Get ready to show up in social situations with “Take up Airtime,” in which Alison and Lisl talk about anxiety when talking to others. Never fear: you don’t need an official Social Anxiety card in your wallet to listen! We share stories of how “throwaway comments” can became embedded and cause us to become uncomfortable or nervous when meeting people for the first time and, more importantly, tips and tricks for moving past this. We also dive into the importance of finding friends who build you up and people who are compatible with your own brand of weird. Be ready to take up space and grant yourself permission to be you without layering on the sorry!

Grab a cup of coffee and join us for Brunch Or Nunch, in which Alison and Lisl discuss the joy and history of our favorite meal—brunch!—and share some assertiveness challenges and fails, including Alison’s decoy wedding cake and Lisl’s low-FODMAP diet. We touch on what it means to be a good host, the concept of “leading with no” vs. leading with confidence and gratitude, being accommodating to others when we can, and finding middle ground when we can’t. We also discuss the line between self-care and selfishness, overcoming social shyness, the fear of being seen as overly aggressive or “fussy,” and the struggle to advocate for ourselves, especially when food is involved. We wrap it all up with some helpful advice about taking baby steps toward self-advocacy, including our new motto for restaurants: “if it clucks, send it back.” Enjoy!

Welcome to All the Things We Should’ve Said! Join Alison and Lisl on the tail-end of their family vacation together as we introduce ourselves and share the roadmap for season one of our podcast, which will focus on interpersonal relationships and how we can all be a little more assertive while still being kind to ourselves and others.

Take the road less traveled on topics relating to interpersonal relationships and womanhood with Alison Carr and Lisl Detlefsen, two assertiveness-challenged friends. Join them as they share anecdotes and discuss situations in which they wish they had been better advocates for themselves while remaining authentic, empathetic, and kind to others. In addition to being a chronic over-apologizer, Alison is a cranberry farmer, avid runner, and mom to three daughters. In addition to being a major over-thinker, Lisl is a children’s book author, slightly-less-avid runner, and mom to two sons. They both have supportive, long-suffering husbands who were so tired of hearing their wives share all the things they should’ve said that they encouraged them to start this podcast. So they did! Welcome to All the Things We Should've Said!