Ep 489. The Tension Between What Is and What Could Have Been
Around The Way Curls
Antoinette Lee & Shanti Mayers
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week, we explore the tension that comes with getting older: reckoning with the life you have while reflecting on the life you didn’t choose. Using the psychological concept of counterfactual thinking those “what if” and “if only” thoughts, we unpack the emotional pull of the road not taken, what our unlived lives seem to promise, and whether we’re longing for something real or simply romanticizing the fantasy. Join us.
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| 0:00.0 | Now, if you're anything like me, you might not be able to just drop everything and book a ticket to Italy. |
| 0:05.6 | But you know what we can do? |
| 0:07.4 | We can go to the theater on April 10th for You, Me, and Tuscany. |
| 0:11.8 | You Me and Tuscany is a brand new rom-com from Will Packer, the same guy who produced one of our faves, Girls' Trip. |
| 0:19.4 | And it's starring our girl Hallie Bailey and the ever so |
| 0:23.1 | handsome reggae Jean page. You, Me, and Tuscany has all the ingredients of your favorite rom-coms. |
| 0:30.4 | There's heart, huge laughs, and sizzling chemistry. I know I'm excited to see a rom-com that actually |
| 0:37.1 | reflects us. Set in the enchanting |
| 0:40.0 | vineyards of Tuscany, it's the movie escape we've been waiting for, and at this point we need. |
| 0:46.1 | So grab your girls for a night out or your special someone for a perfect date night. Get lost in |
| 0:52.7 | the sauce with you, me, and Tuscany, directed by Kat Koiro, only in theaters April 10th. |
| 0:58.9 | We can't wait to come back and talk about it on the podcast. |
| 1:05.7 | Do it a little faster. |
| 1:06.8 | Oh. |
| 1:10.0 | Oh. |
| 1:16.6 | Skir. So, puss, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p. answer. Yeah. |
| 1:18.9 | You still got it. |
| 1:21.2 | It's your girl, Shanty. |
| 1:22.7 | And it's Antoinette. |
| 1:24.1 | And we are around the way curls. |
| 1:27.1 | Join us as we share our unique life experiences, aka tell all our business. |
| 1:32.2 | And explore both the profound and the profane. |
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