Q&A Pt. 1: Michael & Lauryn Bosstick Answer Questions They're Never Asked

5:58Michael Bosstick:Yeah. But no, I think people would be shocked to know how much we go at each other and fight and how turned up that can get rather quickly.

6:08Lauryn Bosstick:Well, we've known each other since we were 12. So yeah. Emily's not surprised and neither is Carson.

6:13Michael Bosstick:I think that if a therapist got a hold of us and was there, they would call us back for a lot more sessions.

6:20Lauryn Bosstick:So do you want to go to a therapist?

6:22Michael Bosstick:No, no, no. I feel like this is therapy. But I do think that I wouldn't recommend this form of argument to people.

6:30Lauryn Bosstick:It works for us.

6:32Michael Bosstick:Here's the thing.

6:33Lauryn Bosstick:We work together. We podcast together. We live together and we raise kids together. So I was talking to our friend, Mark, our mutual friend, and we were talking about this with him. He was like doing therapy on us. And he was telling me it is unique that we're working together like this.

6:52Michael Bosstick:Carson's giving me the, I have to put the mic down. he wants to get the money. I was trying to cover my pimple. Yeah.

7:00Michael Bosstick:Well, listen, we're not the only couple to do this. There's many couples that do it. I've said a million times on the show, couples should not work together.

7:06Lauryn Bosstick:But if it works, it's great.

7:08Michael Bosstick:But I would recommend trying another path first.

7:11Lauryn Bosstick:But my personality style, just if we're on the topic, the question wasn't for me, is that I say it in the moment. I give feedback in the moment. I think that's how I am in the brand too. I give immediate feedback so I don't sit there and have all this stuff piled up and then I explode. I would rather just talk to the team and say it right in the moment and be like, hey, I think next time we can do it like this. Or hey, this system seems to be broken as opposed to just holding it in and letting it explode.

7:41Michael Bosstick:Your style is to fully unload on me, then feel better about your unload and leave me with all of the things you unloaded. Who doesn't do that to their husband?

7:50Lauryn Bosstick:If you don't, you're enlightened.

7:52Michael Bosstick:No, no, but that's the thing. People would be shocked to see how much we go at each other, how much we fight. We have a very unique relationship. I mean, listen, every couple has a unique relationship, right? It's unique to them. But yeah, we've known each other since we were 12.

8:02Lauryn Bosstick:What's something loving that people would be shocked to hear? Something loving and positive. I don't know.

8:09Michael Bosstick:I hate, you know what I really don't like? What? I don't like when couples need to confess their love all the time on social. I know, but you don't have to. Because there's always a red flag. And then you're like, oh my God, so-and-so fell apart. It's like, yeah, if you're skipping down the beach, holding hands, telling the world all the time. Like there's, you know, I feel like we don't need to do that.

8:27Lauryn Bosstick:What's your favorite part about me? This is not on my list.

8:31Michael Bosstick:No, no, no. Okay, my turn. No, no, no.

8:32Lauryn Bosstick:You have to answer that question really quick.

8:34Michael Bosstick:One of my favorite, I have a lot of favorite parts about you. Your sense of humor. I've always loved your sense of humor. Your resilience. I love that, how you are with our children. Okay. Well, there's a million things. that's a whole question in itself.

8:49Lauryn Bosstick:Well, now I'm over earlier spite.

8:51Michael Bosstick:Okay. Perfect. Okay. My turn. My turn. This is an interesting one. I just want to know. I just want to see this. If you could trade places with me for one week, let me finish. I'm asking the question again. If you could trade places with me for one week, what would you do differently?

9:09Lauryn Bosstick:That is literally the best question I've ever been asked on a show. Give me my notes. This is actually a really good question. Let's go. I think that you do 97 % right. But there's 3 % that I would do different.

9:28Michael Bosstick:That's a lot higher. It's pretty good. I thought you were going to say 97 % wrong.

9:31Lauryn Bosstick:No, I think that you're incredibly capable, which I've realized that's why I married you, is you're capable. You will kill the tiger, you will skin it, and then you will cook it on the grill, and you will use the fur for something else. You will use every part of the tiger. which is great tonight's gonna be good with you and me i differently i would say that you're constantly in a rush and you rush through life so fast and i'm just worried about the projection

10:02Michael Bosstick:on the children this is being honest the question is not how to criticize me the question is what

10:06Lauryn Bosstick:would you do differently what i would do differently is i would be like a sea turtle i would be a little bit more slow and methodical i actually think it's really sexy and hot that you're reading the untethered soul.

10:16Michael Bosstick:But don't you think that if I was a little slower like a turtle, I wouldn't be as killing of the tiger as you proclaimed? Sure, I think there's a medium. Okay.

10:24Lauryn Bosstick:I think you could tone it down a bit. I think like we don't need to like drag everyone by their ponytail all the time. Like it's like, it's intense at the rush. And then there's like a panicked undertone. So what I would do differently if I was in your body is I would be a little bit more present and not be so rushed.

10:45Michael Bosstick:That's not a lot of feedback. That's all you got?

10:48Lauryn Bosstick:And then I would just be obsessed with my wife all day long.

10:52Michael Bosstick:The question, once again, is if you were me in my body for the week, what would you do? I would be obsessed with my wife all day long. Okay.

