Dominique Michelle Astorino

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This Is Fine!Ep. 79 Tarot 101 (feat. @Lazuliway, Kim Partouche) ✨🃏✨Mood: spiritual, educationalMeet @Lazuliway, Kim Partouche, the Tarot queen of Paris. Kim walks us through the basics of Tarot, her journey into spirituality, and how she uses this tool as a way to help you (and all of us) channel our own spiritual energy to make sense of different circumstances. This beginner tarot guide will teach you some tarot reading basics, and go over some specific tarot card meanings (like the Death card, the Tower, and the Devil — we're going to demystify these!). We look at major arcana vs minor arcana, different spreads, and Kim...2025-06-1733 min

This Is Fine!Ep. 78: A Kiwi in Paris (feat. Blair Shepherd) 🥖🇳🇿🥝Mood: Foreigners in Paris, expat POV, culture, funWe hear a lot about Emily in Paris (and all the “real life” versions of her)... but what about a guy moving to Paris… and maybe not an American for once??Today we have Kiwi immigrant in France, Blair Shepherd from Tauranga, New Zealand — Chad in Paris, if you will. He’s talking about his experience moving across three continents in a single year, integrating into French culture, his take on Parisians and the French language, working in the legal field in the EU, and making fri...2025-05-201h 02

This Is Fine!Ep. 77: Pardon Our French (feat. Quincy & Justine, hosts of Pardon Our French Podcast) 🇫🇷💖Mood: Americans in Paris, expat POV, culture, dating, funWELCOME BACK CUTIES. We’re out of hibernation and back into the glinting, glorious springtime… which means we’re back to more episodes!Today we’ve got Quincy & Justine from Pardon Our French. On the heels of Dominique’s interview on their show (Apple | Spotify), these beauties have joined our circus to tell tale of their lives in France — culture shocks, grand balls at Versailles, dating (the horrors, the triumphs), furnished apartments, and more. Perfume of the episode: Ex Nihilo Fleur Narcotique—IF YOU LOV...2025-04-151h 04

This Is Fine!Ep. 76: This Is Fine! GIFT GUIDE 2024 🎁🤶🏻(feat. Dominique’s Favorite Things)Mood: shopping guide, beauty picks, being ~*~influenced~*~ The annual gift guide + recommendation list is back! Welcome to our 2024 extravaganza. 🌟🎄FIND THE WHOLE (SHOPPABLE) GIFT GUIDE HERE🎄🌟 From beauty, home, and hobby must-haves to Dominique’s sparkly luxury personal wishlist, your unfathomably niche holiday shopping guide has arrived! Since Dominique considers herself a tiny wannabe Oprah, we’re back with Dominique's Favorite Things 2024, which ended up being a lot of beauty, fragrance, an assortment of pink items, and all things French and Italian. Plus, some fun and aesthetic thi...2024-12-1437 min

This Is Fine!Episode 75: Manifestation 101 (feat. Scott Haug, Master Manifestation Coach) 💸⚡Mood: self dev, spiritual, educational, empowering, getting the bag Ready to “call in” some more good things? Health, wealth, love, partnership, success… a new pair of shoes or a perfume? 10k TikTok followers? IDK!? You can do it all. Scott Haug, master manifestation coach (who studied under Bob Proctor of The Secret!!), talks us through the basics of manifestation, how to create a manifestation practice, and how he personally manifested a seven-figure income in a year (AND used the Law of Attraction and Art of Allowing to get out of depression and a life he didn’t...2024-11-2757 min

This Is Fine!Episode 74: SATURN 🪐 and the Astrology of Business (feat. Shannon Aganza & Mike Jones) 💼💫Mood: cosmic, self development, educational, career & money A blend of the spiritual and the practical… astrology meets business… Saturn in Pisces! Shannon Aganza, master oracular astrologer (and Dominique’s teacher and mentor) joins us with a bonus guest, Mike Jones, attorney, entrepreneur, serial business founder, and all around “president business” vibe (IYKYK). Together Dominique & the crew talk about: Saturn: the planet, the vibe, the energy, what it means in astrology and in your life Saturn in Pisces: Where Saturn is currently transiting in the cosmos… what it means for us, what’s go...2024-11-2059 min

This Is Fine!Episode 73: Ask a French Guy (feat. Étienne Hoegeli) 🇫🇷🥖Mood: culture, dating, AMA style, life in Paris Welcome to a Parisian guy’s ask me anything (AMA)... We’re asking all your questions today that you submitted on Instagram, including French guy red flags, the best way to meet French guys, and their dating style. Born-and-raised Parisian, Étienne Hoegeli, is our frenchman du jour and fielded the most savage of inquiries you lobbed at him (like “WHY DO YOU ALL SMOKE” in all caps). Étienne can answer more of your questions on Instagram, here. — IF YOU LOVED TODAY’S EPISODE, please leave us...2024-11-131h 03

This Is Fine!Episode 72: An American in Paris — in Your 20s, 30s, and Beyond (feat. Tessa Bicard, @madametartempion) 💖🇫🇷Mood: fun and relaxed, Parisian history, French culture, personal Curious about what it’s like to live in Paris? Tessa Bicard, aka @madametartempion on TikTok and Instagram, joins us for a long chat about her experience living in the City of Light for 20 years. Tessa is an expert in all things French culture, perfume and beauty, fashion, skincare, restaurants, and so much more. She shares her stories from dating in Paris, studying at the Sorbonne, the differences between French and Californian culture, the history of plumbing in Paris (random?! But on brand) and Eau de Cologne, as we...2024-11-051h 30

