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Hot & Bothered

Group Chat IRL: Holding It Together with Duct Tape & Prayer

Hot & Bothered

Melyssa Ford

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health

4.7612 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

This episode feels like the group chat came to life. Joined by my girlfriends, we talk about the holidays beyond the highlight reels—caregiving for parents, emotional burnout, family expectations, and the quiet sadness that can creep in this time of year. We laugh, we vent, and we remind each other (and you) that you don’t have to carry it all alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This program is intended for informational purposes only and does not contain medical advice.

0:05.2

As always, please contact your physician or qualified health care provider with any questions regarding a medical condition. There was definitely the I don't give a.

0:30.6

Oh, that's a good feel.

0:31.6

The focus on yourself, like there was such a hyper focus on myself this year.

0:36.6

A lot of the transformation wasn't really above ground this year. Yeah. They called this the year of the snake. So everybody was shedding their skin. Oh, no, all my snakes was running from the grass and I was happy. What's a green flag that makes you guys sit up immediately? Pay attention. Intellect. Intellect is so sexy to me. Oh my god, this is on the top of my. And you don't even, not you don't have to be that handsome, sorry, but, you know, I don't know if I wanted to say it. What is an ick that a guy gave you that made you stop talking to him? I'll help you guys out. But listen to two phones. Let's go. He kept giving me nicknames, okay? And it was driving me crazy. He called me precious. Not precious. I don't even know where to go with that. That has so many meanings. All I can think about is fried chicken. And I was just like, don't ever call me that or any other woman that ever again. There are no new-born.

1:31.0

Welcome to another episode of Hot and Bothered and look at where we are.

1:35.3

We are back in the studio.

1:41.3

I feel like I have been traveling like a million miles.

1:43.3

I've been in every city.

1:45.3

I am so tired.

1:48.3

Anyways, each season I try to have an episode with my crew of girlfriends.

1:54.1

And this is another crew of my girlfriends.

1:57.7

We're going to sit.

1:58.2

We're going to talk about all things dating.

2:01.6

We're just going to talk about life. We're going to sit. We're going to talk about all things dating. We're just going to talk about life.

2:04.6

We're going to talk about the holidays, bah humbug.

2:07.6

So let me introduce you to the crew.

2:10.6

This is Carmen Jones.

2:13.6

I was expecting, yeah, there you go.

2:15.6

Oh, I was like to me to respond. Okay, great.

2:18.3

Carmen Jones, I, for occupation, I'm an amazing experiential event producer.

2:24.3

Anybody out there who needs one?

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