10:57Lauryn Bosstick:And I would be less panicked.

10:59Michael Bosstick:I'm not panicked. I'm just quick moving, like a barracuda.

11:03Lauryn Bosstick:Okay. You don't think you're panicked? That's not self-aware. I would be more self-aware.

11:07Michael Bosstick:Panicked is like, I'm so worried that something's going to go wrong. I'm not worried. Okay. Like, don't you think like panic is like, oh, I'm in a panic. Like, oh, something bad's happening. I'm just moving. I'm going quick.

11:19Lauryn Bosstick:Yeah. But sometimes I don't want to go quick.

11:22Michael Bosstick:I'm not going quick.

11:22Lauryn Bosstick:I want to be thoughtful and purposeful and just be in the moment. And so that's what I would do differently. I gave you two things. I would be obsessed with my wife every second. And I would put my wife on a pedestal.

11:36Michael Bosstick:I thought you were going to have more for me on this. All right.

11:38Lauryn Bosstick:No, it's not that bad.

11:39Michael Bosstick:Slow down is the answer. Slow down. you do everything you do i mean you help with the children feedback taken but no why because i i like

11:49Lauryn Bosstick:to go you don't want to be obsessed with your wife every i like to feel like i'm moving okay well you're moving what is the most misunderstood thing about you by the audience well i don't know what's misunderstood about me i know this is a this is a what is misunderstood about me can I tweak it and just say about people in general with me sure I'm a lot more reclusive

12:20Michael Bosstick:than people think like a lot like a lot more like no I don't think reclusive is the right word it's insular insular is fine yeah I'm I'm I'm very good at being alone because you're do you have you told the audience no you're gifted no no I'm not going down that road yeah we are he's gifted

12:39Lauryn Bosstick:no no no go look up gifted you are i looked i had a whole talk with chat gpt about it you're gifted and you're very insular and you're cerebral and if you don't have that time to yourself to be inward and i love how i'm answering it you you aren't your best self like it's weird thing we do this

13:00Michael Bosstick:show together and the intention of the show is that it goes out and reaches a lot of people which of course we want but the show is done in a way where it's like you and i or another person in a room yeah which i'm super comfortable with but i'm not so excited about being in front of so many people all the time and then i think what would surprise people is i'm way less like social than people would think because all day long i'm meeting with people and interacting with people and doing the show and all that but when it comes to me i'm like fully okay if somebody said to me hey Michael you're being punished and you have to go and like stay in your house for two weeks by yourself it would be like I won the grand prize you would not be able to be away from me for two weeks I'm not what are you talking about not you and the kids I gotta be around you and the kids but I'm saying like if I didn't like have to like I'd be okay with that I've been like that my whole

13:50Lauryn Bosstick:life this is what you are you like the momentum of business but on every other aspect you are a complete insular recluse that likes to read your books and play your video games there has to like

14:01Michael Bosstick:For me, there's always got to be some kind of purpose to be out.

14:06Lauryn Bosstick:I don't think you would ever go out if it wasn't for me.

14:11Michael Bosstick:No, probably not.

14:12Lauryn Bosstick:And the way I go out is...

14:13Michael Bosstick:I would go out with friends and see a few people, but I wouldn't be out socially.

14:17Lauryn Bosstick:Right. Yeah. And when I go out, I am so intentional about how I go out. Like I will only go out with someone that I really, really genuinely like and want to go out with.

14:32Michael Bosstick:You know, like there's those, some people like to go out and like, just kind of like, like the guys like to go on the golf trip or the girls do the, like, I don't want to do anything. But, but if it's like, Hey, I want to go play tennis or if I want to go to the workout or if there's a business thing, then yes, I want to be there. But if it's like, let's go network or let's go hang out. I'm not, I don't like to do that.

14:49Lauryn Bosstick:But you will go out. Like what I just said, if it's intentionally thought out with someone that you really enjoy.

14:55Michael Bosstick:Yes.

14:56Lauryn Bosstick:Like next week we're going out three times and all the people we're going out with, like you're excited to go out with. Yeah.

15:03Michael Bosstick:I also, maybe people don't realize that the businesses are not my main focus in life. Okay.

15:14Lauryn Bosstick:What does that mean?

15:14Michael Bosstick:Like I use, I like to be part of the brands and I like to run the companies. I like that. And don't worry anybody that is with me, Nothing's happening. But I use those as a mechanism to go and satisfy the other areas of my life, which is family and being insular, if that makes sense. A lot of people really attach, especially entrepreneurs, they attach their whole identity to their work and their business. And they get super attached to the outward presentation of them as the entrepreneur or them as the celebrity or them as the star. And for me, there's not that thought process at all. It's like all of these things are a mechanism for me to be able to live an insular life the way that I want to live.

15:56Lauryn Bosstick:You're a big family man. Yeah. Yeah. And I think you got that from your father, but you like being around your family and books. You're very Naval-ish.

16:07Michael Bosstick:I'm getting a lot of compliments for you, but yes, I like to be, I like to, I like to, not yes, Naval, but yes, I like to be, I don't know. I think people would be surprised that I think because of what we do, we get some nice things said from time to time about us, but that's really not a motivation for me at all. Okay.

16:26Lauryn Bosstick:We also get some mean things said.