This Is Fine!Episode 71: Astrology Update: End of 2024, Retrogrades and Start to 2025 Horoscope (feat. Shannon Aganza) 🔮🌌The craziness of this year doesn’t slow down, as we head into Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius (right after the election!), Mars retrograde, and then Venus retrograde and ANOTHER Mercury retrograde to kick off the first months of 2025. Shannon Aganza, master oracular astrologer (and Dominique’s teacher and mentor) walks us through the celestial forecast so you can prepare for the holiday season and use it as a time to spiritually, emotionally, and personally level up. If you want to know more about your chart, about astrology, the cosmos… and to understand your horoscope better, join Sh...2024-11-0152 min

This Is Fine!Episode 70: Perfume 101 — Finding Your Favorite Fragrance (feat. James Elliott of Filigree & Shadow) ⚡️Mood: perfume, educational, fun, deep dive Perfume on a podcast! Ready to find your signature scent, make your perfume last longer, and discover what notes you really love? James Elliott, nose and founder of American perfume house Filigree & Shadow, joins us today from Seattle to give us a perfume 101 — we’re talking all things personal fragrance! From the science to the everyday wear, and how James manages to tell a story with a symphony of olfactive notes, this XL episode covers a LOT, and James breaks it down so anyone can understand. Yo...2024-10-211h 22

OMG We Should Totally Do A PodcastStargazerI’m chatting with Dominique Michelle Astorino, an astrologer living in Paris with her golden retriever. Is your zodiac relevant to scent, or is this just a ploy to have you listen to our conversation that you will absolutely love?2024-10-121h 01

This Is Fine!Episode 69: How to Move to France (feat. Daniel Tostado, Immigration Attorney) 🇫🇷Mood: informational, Paris, practical how-to, inspiring Lifelong dream of moving to France? Wanderlust turning into wanderlove… wandercommittment perhaps? If you’ve been jonesing to make the jump and immigrate to the EU, specifically France, we’ve got Paris’s top immigration attorney for Americans on the show today: Daniel Tostado, Avocat à la Cour. Daniel himself is a fellow American, now French citizen, who followed his dream to move to France years ago — and is helping so many others make their immigration dream a reality, too. We go over the best and “ea...2024-10-071h 04

This Is Fine!Ep 68: Are You Over Your Career? + Dominique in Paris Update 💖🫠Mood: personal, deep, validating Let's catch up on life in Paris, trends in perfume and street style and have a little "fireside chat" FDR style (lol, imagine) with Dominique on some career ennui. Table of Contents: 2:02 Summer Wrapped (Dominique's debrief) 5:37 "What if you don't give a sh*t about your career" deep dive (Validate Me Harder Daddy) 17:22 Dominique's Picks, September 2024 21:20 AMA from Instagram — Ask Dominique Anything Links you might want: Dominique en Rose Substack The pe...2024-09-2529 min

This Is Fine!Episode 67: An Ohioan in Paris (feat. Morgan Hizar @bisousmorgan) 💋🇫🇷Mood: expat POV, silly goofy, Americans in Paris Welcome back to our expat/immigrant series, with another visit from @bisousmorgan — Morgan Hizar — our favorite Ohioan in Paris. Morgan shares her journey through a quarter life crisis that brought her to Paris, speaking zero French, going through five different visas, getting a masters, and deciding to build a life abroad. — IF YOU LOVED TODAY’S EPISODE, please leave us a five-star rating on whatever listening platform you found us on 🤩🥰😇DM us a screenshot of your review and we’ll buy you a coffee (no joke). Wha...2024-06-0648 min

This Is Fine!Episode 66: WHO ARE YOU?? Figuring Yourself Out & the Joy of Self Discovery (solo episode with Dominique) 😇🎀🌸Mood: quick and light, encouraging, self development, interactive Who are you? Don’t answer with your job title or what you do. You can’t say where you work. Who you’re related to. Where you went to school. What clubs you’re in. So again… who are you? This seems obvious, but often, we don’t really know. Join Dominique for a handful of minutes (the duration of a commercial break if you listen on 2x!) and get a little mini coaching session on figuring out who you are, becoming more secure, an...2024-03-2609 min

This Is Fine!Episode 65: The 2024-2025 Astrological Year Forecast (feat. Shannon Aganza) 🌌Mood: cosmic, magical, self dev, educational HAPPY ASTROLOGICAL NEW YEAR Y’ALL! Preparing for the first day of Aries season — aka the first day of the 2024-2025 astrological new year — we’ve got a look at the year(s) ahead and some major planetary shifts with Shannon Aganza, master oracular astrologer (and Dominique’s teacher and mentor). We’re talking about all three Mercury retrogrades this year, eclipses, and the shifts of Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. 0:02:45 — the 2024 vibe shift 0:07:00 — demystifying Mercury retrograde (a preview) 0:08:35 — more themes for 2024 0:1...2024-03-131h 41

This Is Fine!Episode 64: The Wellness Renaissance, + French vs. American Wellness Culture (feat. Kiana Tiese) 🧖‍♀️🧘‍♀️Mood: wellnessy, light, chatting with the girls This Is Fine! welcomes Kiana Tiese, founder of KT Wellness Concierge in Paris, to talk all things wellness — including her new business. Kiana shares her experience in the wellness communities in New York versus Paris, how she started her business in Paris, and what she hopes to bring to this market abroad. Named “The Real Emily in Paris” by Elle New Zealand (flex!), Kiana has begun hosting wellness events across Paris, combining things like skincare and pilates, healthy brunches, and now — wait for it — astrology! Dominique will be the guest a...2024-03-0652 min

