#202: September Struggling Sisters
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This month it was decided that we need to have a catch up session BUT that we would keep it purposeful. Here’s what we covered: Important dates in September (there are a surprising amount of things to celebrate), glitter cuticles and back to school. Em talks openly about “breaking her brain” while trying to switch medications and we deep dive mascara. You know, the ushe.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT:-
Katie’s “the kids are at school” body glow
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Emily’s teacher’s anxiety producing email requirements
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all things September
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Emily’s secret guacamole ingredient
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Starbucks fall drink ordering pro tips
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the mystery of why Emily’s new meds are making her both nauseous and crave bean burritos
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why Emily has made the very difficult decision to not make her daughter clean her room anymore
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how Emily is struggling well by watching 5 minute craft and funny cat videos with her kids
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what’s giving us life + what’s killing us softly
Boots No. 7 Stay Perfect Mascara Origins GenZing mascara
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We are, we are Emily and Katie. |
| 0:04.0 | Turn on in and turn ourselves up to 80. |
| 0:08.0 | We are, we are. |
| 0:10.0 | Fumbling through the farm, talking life getting good stuff done thanks to all |
| 0:16.7 | the listeners where the struggling sisters |
| 0:20.7 | Welcome back ladies you are listening to the mom's |
| 0:24.4 | well podcast the podcast that helps you love your actual life so that we don't need |
| 0:29.2 | to be run away from home anymore we believe perfection is nonsense and peace is a |
| 0:33.7 | perspective shift away and I'm here with my very favorite sister Katie and we are |
| 0:39.0 | going to talk about I don't know I kind of feel like we should just talk about whatever I'm just feeling |
| 0:44.4 | chatty so buckle up we need to catch up anyhow yeah and I think you are very |
| 0:50.9 | sensitive and I am too about this not being also a waste of time |
| 0:55.1 | Like we're not just gonna jiver-driver about nothing because some people really do that and I don't like it |
| 1:00.2 | Who's who's waste of time our time or the listener's time? The listener's time. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah well it's not waste their time. Well I know I just so I want to chat but it will be |
| 1:10.6 | purposeful it will be engaging. Oh, purposeful chat. |
| 1:14.7 | And Rachel will make sure that it sounds good and she'll take out the boring stuff. |
| 1:18.1 | Okay, good. Yeah, okay. So number one on the agenda, both your kids started school. |
| 1:24.0 | First of all, those pictures were amazing. |
| 1:27.0 | You are so good at getting pictures of your kids. |
| 1:29.0 | Second of all, how are you feeling? |
| 1:31.0 | They both went away. It feels so nice. I was just sitting here. I've woke up, did a little run, I have myself a quiet breakfast, clean my kitchen. I'm doing some work and I took a shower. |
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