16:29Michael Bosstick:Well, that is the motivation. I do like to ruffle some feathers. Ruffle those people up a little bit. Okay. Let's see. I was going to do one that was similar to that. I know one. what's the one question you wish more people would ask you

16:50Lauryn Bosstick:I think people don't ask me enough about my softer side like I think people are so fixated on like me as an alpha female and like the dominant side of me that they don't tap into the other side and I don't blame them for for not tapping in because they don't know that because I don't show it. But when I'm home, and I think you can say this if you agree with me, it's like I'm a homemaker when I'm home. Our house is like the vibes are on, the atmosphere is on, and I try to be present for my kids and make sure that they're enjoying their day. And that takes a lot of effort, in my opinion. I can't show up as this dominant, I don't know, boss in my house.

17:36Lauryn Bosstick:I show up very much in my female soft energy in the home.

17:42Michael Bosstick:Yeah, I think that people see what you do professionally and then they want to make that the main. That's what I was trying to say earlier. It's like that's the identity. But they forget that you're a wife and you're a mother and you're a homemaker and you do all these other things that many women do. A lot of women do. But they focus on the other stuff.

18:01Lauryn Bosstick:Yeah, it's very much every time I get interviewed, it's very alpha female, which is fine because a lot of that is alpha female. But I think if people saw the people I spend time around and the friends that I choose to invest my energy in, I think they would be surprised by how I spend my time when I don't show up on social media. It's very much like family, children, and with friends that I've known forever or, you know, people that I'm very interested in investing energy in. We're not, you know, out on the town at Fashion Week going buck wild with a bunch of celebrities. That's just not our life.

18:43Lauryn Bosstick:Our life is very, like, I feel like simple. Kind of boring. Yeah, maybe boring. Sure. I'm fine with that. It's routine. It's sweet.

18:52Michael Bosstick:I was explaining. I think it's like we have a lot of family. We focus heavily on family values and taking care of ourselves. And then the business is like the sport that you get to play because those things are stable.

19:06Lauryn Bosstick:Yes. And I always say this. I cannot play the sport of business if I am not completely optimizing and paying attention and watering the other side of it, which is like time to shut your nervous system down and self-regulate and take it down. I could not perform at this level if I didn't have the complete opposite end of the spectrum. And I think people don't get to see that with me. They don't get to see how hands-on I am with my kids because they see just go, go, go, go, go on Instagram or the podcast.

19:42Michael Bosstick:That's the weird thing about social because you'd probably actually, if you were optimizing accounts perspective, if we showed a lot more of that, it would probably go viral. It would do better.

19:53Lauryn Bosstick:But then you got to share all that. This is my thing. I've thought about this. People are like, well, why don't you share your kids and you getting ready for school or coming home or whatever it is. I don't want to share that. I don't want a phone in my kid's face all the time. This is something people would be surprised. I'm actually so sort of anti-screen. I don't want my kids to be raised on a screen, which is weird because what I do for a living is so based on my phone. I think they have all the time in the world to be on a screen. I want them to have a really pure childhood. And when I pull out that phone, I think about it before I pull it out.

20:33Lauryn Bosstick:Like I'm not pulling out my phone, snapping and videoing all the time at all. I will pull it out and I'll be like, let's get a picture for grandma. You see how I am with my phone. My phone is in the other room at night. Like I don't want them to remember when they were little, their mom's relationship with the phone being such a big deal. So I'm not going to be putting a tripod and a camera up to film me and my kids every morning. I'm just not going to do it. Yeah.

21:00Michael Bosstick:I think people get like this, that's what I'm saying. They get things backwards. Like I think a more interesting, like if I was interviewing you or people like other women like you. You are interviewing me. Oh yeah, I'm interviewing you. I forgot. Well, yeah, but it's a little, you know what I'm saying is that I think sometimes people, they lose, they focus so much on like, oh, you're doing, like, how are you, you know, you're, you're doing the business that they, they, they forget. It's like, you're doing all the things as a mother and then you get to do the business thing, but they, they focus so much on the headlines of the business that they forget, like, actually some of the harder things are at home and with the kids and in the relationship.

21:39Michael Bosstick:Like to be honest, this is really kind of messed up to say for people that think business is hard, which it is, but the business is way easier than staying in a healthy relationship, taking care of yourself, and raising healthy, happy kids. I find the business to be input, output. It's not the same. In a relationship, there's a lot more gray area. Business is pretty black and white, to be honest.

22:01Lauryn Bosstick:I think if you want to be an intentional parent, which we do want to be, it's a lot of work. Yeah.

22:08Michael Bosstick:Like I joke all the time. I say, I tell people when they ask me, well, why'd you move to Austin? I know for a fact from a business numbers, financials, growth perspective, if I stayed in LA or if I moved to New York, those things, the businesses would be much further ahead just because of the environment that we would be in. But what I'm, that's what I'm saying is like, it's actually harder to go and say, okay, you got to put the other things first and then use the other things, the business to supplement the main thing that's most important. But a lot of people get it backwards. They put the career first and the business or the brand first, and then they let the other things kind of suffer or slip.

22:40Lauryn Bosstick:I mean, I think at this moment in time, the fact that we have a sanctuary for our kids that we've really tried to be intentional about is the most important thing. It makes the other things be able to function like they do. I have completely transformed my hair in the last probably like two years. And I have done a couple of simple things every single day that have made a huge difference. So I do a lot of scalp massage and stimulation with combs or even like a scalp massager. And I also do micro needling on my scalp line. And then I eat a lot of organ meat, as you know, and I supplement. And the supplement that I've been using forever is Nutrafol.