This Is Fine!Episode 63: Becoming a TikTok MILLIONAIRE with @americanfille (feat. Amanda Rollins) 🇺🇸🇫🇷Mood: silly goofy, americans in paris, life advice, chill Welcome to our second episode with @americanfille, Amanda Rollins, THE American in Paris, who just hit 1M on TikTok! *cue air horn sounds* She's the Greenfield High School French Club President, number one Niska fangirl, Paris Big Sister, and Chief of Pickpocket Police in Paris: Amanda has been inspiring and entertaining her community for years, and has graced our podcast with her voice for a second time! We are #blessed. Amanda (and Morgan!) convinced Dominique to move to Paris after recording episode 31, and today s...2024-02-291h 10

This Is Fine!Episode 62: Career Coaching & Channeling Your Confidence in the Workplace (feat. Trish Seidel, Founder of Marketing Big Sister) 👩‍💼💻Mood: career vibes, confidence boost, coaching Ready for a free career coaching session with a badass expert? Trish Seidel, Head of Content at DJUST (a B2B tech company in Paris), Founder of Marketing Big Sister, and high key LinkedIn influencer joins us to teach you how to create your own personal brand in your professional life. Trish guides you through how to navigate being a woman in the workplace, advocate for yourself, manage conflict successfully, negotiate better, and land more leadership roles and promotion opportunities. With her MBA specialized in business communication and brand s...2024-02-2142 min

This Is Fine!Episode 61: Dating With Dani: Leading With Sweetness (feat. Dani Mejias Malick) 💌👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Mood: romantic, dating advice, self development Happy Valentine’s Day, and welcome to our first dating coaching episode, Dating With Dani! We’ve brought in coach and branding expert Dani Mejias Malick (@daniemme) to chat about some male-female dynamics, observations, and suggestions for single girlies looking for a boyfriend, husband, or general romantic partner. Dani’s come to us with a hypothesis (we LOVE a woman in STEM!) called “Leading With Sweetness.” The tension in the straight dating world is thick, and not in the fun spicy way… Dani has been investigating how to ease tension, imbu...2024-02-1454 min

This Is Fine!Episode 60: Expats in Paris (feat. Jasmin Breakstone) 🇺🇸🇫🇷Mood: Paris themed, expat POV, silly goofy mood Parlez-vous français ? Jasmin didn’t when she first moved to Paris to get her masters. Join us for another episode of the expat series, where we’re following the stories of young Americans (and Canadians!) immigrating to France to start a new life in Paris. Like the Hemingways and Steins who came before them, each has a different experience, a different POV, and a different path. Jasmin Breakstone, a Taurus Sun Virgo Rising (slay), witchy wellness aficionado, coach-in-training, cheese connoisseur, and sober curious queen guides...2024-02-071h 00

This Is Fine!Ep 60: Expats in Paris (feat. Jasmin Breakstone) 🇺🇸🇫🇷Mood: Paris themed, expat POV, silly goofy mood Parlez-vous français ? Jasmin didn’t when she first moved to Paris to get her masters! Join us for another episode of the expat series, where we’re following the stories of young Americans (and Canadians!) immigrating to France to start a new life in Paris. Like the Hemingways and Steins who came before them, each has a different experience, a different POV, and a different path. Jasmin Breakstone, a Taurus Sun Virgo Rising (slay), witchy wellness aficionado, coach-in-training, cheese connoisseur, and sober curious queen guides...2024-02-071h 02

This Is Fine!Episode 59: Moulin Rouge, Building a Business, and Being a Canadian in Paris (feat. Allie Goodbun) 🇨🇦🇫🇷Mood: fun and personal, Paris themed, silly Join us for a conversation with the one and only Allie Goodbun (find her here on TikTok and Instagram), principal dancer at THE Moulin Rouge in Paris. Allie and Dominique chat about what brought them to France, life as an expat in Paris, and observations about cultural differences. The Toronto-born dancer shares her “day in the life” of a Moulin Rouge dancer, as well as how she started her new international business, Ready Freddie. Check out Ready Freddie and use Allie’s discount (FREDDIE10!) at checkout at readyfreddieshop.com to...2024-01-181h 01

This Is Fine!Episode 58: The 111 Portal (January 11, 2024), Numerology and Spiritual Forecast for 2024, and Manifestation 101 (feat. Shannon Aganza) ✨🕰️1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣🕰️✨Mood: spiritual, cosmic, manifestation, self development Today, January 11 (1/11 or 11/1, depending on where you live and how you write dates!) is the “111 portal.” You may have seen some advice on TikTok about manifesting and calling in what you want on this energetically charged day, but our master astrologer, celestial teacher, spiritual hygiene expert, numerologist, and moon mama Shannon Aganza is here with some DIFFERENT advice. Yes, manifesting is coming… but we need to check on some other things first! This is our first episode diving into the world of numerology. To figure out your personal number (based...2024-01-1155 min

