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Date Title & Description Contributors
2025-03-27

  Friend Burnout

Friends are great. But they can also be exhausting. What’s the best way to strike the balance between being there and burning out? Amy Wilson, author of Happy To Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser, and cohost of What Fresh Hell, shares her thoughts. ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-03-20

  Your Stories: Chatbots, Platonic Partners, and Friends with Kids

Jolenta and Kristen read some of the many stories you’ve shared about the topics we’ve recently covered on the show - AI friends, friends with kids, and platonic significant others.  We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with friendship ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-03-18

  Is This ADHD?

By popular demand, Kristen is sharing an episode of one of her other shows: Mayo Clinic's Health Matters. This episode is about ADHD and features one of the most knowledgable and compassionate voices in the ADHD world, Dr. Robert Wilfahrt. To hear more...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-03-13

  K&J Hold Onto Friends With Kids

Jolenta and Kristen try on a tip from Ophira Eisenberg, record audio diaries, report back.  We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with friendship and loneliness on our private facebook community: facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta or ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-03-10

  By The Book: The 5 Second Rule

*Patreon-only Bonus Episode Teaser* Kristen and Jolenta live by The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage'' by Mel Robbins. To hear the entire episode and get lots of other great bonus content, including a live ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-03-06

  Friends with Kids

Is it possible to hold onto friendship after one of you has kids and the other doesn't? Ophira Eisenberg, host of the podcasts Parenting is a Joke and Ask Me Another, shares her thoughts.  We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with frien...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-02-27

  K&J Love Their Platonic Partners

Jolenta and Kristen try on Rhaina Cohen’s tips for nurturing their other significant others.   We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with friendship and loneliness on our private facebook community: facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-02-20

  Platonic Friends as Life Partners

For some of us, our greatest life partner isn’t a spouse, it’s a friend. How can we make the most of these kinds of partnerships? Jolenta and Kristen get tips from Rhaina Cohen, author of The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship a...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-02-13

  K&J Befriend Chatbots

Jolenta and Kristen try on Lindsay Goldwart’s tips for befriending chatbots.  What do they have to offer? And do they really help, or make things worse? We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with friendship and loneliness on our private ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author
2025-02-10

  By The Book: The Courage to Be Disliked

*Patreon-only Bonus Episode Teaser* Kristen and Jolenta live by The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness, by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. To hear the entire episode and get lots of other great ...
  Kristen and Jolenta author