Hosted by Ava Bodeau and Katie Nyberg · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 29 episodes
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Welcome to Work Wives & Real Lives - the podcast where two best friends (and coworkers) spill the tea on business, boundaries, and all the beautiful chaos in between. From workday wins to real-life messes, we're talking through it all - unfiltered, unpolished, and always putting friendship first. Think of it as your weekly catch-up with your favorite coworker turned soul sister. Grab your coffee (or your wine) ...let's get into it!
Ava Bodeau and Katie Nyberg hosts Work Wives & Real Lives, a business show with 29 episodes published.
Everyone loves supporting women... until a woman gets the promotion, opportunity, spotlight, or success they secretly wanted for themselves. In this episode, Katie and Ava dive into the difference between performative su
How do you know if you need a weekend off… or a complete career change? This week, we’re diving into the difference between burnout and misalignment — because sometimes exhaustion isn’t about needing rest… it’s about bei
Life doesn’t slow down—even after a major announcement. This week, Ava and Katie catch up on pregnancy updates, chaotic life moments, and yes… a little husband roasting. From spotting Cybertrucks in the wild to navigatin
We had a whole episode planned… and then life said absolutely not. In this raw, emotional, and unexpectedly funny episode, Ava drops a surprise that completely shifts the conversation—she’s pregnant! What follows is an u
Everyone says they hate office politics… but somehow they still shape every workplace. In this episode, we’re breaking down the game no one admits they’re playing — office politics . Not the backstabbing, gossip-filled v
High standards… or just high cortisol? In this episode, we’re unpacking the leadership behaviors many of us were taught to tolerate — the ones disguised as “high standards,” “fast-paced environments,” or “just being blun
What actually worked, what was a scam, and what nearly broke us. If productivity hacks actually worked the way the internet promises… we’d all be millionaires with color-coded lives by now. Instead? We tried everything s
Confidence is powerful—but performing it? Exhausting. In this episode, we revisit the idea of main character energy and unpack how the internet quietly turned confidence into a full-time job. From aesthetic morning routi
Everyone wants a “soft life” — but no one talks about the hard choices it actually requires. In this episode, we unpack what the soft life really means (and what it doesn’t). From career pivots and uncomfortable boundari
Season 2 is officially here. We’re kicking things off with a full reset — what changed, what we’re no longer tolerating, and the boundaries we’re actually keeping this year. From burnout lessons and unpopular opinions to
🚨 EMERGENCY EPISODE ALERT 🚨 Because apparently people do not stop peopling during the holidays—and we officially could not catch a break. This week, we’re joined by our biggest fan: Katie’s husband, Garrett (aka GBaby)
In our last episode of the year, we’re doing a full year-end inventory: the wins that flew under the radar, the losses that taught us the most, and the moments that stretched us emotionally, professionally, and personall
In this episode of Work Wives and Real Lives , Ava and Katie step into the yearly whirlwind that is December—the month where the to-do list triples, emotions run high, and somehow we’re all still expected to “soak up the
Starting a business sounds cute… until you’re crying in your car between meetings, Googling “how to do taxes for adults,” and wondering why no one warned you about any of this. In this episode of Work Wives and Real Live
Work Wives & Real Lives — where business, friendship, and chaos collide In this episode, Ava and Katie unpack what it really means to step into your Main Character Energy —and when that confidence accidentally drifts int
This week, Ava & Katie report live from a cruise ship in Croatia — breaking down vacation chaos, reality TV drama, and how they actually use AI to work smarter, not harder. 🌊💻🍾 Katie checks in from somewhere between D
Because apparently… we can’t even talk about pizza anymore. 🍕🔥 This week, Ava & Katie unpack the unpopular opinions that the internet loves to fight about — from pineapple on pizza to why people weaponize “professional
Why trend fatigue is the new burnout - and how to stop letting the algorithm tell you who you are. If you’ve ever felt exhausted trying to keep up with “the latest aesthetic,” or if you’ve changed your entire personality
Weekend chaos, dramatic emails, and a collective energy crisis — welcome back to another episode of Work Wives and Real Lives, where we catch up, spiral a little, and unpack why burnout keeps finding us no matter how man
Because sometimes the soft launch turns into a full-blown pivot. In this week’s episode, Katie and Ava are officially in their Rebrand Era —but not just the Instagram-bio kind. After a weekend filled with chaotic stories
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Work Wives & Real Lives is hosted by Ava Bodeau and Katie Nyberg. The show is categorised under business and has published 29 episodes.
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