This Is Fine!Episode 57: Therapy Sesh: Somatic Therapy 101 (feat. Jason Maas, LMHC) 🧠❤️‍🩹Mood: therapeutic, educational, peaceful Ready for some therapy? We’re connecting the body and mind — and learning all about somatic therapy and somatic healing with expert Jason Maas, New York-based mind-body-soul psychotherapist and founder of Shadowlight Center. Ever wondered why some experiences literally make our stomach sink, or feel like a pain in the neck? Jason has the answers. In today’s “session” we’re diving into how we experience emotions in our physical bodies, and how we can use pain and physical sensation as clues into what our minds and hearts really need. To learn mor...2023-12-1352 min

This Is Fine!Episode 56: Astrology for LOVE & Cosmic Romance (feat. Oak, founder of OAK ASTROLOGY SCHOOL) 🌌❤️‍🔥Mood: astrology, romance & love, educational Ready to find a romance written in the stars? A love story from the galaxy? Oak, creator of Oak Astrology School is here to help. We’re looking at our OWN charts to find partnership, love, and real meaningful relationships. Oak created the course “Don’t Pull Up Your Crush’s Chart” to teach relational astrology from a more introspective POV. Our natal charts are a map… a treasure map, if you will… for so many areas of our lives. Let Oak guide you through this cosmic quest toward the love of your li...2023-12-071h 02

This Is Fine!Episode 55: This Is Fine GIFT GUIDE 🎁(feat. Dominique’s Favorite Things From 2023) 🤶🏻Mood: shopping guide, holiday, just girly things, being ~*~influenced~*~ The annual gift guide + recommendation list is back! Welcome to our 2023 extravaganza. ****** FIND THE WHOLE (SHOPPABLE) GIFT GUIDE HERE (under the super neglected transcripts tab of our website). ****** From beauty and home must-haves to Dominique’s extremely unrealistic personal wishlist, your unfathomably niche holiday shopping guide has arrived! Since Dominique considers herself a tiny wannabe Oprah, we’re back with a Dominique’s Favorite Things 2023, which ended up being a lot of beauty, fragrance, powder pink, and all things...2023-11-2929 min

This Is Fine!Episode 54: Your Own “Eras Tour,” Life Chapters, and How to Glow Up (feat. Jenny Gaither, your personal glow up coach) ✨Mood: validating, personal development, reflective, fun What do you want to be when you ‘grow up’? Here’s a fun concept: you don’t have to just be one thing your whole life. Your style may change, your preferences may change, your appearance may change, your interests and passions and hobbies and careers… you get it. You have your own ERAS. Different life chapters. Seasons. You can live a dynamic life! As Oscar Wilde once said, “If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariab...2023-11-221h 03

This Is Fine!Episode 53: Dominique in Paris, The Update 🎀🇫🇷🎀Mood: Paris, personal, travel + culture Welcome to the first official recorded-in-Paris episode, where Dominique answers listener questions about the past 4.5 months of living in the land of baguettes and romance. You're going to hear all about the "Emily in Paris Yellow Brick Road™." Topics include favorite things to do in Paris, funniest language mishaps, raclette, fun Paris restaurants, making friends in a new country, the Ispahan croissant at Pierre Hermé, homesickness, Chanel parties, iPhone theft on the Paris Métro, and Parisian fashion trends (spoiler: UGGs are involved, shockingly). This is a quick 15 minut...2023-11-1717 min

This Is Fine!Episode 52: Unlock Your Inner Beauty, Health, and Happiness with TCM (feat. Sandra Lanshin Chiu, L.Ac. Founder of LANSHIN) 🪡🧖‍♀️🌿Mood: wellness + health, educational, beauty “Health and beauty is our original condition,” says TIF’s latest guess, Sandra Lanshin Chiu, L.Ac. and founder of LANSHIN beauty. After studying alongside world leaders in Traditional Chinese Medicine and dermatology, from California to Beijing to New York, Sandra has become a pioneer and leader herself. She shares the TCM approach to skincare and dermatology, and how “health is the foundation of beauty.” By looking at health and beauty through the TCM lens, Sandra teaches us about Qi, gua sha, and more. Grab yourself a hot cup of tea...2023-11-081h 04

This Is Fine!Episode 51: FOMO, Comparison, and the BS of Societal Timelines (feat. Dr. Kevin Gillilland, PsyD) 🕰️⏳Mood: therapy, mental health focused, upbeat, validating WELCOME BACK! It’s been a (longer than anticipated) minute since we’ve last chatted, but This Is Fine! Podcast is back in action after Dominique moved to Paris (salut de la France, tout le monde!). Perhaps over this past summer (and start to autumn) you felt a little bit of FOMO, or got jealous of someone’s vacation updates on TikTok and Instagram. Maybe you haven’t gotten promoted yet, or saw that everyone in your age group has begun to buy a house. Have you gone to one to...2023-11-0152 min

This Is Fine!Episode 50: Astro Forecast: Venus Rx in Leo 2023 ❤️‍🔥🦁Mood: astrology, horoscope, astro lesson, self love Join us for an astro-forecast-slash-lesson with our #1 star queen, Shannon Aganza. Today’s lesson is all about Venus retrograde in Leo, and what that means for your sign… and your summer! - Get your astro chart here: https://astro-charts.com (Select Whole Sign or Koch house system, depending on your level of understanding of astrology) Refresh your memory on the 12 houses of astrology in episode 39. - Time Stamps for Each Rising Sign 52:36 - Leo Rising / 1st house 53...2023-07-131h 27

This Is Fine!Episode 49: PARIS, Baby! 🇫🇷😇Join us for a special announcement... a new (French) chapter is about to begin!2023-07-0610 min

