About the episode!

In July, Cori decided to experiment with limiting her social media use. She bought a Brick, blocked herself from social media between 10 PM and 8:30 AM, and wanted to see what would change.

In this follow-up to the July Experiment (Episode 2), Cori shares the five things she noticed after changing her social media habits, including what didn't work, what surprised her, and the unexpected effect it had on her sleep.

She also talks about the complicated part of trying to spend less time on social media while building a podcast that she needs social media to promote.

Plus, this episode is a month late, so there's also a little encouragement for anyone who started something, dropped it somewhere along the way, and needs to just pick the damn thing back up.

Follow Let A Bitch Live on Instagram @letabitchlivepodcast and tell Cori how you handle social media. Are you setting limits, using an app blocker, or just letting yourself scroll?

Let a Bitch Live is a podcast to get to know cool bitches in their 40s.

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Taryn is back on LABL for a MAIN B episode!

We're both 40 - which means we've entered the era of scheduling our first mammograms. After one of the main B's dropped very direct reminder in our group chat to GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM, we both finally made the appointments.

On this episode we're chatting about what the hellllll to expect.

Does a mammogram actually hurt? Why can't you wear deodorant? How awkward is the boob placement? What happens if you get called back? And why did mammograms always feel like something we'd have to worry about someday...until someday suddenly became now?

We talk about all of it — plus health anxiety, the never-ending list of medical shit that seems to come with getting older, and the strange realization that we're officially women who get mammograms now.

Also introducing two new LABL additions: Episodes With My Main Bees and Taryn's very own segment, Corny or Not?

And if you're due for a mammogram and you've been putting it off, consider this your group-chat reminder to schedule the damn thing. SCHEDULE IT, B*TCH!

We're sharing our own experiences and conversations as friends, not medical advice. Talk with your healthcare provider about the screenings that are appropriate for you.

Let a Bitch Live is a podcast to get to know cool bitches in their 40s.

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What is it actually like to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at 40? This week I sit down with my best friend of 28 years, Taryn, for her first-ever interview about life with MS — the strange early symptoms she ignored for years, the nine months of doctors not knowing what was wrong with her, the MRI that changed everything, and why she never cried once.

We talk about the journal entry I wrote on her birthday — a year before her diagnosis — when I noticed her pulling away and couldn't figure out why. We get into what it's like to parent four kids with a chronic illness, why she refuses to be pitied or babied, how our friend group learned to joke about it (and why that's exactly what she wanted), and what she'd tell anyone whose life gets flipped upside down in the middle of it.

Whether you're living with a chronic illness, love someone who is, or are just trying to figure out your forties — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• The first noticeable MS symptoms — and the weird early warning signs (electric shocks, wrist pain, slurred speech) that doctors missed for years
• How long it took to get an MS diagnosis, from "it's probably your hip" to MRI lesions and a neurologist
• Why Taryn never cried — and whether "just keep grinding" is a coping strategy or a superpower
• Feeling like an inconvenience: girls' trips, wheelchairs, and what her friends did right
• Parenting four kids with MS, and the husband who won't let her be negative
• Turning 40 with a progressive chronic illness — and not having a midlife crisis about it
• Her advice for the newly diagnosed, and for anyone whose friend is going through it: don't pity, don't baby — let a bitch live

Connect: Follow the show, leave a review (it genuinely helps people find us), and come say hi on Instagram @letabitchlivepodcast

Let a Bitch Live is a podcast to get to know cool bitches in their 40s.

Follow along and connect with Cori:

• Instagram: instagram.com/letabitchlivepodcast