our best tips on everything from summer hairstyles to sunscreen, makeup to shorts. Plus: our summer reads, packing hacks, and a whole lot more! SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESFor every single link to all our picks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/summer-list-85493782 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jenn and Kim are talking all about online age quizzes, octogenarian dads, cults, letting go of enemies, wedding outfits, and living through a pure failure. You can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Sara Schaefer. Sara is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer, and artist. Sara's a longtime standup comedian who has written for numerous television programs including "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" and she won two Emmy awards for her work at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The New York Times called her new solo show 'Going Up' “ambitious and nimble” and “a feat of comedy.” She’s currently touring with "Going Up" in the US and, later this summer, Europe (head’s up listeners in Copenhagen!)SHOW NOTESYou can find Sara on her website: saraschaefer.comYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest is award-winning feminist activist, writer, and editor, Jamia Wilson. We're talking all about leading with love, not being defined by our traumas, righteous accountability, emotional bravery, expecting and fostering reciprocity, spiritual practice, showing up and overcoming the shame of not being "perfect," and a whole lot more.Jamia's site: jamiawilson.comJamia's books: This Book Is FeministYoung, Gifted, and BlackYoung, Gifted, and Black TooStep Into Your Power: 23 Lessons on How to Live Your Best Life, Big Ideas for Young ThinkersThe ABC's of AOCRoadmap for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Advocacy, and Activism for AllThe V Word: True Stories About First-Time SexOrganizations Fighting Book Bans:House of Speakeasy: houseofspeakeasy.orgPEN America: pen.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Kristen Lisanti. For the last 25 years, Kristen has held executive-level culture, talent and communications roles at global firms, coaching CEOs, advising senior leadership teams and building healthy work cultures in businesses around the world. Most recently, she served as Chief Culture Officer for the public relations giant BCW, stewarding cultural integration during the largest merger in public relations history and establishing an organizational culture rooted in a growth mindset. In that role, Kristen launched the industry’s first mindfulness-based leadership development program, which trained 200 executives and emerging leaders on every continent to lead with vision, intention and humanity. Kristen is an experienced coach, certified mindfulness teacher, and a cancer survivor. She teaches leaders and teams how to meet the complexity, volatility and resistance we all often feel at work with openness, ease and even joy. Kristen also teaches workshops on how to stop wrestling with the changes in our lives, live with more ease, and start embracing whatever comes our way. You can find Kristen at kristenlisanti.comYou can find Kim on her Substack: kimfrance.substack.com.For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Memorial Day! Happy Unofficial Start to Summer! It's EIF After Dark/a surprise nighttime episode!Don't forget to join our Patreon! Support the show for less than a cup of coffee! patreon.com/everythingisfine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: sprucing up one's midlife resumé, coming to peace with Mother's Day, Martha Stewart's SI cover, concerts we're excited about, shows we're watching, books we're reading, plus: listeners questions and more!Don't forget to join our Patreon! Support the show for less than a cup of coffee! patreon.com/everythingisfineSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESLiz Phair concert dates!Somebody Somewhere on HBO Max Quietly Hostile by Sam IrbyQuantum Criminals by Alex Pappademas and Joan Lemay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're lucky enough to be joined by author (and two-time EIF guest!) Claire Dederer, whose latest book, "Monster's: A Fan's Dilemma" has got everyone — including us— thinking and talking. For exclusive Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESClaire's book: MONSTERS: A Fan's Dilemmahere's the book Claire & Jenn mention loving:Dept. Of Speculation by Jenny Offill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's just Kim and Jenn talking this week about all the things we usually talk about: aging/perimenopause, sorting out painful sex and what to do when your neck starts sweating, plus listener questions, many words on tattoos, the problem with dry shampoo, John Mulaney's new special, and a whole lot more!For exclusive bonus Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine. For Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESSara Schaefer's comedyJohn Mulaney's "Baby J" Netflix special"Mrs. Davis" on PeacockWorishofer sandalsAerosoles sandalsSorel sandals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is