This Is Fine!Episode 48: Adult Women with ADHD (feat. Terry Matlen, MSW, psychotherapist AND 4 bonus guests!) ⚡️🧠Mood: educational, empowering, validating, insightful, mental health Has TikTok diagnosed you with ADHD? Have you actually been diagnosed with ADHD? If you're female, there's an extra hurdle for you. The gender gap in research and diagnoses leaves many women and girls undiagnosed and untreated... sometimes for their entire lives. This episode takes in four accounts of adult women who were diagnosed with ADHD at different stages in their lives, from their 20s to their 60s. We interview Terry Matlen, MSW, psychotherapist and acclaimed ADHD expert. Terry has a clinical and personal...2023-07-011h 28

This Is Fine!Episode 47: Perfume Smash or Pass (feat. Caroline Stern) 👃🍋🌹🌱Mood: unhinged, fragrance reviews, perfume and beauty Searching for a new personal fragrance? Caroline and Dominique are reviewing 14 popular perfumes from Twisted Lily (you can sniff along with us using code THISISFINE10 on twistedlily.com). This is a big episode so we’ll cut to the chase… Here’s what we’ve got on deck for a game of SMASH or PASS: Sintra - Memo Paris Opus Kore - Vilhelm Moon Carnival - Vilhelm Dama Bianca - Xerjoff Eau de Protection - État Libre d’Orange Not A Perfume - Juliette Has a Gun Oud Satin M...2023-06-211h 49

This Is Fine!Episode 46: HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS IS FINE 🎂Mood: mini episode, gratitude, year in review Welcome to this Gemini baby’s first birthday party! Our beloved podcast is officially a year old, and we’re celebrating a whole 12 months of connecting with you: our global community! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a part of this journey, and for making This Is Fine! Podcast a top 10% podcast in the world. We’re honored to provide free mental health resources, health and wellness content, and inspirational conversations that teach you something new or make you laugh. Cheers! 🥂 — To suppor...2023-06-1807 min

This Is Fine!Episode 45: Hot Girl Summer Astro Forecast 2023 (feat. Shannon Aganza) ♑️♌️♍️Mood: astrology, mystic, horoscope, fun We’re back babes! (Almost) ONE year later, we’re here with another hot girl summer astrology forecast. Shannon Aganza, our master oracular astrologer, gives us the summer 2023 horoscope, your cosmic breakdown: Pluto retrograde from Aquarius into Capricorn, Venus retrograde in Leo, Mercury retrograde in Virgo, and what that all means for your sign (and summer plans). Shannon talks about merging your heart and mind, getting into your feels, doing some internal work, and using the cosmic weather to level up. 2023-06-1439 min

This Is Fine!BONUS EPISODE: Get to Know Dominique, pt.2 (feat. guest host Cheyenne Arnold) 🦋Mood: personal, silly, chill Guest host Cheyenne Arnold is back to give another look into the mind of your host, Dominique. Hear about adult hobbies, designing a life around a gelato-inspired cake, how to have a “board of directors” meetings with your trusted friends, and a forthcoming screenplay inspired by Sex and the City, Marvel, and Emily and Paris. 🦋 2023-06-1031 min

This Is Fine!Episode 44: Healthy Skin, Healthy Aging, and Getting the GLOW (feat. Dr. Loretta Ciraldo of Dr. Loretta Skincare) 🧖‍♀️🧴Mood: educational, self care and skincare, health and wellness Need some skincare guidance? Look no further: the absolute LEGEND, Dr. Loretta is on the show today to teach us her ways. Dr. Loretta Ciraldo, MD, FAAD, the icon and name behind Dr. Loretta skincare, is a Miami-based board certified dermatologist with over 40 years of clinical experience — she also was among the first researchers to study the effects of UVA radiation on skin at Harvard's photobiology lab in the 1970s. Today, she’s chatting with Dominique about skincare ingredients, sun protection (she’s a major SP...2023-06-0851 min

This Is Fine!Episode 43: Niche Luxury Hot Girls, Round 3 (feat. Caroline Stern) 🦢🥥Mood: insane, niche luxury, mental health Niche Luxury Hot Girl queen mother @CarolineMStern from TikTok (hot girl anthropologist) has quickly become your favorite guest on the show, so team TIF has officially invited her to be a part of the team, bringing you regular NLHG updates. Today’s download includes the standard “things Niche Luxury Hot Girls are loving” and ends with a mental health state of the union. In between? Insanity. Summer trends, net bags, almond moms, robot oracles, the history of cola, and sleep paralysis demons. 🦢🥥 Find Caroline on TikTok to see...2023-05-311h 36

This Is Fine!Episode 42: Breaking Up With Alcohol (feat. Cheyenne Arnold) 🙅‍♀️🍻Mood: personal, inspiring, self development Sober curious? So was Cheyenne. After a health scare and some reflecting on habits and life goals, Dominique’s bff (who you may remember from episode 9!) decided to cut booze from the equation. She’s sharing her journey with alcohol and how its removal from her life has changed everything for the better. Whether you’re considering being “California sober,” reducing your alcohol intake, or needing to quit cold turkey, this is a personal and inspiring account from someone who’s literally doing it live. — If you’re strug...2023-05-2550 min

