How are you becoming a grandparent when you’re still getting your own life together?

Layla’s 49, working full-time and about to welcome her first grandchild. She’s excited, but getting her head around being someone’s granny is another matter.

Layla and Ellie talk about how quickly life moves, the grandparents they grew up with and the kind Layla imagines becoming. From enjoying your freedom to loving a baby you haven’t met yet, there’s plenty to take in. And that’s before agreeing on what to be called.

Becoming a grandparent, already an expert, or got a grandparent story we need to hear? Email us. And if you’ve got a name for Layla that isn’t Granny, she’s taking suggestions.

Ever feel completely overwhelmed by things that really shouldn't be that overwhelming?

This week, we're overthinking the first-world problems taking up a ridiculous amount of brain space, including why going on holiday somehow creates more admin than staying at home.

As usual, that's where we start. Where the conversation ends up is another matter entirely.

Are we overwhelmed, overthinking... or is this genuinely just how our brains work?

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Supermarkets have finally pushed us over the edge.

This week we're overthinking the weekly food shop: self-checkouts, receipt-scanning exit gates, increasingly expensive carrier bags and the very serious question of why buying food now feels like an obstacle course where you're also somehow under suspicion.

And, because we rarely manage to stick to the actual subject, we also end up discussing:

• An eight-year-old giving us some brutally honest feedback

• Ellie's encounter with a particularly well-guarded 60p carrier bag

• A minor IKEA theft involving an eight-year-old

• Our slightly pointless 9am trip to Clarkson's pub

• Growing up in an "ingredient household"

• The childhood snack situation that still feels mildly traumatic

• And the innocent phrase that got Layla into rather a lot of trouble at work

So yes, ostensibly this is an episode about supermarkets.

It doesn't entirely stay that way.

It can't be just us?

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We can’t believe this is just us, but why does it feel like we can manifest everything… except the good stuff?

We’re overthinking manifestation, the pressure to “think positive”, and why it somehow feels easier to spiral into worst-case scenarios than attract anything we actually want. From trying to manifest dream houses and lottery wins, to accidentally manifesting bad days without even trying, we unpack where we might be going wrong.

In this episode, we get honest about doubt creeping in mid-manifestation, the pressure to always be in the “right mindset”, and how exhausting it feels to constantly monitor your thoughts. We also talk about visualising your dream life only to immediately question how you’d afford it, whether manifesting is actually realistic when you’re busy and stressed, and why it sometimes feels like everyone else has cracked the code except you.

Tune in if you’ve ever tried to manifest something and felt like you sabotaged it within seconds, questioned whether you’re “doing it right”, or wondered why manifesting the bad stuff seems so much easier than the good.

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Is it just us, or did we all spend our childhoods convinced that quicksand would be a much bigger problem in adult life?

We’re unpacking the unhinged category of childhood fears: the urban legends that absolutely owned us as kids and still have a grip on us now. From Bermuda Triangle panic to Bloody Mary sleepover dares, we’re dissecting the weird myths that made bedtime feel like a hostage situation and still haunt us now.Tune in for a dose of the 'the scaries' and find out which childhood terrors still haunt us today.👋 Join the conversation: Got a childhood fear that still haunts you? Email: shegetsitfromme1@gmail.com🎙️ Be a Guest: Think you’d be a great guest? We’d love to hear your story. Email: shegetsitfromme1@gmail.com🔔 Subscribe: New episodes every other Tuesday. Don't forget to follow so you never miss an "overthink."

We can’t believe this is just us, but why does everyone on MAFS feel completely unhinged this season?
This week, we’re back in our comfort zone and overthinking Married at First Sight. From instant red flags and forced attraction, to chaotic dinner parties, weird power moves and couples who clearly should never have been matched in the first place, we’re sharing all our opinions on this year’s cast.

In this episode, we talk about whether attraction can actually grow if it is not there at the start, why some people seem to mistake peace for boredom, and whether reality TV deliberately matches people with emotional baggage just to create drama. We also get into the contestants we secretly love, the ones we absolutely do not trust, and the strange way some people seem more interested in airtime than actual connection.

We also discuss toxic relationships, insecurity, projection, traditional values, whether certain cast members are being set up as villains on purpose, and why some of this season feels so intense that it almost seems scripted. Plus, we get into the messy spoilers, the behind-the-scenes rumours, and the contestants who make us change our minds every five minutes.

Tune in if you’re watching MAFS and shouting at the TV, obsessing over who is genuine and who is performing, or wondering whether anyone on this show is actually ready for marriage.

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It’s the She Gets It From Me Christmas special with Layla (Gen X) and Ellie (Gen Z), and we’re a few Proseccos in, so it’s festive chaos from the start.

Ellie pulls the funniest work Christmas party stories from Reddit, and we get into office Christmas party behaviour that should have come with a disclaimer, plus why a free bar turns normal colleagues into absolute villains. Then we move on to “when did you find out Santa wasn’t real?” from handwriting giveaways to kids being genuinely terrified of Father Christmas turning up in the night.

We also read out our top hate comments, rant about AI thumbnails turning us into strangers, and spiral into beauty standards, ageing, filler and facelifts, and why everyone ends up with the same face.

Explicit language. Over 18s.

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We can’t believe this is just us, but why does everyone on MAFS feel completely unhinged?
This week, we’re back in our comfort zone and overthinking Married at First Sight. From instant red flags and forced attraction, to chaotic dinner parties, weird power moves and couples who clearly should never have been matched in the first place, we’re sharing all our opinions on this year’s cast.

In this episode, we talk about whether attraction can actually grow if it is not there at the start, why some people seem to mistake peace for boredom, and whether reality TV deliberately matches people with emotional baggage just to create drama. We also get into the contestants we secretly love, the ones we absolutely do not trust, and the strange way some people seem more interested in airtime than actual connection.

We also discuss toxic relationships, insecurity, projection, traditional values, whether certain cast members are being set up as villains on purpose, and why some of this season feels so intense it almost seems scripted. Plus, we get into the messy spoilers, the behind the scenes rumours, and the contestants who make us change our minds every five minutes.

Tune in if you’re watching MAFS and shouting at the TV, obsessing over who is genuine and who is performing, or wondering whether anyone on this show is actually ready for marriage.

👋 Join the conversation: Which couple are you rooting for, and who do you think should never have been matched? Let us know what you think on our Facebook page ⁠www.facebook.com/shegetsitfromme⁠
⭐ Enjoying the podcast? We’d love it if you could leave us a quick review. It genuinely helps more people find the show (and balances out the one-star reviewer 👀)
🎙️ Be a Guest: Have you got a topic we can help you overthink? We’d love to hear from you. Email: ⁠shegetsitfromme1@gmail.com⁠
🔔 Subscribe: New episodes every other Tuesday. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an overthinking moment.