author Nicole Chung whose new book "A Living Remedy" is a memoir about the loss of both of her parents within just a few years and a meditation on grief. We're also discussing writing through pain, caregiving, how the U.S. healthcare system leaves so many behind, educational privilege and class. and changing one's relationship with overwork.You can find more about Nicole on her website: nicolechung.net"A Living Remedy" is available on Bookshop.org and wherever you buy your books.For exclusive bonus Everything Is Fine episodes — along with weekly style and culture recommendations — join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's married! And we're talking all about her wedding, Jenn's week in New York, the importance of friendship in mid-life, a new tinted moisturizer, the easiest clogs to walk around in, putting rollers in your hair, travel tips, plus: listener questions and a whole lot more.SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESDr. Hauschka Translucent Bronzing TintKitsch Ceramic /Velcro Hair RollersMagnafied ClogsTo support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastYou can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our first live show! At CaveatNYC! We don't know what we're doing! You may be able to tell!In this VERY SPECIAL EPISODE:Kim's mom, Eve France!Singer/songwriter Amy Rigby sings us some of her beautiful songs and we cry!!Plus: listener questions and a whole lot of nonsense!!To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastYou can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is New York Times writer Susan Dominus. Susan has worked for the Times since 2007, first as a Metro columnist and then as staff writer with The New York Times Magazine. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize, for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. And her most recent piece, "Women Have Been Misled About Menopause," went viral in a big way. To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenn and Kim introduce Jenn's new podcast STIFFED, from Crooked Media and iHeart media, which is available wherever you get your podcasts, including here: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/stiffed/To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim and Jenn discuss not actually loving attention, how to be social in groups, human pyramids, Yellowjackets, Justine Bateman, the joy radiating from Drew Barrymore's talk show, a new shoe line Jenn loves, Kim's wedding plans and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTESJenn's new project STIFFED: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stiffed/id1678710956Nurse Gigi on InstagramIvy Lee Copenhagen boots: https://ivyleecopenhagen.com/To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Valerie Monroe. Val is a return Everything Is Fine guest who appeared in one of our most popular episodes ever. She was a longtime beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine and she’s written hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics for many national publications, including The New York Times. Val writes the Substack newsletter, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face and, as of recently!, an advice column on The Cut of the same name. There are still a few seats left for our live show in New York on April 9th @4pm @ Caveat NYC.Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking all about religion in childhood, dumb TV we're watching, a new lipstick trick, plastic surgery without shame, wedding planning and all the stuff we always talk about.Our live show in New York is April 9th/4pm at Caveat NYC.Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023This week we're recommending Makeup Forever Lip LinerTo support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carlene Bauer — author of our favorite 2022 book, GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT — joins us today to talk writing, female friendship, ambition, choosing a child-free life, capturing 90s New York, what is it to be Gen X in mid-life and whole a lot more.SHOW NOTESOur live show in New York is April 9th/4pm at Caveat NYC.Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're doing our first live show! When: April 9th, 4pm at Caveat NYC. Get your tickets for the in-person show and also the livestream here: https://caveat.nyc/events/everything-is-fine-podcast-4-9-2023Otherwise, it's a short, sweet episode this week because we lost an interview to the recording gods but we're still talking about finding joy in aging, dressy outfits, feeling intolerant of bullshit, Condé Nast snobbery, what it is to really see another person, when online friends become IRL friends, COCAINE BEAR, wedding planning, and a whole lot more!To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's just Kim and Jenn talking about: overcoming COVID, movies and TV we're watching, magic, impressions, aging hair, bag recommendations, and why baby's breath is the worst. Plus: Listener questions and a whole lot more!SHOW NOTES SHOW NOTES"Aftersun""To Leslie""The Trip"Marc Maron's comedy hour "From Bleak