Neural Pathways Explained (Why You Keep Repeating Patterns + How to Rewire Your Brain)

Last Kid Standing

This episode starts with the usual sister chaos: workout plans, upcoming tattoos, and a debate about whether exercise is secretly a scam that unfortunately works. But underneath the laughter, Sarah and Amanda dive into a childhood experience that shaped them both in very different ways. What happens when you're the last kid standing, waiting to be picked up? Amanda shares memories of being left waiting after practices, lessons, and activities, never quite sure when someone was coming for her. Together, the sisters explore how seemingly ordinary childhood experiences can create lifelong patterns around anxiety, hypervigilance, reliability, and trust. From parentification and nervous systems to raising kids who actually feel safe and loved, this conversation examines the ways we unconsciously build our adult lives around the wounds we are still trying to heal. Sometimes healing looks like understanding why you're always early. Sometimes it looks like becoming the parent you needed. And sometimes it looks like realizing that the child you once were is finally getting what they deserved all along. Follow us on Instagram @iymn_podcast and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who's learning how to break cycles and build something different. ❤️

The Proper Way to Wash Your Face

In this episode big sis Sarah teaches how to properly wash our face, leveraging Korean skincare techniques and the ancient craft of sCieNCe. We chat about marriage, relationships, and the "trad wife" shit that our mother made us think made a "good woman". Think - packing that man's suitcase and pressing his damn shirts. Somewhere along the way we realized that a lot of us weren't taught how to have relationships. We were taught how to be useful. ✨ If you're an elder millennial currently unpacking the rulebook you inherited, follow us @iymn_podcast and join our safe space.

Fear, Guilt, and Country Crock

This episode starts with Sarah and Amanda reminiscing about childhood memories. From Country Crock swimming on toasted bagels to Weight Watchers snacks masquerading as treats, we can all agree the 90s were deep in their diet era. After some encouragement -- the girls get into the "meat and potatoes of the discussion". The seemingly age old phrase: "You'll miss me when I'm gone." After Amanda posed that question to Threads, the responses opened up a much bigger conversation about fear-based parenting, generational patterns, and the things we were told as children that hit very differently as adults. If you're an elder millennial unpacking the messages you inherited and deciding which ones deserve to come with you into the next chapter, you're in the right place. ✨ Follow us on Instagram @iymn_podcast and join our little corner of the internet where we say the quiet part out loud. New episodes every week wherever you get your podcasts.

Feelin' Brand New

This episode starts with Good Housekeeping magazines and ends with existential questions about whether we’ve ever been here before. The answer for Amanda is clear, she has not. We’re talking about that feeling of being brand new to life—like everyone else got a manual and you’re just looking around trying to figure out how to exist. Why do some people instinctively know what to do, while others feel like they’re learning everything from scratch? We get into childhood dynamics, different ways of learning, and how those patterns show up in adulthood. Plus a little astrology and of course, a little therapy. If you’ve ever felt like you were just dropped here and expected to figure it out… same, girl. ✨ Follow us on Instagram @iymn_podcast for more “not one unique experience” moments and to be part of the conversation

Another Mother's Day Episode

Sarah and Amanda take on Mother’s Day—what it is, what it isn’t, and why it rarely lives up to the expectation. They unpack the mental load of motherhood, the pressure to celebrate “up,” and the quiet resentment that builds when no one sees how much you carry. With stories from past Mother’s Days, chaotic vacations, and real-life mom moments, they question the script—and explore what it looks like to actually choose yourself. Follow along @iymn_podcast and tune in wherever you listen to podcasts.