68. How to Give yourself the Ultimate Glow Up

68. How to Give yourself the Ultimate Glow Up

We're talking about beauty today-- but really, we're talking about growing up and figuring out how to take care of yourself for the first time. I sit down with Maya Nalawade the person responsible for my entire skincare shelf, to talk about everything nobody teaches you: skincare basics, the biggest myths, where to splurge vs. save, and how a good routine connects to feeling good mentally. Because it's not just about skin. We get into beauty and fashion as self-expression: how your look can shift your confidence, what happens when your outside doesn't match how you feel inside, and what we'd say to anyone who thinks caring about your appearance is shallow. Plus: a rapid-fire round, our holy grail products, and the advice we wish we'd gotten when we first started figuring this out. This is the episode I wish I had years ago. Hope it helps you feel a little less alone in figuring it out too. 🌷 Follow, subscribe, and leave a review if you loved this one!

67. A Year Later: Did I Make Past Me Proud?

A year ago, I wrote myself a letter. I sealed it, set a calendar reminder, and forgot about it almost entirely. In this episode, I open it for the first time and reckon with how much has changed: leaving my corporate law job to bet on myself, the dream of Harvard Law School that at one point I questioned, and the winding, uncertain path that somehow led me here. It's an episode about growing up on your own terms, about the plans that fall away and the ones that quietly come true-- and about learning to trust yourself even when the road looks nothing like you imagined. Keywords: letter to future self, letter to past self, Harvard Law School, leaving corporate law, life in your twenties, quarter life, growing up, self reflection, career change, podcast for young women

66. Know Yourself Before Committing to Someone Else

What does it actually mean to reinvent yourself-- and do you need to know who you are before you let someone else in? This week, I'm joined by my friend Elena for one of those conversations that started as a chat about her upcoming engagement and turned into something much bigger: a proper deep-dive into identity, change, and what it means to know yourself. We talk about what reinvention actually looks like in practice, whether people can truly change, what you carry forward when you start over, and the quiet grief- or relief- of leaving old versions of yourself behind. And yes, we do eventually get to the engagement. But the reason this episode earns that ending is everything that comes before it. Whether you're mid-reinvention, freshly out of one, or trying to figure out who you even are before you figure out who you want to be with, this one's for you.

65. What a Week in New York Taught Me About Adult Life

New York City gave me a lot last week: a beautiful wedding, reunions with people I don't see nearly enough, and a constant background hum of "do I love this or does this exhaust me?" In this solo episode, I'm talking through what it was like to be back in the chaos, the strange mix of emotions that comes with watching your friends hit big life milestones, and why catching up with long-distance friends always leaves me feeling both full and a little reflective. If you've ever been to a city that makes you feel alive and overwhelmed at the same time, this one's for you.

64. Should You Do A Master's Degree?

If you've ever finished undergrad and thought what now?!— this episode is for you. A master's degree can feel like the obvious next step. It sounds impressive, it keeps you in education a little longer, and it gives you something to say when people ask about your plans. But is it actually worth it? And are you doing it for the right reasons? In this episode, I'm joined by two friends and classmates, Nasreen and Ed, to reflect on our year doing an MA in Podcasting- yes, that's a real thing- and have an honest conversation about graduate school: what it costs, what it gives you, and whether it's actually necessary. We talk about what led each of us here, how a master's compares to undergrad life (it's more fragmented, more self-directed, and a lot less social than you might expect), and what we genuinely took away from the experience— academically, professionally, and personally. We also get into the harder questions. What were the paths we didn't take? How different would things look if we hadn't done it? Are there fields where a master's is genuinely valuable— and others where it's just a very expensive way of buying time? My honest take: I don't think a master's is for everyone. A lot of people do one to delay a decision rather than make one, and that can cost you serious time and money without much to show for it. But I also think there's a version of doing a master's that isn't really about the degree at all; it's about opening a door into a new chapter of your life that you couldn't have planned in advance. That's what it was for me. You don't have to do it right after undergrad. You don't have to do it at all. But if you have a real reason- a specific goal, a genuine curiosity, a sense that it might take you somewhere you actually want to go- it might be one of the better investments you make. Not just in your career, but in yourself.