Q&A Pt. 2: Michael & Lauryn Bosstick Answer Questions They’re Never Asked

Summary

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The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Show

Episode: Q&A Pt. 2: Michael & Lauryn Bosstick Answer Questions They’re Never Asked

Hosts: Lauryn Bosstick & Michael Bosstick

Date: September 11, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this engaging Q&A part two, Lauryn and Michael Bosstick dive into intimate, hilarious, and surprisingly raw questions they’ve (allegedly) never been asked before. They peel back the curtain on their relationship, personal quirks, self-growth, and the realities of being a couple running massively successful platforms, offering both laughs and genuine insight. Listeners get a candid look at their dynamic—equal parts banter, love, and brutal honesty—with stories about oversharing, marital pet peeves, time management disasters, life pivots, and more.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Morning Ritual Secrets & Relationship Realness

• Lauryn’s Secret "Marination" Routine

  • Lauryn reveals that every morning, she pretends to still be asleep for up to 30 minutes after waking, savoring the comfort of bed (“I just lay in bed with my eyes closed, pretending I am dead asleep like rigor mortis. But I’m actually awake just going through my day.” – Lauryn, 02:28).
  • Michael is shocked, admitting he believed her every morning act.
  • Lauryn distinguishes between "marinating" (peacefully lying in bed) and "rotting" (mindlessly scrolling on the phone), saying she avoids screens in bed.
  • This segment showcases the couple’s playful repartee and Michael's “discovery” of Lauryn’s longstanding behavior.

• Oversharing Online & Setting Boundaries

  • Michael discusses what it’s like to be married to someone who openly shares their life online (“You were sharing so much, and I was just off to the side… I said, well, I’m gonna answer for some of this.” – Michael, 04:21).
  • The couple agrees on boundaries, especially around their children; they don’t share intimate family moments, like first steps or personal milestones, online.
  • Lauryn explains: “If it’s something that I would text my family chat… I’m not usually sharing that online. The first step, the first word… I don’t need to give it all up.” (06:07)
  • Michael underlines their value of authenticity, expressing disappointment with influencers who act very differently in private vs. public.

2. Personal Growth and Lessons from Marriage

• Mutual Impact on Ambition & Vision
  • Lauryn credits Michael with helping her think bigger and expand her perception of what’s possible in business:
    “You have done a really good job of helping me tap into my full potential… you’ve expanded my brain to what’s possible.” (08:13)
  • Michael counters that it’s often about avoiding “big mistakes” in life (reference to Charlie Munger):
    “It’s okay to make a lot of small mistakes… but what I think is a tragedy is when people make the big mistakes… really hard to recover from.” (10:17)

3. Time Management, Being Late & Self-Awareness

• The "Running Late" Enigma
  • When asked what Michael would change if he could switch lives with Lauryn for 24 hours, he jokes he’d solve the mystery behind why she’s always late (“I would have a forensic team. I would have computer scientists… I would overhaul my entire life like Sherlock Holmes…” – Michael, 18:12).
  • Lauryn discusses her tendency to overestimate what she can accomplish and possibly romanticize time (“I can take a shower, eat breakfast, swaddle my baby, take the dogs out and make the bed in 20 minutes…” – Lauryn, 19:14).
  • Michael notes the professional ramifications of lateness, retelling a story where they lost a repeat podcast guest due to Lauryn’s tardiness, much to Lauryn’s chagrin and defense.
  • The conversation offers a lighthearted but relatable look at common marital conflicts around punctuality, with underlying messages about respect:
    “When you’re not on time for people, it signals to them that you believe your time is more valuable than their time… It’s insulting.” (21:09)
  • Lauryn admits she likes to “putz,” and they discuss the idea of scheduling this “putzing” into her day.

4. Imagining Life If It All Disappeared

• If Their Platforms & Businesses Disappeared Overnight
  • Both hosts contemplate life if The Skinny Confidential and all related businesses vanished:
    • Lauryn shares her belief in her own capability, advocating for everyone to feel this way:
      “I have faith in myself and my capability… I think everyone should think that they’re fucking awesome and they have a lot of value…” (24:05)
    • Her first instinct would be to “go quiet,” reflect, and give herself time and space to decide what’s next, emphasizing positive self-talk and adaptability (“Everything is figureoutable.”).
    • Michael insists he wouldn’t want a front-facing role anymore; instead, he’d leverage his experience behind the scenes, possibly helping younger talent as a silent partner:
      “I wouldn’t ever want to be in the press anymore… I would find two or three individuals… and help them operate.” (29:46)
    • Both reference Robert Greene’s “Mastery” and discuss the power of combining skills for reinvention.

