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• Coping With Our Phones 15.06.2026 41dk

  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 – dumb phones, no‑phone policies, two‑device lifestyles – 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: we’re calling for justice for beta blockers on the set of the Summer House Reunion, and yes, witchcraft is in (more on that soon). ☆ Save the date: the Glitter Gel Pen Book Club will be joining us at the Coping Studio on 25 June for the launch of ⁠our Silent Reading Sessions⁠ (and coming back monthly!). ☆Watch: ⁠Summer House Reunion Part 3⁠ (essential viewing!!) ⁠Is 2026 the Year of the Witch?⁠ By Madeleine Woon, Russh⁠My Most Capable Clients Are Becoming Prisoners Of Their Smartphones, But There Is A Way Out⁠ by Carly Dober, The Guardian⁠What I Saw At The Phoebe Bridges No-Phones MSG Show (To The Best Of My Recollection)⁠ by Erin Somers, GQ⁠Fujifilm Forecast Trends Report 2026⁠⁠The Flip Phone Cleanse⁠ by Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic ⁠Do I Look Ridiculous Carrying Two Phones?⁠ by Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times 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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
• Coping With Frugality 08.06.2026 41dk

  We’re in a cost‑of‑living crisis (but you knew that already). While being frugal isn’t a choice for most of us, it’s 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 – from Bradley on a Budget to Hollywood’s infamous poverty cosplays to the influencers thrifting their way through fashion week voxpops. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’ve got a man on the inside of an IRL wellness challenge, plus the rise of parasite cleanses (DON’T try at home).Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Laher.co⁠⁠⁠⁠, or explore the⁠⁠⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠⁠⁠ online. Influencers Push Parasite Cleanses, But Doctors Say To Steer Clear by Sarah Boden, NPRBradley On A Budget on TikTokBradley On A Budget Interview by Jessica Coacci, Fortune Homeless by Dior by Bridget Foley, WWD Watch: Tyra Banks goes ‘homeless’ for a day Watch: 1000 People See For The First Time, MrBeastRead: Maid and Class by Stephanie LandWatch: Maid on Netflix How To Be ‘Frugally Chic’ by Mia McGrath on SubstackWatch: Daily Telegraph interviews Australian Fashion Week influencersJaclyn Hill Was Losing Views, But Maybe It’s Overconsumption That’s Finally Out Of Style by Rebecca Cohen, NBC NewsThe Cost-of-living Crisis In Australia, Salvation ArmyRead: Karl Marx and the Marxist SchoolWant 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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
• Coping With Pleasure 01.06.2026 41dk

  Xochitl González might just smoke again. Writing in The Cut, Xochitl captures the absurdity of organising our lives around a “future self” who, these days, may never materialise. How naïve of us.Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson follow that nihilistic thread into the architecture of pleasure: when joy must be mindful, intentional, functional, and net‑positive to qualify, what exactly qualifies. Maybe the thing worth interrogating isn’t 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: we’re 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 at⁠⁠ ⁠Laher.co⁠⁠⁠, or explore the⁠⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠⁠ online. The Enhanced Games Is Here. But Forget The ‘Sport’ – It Has Something It Wants To Sell You by Matt Slater, New York TimesI Mean, Why Shouldn’t We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again? by Xochitl González, The CutWhy We Should All Embrace Nihilism by Gemma Parker, The Guardian Miley Cyrus’s Latest Beauty Muse? Glastonbury-Era Kate Moss by Ranyechi Udwmezue, British VogueWatch: Fran Lebowitz in Pretend It’s A City, NetflixRead: Pleasure Activism by Adrian Maree Brown The Narcotic Pleasures of Cleantok by Jessica Grose, New York TimesEpicurus, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyWant 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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
• Coping With Friendship Anxiety 25.05.2026 43dk