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26:42Lauryn Bosstick:That's how I re-randed that. Or I will put some milk in it and they'll have like some delicious cereal. It is so good. I myself don't sleep on the original ancient green granola. I like to put that on my Greek yogurt or my cottage cheese after a workout. I'm big on getting protein and I love a little crunch. Alder Granola is certified USDA organic. It's gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO project verified. We have this on hand at the office, all the different flavors, but my kids really, really love them. So if you're a mom, check out Purely Elizabeth. Visit PurelyElizabeth.com and use code SKINNY at checkout for 20 % off.

27:22Lauryn Bosstick:Purely Elizabeth. Taste the obsession. What's something that you think I don't give you enough credit for?

27:32Michael Bosstick:Hmm. What's something... oh, this is going to rile a lot of women up. It's going to rile a lot of women up. I'm sure if I should say it or say it or are you moving on? Go ahead. I think that women, you deservedly so, get a lot of credit, as you should, as you all should, for bearing the burden of carrying the children and then birthing them and then all the things that women do.

28:08Lauryn Bosstick:And everyone wonders why we get in fights.

28:10Michael Bosstick:But I do think that myself and other very active and dedicated fathers sometimes don't get the credit that they should. Meaning when we get in a fight and you're saying you don't feel like you feel like, oh, well, I carry the kid. I'm like, well, I'm doing as much as I can to contribute from the diapers to the pickups to all the things I do. And I think sometimes dads, active dads, Carson, listen, I'm not saying that women shouldn't get credit, but I'm saying sometimes men that are trying to show up and be great, strong fathers don't get as much credit as they could. And I feel like I don't need credit on the validation of the businesses because I can look at my fucking P &Ls.

29:01Michael Bosstick:But I do think it's nice once in a while to get some more credit for being a good father. I do.

29:09Lauryn Bosstick:I will give you credit for being a good father. Not that you don't give me credit for being a good father. But the game is just not even. When you birth a baby

29:18Michael Bosstick:out of your dick hole. I got two people in the room. I did not say it's even. You have no idea.

29:27Lauryn Bosstick:So like, I will give you credit for, for being a good dad.

29:30Michael Bosstick:I'm not saying I need equal credit.

29:31Lauryn Bosstick:But the equalness of it is so skewed.

29:34Michael Bosstick:I didn't say equal. Did I say equal? No. See. Okay. I will give you credit. And what you hear.

29:42Lauryn Bosstick:I will give you credit, but.

29:44Michael Bosstick:I'm not saying I need credit. I'm saying you, was the question, what do I not get? What do you not give me more credit for?

29:49Lauryn Bosstick:I will give you, you are, I'm going to actually give you credit right now.

29:52Michael Bosstick:Oh, good.

29:53Lauryn Bosstick:I would actually say that you do 60 % and I do 40. Good. Next question. How about that? We can just move on from here. However, the pregnancy and the birth is going to drop you back down to about 20%. That's how gnarly that is. But you know what?

30:10Michael Bosstick:And this is like for, I'm just going to speak for the men out there. Like, and I guess this, hopefully this is not a controversial thing to say anymore in 2025, but you know, like men can't give birth. And so I'm not going to try to understand what it's like. I feel it looks challenging and difficult and not great for like, it doesn't look comfortable.

30:29Lauryn Bosstick:I mean, you get a back pain and I hear about it for six months.

30:32Michael Bosstick:Yeah, but my body's not like, it's not built for childbirth. So like, what's the point in doing this?

30:37Lauryn Bosstick:I just think you should say women do way more, but I contribute to the pie.

30:43Michael Bosstick:The only thing, as I said, I think more fathers that are showing up as best they can is they should get sometimes more credit for that.

30:53Lauryn Bosstick:Okay. Okay. On Father's Day, I will give you so much more extra credit.

30:59Michael Bosstick:Okay. Okay. Joking aside, joking aside, I think it's important because there, listen, there's good parents and bad parents, good moms, bad moms, good dads, bad dads. But I do think sometimes the good dads, the ones that are really showing up are somewhat, sometimes not as acknowledged as like mothers are always acknowledged and will continue to be enough. We don't have to keep, I'm going to keep saying it, but I think sometimes the great fathers that are showing up are not always as appreciated as they could be. And it's not easy, right?

31:30Lauryn Bosstick:My dad was a great father. I'm going to acknowledge him. He was a great father. He is a great father still. 10 out of 10.

31:35Michael Bosstick:And a great grandfather.

31:36Lauryn Bosstick:He is literally the best dad ever. And he showed up like you show up. So maybe I have a high expectation.

31:44Michael Bosstick:But it's important, I think, for the women that are listening that have husbands and great fathers in life to acknowledge it because a lot of the guys don't need to be told how good they're doing at work. I mean, it's nice. It's good. But I think the other thing and the other acknowledgement goes much further.