5. Relationship, Friendship, & Energy

• Describing Each Other to a Stranger
  • Lauryn demands a heartfelt answer to how Michael would describe her to a stranger.
  • Michael delivers with humor and sincerity:
    “Brace yourself for the greatest beauty you ever beheld on earth… be ready to be shocked at the things that you’re going to hear come out of this individual’s mouth… she’s paying attention a lot more than you think…” (39:28-40:12)
  • Lauryn wants advice on how to become her friend; Michael stresses being interesting, gradual, and having positive, intentional energy.
  • Both comment on being selective with friendships, especially as parents and entrepreneurs (“You want to find people that light you up… time away from family has to be worth it.” – Michael, 42:26).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Pretending to be Asleep:
  • Lauryn: “I lay in bed with my eyes closed, pretending I am dead asleep like rigor mortis. But I’m actually awake just going through my day.” (02:28)
• On Oversharing and Authenticity:
  • Michael: “Hopefully when people meet me or you, it’s exactly like it would be… if they were coming here on the show or if they were meeting us in private.” (07:14)
• On Thinking Big:
  • Michael: “If you’re gonna think it’s just as easy to think big as it is to think small, so you might as well think big.” (09:04)
• On Making Mistakes:
  • “It’s okay to make a lot of small mistakes… but what I think is a tragedy is when people make the big mistakes… that are not able to… recover from.” – Michael (10:17)
• On Being Perpetually Late:
  • Michael: “You’re such a high performer… but there’s this one thing that we can’t figure out.” (18:54)
  • Lauryn: “I think what it is, is I almost, like, romanticize what I can actually do.” (19:19)
• On Self-Belief and Reinvention:
  • Lauryn: “I have faith in myself and my capability… everything is figureoutable.” (24:05)
• On Friendship:
  • Michael: “You want to find people that light you up… You’ve got to be giving more than you’re taking.” (42:26)
  • Lauryn: “Be intentional with the friendship.” (43:24)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Daily Habits & Morning Secrets: 00:37–03:44
• Oversharing, Children, & Privacy: 04:01–07:49
• On Growth, Thinking Big, & Avoiding Big Mistakes: 08:08–10:17
• Being Late, Time Management Issues: 18:05–23:36
• If It All Went Away – What Next?: 23:39–30:28
• Describing Each Other / Friendship Boundaries: 39:08–43:24

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Tone & Style

The hosts’ tone is playful, sarcastic, and intimate, punctuated by frequent laughs and unfiltered honesty. Lauryn and Michael are willing to poke fun at themselves (and each other), but also drop genuinely useful reflections for entrepreneurial couples and anyone navigating the complexities of online sharing, personal growth, and partnership.

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Final Takeaway

This episode is a blend of “relationship therapy session,” self-reflection, and no-holds-barred humor. While packed with amusing anecdotes (like Lauryn marinating in bed or her time-management woes), it also delivers on honest conversations about boundaries, growth, and identity. Those looking for actionable advice, behind-the-scenes reality, or relationship insight will find both entertainment and value in this candid Q&A.

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Transcript

[A]

The following podcast is a Dear Media Production. She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.

[B]

Fantastic.

[A]

And he's a serial entrepreneur, a very smart cookie. And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride.

[B]

Get ready for some major realness.

[A]

Welcome to the Skinny Confidential. Him and her.

[B]

Welcome back to part two of a Q and A, where Michael and I are asking each other all kinds of fun questions. If you want to see see the first part of this episode, then definitely go back to Monday's episode. Enjoy.

[A]

What's one thing that you do daily that I have no idea about?

[B]

That's a hard one. Because I feel like you. If I'm. If I say what I think it is, I think you're going to be like, I know that you do that.

[A]

Well, why don't you say it and.

[B]

Then I'll tell you that I sneak off to meditate. Yes.

[A]

You know that you walk and it's in the house and it sounds like someone's trying to smash holes through the floor. You don't sneak off anywhere.

[B]

Okay. I actually will give you one that you don't. I have one. I. Every morning, when I open my eyes, close them back and pretend like I'm asleep for 30 extra minutes, I swear to God.

[A]

Why?

[B]

Hot tip. Because I want to lay there. Why?

[A]

Why don't you just lay there?

[B]

Oh, my God, you're gonna make me cry. Because it's so true. I do it every morning.

[A]

So wait, so. So, like, if I look over, I'm.

[B]

I'm awake.

[A]

But then why, if I wake you up, do you act so angry?

[B]

Because I have to get theatrical. Oh, my God, you're gonna make my eyelashes.

[A]

Do you. Wait, hold on. Are you actually awake or do you just open and then you fall back to sleep? Because that's.

[B]

No, I'm actually awake. I'm awake. I'm crying because I'm laughing so hard.

[A]

Because you're the only person that I know that can tell a joke and laugh at yourself and laugh so hard at your own joke that you Kleenex.

[B]

Because I'm laughing so hard. Because I do it every morning.

[A]

Lauren will tell. Lauren will tell jokes.

[B]

I'm so pissed, though, that I just said that because I don't want you to know that trick. Like, now you're going to be like, are you awake?

[A]

That's the point of these questions. You're the only person I know that can consistently tell your own jokes.

[B]

Well, it's hard when I'm really funny. I mean, I think I'm one of the funniest people I've ever met.

[A]

And cry at your own jokes.

[B]

It is funny. Does anyone else do that? I just lay in bed with my eyes closed, pretending I am dead asleep like rigamortis. But I'm actually awake just going through my day.

[A]

Yeah, but you know what? It's like those people that say they wake up and then they like get up and they meditate in the morning for 30 minutes, but it's really. They just fall back to sleep.

[B]

No, no, I'm awake.

[A]

What do you do? What are you doing when you're awake?

[B]

I'm just laying there. Sometimes I just like to lay there.

[A]

What's going. What's bouncing?

[B]

I don't even want to tell you that I do this because I feel like you're gonna copy this tactic.

[A]

No, I don't do that.

[B]

Thanks, Emily.

[A]

I am not a rotter or whatever the. The.

