We Are All Jane Doe
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Content note: this episode includes a frank discussion of sexual assault. Daffnee and Torri start with a lighter detour into witchy intuition, magical thinking, and the mystery of why every hotel room has a Bible. Then they turn to the conversation they say they could not skip: the Cornell case that has everyone talking, and what it stirs up for women who lived through party college culture. They get into Greek life, mob mentality, why women still pay the price for speaking up, and the questions every incoming student and parent should ask before choosing a school. It is angry, it is raw, and...
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I Forgive You, But I Don't Want You Back
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Daffnee and Torri open with the kind of sibling story that makes you wince and laugh at the same time. Old grudges, old fights, the ones you never quite let go of. Then they get into the real conversation: what forgiveness actually means, and where the line is between forgiving someone and letting them back in. Daffnee shares an incredibly personal story about a years-long estrangement from a parent, what it took to finally reopen that door, and why forgiveness didn't mean going back to how things were before. They talk about grace, boundaries, generational patterns, and the difference...
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I'm Okay With It, I'm Okay Without It
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Daffnee takes us back to her rock bottom: a stretch this year where she was so consumed by her business that she'd drafted her resignation and updated her resume, despite fifteen years of building the thing herself. What pulled her out was a mantra she now repeats every day, and it completely rewired how she runs her business, shows up in her marriage, and handles rejection in sales. She and Torri get into what real detachment actually looks like (hint: it's not the same as not caring), why perfectionism was quietly making them both miserable, and how learning to walk away from the wrong...
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How Do You Celebrate When Nobody Drinks?
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Torri's down to her last drinking friend (RIP, she's pregnant now), and it's got her and Daffnee spiraling into a much bigger conversation about alcohol. They trace their drinking history all the way back to their first sips (Daffnee's Mexican household where a Corona at dinner was normal, Torri's Wisconsin upbringing where getting a DUI barely raises an eyebrow), through the reckless college years, the family patterns that shaped how they drink now, and the health reasons that eventually changed everything for both of them. They get real about sober curiosity, what it's like loving...
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When Your In-laws Are Outlaws
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In-laws: you don't choose them, you just survive them. OR, if you’re super lucky, you absolutely love them, and we love that for you. Daffnee and Torri are getting brutally honest about the family dynamics, as they dive into the boundaries, the guilt trips, the performative grandparents, and the moment you realize "she's family, that's just how she is" doesn't actually cut it anymore. It's messy, it's real, and if you've ever bitten your tongue at a holiday dinner, this one's for you. Recommended LINKS: Better with Daffnee podcast homepage: Connect on Instagram: @Daffnee Learn more at...
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Is Receipt Paper Killing You? Part 2
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Part two picks up right where the woo-woo left off. Daffnee and Torri crack open their actual supplement stacks! They get into why creatine isn't optional for women anymore, the supplement industry's regulation problem (and why "not regulated" cuts both ways), and the difference between taking something because you actually care how it affects your body versus taking it because an influencer told you to. Then it's on to wearables: Aura Rings, Fitbits, sleep scores, and the very real line between helpful data and health anxiety, including an honest conversation about orthorexia and what it...
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Is Receipt Paper Killing You? Part 1
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Daffnee and Torri are getting into the full, unfiltered world of integrated and holistic health: supplements, saunas, sixty-dollar mushroom hot chocolate that tastes like garbage, and the wellness purchases that were worth every penny versus the ones currently rotting in the pantry. Daffnee rates herself a 92 out of 10 on the woo-woo scale (no, that's not a typo), and they're not holding back on the credential-less internet grifters who fear-monger vulnerable people into buying whatever they're selling. Real talk on who to actually trust, why "listen to your body" is backed by more science...
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Is Your Husband "Dad Mad"?
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Trust us, we have marriage all figured out…. Daffnee and Torri are diving headfirst into the wild, unfiltered reality of marriage as a millennial: what it actually looks like ten-plus years in versus what you thought it would be at 25. They get real about why "let me check with my spouse" is not the controlling red flag your single friends think it is, whether marriage is actually overrated or just misunderstood, and the exact moment you walk in the door and can feel your partner's mood before they say a word. Plus, they name the specific brand of grumpy, huffy, silent-treatment energy every...
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Life Events That Change You
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Daffnee and Torri are back after an unplanned hiatus, and this episode is different from anything they've done before. Torri opens up about the five weeks that upended her life: her husband Charlie's sudden collapse, a terrifying hospital stay, an ulcerative colitis diagnosis, and a healthcare system that repeatedly failed to listen until things got dangerous. She talks about what it means to be the person someone relies on, the support that actually helped versus the comments that made things so much worse, and how she kept herself standing through it. It's raw, it's real, and it might be...
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Will I ever stop hating my body?
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Content warning: this episode includes a personal account of sexual assault. Most of us can pinpoint the exact moment we stopped feeling at home in our bodies and it's almost never about weight. Daffnee shares when she first became “aware of her body,” and it reframes the entire conversation about why so many women grew up shrinking themselves. From looksmaxing in 2026 to Weight Watchers at 12, this episode goes deep on body image, where it actually comes from, and what it costs us. Daffnee and Torri also get honest about where they are right now: the peace, the progress, and the Greek...
info_outlinePart two picks up right where the woo-woo left off. Daffnee and Torri crack open their actual supplement stacks! They get into why creatine isn't optional for women anymore, the supplement industry's regulation problem (and why "not regulated" cuts both ways), and the difference between taking something because you actually care how it affects your body versus taking it because an influencer told you to. Then it's on to wearables: Aura Rings, Fitbits, sleep scores, and the very real line between helpful data and health anxiety, including an honest conversation about orthorexia and what it actually looks like to raise kids with a healthy relationship to food and their bodies. And yes, they finally get to the receipt paper.
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Better with Daffnee podcast homepage: https://www.daffneecohen.com/podcast/
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Connect on Instagram: @Daffnee
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Learn more at and get tons of freebies at daffneecohen.com
What We're Reading:
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Daffnee's pick: Still deep in A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry: the saga continues.
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Torri's update: No new book this week. Hey, drop your recos in the comments: what should Daffnee and Torri read next? Bonus points for something long.