What happens if you stop looking for your flaws?  My friend Jaime is back to chat about Lisa’s wellness journey. We reflect on the ways we attempt to find balance and peace and happiness in our own lives, learn about Pema Chod...

How do you live with unanswered questions?In her moving memoir, Anna Qu shares and reclaims her story as her truth. Brett and I discuss her tumultuous and confusing upbringing, and the complicated relationships between Mothers and Daught...

Gave myself a birthday break and you guys access to the extended version of Finding Me by Viola Davis.Also, included this poem that I am turning to right now for hope, comfort, and grit:Still I Riseby Maya Angelou...

When is it sexual empowerment versus sexual exploitation? This is the question Kate Flannery’s memoir had me and my friend, Kate, coming back to again and again. With a literary flair, she tells the story of working for and being su...

Do you accept the love you deserve?My friend, Priscilla, and I chat about the incredibly unique and moving memoir In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Carmen illuminates and writes about her own experience with domestic a...

How can we continue to learn and grow?Tara Westover’s Educated is a moving, inspiring, and thought-provoking memoir. My friend, Jaime, and I discuss Tara’s courage to challenge the beliefs she had been conditioned to accept all ...

What makes you laugh?My friend, Page, and I, are in awe of how Michelle Buteau seems to lead her life with laughter. That isn’t to say she hasn’t faced hard things— being a Black woman in America and Hollywood, a body that matured way fa...

Can you break through the fear to find the hope and the light?I’m so happy to share this episode as our country prepares to make a very important decision this November. My friend Colette and I discuss Dr. Edith Eger’s hellish journey as...

Where do your beliefs about yourself and your worth come from? (And how do we change them!?)We’re finishing up our discussion about Erika L Sánchez’s transformative memoir this week. My friend Diliana is back with more incredibly thought...

How do you thrive instead of just survive?In her thought-provoking and vulnerable memoir, Erika L. Sánchez bares all. My friend Diliana and I gain perspective and reflect on our own lives, including Diliana’s experience as a tee...

Where will your ambition lead you?My friend, Chanelle, and I dive into Rana el Kaliouby’s fascinating memoir about pursuing your purpose against all odds. We chat about the issues women with careers in the technology field face, how isol...

How do your ancestors guide you?United States Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, takes us on her journey of discovery with beautiful prose. My friend, Priscilla, and I discuss the interesting way she weaves poetry, her familial history, her spiri...

How do we choose grace and compassion? In her heartbreaking memoir, Viola Davis opens up about her abusive childhood and the adversity she faced as a Black actress. My friend, Ngoc Anh, and I discuss her unparalleled talent, streng...

How high can you leap?  Misty Copeland’s memoir is as full of as much grace as she has on the stage.  My friend, Brett, and I discuss her surprising journey to becoming a principal dancer for the prestigious American Ballet Th...

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?  This is the creed Jackie Speier lives her life by. After narrowly surviving a massacre while visiting the Jonestown commune in Guyana, Jackie is more determined than eve...

How do you discover your voice?  With my guest, Jaime, we discuss Lindy West's journey to self-acceptance and advocacy and discuss the ways we can be kinder and more compassionate to ourselves and others. Listener disc...

Who could you be if you didn’t label yourself?  Jessica Pan, a self-described shintrovert (that’s shy + introvert) is ready to challenge herself to live like an extrovert for one year and see what positive changes and magical ...

Hi! I’m Alex Frnka and this is my new podcast, Babes in Bookland. I’m diving deep into the world of women’s memoirs and taking a few friends along for the journey. Each episode, we’ll break down a book written by a woman about her own life in h...