Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari - The Reset: Laguna Surprises, The Hills, and Season Two

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

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The following podcast is a dear media production. This is Let's Be Honest with Kristen Cavalry, a podcast all about getting real and open on everything from sex, relationships, reality TV, wellness, family, and so much more. And just a fair warning, there will probably be some oversharing. And just like that, we are back. Welcome in to Let's Be Honest. It has been a month since I have seen you guys. Thank you for allowing me the month to just take a minute. And while it was only a month, little hiatus that I went on,

it actually in a lot of ways felt like an eternity in the best way possible. It was really nice, you guys, having the last month to just slow down a little and regroup kind of get excited now. for the future. You know, because here's the thing. I've actually been podcasting for four years straight because, while let's be honest, we've had for two years, I did the Back to the Beach podcast with Stephen for two years before that. And so potting has been my life for four years and I've loved it. I mean, truly, this is the ultimate dream job. I'm so thankful for it. But it was nice to be able to take a step back and realize that, you know what, I can do this. And I needed it because what it allowed

me to do not only slow down and I'll get into what I've been doing for the past months, but it allowed me to kind of take a step back, reassess the pod in general, and kind of look at the last two years of like, okay, you know, what's done well? What do you guys resonate? with where do I want to go now in the future? And because I actually did just sign a new contract for the podcast. So I'm really excited. And I'm going to do another two to three years. And how I'm sort of looking at it is like season one of let's be honest. And now we're moving into season two of let's be honest. And I am going to do a little rebrand. I'm launching a new photo. And it's just, I just feel like it's that. It's season two. It's part two of the podcast. And when I look at the last two

years, especially like where I started the podcast with, I feel like I'm a completely different person, which is a good thing. You know, I hope that I continue to evolve and grow my whole life. I never want to look back two years later and be like, wow, I'm in the exact same spot, you know? I mean, God, I even think about like the first few episodes, like the fall of 23, I guess it was. Like when I first joined Raya and I was going on. a million dates and like Justin and I were talking about my dating life all the time and there were so many great stories and I mean and it was so fun right it was so fun but like when I look back at that phase I'm like I don't even know that person anymore because I'm just it's just so

different to where I'm at right now and I also I think you know the first half of this year was really chaotic for me between going on my first podcast tour. were filming a TV show for it, being back on TV, you know, doing the whole press circuit for a TV show. And just really feeling like my life was really exposed and I felt really accessible. And I've told you guys, but I don't like when I'm in the media. I really don't. I don't know. I don't think that's something I'll ever get used to. And in addition to deleting TikTok, which I told you guys last time, I don't. I don't. pay attention to any of the media outlets anymore. I had a fake account and I was following all of

the like Us Weekly and people and all that shit. And I unfollowed all of that stuff. I actually don't even really go on my fake account anymore because that's kind of what it was for. And that is in itself offered me a level of peace. And I did that before deleting TikTok. Like I did that months and months ago. But I just think, and again, it kind of goes with what I said on the last podcast a month ago with we get to control what. information is coming into our world. And so that was kind of part of it as well. But I for me, like I really love when I can do the podcast and we can just leave it here. You know, like I love when I can tell you guys things, but when it gets left on the podcast. Because like you guys as my

listeners are, I would say like my real people, you know, it's when the media outlets take something from the podcast, turn it into a headline, gets taken out of context that like I just don't like that whole thing. And so I felt like with the headline world of it all, it just was a lot. It was a lot. And even though I don't see them firsthand, I can tell with kind of what's going on with my DMs, friends. Obviously, I have a publicist. You know, it's like my mom sometimes will say stuff to me. Like I just kind of, I kind of have an idea, right? It's like kind of hard to avoid completely. But so for me, like the last month felt sort of, it was sort of reminiscent to like when my kids were

little in a lot of ways because I felt like I was home a lot more and I haven't traveled in the last month at all, which has also been really nice. So I really did just slow down in every sense of the word. And maybe that was also part of it too for me. I was traveling a lot this summer. June, for me, it was a ton of press for honestly Cavalry. And then, July and August, I was just, I was traveling a lot for fun stuff, but still, I think traveling, it does kind of take a toll on you after a while. And so I, in the last month, I've just wanted to be home and just kind of just be, live a more normal life, I guess. I don't know if that's the way to put it a more normal life, but like, just slow down. And I've done that. In the last month,

