I Don't Want to Go Back to Normal

European Breakfast, American Chaos

This week on Girls Tripped, we discover that self-improvement is a lot weirder than it sounds. Our European meal challenge leads to unexpected consequences, including 80s love songs at breakfast and confused dogs. We also check in on our personal summer goals. Along the way, we discuss competitive families, people-pleasing, why every challenge makes a week feel twice as long, and whether we've accidentally trained everyone around us to expect too much. Plus, we're introducing our next challenge: following the moon. We'll be right there with you. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Ripples

What happens when two women put down their phones for a day? For Eliza, it felt like getting her life back. For Jillian, it was a reminder of just how powerful habits can be. This week, we debrief our phone-free challenge, discuss the surprising ways technology shapes our relationships, and share what we discovered when the noise finally got quiet. We also uncover an unexpected theme of the summer reset: maybe the point isn't doing more, but making more room for the people that matter most. Because maybe the life we're looking for isn't somewhere else. Maybe it's already here. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Magic Wasn't Paris

After a week of dressing like they're on vacation, Eliza and Jillian compare notes on what surprised them most about the challenge—and why a little extra effort had a much bigger impact than expected. Jillian discovers that doing less and protecting her time may be exactly what she needs, while Eliza continues her quest to romanticize everyday life, even when it involves an ill-fated Cape May trolley tour. The conversation then turns to something both women noticed in Paris: they were fully present. No endless scrolling. No constant notifications. No checking their phones every few minutes. Could that have been part of the magic? As the Summer Reset continues, they challenge themselves to spend an entire day phone-free and explore a bigger question: Was Paris special because it was Paris—or because they were finally paying attention? Book the trip. Even if the trip is back to your own life. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Live by the Moon

This week, we're talking about the strange letdown that happens after an unforgettable trip, why it's so easy to feel alive on vacation and overwhelmed at home, and what we're doing to bring a little more joy into everyday life. From sunrise and sunset challenges to moongazing, overpacked schedules, people-pleasing, and the realization that maybe we don't need another vacation as much as we need a different way of living, this conversation is the beginning of our Summer Reset. Join us as we kick off a season of small challenges, intentional living, and finding the vacation version of ourselves right at home. Because sometimes "Book the Trip" isn't about getting on a plane—it's about choosing joy wherever you are. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

I Don't Want to Go Back to Normal

Paris is over, the laundry is waiting, and somehow life already feels louder again. In this episode, we talk about the emotional hangover of coming home — the exhaustion, the overstimulation, the anxiety creeping back in, and the strange feeling that the version of you that you loved most might’ve only existed on vacation. From one-napkin lunches and slow Paris dinners to productivity addiction, sunset walks, and trying to hold onto the people we became abroad, this conversation turns into something much bigger than travel. Maybe the trip didn’t change us. Maybe it revealed us. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.