The Best Life Podcast
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The Best Life Podcast
Welcome to The Best Life podcast! Here we talk about everything from: success, money, relationships, entrepreneurship, productivity, honest communication, positive psychology, and an abundance mindset. Creating a life that YOU choose.
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Ep. 604: Navigating Holiday Arguments
The holidays are around the corner and with visiting family inevitably comes arguing with your weird uncle about some insane thing happening in the ne...
Ep. 603: Life Is Too Short Not To Celebrate
Today, Jill and Danny dive into everything from TikTok earworms and the chaos of keeping up with new platforms to Danny’s new “50 First Dates With Mys...
Ep. 602: Going On 50 First Dates
Last week we talked about Jill’s big news, so this week we wanted to share Danny’s: she’s dating again! Except there’s one big catch—Danny is dating h...
Ep. 601: The Courage to Love Again
Our girl Jill is married! For our OG Besties, you know what a wild ride it’s been—we started this podcast before Jill even met her now husband. We all...
Ep. 600: Replacing Human Relationships with AI Bots
There are some studies coming out that show young people—especially boys—are turning more and more towards AI for relationships instead of their peers...
Ep. 599: Boss Babes vs. Trad Wives
It’s somehow the era of the Trad Wife—at least on Threads and Twitter—and it seems like all the former Boss Babes are hanging up their blazers and tur...
Ep. 598: We're Up to No Good (Again)
We’re back in our Shenanigans Era! Okay maybe not, because we’ve really been home-bodies in recent years… but one thing we really miss from 2016-2018...
Ep. 597: Is It Okay to Look Hot for Your Partner?
As we get older, we want to look and feel good for ourselves, but we kind of want to look good for our partners too! Men can be annoying as hell for s...
Ep. 596: Danny-J's TEMU Forehead Surgery
We’ve talked about botox and plastic surgery on this podcast before and Besties know, we’re all for it. Maybe when we were younger we were on Team Agi...
Ep. 595: Shooting the Shit
We love having thoughtful and insightful conversations as much as the next people, but sometimes we just wanna shoot the shit. It’s been a hectic summ...
Ep. 594: Defining Your Core Values
Our value systems are deeply personal and influence almost everything we do in our lives. We all have core values, whether they’re obvious to us or no...
Ep. 593: We Watched Netflix's Unknown Number
We don’t normally talk about pop culture, but we just watched Unknown Number on Netflix and holy. fucking. shit. This episode is full of spoilers so i...
Ep. 592: Hating the Same Things
Apparently, hating the same things is the mark of a great friendship. It makes sense—misery does love company. There’s something so freeing about gett...
Ep. 591: Danny-J Went to Burning Man
Yeah, you read that title correctly. Danny-J went to the infamous Burning Man festival. We’ve been skeptics for years, but curiosity finally won out,...
Ep. 590: You Did This To Yourself
We’ve lived enough life by now to know that shame is never helpful. Sometimes when bad things happen to us as a result of our choices, some asshole hi...
Ep. 589: Jill's Final Fiesta
Our Jill is getting married 🥹 If you’ve been a listener from the beginning, you’ll know what a big deal this is and just how proud we are. To celebra...
Ep. 588: Why We Love Procrastinating and Hate Soap
Much love and respect to the Gen Z hustlers out there, but that couldn’t be us. Maybe we’re getting lazy, or maybe we’re getting old, but either way,...
Ep. 587: Is Everyone on Ozempic Now?
Is everyone on Ozempic? Look, GLP-1s are a game changer for so many people’s health. People with metabolic dysfunction and chronic obesity are getting...
Ep. 586: Relationships and Cheating in the Digital Age
Modern life is just way too overstimulating. There’s more news flooding our feeds before we can even come to terms with what we’ve already seen and no...
Ep. 585: The Real Reason Birth Rates Are Declining
Have you noticed an increase in discourse about why (or why not) birth rates are declining in America? We see a lot of blame directed towards women—th...
Ep. 584: Who the Fuck Wants to Live Forever?
The wellness industry needs to chill the fuck out. Everyone wants to live forever, but we haven’t heard any good reasons why we would want to. Look, w...
Ep. 583: How Long Does It Take to Heal?
Does grief have a timeline? Is there a statute of limitations on how long you’re allowed to hurt? We’ve been through our fair share of shitty situatio...
Ep. 582: Sharing Personal Stories on Public Platforms
There’s this funny thing about being a creator on the internet—strangers think they know you. And while we post the things we post with connection in...
Ep. 581: Loving the Idea of Someone
Have you ever loved the idea of what someone *could* be, more than the person that they actually are? There’s danger in falling in love with someone’s...
Ep. 580: Is There A Moral Obligation to Watch the News?
Instagram is rolling out a new feature that defaults to keeping news and political content off of our feeds, and it got us thinking, is it irresponsib...
579: Conversations on Money and Marriage
No one goes in to a marriage hoping that it’ll fail, but statistics don’t lie, and around half of all marriages end in divorce. With those odds, would...
Ep. 578: Never Say Never (Or Else)
Never say never on the internet because if you make a public claim about one thing and then eventually change your mind, someone out there named Susan...
Ep. 577: Never Underestimate Your Own Influence
The world might be run by assholes and idiots, but that doesn’t make us powerless! Y’all, this is the Best Life, and living the Best Life means realiz...
Ep. 576: The Healed Woman vs. the Unchanged Man
Sometimes it feels like we’re in all-out gender warfare, where women are putting in work to heal themselves while men dig their heels into their old,...
Ep. 575: The Communication Tool of the Future
We’re back and chatting about our new favorite subject—ChatGPT. Danny-J is an outspoken ChatGPT lover—it’s her nutrition coach, therapist, best friend...
Ep. 574: Let's Just Ignore the Things We Hate About Our Bodies
We can’t fight the fact that we’re getting older, so we might as well fight the urge to hate our bodies. Nobody (and no body, for that matter) looks h...
Ep. 573: 5 Ways ChatGPT Can Make Your Life Better
Is ChatGPT taking over the world? Is it making us dumber? Less social? Is it ruining our critical thinking? Nope! At least for us, AI programs like Ch...
Ep. 572: Rich People Are Out of Touch
Katy Perry went to space, and women everywhere rejoiced. Except that didn’t actually happened. Well, Katy Perry DID go to “space” but the rest of us w...
Ep. 571: The Apocalyptic Dating World in Our Mid-40's
Getting older is already enough of a mind-fuck, and now Danny has to start adding dating back into the mix? Are you fucking serious?! We thought datin...
Ep. 570: There's No Such Thing As A Perfect Partner
The person you decide to build a life with is one of the most important decisions you can make, but also… Sometimes the person you once knew (or even...
Ep. 569: The Importance of Community
When you’ve travelled as much as we have, and worked from home for as long as we have, building an in-person community is harder than it looks. We hav...
Ep. 568: Are Busy Friends Better Friends?
What makes a good friend? Is it someone with lots of wealth, power, or status? Someone who can connect you with important people? Kind of sounds like...
Ep. 567: Build A Life You Don't Need A Vacation From
Have you ever had someone (usually an internet marketer trying to sell you something) tell you to “build a life you don’t need a vacation from”? It’s...
Ep. 566: Why Don't Men Listen to Women?
If men cared about their relationships with women, it would make sense to listen to what women have to say, right? Yeah, we know, sounds unrealistic....
Ep. 565: 4 Ways to Deepen the Connection in Your Romantic Relationship
Jill is newly and happily engaged, but her relationship hasn’t always been perfect. When it came time to decide to break-up or take the next step in t...