I've been in my kitchen so much more than I was able to be previously because life has gotten really busy with the kids. You know, I've got three kids that are active. They're all doing things. The boys have been in football. Sailor rides horses. And now the boys football is literally just now ending and they go right into basketball and there was like a tiny overlap. And so I have found since school started the beginning of August, every dinner was a quick dinner. It was rushed. It was like, you know, because I'm always in the car with the kids, like running from one thing to the next. And so it was like, I was only able to make like the easiest meals possible. And I actually really enjoy making a dinner for two hours or an hour and a half. Like I really do love that.

I love being in my kitchen. And I hadn't been able to do that. But in the last month, I've done that and I've even baked. Like, I've been baking. I haven't baked in so long. And so that was really nice because it really reminds me when my kids were little, because that was kind of what I did. And that was when I was, you know, making all of my cookbooks. And those were really fun for me, too, because I really do just love being in my kitchen. But so I did a lot of that. I've been reading a lot, which I got away from reading too. I've always loved reading. Even in my early 20s. I remember in L.A. when I was living in L.A., so that window from 18 to 23, I used to always go to Barnes and Noble and browse around and pick up a ton of books. And I know going to a bookstore is sort of like,

that's dead now. I don't, I don't even know how many Barnes and Nobles are around anymore, which is so sad. Isn't it crazy that it's so rare to see a bookstore now? It's really sad. But I've had a stack of books in my nightstand for years, and I finally have been chipping away at it. I've been reading so many books. I'm currently reading Verity by Colleen Hoover, and I know, I'm sure a ton of you have read that book. I'm kind of late to the game with that one. Again, it's been sitting in my nightstand for probably like two years, like since it came out. And Justin actually just told me that they're making it into a movie. So I'm excited about that. But that's a great one. Another book I'll tell you guys about is it's called E squared. And this book is awesome because it's essentially about

energy slash manifestation, right? It's kind of the same thing. But I like that this book, more than just calling it manifestation, it really talks about energy and how you can manipulate energy and essentially control your life based on your thoughts and feelings. Which is manifestation. But again, I kind of like sometimes. I like that there are like so many different words and approaches to it, but ultimately it's kind of the same thing. But this book gives you nine different experiments that you can do at home by yourself to make you realize how powerful your mind is. And I love this book because this is kind of the mode that I'm in right now. I've been in this energy in the last few months of trying to see, in fact, how much we can control

our lives. And this book is such a great reminder. Well, it can be one of two things. It can be a good reminder for you or it can be the first time you're hearing this information and it can be really validating for a newbie to be like, holy shit, these experiments really work. And I can in fact kind of control my reality. And I've turned a bunch of friends onto this book. And it's so fun because I'll be like, you know, tell me what experiment you're doing. And like, what's the thing that you, you know, we're calling in? And it works. That's all I'm going to say. A friend told me about this book. And it's just, it's awesome. And with all sorts of positive thinking, manifestation, energy, you know, even if you're well versed in this stuff, it's always, I think, a nice reminder.

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that's why I love this book, because this book really puts it at the forefront of your mind. And, you know, like I was making notes in my phone. And the book tells you to be really specific about things that you want to see in your world, things you want to call in. And it's just such a good reminder that, you guys, we really can control so much of what goes on. And you in our reality. And I know there's probably a lot of you at home listening going bullshit. And guys, I used to be like that. But that's why I love this book, because I think for all of the naysayers out there, the nonbelievers, this is a great introductory book to, I think, change your perspective on it a little bit. I would say, listen, you've got nothing to lose.