32:02Lauryn Bosstick:I think what's crazy when you become a parent is you don't realize when you're little how much work it is to be a parent. So then when you become a parent, you have so much more respect and understanding and empathy and compassion for your parents and it really puts a lot in perspective and you're able to be like oh that's why you know my mom did this thing or that's why my my dad used to do it this way like you really

32:26Michael Bosstick:have an understanding everybody is just hanging on by a thread i don't care and i think most people are doing the best they can i don't care how much or how little help or resources like parenting is is hard in general every kid comes with a different set of circumstances and a different set of issues and a different personality and the job of the parent is to like usher that person into

32:49Lauryn Bosstick:being a happy healthy adult it's not easy no it's not easy your turn so i should get more acknowledgement okay we'll give you a star and what do you what do you need like i know what

33:01Michael Bosstick:you need never think okay what's the biggest misconception people have about you as an individual outside of our marriage and brand?

33:14Lauryn Bosstick:Do you really want my honest opinion?

33:16Michael Bosstick:No, Lauren, I want you to give me the sugar-coated filtered version.

33:19Lauryn Bosstick:I honestly don't know. I really try to detach from what other people think about me. I really actively try to detach. So I don't know what the streets are buzzing about me. I really don't know. maybe I want to say in high school I feel like I played the the dumb card and you can talk more to that because you've had the experience with that and you can maybe I think that's something we've never talked about on the show you can talk about that experience but in high school and maybe even into college I played a very like sort of like a dumb blonde card and I sort of used it to

33:55Michael Bosstick:my advantage which I could do a whole podcast sometimes yeah I like I think I play to being

34:00Lauryn Bosstick:oblivious but I'm actually paying attention and I'm razor sharp and my brain is maybe a little ADHD but I I know what's happening what don't you think that's it I think on certain things yes

34:18Michael Bosstick:but I'm oblivious to other things I think if I started to quiz you on a couple world events you would we would have to probably pause and reassess the show no I'm not I can't I do think yes you're like you're much more perceptive than you pretend you are and you are much more thoughtful and I think that people would be surprised about how much you're aware of and what you're paying attention to I mean but I guess like it's not that surprising considering the career you've

34:48Lauryn Bosstick:had for as long as you've had it you know what I mean like I also am a clairvoyant but we can get

34:53Michael Bosstick:into that later I don't know what that means you know I'm a clairvoyant you're gonna say that you

34:58Lauryn Bosstick:don't know what that I want to know how you define that a clairvoyant is someone that can see things I can see things Michael you know what I'm talking about he's laughing you know what I'm talking about I think that you can are very energetic I think yeah like I mean I will say I watched you

35:20Michael Bosstick:call the birthday of one of our children months and months before and it was not the predicted a due date and it happened on the exact day that you called months and months before.

35:30Lauryn Bosstick:And I flipped two babies in my stomach.

35:32Michael Bosstick:And people are going to get all pissed off.

35:34Lauryn Bosstick:I don't care.

35:35Michael Bosstick:Actually, why do they get pissed off? Just tell the truth. So both of our babies were breached. I was freaking out because that's what I do with medical stuff. And then the doctor's like, oh, maybe C-section. And in both cases, we did nothing and you went into weird meditation and both flipped. Yeah. Both of them. I can witness it. I was there. Okay. There's other things, too, that I've predicted that I've seen.

35:56Lauryn Bosstick:But that's another episode. But do you think the misconception about me, too, is that I'm oblivious? Is that what you would say?

36:06Michael Bosstick:I think that sometimes when I see people get riled up about you and they say things like, you're out of touch, you're not paying attention. I just think that's silly because I know you and I know what you're paying attention to. And I think those people are just, they're not reading the tea leaves.

36:19Lauryn Bosstick:I think sometimes I don't translate because I think with me, you need the full context.

36:25Michael Bosstick:No, you don't translate because you are not one of those people. And I mean, this is a compliment. You do not just start to care about things because other people care about things. Meaning like if people decide that an event is important and they demand that you say it's important you don't just do that because people do that and what i and i it's not like either you you mean i don't virtue signal well that yes but i think that like and and when they say things like you're not paying attention you're out of touch it's not that it's just you're choosing not to to participate in things that people demand you participate in which is one of the things i like about you well you know i think that that's probably the maybe the biggest misconception conception but in high school i did used to play dumb remember like all the time and you would used

37:18Lauryn Bosstick:to get mad at me remember used to be pissed off you'd be like why why are you doing this no i would be like man this girl is so dumb that's not what you used to do tell them what you really used to

37:30Michael Bosstick:do no i know you since you're i don't like when people i don't like when people try to um do things like that do things like what like like like try to like i just i just think like i just you don't need i don't think you need to play that i just think you'd be yourself i was myself with a little frill i don't know what that means i'd like i was just like maybe like a paris hilton-y act in high school laris yeah they used to call me i'm gonna tell once

38:00Lauryn Bosstick:we have paris on the show i'm gonna talk to her about that about laris about laris okay i think pull up the old pictures she'll like it yeah all right what do you hope our kids learn from watching how we work together i hope that our children learn that you have to put into you have

38:18Michael Bosstick:to put in effort into anything that you do like you i don't i'm never going to sugarcoat to them that life should be easy for them i think you have to that what you put in is what you're going to get out i hope that they learn hard work i hope they learn resilience i hope they learn to struggle gracefully. I hope that they learn that life doesn't owe them anything and it's not just going to be given what they want because they want it. And I hope that they see that when you make sacrifices and work hard that you can get certain results.

