Sisters Not Saints

208: Lucky Girl Syndrome, Red Flag Hobbies and the 97 Chapter Novel

Jump in, friends — this week is all about healing and feeling! We kick things off by discussing the results of our previous 30-day somatic healing hip exercises, then move into the latest manifestation technique called Lucky Girl Syndrome. Does believing and reciting that you are the luckiest girl in the world allow the universe to conspire in your favor? We offer two very different belief systems on the theory. Finally, we discuss hobbies or ways of being we think are red flags for potential relationships. 
Once we wrap up our own healing and feeling session, we help you guys with the following: 
Should a wife support her husband by reading his 97 chapter book, despite hating his writing style? 
A couple’s mutual friends just informed the girlfriend that her boyfriend was physically violent in a past relationship but she has seen no evidence. Dealbreaker? 
A listener has one very difficult general education class remaining until graduation and found a way to cheat on the final. Acceptable or not? 
 
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Episode Transcript: https://rb.gy/du7j0q

207: Doomsday Bunkers, Oreo Vaults and a Third Strike

Batten down the hatches this week, everyone!
This podcast episode is going UNDERGROUND to discuss doomsday bunkers, Y2K, Albanian Bunker Fest and survival in a post-apocalyptic environment. Tune in for a lively game of “Which Bunker is Bogus?” as we highlight three bunkers — each more fanciful than the last — from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (popularized by Cecilia Blomdahl), an Oreo Vault and an unbelievable story about a West Virginia man named Dale Trusdale.
After exploring life below the surface, we shift our sights up to the Greek Orthodox monastery of Mount Athos to introduce you to a monk named Michael Tolotos who, legend has it, died in 1938 without ever having seen a woman. Imagine his surprise to hear four women discussing that possibility on a podcast in 2023!
After we explore the underground realms and mountaintop Greek monasteries, we come back to the surface to take questions from listeners on the following: 
A two year relationship ends after a woman was caught aimlessly doodling her ex’s last name with her name. 
How many times is too many to get your teen out of trouble? Does a third strike change the approach? 
How would you handle a situation where you knew a co-worker and good friend fabricated data about you to earn a better bonus?
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/avAHL

206: Stay at Home Girlfriends and the Life of a Costumer

Join the Sisters this week as we dive into the new phenomenon of Stay at Home Girlfriends. Hilarie met one in real life and tells us what she learned. 
We then pull back the curtain on…Zoey! Everyone’s favorite little mystery. She agrees to fill us in on her life as a Costumer to the stars. You won’t believe the weirdest thing she’s had to do on set before. 
We then get into our advice segment where we help our listeners with the following dilemmas:
Should you track your children via phone apps and GPS? 
Can a crush on a celebrity become unhealthy? 
Is it okay to ask the guests in your home to chip in with chores? How far is too far? Can you ask them to help with home remodel projects?!
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/dmsKZ

205: Deepfakes, Black Market Sperm, and When the Wife Meets a Work Wife

In this week’s episode we explore an assortment of topics — the lewd, the ludicrous and the luxurious. Jump into our real life encounters with the world of deepfakes, AI and chatGPT functionality, as well as some of the newest ways people we know are trying to bring babies to this world. We also dive into things that make us feel rich and it’s not what you’d expect! 
Once we return to the real world, we give our takes on the following listener questions: 
A listener writes in to ask if he should invest in a no-questions-asked and possibly shady business venture.
Listen as we give our best perspectives to a listener wondering if she should report a neighbor for child abuse, or if she she should worry about alienating her neighbors.
Finally, listen in as we have differing, somewhat heated opinions on a wife meeting her husband’s “work wife,” unofficially. Follow us on IG and TikTok at @sistersnotsaintspodcast to meet your co-hosts: Hilarie, Kristen, Megan and Zoey. 
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/lovBG

204: Lunch Table Theory, Sister Wives and Can You Be Too Woke?

It’s a perfect blend of past and present in this week’s podcast, or should we say sociological study?
Listen in as the sisters examine a theory gone viral by Marty Wadsworth (@martinswt on TikTok) for selecting a mate by their place in the high school pecking order, walk through an actual experience sharing an apartment building with Anna Gristina, a famous New York madame and brothel owner and eventually mull over Gen Z’s ideas on the topics of tolerance and wokeness. 
This week, our listeners have summoned us for the following life dilemmas: 
How can a shy law student ask out his crush in a quiet college library? 
A mom wants to know if she can police her teen daughters’ wardrobe without becoming a nag or a villain, and when is it appropriate to step in? Are things appropriate?
A listener asked about our specific friend group and if we consider each other Sister Wives. Lots of laughs with this one! 
 
