Hot Flash Chronicles

35. The Many Moods of Menopause

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: The Many Moods of Menopause 😤😂😩
One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re crying, and then suddenly… rage-cleaning your kitchen. Welcome to menopause.
In this honest, relatable, and unfiltered episode, Angie and Shelly talk about the unpredictable rollercoaster that is menopausal moods. From irritability and sadness to weird moments of unexpected joy and total apathy, they’re unpacking it all—the science, the stigma, and the surprising freedom that comes with this season of life.
🔥 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
💫 It’s Not Just You – Why your emotions feel cranked up to 15 and how hormones hijack your calm.
🧠 Puberty Part Two – How menopause is basically another round of “figure your brain out all over again.”
😅 The Brain Fog is Real – When you can’t remember basic words (like Seth Rogen’s name) and why it’s not early dementia, it’s hormones.
🚫 People Pleasing No More – How menopause flips the switch on caring what other people think, and why Angie officially hung up her “good girl” cape.
🌊 The Emotional Highs and Lows – Some days you’re totally fine, some days it’s mini meltdowns, and sometimes you’re crying because you ran out of bread.
🧘 Grace, Humor, and Community – Why finding your people is essential, and how laughing your way through menopause makes it slightly more bearable.
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💬 Whether you’re riding the wave, stuck in the mood swings, or questioning why your brain feels broken—just know you’re not alone. It gets better. Give yourself grace and come laugh through the chaos with us.

34. Rewind and Cringe: TV Shows That Shaped Us

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Rewind and Cringe: TV Shows That Shaped Us 📺🛋️
From variety shows and VHS to crushes on cartoon characters and controversial sitcoms, we’re going full nostalgia mode
Angie and Shelly take a hilarious trip down memory lane, revisiting the wild world of TV from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. From the wholesome to the wildly inappropriate (by today’s standards), this episode is a love letter to the shows that shaped us—and a reminder that some of them absolutely would not make it to air today.
📼 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
🛋️ Family Viewing in the 70s and 80s – Carol Burnett, Barbara Mandrell, Lawrence Welk, All in the Family, Maude, and Sunday night Disney.
💥 The Golden Age of Cheesy Drama – Dynasty, Dallas, Knots Landing, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and the ultra-corny variety shows.
🤣 Comedies We Loved (But Probably Shouldn’t Have) – Three’s Company, Silver Spoons, Different Strokes, Facts of Life, and the sometimes-cringey humor of Friends, Seinfeld, and The Office.
🚗 Childhood Obsessions – Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Bionic Woman, and the Fembots (yes, really). Angie may have written a love letter to Bo Duke.
💔 TV That Made Us Cry – The final episode of MAS*H, the passing of Matthew Perry, and other moments that still hit hard.
📺 Shows That Still Hold Up – Golden Girls, Cheers, Frasier, Northern Exposure (especially if you ever drove through Roslyn, WA), and the underrated brilliance of Facts of Life.
📞 Life Before Streaming – When you missed an episode and just… missed it. No rewinds, no DVR, no streaming service savior.
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💬 What show from your childhood would you rewatch in a heartbeat? Which one makes you cringe now? And can we all agree that Charo was on EVERYTHING? Tell us your faves—we probably forgot a bunch.

33. Living with ADHD: Spoons, Sparkles, and a Little Bit of Chaos

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Living with ADHD: Spoons, Sparkles, and a Little Bit of Chaos 🧠✨
It’s not just about being distracted. It’s about learning how to thrive with a different kind of brain.
In this raw and hilarious episode, Angie and Shelly talk all things ADHD—from late diagnoses and rejection sensitivity to body doubling and the spoon theory. Whether you're officially diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or just wondering why your brain feels like a browser with 47 tabs open, this one is for you.
🌀 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
🧠 Late Diagnoses & Aha Moments – Angie shares how a podcast episode led her to finally getting tested and the overwhelming relief of having an explanation.
📦 What the Heck is Body Doubling? – How simply having someone else in the room (without saying a word) can help a neuro-spicy brain stay on track.
💥 RSD and Object Permanence – Rejection Sensitivity Disorder and why your brain forgets people exist unless they text you.
📅 Spoon Theory & Decision Paralysis – How ADHD brains often start the day with less capacity, and how that leads to spinning wheels and unfinished pantries.
🎨 From Hyperfixation to Productivity Hacks – Diamond painting, medication trials, and learning when to take Adderall (and when not to).
💬 The Power of a Diagnosis – Why naming the thing gives you the power to stop shaming yourself and start creating systems that work.
💻 Shoutouts to Our TikTok Fam – The chaos is real, the friendships are real, and the support? Absolutely incredible.
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💬 If you’ve ever stared at your pantry and thought “Why did I do this to myself?” or Googled meerkats instead of editing a gallery… this episode is your safe space. Come laugh, learn, and feel a little less alone in your neuro sparkly world.