[B]

I'm not a rotter. I marinate. I marinate.

[A]

I'm not a marinator or a rotter.

[B]

I like to marinate. I like to like. I love laying in bed.

[A]

If my eyes are open, I'm out of the bed.

[B]

Oh, no, no, no, no. I love my bed. That's why it was so important to me that we invested in the right mattress. Because my bed needs to be like a sanctuary. Cuz I'm in bed so much, which that would surprise people. But I don't fuck around in bed. I'm marinating.

[A]

You had another eyelash. Like it's on the side of your head now. Literally on the side of your head.

[B]

Let me get it off.

[A]

It's marinating on the side of your head.

[B]

I don't even know what marinating means.

[A]

I don't know either. I thought it was rotting, but no, no, no.

[B]

Rotting is where you just lay there and you scroll your phone. I don't have my phone in bed ever. I don't like my phone.

[A]

All right, so now I know every morning that you're not really asleep.

[B]

I don't like these.

[A]

This might be one of the most useful pieces of information I've got on.

[B]

The show, by the way. I have a lot of other secrets like that, but I'll keep them up my sleeve.

[A]

It was great that that guy came on and gave me the whole peptide health stack, but this might be more valuable.

[B]

This question's like, okay, what's the hardest thing about being married to someone who shares a lot online? I wouldn't. I don't. I. I mean, I share, but it's There's a balance.

[A]

I'm like, we literally just talked about a lunchtime labia flip or whatever. We.

[B]

Yeah, but I'm sure everything. That's what surprised people.

[A]

What's the hardest thing about it? Well, to go back to the origin story of the podcast and why I'm even on the podcast and why we even did this is you were sharing so much, and I was just off to the side and you were just calling me Susan and all this stuff. And I said, well, I'm gonna answer for some of this. So, like, a lot of, you know what I think would be harder? Which, you know, that was that one thing where we interviewed Pookie and Jet, and I said, I don't let you hang out with girls, but I don't think I would. Once again, I would not let you overshare about our family. Yes, ladies. I would not let her because that's too much. And I would have to put my foot down on that and say, we can't.

[B]

I don't. You don't have to worry about that, though.

[A]

So I don't worry about. But the other stuff, like, I don't care if you show me looking ugly in a picture or if you show me looking. Looking weird or if you talk about what we're actually doing or things that we're working on or feelings we're having.

[B]

We are very thoughtful thoughts that we have around how we share the children.

[A]

Yeah, like, I mean, I think, like, what people one, if there is anything that they would appreciate about this platform is, like, it is rather uncensored. And we. And Carson knows this. He's our producer. We actually get more pushback from the teams to censor more, and we typically don't. And so I think I'm an open book and I like to share things and I don't mind being controversial, and I want people to actually hear the thoughts of consciousness and streams of reasoning that we have. But no, the oversharing doesn't bother me. I think, like, it's never bothered me, really. I think, you know, I think it would bother me if it was things that are, you know, that people just shouldn't share in general. Like, you know, like, we don't need to show our children being potty trained or where they're going to school or, like, what they're. There's certain things you just don't need to do.

[B]

I also, like, will take it even further. I don't need to show their first step. I don't need to show, like, I Don't need to show. There's, like, a lot of. This is how I think about it. If it's something that I would text my family chat, because we have a Bostic family chat and an Everett's family chat. I'm not ne. I'm not usually sharing that online. The first step, the first word. Like what? I don't need to, like, give it all up.

[A]

I mean, listen, we've been doing this now for a decade in this format, and you've been doing it for close to two decades online. And I think, you know, with that, we've met a lot of people. And the only time that I get somewhat disappointed meeting other people with big platforms is when they say one thing publicly and the exact opposite privately, which they do. I don't mind if people don't say things publicly because to each their own. But what I don't like is when you meet someone that says something one way because they think that it's either going to rev up a base or it's going to land well or it's going to be good for business, and then they say the exact opposite in private settings. And hopefully this doesn't prohibit us from getting certain people, guests on the show, but there's a lot of people that do that, and that's disappointing to me. So I would never want to be categorized that I hope that when people meet me or you, it's exactly like it would be meeting them if they were coming here on the show or if they were meeting us in private. And so I don't mind, like, there's no. There's no real thought process of having to switch between, like, oh, this is the public and this is the private Persona. It's just like, it's one Persona. And then some things are off limit. Kids, certain things in our relationship, family members that don't want it. But other than that, like. Like, I don't care.

[B]

I do feel like I overshared, that I keep my eyes shut for 30 minutes in the morning.

[A]

Well, now I'm gonna. Now I'm gonna know.

[B]

I know that's annoying as shit, so.

[A]

I'm just gonna be standing there looking down.

[B]

The funny thing is. You had no idea.

[A]

No, I just assumed when I look over and someone's asleep that they're asleep. I didn't know that. They're just, like, in there scheming in their head.

[B]

Go ahead.

[A]

What's the most surprising lesson you've learned about yourself since being with me?

[B]

I think that you have done a really good Job of helping me tap into my full potential in business. Like, I think without you, I, you know, would have gone far. But I think you've expanded my brain to what's possible. And with that, I then have expanded off what you've expanded on even more. Like, I feel like I now really feel that I can really see the whole vision of what I want. And I think you've helped stretch the perception of that. I think you're more strategic and thoughtful about way down the line, and that's helped me to expand off that. And I think it's a good mix because I'm creative and flowy and together it's really a good cocktail.