May as well pick it up. May as well try it. See what you can start to manifest into your world. And again, because everything is energy. And they say with manifestation, whatever you want, whatever the thing is that you're trying to call in, you have to be vibrating at that level. So if you want to call in love, let's say, you have to be vibrating from a place of love because you attract what you are. And so anyways, I recommend this book to anyone. it's just a really, it's a great tool and a great reminder. And I just think, yeah, like, it's, it's important. If you care about this stuff, I care about this stuff. That's kind of where I'm out in my life right now is like seeing how far I can go with it. Like how much I can, in fact,

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coming up on 10 years, which is really hard to believe. But I was reading a book at the time, and it was called Signs. And it's written by Medium. And she basically says in this book, we are all capable of receiving signs. You just have to be open to it and you have to ask. And you do need to be specific. And that's another thing that this book, E squared, or something that I learned from it, and I think it actually does say, in the book is that you do have to be really specific. So the book signs says, you know, just be open to receiving. Okay. So I, I said, okay, let me see a butterfly, but the most obvious butterfly on the planet. Like, I don't want just like a little butterfly outside. Like, I see

butterflies all the time. But I need it to be so obvious that this is a sign. And I really at the time was like trying to like call in my brother to and like talk to my brother because that's what this book signs says is that you can receive signs from loved ones. I also happen to believe that even if you don't have someone who is past, I think we all have what's called spirit guides. So I think we all, or if you want to call them angels or whatever you want to call them, we have spirits. Let's just say on the other side who are guiding us if we want them to be. If we're open to it and we ask, they will help us out. So even if you don't have someone who's passed in your life, I still think you can do this stuff. But so, okay, so I asked from my brother for a very obvious butterfly. And you guys,

I think it was the next day, I was sitting on my front porch with Sailor. She was like on a little bike or like a scooter or something. And a FedEx truck came up. And at the same time that this FedEx truck came up. A butterfly, the size of my head, I'm not kidding, came and was circling around me, circling around me. And I, it was the biggest butterfly I've ever seen in my entire life. And I stopped and went, holy shit. And Sailor was so little. I couldn't be like, Saler and like the FedEx guy is like, this girl's crazy. But I like stopped in my track. And I was like, oh, my God. It was one of the craziest things of our experience.

And then from there, you guys, I saw butterflies in the most random places at the most random times. I was on an airplane one time on the tarmac waiting to take off. And, you know, we've all, I think for the most part, been on an airplane. We've sat there. You never see a bug. There is never a bug. There is never a butterfly. There's never, like, nothing is out there.

And you guys, I was in the window seat and in the window seat or in the window was a huge butterfly. I mean, I was like, I won't shit my pants. Those are two examples of a million butterflies that I saw. And I have a butterfly tattoo on my arm. And actually what we did at the time was we did a whole butterfly collection at Uncommon James. And I took the CAD drawing that we had and that was what I made my tattoo out of. And we actually have this butterfly and all of our uncommon beauty packaging as well because the butterfly is extremely meaningful to me. And I really do look at butterflies as a sign from my brother. But anyways, my point being, you have to be open to this stuff. And I am a huge believer in this stuff. So if any of that interests you in the slightest and

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So, okay. So I've been reading a lot. Okay. I love that. I've been baking, cooking, reading a lot. I've been making really long, elaborate dinners, which it just, it makes me so happy. I've also been at the office a lot more. I usually go to my office on Tuesdays. That's the day have all my meetings. But last week, I went three days a week. And I loved it. And I just, I don't know, it's been nice for me to be back in the mix a little bit more. And we've had a lot of new hires at Uncommon James the last few months who are all exceptional, by the way. But the timing of it was great because it allowed me to be back in the mix more than I have been. And it's just, it's been a lot of fun. So, but with that being said, having a month off.

has now, it's re-energized me for the future of the pod. And because even in the last couple of years, I'll take like a week or two off here and there. But even in those two weeks, let's say, I'm still thinking about the podcast constantly because I'm so organized and so scheduled and so on top of things that I can't really just like shut my brain off from something for two weeks if I know I'm back in a week or two. But what this month allowed me to do, and actually I told myself, I wasn't going to think about the podcast at all. I wasn't going to start planning out podcasts for the future, trying to book guests. I wasn't like, that was it.