This Is Fine!Episode 41: Overwhelmed? Reset Your Nervous System with Dominique 🥲⚡️Mood: pep talk, mental health, how-to, positive coaching Stressed, anxious, depressed, overwhelmed? Going through it? Having a rough go of it, in a tough season of life? Maybe this is NOT fine?! Same, girl. We all go through cycles like this, when it feels like everything is falling apart, or we’re in a funk we just can’t shake off. But managing stress and anxiety can feel as overwhelming as the stress itself sometimes! In today’s quick chat, Dominique talks through some mental health strategies for resetting your nervous system a...2023-05-1719 min

This Is Fine!Episode 40: POV: You’re Awake During Brain Surgery (feat. Brett Stanley) 🧠 👀Mood: crazy story, health, inspirational We’re joined today by Brett Stanley (@theninjashaman) from The Smart Fit Method (Dominique’s favorite AI-driven gym in San Diego!) — Brett has a WILD storytime for all of us today. Picture this: you’re 27, you’ve got a brain bleed, and you need surgery… but you have to be AWAKE during brain surgery. If you’ve ever wondered what that’s like (first off, do you need a therapist) then today’s episode is for you! Brett shares his experience navigating a scary life-or-death moment, plus his thoughts on healthcare, medical...2023-05-1058 min

This Is Fine!Episode 39: ASTRO 101: The Houses of Astrology (feat. Shannon Aganza) 💫😇Mood: astrology, mystic, educational Do you know what the astrology houses are? We learned about the Moon signs in episode 6, and the rising signs (ascendant) in episode 15… now you’ll want to learn the houses. The houses in astrology will help you finally understand your horoscope and your natal chart. Our astrologer queen Shannon joins us yet again for another foundational lesson in astrology. We’re walking through the 12 zodiac houses, including what they represent, and which areas of your life fit into which houses. Ready to learn more from Shannon? Her Moon...2023-05-031h 33

This Is Fine!Episode 38: TCM 101: Herbology (it’s Real!) (feat. Sara Sas, L.Ac, herbalist) 🌿🎋Mood: wellness + health, educational, learning something cool Did you think herbology was just part of the curriculum at Hogwarts with Professor Sprout? (millennial joke alert!) It’s a real practice… and it’s real life magic, outside the wizarding world. Sara Sas, L.Ac, a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, began learning about herbology decades ago when she was a paramedic (and disappointed with the American healthcare system). Discovering the beautiful, ancient practice of TCM, she took to the system of medicinal plants, fungi, and minerals — and today, it’s an integral part of her healing practice. 2023-04-1956 min

This Is Fine!Episode 37: Spring 2023 Astro Forecast (ARIES ENERGY!) and the Nodal Shift (feat. Shannon Aganza) ♈️🐏♎️Mood: astrology, horoscope, spiritual, mental health, self development Your springtime cosmic forecast has arrived! The nodes are shifting, and we’re entering an Aries era… but what does that mean? Get the horoscope + spiritual guidance from our celestial queen and in-house oracular astrologer, Shannon Aganza. ♈️💫♎️ Shannon’s cosmic assignments for you: Mantra: “I am” and/or “I am sovereign” and/or "I am clear" Prompt: Ask yourself “Why am I so triggered by this?” any time you have a strong or heightened, exaggerated emotional reaction to something... "Why am I having a physiological respon...2023-04-121h 01

This Is Fine!Episode 36: Niche Luxury Hot Girls, Round 2 (feat. Caroline Stern) 🧴🍒Mood: silly, happy hour vibes, product recommendations, mental health Niche Luxury Hot Girl queen mother @CarolineMStern from TikTok — hot girl anthropologist and TIF ‘columnist’ — joins Dominique again for a second update on things niche luxury hot girls are loving, mental health, fragrance notes, and the “gourdification of Louis Vuitton.” Also covered: mermaidcore, sirencore, celestialcore, vegetable notes in fragrance, eating oranges in the shower, chatGPT, the speed of the trend cycle, orange blossoms, mental health state of the union, gourmand cleaning products, intimissimi boat neck tops, velvet chokers, filial piety, et. al. Link mentioned in the episod...2023-04-051h 22

This Is Fine!Episode 35: TRAUMA HOUR | Accidentally Finding a Brain Tumor + Adult ADHD Diagnosis (feat. Avery Bredesen) 🧠⚡️Mood: crazy story, empowering, health advocacy, mental health chat Picture this: you’re on a road trip to Harry Potter World with your sister, and suddenly a semi truck launches your car into a median — you think the hospital will diagnose you with a concussion, but instead they find a brain tumor. “Accidentally finding a brain tumor on the way to Harry Potter World” wasn’t on Avery Bredesen’s 2022 bingo card, but her world (real world, not wizarding) got rocked this past September. Avery shares her too-crazy-to-make-up story with Dominique in this special editi...2023-03-291h 01

This Is Fine!Episode 34: MOON BEAUTY — Using Astrology to Uplevel Your Beauty Routine (feat. Shannon + Nina Aganza) 🌕🌔🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔Mood: astrology, educational, crash course Welcome to a behemoth of an astrological lesson — this week’s two-hour special encompasses a full-blown breakdown of the moon in each sign and phase, and what you can do for your beauty and self care during each of those 24+ phases. How does an Aries Full Moon differ from a Cancer waxing moon? You’re about to find out. Bookmark this one so you can come back to it when you're ready to book your appointments — get your hair done, go to the dentist, and plan a facial, all with the guidance of the co...2023-03-221h 52