[A]

I don't think I'm more strategic about down the line.

[B]

I think you're always thinking, like, 10 steps ahead.

[A]

I think that I can. I think that maybe I've helped you see a bigger potential that was always there, but that you were not looking at. I mean, meaning, like, listen. I mean, people. There is a few. There is. Well, there's a lot. But there's some things, like, people. There's this. It's an old quote, like, if you're gonna think it's just as easy to think big as it is to think small, so you might as well think big.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I think, like, when we got together, you were. It's not that you were always thinking, but sometimes people think smaller.

[B]

I don't think I ever thought thought small. I think. I don't mean small banded my thoughts.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. Yes. But it's like, you know, people think that their potential is this when really their potential could be this if they expanded the way that they think about their potential.

[B]

Now that you've expanded that, though, it's like it can't go back in the box. Like, now it's like I almost sometimes am like, oh, my God, this is like insane. How I'm like, it's like, this is insanity. And I'm always like. Like I'm pushing and stretching for more, more, more, more, more. Like I'm. It's almost like never satisfied, which I don't know is great, but it's like, we did that check. What's next?

[A]

I don't see, by the way, I don't see 10 steps ahead. But I was talking, funny enough, I was talking to my mom today about this, and I was saying that if one thing that I think is a tragedy is that people make the big mistakes in life. And that's a tragedy compared to, like, it's okay to make a lot of small mistakes. So like a small mistake is like, oh, I took the wrong job or I spent too much money or I, you know, shouldn't have given my kid that thing, but I did or I yelled at my co worker when I shouldn't have or I screamed at my wife or I, you know, you know, I did, I, I didn't eat right. The small mistakes, people make those and you can and you should consistently make those and figure out the right path. But what I think is a tragedy is when people make the big mistakes. Like the big mistakes like okay, I screwed over my business partner, I committed fraud, I cheated on my wife, I left my kids. Like, I like the big mistakes that are not able to people aren't able to recover from. And I honestly think like Charlie Munger had a line about this. It's not about being the smartest or seeing the post. It's just about making the least amount of big mistakes. And unfortunately a lot of people make big, big mistakes flippantly. Like they just like, like it's like it's not a big deal to make the big mistake. And a lot of these big mistakes are really, really hard to recover from. Quick break to talk about Branch Basics. Listen up everyone. Big news. Branch Basics, one of my all time favorite cleaning brands, is now available at over 600 Target stores nationwide and Target.com that's right, you can now pick them up during your regular Target run. Lauren and I have been obsessed with Branch Basics ever since we had the founder Allison on this podcast. It has quickly become one of our favorite brands. I cann I'm so excited about cleaning supplies. But I am. And here's why. Branch Basics is all about redefining what cleaning really means. 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[B]

If you could switch lives with me, I know you asked me this, but now I'm going to ask you for 24 hours. What would you immediately change? Nothing.

[A]

Next, I would do such a deep dive. I would go inward. I would ask what kind of trauma existed, what happened that makes you so late all the time. I would figure out why we've got to be so late, what we could do to be on time. And I would literally overhaul my entire life. Like Sherlock Holmes trying to figure out why we can't just be on time for once. That's the, that's the only thing. If I could only change one thing about you, it would be figuring that out.

[B]

Yeah, I do need to figure that out.

[A]

Like, I would be like, okay, I would have. Like, I would hire a forensic team. I would have computer scientists.

[B]

I think it's a control thing. If you really look into it, it's a control issue. I think I've. I've tried to make it not be that, but I think that's what it is.

[A]

Because here's the thing. You're such a high performer in so many areas and you're so on it and there's so much together, but there's like this one thing that we can't figure out. And then, like, we'll do the things where it's like, okay, let's lie to her about the time, or let's change this, or let's allow for more time, but it's for whatever it's like, almost like if you know something's at 1 o', clock, you have to show up at 1:15 to 1:30.

[B]

I overestimate what I can do. I've realized, like, I'll be like, I can take a shower, eat breakfast, you know, swaddle my baby, take the dogs out and make the bed in 20 minutes. Like, okay. And that's just not realistic. And I think. I think what it is, is I almost, like, romanticize what I can actually do. I think that's.

[A]

Remember, we lost one podcast guest of this. We had the Wolf of Wall street on. And he came. I don't mind putting him on blast. You can see this. And he came on. We had a great episode.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he was coming on again to talk about what's. Jordan.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Belfort. Right.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he was coming on again. Hi, Jordan. If you see this, you still can come back. And you were like, 40 minutes late.

[B]

I wasn't 40 minutes late. That's not true.

[A]

30.

[B]

I was 20.

[A]

Okay. And he stormed out.

[B]

This is not an excuse, but let's give context. I was nine and a half months pregnant.

[A]

Not nine and a half. That's a bit.

[B]

Swear. Bit of drowning. Crowning in the elevator. Crowning. Giving birth as I was coming up.

[A]

I'm your biggest fan. I'm biggest supporter.

[B]

But not the biggest.

[A]

Okay, but you were not in that moment. Not nine and a half.

[B]

I was nine and a half.

[A]

No, you weren't.

[B]

Yeah, I was. I'm gonna check the receipts.

[A]

Okay, we can. But anyways, we lost. That would have been another good show.

