It’s official, Helli is married and her wedding was one of the best. days. ever. After a summary of the highlights (because honestly that could have been an episode in its own right), you’ve got two documentary recommendations and then a conversation about opinions. Just because we all have them and can share them, doesn’t mean that we should. Access to social media and a forum to share every thought and opinion we’ve ever had should have made us wiser and more well-informed, but this isn’t always the case. Are there times when it’s best to say nothing at all? Should you share opinions when you don’t have any authority in the area? Or do we enter fundamentally murky waters when we start to debate who can, or can’t, share their opinions.

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Mentioned in the episode: 

Crunchy to Far Right Pipeline episode on the A Bit Fruity Podcast with Matt Bernstein

Recommendations 

Dancing with the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult Docu-series on Netflix

America’s New Female Right documentary with Layla Wright

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Charlotte has been thriving at the Eras Tour, Helli has been surviving in the last couple of weeks of wedding prep – but we move! This week we’ve got an amazing app recommendation and a super helpful recommendation for finding your style.

Today we’re discussing making a weakness your whole personality – inspired by a conversation on Shameless about people who make being late their whole personality, we’re chatting about how doing this might feel easier to own it, but doing this doesn’t remove accountability and does it even benefit you? We’ve told ourselves that we’re bad at maths, Charlotte says she’s bad at parking, Helli says she has a weak upper body and is a stubborn person. Are these things actually true? Do they help you to keep sharing them with people or is it giving people a negative preconception of you? Are you perpetuating an insecurity cycle of negative self-talk?

Let us know your thoughts!

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Recommendations

Be My Eyes App (on Android and iOS)

Alison Bornstein – 3 words

Bonus Recommendations

The ‘It Ends With Us’ Mess – Shameless episode

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We had a lovely meet up in London this week to pick out Helli’s wedding fragrance and we’re recapping the week of wedding nightmares, Deadpool & Wolverine movie and Charlotte’s dreamy new gym.

This week we’re talking about self-criticism, it can be intrusive and insidious as well as all-consuming and often for many of us and women in particular it’s so subconscious and “normal” that you don’t realise how destructive it is. We’re still very much in the weeds of our own self-criticism but we hope having this conversation will help more people spot and break their own self-criticism cycle.

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Recommendations

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

Dirty Pop: The Boyband Scam on Netflix

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Are you having a Brat Summer? No, we aren’t either, unless baked oats and watching the Olympics 24/7 count. But we do have some great recommendations and we start to unpick some of the damaging and unconscious biases we have surrounding diet culture. We grew up with the Special K diet, no carbs, clean eating, heroin chic, The Kardashian’s and ever other itteration of diet culture that you can imagine. And whilst we can look back now and see how harmful it was, it doesn’t mean that it’s easy to actually change our mindsets. Over the past 3 months with of us have undertaken big lifestyle changes to become our strongest, fittest and healthiest versions of ourselves, but as we’ve done that we’ve also had to start confronting some of the toxic beliefs we’ve held despite many of them starting with good intentions.

This episode contains conversations about diet culture, body image, bodyweight disordered eating and other similar themes. If those topics aren’t for you, please hit pause and listen to another episode instead.

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Recommendations

American Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders on Netflix

The Landmark Trust

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We’ve been chatting for 3 hours before this recording, fortunately we literally NEVER run out of things to talk about so enjoy this chaotic episode with returning podcast recommendations, a rogue recommendation, Helli calling out Charlotte’s 2024 Bingo Card and Charlotte’s growing love of Glen Powell (and his dog).

After a recent TikTok went viral about friends not liking each other’s posts on social media, we wanted to have a conversation about performative friendships – what are they? How do you identify them and do they even matter? Social media makes it easier than ever for relationships to be more performative, especially with the changing priorities and pressures of everyone’s lives, but what it really comes down to is how those friendships show up for you in the moments that matter. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this one!

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Recommendations

Should I Delete That: “Jac is Back – let other people be wrong about you” episode from 11th July 2022

Beekeepers Naturals Propolis Immunity Throat Spray

Bonus mentions

Free Soul Mushroom Coffee and Protein

Hot Brisket on Instagram – Glen Powell’s dog

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Helli has been navigating the waterways of England and Wales on a narrowboat, Charlotte has had a wholesome weekend in Kent and we’re catching up on all the big and small things, like fears of bats and Charlotte learning that Helli hates custard.

