Drinks With the Girls🍸☕ is the go-to midlife podcast for women over 40 navigating motherhood, grief, self-reinvention, launching kids, and rediscovering purpose. Hosts Karen Shatafian and Lisa Corricello-McDowell—two moms, small business owners, and longtime friends—share real talk, raw stories, and honest conversations about female friendship, being an empty nester, personal growth, and what it really means to start over in midlife.
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Drinks With the Girls🍸☕ is the go-to midlife podcast for women over 40 navigating motherhood, grief, self-reinvention, launching kids, and rediscovering purpose. Hosts Karen Shatafian and Lisa Corricello-McDowell—two moms, small business owners, and longtime friends—share real talk, raw stories, and honest conversations about female friendship, being an empty nester, personal growth, and what it really means to start over in midlife.
Allyship, Sisterhood, & Being a Freaking Human with Guest Bri Martin
Drinks with the Girls®
1 hour 7 minutes
2 months ago
Allyship, Sisterhood, & Being a Freaking Human with Guest Bri Martin
What does real allyship look like between women? In this powerful episode of Drinks with the Girls, hosts Lisa and Karen welcome their friend and former colleague, Bri Martin, for an unfiltered, heartfelt conversation about race, gender, identity, and corporate culture. Together, they unpack what it means to show up for each other—not through performative gestures, but by staying human, curious, and connected.
Bri brings both personal and professional wisdom to the table, reflecting on growing up with a disabled mother, navigating corporate America as a Black woman, and the complicated history of how women have been divided by systems designed to keep us apart. With humor, heart, and a fierce desire to create real change, the conversation flows from fall drinks to systemic patriarchy, from childhood memories to the ways women treat each other in the workplace and beyond.
Perfect for midlife women looking for real talk, this episode is a blend of honest storytelling, historical context, and practical insight on allyship, reminding us that we’re more powerful together.****************************************Guest: Bri Martin
🍸☕ What We Were Drinking:
Starbies🥤, Apple Cider🍎, and Donut Shop Coffee 🍩☕ #forreals*****************************************
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Drinks with the Girls®
Drinks With the Girls🍸☕ is the go-to midlife podcast for women over 40 navigating motherhood, grief, self-reinvention, launching kids, and rediscovering purpose. Hosts Karen Shatafian and Lisa Corricello-McDowell—two moms, small business owners, and longtime friends—share real talk, raw stories, and honest conversations about female friendship, being an empty nester, personal growth, and what it really means to start over in midlife.
