
Messy adulthood, soft landings, friend energy.
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GRL Vibes Only follows Laura and Anna through the ordinary chaos of 20-something life. The conversations move from Taylor Swift chatter and gift-guide spirals into real questions about mental health, moving, living alone, and finding community.
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About GRL Vibes Only
GRL Vibes Only is a personal-journal hangout about being 20-something, busy, uncertain, and still trying to make ordinary life feel manageable. Laura and Anna keep the shape loose. Episodes often begin with whatever is happening that week: a Taylor Swift release, December 1 holiday excitement, a laptop mix-up before recording, a summer hiatus, or the feeling that everyone suddenly seems to be moving. From there, the conversation wanders into the real subject almost sideways. That is where the show works best. A chat about third locations becomes a larger reflection on remote work, online communities, DoorDash, Instacart, suburban bars, and the quiet problem of having nowhere casual to go. A discussion about living situations turns into pressure around leases, debt, buying a house, living alone, roommates, privacy, and the guilt of not wanting the next adult milestone yet. The show is frank about comparison. It is also comfortable admitting that some choices look good from the outside and still feel wrong up close. The mental health episode with Sam brings a more serious register, with anxiety, OCD, panic disorder, school, and recovery discussed through memory and conversation rather than formal expertise. That episode shows how the format can hold harder material without losing its familiar softness. Other installments stay lighter, especially around shopping, beauty, gift guides, Christmas music, Vlogmas, and nostalgic screen culture. Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, Hocus Pocus, Taylor Swift, Michael Buble, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and John Legend all pass through as part of the same conversational world. The tone is casual, affirming, and sometimes scattered in a way that feels intentional to the experience. It is not a tightly produced advice show. It is more like overhearing Laura and Anna sort through the exact things their peer group is texting about: what to buy, where to live, how to handle anxiety, why adulthood feels rushed, and where community is supposed to happen now. The result is warm and highly specific. GRL Vibes Only fits listeners who want 20-something women personal-journal energy with enough honesty to make the small stuff feel connected to something bigger.
Made for: Best for 20-something women and listeners who like casual personal-journal podcasts about mental health, pop culture, shopping, moving, living situations, and early adulthood. It also suits anyone drawn to warm, conversational shows where tangents are part of the texture.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the way small life details become emotional checkpoints without turning formal or polished. The show lets anxiety, holidays, housing pressure, online life, and pop culture share the same relaxed conversational rhythm.
In their own words
Join along with Lauren & Anna-Marie as they grow through the good and bad of being 20-something women in a chaotic world. This podcast will shed light on the growing pains of entering the real world, but not yet being an adult, or at least it doesn’t feel that way. Through personal experience, embarrassing story times, empowering interviews, and sometimes, just straight BS, we’ll all start to feel a little less alone in a world that makes it seem like we all have it together. Subscribe for your weekly dose of relatable content, lots of feels, and as always, GRL Vibes Only.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Laura and Anna make housing pressure, community, mental health and seasonal rituals legible through candid comparison and sharply observed personal experience.
GRL Vibes Only turns ordinary choices into candid conversation, with Laura and Anna comparing experiences before asking what social pressure has added to them.
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House-buying panic meets a better question: do you even want the house?
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- Laura and Anna to voice the pressure you feel when friends start buying homes before you're ready
- a candid conversation about anxiety that makes room for a friend's difficult school experience
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Episodes
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What’s Your Third Location?
Laura and Anna of Girl Vibes Only debate Taylor Swift’s July 7 release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), including the lyric change in “Better Than Revenge,” clearer vocals, and six From the Vault tracks.
Jul 17, 2023·53m·3 clips - 2
We’re Obsessed
Jun 12, 2023·43m - 3
Guess Who’s Back?!
Jun 5, 2023·51m - 4
Today I Learned
Nov 28, 2022·51m - 5
Spooky Recommendations
Oct 31, 2022·43m - 6
October Obsessions (2022 Edition!)