38:51Lauryn Bosstick:I think that resourcefulness, we really try to instill in them. I will say to my kids, I made you two legs and two arms in my stomach so you could do things for yourself. I definitely don't want to raise entitled children. And it's not easy. It's not easy when you're making your own money and you want to make things easy for them and you want to make things seamless and efficient. Sometimes you have to put a little resistance in their way.

39:22Michael Bosstick:I think because our kids are young, I see some of the feedback people write in and they sometimes push back on some of the commentary around like not either placating to children or basing your life around the children or making it easy for them. And they say, well, wait till they get older. But whether they're older or not, I think like it's important for you and I to play back the tape. This is good universal advice for any parent at any stage, even though our children are not older. We all know older people and older children and older siblings and people in our own lives that have been coddled or given everything or placated to and how that goes.

39:57Michael Bosstick:And so I don't think you have to have children yourself to realize what can go wrong if you don't instill those values into a child, because we all know people that were spoiled or coddled or mommy and daddy took care of everything. And so I think it's important to consistently put this at the forefront, especially for ourselves and new parents, but at the same time, recognize and acknowledge that no, it's never going to be easy and there's going to be a lot of really, that's one of the hardest things about being a parent is knowing that you could step in and you could save them or could help them or could make it easy or could give them resource, but not doing it.

40:38Michael Bosstick:And I think that's going to be the hard thing that's going to continue to challenge us. I imagine as kids get older, those challenges are going to get harder and harder and harder, not easier. But at the end of the day, and I read I said this on another episode. I saw this quote by Patrick Bette David. He said, the hardest thing about being a parent is realizing that you're raising them so that one day they don't need you. That's like a hard, that's like for a parent, it's like a -

41:04Lauryn Bosstick:You're going to follow the kids around, I feel like.

41:06Michael Bosstick:No, I mean, that's going to be what I'm going to want to do.

41:08Lauryn Bosstick:Yeah.

41:08Michael Bosstick:But I think that's the, I think that's the challenge of being, I don't want to say a good, but an effective parent that raises a capable, resilient, independent young person. That's what I want them to understand from work. This episode is sponsored by Cotton. Let's take a quick break to talk about Cotton. As someone who's constantly refining my routine from what I eat to what I wear to what I invest in, I've learned that the materials we surround ourselves with matter more than we would think. That's why I've made a conscious shift towards wearing more natural fabrics, especially Cotton. It's timeless, It's versatile, and it's rooted in something real.

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43:45Lauryn Bosstick:It has had testing, retesting, and it's led by a mom who really, really cares. So if you're looking for a brand that's by a mom who wanted something better for her babies and yours, you got to check this out. Their ingredients meet the strictest organic standards in the world. Everyone is talking about this company too behind the scenes. Like I hear, I hear about it from everyone. I personally like that their manufacturing facility is in Ohio. You know where it's coming from and it's really a premium recipe. If you're looking for a formula, you have to check out Bobby. They really support the whole feeding journey.

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45:13Lauryn Bosstick:Here is the thing with GLP-1s. I think if you're going to do it, you should really look into something that is safe, clinically guided and has a lot of support. So with Levity, they have all of those things and they also have a range of cost-effective options and it's accessible online with no appointments necessary. This is designed for people who have tried dieting and exercising and need a sustainable expert-led solution. The program combines medication with lifestyle guidance, regular check-ins, and ongoing clinical support. You should know that all treatments are prescribed by licensed professionals and delivered discreetly to your door.

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46:49Lauryn Bosstick:And this one is just non-toxic. I use it while pregnant and it just gives your brows this like glazed, useful look, almost like a feathered brow. It's so pretty. I caught Michael using it. That's how like clean it is. A guy can use it and it lifts your face. I use this after my skincare. So in the morning, I habit stack it onto all of my skincare. So I'll do everything. I'll put my caffeinated sunscreen on and then I'll just use the spoolie to go through my brows and brush them up. And like I said, it gives you like a wet lifted look. And then I also will use the little lash one. See how we have like a little lash situation at the bottom on top of my lashes before I go to bed after my skincare.

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48:16Lauryn Bosstick:I actually internally have a dialogue with myself that is a monologue. When you put, we've cleaned our whole house out of so many things. Our house feels so nice on the nervous system because it's just, there's no cleaning products. There's clean air. It's just nice. And then you come in with your Cheeto the what's the guy's name the Cheeto guy Chester the Cheeto fucking hairspray spraying it all over my house that I've worked so hard on I got you non-toxic hairspray and then this is what gets me this is where I'm like I can't you take your tox hair and you lay in the bed in the same clothes that you've been wearing all day with the helmet head on the silk pillowcase.

49:09Lauryn Bosstick:And it's honestly unbelievable. I would rather you leave the toilet seat up for the rest of your life. And I would rather fall in because I have fallen in many times, especially pregnant, which is insane that you think to leave it up. Stop with the hairspray. Stop with the clothes from the day in the bed and stop, especially with the hairspray in the bed on the silk pillowcase, that you're rubbing your hair all over the bed.

49:36Michael Bosstick:Noted. Okay. That's it.

49:39Lauryn Bosstick:What was the question?

49:41Michael Bosstick:Oh, I'm glad you put some thought into this.

