Welcome to Crying in Chili’s — the podcast for anyone currently experiencing a character-building season against their will.
Hosted by Courtney Hill, this show dives into career chaos, layoffs, relationship drama, life pivots, bad decisions, quarter-life crises, and all the messy in-between moments that somehow become funny later.
Equal parts vulnerable, witty, and unhinged in the most relatable way, Crying in Chili’s feels like debriefing life with your smartest and funniest friends over chips, salsa, and a Presidente Margarita. Expect honest conversations, plot twists, guest interviews, emotional support disguised as comedy, and reminders that nobody really has it figured out.
Because sometimes rock bottom looks like a single tear falling into your Presidente Margarita.
Episode 20: I Took a Break. Life Did Not.
The hiatus is over! The character-building experiences? Apparently, those didn’t get the memo.
Courtney is back with longtime friend and former coworker Patty Frerichs to catch up on a month of birthday celebrations, career changes, and a medication mishap that turned an innocent craft-store trip into a humbling experience.
The two reminisce about their jewelry store days before getting into friendship breakups, showing up for the people you love, and the six-month saga of getting Patty’s wedding dress back.
From knowing when to get up from the table to finding the humor in a difficult season, this episode is about closing chapters, setting boundaries, and moving forward - even when you’re still figuring out what comes next.
25 Sept 2026
The Chicken Caesar Pita Deserves Justice with Ashton Clark
Ashton Clark is a lawyer, the book-loving creator behind Chronically Shelfless, and a woman who has never stopped thinking about Chili’s discontinued Chicken Caesar Pita.
This week, Ashton and I get into her very real Chili’s disagreement with her wife Kate (a previous Crying in Chili’s guest), the Chili’s date that should have ended one of my relationships on the spot, and the books we cannot stop talking about. We also chat about building community online, having an identity outside your job, supporting your partner’s dreams, and making room for hobbies that exist purely because they make you happy.
There’s a lot of laughing, some surprisingly solid relationship advice, and a formal request for Chili’s to bring back that pita. 🌶️
Find Ashton and her book recommendations on Instagram at @chronicallyshelfless. (https://www.instagram.com/chronicallyshelfless/)
Books discussed in this episode:
• Hope Never Dies and Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer
• Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
• Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• Fruit Fly by Josh Silver
• Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
18 Sept 2026
Strong Enough for the Zombie Apocalypse
This week, Courtney sits down with full-time artist—and the podcast’s first guest she has never actually met before—Sabrina Severance!
Sabrina shares how 20 years in retail and visual merchandising helped shape the wildly organized creative she is today, why she packed up her life and moved from New York to Florida and eventually North Carolina, and how she found her way into hosting paint-and-sip events at RBF Champagne Bar.
She also casually reveals that she once starred on the Lifetime reality show Big Women: Big Love, where she navigated dating on camera, internet criticism, and a truly (non)committed clout chaser—all while refusing to be anyone other than herself.
Courtney and Sabrina also discuss recovering from injuries, rebuilding their strength, preparing for the zombie apocalypse, fighting kangaroos, aging disgracefully at RBF, and why Chili’s Southwest Eggrolls must be protected at all costs. 🌶️
This one is funny, chaotic, unexpectedly inspiring, and proof that sometimes Instagram’s algorithm really does know what it’s doing.
Connect with Sabrina:
Instagram: @sabrinastyled (https://www.instagram.com/sabrinastyled/)
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