Mildly Thriving
Not crushing it? Neither are we. Mildly Thriving is our laid-back corner of the internet where two millennial women (hi, that’s us) try our best and mostly make fun of ourselves along the way. From daily wins and WTF moments to the weird and wonderful realities of adulthood, we’re sharing honest conversations about what it really means to be mildly thriving. Because honestly? Mildly thriving is thriving enough.
Mildly Thriving is produced by Mildly Thriving, LLC.
Episodes
34 episodes
A Musical Walk Down Memory Lane
Most of us unknowingly carry the soundtrack of our childhood. From car rides to high school heartbreak anthems, the music we grew up with sticks with us in ways we don’t even realize. In this episode, Meredith and Kimberly dive into how songs s...
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Episode 34
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44:37
How to Get Out of a Funk
When life kicks you in the d*ck, sometimes you end up in a funk. It's funking hard to pull yourself out of a funk. In this episode, Kimberly shares all the things she's trying to recover from the emotional toll her back injury has taken o...
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Episode 33
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34:43
BMI is a Lie. Or is it...?
Have you ever stepped on your bathroom scale and panicked at what it told you? Same, girl. Same.Meredith set out to prove that BMI is a bullshit number that should be completely disregarded. After wrapping up her research, she grabbed th...
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Episode 32
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27:40
Should We Refer Guys to Our Friends?
In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly arrives with a bold question: Why aren’t we referring perfectly decent men we dated but didn’t marry to our friends? Like a romantic hand-off. A relationship referral program, if you will.But...
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Episode 31
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42:09
Meredith Doesn't Like TV
Everyone is obsessed with the same five shows and somehow… Meredith cannot press play. Why is that?This week we’re talking about the oddly emotional experience of starting new TV shows, quitting halfway through, and feeling left out when...
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Episode 30
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38:08
One of Us Is Thriving. The Other Has Good Lighting.
In this week’s episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly pulls a full Meredith and shows up with ✨no outline✨ just a raw and unfiltered chat about life updates. What follows? A catch-up session where the girls compare life updates and quick...
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Episode 29
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37:51
Is Making Mildly-Good-Enough Decisions the Secret to Sanity?
Ever spend 45 minutes choosing a Netflix show and then just… go to bed? When an article about making “good-enough” decisions landed in Kimberly’s inbox, she felt seen. Understood. Mildly attacked. Naturally, she had to tell Meredith about it… w...
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Episode 28
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35:06
WTF Is Death Cleaning?
In this episode, Meredith and Kimberly tackle the surprisingly morbid (yet oddly satisfying) concept of “death cleaning,” a Swedish tradition that’s basically decluttering… but with consequences. They unpack why inherited stuff is so emotionall...
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Episode 27
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37:00
Is Platonic Marriage the Best Idea Ever?
In this week’s episode, Kimberly absolutely rocks Meredith’s worldview by proposing a truly radical concept: platonic marriage. That’s right… two besties, legally married, doing life together… minus the romance. Watch Mere...
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Episode 26
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30:27
What Actually Makes a Girl's Trip Good?
On this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly and Meredith tackle the most important question of our time: what actually makes a girls’ trip iconic… and not an emotional nightmare? Fresh off Kimberly’s recent cruise with three friends, the...
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Episode 25
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36:02
Let's Get Bored
In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly and Meredith brave the horror of boredom, aka being alone with your thoughts for more than 10 seconds and having to poop without watching Reels. They reminisce about feral, screen-free childhoods, di...
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Episode 24
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34:51
What Your Aura Says About You...Maybe
In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly and Meredith reunite after the holidays to catch up, overshare, and unpack a truly important event: Meredith and her friends getting their auras read by a very drunk stranger during a night ...
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Episode 23
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30:32
How Expectations Quietly Ruin Your Life
In this episode, Kimberly and Meredith unpack everyone’s favorite invisible life-ruiner: expectations. The ones society dumps on us, the ones we quietly dump on other people, and the ones we dump on ourselves that keep us awake at night. ...
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Episode 22
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33:39
Why Do We Even Do New Year's Resolutions?
Meredith and Kimberly share exciting end of the year updates about their biggest achievements... one of them might involve not shitting one's pants. On the cusp of a new year, the girls wanted to dive into why we even do this whole New Ye...
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Episode 21
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26:15
It's Okay to be Childfree & Average
On this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly gets real with Meredith about the slow, slightly uncomfortable, very honest process of coming to terms with being childfree and… average. (Or, as we prefer to call it: mildly thriving.) The two...
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Episode 20
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37:13
Why Choosing Good Friends Matters (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this friendship deep dive, Meredith and Kimberly take the “you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with” theory and absolutely overthink it (for your benefit). The girls break down the traits...
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Episode 19
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35:29
Why Choosing Good Friends Matters (Part 1)
In this episode, Meredith and Kimberly get real about how the people you hang with can make you thrive… or slowly drain your will to live. With personal stories, questionable decisions, and a few friendship red flags waved proudly ...
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Episode 18
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29:32
Why Isn't Joy Our Biggest KPI in Life?
In this week’s episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly and Meredith tackle the hard-hitting topic of joy. Yes, JOY, the KPI (key performance indicator) of life that somehow keeps getting overshadowed by money, “success,” and other things tha...
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Episode 17
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46:15
Mildly Surviving the Holidays
On this episode of Mildly Thriving, Meredith and Kimberly take a hard look at Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions and past experiences and spoiler alert: they’re not fans of turkey (because, let’s face it, who is?). Don’t worry, they will tel...
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Episode 16
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32:20
Would Life Be Better if We were Psychopaths?
On this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly unveils her latest theory: life might be easier if she were... a psychopath. Yes, really. Don’t panic! Hear us out. A little break from constant empathy, worrying what people think, and our chronic s...
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Episode 15
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31:54
Get to Know Us Mildly Better
We’re finally doing it folks! The “get to know us” episode you’ve all (probably) been waiting for. Meredith and Kimberly pull back the curtain (just a little) to share who they are, what they do, and why they started this delightfully med...
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Episode 14
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32:06
Leaving the House without Underwear Earns You Friend of the Month
Wanna witness the carnage yourself? Head over to our Instagram @MildlyThrivingPod to see the aftermath of the tenant from hell.In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly presents Meredith with a very prestigious honor: The Friend...
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22:33
Why Should Should be a Four-Letter Word
In this episode, Kimberly has a shit day, rips up her original plan for this episode , and surprises Meredith with one of her “hills she WILL die on.” Her latest hill? The word “should” SHOULD deserves a spot right next to "shit" and "fuck" on ...
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Episode 12
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19:21
I'm Over 35, So Now I Need to Freak Out About Perimenopause?
We thought we knew what menopause was, hot flashes, mood swings, maybe a mid-life crisis? But suddenly, social media starts whispering that if you’re over 35, you should be terrified of this mysterious thing called peri-menopause. So we started...
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Episode 11
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19:08
Why the F*ck are Routines So Hard?
To Meredith (not so much Kimberly), routines are like leftovers, pretty good the first day, forgotten about by day four. In this episode, we unpack our ongoing struggle with sticking to routines. Don’t expect a life-changing productivity hacks ...
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Episode 10
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33:00