  We’ve never analysed our friendships more – doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of “meaningful connections”. 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, we’re also talking: the DIY labs closing the loop on longevity testing, and Kylie Jenner’s new hydration drink that makes you “glow from within” (sigh). Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at⁠ ⁠Laher.co⁠⁠, or explore the⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠ online. ⁠Women Are Lonelier Than Ever. It’s Putting Their Health At Risk⁠ by Kellie Scott, ABC News⁠The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships – and Rebuilt My Inner Circle⁠ by Isabelle Eyman, Camille StylesWatch: ⁠Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcast⁠⁠Loneliness – It’s Not Only You⁠, Conversations Podcast, ABCWatch: ⁠Lana on TikTok⁠⁠How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Loneliness⁠ by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross⁠Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Won’t Solve⁠ by Jessica Grose, New York Times⁠Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?⁠ by Jamie Ducharme, TIMEWant 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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
• Coping With Longevity 18.05.2026 36dk

  What does it actually mean to “live longer” in a culture that can’t tolerate aging?This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dive into the strange and seductive world of longevity culture, breaking down how a once‑niche scientific field has transformed into a billion‑dollar industry. We’re 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, we’re 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 ‘Aging Is A Disease’: Inside The Drive To Postpone Death Indefinitely by Karen Heller, Washington Post Why Everyone Is Talking About Biological, Not Chronological, Age by Shivaune Field, ForbesEternal CEO Deepinder Goyal Links Aging With Gravity by Tisha Elizabeth Jacob, The Week200 Frozen Heads And Bodies Await Revival At This Arizona Cryonics Facility by Jacquelyne Germain, SmithsonianWatch: Don’t Die, Netflix Bryan Johnson Has Spent Millions Trying Not to Die. His Best Longevity Tip Is Free by Dominique Mosbergen, TIMEBryan Johnson Must Die by Alexander Biener, KainosRead: Why We Die by Venki RamakrishnanThe Anti-Aging Gold Rush Should Focus On Quality Of Life, Not Just Quantity by Michael Gurven, Stat NewsWhy I Hope to Die At 75 by Ezekiel Emanuel, The AtlanticWant 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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠.
• Coping With Ambition 11.05.2026 48dk

  Ambition used to mean climbing that corporate ladder. Then it meant girlbossing. Then it meant quitting your job to find yourself. Now? It’s… complicated.This week, we’re tracing the messy, contradictory legacy of female ambition. And with ambition discourse everywhere – Emma Grede interviews, Diary of a CEO soundbites, cinematic Vogue rebrands – we’re asking what "success" looks like if you’re 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, we’re 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). ⁠I'm Rooting for Female Founders' Comebacks - And The End of Branding Women⁠, by ⁠Leslie Feinzaig⁠, FortuneMy Job Was My Life⁠. Then I Got Fired⁠ by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Cut⁠What Comes After Ambition? by Ann Friedman⁠, ElleWatch: ⁠Girlboss⁠, Netflix⁠Who Is The Girlboss Now?⁠ by ⁠Michelle Santiago Cortés⁠, The Cut⁠The Big, Controversial Business of The Wing, Explained⁠, by Anna North and Chavie Lieber, Vox⁠The Girlboss Didn't Die...She Can't Afford To⁠ by Charlotte Mair, The Digress Listen: ⁠Emma Grede on Style-ish podcast⁠⁠Hailey Bieber Is Writing Her Own Story With Rhode⁠ by Lucy Feldman, TIME⁠The Foremost Expert on Happiness Thinks Ambition Is Making You Miserable⁠ by Shalene Gupta, Fast CompanyWant 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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠.
• Coping With Looking "Natural" 04.05.2026 45dk

