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Is it a pothole or a sinkhole? Most friendship ruptures are the first kind, yet we treat them like the second and more often than not, just let them fizzle. Caitlin and Chantelle unpack how to bring up hard stuff with friends: your threshold for “bothering” someone what to do when the first attempt flops letting a conversation stay unresolved for a few days without spiraling and why we give romant...

A dark room, 25 strangers, and the first question is "who among you is a traitor?" Shoulders at ears. Palms sweating. Nowhere to hide. We're back for Season 2, and this season is all about relationships: the shapes they take, what makes them meaningful, and what gets in the way. Caitlin and Chantelle kick things off with a live Traitors experience that turned into a crash course in...

What if beyond the fixing and moulding and scolding, there was wisdom and intelligence? What if your relationship with your body became a conversation with a friend? This episode delves into topics that may be triggering. Topics such a disordered eating, body contorting, body image and body health are discussed. Please go gently gently. If anything in this episode brings something difficult to the...

You're about to walk into a room of strangers. Your shoulders are at your ears. You've already invented three reasons to leave. And the only social scripts you have are from a playground in 1994 or a networking event in 2019. In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into one of the most anxiety-producing and least-discussed parts of adult life: how to actually connect with people. Not t...

What would you do if you realised the system you've been raging against lives inside you too? What if you’re secretly the one keeping it in place? In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle are joined by Giana Ceresia — teacher, lobbyist, prison reformist, marketing executive, and self-described professional pain in the ass, for a painfully honest chat about the inextricable ties between work and...

When did you last say the thing you actually meant, not the version that sounded safe, polished, or approved of in advance? In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle sit down with writer and creative coach Lois Mac to unpack one of the most misunderstood parts of being a creative, thinking person: your voice. Not how you sound. Not your tone or your niche. The actual perspective underneath everything...

When did you last play? Not rest. Not scroll. Not exercise with a target or socialise with an agenda. Actually play. Purposeless, unscripted, a little bit ridiculous. In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into one of the most radical things an adult can do: absolutely nothing useful. We explore what play actually is, why we stopped doing it, what it's costing us, and what it might feel li...

We grew up mistaking being good at yelling for being good with confrontation but articulating your needs, quietly, is a whole other thing. It requires self inquiry, conviction in your own feelings and needs, and a bunch of tools in the toolkit to navigate disagreement and repair. In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into what it really means to sit in discomfort - with yourself, with the peop...

What if the reason you felt different growing up wasn't because something was wrong with you but because the world was simply built for a brain that isn't yours? In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle are joined by Rachel Moore - systems thinker, people & culture leader, and universe builder - for an honest and generous conversation about neurodivergence, identity clarity, and what it...

We dive into some pretty tender personal stories in this episode. But nothing we aren’t ready to share. We were sitting in the airport lounge and discussing the dreaded feedback on tender stories. As we have both been writing our ‘About’ pages on our website we realised how hard it is to decide which stories to centre that provide an accurate reflection of who you are, how you think, how you got h...

Pissing off to Portugal in the middle of our 6 week sprint to shake ass on a rooftop might seem like avoidance to you. But we made a deal to go wherever connection lives. So there we were. If you don’t take the time to examine what you are striving for, it is very easy to end up down a path that you don’t recognise and have no idea how the hell you got here. This episode is about asking the right...

It’s tempting to make a co-creation decision based on what you need from the other person. Can they bring something to the table that I don’t? But the reality spends so much more time in the realm of: Do I know myself enough to ask for what I need? Do I know how/when to choose a battle? Can I regulate my own emotions and feelings in real time? Do I have the self-awareness to learn in partnership w...

When was the last time you cancelled plans and called it protecting your peace? When did you stop asking for help because it felt easier not to bother anyone? When did "boundaries" become the reason you didn't show up? As millennial women, Caitlin and Chantelle have lived the full arc of the self-improvement and convenience era; the body checking apps, the therapy speak, the Instagr...

The architecture of human belonging because it’s cool to care, and fun to give a fuck. Prepare to get out of your journal and into your life.  Chantelle and Caitlin, Co-founders of Meus Studios, are two yappers obsessed with the way people experience the world and believe in the necessity of navigating this wild ride with others. Each episode is for the endlessly curious and delightfully unhinged...