49:43Lauryn Bosstick:See, I get stuff out. You know, it takes a lot to maintain this thing. I know, but I just got a new brand. It starts with an R.

49:53Michael Bosstick:I know.

49:53Lauryn Bosstick:You know I throw away your hairspray sometimes.

49:56Michael Bosstick:Yeah, I know. I have secret stashes though.

49:58Lauryn Bosstick:I throw it away. It's the hairspray with the paste. It's like Strogen Nona making the thing in the bathroom how you do your hair. It's insane.

50:10Michael Bosstick:I'm in a weird phase with my hair because I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with it.

50:14Lauryn Bosstick:Okay. Well, let's buzz it.

50:16Michael Bosstick:What if I buzz?

50:16Lauryn Bosstick:Oh, I actually, I've never, but I have a small head.

50:18Michael Bosstick:I kind of think it's like a, not going to

50:20Lauryn Bosstick:be a good buzz shape you don't want to run around saying you have a small head that's not the vibe i don't care i've got fucking i know but that's just not the i've got three kids i'm done you're

50:29Michael Bosstick:finished i'm not on the market never will be again don't care maybe it will be you never know i'm not hanging on i don't care i don't i don't i'm not whatever skinny confidentials x that would honestly to be honest if we were if i was single and that was in your bio that would be like a big lure okay that would be the thing i wouldn't even need to really like show myself

50:49Lauryn Bosstick:They're like, what's your name, Michelle? Am I going to Thanksgiving with Lauren?

50:52Michael Bosstick:That's why all you girls are nuts. Honestly, that line is like, if I just said Lauren's ex, that would probably be the only thing I would need to say in a dating profile. If I was like, hey, I've got these great accolades and I'm doing all these things, nobody would care. But I was like, hey, I'm Lauren's ex and she seems to have it together.

51:08Lauryn Bosstick:I told you the other day I would pay money to watch you on a date, to watch you do like a dating spree.

51:15Michael Bosstick:It'd be pretty.

51:16Lauryn Bosstick:It would be insane.

51:17Michael Bosstick:Not good. Okay. you know why because once you've been in a relationship as long as i've been in one i can't imagine having to start with the small chit chat again like i couldn't i don't know how i would do it you and i never did chit chat no but you know what i mean like like because i know that like i you know people have to go on the date and you have to get to know you have to talk and to do the thing yeah you have to talk and you have to go slow i know that's really hard carson he has to

51:46Lauryn Bosstick:talk.

51:47Michael Bosstick:You'd have to talk. No, you know what I'm talking about? Like, imagine like you've just been like this old dinosaur for forever.

51:52Lauryn Bosstick:I just don't think it's fair that I've gotten you to this point with...

51:58Michael Bosstick:But you've improved me.

51:59Lauryn Bosstick:Yeah, I've improved you. Like, I feel like it's like, it's like a muscle car. I took the muscle car. I improved it. It literally is like, it's, it's, the car is like pristine.

52:10Michael Bosstick:That's why a lot of like divorced dads,

52:12Lauryn Bosstick:like they end up doing pretty fine no it's annoying because we put in all this effort the starter wife to improve the pristine car and then you get to go drive off and someone else gets to

52:23Michael Bosstick:reap the benefits of my work well what i think it is is that no it's that it's a signal also to the market like if i was like going to put my business hat on it's like a signal to the market that like at some point somebody of value like thought that this guy was valuable so like it signals that he's like a like he's like not he's like not he's like a good resource or asset you know what do you mean because you've been vetted you know i mean if somebody at some point thought

52:50Lauryn Bosstick:that this guy was worth marrying yeah i've heard some people like behind the scenes be like oh that's blank and blanks ex-husband and they don't even say the name of the person that's what i'm trying to say it almost doesn't matter like oh that's blank and blanks ex-husband yeah i don't feel like you want to be branded as that though so i'll let you sit in that to be honest listen

53:10Michael Bosstick:my my dad told me this the other day we were talking about something else he's like one

53:14Lauryn Bosstick:reason is good as another what the like it's all like the grass is going to be there's a story

53:18Michael Bosstick:there's like it's like talking about these to these girls about like this one guy was like oh my god i don't know if these girls like us they i think they're gold diggers and the guy looks over he's like hey hey larry that's okay we got the gold it's like what is that well how does that relate to this conversation meaning like it's it's okay that's like one reason's as good as another

53:35Lauryn Bosstick:you get it oh why why someone would like you one guy's concerned that the girls are gold diggers the other guy's like well i don't think you're gonna want to give this up because i just got a labia lunchtime lift

53:48Michael Bosstick:parsons heard it all that you know what if i was thinking about leaving now i'm not well

53:53Lauryn Bosstick:last friday dr amir got his hands on me so you better straighten up i don't know what you two were doing i hope it went well that's a it went great what do you think i'll be like as a grandma hot lifted you'll be a hot grandma for sure you'll be lifted you'll be hot whatever's whatever the latest and greatest is you'll probably do fun my forehead will be down banging around my knees

54:21Michael Bosstick:so i'll need some help well traveled yeah i think that you'll be a cool grandma i think you'll be a want the grandma that like the grandkids want to go but they'd be like that's the one that i want you want to go hang out with they'll probably want to take them out you know what are you going to do when you have to be with a grandma well i guess i'll be a grandpa yeah i'll just be on like a bunch of trt then i think probably okay i'll be all jacked up you know who's a good grandma your mom but don't you think that like yeah we'll probably i'll probably do all the we're gonna

54:54Lauryn Bosstick:do all the things my stepmom's a great grandma we have two great grandmas i think with technology

55:00Michael Bosstick:and robotic body parts. Oh. And AI.