This Is Fine!This Is... Out Of OfficeWe're OOO! Listen back to episodes you've missed in the interim... and we'll see you soon! À bientôt, byeeee!2023-03-0201 min

This Is Fine!Episode 33: Niche Luxury Hot Girls (feat. Caroline Stern) 🎀👼Mood: silly, funny, happy hour vibes, product recommendations, mental health If you need a mood booster today, look no further. Founding mother of the Niche Luxury Hot Girl concept/community, This Is Fine! listener, and Taurus queen @CarolineMStern from TikTok joins Dominique for a chat about NLHG, mental health, and adding little bits of luxury to your life. What IS a “Niche Luxury Hot Girl,” anyway? Caroline explains how this concept is more than just curated shopping trends, and how it helps heal our inner child (chic!). The girlies chat about things NLHGs love, including speci...2023-02-221h 14

This Is Fine!Episode 32: ASTRO 101: Finding Your Cosmic Soulmate for Valentine's Day 💌🌹Mood: cosmic, romantic, short-and-sweet, fun, light Happy Valentine's Day, This Is Fine! family! We've got a short-and-sweet cosmic lesson from our astrology queen Shannon Aganza, helping you figure out which signs you'll vibe with. Friends, lovers, soul connections... falling 'in like' or falling in love... it all comes down to the elements of astrology (fire, air, earth, water) and Shannon breaks down how this contributes to long lasting relationships. Are you ready for some zodiac matchmaking? 2023-02-1415 min

This Is Fine!BONUS EPISODE: Dominique's In/Out List 2023What are your ins and outs for 2023? What's in for 2023, and what are we leaving behind in 2022? Dominique shares her thoughts on this TikTok topic. Spoiler alert: raw onions are out.2023-02-1013 min

This Is Fine!Episode 31: The REAL Emilies in Paris (feat. @americanfille and @bisousmorgan) — love, language-barriers, and la vie en France 🇫🇷Mood: saucy, travel-inspired, personal, silly, happy hour vibes Meet the REAL Emily… or should we say, Emilies (plural!)… in Paris: Amanda Rollins (@americanfille) and Morgan Hizar (@bisousmorgan). Two Americans who left their chilly hometowns (in New England and the midwest, respectively) and went to Paris searching for a fresh start and a romantic life. One’s a francophile, one’s never taken a single French class, both start their journeys as au pairs. Fast forward five years, and they’ve got a Netflix-worthy story under their Sézane belts. Amanda and Morgan join Dominique for a chat abou...2023-02-081h 26

This Is Fine!Episode 30: TRAUMA HOUR | Boundaries, Narcissism, Gaslighting, and Self Trust (feat. Jenny Gaither) 🫶🏻Mood: empowering, validating, self discovering + improvement Confidence and mindset coach Jenny Gaither (host of Mind Your Confidence!) is BACK for a Trauma Hour™ session with Dominique to unpack a recent traumatic experience they had on a hot girl walk. We're using this as a jumping off point to chat about BOUNDARIES, dealing with NARCISSISM, and what GASLIGHTING really means. Feeling taken advantage of, having your boundaries disrespected, interacting with narcissistic personalities, and being gaslit are near universal experiences that we can all grow from. Jenny offers some of her coaching strategies to help us all gr...2023-02-021h 13

This Is Fine!Episode 29: The Doctor Is IN — Women’s Hormones pt2: PCOS, Birth Control/The Pill, Cycle Syncing, Pregnancy, Postpartum Mental Health, & More (feat. Catharine Marshall, MD, board-certified OB/GYN)👩🏼Mood: medical, educational, informational, accessible 👩🏼‍⚕️ Welcome back to part 2 of our two-part hormone series with Dr. Catharine Marshall, board-certified OB/GYN in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Marshall answers listener questions about hormones, including working out during your menstrual cycle, treating PCOS, why we don’t use the term ‘geriatric pregnancy’ anymore, how to make sure your hormones are ‘balanced,’ and postpartum mental health.2023-01-2540 min

This Is Fine!Episode 28: Traditional Chinese Medicine 101 — Acupuncture, Gua Sha, Yin-Yang, Herbology, and the Elements (feat. Sara Sas, L.Ac.) 🪡🌿Mood: wellness, education, learning something cool Welcome to the world of TCM — traditional Chinese medicine — including acupuncture, herbology (yes, like Harry Potter, but REAL!), gua sha, cupping, tongue diagnosis, yin and yang, elements, and more. Licensed acupuncturist and face reader Sara Sas, L.Ac. of Beauty Point By Point in La Jolla, CA, guides us through an educational-yet-accessible introduction to this ancient, fascinating world of wellness. With her ‘western’ medicine background (she was an EMT!) and ‘eastern’ specialization, she is able to see how the two worlds work together — and help patients heal themselves. Sara explains the b...2023-01-1852 min

This Is Fine!Episode 27: THERAPY SESH: Feel Happier + Improve Your Mental Health in 2023 (feat. Dr. Kevin Gilliland, PsyD) 😇Mood: therapy, mental health focused, upbeat, how-to Our therapist is back for another “session” — Dr. Kevin Gilliland, PsyD (who you’ll remember from episodes 2 and 24) joins us to discuss New Year’s resolutions and how to be happier in 2023. With mental health resolution suggestions, happiness tips, and some shocking stats about news/media and our mental wellbeing, this is a must-listen to kick off the new year. At the very least, you’ll learn (at a minimum) three things you can do to support your mental health. Some things you’ll hear… ★ Resolution suggestions like a social medi...2023-01-1158 min

