We're Back (And So Is the Chaos)

We're back! It's been over a year since we sat around the table together, and honestly? A lot has happened. In this reunion episode, we're catching up on everything: weddings, new puppies, career changes, health scares, and the moments that looked picture-perfect online but were actually holding us together behind the scenes. We cook, we eat, we laugh, and we get real about what the last 14 months actually looked like. Join us as we talk through hospital stays, a surprise diagnosis, a wedding to a man met on a dating app, new businesses, new relationships, and the honest answer to a question that hit harder than we expected: what looked amazing from the outside, but was actually so much harder than people realize? Whether it's the pressure of running a business, the quiet grief of a job that wasn't working, or just the exhaustion behind a "perfect" life online… this one gets real. 👀 What's something in your life that looks amazing from the outside, but nobody knows how hard it actually is? Drop it in the comments. Episode Highlights: Life updates: weddings, new puppies, a career pivot, and a whole lot of doctor's visits The truth behind running a stationery business while managing a new autoimmune diagnosis A "cute" heart attack, a scary night with vertigo, and living to tell both stories Finding love (and each other) through a dating app built on personality science The real reason a "dream job" led to a breaking point — and the guilt that came with leaving What we're each hoping for by our next reunion — including a very serious Shettles Method deep-dive Let us know: do you think social media hides more than it shows, or are we all just better at making hard things look cute? Let's talk about it in the comments. ________________________ Chapters: 00:12 Introduction and Setting the Scene 03:28 Amanda's Huge Milestone Moments! 05:11 Lee's Big Move, Business Launch, and Autoimmune Diagnosis 12:49 Kemmy and Her 9 Lives 23:44 Let's Get to the Good Part!! Foooood!! 26:24 The Cookie Was Worth the Fight 27:37 What are our headlines for the past 14 months? 29:45 Love Stories and Online Dating 34:04 The Boo Dating App - MBTI 37:33 How introverted are you? 42:24 I survived the puppy blues 47:57 What looks amazing from the outside? 48:29 Looked Amazing From the Outside: The Body Behind the Business 52:12 Looked Amazing From the Outside: Struggling But Make It Cute 59:13 Looked Amazing From the Outside: Educational Gaslighting 01:08:44 Reunion Goals 01:09:49 Finding Our Tribe, Drag Queens, Good Credit, and Future Babies 01:15:09 Manifesting a Girl 01:18:50 iPad Broken, We're Done ________________________ More ways to listen: https://bio.site/callitgirldinner ^^Links to Spotify & Apple Podcast as well as our socials *** #CallItGirlDinner #podcast #podcastlife #girltalk #realtalk #FriendshipPodcast #womensupportingwomen #wedding #chronicillness #smallbusinessowner #puppylife #newhome #lifeupdate #ReunionEpisode