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Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
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Welcome to the Chasing Brighter podcast; created as a guide to living brighter, more connected and real. Because real is the new perfect.
Are you ready to embrace the next chapter of your life with confidence and excitement? Whether you’re looking to reinvent your career, improve your health, deepen your relationships, or find your true purpose, Chasing Brighter is here to help.
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Episodes
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Building the Friendships You Want Now
Ep. 20: Building the Friendships You Want Now We've spent all of October talking about friendship: the ones that last, the ones that change, and the ones we…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Superwoman Diaries #8: Retreats, Rising Costs & the Lost Art of the Letter
Retreats, Rising Costs & the Lost Art of the Letter Jessica and Kelly kick off the week admitting they're running on fumes. Jessica blames perimenopause…
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Your Marriage Is a Friendship Too
Your Marriage Is a Friendship Too Chasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving When was the last time you got curious about your partner, the person…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Superwoman Diaries #7: Disco Nights, Builder Gel & Finding the Causes That Move Us
Superwoman Diaries: Disco Nights, Builder Gel & Finding the Causes That Move Us It's October in Vegas and Jessica is still pretending it's cozy season in a…
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The Friend You're Not Sure About Anymore
Not every friendship ends with a falling-out. Some quietly drift. Some go on pause. Some still exist on paper, with birthday texts and the occasional "we…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Superwoman Diaries #6: White Lies, Chicken Sandwiches & the College Search
Superwoman Diaries: White Lies, Chicken Sandwiches & the College Search Jess and Kelly catch up on life as moms of almost-grown and newly-grown kids. Jess…
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When You Outgrow a Friendship (and That's Okay)
Here are the show notes, built from the episode audio. The timestamps are approximate, so give them a quick check against your final edit. Outgrown, Not…
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Super Woman Diaries #5: Fall Fashion Finds, TJ Maxx Jackpots & the Mystery of the Missing Mediums
Superwoman Diaries: Fall Fashion Finds, TJ Maxx Jackpots & the Mystery of the Missing Mediums It's officially fall, and Jessica and Kelly are talking…
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The Friendships That Found You
The Friendships That Found You Chasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving Some of the most important people in your life never came from a plan. They…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Superwoman Diaries #4: Car Loop Chaos & the Case for Just Being a Good Human
Superwoman Diaries #4: Car Loop Chaos & the Case for Just Being a Good Human It's 99 degrees, school is back in session, and the drop-off line has become a…
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Let's Get Honest: What We've Been Waiting to Begin
Let's Get Honest: What We've Been Waiting to Begin Chasing Brighter | Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving | September 24 All September long, we've been talking…
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Super Woman Diaries #3: Back to School: Then vs. Now (and Learning to Let Go)
Back to school looks nothing like it did when we were kids. Jessica and Kelly compare the back-to-school shopping of their childhoods (the planned outfits, the…
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High Standards or Self-Sabotage: How to Tell the Difference
Do you have high standards, or are you sabotaging yourself and calling it perfectionism? This week Jessica and Kelly dig into the sneaky ways perfectionism…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #2: "2026 Is the New 2016" — Remembering Who We Were vs. Who We're Becoming
Jessica and Kelly dig into the viral "2026 is the new 2016" trend — the exercise of looking back a decade and asking who you were then, what you miss, and what…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
The Credential Trap: Why We Keep Waiting to Feel Qualified
Last week we talked about "I'm not ready yet" as fear dressed up as logic. This week, Jessica and Kelly pull on that thread further to unpack the credential…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #1: How ChatGPT Became My Personal Stylist
In this week's Superwoman Diaries, Jessica shares how she's been using ChatGPT as an unexpected style consultant on her weight loss journey. What started as a…
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The Lie of "I'm Not Ready Yet"
In this episode, they unpack why "I'm not ready yet" sounds responsible but is usually just fear in disguise, why readiness is a decision instead of a feeling…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
The Messy Middle: Chasing Brighter Season 6 Trailer
Last season, we dug into the gap between who women think they're supposed to be and who they actually are — the expectations, the perfectionism, the invisible…
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What are you waiting to feel ready for?