[B]

I'm gonna work on it. I'm not gonna defend myself.

[A]

And I would like to talk to him.

[B]

It's. It's inacceptable. Unacceptable.

[A]

Unacceptable. Yesterday. I'll give you an example. We were supposed to drive to Houston and back. As you talked about earlier at. We were supposed to leave at 10am yeah. You scheduled a gym session 15 minutes away from where we needed to go. From 9am to 10am Yeah.

[B]

I romanticized time, but we couldn't leave. In my world, like, that works, but it doesn't. I'm not. I don't have an excuse. I need to figure it out.

[A]

You know what?

[B]

I think I might need to be hypnotized. What's the tapping therapy?

[A]

Here's why it's important to be on time.

[B]

It is important to be on time.

[A]

And I'm gonna. I'm gonna give you a little bit of a reason why.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

When you're not on time for People. It signals to them that you believe your time is more valuable than their time.

[B]

Agreed.

[A]

So it's insulting.

[B]

Agreed.

[A]

And then people feel offended.

[B]

Agreed.

[A]

And there's nothing worse than starting off a relationship with someone with. I'm so sorry, or thank you for waiting, because you're already on the. It's just a bad dynamic.

[B]

I don't mean to brag, though. And, Emily, you can vouch for this. I am on time for zooms. Like, right on time.

[A]

No, you're not.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Not even close. I literally sit on the zoom and say, are you getting on the zoom? Yeah, I'm on time, Emily. I'm. You know why? Because it's important. Because it's.

[B]

It is important.

[A]

It signals to people that you're a serious person.

[B]

I agree.

[A]

Which you are.

[B]

I need to work on it. Oh, there's so much work.

[A]

I'm very passionate about this.

[B]

I understand.

[A]

That's why with the kids, I'm like, you're on time. Like, when I hear that.

[B]

So, yeah, he's dragging him out the house, and I'm like.

[A]

You're like, don't stress the kids out because they're gonna have stress about being late. I'm like, good.

[B]

One thing I do, I putts. I'm big at putzing. I ask Kate. Like, I putts around the house.

[A]

I don't need to. I know.

[B]

And so I think the putzing needs to be, like, worked into my calendar. Like, give me, like, 15 minutes to putz and lie about the time.

[A]

Lying about the time doesn't work. Like, what's crazy to me. We'll go. We have to travel a lot. We have to. We have to travel off for work, and we'll be going for, like, five days. She starts packing an hour before we.

[B]

Need to leave for the airport, 40 minutes before.

[A]

And then we get there, and you're like, where's all my stuff? I don't know where anything is. And you're stressed out. It's insane. I'm packed a week before. It's already in the bag by the door.

[B]

That's insane, though, too. There's gotta be a.

[A]

There's probably a middle ground, but I think, like, if I had to choose one of the other.

[B]

Have a rolling rack with all your shoes laid out with your shoe horns in it.

[A]

Like, you know why I like to putzing around? I like to kind of throw a couple things, and I don't want to be like, home. Like, you know, it's a traumatic scene. Is that scene in Home Alone when they're all running through the airport. I reach a stage in my life where everything's got to be.

[B]

I think there's a part of me that's maybe addicted to chaos in that instance, and I use that to, like, drip the IV of the chaos. Maybe.

[A]

Yeah, probably. But that's what I'm saying. If I was you, I would. That's. I would be the. Doing the deep dive. I'd be, like, doing hypnot. Whatever I got to do.

[B]

If anyone has any ideas, DM me.

[A]

This one's a good, good one for you. I like this one for you because we talk about this a little bit. If tomorrow all of our businesses and platforms went away, what would you do next? From a career perspective?

[B]

If everything went away, tomorrow, you're starting from scratch.

[A]

But you know what? You know, you have the skill sets you have, but you're starting. Everything's like, the podcast gone, the brand's gone, the platform's gone. Skinny Confidential doesn't exist.

[B]

I have to say this.

[A]

And listen, your social channels don't exist either.

[B]

I think everyone should have the same feeling about themselves. I have faith in myself and my capability. So if everything went away, I would have that faith. I think. And I think everyone should think that they're fucking awesome and they have a lot of value and they have a lot to give and a lot of capability. So if everything went away, to me, it's like, okay, how do we solve the puzzle to get out of this? I. I think what I would do at first is I would go quiet. You know that about me. I would go very quiet, and it would take me time to wrap my head around what I wanted to do, and I would be with my thoughts. Instead of doing 30 minutes in bed in the morning, pretending I'm asleep, I might go to an hour.

[A]

You have a little more time on your hands.

[B]

Little more time on my hands. And I would really, like, listen to my inner knowing. I think you should think that you are amazing. And I try to think that about myself. And if you think that about yourself, you're capable and you can figure something out. I think everything is figureoutable. I think. Marie. Oh, another eyelash just fell off. It almost fell in my drink. Marie Forio wrote a book. Is everything's figureoutable. It is, it is. Everything has a solution. And so I think your first instinct would be to freak out. And I would try to go against my first instinct. I would try to really be reflective and thoughtful about what I wanted to do next. And I would give Myself space and time to think about that. And also I would really have a, my, I really pay attention to my inner voice. I'm very, very, very purposeful with how I talk to myself. This is a lot of work. It's a lot of Louise Hay. But I think the way you talk to yourself is like literally your, your thoughts become your future. So that would be something that would be really important to me, like how I'm talking to myself to get over the hump of having all my businesses ripped away. I also think, I, I, I think that it's important to find identity in other areas so that if one does go away, you have something else to put efforts into. So for me, like a big part of my identity is being a mother and a wife and a homemaker and.

