This week, on *what's chapping Laurel's ass*:

Comments on a viral video about her dead cow make Laurel want to light things on fire. Compassion? Common sense? Not in her comment sections. (I don't know why I started writing this in the third person but it does allow for a more dramatic feel.) Peepaw and meemaw's crispy remains. A lot of swear words. Why advocating for ag online can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. Reading a few chosen favourites from the comments, and *matching* their energy.

Andy + I dissect the origin story of my Laurel Lumber era and all the online backlash that came with it. (??????) The ranch hand reacts to some of the wildly misogynistic comments (not just from men!) on some of my viral videos from earlier this year, and blesses us all with a PSA to the insecure men who don't know how to appreciate a strong, independant woman (*king energy*). He also gives his official public statement on my Carhartt peepaw pants.
More juicy nuggets include: default parenting. The decline of give-a-fuck's as we've gotten older. How much sexism still exists IRL. Thor Bradley is a talking point in YET ANOTHER one of my podcast episodes... And finally, @rancherandy is an influencer who enjoys a good comic sans font and he's not afraid to show it.

Full shownotes here: https://laurelysebaert.com/chorebeerchats

Naked spray tans. Clam chowder. Irish exits. String bikinis. Sergio. Influencers in the wild of Mexico.

WE DON’T UNDERSTAND TIME ZONES.

Ash and I *unpack* our recent trip to Cabo with Knix. All the BTS you didn't know you needed (and more). Plus, I talk a little more in depth about how imposter syndrome almost sent me home on night one, and how I ended up turning things around for the better.

AKA "the parenting episode", today my ranch hand, Andy, opens up (and gets really heated) about the classic Canadian sport of hockey and how the culture can get a little bit toxic when it comes to kids in the sport. Everybody wants their kid to go to the show (the NHL) but does your kid actually want that? Orrrrrr are you just projecting...
A really fresh conversation about young kids entering the world of sports from the perspective of two ex-athletes (and recovering people-pleasers).
Parenting styles that clash just a little bit. Work ethic vs "quitting". The ugly comparison game new parents always get sucked into.
Plus Andy touches on toxic masculinity (go Andy!) and how he hopes to raise our kids to actually want to talk to us in their teenage years.

Full shownotes + links here: https://laurelysebaert.com/chorebeerchats

Ash is back on CBC and we go on a bit of a tangent in this one: Hate clubs, clickbait, how to find a sugar daddy, and Ash becomes an influencer. The social experiment behind going viral + getting the ick from Taylor (swifties do not come for us, we are your elders). Going out tops, tanning beds, and a shoutout to Hugh Hefner. Going to concerts in your thirties, responding to trolls, A1 sauce + vasectomies. Just a little bit of everything for ya today. *wink*

Full shownotes here: https://laurelysebaert.com/chorebeerchats

You've heard me talk a little bit about why I decided to shut down the in-person shopping aspect of our farm store, but now Andy gets behind the mic to share his take (and why he thinks it made me a better mom 🥹).

Full shownotes + all the important links here: https://laurelysebaert.com/chorebeerchats

ASHLEY HILL ENTERS THE CHAT.

Sitting down with one of my oldest friends, who only recently shared a secret that she kept from me for 20 YEARS.

Alter egos, underage drinking + much music school dances in 2005 (yikes). Schweddy balls and the horrific scene that is the current dating landscape for women in their 30's.

That one time she almost got on a reality dating show, and why we are officially starting our own Chore Beer Dating Show instead. Blue collar and beards only.

Check out the full shownotes here: https://laurelysebaert.com/chorebeerchats

In this really special 2-hour episode, I sat down with Sandi + Jessica Brock, who talk me through what it was like when Jess (who was 20 at the time) received a cancer diagnosis.

Jess was very transparent about her journey while it was happening - sharing most of it through her social media channels. But today, we get the full timeline in one go. She starts at the very beginning and gives us her entire story. Like all of it. The bad, the ugly, and the really really ugly. Dealing with chemo, fertility treatments and university finals all at the same time. Exactly how *that hair cut* really felt. How she was able to stay so positive and strong.

We also get an insight into what this was like for Sandi, as a mother, and also as a content creator and visual story teller - who had to attempt to mask her pain online, and hide what was really going on behind the scenes in the beginning… because “it wasn’t her story to tell”.

Two different perspectives. One episode.

A gritty, real and (somehow???) humorous behind-the-scenes recount of some of the Brock family’s difficult recent life events… as told by two of the most incredibly inspirational women I’ve ever met.

Full show notes here.