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In her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Olivia Rodrigo sings, âItâs feminine intuition, âcause I always had a vision of us standing like thisâ, and Jannah couldnât agree more. (Alice has notes).
We live in the most informationâheavy moment in human history, yet weâve never felt less certain. So this week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson turn inward to examine intuition itself: Olivia Rodrigoâs album and the wave of intuition content itâs spawned, the gut feelings that felt like more than coincidence, and the booming psychicâindustrial complex attempting to sell our âinner knowingâ back to us at scale. The irony being that the more we try to outsource intuition, the less weâre able to trust our own.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: your clothes are trying to kill you (theyâre not), and the skincare being marketed to three-year-olds.
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Cosmeticorexia: How Girls Are Falling Down A Skincare Rabbit Hole by Ruth Clegg, BBC
drop dead by Olivia Rodrigo
âItâs Feminine Intuitionâ: Predictions For OR3, Ell Heeps, Varsity
My Secret Addiction by Julie Gordon, Maclean's
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Power of Intuition by Gary A. Klein
Recognition Memory, Familiarity, and DĂ©jĂ vu Experiences by Anne M. Cleary
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Is 2026 the year of the witch? by Madeleine Woon
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
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We all know the endless research on the negative effects of our phones. And yet, we keep picking them up.
This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dig into the so-called solutions â dumb phones, noâphone policies, twoâdevice lifestyles â and ask whether any of them are actually helping us break compulsive habits, or just giving us new ways to aestheticise restraint.
Plus, because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: weâre calling for justice for beta blockers on the set of the Summer House Reunion, and yes, witchcraft is in (more on that soon).
â Save the date: the Glitter Gel Pen Book Club will be joining us at the Coping Studio on 25 June for the launch of â our Silent Reading Sessionsâ (and coming back monthly!). â
Watch: â Summer House Reunion Part 3â (essential viewing!!)
â Is 2026 the Year of the Witch?â By Madeleine Woon, Russh
â My Most Capable Clients Are Becoming Prisoners Of Their Smartphones, But There Is A Way Outâ by Carly Dober, The Guardian
â What I Saw At The Phoebe Bridges No-Phones MSG Show (To The Best Of My Recollection)â by Erin Somers, GQ
â Fujifilm Forecast Trends Report 2026â
â The Flip Phone Cleanseâ by Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic
â Do I Look Ridiculous Carrying Two Phones?â by Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times
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Weâre in a costâofâliving crisis (but you knew that already). While being frugal isnât a choice for most of us, itâs seen influencers take a hard pivot to de-influencing, underconsumption core, frugal chic, and month-long spending freezes. Somehow not buying things has become a trend of its own and, inevitably, an industry.
This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson share their favourite case studies of frugality â from Bradley on a Budget to Hollywoodâs infamous poverty cosplays to the influencers thrifting their way through fashion week voxpops.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: weâve got a man on the inside of an IRL wellness challenge, plus the rise of parasite cleanses (DONâT try at home).
Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at â â â â Laher.coâ â â â , or explore theâ â â â bespoke engagement ring collectionâ â â â online.
Influencers Push Parasite Cleanses, But Doctors Say To Steer Clear by Sarah Boden, NPR
Bradley On A Budget on TikTok
Bradley On A Budget Interview by Jessica Coacci, Fortune
Homeless by Dior by Bridget Foley, WWD
Watch: Tyra Banks goes âhomelessâ for a day
Watch: 1000 People See For The First Time, MrBeast
Read: Maid and Class by Stephanie Land
Watch: Maid on Netflix
How To Be âFrugally Chicâ by Mia McGrath on Substack
Watch: Daily Telegraph interviews Australian Fashion Week influencers
Jaclyn Hill Was Losing Views, But Maybe Itâs Overconsumption Thatâs Finally Out Of Style by Rebecca Cohen, NBC News
The Cost-of-living Crisis In Australia, Salvation Army
Read: Karl Marx and the Marxist School
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Xochitl GonzĂĄlez might just smoke again. Writing in The Cut, Xochitl captures the absurdity of organising our lives around a âfuture selfâ who, these days, may never materialise. How naĂŻve of us.
Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson follow that nihilistic thread into the architecture of pleasure: when joy must be mindful, intentional, functional, and netâpositive to qualify, what exactly qualifies. Maybe the thing worth interrogating isnât nicotine or sugar or screen time, but the way pleasure itself has been moralised into something that requires a defence.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: weâre deeping the Enhanced Games (international conspiracy?), and embracing the sticker star charts of your cosy productivity dreams.
Episode image: Getty (sourced via The Cut)
Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation atâ â â Laher.coâ â â , or explore theâ â â bespoke engagement ring collectionâ â â online.The Enhanced Games Is Here. But Forget The âSportâ â It Has Something It Wants To Sell You by Matt Slater, New York Times
I Mean, Why Shouldnât We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again? by Xochitl GonzĂĄlez, The Cut
Why We Should All Embrace Nihilism by Gemma Parker, The Guardian
Miley Cyrusâs Latest Beauty Muse? Glastonbury-Era Kate Moss by Ranyechi Udwmezue, British Vogue
Watch: Fran Lebowitz in Pretend Itâs A City, Netflix
Read: Pleasure Activism by Adrian Maree Brown
The Narcotic Pleasures of Cleantok by Jessica Grose, New York Times
Epicurus, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Weâve never analysed our friendships more â doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of âmeaningful connectionsâ. But in a world defined by overwork, isolation, and convenience culture, is all this discourse actually bringing us closer⊠or just giving us new ways to spiral?
This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are unpacking the rise of friendship anxiety and the limits of the tools meant to soothe it, ultimately discovering that the real issue is structural: a world that engineered community out, then sold it back to us as a subscription.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, weâre also talking: the DIY labs closing the loop on longevity testing, and Kylie Jennerâs new hydration drink that makes you âglow from withinâ (sigh).
Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation atâ â Laher.coâ â , or explore theâ â bespoke engagement ring collectionâ â online.
â Women Are Lonelier Than Ever. Itâs Putting Their Health At Riskâ by Kellie Scott, ABC News
â The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships â and Rebuilt My Inner Circleâ by Isabelle Eyman, Camille Styles
Watch: â Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcastâ
â Loneliness â Itâs Not Only Youâ , Conversations Podcast, ABC
Watch: â Lana on TikTokâ
â How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Lonelinessâ by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross
â Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Wonât Solveâ by Jessica Grose, New York Times
â Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?â by Jamie Ducharme, TIME
Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
Plus, you can follow along with us onâ â â â â â â â Instagramâ â â â â â â â ,â â â â â â â â TikTokâ â â â â â â â , andâ â â â â â â â Pinterestâ â â â â â â â . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at â â â â â â â â copinginc.comâ â â â â .
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What does it actually mean to âlive longerâ in a culture that canât tolerate aging?
This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dive into the strange and seductive world of longevity culture, breaking down how a onceâniche scientific field has transformed into a billionâdollar industry. Weâre chatting about it all, from pilgrimages to Blue Zones, biological age testing, and cryonic chambers, and the $65 USD olive oils promising to rewind the effects of aging at a cellular level. The industry promises more years, but often at the cost of the humanity it claims to preserve.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, weâre also talking: pimple patches (where have they been all my life etc.) and wearable tracking devices (stay tuned for a future debate on this).
Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at Laher.co, or explore the bespoke engagement ring collection online.Watch: Blue Zones documentary, Netflix
âAging Is A Diseaseâ: Inside The Drive To Postpone Death Indefinitely by Karen Heller, Washington Post
Why Everyone Is Talking About Biological, Not Chronological, Age by Shivaune Field, Forbes
Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal Links Aging With Gravity by Tisha Elizabeth Jacob, The Week
200 Frozen Heads And Bodies Await Revival At This Arizona Cryonics Facility by Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian
Watch: Donât Die, Netflix
Bryan Johnson Has Spent Millions Trying Not to Die. His Best Longevity Tip Is Free by Dominique Mosbergen, TIME
Bryan Johnson Must Die by Alexander Biener, Kainos
Read: Why We Die by Venki Ramakrishnan
The Anti-Aging Gold Rush Should Focus On Quality Of Life, Not Just Quantity by Michael Gurven, Stat News
Why I Hope to Die At 75 by Ezekiel Emanuel, The Atlantic
Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
Plus, you can follow along with us on â â â â â â Instagramâ â â â â â , â â â â â â TikTokâ â â â â â , and â â â â â â Pinterestâ â â â â â . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at â â â â â â copinginc.comâ â â .
