<![CDATA[Hose Water, Hot Flashes & Bad Decisions]]>Karen Cerezo & Paula Fournier are two GenX babies, erhm...GenX Adults, navigating midlife with humor, honesty, and zero filter. They grew up with outdoor freedom, questionable supervision, and a generation's worth of "figure it out yourself," and somehow ended up as the ones everyone else calls when something goes wrong. Now their bodies are changing, their parents need more help, their kids are watching everything they do, and their careers and relationships are shifting in ways nobody warned them about. Each episode blends their unfiltered banter with real experts, doctors, financial planners, therapists, celebrities, and career coaches, digging into what midlife actually looks like: the health changes nobody explains, the money stress nobody plans for, the identity questions that show up right when you thought you had it figured out, and the moments of reinvention that come out of all of it. It's part therapy session, part comedy show, and part survival guide for anyone quietly wondering what happened to their twenties.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:59:20 GMTTue, 14 Jul 2026 12:41:17 GMT60Karen Cerezo & Paula Fournier<p>Karen Cerezo &amp; Paula Fournier are two GenX babies, erhm...GenX Adults, navigating midlife with humor, honesty, and zero filter. They grew up with outdoor freedom, questionable supervision, and a generation's worth of "figure it out yourself," and somehow ended up as the ones everyone else calls when something goes wrong. Now their bodies are changing, their parents need more help, their kids are watching everything they do, and their careers and relationships are shifting in ways nobody warned them about. Each episode blends their unfiltered banter with real experts, doctors, financial planners, therapists, celebrities, and career coaches, digging into what midlife actually looks like: the health changes nobody explains, the money stress nobody plans for, the identity questions that show up right when you thought you had it figured out, and the moments of reinvention that come out of all of it. It's part therapy session, part comedy show, and part survival guide for anyone quietly wondering what happened to their twenties.</p>episodicKaren Cerezo & Paula Fournierpaulafournier@icloud.comyes<![CDATA[Episode 3 - Mothers, Daughters & the Ever-Changing Relationship with Guest, Erica Thomas]]>In Episode 3 of Hose Water, Hot Flashes & Bad Decisions, Karen and Paula sit down with mother-daughter relationship coach Erica Thomas for an honest conversation about one of the most meaningful, and sometimes most complicated, relationships in a woman’s life.

Mothers and daughters can love each other deeply and still struggle to communicate, understand one another, or move beyond old patterns.

Erica shares insight into why these relationships can feel so emotionally charged and what it takes to create healthier communication, stronger boundaries, and a more connected relationship.

Whether you’re a mother, a daughter, or both, this conversation may help you look at your relationship from a new perspective, and remind you that even deeply rooted dynamics can change.

Join us for plenty of insight, relatable moments, and the kind of honest conversation women are often having behind closed doors.

]]>be2b59c9-f959-45da-b93b-59cbc20528ebTue, 08 Sep 2026 13:31:21 GMT<p>In Episode 3 of <i>Hose Water, Hot Flashes &amp; Bad Decisions</i>, Karen and Paula sit down with mother-daughter relationship coach Erica Thomas for an honest conversation about one of the most meaningful, and sometimes most complicated, relationships in a woman’s life.</p><p></p><p>Mothers and daughters can love each other deeply and still struggle to communicate, understand one another, or move beyond old patterns. </p><p></p><p>Erica shares insight into why these relationships can feel so emotionally charged and what it takes to create healthier communication, stronger boundaries, and a more connected relationship.</p><p></p><p>Whether you’re a mother, a daughter, or both, this conversation may help you look at your relationship from a new perspective, and remind you that even deeply rooted dynamics can change.</p><p></p><p>Join us for plenty of insight, relatable moments, and the kind of honest conversation women are often having behind closed doors.</p>no00:50:0213Episode 3 - Mothers, Daughters & the Ever-Changing Relationship with Guest, Erica Thomasfull<![CDATA[Epi. 2 Jelly Shoes, Must-See TV & Trends That Refuse to Die with Lauren Tetenbaum]]>This week, Karen and Paula are joined by Lauren Tetenbaum, author of Millennial Menopause, for a funny and nostalgic conversation about the fashion, television, and cultural trends that shaped our generations, and the ones somehow finding their way back into our lives today.

From jelly shoes and the styles we once swore we would never wear again to the television shows that had everyone talking the next morning, we look at how trends disappear, return, and sometimes make us question whether they should have stayed in the past.

Lauren also shares insights from Millennial Menopause as we compare generational experiences, explore the strange cycle of nostalgia, and talk about what happens when younger generations discover the things we already lived through.

It’s a lively trip through pop culture, questionable fashion choices, and the trends that prove everything eventually comes back around, whether we’re ready for it or not.

