This week we're talking about the inevitable experience of failure and how to hone the skill of starting over. Setbacks can be crushing, but they only turn permanent if you quit. In this episode, we're sharing our own vulnerable failure stories and the things that have helped us to get back on our feet.

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Mindset shifts:

Sometimes you have to quit

no one owes you anything

BOOK REPORT

Emma: Uprooted By Naomi Novik

Elsie: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

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This week we're sharing winter comforts that reliably get us through our least favorite season of the year.

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Winter Comforts:

Elsie: Books in bed!

Emma: Snow Suit

Elsie: Hot water - tea, coffee, apple cider, hot toddies, hot tubs, and bathes

Emma: Daydream, redecorate, and organize your house

Elsie: Go out with friends. (get out of the house!!)

Emma: Game of fire, cozy life

Guilty Pleasure Treasure:

Elsie: Christopher Nolan movies

Emma: Turkish Delights and Vanilla powder from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

Book Report:

Elsie: The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maas

Emma: The Ministry of Time

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This week, we're watching the 1995 classic Empire Records. We're also doing a hot take debate about technological advances, and we're bringing back our segment guilty pleasure treasure.

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Guilty Pleasure Teasure:

Elsie - American Funyuns

Emma - American Oreos

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