Everything Hurts

In Episode 23, Danielle and Cheryl are joined once again by Boston-based photographer Melissa Ostrow and they’re talking about photos – and how everyone looks the same in them these days. Going far beyond following trends, the trio has decided that platforms like TikTok and Instagram (influencers, they’re looking straight at you) are taking creativity away and pushing one similar look that lacks individuality. Cheryl, leaning on he...

In Episode 22, Danielle and Cheryl have an amazing guest who wants to help you put your best face forward – literally. Melissa Ostrow is a well-known photographer in the Boston area who has been making people look amazing in front of the camera for two decades in her professional career of portraits, party pics, corporate events, and more. She takes the hosts through a litany of tips on how to make sure you get your good side with ...

Episode 21 begins with Cheryl’s admission that she’s weak – she colored her hair after six months of grey root grow out. Then she and Danielle discuss how we’re becoming new people in a sense as we age and it’s hard - saying goodbye to who we were, and embracing (although sometimes not too eagerly) who we are now. For example, they remember when going out was just a fun thing to do, even…gasp…last minute. Now we have to check the r...

Was Avril Lavigne right - is life just too complicated? In Episode 20, Danielle and Cheryl realize that in their 30s, they were just training to be an adult. Now, it’s go time. At this age, we have mortgages, kids, aging parents, career changes, ever-changing bodies, and the constant challenge of making everyone happy. A wise friend once explained that it’s because we’re trying to make everyone happy no one ends up being happy, whi...

Spring cleaning has Cheryl and Danielle harkening back to the days of Atari, Mousetrap, even…gasp…rabbit foot keychains, as they get sentimental during Episode 19 of Everything Hurts. Cleaning out the garage or basement can dig up a bunch of emotions, especially when it involves sifting through boxes of childhood items. What gets kept and what gets trashed? The two revisit toys from the ‘80s that stood the test of time, as well as ...

In the U.S., nearly all adults (clocking in at about 98%) own a cell phone. That’s roughly 331 million people. The vast majority, about 91%, of those cell phone owners have a smartphone. In Episode 18, Danielle and Cheryl explore their love/hate with their phones. Yes, they’re obviously helpful but do we really need to be able to text, track, talk, and Google at any given second. Newsflash: we lived without them for centuries. They...

In this Episode 17, Cheryl and Danielle discuss how their tolerance and patience have changed as they age, and one place the difference is very evident is at gym. Is no place sacred? When they aren’t yelling at people to shut up in the sauna, they’re giving the side eye to those who don’t wipe down their machines after use. However, the meat of this episode is actually spent discussing how to stay cool at the gym – in a cold plunge...

Between Dr. Google, the internet as a whole, and tracking apps like Life360, we have access to too much info. Full stop. To begin Episode 16, Danielle drops one bit of info that we all should know – she recently took a job as the co-host of a new morning show on WZLX FM radio in Boston. Then she and Cheryl chat about how, overall, it’s exhausting how we have fingertip-access to so…much…information these days. Basically, they ask - ...

In Episode 15, Cheryl and Danielle raise a glass to how our middle-aged bodies handle alcohol. Spoiler alert – not well (Episode 1 started the conversation of When Happy Hour Turns Sad). Chiming in with plenty of knowledge is their guest, Katelin Cashman, PA-C, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, certified functional nutrition informed professional, and founder of Plaistow, N.H.-based Journey Health. The three ladies talk abo...

In Episode 14, Danielle and Cheryl once again bring Kennedy Elsey, from Mix 104.1’s Karson & Kennedy AM show to share her diagnosis and subsequent ass kicking of breast cancer. They talk about how she worked with her caregivers through surgery and radiation, as well as a surprising (and documented) sadness you feel when you leave your fellow warriors she saw every day in the hospital. The trio also talks about osteoporosis and ...

Music is an integral part of most of our lives, as you can tell by the fact that you don’t care who sees you dancing when the grocery store jams hit hard. To hit all the right notes on this topic, Danielle and Cheryl sit down with guest Kennedy Elsey (of Boston's Mix 104.1 Karson & Kennedy morning show fame). When the three women were younger, reading liner notes to new records was an hours-long activity, as was waiting pa...

Cheryl and Danielle begin Episode 12 by discussing what some people choose to share on social media. Coming from a time where kids were trucks without governors and there wasn’t a threat of actions being blasted into the ether, it’s amazing what people will post these days. Parents will post kids throwing up; teens will post themselves doing stupid stuff. Is nothing sacred? Which brings the two ladies to life’s biggest lesson – by ...

In Episode 11, Danielle and Cheryl dive into the days of old school movies (Bueller…Bueller) and TV, as they reminisce about the ones they loved in their childhood (think Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Silver Spoons, Mash, Different Strokes, Cheers). And of course, there are shows they loved that wouldn’t exactly play today (looking squarely at you, Archie Bunker). But who doesn’t love a VHS tape (be kind, rewind)? After all, that’s ho...

In this episode of Everything Hurts, Danielle and Cheryl break down what friendships are and how they seem to change as we age. When we’re younger, our friends are our entire world. Then we move to college and things become a bit more spaced, but you’re still thrown together into classes, dorms, etc. In our 20s, people scatter and friendships ebb and flow. Once you get into your 30s, that’s when you start to take a look at your fri...

Women don’t talk about perimenopause. And, sadly, their doctors don’t either (research states it’s due to lack of preparedness). So, in this episode, Danielle and Cheryl do just that. They commiserate about dry skin and frizzy hair, insomnia and lack of sex drive, heart palpitations and hot flashes. Pick your poison. They offer advice to their younger listeners on how to prepare for perimenopause, what to expect, and they talk a li...

Consider this episode of Everything Hurts a palate cleanser, as Cheryl and Danielle ask you to throw it back (but not too hard -  you’ll throw out your back) with a bit of nostalgia. They start the show by returning to early Gen X days of drinking from hoses, walking uphill both ways to school, and sitting on plastic couches at your grandma’s house (that noise when you peeled your thighs off on a summer day). They add into the mix ...

With snow on the ground and Cheryl’s 79-year-old dad reaching for the shovel, Episode 7 takes her and Danielle’s conversation to a frustrating place – what to do when your elderly parents want to do too much. They discuss moving into caretaker roles and how parents can become difficult as they view these new limitations as attacks on their autonomy. They become who we once were – kids that won’t listen. Cheryl and Danielle address ...

In this episode of Everything Hurts, Cheryl and Danielle turn mid-life crises into mid-life opportunities. Gone are the days when the middle of your life meant making bad decisions that threw off the balance of the universe (hello, $200K sports car.) Instead, you’ve made it this far, why not reward yourself by finally being yourself. Want a tattoo? Get one. Want to pierce something? Do it. Want to travel? Take the trip. Want to hav...

In this episode of Everything Hurts, Danielle and Cheryl give a little breakdown of beauty issues women in their middle age face. Taking a page out of Andie McDowell’s interview with Katie Couric in 2024 - where she exclaims, “To be an older person trying to be young, what an effort!” - they chat about whether we should finally stop the nonsense. They discuss growing out grey hair, hooded eyes exacting revenge on flawlessly applied...