I was taking an actual break from the podcast. There was one time I went in and I started kind of like outlining things. It was more when I figured out when I was going to come back, which initially I was actually going to come back next week. But I decided I wanted to come back today because I thought it would be nice for us to do just like a quick little check-in. before next week when we start the Hill's rewatch series, which, oh my God, I'm so excited for this, you guys. I'm so freaking excited for this. The first two are done. I've already taped them. I've watched the first two of my seasons, which, by the way, I think, if I remember this correctly, my first season, I think is season five, let's say, but it was split up between

season 5A and season 5B. And I think I'm season 5B and then season 6. So we'll do those two seasons. But watching those first two episodes, oh my God. So fun. Way more fun for me than Laguna Beach, which I think just speaks to my mental state of where I was at during both of those shows. But I'm really excited for that. And if you guys like them and you, they're resonating with you guys and you guys are having fun and you're excited about him, I will do all of the episodes. I think I'm just going to kind of see what the response is for the first couple and see how it goes. But I'm just really looking forward to that. So that'll kick off next week. And what I'm going to do is do every other week, a Hills rewatch episode. So if there

are people that don't care about Hills and, you know, that I'm not completely leaving you guys out, so we'll go every other week. And the next episode, not Hills related, Justin's going to come on. We will do a little dating update for you guys. Really the reason why I haven't done a dating update is because I haven't been dating. But I did go on one date, I don't know, month and a half ago, two months ago maybe. And I do have a date this weekend. Okay. Okay. So I think hopefully I'll have good updates for you by the time this date is over. So I'm going to save all that for Justin because, you know, Justin and I like to have a lot of fun with it. So anyways, my point of all this is, I'm really excited now.

I felt like, you know, I got to slow down a little, got to do the things I wanted to do, got to just be, you know, football mom and take sailor to ride horses and just do the thing, you know? Basically, I'm just an Uber for my kids, but that's fine. But now I'm really excited about the podcast, this second season of the podcast will say. I'm going to do a little rebrand and I don't know. It's just, I feel like it's just new energy. Like I, like I said, I'm a different person now for this second half of the pod and I'm excited about the future of the podcast.

And I have some really great guess that I cannot wait to share with you guys. I've been kind of freaking out over here. Unfortunately, they're not until a little later this year. But, oh my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can't wait to tell you guys who. Okay. So, also, I'm excited to share with you guys that last time I talked to you, I told you I deleted TikTok off my phone. I'm really proud of the fact. I've been off this entire time. I have not gone on, not even one time. And I don't feel like

I'm missing anything at all. So it's been nice. And I hardly go on Instagram, which I've actually been posting, I think, more on Instagram because, I don't know, I think for me, like, I only have so much capacity for, like, social media podcasts where it's, like, outside world coming into my world sort of a vibe. And I've been able to share, I think, a little bit more on Instagram, just like, of even just cooking or whatever it may be, which has been kind of nice, too, you know? So anyways, I've stuck to my plan. I've also been learning Italian. on Rosetta Stone, which has been so fun. It's just been fun. I don't know. I feel like I'm doing things that are better from my brain. Let's put it that way, which I think, thank God, because I feel like

I needed it. Instead of just the mindless scrolling, like what was I doing? I've also, I told you guys, I discovered not that long ago, but it was before the last podcast I did, that there's all these parental controls for kids' phones, which I didn't know. I had no idea. And so you can set app limits. You can set a downtime on your kid's phone. So nothing really works, which I've done. I did that over a month ago. But also what I've done is because I used to, my kids' downtime would go off at 7 a.m. So they would come out for breakfast in the morning before school. And they'd be on their phone. I'd be like, put your phone down. Put your phone down. Where now I actually take their phones away at night and I don't give them back until they've eaten breakfast, they've packed up

their backpacks, and they are quite literally ready to go, ready to walk out the door. And what do you know, Camden especially, has been way more efficient in the morning because he's not distracted. So that's been nice too. And also taking them at night, like, yeah, duh, da, da, why haven't I done that before? And it's nice because, well, I know why I didn't before. Because They were using their phones, or well, Camden was using his phone as an alarm. But now I go in and wake him up in the morning, and it's kind of nice, you know? It's just more time I get with my kids. So that's been great.

