Episodes

Send us Fan Mail 💀🚪 Skeletons in the Closet: What's REALLY Hiding Behind That Door? (S4E7) Julie has a confession: there are skeletons in her closet. Before Janis could call a priest (or the police), the truth came out. A broken umbrella, a bread maker used exactly once, three mystery cords, and a coat that last fit during the Clinton administration. Not a crime scene. An archaeological dig. In honor of Halloween, we're going skeleton hunting. We're opening hall closet...

Send us Fan Mail It's a Magazine Moment! Julie and Janis wrap up the Right-Sizing series by digging into a complete senior downsizing checklist from the Senior Transitions Group. It was written for adult children stepping in to move a parent, whether for health, safety, or a house that's simply too big. It lays out six phases over three months, with 11 to 12 items per phase. (That's a lot of checkboxes. We counted. Then we needed a nap.) So we're sharing what we agree with, ...

Send us Fan Mail 🚚 Three Projects in a Trench Coat: Your Moving Day Survival Guide The truck is finally here! After talking through why you're moving, whether it's time, what comes with you, and how to make those decisions without losing your mind, Julie and Janis tackle the big day itself. As Janis puts it, a move after 60 isn't one project. It's three projects wearing a trench coat, pretending to be one. So we're unbuttoning that trench coat and breaking the whole thing into five manageable...

Send us Fan Mail ⏱️ Knowing What to Keep vs. Actually Doing the Sorting: Two Very Different Skills Episode 4 of the Right-Sizing series shifts from what to keep to how on earth you actually get through the sorting process without collapsing around hour three. Julie and Janis open with the classic mistake: pulling everything out of a closet at once, turning a manageable afternoon into a bed-floor-and-hallway disaster, and somehow ending up cross-legged on the floor holding a sweate...

Send us Fan Mail 📦 Turns Out You Own Enough to Furnish 3 Houses Episode 3 of the Right-Sizing series tackles the question that hits the moment a floor plan starts looking real: okay, but what actually comes with me? Julie and Janis flip the whole mindset here — instead of starting with "what do I have to get rid of" (hello, deprivation mode), start with "what do I want to take with me." Same process, radically different feeling. The JJs work through ...

Send us Fan Mail 🏡 Spoiler: Granite Countertops Should Not Be Making Your Life Decisions Episode 2 of the Right-Sizing series picks up where Episode 1 left off, and it's time to talk about the M-word: moving. Not because a TV show said everyone over 60 needs a condo, and not because a granite countertop is judging you (though Julie has notes about vinegar and granite). Julie and Janis walk through 10 genuinely realistic reasons people decide it's time to right-size — and then flip it around wi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 4! S4E1: Why to Right-Size Your Life (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 1 of 5) 📦 **New Season, New Series: Say Goodbye to "Downsizing" Dread** Season 4 kicks off with a brand-new 5-part series, *Right-Sizing Your Life* — and Julie and Janis are starting with the word swap that changes everything. Forget "downsizing," with all its smaller-house, fewer-things, sadder-life connotations. This series is about *right-sizing*: finding the amount of space, stuff, and m...