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All humans have emotional baggage, and yet, so many of us are unaware of what we're carrying until we hit a low point, experience a health crisis, or recognise that we're in a painful pattern with our relationships or how we feel about and treat ourselves. Natalie Lue expands her popular blog Baggage Reclaim into podcast form with a weekly show about how to live and love with more self-esteem by unpacking, decluttering and tidying up our excess emotional baggage. It's time to reclaim yoursel ...
Marriage and Martinis is an attempt to present a real, authentic marriage at its core: the love, hate, teamwork, struggles, laughter, humiliation, and ever-changing dynamics that comprise spousal relationships. Join Danielle and Adam as they explore every hilarious, heartfelt, shocking, embarrassing, and completely inappropriate facet of marriage and parenting. It’s a bumpy ride, but it’s worth it.
"Save the Date," a dating survival kit from Coffee Meets Bagel. Join Dawoon Kang, our host and chief dating officer, as she sits down with guest experts to explore what it takes to go on great dates and ultimately find a serious relationship.
Need a moment of calm in your life? Welcome to The Calm Edit (formerly In The Moment Magazine). In each episode, we talk to an interesting guest about a wellbeing topic. Upcoming guests include Chloe Brotheridge of the Calmer You podcast, self-care expert Suzy Reading, psychologist and author Kimberley Wilson and many more. Our new series will share lots of wellness tips including how to practice self-care in tough times, ways to look after your brain health and how you can be your own thera ...
Dream and Do is a podcast for women who are ready to make changes big and small. Join creative coach and mentor, Nicola Rae-Wickham, for confidence pep talks, soulful insights and all things creativity, marketing and mindset. As well as powerful conversations with women who are dreaming and doing in action.
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156. Reclaiming Our Time and Value, With Natalie Lue
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We are taught from a young age that doing for others is what makes us good, generous people. We are conditioned to say "yes" even when we're faced with something we really don't want to do. Obhave overtaken so many of our lives, that we have run out of time to do the things that truly matter to us. Our dreams and goals have been put on hold. But HO…
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Ep. 215: Fear of Criticism Doesn't Have To Run Your Life
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Natalie talks about why we need to change our relationship with criticism so that we stop investing so much of ourselves into trying to control the uncontrollable and being self-critical. Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Shop
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Find your purpose with Aloise Surfleet-Middleton
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This week we're joined by Aloise Surfleet-Middleton, who is a podcaster and founder of the Dharma Life Academy, to find out how the practice of dharma can help us to find purpose in life – and help us to focus on what we really want. Don't forget to check out Aloise's Dharma Life podcast too! Looking for more wellness inspiration? Head over to calm…
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159. This Episode Is Now Part Of Our Mental Load
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First off, Danielle and Adam have come a long way since they recorded the first episode about the Mental Load almost two years ago. However, the progress has definitely been incremental, and they still have work to do. What starts out as a calm conversation quickly turns defensive and competitive as they list off responsibilities, stresses, emotion…
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Ep. 214: We Don't Need To Put So Much Bandwidth Into Keeping Up Appearances
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Natalie talks about how we've been socialised to keep up appearances and why this pretence, whether it's about nothing being wrong or that who we are is not OK, is damaging to our wellbeing and relationships. Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Shop
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158. MnM Vintage - Healing and Forgiveness after Infidelity with Jodie Utter
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After the overwhelming response to their first episode with Jodie Utter from last February, Danielle and Adam finally had the chance to continue their conversation with her. Where is she now in her journey of healing and forgiveness after her husband's infidelity? Is she able to trust again? How does she deal with the inevitable feelings of pain th…
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Ep. 213: There's No Need to Try & Meet All of Your Needs On Your Own
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Sometimes we try to 'manage ourselves' too much instead of articulating a need or a boundary. Natalie shares her insights from a recent experience of this and how it's revolutionised her attitude towards her needs and what sets off anxiety. Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Shop
Discover the power of rest and retreat during difficult times with Katherine May, author of the New York Times-bestselling book Wintering. In this episode, we look at how to care for ourselves during fallow periods and how to accept the natural ebb and flow of our lives. Katherine talks about her own year of wintering and how she found strength and…
One of the most common messages Danielle and Adam receive from listeners is that they and their partner mismatched libidos. Truthfully, 80% of couples experience one partner having a higher libido than the other. We all think that we're the only ones struggling with this, and we tend to take it personally when our partner isn't in the mood as often…
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#10 – How do blindspots harm my dating decisions? | Gary Lewandowski
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One of the first things I realized when I started studying the science of dating and relationships is that a lot of the rules I’d picked up along the way are complete BS. For example, guys love the chase so I need to play games. Or if we don’t have chemistry right away, it’s never going to happen. And I got so mad when I found out the actual truth …
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Ep. 212: People Can Be More Than One Thing
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Natalie explains why it's time to recognise that people can be more than one thing and stop denying, rationalising, minimising, excusing, assuming and generalising ourselves into feeling stuck because we can't reconcile who we think someone is with other things that don't fit that image. Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Shop…
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155. The Worst Valentine's Day Episode Ever