So things on the home front are great. Things are going well. I don't know. It's just, it's been fun. And football is now wrapping up and the boys go right into basketball, which is also really fun. Actually, dare I say basketball is more fun. Well, yeah, it is because I'm not worried about them. getting hurt. So yeah, from a mom's perspective, basketball is more fun. And both the boys had to

try out for the team and they made it. So they're, they're very excited. So I'm proud of them and excited. And one other thing we can touch on is big announcement that happened while I was on hiatus. I'm sure you guys saw is we are doing a season one Laguna Beach reunion special. I am so excited. Okay. So how this came. to be. This has been in the works for a minute, you guys. So Stephen and I, we obviously did the Back to the Beach podcast, which wrapped, I mean, over two years ago. I think it's been two and a half years. And Stephen and I first had this idea before we even ended that podcast. So what we did was, well, actually, it's funny because Stephen and I talked about how we would love to do a

reunion in Cabo. Like, how fun would that have been? Getting the whole cast of Cabo. And And doing it like at Squid Row with a live audience or something, it would have been, it would have been so fun. But unfortunately, the producers didn't go for that. So what Stephen and I did, though, was we had this idea to do the reunion. We got Lauren on board, which I know is huge because I know she in the past has not done much. I think the back to the beach podcast was the first thing she had done. So that was very cool. But so we got her on board. So the three of us are, our, executive producers. And so from there, we went and got Liz Gately, who was one of the original producers. We got her on board. And then we went and pitched it, which took clearly a minute. It took a while. But finally, we found a home for it at Roku. So this is going to be on Roku. It's going to be a two-hour special. I don't know exactly what I can or can't say. No one has told me specifically, but I've seen everyone else be pretty vague on social media. So I feel like I should follow suit because I'm typically the one that says too much and then I do get in trouble for it. But when you guys are

listening to this on Tuesday, I will actually be filming for the reunion. So we're doing it all next week or this week when you're listening to it. And I'm just so excited. This is the first time the whole cast will be together. I mean, since the show ended. So it's been 20 years, over 20 years. And I know it's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be really nostalgic. I think it's going to be a really great way to, as Stephen always said, on the Back to the Beach podcast, wrap this whole thing up with a nice bow. And I just think it's so cool that over 20 years later, we even have this opportunity. I think, you know, it really speaks to what Laguna was, which I've told you guys, I didn't understand the magnitude of Laguna Beach until Stephen and I did the podcast. And the response was so incredible that, you know, at the time, I don't.

know, it was like 18, 19 years later. It was very cool to see that people were still so invested. And so I'm thankful that, you know, this show has the staying power that over 20 years later we get to come back together and kind of like redo it in a way. And so I'm really excited. And we are going to be in Laguna Beach, filming for a couple days, which is going to be really fun. It's going to be really fun. And I have my actual high school reunion at the end of November, my 20-year high school reunion, which I also can't wait for. Oh my God. So I'm going to be in Laguna a lot this fall, which will be fun. And it's so funny talking to people about high school reunions because it's such a mixed bag of people so excited for their high school reunion or like had the best time at their high

school reunion. And then half the people are like, I didn't go. Like there was no way. I could care less about going, which is so funny to me because I'm so excited, like so excited for my high school reunion. And maybe it's because I didn't get to go to my 10-year high school reunion because I actually had Sailor that Monday. And then our reunion was that Saturday. So obviously, like, I, you know, had a newborn baby. And actually, I didn't know it at the time, but my brother passed that Friday. So that, you know, the timing for my high school reunion, not ideal. But I don't know. Maybe it's because Laguna was such a small school. And we all were really close. We knew everybody. and we had a lot of fun. I mean, you guys saw some of it on the show, but we really had a good time.

And I've stayed in touch with a lot of people. And so, I don't know. I'm just, I can't wait. I cannot wait for that. So fun things ahead. I'm really happy to be back. You guys know, I love and appreciate you so much. Thank you for allowing me to take a month to myself, get re-energized, hit the ground running. season two, or maybe we should call it part two, I don't know. But I love you guys. And it's going to be fun. And so I hope you guys enjoy The Hills next week. And then Justin and I will be back the week after that for some fun. Some fun. And I hope this date goes well. And then I see him again. And then I've got really good stories for you guys. So we'll see. All right. I love you guys. Be well. And I miss me. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.