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Ambition used to mean climbing that corporate ladder. Then it meant girlbossing. Then it meant quitting your job to find yourself. Now? Itâs⊠complicated.
This week, weâre tracing the messy, contradictory legacy of female ambition. And with ambition discourse everywhere â Emma Grede interviews, Diary of a CEO soundbites, cinematic Vogue rebrands â weâre asking what "success" looks like if youâre no longer willing to sacrifice your entire life for it.
Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson share their own shifting ambitions within this context: the craving for purpose, the fear of being consumed by work, and the cultural noise that tells us to both lean in and log off forever.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, weâre also talking: the Japanese headspa experience that (unfortunately) will change your life, and the journal worth flying to Paris for (disclaimer: cost of flights not included in purchase).
â I'm Rooting for Female Founders' Comebacks - And The End of Branding Womenâ , by â Leslie Feinzaigâ , Fortune
My Job Was My Lifeâ . Then I Got Firedâ by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Cut
â What Comes After Ambition? by Ann Friedmanâ , Elle
Watch: â Girlbossâ , Netflix
â Who Is The Girlboss Now?â by â Michelle Santiago CortĂ©sâ , The Cut
â The Big, Controversial Business of The Wing, Explainedâ , by Anna North and Chavie Lieber, Vox
â The Girlboss Didn't Die...She Can't Afford Toâ by Charlotte Mair, The Digress
Listen: â Emma Grede on Style-ish podcastâ
â Hailey Bieber Is Writing Her Own Story With Rhodeâ by Lucy Feldman, TIME
â The Foremost Expert on Happiness Thinks Ambition Is Making You Miserableâ by Shalene Gupta, Fast Company
Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
Plus, you can follow along with us on â â â â â Instagramâ â â â â , â â â â â TikTokâ â â â â , and â â â â â Pinterestâ â â â â . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at â â â â â copinginc.comâ â .
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What does it mean to cope with a beauty standard that pretends not to be a beauty standard at all?
This week, weâre talking about looking ânaturalâ â which, in 2026 apparently means botox in your 20s, threeâhour self-care routines, and a level of upkeep that would make even a Victorian ladyâinâwaiting tap out.
Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson explore how âaesthetic inflationâ, a concept first articulated by writer Jessica DeFino, has shifted the baseline so dramatically that simply existing feels like falling behind. We unpack the psychological toll of chasing an ever-changing beauty ideal marketed as effortless, and ask whether celeb transparency around cosmetic work is actually all that liberatingâŠ
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps weâre also talking: oral dissolvable strip supplements (a no from us) and the new Korean lash lift that is (frankly) blindingly good.
"Appearance Inflation: 3 Beauty Writers Sum Up 2025", CNN
âWait, Why Do I Want A Facelift?'" by Jessica DeFino
The Year All My Friends Got Botox by Emmeline Clein, The Cut
Listen: Botox, Fillers and Aesthetic Inflation, NPR It's Been a Minute podcast
The New Plastic Surgery Playbook by Rheana Murray, The Atlantic
The Forever-35 Face by Bridget Read, The Cut
Beauty Standards Make Me Ashamed Of My Features, And AI Makes It Worse by Humeara Mohamed, Refinery29
Nothing Looks Beautiful Anymore - And We Did This to Ourselves by Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek
Listen: The Butt Blush Boom, Mess World podcast
Would You Use Cadaver Fat Injections? by Jessica DeFino, The Guardian
"Will Being 'Ugly' Be Aspirational One Day?" by Kish Lal, Dazed
Watch: How Much Are Australians Spending on Cosmetic Procedures?, SBS Insight
Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
Plus, you can follow along with us on â â â Instagramâ â â , â â â TikTokâ â â , and â â â Pinterestâ â â . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at â â â copinginc.com
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Have you ever hit post and instantly fantasised about faking your own death and starting a new life on a remote island with no wifi? No, same.
This week, weâre diving into vulnerability hangovers â why weâre all out here narrating our inner worlds to the internet, and what Future Us (20 years older, hopefully wiser) will think of the digital breadcrumbs weâve left behind.