[A]

But would you go back into this line of work or would you go into a completely like.

[B]

Did I miss the question?

[A]

No, no, you're still going no, but I'm saying no, you didn't miss the question. But I'm wondering if you would like try to rebuild in this world or you would go do something completely.

[B]

That's interesting. I don't know, I feel like I would have to take time and space away to see.

[A]

I would go completely different world. I would not do anything to do.

[B]

With, I don't, I don't know. The funny thing about me is I like, I love the razzle dazzle rat, a tat tat jazz of it all. But I also love a lot of behind the scenes stuff.

[A]

The hard thing about building a career though, and I talked to a mentor of mine and it was just a really smart perspective. He's like, you build an entire career building a specific skill set that you continue to hone in on and become more expert in as time goes on. And like this is the problem with retiring is like you do all this and then one day you, you park that experience and you park that skill set and then you don't utilize it anymore.

[B]

So I don't, I'm trying to switch careers retiree type of person. I, I think no, but I'm saying.

[A]

It'S hard to switch like to another line.

[B]

But I think that my, I hope that what I would do is I would, I would embrace the pivot. I think you gotta embrace the pivot. And if that means that you gotta go into a different career, you gotta, you gotta. There's this quote by Robert GRE Mastery that's like people who can mix a bunch of different skills together in a creative way are incredibly Resourceful. And that's, that's like, that's the vibe. That should be the vibe. If you, you don't want to just get good at one thing. You want to have a lot of different things in your Rolodex that you can mix and match and be. And it's, it's clever, right? You mix and match all these different things together.

[A]

So that book does also say you want to like hone in and become a master.

[B]

Yeah. But it says that the people that are the most clever mix little skills together to make it their own. And so what I would do, I think when you're asking me this is I would take a bunch of different skills that I have and mix it together and sort of like create my own future.

[A]

That's like the. I think about this question a lot and it's an interesting thing because what's the normal path? The normal path is you like build something you do well, make a bunch of money, and then you typically either retire and get bored with that or then you become like an investor. That's what a lot of these people do. The problem with that is you're on the sidelines a lot. And so I don't know if I don't think that would be interesting to me. I think at the same time, I've operated in a mature way now for a long time and it would be a challenge to go back and start over without the big infrastructure again because it's just a lot of work. And I got to be honest with myself, I'm not 20 years old anymore and I've got kids and not as much energy. So it's like, do you want to like start like the early days of this and all the other things was like, there's a lot of, it's all still hard work, but it's a lot of like hard labor in a weird way. Like if you think about like a lot of people, hard on the body, travel back and forth, no sleep, up and down, not a lot of help. So I don't think I would do that again, but I think that I would do if this all went away. I would definitely go behind the scenes. I would never be front facing again. And I would probably take the skill set that I've learned and find like two to three individuals, younger individuals that I think would have the energy and the resources and like the bravado to do the thing. And I would become their like silent partner and help them operate in whatever categories I found interesting.

[B]

I could have answered that question for You I knew you were like.

[A]

I would be like, I would not try to be the guy again myself, but I would find a version of the guy or girl and there's always.

[B]

A guy behind the guy.

[A]

Yeah. And I would help them and I would take all the things that I've learned and help them, like, fast track that with capital and operational skill set. Does that make sense?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