So many of us are waiting for the moment we finally "arrive." When we lose the weight. When the kids need us less. When work calms down. When we're more…
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Season 6: Becoming, Not Arriving
So many of us are waiting for the moment we finally "arrive." When we lose the weight. When the kids need us less. When work calms down. When we're more…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
RE-RELEASE: Real Systems for Real Life
Ever bought a beautiful color-coded planner and abandoned it in 10 days? Jessica and Kelly get real about why aspirational, Instagram-perfect systems fail —…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
RE-RELEASE: The Exhaustion That Sleep Can't Fix
Kicking off their Energy and Overwhelm month, Jessica and Kelly get honest about a kind of tired that sleep cannot touch — the exhaustion that lives underneath…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
RE-RELEASE: Energy First: The Smarter Way to Organize Your Life
Social media makes organizing look like color-coded bins and perfectly labeled pantries, but Jessica and Kelly get honest about why a one-size-fits-all system…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
RE-RELEASE: Reset Your Nervous System (Without Reinventing Your Life)
February is all about resetting, resting, and reconnecting — and Jessica and Kelly start with the foundation of it all: the nervous system. If you've been…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
RE-RELEASE: Reconnecting With Yourself Before You Reconnect With Everyone Else
In this re-released episode, Jessica and Kelly explore what it really means to feel disconnected — not from other people, but from yourself. Valentine's Day…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #21: Home Runs, Hundred-Degree Heat, and Why We're Still Talking About The Crash
Jessica is back from a week at AFA Nationals in St. George watching Gabby's softball team battle through four games in 102-degree heat (and a home run!), while…
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What We Learned This Season — Our Season 5 Finale
It's officially a wrap on Season 5. In this finale, Jessica and Kelly look back at the whole arc of the season — from rest and reset in February, to choosing…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #20: Lost AirPods, AI Decor Hacks, and Finding Joy in the Little Things
Kelly kicks things off with an epic (and hilarious) saga of a missing AirPod that turns a weekend getaway into a full-blown investigation — trash cans, lint…
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Choosing Joy Is an Act of Courage
Joy isn't something that just happens when the circumstances are right — it's something you have to practice, protect, and sometimes fight for. In this…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diareis #19: Our Summer Reading List (Light, Spicy, Twisty & Everything In Between)
It's officially summer reading season — and Kelly and Jess are giving you their full list. From spicy hockey romance to psychological thrillers, cozy…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Permission To Slow Down
It's June — and for so many of us, that means the pace finally starts to shift. But what happens when slowing down feels uncomfortable? When stillness makes…
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Super Woman Diaries #18: Summer 2026 Fashion Trends — What to Try, What to Skip & What You're Already Living
June is officially joy month at Chasing Brighter — and what better way to kick it off than with one of our favorite subjects: fashion. In this Superwoman…
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Romanticizing Your Life
You've seen the aesthetic — the linen aprons, the cottagecore feeds, the slow-morning coffee rituals on Instagram. But what does romanticizing your life…
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Super Woman Diaries #17: Sleeping In, Sending Kids Off, and Letting Go of the Plan
Jessica and Kelly are back for another real-life check-in, and summer is officially on the horizon. In this episode, they get into all of it: the exhausting…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Still Figuring It Out
No frameworks, no formulas — just two sisters getting real. In this May wrap-up episode, Jessica and Kelly close out the month by doing what they do best…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #16: Maycember, State Champs, and the Sports Money Grab
It's officially Maycember — that stretch of late May where schedules implode, school events multiply, and someone always ends up puking on your air mattress…
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Having It All Is A Myth
This week, Kelly and Jessica blow up the "having it all" story — where it came from, why it keeps getting a makeover, and what they actually think. From the…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #15: New Spaces, AI Tools, Take Your Kid to Work Day, and What's for Dinner?
This week, Jess and Kelly are keeping it real — catching up on new studio setups, a deep dive into AI tools (Claude vs. ChatGPT, anyone?), Take Your Child to…
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You Are Worthy. Full Stop.