Join Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we track our culture of self-disclosure from the personalâessay boom, Substack confessionals, TikTok traumaâdumping, all the way to Lena Dunhamâs Famesick â the decadeâlong case study in what happens when radical transparency becomes your brand. Because if confession has become a commodity, is there a secret we wonât eventually turn into content?
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, weâre also talking: the fever dream that is run club at Coachella and the Notion templates rabbithole where good intentions go to die.
Read: Daring Greatly for Brene Brownâs definition of vulnerability hangovers
Aliceâs (vulnerable!) interview on Little Things podcast
Disclosing information on the self is intrinsically rewarding by Diana Tamir and Jason Mitchell
On Falling In and Out of Love with My Dad by Natasha Rose Chenier, Jezebel
My Gynecologist Found a Ball of Cat Hair in My Vagina by Michelle Barrow, XOJane
The First Person Industrial Complex by Laura Bennett, Slate
The Personal Essay Boom Is Over by Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
I Am Not Your Therapist by Sophie DiBenedetto, De Paulia
Watch: TikTok storytime example
Watch: TikTok trauma candy salad example
Read: Famesick by Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham Returns To The Confessional by Scaachi Koul, Slate
Why Did Bad Things Happen to Lena Dunham? She's Still Trying To Figure It Out, New York Times
Can AI Bring the Dead Back to Life? (2024) by Areesha Lodhi, Al Jazeera
How Social Media Data Are Being Used to Research Mourning by Julia Muller Spiti, Ellen Davies, Paul McLiesh, and Janet Kelly
Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
Plus, you can follow along with us on â â Instagramâ â , â â TikTokâ â , and â â Pinterestâ â . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at â â copinginc.com
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Have you ever wondered who youâd be in an alternate universe â the version of you who took the other job, stayed in that city, didnât cut bangs, or actually followed through with your new year goals?
This week, weâre talking about the fantasy of becoming a ânew youâ, and how the 00s makeover montage promised a level of transformation that real life (and the wellness industry) absolutely cannot deliver on. Because somewhere between the slow-motion hair flip and the big reveal, we were sold the idea that upgrading the self is not only possible, but required.
Join Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we unpack the pressure to evolve publicly, the discomfort of outgrowing old versions of ourselves, and the quiet hope that comes with imagining who we might still become.
Watch: The Plastic Detox
What if you could do it all over? by Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker
Why weâre drawn to âfresh startsâ by Megan A. Neff Psychology Today
Psychology Today: Definition of neuroplasticity
Buddhanet: definition of Anatta
Modernity and self-identity by Anthony Giddens
The orphic origins of belief in reincarnation in ancient Greek philosophy by Hasskei Mohammed Majeed
Britannica: Myths of rebirth and renewal
Scribalo: The myth of the Pheonix
Get noticed to get ahead: the impact of personal branding on career success, by Sergey Gorbatov, Svetlana N Khapova, Evgenia I LysovaWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
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Introducing: the podcast about why life feels like this.
Think of this very first episode as our preâshow warmâup â your chance to meet us, hear the selfâcare obsessions currently taking up wayyy too much of our brain space, and get a feel for the kinds of conversations weâll be having together. Weâre talking habitâstacking, biohacking, sleepâmaxxing, the big existential spirals (what is the meaning of life?), the wellnessâculture plot twists keeping us up at night, and everything in between â all filtered through two people trying to make sense of it right alongside you.
From here, spend time with your hosts, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson, every Tuesday as we cope with a new era of âliving wellâ. And once a month, youâll get a deeper dive into the ideas, grifters, and fads that have fundamentally changed the way we think.
Shout out to â Muguâ for levelling up our podcast set at the new Coping Studio in Surry Hills, Sydney !
â We're sedating women with self-careâ by Katherine Rowland, The Guardian
â Cultural perspectives and their influence on self-careâ by Shelly T
â Is all of this self-monitoring making us paranoidâ by Madison Malone Kircher, The New York Times
Lifeline: â definition of self-careâ
Watch: â don't dieâ
Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.
Plus, you can follow along with us on â Instagramâ , â TikTokâ , and â Pinterestâ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at â copinginc.com -
The podcast about why life feels like this. Spend time with Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we cope with a new era of âliving wellâ. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.
