A Candid Convo with my Best Friend of 40 years | Mia Fesmire

The Dr. Tyna Show

Dr. Tyna Moore

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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EP 248: In this solo episode, I sit down with my best friend of 40 years for a real conversation about lifelong friendship, growing older together, and what actually keeps relationships strong through every season of life. We talk about loyalty, boundaries, mental health, motherhood, faith, and how decades of shared experiences shape who we become. From hilarious memories to deeper reflections on grief, change, and personal growth, this episode explores the truth about long term friendships and why some bonds truly last. If you are navigating midlife transitions, evolving relationships, or simply wondering how friendships change over time, this honest conversation will resonate deeply. Topics Discussed: → Why do some friendships last a lifetime? → How do friendships change in midlife? → What keeps long term friendships strong? → Can friendships survive major life changes? → How do you grow together without growing apart? Sponsored By: → Cozy Earth | Share a little extra love this February and wrap yourself—or someone you care about—in comfort that truly feels special. Head to https://cozyearth.com and use my code DRTYNA for up to 20% off. → Manukora | Head to https://manukora.com/DRTYNA to save up to 31% plus $25 worth of free gifts with the Starter Kit, which comes with an MGO 850+ Manuka Honey jar, 5 honey travel sticks, a wooden spoon, and a guidebook! → BIOptimizers | BIOptimizers is now offering a special Valentine's Day deal: 15% off as a special gift to yourself. Go to https://bioptimizers.com/drtyna and use code DRTYNA. → Sunlighten | Learn more at https://sunlighten.com/drtyna and use code DRTYNASHOW to save up to $1,400 on your sauna purchase with additional savings throughout the year. On This Episode We Cover: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:02:12 - How Mia & Dr. Tyna met → 00:08:01 - Sixth grade: Bon Jovi → 00:12:03 - Mixtapes & Nine In Nails → 00:17:03 - High school trip → 00:20:15 - Long distance sisterhood → 00:24:39 - Matching tattoos & MTV → 00:28:22 - Music taste & Christianity → 00:32:32 - Depression & dating → 00:37:43 - Close calls & creepy men → 00:43:01 - Risk tolerance & dangerous slides → 00:47:53 - Pregnancy & motherhood → 00:51:55 - Grandma mode → 00:53:55 - Before cell phones → 00:55:35 - Mia’s mom, Brita Further Listening: → How To Close Out 2025 And Build A Better, Healthier Life In 2026 Check Out Mia: → Instagram Disclaimer: Information provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only. This information is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided in this podcast for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided in this blog/podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and Dr. Tyna Moore. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent ANY disease.

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0:00.0	You were kind of a bad kid at times. I was. But I was like a stellar. Oh my gosh. You were like in the gifted program. God sent you to me a long time ago to keep me alive because. Well, same for you. Keep me alive. I've done a lot of stupid stuff and you call me out. We do call each other out. Yeah. That's critical. Just like you call it my bullshit in a heartbeat or even just my mood.
0:22.6	Like Tina, you're being a bitch. Stop it. And I'm like, okay. You are tuned into the Dr. Tina
0:27.5	show with Dr. Tina more. For more, visit Dr. Tina.com. All right, you guys. So for this episode,
0:34.3	I have brought on a very special guest. This is my best friend in the entire world. Mia Fesmire, I want to call you Mia Allerheim, because that's your maiden name. And it's my birthday today, and I'm 52. And so Mia came to visit me, and we decided we were going to drink champagne and talk shit. Yes, of course. It's going to be amazing. Thank you for coming. Well, happy birthday. Thank you. Yes, and you look fabulous. Thank you. So do you. Thank you. Trying our best, right? All we can do. We've been best friends since sixth grade. That was 1986, so that was 40 years ago. Oh, my gosh. I know. That's hard to say. I know. I'm going to cry.
1:27.6	40 years. And you've been my best friend all these years. I love you. Like a sister, seriously. No, don't cry. You're going to mess up my makeup advice. I start crying. Don't do it. So I have to tell the story of how we became friends. This is where we're going to start.
1:28.6	We don't actually have any script.
1:29.5	Can I grab my drink really quick?
1:30.9	We're drinking champagne.
1:31.6	I went to cheers.
1:32.2	Oh, okay, here.
1:44.3	I'm like, oh, okay. Cheers. This isn't my usual content, but I don't care because it's my podcast. Yes. I decided that you were going to be my first guest that we published the episode in my new space.
1:47.6	So you will be the, this will be the debut of this set with. Well, it's amazing and I've never done a podcast. So this is weird for me, but that's good. That's okay. We're having a conversation. You're my friend. So I'll do whatever. You actually helped me buy these chairs. We walked into our house. and I was like, I need podcast chairs for the new studio.
2:02.7	And we both sat down right away in these and we were like, this is them.
2:06.1	These chairs.
2:07.1	Yeah.
2:08.1	They do have amazing furniture.
2:08.6	So yeah, I took you down that whole.
2:10.6	Plug for our house.
2:11.6	Okay, so how did we meet?
2:13.1	We were in sixth grade.
2:14.6	I had just moved to your elementary school for the listeners who don't know.
2:21.3	Probably nobody knows this. I moved a million times in my life. And my parents were not in the military,
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