Aug 31, 2026

Do you write in a journal? If you don't know, have you ever done so in the past? Have you ever used a journal as a means of self-therapy?

These and other similar questions come to us in a two recent email from two long-time listeners, and we decided to devote an entire episode to this interesting topic. (Since we're...

Aug 28, 2026

On a past Bittersweet Moment, Tiffany remembered accidently smearing a bit of lipstick on the doorframe of one of the buildings she lived in her first months in Rome, and how that red streak is still there, 18 years later. And how, somehow, every time she sees it, it reminds her of her earliest days in Rome, almost an...

Aug 24, 2026

When a stranger online started badmouthing Rome, Tiffany's reaction was visceral. It was almost as if someone had insulted her mother.

On this week's new episode, Tiffany and Katy chat about what it means to love a city so much that you are sometimes blinded to its faults.

They also touch on why, despite popular opinion...

Aug 21, 2026

What is wonder? And how does it affect your life? Perhaps most importantly, what can we do to harness it?

In this episode from our archives, we are joined by Andrea Scher, author of Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake Up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy, a playful, practical, and effective guide to finding wonder and joy in...

Aug 17, 2026

Last week we aired a fascinating and inspiring conversation with Julian Shapiro-Barnum about his new book How to Grow up without Becoming a Grown-up and his strategies for resisting the pull of what can often end up being a constrictive and joyless adulthood.

Today, Tiffany and Katy continue the conversation. They...