Small Achievable Goals follows the adventures of Julie (Jennifer Whalen) and Kris (Meredith MacNeill), an odd couple trying to navigate different stages of menopause. When they’re thrust together to produce a podcast, Kris and Julie embark on an unpredictable journey of transformation as they help each other through workplace challenges and office politics, dating disasters and relationship drama, health concerns and parenting woes – and realise the only way through this difficult time of life is together.
Originally produced by Sphere Media for CBC Television, the series launched in February 2025 and is distributed by Sphere Abacus.
Please find episode descriptions below, plus character descriptions for the two main characters played by Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill.
Episode 1: Judy Bloomed
On her 50th birthday, Julie gets passed over for a promotion and realizes to her horror that she’s in menopause. Meanwhile, newly hired podcast host Kris’s first day at work is complicated by unexpected flash bleeding, a much younger co-host, and a hostile new producer: Julie.
Episode 2: The One
Polar opposites Kris and Julie butt heads as they attempt to define their new podcast, while Julie is faced with her worst nightmare about aging and Kris struggles to find the confidence to host her first episode while dealing with painful cramps.
Episode 3: Good Sex
While Julie’s libido flatlines, Kris is hit with a wave of peri-menopausal horniness and can’t focus on anything but sex. Their attempts to solve their problems lead them to a sex shop for “research,” resulting in genuine revelations, Kris’s first ever online hookup, and an unruly dildo dilemma.
Episode 4: The H.R. Seminar
With an ego boost from special guest star Jeanne Beker, Kris’s lack of boundaries and Julie’s controlling nature land the entire office in an HR seminar that threatens their camaraderie. Kris has a long-awaited doctor’s appointment, but the results aren’t what she hoped, and Julie finds an unexpected silver lining to an embarrassing menopause symptom when Evan tries to steal her office.
Episode 5: Work Wife Balance
Julie’s reunion with her ambitious ex-‘work wife’ Ronnie leaves Kris feeling insecure about their newly cemented friendship, right when she needs Julie’s support as she deals with a series of frustrating medical appointments. Meanwhile, Julie’s sexual life is the stuff of literal nightmares, and her reunion with Ronnie may re-ignite her passion for serious journalism – if it doesn’t kill the office’s vibe first.
Episode 6: Making Work Friends
Kris seeks the perfect way to celebrate her daughter’s first period after learning Saffron’s been keeping it a secret, and Julie navigates marital insecurities with some light stalking. Meanwhile, Evan awkwardly attempts to make work friends by enforcing frivolity – awkwardness ensues, and secrets come to light that threaten Kris and Julie’s friendship.
Episode 7: Conscious Uncoupling
Just as they’re nominated for an award, the rift in Julie and Kris’s friendship causes workplace disruptions when they refuse to work together. They’re forced to confront their vulnerabilities and the challenges of perimenopause when Evan lands them an exciting celebrity guest - Peaches.
Episode 8: Family Matters
As Kris and Julie struggle to make amends with Saffron and Pete after revealing hurtful secrets on “Glow Up with Kris”, Podcast Folx founder Michael (Peter Keleghan) and Evan hijack their podcast success. But Jamila, Mo and the other Podcast Folx rally behind Kris and Julie to help them regain the spotlight, resulting in a tempting offer from a rival producer that sets the stage for potential big change ahead.
Julie Muldoon (Jennifer Whalen)
Julie could be a poster child for Gen X. She’s sarcastic, change-adverse and driven. But all that drive and passion comes to a dead stop when menopause hits her. Haunted by hot flashes, sleepless nights, painful sex and a lagging libido, Julie finds she can no longer keep her personal or professional shit together. And the RAGE. Her voice of reason has suddenly morphed into a scary yell. But her biggest fear is what she’ll discover on the other side of menopause, namely that she’ll become a ‘Space Priestess’ - a long grey-haired retiree in confusing jewelry and billowy caftans. She often leans on her keen intellect to solve her midlife dilemmas but it’s only when she admits her vulnerabilities and insecurities that she honours her true self. With help from her friendship with Kris, she discovers strength in honesty, compassion for herself and a way to harness her rage into a battle cry.
Kris Fine (Meredith MacNeill)
Kris is outgoing, impulsive, compassionate and a friend to everyone. She’s never met a person she wouldn’t hug! After years working as a make-up counter salesperson for minimum wage, Kris has reinvented herself as an influencer turned podcaster, all while juggling the hectic life of a single mom. She is levelling up and nothing can stop her. Period. Actually, her period is exactly what stops her. Or rather, a period that won’t stop. Unable to recognize her flash bleeds as a symptom of perimenopause, Kris suffers the pain and internalized shame only a woman constantly gaslit by the medical system can. Each of her visits to the doctor offers few answers, erodes her confidence and delivers a ton of side eye. As her friendship with Julie grows, she rediscovers her inner strength and learns to advocate for herself and her health against a dehumanizing medical system. And sometimes she wears a witch’s hat while she is doing it.
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