Oct 24, 2022·37m - 7
Work To Live
Oct 17, 2022·31m - 8
Insecurities & Vulnerabilities
Oct 10, 2022·42m - 9
Let’s Talk Pop Culture
Oct 3, 2022·45m - 10
Fall Favorites
Sep 26, 2022·48m - 11
Books We’ve Been Loving
Sep 19, 2022·54m - 12
Burn Out and Silent Quitting
Sep 12, 2022·46m - 13
Life Update
Sep 6, 2022·43m - 14
May/June Obsessions
Jun 20, 2022·50m - 15
Mental Health with Samantha Sheppard
Hidden gemGRL Vibes Only hosts Laura and Anna interview high school friend Samantha Sheppard about her mental health journey during Mental Health Awareness Month, the first guest episode of their season.
May 31, 2022·1h 4m·4 clips - 16
BOOK CLUB: Girl A by Abigail Dean
May 23, 2022·28m - 17
Am I the A**hole?
May 16, 2022·28m - 18
Pop Culture Chat, May Edition
May 9, 2022·29m - 19
April Obsessions
May 2, 2022·30m - 20
The Best Friends Quiz
Apr 25, 2022·30m - 21
Imposter Syndrome
Apr 18, 2022·37m - 22
Pop Culture Chat
Apr 11, 2022·46m - 23
March Obsessions
Apr 4, 2022·33m - 24
Red Flags & Green Flags
Mar 28, 2022·41m - 25
BOOK CLUB: Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Mar 21, 2022·30m - 26
More Obsessions! February Favorites
Mar 14, 2022·32m - 27
Women’s History Month
Mar 7, 2022·50m - 28
Recent Obsessions
Feb 28, 2022·33m - 29
The GRLs Are Back In Town
Feb 21, 2022·28m - 30
Our 2022 Vision Boards
Dec 31, 2021·33m - 31
Season 4 Recap
Dec 27, 2021·25m - 32
Our December Obsessions
Dec 20, 2021·53m - 33
GRL Vibes Gift Guide
GRL Vibes Only hosts Anna and Laura record their annual holiday gift guide on December 1st, walking through gift recommendations for parents, siblings, friends, significant others, co-workers, and grandparents.
Dec 6, 2021·53m·3 clips - 34
This Is My Formal Resignation…
Nov 22, 2021·50m - 35
Defining your Life Journey
Nov 15, 2021·30m - 36
Building Your Own Business w/ Rachel Martelli
Nov 8, 2021·45m - 37
BOOK CLUB: Verity by Colleen Hoover
Oct 29, 2021·40m - 38
Conspiracies Continued! Our Favorite Theories
Oct 27, 2021·44m - 39
CONSPIRACY: The Philadelphia Experiment
Oct 25, 2021·34m - 40
Our October Obsessions
Oct 18, 2021·31m - 41
The Zodiac Quiz
Oct 11, 2021·37m - 42
Mindset
Oct 4, 2021·43m - 43
Our September Obsessions
Sep 27, 2021·40m - 44
Jigsaw
Sep 20, 2021·42m - 45
Weekdays Can Be Fun Too, Right?
Sep 13, 2021·36m - 46
We’re Back, Baby!
Sep 6, 2021·37m - 47
On Holiday
GRL Vibes Only hosts Lar and Anna close out season three with a pop culture roundup covering Olivia Rodrigo's debut album 'Sour,' the Friends reunion on HBO Max, John Mulaney's divorce, and ongoing Call Her Daddy podcast drama.
May 31, 2021·54m·3 clips - 48
The Best Friend Tag
May 24, 2021·39m - 49
There’s No Place Like Home
GRL Vibes Only hosts Laura and Anna discuss their housing journeys and the pressure of watching peers buy homes during what they call 'moving season,' with nearly every friend now a homeowner.
May 17, 2021·57m·3 clips - 50
Sephora Haul
May 3, 2021·34m