It's Friday night, I'm home alone, and I'm recording a completely ridiculous episode. No coaching, no reframe, just me wanting to talk to someone about episode one of the new Elle Woods show on Amazon Prime. My husband took the kids to the beach, I opened Prime, and this little show whisked me right back to being a '90s Seattle grunge girl.

Fair warning: this one is pure nostalgia. If you grew up in the '90s, went to concerts, lived anywhere near the Pacific Northwest, or ever dyed a strip in your hair and thought it was the coolest thing ever (it was not, but it was to me), come sit with me for a few minutes. And if that's not you, skip this one. I promise next week's episode gets deep and coachy again.

WHAT I COVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why the show is a love letter to 40-year-old women who grew up on Legally Blonde (and why they nailed it)
• The soundtrack, the plaid, the hoodies, the one girl with an umbrella, and how perfectly they captured '90s Seattle grunge
• My own Seattle years, from Capitol Hill to Green Lake, walking my puppies and running my dog-training business
• The clique-and-judge culture of '90s high school, and my honest confession about who I would have been to a new girl like Elle
• Why I love that the show's characters are positive and kind, and what that stirred up in me as a parent now
• A little window into the me you might not know: concerts, green Doc Martens, and starting a web design company at 17

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• Calm Catholic Kids (Summer of Kindness stories free now, Collections 4 and 5 coming soon): https://calmcatholickids.com

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