  What does it mean to cope with a beauty standard that pretends not to be a beauty standard at all?This week, we’re talking about looking “natural” – which, in 2026 apparently means botox in your 20s, three‑hour self-care routines, and a level of upkeep that would make even a Victorian lady‑in‑waiting tap out. Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson explore how “aesthetic inflation”, 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 liberating…  And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps we’re 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 “Wait, Why Do I Want A Facelift?'" by Jessica DeFinoThe Year All My Friends Got Botox by Emmeline Clein, The CutListen: Botox, Fillers and Aesthetic Inflation, NPR It's Been a Minute podcastThe New Plastic Surgery Playbook  by Rheana Murray, The AtlanticThe Forever-35 Face by Bridget Read, The Cut Beauty Standards Make Me Ashamed Of My Features, And AI Makes It Worse by Humeara Mohamed, Refinery29Nothing Looks Beautiful Anymore - And We Did This to Ourselves by Melissa Fleur Afshar, NewsweekListen: The Butt Blush Boom, Mess World podcastWould You Use Cadaver Fat Injections? by Jessica DeFino, The Guardian"Will Being 'Ugly' Be Aspirational One Day?" by Kish Lal, DazedWatch: How Much Are Australians Spending on Cosmetic Procedures?, SBS InsightWant 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 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com
• Coping With Vulnerability Hangovers 27.04.2026 32dk

  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, we’re diving into vulnerability hangovers – why we’re 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 we’ve left behind.Join Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we track our culture of self-disclosure from the personal‑essay boom, Substack confessionals, TikTok trauma‑dumping, all the way to Lena Dunham’s Famesick – the decade‑long case study in what happens when radical transparency becomes your brand. Because if confession has become a commodity, is there a secret we won’t eventually turn into content?And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re 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 Brown’s definition of vulnerability hangovers Alice’s (vulnerable!) interview on Little Things podcastDisclosing 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, JezebelMy Gynecologist Found a Ball of Cat Hair in My Vagina by Michelle Barrow, XOJaneThe First Person Industrial Complex by Laura Bennett, SlateThe Personal Essay Boom Is Over by Jia Tolentino, The New YorkerI Am Not Your Therapist by Sophie DiBenedetto, De Paulia Watch: TikTok storytime exampleWatch: TikTok trauma candy salad exampleRead: Famesick by Lena DunhamLena Dunham Returns To The Confessional by Scaachi Koul, SlateWhy Did Bad Things Happen to Lena Dunham? She's Still Trying To Figure It Out, New York TimesCan 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 ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠copinginc.com
• Coping With Becoming Someone New 20.04.2026 31dk

  Have you ever wondered who you’d be in an alternate universe – the version of you who took the other job, stayed in that city, didn’t cut bangs, or actually followed through with your new year goals? This week, we’re talking about the fantasy of becoming a “new you”, 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 DetoxWhat if you could do it all over? by Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker Why we’re drawn to “fresh starts” by Megan A. Neff Psychology Today Psychology Today: Definition of neuroplasticityBuddhanet: definition of Anatta  Modernity and self-identity by Anthony GiddensThe 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 PheonixGet noticed to get ahead: the impact of personal branding on career success, by Sergey Gorbatov, Svetlana N Khapova, Evgenia I Lysova 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 Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at copinginc.com
• Coping With "Living Well" 13.04.2026 17dk

  Introducing: the podcast about why life feels like this.Think of this very first episode as our pre‑show warm‑up – your chance to meet us, hear the self‑care obsessions currently taking up wayyy too much of our brain space, and get a feel for the kinds of conversations we’ll be having together. We’re talking habit‑stacking, biohacking, sleep‑maxxing, the big existential spirals (what is the meaning of life?), the wellness‑culture plot twists keeping us up at night, and everything in between – 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 “living well”. And once a month, you’ll get a deeper dive into the ideas, grifters, and fads that have fundamentally changed the way we think.Shout out to ⁠Mugu⁠ for levelling up our podcast set at the new Coping Studio in Surry Hills, Sydney !⁠We're sedating women with self-care⁠ by Katherine Rowland, The Guardian⁠Cultural perspectives and their influence on self-care⁠ by Shelly T⁠Is all of this self-monitoring making us paranoid⁠ by Madison Malone Kircher, The New York TimesLifeline: ⁠definition of self-care⁠Watch: ⁠don't die⁠Want 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 ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠Pinterest⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠copinginc.com
• Coming soon 20.03.2026

  The podcast about why life feels like this. Spend time with Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we cope with a new era of ‘living well’. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.