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Adam and Danielle have had some week, between Adam working 24/7 and the kids being off from school and trapped in the house due to snow. Let's just say there wasn't a ton of prep time for this episode, but sometimes being unprepared can lead to some serious laughs and unplanned hilarity. That is exactly what happens in this episode. Adam and Daniel…
Natalie explores the unease we experience when we believe that things seem a little or a lot too perfect and what we can learn from it Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Shop
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Self care for tough times with Suzy Reading
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Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone. In this episode, Sarah talks to psychologist, author and yoga teacher Suzy Reading to discover practical tips and advice for when times get difficult. This episode covers anxiety, mental health tips and how to manage feelings of grief. Learn how to build a self-care toolkit that will guide you through life's u…
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154. Turn Me On, With Special Guests Bryde and Jeremie
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Danielle and Adam could have kept talking to Bryde and twelve hours. They had so much to ask them, and the conversation just kept evolving and branching off into so many different directions. They discuss being a poly couple who is very curious, adventurous, and open-minded. What was their journey from monogamy to polyamory? How have they kept thei…
Natalie shares how we can use our awareness of certain habits as a notification that we are anxious about *something* so that we can take better care of ourselves. The Anxiety Sessions | Instagram | Blog | Shop
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#9 – How do I make my dating profile stand out? | Alexis Germany
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#9 – How do I make my dating profile stand out? | Alexis Germany For the first episode of 2021, I'm really excited to have a publicist turned dating and confidence coach, Alexis Germany, here with me. I first came across Alexis on Bustles’ article called 14 TikTok Dating Coaches Who Are Here To Save Your Love Life. I love that title. And in the art…
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153. Kinks and Fetishes For Beginners, A conversation
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Note: This is episode is just two people sitting down to try to get acquainted with kinks and fetishes. This episode will be followed up by several others with experts as well as couples who are already immersed in the kink culture. Adam and Danielle are open about the fact that they sometimes participate in kink-adjacent activities. However, there…
In the first episode of 2021, Natalie breaks down compatibility, our ability co-exist harmoniously with someone or something. Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Shop
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How to cope with lockdown anxiety with Chloe Brotheridge
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In the first episode of our new series, we catch up with anxiety expert Chloe Brotheridge to look at how to manage our worries during lockdown. Chloe Brotheridge is a mentor coach at www.calmer-you.com and the host of The Calmer You Podcast. She’s the author of The Anxiety Solution and The Confidence Solution, out in January 2021. This episode was …
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152. The Disconnection Struggle is Real, with Leah Carey
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So many of us are feeling like we have hit the "pandemic wall." We're exhausted, emotionally drained, and we're surrounded by our kids 24/7. Living in sweatpants and never getting a proper date night can definitely take its toll on romance, and at the end of the day, we just want to fall into bed and not be bothered. Sex and intimacy coach Leah Car…
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This episode of the podcast is for all you big-hearted creatives who have a deep purpose but want to make it more profitable. You'll hear a story from everyday life that is a great example of what you need to do in order to create your 'profitable purpose'. Its a pep talk and a dose of tough love with some crucial tips thrown in to help you take ac…
(SKIP AHEAD TO 17:45 TO HEAR JUST THE ADVICE PORTION OF THE EPISODE) If there's one thing Adam and Danielle make very clear all the time, it's that they are not experts in pretty much anything. However, on this episode, Adam and Danielle first discuss their own history with therapy, and then they take a chance and answer listeners questions about c…
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#8 – How do I build my decision-making confidence in dating? | Lisa Bilyeu
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Today's episode features my dream guest, Lisa Bilyeu. She is the co-founder and president of Impact Theory, a digital media production company focused on empowering content. She's also the co-founder of the billion-dollar health and nutrition brand, Quest Nutrition. What's amazing is that she co-founded these two hugely successful companies with he…
This year has been such insanity that there really is no way to even explain it. However, Danielle and Adam sit down to dissect and discuss it all in the style of which only the two of them are really capable. After 12 months of sheer chaos, we're all feeling emotionally and physically depleted. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of laughs t…
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149. MnM vintage: I'm a Horrible Housewife
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Original Airdate: October 21, 2019 It's incredible how the roles and careers we choose to partake in as adults turn out to be nothing like we expected, and how little we were warned what is truly involved in life at work and at home. In this episode, Danielle discusses how shocking it is that being a stay-at-home-mom is not at all how she pictured …
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#7 – How can a matchmaker help me find the right person? | Violet Lim
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Have you ever felt curious about how matchmakers actually make matches? How do they know who their clients will be attracted to, or who they will be compatible with? In today's episode, I interviewed 15-year veteran matchmaker Violet Lim to learn the secret to matchmaking so you can apply all of her lessons to your own dating life. Violet is the Co…
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses alcohol and other substances. If this is a topic that is sensitive or triggering to you, please skip this one. Adam and Danielle both have a history with indulgence, and sometimes can tip the scale to the excess when it comes to having a good time and living life to the fullest. This episode explores the unhe…
