Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone in a New City: What I Learned in Week Three of Summer of George
I could have done all of this from home.
That's the question I kept getting asked once I told people I was spending the summer in Los Angeles as part of my Summer of George series. Couldn't I have joined a gym in Scottsdale? Couldn't I have worked from a coffee shop there? Technically, yes. But I wouldn't have. And that's the whole point.
The Best of The Scarlet Edit: One Year, Seven Women, and the Stories That Stuck With Me
Next week marks one year of The Scarlet Edit, and I wanted to do something a little different to lead into the anniversary episode. So I went back through my guest conversations from 2026 so far and pulled clips from seven women whose stories stuck with me. They're stitched together into one episode, and the whole thing plays like a sampler of what this show has been for the last twelve months.
If you've been listening since the beginning, you'll recognize these voices. If you're new, consider this your invitation to go back through the catalog. Every episode these clips came from is linked in the show notes.
How to Put Yourself Out There When You're Dating in Your 40s
I'm in Los Angeles for a few weeks, and this week I did something that surprised me a little. I texted a guy first.
That sentence might not sound revolutionary. But if you know me, you know I'm a traditional dater. I want the man to make the plan. I want him to pick the place. I want him to hold the door. So when I reached out to someone I'd met on Instagram a few months ago — someone who lives in LA, someone I'd traded voice notes with before life pulled us in different directions — pressing send was the whole point.
Can You Be Friends With Your Ex? A Real Answer for Divorce, Infidelity, and Being the Other Woman
The question of whether you can stay friends with your ex sounds simple. It isn't. The answer changes completely depending on how the relationship ended, who else got hurt, and what role you actually played in it.
I was watching Sex and the City the other night, Carrie and Big sneaking around on Aiden and Natasha, and one of the earlier episodes had the girls debating whether you can ever really be friends with your ex.
Back on Dating Apps in Midlife: One Date, One Ghoster, and a Lot to Think About
I swore I'd never get back on a dating app. And then I did.
This is week one of The Summer of George — my commitment from now through September 30 to say yes more, date again, and meet new people and get out to see what the world has in store for me. I'll drop a quick recap every Friday on how it's going. Here's what week one actually looked like.
What Happens When the Betrayed Wife Wants to Talk to the Other Woman
A few weeks ago, a woman named Sydney sent me a DM on Instagram. She'd been listening to the show. Her husband had had multiple affairs (two in 2021, one this past February), and there was a specific thing I'd said in a recent episode that she wanted to ask me about. Not to fight. Not to drag me. Just to talk.
I said yes. Then I sat in my car for about ten minutes before our pre-call wondering what I'd just signed up for.
How to Work With Me: Self-Worth Coaching After Infidelity, Divorce, and Starting Over
If you've been listening to The Scarlet Edit for a while, or you just found me, at some point you've probably wondered what it actually looks like to work with me. I get the DMs. So I'm putting every way in one place.
There's free, paid, and one program I haven't even opened yet. Quick reminder before we get into it: this show is about infidelity, divorce, and starting over. No shame, no judgment. That's the lane.
Dating Again in Midlife: The Summer I Decided to Say Yes
I matched with a guy on a dating app. We planned a date. Thirty minutes later, he unmatched me.
That's how I'm opening The Summer of George.
I named it after the Seinfeld episode where George gets let go from his job, ends up with a three-month severance, and proclaims it the summer of George. That's me right now. Not unemployed, but standing in a quiet moment after four very busy months, looking around my house in Scottsdale, and deciding to do something about it.
How to Forgive the Other Woman After Divorce (Even When She Married Your Ex)
When Danielle Stanton came on The Scarlet Edit, I knew the conversation was going to be one that you couldn’t stop listening to. I've been the other woman. Danielle was the wife. We sat down on opposite sides of the same experience and what came out of it was one of the most honest conversations I've had on this show.
She was married for 20 years. Two small kids. Stay-at-home mom. Then one day her husband came home and told her he'd met someone else.
Why Do Women Marry Men They Don't Love? What the Vrabel & Russini Story Is Really About
I've been quietly watching the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini story unfold for the last few weeks. If you haven't been following, here's the short version. He's the head coach of the New England Patriots. She was, until recently, one of the biggest NFL insiders in the business, reporting for The Athletic. They were photographed together at an adults-only resort in Sedona this spring. Both of them are married to other people. Both of them have denied everything.
I went into this curious about the affair. I came out of it stuck on a completely different question. And it's one I think a lot of women already know the answer to, even if we don't say it out loud