55:05Lauryn Bosstick:And labia lunchtime lifts. Lunchtime labia lifts and lunchtime penis pumps

55:11Michael Bosstick:or whatever they are.

55:11Lauryn Bosstick:Oh, he already asked. He already texted me. And he already said, when am I going to get my hands on Michael's penis? He literally texted me that today.

55:17Michael Bosstick:Nothing like another man texting your wife.

55:19Lauryn Bosstick:He said, I have exosomes from my placenta for Michael's penis.

55:24Michael Bosstick:I think people would be shocked to know that that's the texts that are going on between you and our doctor. I don't think anyone's shocked. Yeah, I mean, I think you'll be cool. I think you'll be cool, Grandma. I think that...

55:35Lauryn Bosstick:I want to be like very... I want to travel in a pack. Like I want to bring the kids...

55:41Michael Bosstick:What's going to be tough for you is as we've gotten older, you want to be like super independent in our family unit, which is what... Great, that's what we all want. And I think when our kids start to do that and start to want that for themselves, you're going to be kind of clinging on and hanging over.

55:57Lauryn Bosstick:Well, I'm just going to plan trips and plan. I love that about Kris Jenner. I feel like she integrates her family into her life and she integrates herself into their life. And I like that.

56:08Michael Bosstick:I also, I'm waiting for the day. I want to get like one of those old school camcorders that like pop up. I can't wait till our sons start bringing home. If they start bringing home girls to the house to date.

56:23Lauryn Bosstick:Well, those girls will be playing checkers. I'm playing chess.

56:25Michael Bosstick:I cannot wait to film your reaction and how you handle that. It is going to be my favorite thing to watch ever.

56:33Lauryn Bosstick:Why?

56:34Michael Bosstick:Because I just think it's going to be hilarious because I just know how you are. And I just want to watch how you are with these girls that date your sons that you're obsessed with.

56:43Lauryn Bosstick:Yeah, it will be interesting. Can you imagine? Miss Bostic, I'm here for Bond. If they say Miss Bostic, they might just come in and be like, listen, bitch, I'm dating your kid. It's like a dragon with fire coming out of its mouth that answers the door.

56:58Michael Bosstick:What if they come in? They're like, get your mother out of here.

57:01Lauryn Bosstick:No, that's not strategic.

57:03Michael Bosstick:Well, you never know what you're going to get. That's why I'm saying I'll be there with the camcorder. I will report back in, what is this, like in like 20 years?

57:09Lauryn Bosstick:I don't think you and I talk about enough how well I get along with your mother, which is amazing because a lot of daughter-in-laws and mother-in-laws don't get along. And you, I get along so well.

57:21Michael Bosstick:It was a little process in the beginning. You guys had to do a little dance.

57:23Lauryn Bosstick:we did our dance but then we we she's gonna hear this you guys both had to get you guys had to get your footing yeah but we're good now you're super good we're like in alignment listen you were good

57:33Michael Bosstick:the second you gave her grandkids like you were that was like carplage my dad this is a true story

57:40Lauryn Bosstick:so i am cocktail waitressing at my dad's restaurant yellow coyote in encinitas and Michael is trying his hardest to get me to go on a date I wasn't sold yet you're pretty sold I wasn't sold yet I'm just going to be honest I'm sorry if you told yourself that I wasn't sold yet I'm just being blunt transparency and I went up to the hostess stand and my dad was up there and I said oh my god Michael Bostic is here again this is like the third night he's come to the bar and you were in a leather jacket with one of your friends, Mikey. You were sitting there having a margarita and my dad looked at me and he goes, the smartest thing that you could ever do would to date Michael Bostic.

58:28Lauryn Bosstick:My dad liked you always. Your dad's a genius, a smart guy. My dad was not like that with every guy.

58:33Michael Bosstick:Well, let's be honest, Lauren. Actually,

58:36Lauryn Bosstick:you know what? What? My picker was off.

58:38Michael Bosstick:Let's not speak ill about the past.

58:40Lauryn Bosstick:Well, Well, my picker was off. My picker was off before you.

58:42Michael Bosstick:Your dad and I always got along, even since I was a kid. And when we weren't together, I'd all see him and be like, hey, Brad, how are you, man? We hang out.

58:50Lauryn Bosstick:Now you and my dad, like, I would say he's one of your best friends.

58:53Michael Bosstick:Yeah, of course. Yeah.

58:55Lauryn Bosstick:All right. Your turn.

58:56Michael Bosstick:Love your dad. Hey, Brad.

58:58Lauryn Bosstick:He listens to every episode. Great. He's going to listen to the lunchtime labia.

59:02Michael Bosstick:Thank God you listened to your dad. And oh, yeah. I mean, now he's going to hear all about your lunchtime labia flip or whatever it is. whatever it's called.

59:12Lauryn Bosstick:LLL. Thank you guys so much for listening and watching part one. The rest of this episode will be out on Thursday. So stay tuned for part two.