to Dark"Clare V bagsIl Bisonte bagsBaggu bagsHAIRSTORY hair products Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenn has COVID this week so we're re-running a favorite episode on midlife friendship with Dr. Marisa Franco. Dr, Franco walks us through exactly how to make new friends as we get older, the common mistakes we're making with our friendships, how to handle friend conflict, and what to do when it's time for a friendship to end. Also check out Dr. Franco's new book, “Platonic: The Surprising New Science of Making and Keeping Friends As An Adult,” which came out last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Cindy Gallop, a founder and entrepreneur and former advertising exec who now helms several of her own businesses, including the social sex platform Make Love Not Porn — the mission of which is socializing and normalizing sex. Cindy launched MakeLoveNotPorn with a TEDTalk in 2009, that talk has been viewed 2 and half million times. She’s also just launched a newsletter called Dear Cindy, where readers can ask her anything, especially, for our purposes, about having great sex in mid-life and beyond.To support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESThis week we're recommending:Make Love Not PornDear Cindy on SubstackBlack Levis JeansWhite SneakersReservation Dogs on Hulu/FX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're discussing death and also recommending mascara! It's a wild life! We all contain multitudes!If you want to support the production of the show, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/everythingisfineFor Everything Is Fine merch, head to Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcastSHOW NOTES SHOW NOTESThis week we're recommending:Poker FaceBrit BoxStonehouseThe Super 8 Years (Annie Ernaux)If Books Could Kill podcast (the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus episode) How We Live Is How We Die by Pema ChodronStill Pictures by Janet MalcolmFreedom AppMilk Makeup: KUSH High Volumizing Mascara Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking with teacher, author, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and composer (!!!) Julia Cameron. Julia is best known for her international best seller, THE ARTIST'S WAY, which was first published in 1992. Her latest book, WRITE FOR LIFE: Creative Tools for Every Writer, was published in January. In this episode Julia helps Jenn and Kim through writing blocks, talks about creative flow as a kind of spirituality, and why she thinks it's far too daunting to think about the future. NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking all about feeling "fixed" in therapy when you're really not, Harry and Meghan and taking accountability for our mistakes, archival footage of Jenn partying in 1993, Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion," writing anxiety, publishing anxiety, why do we even create in the first place?, watching "Elvis," and... "Pretty Woman." Plus Kim identifies Richard Gere's bitchface...and we have beauty recommendations!SHOW NOTES Annie Ernaux's "A Simple Passion"Smashbox PHOTO FINISH FOUNDATION PRIMERIlia's Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Foundation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week! Kim's sick and it's a short episode... but we're still recommending things!Cleo From 5 to 7Paul T. GoldmanRitual vitamins: ritual.com/FINEShani Darden Lactic Acid SerumNEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim's on tour this week so we're answering a few listener questions (like how Lucky magazine actually came to be!) and, afterwards, Jenn interviews author Beth Pickens all about tapping into creativity in the new year — how to start, what to do when you're stuck, forming new habits, finding realistic flow, and most of all: how to use our creative goals as a balm and not a weapon against ourselves. Beth can be found on Instagram @bethpickensconsultingHer "Homework Club" for artists and creators of all stripes can be found at bethpickens.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week is Lori Leibovitch, editor of the New York Times’ Well section, and we're talking all about getting and staying healthy in the new year, our new year's resolutions, and what is to live "well" in mid-life — and beyond.The book we mention on this episode — about female friendship— is Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our favorite books, movies, TV, comedy, podcasts, things we bought...and a few things we hated too: Here's our 2022 year in review. NEW: Head to our Tee Public store for EIF merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/everything-is-fine-the-podcast/shareALSO: We have a Patreon! Sign up for invites to special events, exclusive content, and bonus EIF episodes: patreon.com/everythingisfineOur show's Instagram is @eifpodcast. We're also on Twitter @theeifpodcast and Facebook. you can find Kim on her blog Girls of a Certain Age. You can find Jenn at Here Are Some Things. If you like the show, please rate or review it and don't forget to share it with your favorite 40+ friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.