But I wouldn't ever want to be, like, in the press anymore or anything. I just would just be gone. Quick break to talk about function. One thing that drives me nuts when it comes to my health and wellness is not knowing what to do. I have spent years on this show with Lauren trying to decipher and understand the best information and the best products and the best supplements and what to take and what not to take and what's right for my, my body and what's not right for my body. And it is honestly so confusing, which is why I love platforms like Function Health. More about that in a second. Years ago, when Lauren and I started this podcast, we knew nothing about health and wellness outside of, yes, we know you need to kind of eat right, you need to work out properly, but we didn't really know how to do it, when to do it, what was working, what was not working. We definitely didn't know about proper supplementation, and we for sure didn't have any information about what was going on within our individual bodies, what we're supposed to take, what we weren't supposed to take. One of the biggest questions that, that I personally get doing this show after all these years is what is the, what are the supplements that I should be taking regularly? What should I not be taking? When should I be taking it? When should I not be taking it? How do I test my hormones? How do I know my levels? And the honest truth is it's going to be different for everyone. I know it's different for Lauren and I and there's different levels and different responses and different inputs for each person. This is why a platform like Function Health is so interesting. A few months back, Lauren and I had Dr. Mark Hyman, who's the co founder of Function Health, on this podcast. I highly suggest people check out that episode. It's an incredible episode. Dr. Mark Hyman, you're welcome to come back anytime. Open invite and we got into this incredible platform that he's been building as well as just functional medicine in general, which I think everybody should look into. Lauren and I get being doing what we do here and getting on this kind of crazy train. Of health and wellness have had access to amazing doctors that lean into functional medicine. And so we are both very familiar now with starting to test our levels, figure out what we're lacking and figure out what we need more of. But it all comes down to getting the right tests with the right practitioners again, which is why a platform like function is so important. So what is function? We chose Function because it's the only health platform that gives you access to the kind of data most people never see and the insights to actually take action. Inside Function, you can test over 160 biomarkers, from hardened hormones to toxins, inflammation and stress. You can also access multi region MRI and CT scans, all tracked in one secure place. Over time, it's an enhanced view of what's happening in your body. That's why top health leaders like Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Jeremy London are all behind Function Health. Function Health is going to give you all of the data and all of the insights that I was talking about earlier. It's going to let you know where you're at, where you're not at, what you need more of and what you need less of. This is so important when you're trying to zone in on your health and make sure that you're doing the right things for your body. Again, it's so important that you take an individual approach to all these things. You know, a lot of vitamin D and a lot of vitamin B and C and all these different things might be good for one person, but not for or other. If your hormones are out of whack, you're going to need a different protocol than than me or Lauren or somebody else. Again, this is all done at the individual level. And what I love about platforms like function is they're preventative platforms. In modern society, we're constantly waiting for the problem to rear its head. We're not taking nearly enough approaches when it comes to preventing the diseases or the illnesses that ail us and that cause so much harm in our families and our personal lives. And so taking this approach with a platform like function, a preventative approach, where you know what's going on so you can stop it before it gets bad, is so important. So here's how it works. You go and get your labs done. Lab visits are fast and convenient. There's over 2,000 locations across the US and it's only $499 a year. Now, I know this sounds like a lot of money, but it works out to only A$37 per day for cutting Edge Health Insights. They're going to help you live happier, longer, healthier and better lives. What sets function apart. Like I said earlier, all of their results are tracked in real time in one secure place so you see how your health evolves over time. Their insights come from top doctors based on your unique results. Again, unique results to you. And again, going back to that price tag, this service could cost you over $10,000 if you were doing this on your own. Again, it's only 499 with function, and there's no perverse incentives. Function doesn't push any supplements or pharmaceuticals. It's just powerful, unbiased health data designed to help you own your own health. Again, this is so important. A lot of what we do on this podcast is figuring out what information we can tr, what's right for us, what's not right for us. So having a platform like Function that just gives you your individual results and then an unbiased perspective of what you could do or not do is so important. Data right at your fingertips, unique to you, so that you can make the best decisions for yourself, your family, your life. That's also going to help inform you what supplements or what vitamins or what protocols you invest in or not invest in. And it's going to take all the guesswork out of it. What I learned as somebody who takes my health and wellness seriously is when I first started going down the train of supplements and trying to figure out what worked for me, I was just taking a bunch of everything. I would listen to a podcast like this. I would use every coupon cold, and I had, you know, this cabinet full of all these different supplements and vitamins and minerals and, you know, creatines and this and that and all sorts of different stuff from all these different brands. And it was really just like, you know, in the dark, taking all these things. I would take a bunch in the morning, a bunch of night, without any insight into what I actually need or was getting too much of. So, again, with function, you know exactly what you need to dial up and what you need to dial down. And this is going to help you hone in on what's going to make you feel the best. So check it out and learn more and join using our link. The first 1000 get $100 credit toward their membership. All you have to do is visit www.functionhealth.com skinny or use gift code skinny100@signup to own your health. Again, that's functionhealth.com skinny or use code skinny100@signup let's take a quick break to talk about Symbiotica. We love Symbiotica so much. We love the people at Symbiotica, but most importantly, we love the products that Symbiotica has to offer. There are that we take now that it's hard to recommend just one. We've had the founders of Symbiotica on this podcast five or six times. They're some of our greatest recurring guests and that is because we love the mission, we love the company, and we love what they're putting out there. And like I said, they have such a strong assortment of products. But some of the standout favorites that we take all the time. I think they make the best liposomal glutathione out there. Quick note on Liposomal supplements what I love about these kind of supplements is you eat them like food instead of just ingesting them in pill form. Here are some of the benefits that you can expect from the glutathione Glowing skin Skin anti aging properties Gut health which can support bloating and digestion and faster nutrient absorption. It also tastes great. One of my other favorites is their magnesium L threonite. Many of us don't have nearly enough magnesium in our diets. Some of those key benefits are it's going to enhance focus, reduce brain fog, balance mood. It's going to calm you. Help support stress management, help support restful sleep. We all need better, more restful sleep. I like to take it at night and in the morning. Sometimes I like to put it in my coffee and stir it around. It adds like a nice little sweetener with those those great benefits and taking Symbiotica supplements is one of the easiest ways I found to stay consistent with my goals even during a busy summer. Of course we have an offer. All you have to do is go to symbiotica.com TSC today to get 20% off plus free shipping. That's C Y M B I O t I k a.com TSC to get 20 off plus free shipping every day our law enforcement officers face life and death decisions in increasingly dangerous environments. From high stress incidents to critical officer involved involved events, these men and women are on the front lines. Yet they lack the training, funding and resources they need to protect themselves and the communities they serve. Enter the Community First Project, a service disabled veteran owned non profit founded by a Tier 1 Navy SEALs and Army Special Operations leader. Their mission to provide cutting edge real world tactical training that empowers officers to serve, protect and survive at C1P. 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[B]

Last and final question before we go to dinner with our kids and Jordan and Nico going for Mexican food, margaritas, chips and salsa. Ready?

[A]

Yep.