This Is Fine!Episode 26: New Year’s Resolutions — 9 Tips to Make Your Dream Life a Reality (feat. Dominique) 📝⚡Mood: empowering, tips, how-to, practical Happy 2023!!! Dominique guides you through — wait for it — New Year’s resolutions (Resolutions? In January?? Groundbreaking!!!) to help you identify pitfalls in your goal setting, how to work around them, and strategies for setting goals you can actually keep to improve your life. It’s a lot shorter than listening to a self-help audio book… like a self improvement amuse bouche of sorts. What do you actually *want*?? That's a question we explore a lot in this episode. Get your journals ready, kids. Bonus! Combine this episode with ep. 25 (the...2023-01-0429 min

This Is Fine!Episode 25: 2023 Astro Forecast — Your Zodiac Year Ahead with Shannon Aganza 🔮🌌Mood: astrology, horoscope, hopeful/upbeat Happy winter solstice! It’s our last episode of 2022, and we’re closing it out the best way we know how: with our astrologer extraordinaire/This Is Fine!'s mystic mom Shannon, forecasting the year ahead. This one’s a doozy — we’ve got all the big themes of 2023 on lock, including: Saturn in Pisces Pluto in Aquarius Jupiter in Taurus Nodal Shift to Aries-Libra Venus Retrograde in Leo And, of course… your 2023 horoscope for every single zodiac sign! Time stamps: 3:40 — Saturn in Pisces (begins March 7) 29:30 — Pluto in Aquarius (begins March 23) 40:50 — Jupiter in Taurus (begins April 22) 48:00...2022-12-221h 41

Mind Your ConfidenceEP 5: Top Four Life Lessons From Our Late 20's to Early 30's With Dominique Michelle AstorinoAs two friends setting out for another “hot girl walk” in San Diego, we couldn’t help but reflect on the wealth of invaluable life lessons we had learned since unlocking the door to our late twenties. Life since then has been a wild and unpredictable journey - not without its hardships, but with many empowering moments too. It had become clear that these revelations would be valuable gems to share with another MYC babe just like us. So, this episode was born; an exploration of four essential takeaways from our transitionary period: experiences meant to bring laught...2022-12-2041 min

This Is Fine!Episode 24: THERAPY SESH: Holiday Mental Health & Winter SAD Toolkit (feat. Dr. Kevin Gilliland, PsyD) ☃️Mood: therapy, mental health focused, upbeat, how-to Happy holidays!! If you haven’t booked your holiday therapy sessions, fear not… we’ve got a therapist here (one of our favorites on planet earth!!) to walk us through holiday and winter mental health strategies for stress, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Kevin Gilliland, PsyD, clinical psychologist and director of Innovation360 in Dallas, TX, has tips for managing every holiday stressor, from financial stress to family dynamics to body image and loneliness – plus some intel on seasonal depression (seasonal affective disorder, or SAD). Consider this your wintertime toolkit for your emotiona...2022-12-141h 25

This Is Fine!Episode 23: 2023 BEAUTY FORECAST: Skincare, Makeup, and Wellness (feat. Zoë Weiner from Well+Good) 🧖‍♀️Mood: glam chat, interview, beauty and skincare The best of beauty 2022, and the trends you’ll see in 2023, forecasted by the pros. We tapped New York beauty guru (and one of our fav Geminis) Zoë Weiner, sr. beauty editor at Well+Good, host of Zoë Tries It All on YouTube and the Routine Rundown Podcast. Dominique and Zoë chat about skincare, beauty standards, doing less (a favorite theme, here) and favorite products, of course! Hear about the best beauty, skincare, and wellness we picked up in 2022, and what we’re taking into the new year. [PS, you...2022-12-0730 min

This Is Fine!Episode 22: This Is Fine GIFT GUIDE 🎁 (feat. Dominique’s Favorite Things 2022) 🤶🏻Mood: shopping guide, beauty picks, being ~*~influenced~*~ From French pharmacy haul must-haves to Dominique’s extremely unrealistic personal wishlist, your unfathomably niche holiday shopping guide has arrived! Since Dominique considers herself a tiny white Oprah, she did a Dominique’s Favorite Things 2022, which ended up being a lot of skincare, travel, perfume, and some random things you might want for your house/life (*gestures broadly at everything*). Your shopping list/episode companion can be found here, under the super neglected transcripts tab of our website. Happy holidays!2022-11-3040 min

This Is Fine!Episode 21: The Doctor Is IN —Women’s Hormones 101 (feat. Catharine Marshall, MD, board-certified OB/GYN) 👩🏼‍⚕️Mood: medical, educational Ah, hormones. It’s a complicated, complex, and often overwhelming topic, but hormones impact every second of our lives. Want to learn more? You’re in luck! Today, we’ve got a guide — board-certified OB/GYN Catharine Marshall, MD, from La Jolla, CA (the Shangri-La of healthcare) — to walk us through women’s hormones, specifically. Estrogen, insulin, progesterone, testosterone, LH, FSH, and so much more. Did you know there are over 50 hormones in your body? Now you do. Today, you can get versed in what’s going on in your body and pick up some me...2022-11-2352 min

This Is Fine!AWAY MESSAGE 💻🖤🎶🫶🏻Temporary Away Message We're away for a bit — sorry for the interruption in your content! We should be back on schedule next week. xoxo, Dominique 2022-11-0701 min