Episode 1 - The Genesis Story
How the power of social media brought 2 strangers together who soon found out they had more in common than they ever imagined! In this episode, meet Katie and Karen who were strangers until they weren’t.
• Genesis of their friendship and the backstory of how they met
• Unpacking middle age, kids, businesses, heartbreak
• Choosing happiness as a mindset
• Marks of true friendship
• Appreciating talent of others
• Finding your inner self
• Exploring friendship and how friends can complement each other
• Noncompetitive friendship
• Emotional hold on items and letting go
• Short hair club and the interest from others
• Being barefaced in front of other women to create approachability
• Katie shares her background and being a former professional photographer
• Katie and Karen share the same birthday, same 3 kids, 2 boys and 1 girl
• Moved to FL during the Covid lockdown in a new place and navigating new life
• Katie and Karen first met in person in August of 2020
• At the first meeting, Katie experienced a huge shift in a relationship and it changed the tone of the visit
• Katie was in a tumultuous relationship that constantly questioned whether it was the right thing for her
• Negative DM’s started coming in from the ex and threw her into anxious dysregulation
• Bearing witness to a hardship in real time tethered them in that moment and Karen was equipped to handle because she had been through similar abuse
• Feeling misunderstood by someone you’re supposed be protected by
• No resentment or grief any longer
• Same shoe size, Halloween is their favorite holiday, same short haircut, same birthday
• Houston surgery, in the hotel for 3 days then recuperated at Karen’s home 4 hrs away
• Unpacking trouble in each other’s lives and getting support from others
• Asking each other “How would you like me to respond? Do you want me to listen or do you want me to provide honest feedback and/or solve problem?”
• People pleasing, changing how you show up, still a form of self-absorption
• Seeking professional help vs. only a self-help book
• Controlling the controllables, saving energy for other things
• Mean Girls movie discussion, Katie hasn’t seen the first version only the remake
• Katie and Karen didn’t have a good high school experience, but Karen still has friends from elementary and HS. Katie excelled in college as an athlete and made lifelong friends.
• How social media is invasive and destructive to kids, girls especially
• Challenge each other to unpack life, celebrate, collaborate with each other and enjoy life!