[B]

I expect a really great answer.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Like, let's end strong. If you had to describe me to a stranger, how would you do it?

[A]

This is not a good question.

[B]

No, no, no. This is an amazing question. In with.

[A]

I would say first, really describe me.

[B]

I want a full description.

[A]

I would say brace yourself for the greatest beauty you ever beheld on earth.

[B]

No, this is not serious.

[A]

I want. Seriously, I'm allowed to answer the question. Be like, hold on tight. Hold on to something because you might fly off the earth when you see this individual.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's like, it's like spotting a unicorn quickly in the wild.

[B]

This feels like.

[A]

I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I would say be ready to be shocked at the things that you're going to hear come out of this individual's mouth. It is completely unfiltered and it's not like anything you're used to hearing.

[B]

Okay?

[A]

Right. I would say, like, there's going to be no holding back.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I would say be careful.

[B]

Be careful.

[A]

She's paying attention a lot more than you think. Oh. Much more perceptive than she's letting off. I would say be respectful and don't write her off like she's not a serious person because she's going to know and she's going to write you off. Right. Because you do that. You do that to people. I would say if you are struggling with a creative idea, ask her questions because she will tell you what to do. You might not like hearing it. It's going to piss you off a lot. Pisses me off so much when you comment on what's not going right with my creative stuff and then you know it's right. But then I know it's right and I go off and sulk about it and it's good. And I would say, and if you're trying to build a business, she knows exactly who you should be talking to. And then I would say, and if you need help sorting out your life and not being as stressed and overwhelmed, you could talk to her about it and she will help you figure it out.

[B]

How would you tell the stranger to become my friend?

[A]

How would I tell the stranger to become your friend? I would definitely tell the stranger not to come on too strong.

[B]

No, no, I can't do that.

[A]

I think that's for both of us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because I would say, yeah, just chill, take it easy, Have a, have like seven to 10 interactions before you move in aggressively.

[B]

Maybe 20 even for a date.

[A]

By the way, that's with anyone too. Like, I just like people come on really strong.

[B]

You never want to come on too strong. When people lean in too hard, it's too much.

[A]

Just what's the question? How to become your friend? Yeah, I would say be funny, be interesting, ask questions.

[B]

Mark's done a really good job.

[A]

Yeah, Mark's the best.

[B]

Mark has done it, right?

[A]

Yeah. I would say bring a personality, but.

[B]

Also like, feel me up before you fuck me.

[A]

Yeah, but Lauren, listen, let's just be honest. It doesn't matter. I've known you my whole life and it doesn't matter who the person is or what they do or how big of a. Anything. Like if they, if you don't jive with, if you don't like find them funny and interesting and exciting. Like, you're not gonna be friends.

[B]

Like, no, it's, you're somebody who needs a little razzle dazzle and I need good energy.

[A]

But honestly, like, I think at this point, like, like what's interesting is when you become a parent, you and you're running and you have a career, it's, it's hard to be so, so you have to be very selective and you want to be the, you want to find people that light you up. Right? Like, I think that's anybody. That's, that's, that's anybody. Because if you're going to take time away from your family and your children and your career, like, it's got to be something that lights you up. So I think there's got to be that. It can't be, it can't be like those like dementors in Harry Potter. Like you got to be giving more than you're taking. You know.

[B]

Agreed.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

Don't ask me for coffee on a Thursday.

[A]

No, don't ask anyone for coffee on a Thursday.

[B]

Yeah, that's not the way.

[A]

Unless it's not really coffee. Sometimes people say, like, let's get a coffee, but that's not really a coffee. It's like, let's go do something productive.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Coffee with a capital C. Coffee with.

[A]

Capital C. Mark, our friend Mark. But if there's a coffee. But if it's just like a coffee, like a coffee to waste time, then nobody wants to do that.

[B]

No.

[A]

Everybody's busy, Everybody's tired.

[B]

I think be intentional with the friendship.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Michael Bostic, what a pleasure interviewing you. Pimp yourself out for the audience.

[A]

You can find me on this very podcast that you're listening to for the last, like two episodes.

[B]

We are off for chips, salsa, queso. We gotta go. And this has been fun. If you guys like this form.

[A]

It's nice because we're getting. We're getting ready to go. You know, this is the end of the, like the maternity.

[B]

No, no, I didn't have a maternity leave. Don't even.

[A]

Little short stint.

[B]

It's literally fake maternity.

[A]

I was carrying the show.

[B]

Unbelievable.

[A]

I was carrying it on the show.

[B]

I go on maternity leave again. The way that I'm going to handle this is going to be so differently.

[A]

But now that you're back, thank God you're back. Now we can get going again.

[B]

And it's going to be so different.

[A]

We're going to hit the ground. We're going to New York. We got about what, 13 interviews, 12 interviews. Going to LA. We got a bunch going there. Then we're coming back here. We got a bunch of the. We're about to get going quick, so.

[B]

And we gotta stretch the tongue tie.

[A]

Yep. And we gotta do. I don't know what that's. Yeah, okay, whatever.

[B]

Thank you guys so much for listening to this episode. Make sure you're subscribed to our YouTube channel where you can watch my eyelashes fall off one by one.

[A]

Maybe you can do a big makeup brush right down the side of my face in post OP.

[B]

Maybe NYC Gyno can do the lunchtime labia lift live on YouTube. You never know. Thanks for watching.

[A]

Thanks, guys.