Slightly Unsupervised | Female Friendship and Realtalk |Best Friends Podcast
Two best friends. Zero filters. All truth. Slightly Unsupervised is a friendship podcast about the kind of soulmates who don't come with a marriage license. Hosted by lifelong best friends Jennifer Hobbs and Jackie Schroeder, this best friends podcast explores female friendship, chosen family, emotional growth, and the relationships that witness our lives. Through honest conversations, laughter, and real-life stories, Jennifer and Jackie dive into friendship breakups, loyalty, boundaries, healing, motherhood, identity, reinvention, and the emotional support women provide each other through every season of life. As the creators of Bestiemony®—A Different Kind of Love Story—they believe some of the greatest loves of our lives are friendships. The women who stand beside us, help us survive life's challenges, and remind us who we are when we've forgotten. Whether you're celebrating your ride-or-die, healing from a friendship loss, navigating life's changes, or searching for deeper connection, Slightly Unsupervised offers real talk, bestie energy, and meaningful conversations about female friendship and platonic soulmates. Because friendship isn't just part of life. Sometimes it's the love story that helps define it. 🎧 New episodes every week. 💍 Learn more about Bestiemony®: rhinestoneweddingchapel.com/bestiemony
Episodes
Can social media actually make us feel less connected?
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship, Jennifer and Jackie tackle one of the biggest challenges facing friendships today: how social media is changing the way women connect.
From comparison culture and filtered perfection to texting instead of talking, they explore why likes, comments, and emoj...
Everything’s Hunky Dory… Right? | The Exhaustion of Pretending You’re Fine
“I’m fine.”
Three simple words that women say every day... even when they're exhausted, overwhelmed, lonely, anxious, and barely holding it together.
In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore the hidden emotional burden so many women carry: the nee...
What exactly is Bestie Energy—and why do some friendships feel like home?
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore the meaning behind the phrase "Bestie Energy" and why female friendship may be one of the most important relationships in our lives.
From Oprah and Gayle to Lucy and Ethel, Monica and Rachel, and even Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, they break down different friendship en...
How Lifelong Female Friendship Survives Everything | Mandi & Billie's Bestiemony Story
What makes a friendship last nearly 40 years?
In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised | Best Friends Podcast | Real Talk on Female Friendship, Jennifer and Jackie sit down with Mandi and Billie, lifelong best friends whose remarkable friendship has become one of the most inspiring stories featured through ...
Can You Have More Than One Soulmate?
What if one of the greatest love stories of your life isn't romantic at all?
In this heartfelt episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore a question that challenges everything we've been taught about love: Can you have more than one soulmate?
Most people think of a soulmate as a romantic partner, but what if your best friend is also one of your soulmates? Jennifer...
How to Help a Woman Through a Marital Crisis | Supporting Her Without Losing Yourself
One of the hardest things in the world is watching someone you love slowly break inside a relationship… while trying to pretend they’re okay.
In this deeply honest and emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about what it really means to support a woman through a marital crisis &m...
When crisis hits, women don't need rescue—they need another woman who's been there. In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie explore why best friends become platonic soulmates who share survival maps, not just advice. They dive into the specific moments when female friendship isn't a luxury—it's everything. This is real talk on the friendship that saves your life.
best friends...
Why We’re Basically Thelma & Louise | Ride-or-Die Female Friendships
At some point in every strong female friendship, there’s a moment where you realize:
“If society collapses… this is the woman I’m getting in the car with.”
In this hilarious, nostalgic, and unexpectedly emotional episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie expl...
Sisters by Blood, Best Friends by Choice | The Female Connection Women Need
Some women grow up with sisters.
Some spend their whole lives searching for one.
In this emotional and deeply relatable episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie talk about the difference between sisters and best friends — and why female friendship can sometimes fill a space in our hearts that family never could.
Growing up...
When Money Gets Weird in Friendships: Navigating Income Gaps Without Losing Each Other
- Say “yes” to things they can’t afford
- How income differences can quietly create distance
- The emotional weight of feeling embarrassed, judged, or left out
- What happens when someone pays for everything—and why it can backfire
- How childhood experiences...
Raising Good Friends: What We Didn’t Learn (But Our Daughters Need to Know)
Most of us were never actually taught how to be good friends—we were taught to be nice, to include others, and to keep the peace. But no one showed us how to handle jealousy, navigate conflict, set boundaries, or speak up when something doesn’t feel right.
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jac...
Friendship Bucket Lists: How to Stay Close, Make Memories, and Grow Together Over Time
Bucket lists aren’t just for life… they’re for friendships too.
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie break down why bestie bucket lists become essential as we get older—and why friendships don’t stay strong by accident anymore.
When we’re younger, connect...
The Retirement Home Pact: Why Best Friends Plan to Grow Old Together (And Refuse to Drift Apart)
It started as a joke… but it turned into a pact.
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie dive into their very real plan to end up in the same retirement home—and why it’s about so much more than aging, housing, or even logistics.
Because behind the laughter, t...
We Found Our Way Back: Rebuilding a Friendship After 15 Years Apart
What happens when a friendship you thought was gone forever… finds its way back?
In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie share the real story of how they reconnected after 15 years apart—and why rebuilding a friendship later in life is rarely instant, but always worth it.
From high sc...
We Didn’t Talk for 15 Years… And It Mattered More Than We Admitted
What happens when someone who once knew everything about you… becomes a stranger?
In this deeply personal episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie open up about the 15 years they didn’t speak — and why that silence mattered more than they ever admitted.
This wasn’t a dramatic falling o...
Same Friendship, Different Rules: Why Generations Don’t Get Each Other
Ever feel like you and someone you care about are speaking completely different emotional languages?
You’re not imagining it… it might be generational.
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie dive into why friendships across different generations can feel confusing, frustrating, and sometimes even hurtf...
Why You Don’t Think Like Me: The Truth About Generational Friendships
Friendship hasn’t gotten worse… it’s just gotten different.
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie break down how friendships have evolved from Baby Boomers to Gen Z—and why every generation connects, communicates, and shows up in completely different ways.
From the loyalty and &...
Touch My Bestie and It’s On: Why We Defend Our Friends Harder Than Ourselves
You can insult us. We’ll probably roll our eyes and move on.
But disrespect our bestie?
Now we’re drafting paragraphs, standing taller, and deciding who needs to be escorted out of the group chat.
In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie unpack the protective instinct that kicks in ...
Making Friends Later in Life: Episode 9 Vulnerability — How to Open Up Without Overexposing Yourself
You can’t build real friendship without vulnerability — but the older we get, the riskier it feels.
In Episode 9 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie talk about why vulnerability is essential for deep connection, why it feels scarier in midlife, and how to open up without tr...
Making Friends Later in Life – Episode 8 Matching Effort: When You’re Doing Too Much in Friendship (And How to Stop)
Have you ever realized you’re the only one reaching out…
the only one making plans…
the only one checking in?
And then one day you stop — and the friendship disappears?
In Episode 8 of our Making Friends Later in Life series, Jennifer and Jackie div...
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