Remember when friendship just… happened?

This week, we’re getting weirdly personal about the friendship gap — that strange, silent drift that happens as life scatters us into different jobs, cities, and stages. Suddenly, maintaining friendships feels like a full-time job.

From friendship “breakups” that still sting years later to the awkward reality of trying to make new friends as a grown adult, we’re diving into why staying close feels harder than ever — and what we can actually do about it.

We’ll unpack:

💬 Why friendship peaks at 25 (and what happens after)

🌿 The emotional cost of connection and why “inconvenience is the price of community”

🧩 How to repair old friendships, and make new ones that actually last

💞 Why your friends might just be the greatest loves of your life

If your WhatsApp feels quieter these days, or you’ve ever wondered “is it just me?” - this one’s for you.

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What happens when your body breaks down before your mind admits you’re burnt out?



This week I’m joined by David Vioque — a recovering investment banker who had every marker of success on paper, but inside was facing what he calls “spiritual burnout.”

When his health started to collapse — caffeine stopped working, exercise gave immediate exhaustion — he did what most of us only dream of: he walked away.

David trekked the Camino de Santiago, sat in silence with monks in Nepal, and built a toolkit for reconnection and purpose.

Now, he’s the co-founder of Unbound, a reimagined health space in Shoreditch that blends testing, conversation, and community into something radically more human for preventative health & longevity.

In this episode we get into:

✨ What it really means to face spiritual burnout

✨ Why silence and solitude can be medicine for clarity

✨ How to find balance in “the extreme middle” of health

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Could your sex life be the quiet revolution that reshapes how you see yourself in your thirties?

This week I’m joined by Emma-Louise Boynton - journalist, founder of Sex Talks, and unflinching voice on intimacy, body image, and the stories we’re told about desire.

After years of struggling with her relationship to her body, Emma-Louise's experience in sex therapy at 28 reshaped how she thought about intimacy altogether and inspired her mission to take conversations about pleasure from taboo and awkward to enlightening and essential.

We get into:

✨ Why so many millennials are having less sex than generations before us

✨ The body insecurities and cultural scripts that follow us into our thirties

✨ How curiosity, not performance, is the most radical path to confidence

This chat is a reminder that sex isn’t something you “figure out” in your twenties and forget, it keeps evolving, just like the rest of us.

If you’re craving more intimacy but aren’t sure where to start, whether with yourself or someone else, this one's for you.

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What if by 36 you’d already overcome more than you ever thought possible?

This week I’m joined by Abi Feltham - content creator, comedian (although she doesn't admit that), and unfiltered storyteller - whose life has been anything but linear. After years of self-destruction through alcohol and drugs, Abi achieved sobriety at 32… only to face an incurable brain cancer diagnosis just four years later.

Abi shares it all, from the chaos of teenage angst, to the breakdown that finally led her to therapy, to the “sinus infection” that turned out to be a tumour. We dive into the cycles of her addiction, what resilience really looks like, and how she’s learned to choose self-compassion after decades of self-loathing.

For anyone who’s ever felt like their thirties aren’t going to plan and needs a reminder that it’s possible to rebuild after collapse, this one's for you.

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The haunting what-ifs 😱

What if you picked the wrong path? the wrong career, the wrong partner, the wrong city?

We’ve all been there: lying awake at 2am, spiralling through The Big What-If and wondering if we’ve blown our one shot at the “right” life.

In this Weirdly Personal solo episode, we’re unpacking the nagging regret spiral that so many of us get caught in, and why our generation in particular can’t stop asking what if and what's next?

Here’s what we get into:

• The six biggest regrets people report in midlife
• How social media and endless choice leave us paralysed
• Why action (even messy, imperfect action) creates clarity
• How to reframe regret into something actually useful

If you’ve ever felt haunted by the roads not taken, this one’s for you. Because regret isn’t proof we chose wrong, it’s proof we had freedom. And that’s worth something.

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What if building the family you dream of didn’t depend on waiting for “the one” to show up first?

This week I’m joined by Keira - NHS nurse, aesthetics expert, and unapologetically independent powerhouse - who at just 25 decided she wasn’t going to wait for a partner to start the family she always knew she wanted. Through IVF with a sperm donor, she became mum to her son Noah, rewriting the script on what motherhood can look like.

Keira shares the full story - from Googling “how to have a baby on my own,” to navigating donor databases, IVF costs, and genetic testing. We unpack making that big decision, why “waiting for the right guy” isn’t a guarantee and the backlash she faces online.

This is for anyone feeling the pull of parenthood but stuck is on the 'who', ‘when’ and ‘how', this is for you.

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What if you've been putting off what you want, waiting for what's next?

This week I’m joined by the magnetic Macki Maconie, a brand curator, creative, and free spirit. After her divorce, she traded London for Portugal and built Casa do Sol - a home, retreat space, and community that reflects everything she values.

From manifesting her dream house on a vision board to navigating love and dating in a new country, Macki shows how she’s refusing to wait for the “perfect” timeline. Instead, she’s creating connection, belonging, and joy entirely on her own terms

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We talk about buying the big house without the big family, beauty and loneliness of starting over abroad, and why building a home and community can be the foundation you need to love yourself.

If you’ve ever felt like your life is “on pause” until the right person arrives, Macki’s story is proof that the right time is now.

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What if the things you’ve always criticised yourself for weren’t "personality flaws" at all, but ADHD in disguise?

This week I’m joined by the brilliant Lauren Talulah, a creator, writer and poet whose late ADHD diagnosis at 31 reframed a lifetime of inconsistency, fidgeting, and endless new ideas. From thriving in freelance chaos, to rejection sensitivity, Lauren opens up about how ADHD has shaped her career, creativity, and dating life.

We talk about the double-edged sword of hyperfocus, the fear of commitment (even to getting a cat), and why anxious–avoidant dating dynamics are basically millennial kryptonite. Along the way, we dive into the power of protein, feeling limerence, and how learning to work with your brain can transform what once felt impossible.

If you’ve ever questioned whether your quirks are flaws or just part of who you are, this one’s for you.

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