Where have you been looking for your worthiness? If the honest answer involves what you've achieved, who approves of you, or how well you've performed your…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #14: Dragon Fruit, Documentary Rabbit Holes & the "Who Created Sex?" Conversation
Grab your beverage of choice — because Jess has at least three of them. This week's Superwoman Diaries is peak real life: protein struggles and gut health deep…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
The Woman You Were vs. the Woman You're Becoming
Have you ever been introduced to someone — by a person who loves you — and realized the version of you they described doesn't exist anymore? That's where this…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #13: Glowing Up & Letting Go: Skincare Secrets, Style Resets & Dressing for the Life You're In
Jessica and Kelly are in their glow-up era — and they're taking you with them. This week's Superwoman Diaries is a full-on deep dive into what's actually…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Are You Living Your Values or Someone Else's?
In this bonus episode, Jessica and Kelly tackle a topic that perfectly closes out April's theme of energy and capacity — values alignment. With five Thursdays…
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Super Woman Diaries #12: Babies, Baseball & Body Wash: Real Talk on Parenting Then vs. Now
Jess and Kelly discuss what it would actually mean to start over with a baby at their stage of life — and why they're both firmly in the "no thank you" camp…
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Hot Takes: What We Actually Think About Energy, Overwhelm & the Mental Load
No frameworks. No beats. Just Jessica and Kelly telling you what they actually think. In this month’s Hot Takes episode, the sisters close out April’s Energy &…
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Super Woman Diaries #11: Blue Eyeshadow, Skin Tints & the Eye Color Discovery We Never Expected
Jessica and Kelly kick things off with a fun, unfiltered conversation about their latest makeup adventures — from blue eyeshadow experimentation to skin tints…
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The Unpaid Job Nobody Talks About: Invisible Labor
This one is real. Before hitting record, Kelly shares something personal — her family is navigating health uncertainty with her father-in-law, and she's been…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #10: Spring Vibes, Jelly Shoes & Trader Joe's Tote Chaos
No agenda, no framework — just Jess and Kelly doing what they do best: talking real life. This week it's all about what we're actually wearing this season…
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You're Not Failing. You're Running Out of Capacity.
Have you ever looked at your week and thought, if I could just get more organized, I could handle all of this? In this episode, Jessica and Kelly get into a…
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Super Woman Diaries #9: New Piercings, Signing Parties & Choosing to Just Live
Jessica kicks off this Superwoman Diaries with a little confession — she got new ear piercings, and everything we learned in the '90s about aftercare was…
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The Exhaustion That Sleep Can't Fix
Jessica opens this month with something deeply personal — six years of intentional self-work, 40 pounds lost, a thriving practice, two podcasts, three kids in…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #8: We Don't Watch the Oscars (And We're Not Sorry)
Oscars season is here — and Jessica and Kelly haven't seen most of the movies. Oops. This week's Super Woman Diaries takes a fun detour into what the sisters…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Real Systems for Real Life
If you've ever bought a beautiful planner, built an elaborate system, or tried to replicate a perfectly organized pantry from Instagram — and quietly abandoned…
- Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect
Super Woman Diaries #7: Non-Scale Victories, Hair Obsessions & the Method That Actually Works
Jess and Kelly are back with another unfiltered Superwoman Diaries check-in — the kind of conversation you'd have with your best friend over coffee. This week…
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Energy First: The Smarter Way to Organize Your Life
What's Your Organizational Style? Why Energy — Not Willpower — Is the Real System You've probably seen the perfectly labeled pantries, the color-coded…
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Superwoman Diaries #6: Managing the Mental Load of Sports Season
How do you stay sane when life’s logistics feel like a full-time job? Spring sports season has officially arrived — and with it comes the schedules, carpools…
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What Have You Outgrown? Letting Go of Emotional Clutter
What if the thing weighing you down isn’t your schedule or your closet… but an identity you’ve already outgrown? Sometimes the heaviest clutter in our lives…
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Super Woman Diaries #5: Top Reads and Recommendations
Looking for your next great read? From cozy romances to powerful historical fiction, we’re sharing the books we can’t stop thinking about. Spring always feels…
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Declutter to Feel Better - Simple Systems for Real Life
What if the quickest way to feel calmer isn’t another mindset shift… but clearing one small corner of your home? February on Chasing Brighter was all about…
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Super Woman Diaries #4: What’s for Dinner (For the Rest of Our Lives)?
What if dinner didn’t have to be a nightly battle, but could actually become your family’s secret weapon for connection? In this honest and relatable episode…