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
27 episodes
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
How Pretending We’re Time Traveling Peasants Makes Us Feel Better
In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly drags Meredith into one of her fave mental gymnastics routines: pretending she’s a medieval peasant just to feel better about her life and fill her up with gratitude. Hot water? Magic. Indoor plumbin...
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Episode 9
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26:51
Should You Contact Your Ex When Your Dog Dies?... and Other Insecurity Spirals
On the days when Meredith and Kimberly are thriving less than mildly, we toss our show notes straight into the dumpster fire that is our insecurities and try to embrace the art of winging it. Is that a recipe for podcast gold or a total shitsho...
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Episode 8
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30:00
Strangers Don't Pay Your Bills, So Why Do We Care What They Think?
In this episode of Mildly Thriving, Kimberly & Meredith talk about how much other people’s opinions, whether they are strangers, friends, family, or even people we just make up in our heads, mess with how we live our lives. We call each oth...
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Episode 7
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42:38
Is Body Positivity Actually Working?
Kimberly & Meredith are serving up some real talk on the Body Positivity movement. We explore wether it's really empowering us, or just another way to guilt-trip ourselves because we’re not “positive enough” about our bodies? (Like, thanks ...
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Episode 6
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38:48
Are We Traveling for Instagram or Are We Traveling for Us?
Cetus-Lupeedus fellow MiTh-ers. In this week’s episode, Meredith & Kimberly talk about important topics like dicks and butts on a bus, should we even bother taking pictures if we’re traveling for ourselves, and how much social media influen...
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Episode 5
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59:14
Why is Friendship So Damn Hard in Your 30s?
Welcome back to Mildly Thriving! This week, Meredith and Kimberly unpack the mystery of why making/maintaining friends in your 30s feels harder than trying to assemble IKEA furniture without (or hell, even with) the instructions. Spoiler: we...
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Episode 4
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53:50
Do You Love Him? Or Are You Just Addicted to Him?
In this episode, Kimberly and Meredith attempt to educated the world about emotional addiction. Did they do a good job? Nope. They probably just confused everyone who listened (hi, mom). But hey, silver lining, Meredith got a personal therapy s...
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Episode 3
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42:12