This week we’re chatting about AI in light of the recent controversy by SheerLuxe who introduced their newest “editor” – an AI-generated creation. It’s safe to say it did not have the effect they had hoped for and the backlash was swift. This conversation isn’t about the SheerLuxe debacle but it brought up some interesting thoughts for us around how do we embrace AI? Is AI actually stealing our jobs? How do we (and the growing AI industry) hold ourselves accountable when using AI? What disclosures should be in place?

This is just the start of AI, it’s scary because of its potential but pretending it doesn’t exist isn’t a solution either, how do we embrace it while being aware of its flaws, the disparity in who can access it and the misinformation it potentially promotes?

SheerLuxe Reem article – https://sheerluxe.com/fashion/meet-our-new-ai-enhanced-editor-reem

SheerLuxe Reem controversy – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gw720vz3lo

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Recommendations

Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Family Album app to share photos in a secure and safe way

Ram on the Pan Am TikTok account – https://www.tiktok.com/@ramonthepanam

Bonus mentions

Caramilk Ice Cream

Samsung’s AI advert – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_VRd1s9bJM

I, Robot

Ex Machina

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We’re back and boy do we have a lot to catch up on. We’ve got hen parties, out-of-date-but-great recommendations and we’re having a chat about the weird limbo we’ve found ourselves in recently.

It’s no secret that we’ve both been working on a few big things for a while, and we’re thrilled that we can finally say we’ve ticked some of them off. But as chronic over-achievers we can’t help but feel like we’re now in a strange mid-ground. We want to celebrate we are, but also can’t help but think about our next goals. It’s hard to break the habit of constantly looking forward, and even harder to stop and be grateful for where you are, but we’re sharing how we’re trying to and why it’s such a gear-shift.

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Recommendations

French Exit by Patrick DeWitt

Depp V Heard on Netflix

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None of our weeks can be as chaotic as Justin Timberlake’s but we’re definitely using “this is going to ruin the tour” as a line every time we feel inconvenienced! We’re sharing the songs on our do-not-play list for our weddings and Charlotte’s new crafting venture.

If you’ve ever had that horrible feeling when you’re making a decision “but what if I get it wrong?” – then this episode is for you. We’re chatting about how no decision is the wrong decision when it comes to making decisions about your life. It’s easy to obsess over decisions we’ve made, but the reality is that you made a decision with the information you had at the time and that’s all anyone can do.

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Recommendations

Magical Overthinkers Podcast

Hit Man on Netflix

Additional recommendations:

Sounds like a Cult Podcast episode on Trad Wives

Anyone But You

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We’re chatting beer festivals Helli has attended and Charlotte’s first week at her new job, along with the usual chaos of dark chocolate, knot tying expertise, Godzilla facts and Helli’s microphone dying halfway through (sorry!)

Sometimes something has become so habitual and easy that it becomes second-nature to underestimate or undervalue the skills and knowledge you have. Whether it’s planning a strategy, the ability to be organised, being a polyglot, creating content or even hobbies you do in your spare time. It takes a lot of effort to make something look effortless and it can become easy to lose sight of the value or authority you bring to the table.

We feel like we should know how to do everything and yet especially as women we feel the pressure to be humble about our achievements, but what seems normal and easy to you, is a valuable skill to someone else and you don’t realise the value you what you know.

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Recommendations

Godzilla Minus One on Netflix

Happy Mum, Happy Baby episode with Louise Tomlinson

Additional recommendations:

Lindt touch of sea salt dark chocolate

Lidl salted caramel dark chocolate

She Drinks Beer Socials for women who love craft beer – held monthly in Bristol by Good Chemistry Brewing

We Are the Millers

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You’ll be pleased to know that this week has been far less stressful. We’ve got our cortisol under control, spent plenty of time outside and even discovered a brand new boy band (IYKYK). We’re sharing our two latest obsessions (and of course one includes some true crime) and then we’re chatting about what we think the new biggest luxury is: privacy.

We’ve gone from being a generation of chronic over-sharers to ones that hardly post on socials at all, and it isn’t just us. The rise of “unplugged weddings”, combined birth & pregnancy announcements and even major fashion brands leveraging privacy as something to set them apart has got us thinking about whether the new ultimate form of luxury is privacy. It’s not about the fear of missing out anymore, instead if you’re not there you just miss out. Is that a good thing? Are we willing to sacrifice privacy if there’s something in it for us? Is this a new trend or is it simply returning to how things used to be?

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Recommendations

What Jennifer Did on Netflix

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