]]>b2c703bc-6707-4a3a-975e-7877ce642da5Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:15:00 GMT<p>This week, Karen and Paula are joined by Lauren Tetenbaum, author of <i>Millennial Menopause</i>, for a funny and nostalgic conversation about the fashion, television, and cultural trends that shaped our generations, and the ones somehow finding their way back into our lives today.</p><p></p><p>From jelly shoes and the styles we once swore we would never wear again to the television shows that had everyone talking the next morning, we look at how trends disappear, return, and sometimes make us question whether they should have stayed in the past.</p><p></p><p>Lauren also shares insights from <i>Millennial Menopause</i> as we compare generational experiences, explore the strange cycle of nostalgia, and talk about what happens when younger generations discover the things we already lived through.</p><p></p><p>It’s a lively trip through pop culture, questionable fashion choices, and the trends that prove everything eventually comes back around, whether we’re ready for it or not.</p>no00:46:3412Epi. 2 Jelly Shoes, Must-See TV & Trends That Refuse to Die with Lauren Tetenbaumfull<![CDATA[Epi. 1 - The Pivot]]>Life rarely follows the career plan we thought we had. In the first episode of Hose Water, Hot Flashes, & Bad Decisions, Karen and Paula share the career pivots that have shaped their lives over the years, the challenges that came with changing direction, and the lessons they’re still learning. Along the way, they reflect on what they wish they’d known and what they would tell their younger selves. It’s an honest conversation about starting over, taking chances, and figuring out your next chapter, even when you thought you’d have it all figured out by now.

]]>d6f45800-d6c4-4161-9a3f-8ea107a08fbcTue, 01 Sep 2026 04:15:00 GMT<p>Life rarely follows the career plan we thought we had. In the first episode of <i>Hose Water, Hot Flashes, &amp; Bad Decisions</i>, Karen and Paula share the career pivots that have shaped their lives over the years, the challenges that came with changing direction, and the lessons they’re still learning. Along the way, they reflect on what they wish they’d known and what they would tell their younger selves. It’s an honest conversation about starting over, taking chances, and figuring out your next chapter, even when you thought you’d have it all figured out by now.</p>no00:41:5011Epi. 1 - The Pivotfull<![CDATA[Midlife Joys & Other Things That Don't Make Sense]]>Remember when we drank from the hose, stayed out until the streetlights came on, and somehow survived fashion choices that should probably never make a comeback?

In this episode, Paula and Karen take a hilarious trip through GenX nostalgia before turning their attention to something a little more serious: what it actually means to hit midlife when nobody really prepared us for it.

We put our generational knowledge to the test with a round of Generationally Speaking, talk about the trends we lived through (and the ones younger generations have inexplicably brought back), and get into money, aging, changing priorities, and those midlife moments that make you go "Hmmmmm..."

It's funny, nostalgic, a little ridiculous, and very real because we may have figured out how to survive childhood without helmets, but apparently there was a whole lot nobody taught us about surviving midlife.

In this episode:

  • Gen X nostalgia and the things we can't believe we survived
  • Generationally Speaking: How well do we actually know other generations?
  • Fashion trends that disappeared — and somehow came back
  • The money lessons many of us never learned
  • How our ideas about aging have changed
  • The unexpected realities of midlife
  • Why every generation seems convinced the others are doing it wrong

Chapters

00:00 — Nostalgic Reflections
06:37 — Generationally Speaking
21:06 — Midlife Realizations
25:41 — Midlife Revelations
44:17 — Generational Fashion Trends

]]>a310ae96-83fe-4b6d-a8c4-f0eb5c722a17Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:22:23 GMT<p>Remember when we drank from the hose, stayed out until the streetlights came on, and somehow survived fashion choices that should probably never make a comeback?</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Paula and Karen take a hilarious trip through GenX nostalgia before turning their attention to something a little more serious: what it actually means to hit midlife when nobody really prepared us for it.</p><p></p><p>We put our generational knowledge to the test with a round of <b>Generationally Speaking</b>, talk about the trends we lived through (and the ones younger generations have inexplicably brought back), and get into money, aging, changing priorities, and those midlife moments that make you go "Hmmmmm..."</p><p></p><p>It's funny, nostalgic, a little ridiculous, and very real because we may have figured out how to survive childhood without helmets, but apparently there was a whole lot nobody taught us about surviving midlife.</p><p></p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Gen X nostalgia and the things we can't believe we survived</li><li>Generationally Speaking: How well do we actually know other generations?</li><li>Fashion trends that disappeared — and somehow came back</li><li>The money lessons many of us never learned</li><li>How our ideas about aging have changed</li><li>The unexpected realities of midlife</li><li>Why every generation seems convinced the others are doing it wrong</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Chapters</b></p><p>00:00 — Nostalgic Reflections<br />06:37 — Generationally Speaking<br />21:06 — Midlife Realizations<br />25:41 — Midlife Revelations<br />44:17 — Generational Fashion Trends</p>no00:30:5711Midlife Joys & Other Things That Don't Make Sensefull