Women Cohabitating Platonically: Sharing Costs, Combating Loneliness, and Rethinking the “Golden Girls” Model

Hosts Elisa Marie and Jojy discuss a South Korea–popularized concept of women cohabitating platonically to share living expenses, reduce loneliness, and maintain autonomy, inspired by the 2019 bestseller Two Women Living Together by Kim Hana and Wong Sunu and an article referencing high New York costs. They explore benefits (financial relief, emotional support, companionship across life stages, easier daily living) and challenges familiar from roommate life (cleanliness, dividing chores, privacy with romantic partners, splitting assets if circumstances change). The conversation addresses gendered household expectations in marriage, clarifies the idea is not primarily about hating men, and considers flexible housing layouts that balance shared and private space. They also connect the topic to widowhood, retirement living, and “geriatric loneliness,” suggesting cohabitation as a creative alternative to isolation and expensive facilities, emphasizing communication and ground rules.

00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:31 Cohabiting Women Concept

02:22 Benefits and Tradeoffs

03:57 Golden Girls Inspiration

06:06 Roommate Friction Points

07:13 Gender Roles at Home

10:30 Not About Hating Men

12:51 Companionship and Aging

16:14 Layouts and Ground Rules

22:19 Why Not More Common

29:34 Loneliness and Care Options

32:27 Listener Call to Action

Human Design

A Map for Alignment and Truth with Marissa Vitoria

Marisa Vittoria

Free Chart

Hosts Elisa Marie and Jojy welcome Elisa’s sister, Marissa Vittoria, to explain human design after gifting them their blueprints. Marissa, a VP of operations, describes discovering human design at work through educator Erin Claire Jones and using it to improve a challenging relationship with her boss by understanding differences between a manifesting generator and a projector. She explains human design as an energetic, non-predictive self-awareness system blending astrology, chakras, Kabbalah, and modern science, created from birth date, exact time, and location, with no strengths/weaknesses scoring or age-based changes. The conversation focuses on alignment—especially gut-led decisions and frustration as a signal—plus examples of career pivots, including a client who became a micro-bakery owner. Marissa shares her plans to help high-achieving women build “truth” over “trophies,” offers a free chart at marissavitoria.com/chart, and briefly highlights elements from Elisa’s and Joji’s charts.

00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:30 Why Human Design

01:55 How Marissa Found It

05:29 Types and Gut Guidance

08:39 What Human Design Is

12:13 Building Her Practice

16:19 Alignment Story Example

22:03 Societal Pressure and Yes

24:17 Applying Your Blueprint

28:34 Does It Change

31:12 How to Get Your Chart

34:06 Reading Their Charts

39:29 Career Change Process

45:18 Wrap Up and Goodbye

Attraction to Narcissistic Leaders, Women’s Power, and the Fight Against Going BackwardOn the Deconstructed Woman Podcast, Jojy welcome Sandy to discuss Adam Grant’s New York Times article “There’s a Cure for Our Attraction to Narcissistic Leaders,” using it to explore why narcissistic men can rise in corporate and political leadership while women showing confidence are often labeled negatively. Sandy recounts the difficulty of securing a small-business loan nearly 50 years ago as a woman, describing widespread dismissiveness from banks before Gloucester National Bank finally financed their artisan shop. The conversation links deference to domineering “bully” personalities to fear and low self-esteem, notes how some women still defer to husbands’ views, and critiques cultural attacks on women’s leadership and reproductive rights, including concerns about Roe v. Wade and “trad wives.” They emphasize women’s collaborative leadership style, the need for more women in politics, and appreciation for men who support women’s rights.00:00 Podcast Welcome00:31 Meet Sandy00:57 Narcissistic Leaders Topic02:43 Women and Business Loans08:47 Why Banks Said No10:15 Narcissism and Power11:58 Bullies and Attraction14:48 Women Following Husbands20:52 Women Leaders vs Narcissists24:16 Roe and Tradwives Backlash28:45 Fear of Women Independence31:40 Allies and Hope35:24 Wrap Up and Contact