Follow us on IG and TikTok at @sistersnotsaintspodcast to meet your co-hosts: Hilarie, Kristen, Megan and Zoey. 
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/cjrv2

203: Sound Baths, Somatic Healing and Work Besties

The suburbs of Music City are alive — not with the sounds of music — but with sound BATHS! This week, we ventured out as a group to try a private sound bath at HAUM in Franklin, TN. We summarize our very colorful experiences. We also issue and begin a 30 day challenge targeting trauma healing through somatic hip release exercises a la Tik Tok. 
With our own healing well underway, we attempt to help some of our listeners heal their own life issues: 
A new mom needs our take on navigating a situation with her mother-in-law and the cleanliness of baby clothes during her caretaking. 
A new listener needs our opinions in regard to her husband’s anxiety over their financial stability.
Finally, we all debate the appropriate way to help a listener handle a work bestie’s ethical faux pas that resulted in the firing of another coworker. Ethics fans will love this one!
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/hHJ46

202: Nepo Babies, Fecal Matter and Ethical Billionaires

It hits the fan this week as Sisters discuss various sh*tty offenses: washcloth cleanliness, nepo babies and the concept of ethical billionaires. How do you stay clean out there, whether it be in the laundry room, career progression and the acquisition of wealth? 
Once we air our hot takes, we dive into our advice segment. Hear from a listener with an emotionally distant husband, someone with a terminally ill father and an “evil” stepmother and a female listener struggling to cope with a pregnancy loss. 
Follow us on IG and TikTok at @sistersnotsaintspodcast to meet your co-hosts: Hilarie, Kristen, Megan and Zoey. 
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/bdkux

201: Poopstagram, Buccal Fat Removal and Are We Just Gross?

HELLO, PARTY PEOPLE! The SISTERS are BACK from hiatus and ready to invade your ear drums for SEASON TWO! 
As they reconvene to catch up from their break, they tackle various self care topics: trending poop apps (Gen Z, why, besties?), buccal fat removal and the cleanliness of washcloths. Listen, learn and tell the pod crew what you’re out there doing! 
After tackling personal self care, the sisters tackle YOUR dilemmas: 
Question 1: Listen as we help a listener navigate a difficult teacher. 
Question 2:
A listener is struggling in a relationship with excess alcohol use and needs some help. 
Question 3:
Play date drama between two children is complicating a friendship. 
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Episode Transcript: shorturl.at/awIW2

120: A Very Merry Season Finale!

It’s a walk through Winter Wonderland as we wrap our final episode of Season One and say goodbye to 2022. Listen in as we reminisce on the highs and lows of the year, from the top Google searches to what we hope society leaves behind as we enter the new year. We discuss our favorite and most unique holiday traditions and explore how to gift as a family versus an individual.
Please be sure to check us out on social media and listen in to any previous episodes while we are on a brief hiatus. Season Two will be live in January, so don’t stray too far away over the holidays. 
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Happy Holidays from everyone at Sisters Not Saints! 

119: Blue Lights, Human Composting and the Tree That Owns Itself

As we inch toward the holiday season, the sisters explore the relevance of the once-ubiquitous blue lights on college campuses across America and how increasing connectedness has shifted our evolving plans for public safety. From there, we explore the newest option in some progressive states for an ethical, clean burial called human composting and discuss our willingness to undergo this new process. Finally, we meet the Tree That Owns Itself in Georgia.
This week, we assist our listeners by helping them with some of the following questions:
How to manage a family member who is staying in touch via fake news articles
How to set boundaries at work
How to regain your social mojo post-pandemic
If you love us, please like, subscribe, review and share with your friends. New episodes drop every Wednesday morning anywhere you stream.
Follow us on IG and TikTok at @sistersnotsaintspodcast to meet your co-hosts: Hilarie, Kristen, Megan and Zoey. 
Submit your request for advice anonymously at our website at www.sistersnotsaints.com