32. Online Friends, Real Vibes

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Online Friends, Real Vibes 💻💬
From Pen Pals to TikTok Lives—Why Virtual Friendships Are the Real Deal
In this heartwarming and laugh-packed episode, Angie and Shelly dive into the beauty, magic, and occasional chaos of online friendships. Whether it’s a TikTok subscriber who sends fan art, a pen pal from decades past, or a community of menopausal misfits finding their people—this conversation is all about connection, even when it’s digital.
🌍 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
📱 Can Online Friendships Be Real? – Spoiler: Yes.
👯 The People We’ve Met on TikTok – Shoutouts to our new moderators, fan artists, and friends who make us feel seen.
💌 Pen Pals and Message Boards – A little nostalgia for how we connected before social media and what’s stayed the same.
💻 Community on the Internet – From Facebook groups to podcast listeners across the globe, we talk about the joy of finding your people online.
🎧 Podcasting vs. Going Live – Why both have their place and how they’ve brought some incredible humans into our lives.
🌐 When You Know Their Handle, Not Their Name – The pros and quirks of virtual friendships and what happens when you’re ghosted by someone you never met.
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💬 Do you have an online friend who became part of your real world? Or someone you’ve never met in person but consider family? Tag them. Celebrate them. Or just tell us what online friendship means to you.

31. Stress, Screaming, and Sandwiches

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Stress, Screaming, and Sandwiches 😵‍💫🥪
Life is a lot. Sometimes you cry in the shower. Sometimes you scream in your car. Sometimes you just need a grinder and a good friend.
This week, Angie and Shelly are unpacking stress—what it looks like, how it shows up, and what we actually do about it. From major life transitions (hello, roommate life) to TikTok trolls, panic attacks, and pool setups, this episode is a hilarious and honest deep dive into the ways we carry stress... and how we let it go.
🧠 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
📦 Moving Mayhem – Six dogs, two couples, one house. What could go wrong?
💬 Stress in Real Time – How different personalities handle pressure (and why logistics can break your brain).
💻 Troll Patrol – When social media trolls strike, Angie and Shelly hit back with humor and perspective.
💥 Dumping the Bucket – Panic attacks, cortisol, and all the ways we literally release tension. (Crying, dancing, screaming, coloring—yep, all of it counts.)
🐶 Dog Therapy is Real – Petting a dog can lower your blood pressure and raise your serotonin. Chevy the blueberry muffin is proof.
🎨 Coloring Books, Coffee, and Adult Friendships – Why healing can sometimes look like swearing while coloring inside the lines and laughing your face off with people who get you.
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💬 Tell us how you deal with stress. Do you cry in the shower? Scream in the car? Walk your dog until you both forget what was bothering you? We want to hear it. No shame here—only solidarity.

