In this episode, Angie and Shelly dive into the advice they wish they could give their younger selves, from believing in your worth to letting go of other people’s opinions. It’s real talk about people pleasing, confidence, money mindset, and learning to love yourself—without waiting decades to figure it out.

💭 Advice We Wish We’d Known – From self esteem to trusting your gut, we’re sharing the life lessons we wish landed sooner

🚫 People Pleasing Woes – How worrying about everyone else’s opinions slowed us down and how we broke the cycle

💵 Relationship with Money – Shifting from scarcity to confidence and how your self worth affects your income

💥 Taking Risks & Failing Forward – Why playing it too safe can hold you back and how we learned to see failure as part of the process

🪞 Confidence Over Looks – Your jeans size, your wrinkles, your weight… none of that defines you. Who you are does.

🚀 Dreaming Without Limits – How putting a cap on your dreams holds you back and why we’re done doing that

👶 Loving Little You – Talking to your younger self with grace instead of judgment and rewriting the narrative

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💬 What would you tell your younger self? More confidence? Less people pleasing? Bigger dreams? We want to hear it. Drop your words of wisdom below or tag someone who needs to hear this today.

In this episode, Angie and Shelly take a trip down memory lane and talk all about the firsts that shaped them. From old boyfriends to childhood besties, first jobs to first kids, and the cars that got us there, we’re sharing the wins, the cringes, and the moments that made us who we are.

💋 First Kiss Fails and Wins – Sloppy make outs, sneaky crushes, and kissing someone who didn’t know they were your secret boyfriend.

💔 First Heartbreak – Teenage love, rock band romances, secret crushes gone wrong, and how Angie racked up 142 boyfriends in 24 hours.

🚗 First Cars – The legendary Banana Boat and a Country Squire station wagon with actual holes in the floor.

👯 First Best Friends – Chowee and Carrie, playground pranks, and the kindness that stays with you forever.

👶 First Kids – Becoming moms at 20, learning to grow up while raising a tiny human, and the proudest moments we’ve had as parents.

🎤 First Podcast Episode – Celebrity crushes, questionable lighting, and how far we’ve come in 36 episodes.

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💬 Tell us about your favorite first! First kiss, first car, first heartbreak, or the first time you realized you’re stronger than you thought. We want to hear it.