82. You've Forgotten What You Want: The Patriarchal Path (and the Way Back)
I'm recording this one from a sweltering hotel room in New York City, and I can't stop thinking about a 26-year-old named Karen I ate dumplings with last night — because Karen is standing at the front...
14 Aug 17min
81. How Do You Want to Feel? The Question That Stopped My Divorce (The Tables Turn with Dr. Emma Smith)
The tables turn this week. My friend — and my go-to sex therapist — Dr. Emma Smith puts me in the guest chair, and I tell the story I've never told this completely: the Wednesday morning I sat in coup...
7 Aug 43min
80. The Good Girl Operating System: Why Approval Still Runs Your Life After 40
If you'd asked me a few years ago whether I needed anyone's permission to live my life, I would have laughed in your face. I was independent. Capable. I made my own calls, thank you very much. And oth...
31 Jul 19min
79. You're Not Broken, You're Empty: The Real Reason You Don't Want Sex (with Dr. Emma Smith)
You love your partner. Your life looks solid from the outside. And somewhere along the way, you stopped wanting sex — and started telling yourself that's just what happens to busy, high-achieving wome...
24 Jul 51min
78. Ask Natty: Do You Actually Deserve to Rest?
A listener named Maura wrote in with a question so many of us are white-knuckling in silence. After a demanding career and years of holding her family through crisis, she has finally, quote, retired, ...
17 Jul 20min
77. The Installed Voice: 3 Questions That Tell You If a Cruel Thought Is Even Yours
There is a voice in your head that has been narrating your life like a critic in the back row, telling you that you are behind, you are too much, you should have it figured out by now. And you have ne...
10 Jul 17min
76. Reinvention After 50: Jane Stewart on Quitting Corporate, Surviving the Crack-Up, and Becoming Unmissable at 61
Opening At 61, Jane Stewart is living proof that reinvention has no expiration date. After 20+ years in corporate sales and marketing nearly hollowed her out, Jane walked away, rebuilt herself through...
3 Jul 58min
75. The Body Vote: Why the Pros and Cons List Will Never Give You the Answer
If you have made the lists, polled the group chat, done all the research, and you are still stuck in exactly the same place — this episode is going to name why. We are talking about the real reason br...
26 Jun 18min