30. Attributes: Abs Are Nice, but Can You Make Me Laugh?

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Attributes: Abs Are Nice, but Can You Make Me Laugh? 💪😂☕
What We Value in People Now (Spoiler: It’s Not a Six-Pack)
This episode is all about the attributes we seek in people—and how those evolve as we do. From six-pack abs to strong coffee game, Angie & Shelly reflect on how friendship, partnership, and human connection shift with age, experience, and (let’s be honest) lower back pain.
🪞 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
💡 What Matters Most—Now vs. Then – How our friendship and relationship checklists have changed since our twenties.
👀 Compliment Culture – The power of non-physical compliments and why being told “your energy lights up a room” hits different.
💬 The Value of Depth – Why we’re not impressed by status anymore, and what we actually look for in new friendships and old flames.
☕ Coffee, Kindness & Capacity – How things like being present, showing up, and bringing coffee rank higher than looks or likes.
🌱 Planting Seeds of Belonging – From encouraging grandkids to showing up for friends, we talk about the lasting impact of authentic praise and connection.
👯 It’s About Energy Now – Can we sit in silence? Can we belly laugh? Can we Uber Eats and chill? That’s the vibe.
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💬 We want to hear from you—what attributes do you value most in someone now? What used to matter that doesn’t anymore? Sound off in the comments and let’s celebrate the glow-up.

29. Before Reels and Ring Lights: Life Before Social Media

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Before Reels and Ring Lights: Life Before Social Media ☎️📺📱
From Dial-Up to Doomscrolling—How Technology Took Over Our Lives (And Made Us Hilarious)
In this laugh-out-loud and wildly relatable episode, Angie and Shelly take a stroll down memory lane—and scroll through how social media and technology have transformed literally everything. From calling friends on a rotary phone to doomscrolling recipes at 2 AM, they explore how we used to connect, survive, and socialize before everything fit into our back pocket.
📱 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
📞 Life Before Texting – Remember calling someone’s house and hoping they were home? And the panic of missing them at the grocery store because you forgot the hot dog buns?
🗺️ MapQuest, Printed Directions & Getting Lost – Angie recalls driving around with a binder of printed maps. Miss a turn? Good luck.
📚 Encyclopedias & the Dewey Decimal System – When research meant hauling yourself to the library and hoping the info wasn’t 20 years out of date.
🧠 Has Tech Made Us Smarter or Just Scrollier? – They talk brain rest, Candy Crush, Kindle vs. books, and the lost art of actual human connection.
📲 How Tech Has Changed Relationships – From being “always available” to ghosting, client texts at midnight, and learning to Do Not Disturb your own life.
🎥 The Scroll Spiral – Why TikTok is both a time warp and a visual learning tool. (Yes, they now know how to grow sweet potatoes in a cup. Yes, it was worth it.)
👵 From Boomers to Bingers – How every platform has been taken over by “old people,” and why they’re okay with that. (Looking at you, TikTok.)
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💬 So tell us—what did YOU do before social media? Did you wait for reruns? Read cookbooks? Print out MapQuest? Drop a comment, share your favorite tech memory, and remember: if your grandma can go viral on TikTok, so can you.

28. Spending Credits & Earning Wisdom: The Life Cycles Episode

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: Spending Credits & Earning Wisdom: The Life Cycles Episode 🎓💫
Because You’ve Earned More Than You Think (and It’s Time to Spend Some of It)
In this reflective, heartwarming, and laugh-filled episode, Angie & Shelly explore the concept of life credits—what we earn as we live, grow, mess up, and learn. From parenting through chaos to finally having the wisdom (and permission) to rest and reflect, this episode is for anyone wondering: Have I done enough? Spoiler: You have.
💬 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
🎟️ What Are Life Credits? – Every challenge, every joyful milestone, every “did that wrong” moment earns you credits in the wisdom bank.
🧠 Your Value Doesn't Diminish with Age – In fact, you might be more valuable now than ever. Not because of what you can do, but because of what you know.
👶 Parenting, Evolving, and Legacy – How your role shifts over time—from changing diapers to helping your adult kids navigate car deals and major life moments.
💬 Real-Life Examples – How helping someone move in your 20s turns into sharing wisdom and family history in your 50s and beyond.
👵 From Invisible to Invaluable – Why aging doesn’t make you disappear—it makes you a storyteller, a legacy keeper, and the person everyone turns to when it really matters.
🎯 The Power of Reflection – You’re not “peaking” in your 30s. Your most meaningful years might still be ahead.
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✨ So here’s the question: What are the people in your life valuing most about you right now? Is it your help, your humor, your hugs, or your hard-won wisdom? Whatever it is—spend those credits. You’ve earned them. 💖