268. Just Between Us: Blowing Up Your Life, Imposter Syndrome & Yoyo Dieting

Honeydew Me

Cassandra Anderson

Self-improvement, Education, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Emma and Cass open with a listener question that hits a little too close to home: "I just turned 30 and I hate my job, my apartment, and the city I live in. Do I blow it all up or am I just having a moment?" Emma says blow it the f up. Cass, who spent a year deeply unhappy in her marriage, her motherhood, and her life in general, says try 5% better first. \ From there: Cass on the motherhood imposter syndrome that hit her like a freight train (after 27 years of never feeling it), Emma on the version she's lived with her whole life, the menstrual blood research that's genuinely wild, and an unhinged agree/disagree game powered by Cass's husband's questions. In this episode: The listener question: turning 30, hating everything, and Emma vs Cass on whether to blow it up or stay put. "Wherever you go, there you are." Cass on the year she was deeply unwell and what she did instead of running, plus the 5% rule for making your life better without burning it down. "If you're a girly pop in your 30s who has let decisions make you instead of making them, maybe it's time to fucking blow it up." Emma's case for the hard pivot, geographic escapism included. Motherhood imposter syndrome that lasted two years, the postpartum therapist who said stop waiting for the cute walks to happen to you, and the day at the park when Cass realized she was a real mom talking to real moms. Emma on feeling like an imposter in every room she walks into, including the one she literally built. Emma's run-in with a guy she used to sleep with, and a description of his anatomy you will not forget. New menstrual blood research: Dr. Gemma Evans at the Hudson Institute found menstrual plasma heals wounds 40 times faster than regular blood plasma. A review of decades of yo-yo dieting research turns out to be way less scary than we've been told, and Cass is mad about how women get shamed either way. The SPF lip gloss that Emma keeps stealing from Cass's bathroom. The toy Emma can't get enough of. Get yours HERE at Bellesa! Agree/disagree with questions from Cass's husband: texting your ex, thirst-trap likes, body counts as a red flag, fighting a goose, landing a passenger plane, men should always pay. For anyone in their late 20s or 30s who's ever wanted to quit everything by Tuesday, or felt like an imposter in a room they literally built. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome. You're a jump shine when the light grows dim. See one, one, two, three, four, three, two, one. Because no one can do it like we do it, like who we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it. Because no one can do it like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it. Like, like we do it. And I'm Cass. And this is our podcast, obviously.
0:24.3	Obviously.
0:25.2	We have spent many a year talking about sex, sex and more sex.
0:31.0	We've also talked about relationships, mental health, all of that good stuff.
0:35.8	But as we've matured, gotten a little older, a little less sexually active, we realized we needed to broaden our topic area a little bit.
0:46.5	So we've done that a little bit over these past couple of years.
0:49.0	But yeah, so welcome.
0:51.0	You'll hear us talk about embarrassing topics, things that are uncomfortable,
0:54.4	things that a lot of people don't like to talk about because it makes us feel like we're
0:57.8	behind or there's something wrong with us, but really there's not. We're just all human beings
1:03.1	in these weird skin suits trying our best to be happy sometimes. Celestial beings having a human
1:10.4	experience. Okay, don't take one of my favorite things.
1:16.1	I'm not. My favorite understandings of the universe and make it a joke. It's not, okay, so let's,
1:21.0	let's talk about that really quick. We had your birthday and we weren't even high and we were all
1:27.4	talking about what we think happens after we
1:29.8	die. And I don't really know. Like I think, uh, you kind of float up and maybe you disperse a
1:39.3	little bit, but you kind of watch over people that you love and you decide when you want to take the
1:43.3	eternal vacation and stop looking at people and just float away.
1:48.2	Hopefully you turn into like a flower.
1:49.6	I don't really know.
1:50.5	I don't know what happens.
1:52.0	Go into yours.
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