Learnt My Lesson

This episode is a particularly vulnerable episode for us. We discuss a particularly low point in both of our lives separately, as well as a very low point in our friendship, what our toxic traits were & how we worked through it all. This was originally recorded for a part two of a @wellthatwaspodcast episode on toxicity in friendships and relationships so if you want to hear more on the topic...

This episode covers the topic of social anxiety, how it presents in our lives and the ways we have learnt to manage it! Our experience with social anxiety is also a big reason why we designed our Cocktail Catch-up Events to be as anxiety friendly as possible! Please do not hesitate to leave a rating/review and recommend the podcast to a friend. Send us any feedback over on the @learntmylesson_ Ins...

Advocating for more discussion about mental health is what we're passionate about BUT sometimes we just want to sit back with a coffee and reminisce on travel times and days in the sun. So that's exactly what we did for this episode.  A chat about nights out, beautiful beaches and some of our favourite memories from our time in Ios. This episode was so much fun to record and we hope you...

It's been a while since we've discussed anything to do with relationships so we though we'd dive into an episode on the topic of anxiety when it comes to dating. We talk about pre, during & post-date anxiety, and give our advice on how to manage your anxiety throughout the dating process Hope you guys enjoy, and if you have any feedback on this episode please message us on insta...

Another chaotic catch-up episode! In this episode we update you on all things Learnt My Lesson like some details for our next Cocktail Catch-Up event, our consent sticker campaign & our new brand, Behind My Fine 💖 We also somehow ended up on the topic of tinder, and we came up with a great idea to make Jess' dating life a little more interesting 👀

The age old question 'What am I doing with my life?' is a difficult one, and it is one that we both are still asking ourselves. Tune in to hear our thoughts on this dilemma, we discuss the life stages and how comparing your life with anyone else's is a sure way to feel like you are behind in life. Career paths, financials, big life choices, we cover it all, let us know what you thin...

*Trigger Warning* In this episode we discuss depression & anxiety as well as suicidal ideation so if any of this will be triggering for you, please don't listen to this episode ❤️ Medication for mental health is a great tool we have available to help people that are struggling, but are they over prescribed in NZ? Tune in to hear our thoughts on anti-anxiety medication, antidepressants &am...

*Trigger Warning* In this episode we touch on the topics of anxiety, depression & borderline personality disorder. There are also mentions of suicide so if any of that will be triggering to you, please listen to a different episode! We are incredibly grateful to Mary for coming on todays episode to talk about her experience working as a psychiatric nurse in New Zealand, we discuss the mental h...

It was Sav's 23rd birthday a couple of weeks ago! We thought it would be a perfect time go through what life at 22 was like for Sav, what she learnt and reminisce on the highlights! Hope you guys enjoy! 

*TRIGGER WARNING*  This episode covers the topic of sexual assault, sexual violence & the effects this had on Sarah mentally and physically. If these topics will be triggering for you, please do not listen to this episode.  For our last episode during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we had the privilege of talking to Sarah Saunders about her experience with sexual assault, how it impacted her...

Yet another advice ep from your two favourite train wrecks! In this episode we give a bit of a rundown on how everything went during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, from our consent stickers campaign, to the event we hosted raising money for Help Wellington. We then get into the advice part of the episode, answering some questions that you guys sent in and chat about some topics that you suggested...

*Trigger Warning* In this episode we discuss topics relating to sexual violence and sexual harassment so please do not listen if you think these topics will be triggering for you.   New Zealand Herald journalist, Katie Harris has been a name to watch in the field of journalism, she has been producing some incredibly hard hitting pieces on topics around sexual violence and sexual harassment. In thi...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and we have a lot planned to raise awareness for this incredibly important topic. Tune in to this episode to hear a bit of a life update and to hear details about what is coming up this month. Our next Cocktail Catch-Up is raising money for Help Wellington, an organisation that supports victims of sexual violence, event information & tickets are availabl...

After a weeks break from releasing, we hope you are ready for another solo ep with Jess & Sav! This episode is all about the way anxiety can cause people to give up, sometimes before they have even started on a project or an idea. It can be so difficult to differentiate between when you're making a logical decision for yourself, and when you're quitting because your anxiety has convi...

It has been a while since it has just been us behind the mics so we thought we would finally get around to recording a highly anticipated episode, all about Sav's fear of boys! (Well fear of intimacy but fear of boys sounds funnier).  In this episode Jess shares about this new thing she is trying called casually dating and how that is going for her so far, and Sav gets vulnerable as she share...

In this episode we chat to one of our favourite people, Sarah Kelsey of the OneUp Project! We discuss how all three of us have up and quit our jobs at some point in the last year, without much of a plan, each of us for different reasons decided it was time for a change.  We cover the anxiety felt going into work, the lack of passion, imposter syndrome and much more that influenced each of our deci...

Co-Founder & CEO of Hnry James Fuller talks us through all things Hnry, a service that has completely changed the game for self-employed contractors. This is an incredibly easy to listen to, informative episode about the dos and don’ts of freelancing & how Hnry takes all of the financial stress out of being self-employed!  This episode is brought to you in partnership with Hnry Check Hnry...

In this episode we had the pleasure of chatting to Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett of Foley. We chat about their experience at Rhythm & Vines and their O-week shows throughout the country, as well as the impact lockdown had on them as artists that were about to drop their EP. Ash and Gabe both discussed their individual experiences with anxiety and what they do to help maintain good mental hea...

This is Part 2 of our episode with the incredible Marlon Gerbes of Six60, head over to part 1 if you haven't listened to that one yet! In this episode we sit down with Marlon Gerbes of Six60 and discuss how he maintains good mental health through the ups and downs of life. We talk about how he handles disappointment, his most tools for making the most of each day and some habits he's hel...

In this episode we sit down with Marlon Gerbes of Six60 and discuss how he maintains good mental health through the ups and downs of life. We talk about how he handles disappointment, his tools for making the most of each day and some habits he's held onto from his childhood. From working in a supermarket (and being stoked to do so) to playing on stage to tens of thousands of people, Marlon h...

This is yet another advise episode from your two favourite dumb b*tches! Tune in as we discuss the questions and topics you sent in, from the stresses of job searching, to dating your friends ex, we love to give our two cents on any & every topic. We also delve into the topic of therapy and how to approach the conversation of mental health with parents or friends, there is a bit of everything...

*TRIGGER WARNING* We discuss the topic of eating disorders and anxiety in this episode so please don’t listen if that will be distressing to you ❤️ We had the privilege of being joined by Bianca van Dyk for this episode to discuss her journey with her mental health. Being the daughter of a well-known New Zealand netball player, Bianca has had to face a huge amount of pressure to fill her mum’s sho...

We are all guilty of sabotaging our lives in one way or another, what if we told you there’s a way to figure out the ways you sabotage yourself the most? Not sponsored, just something we found and want to share with you all, take the saboteurs assessment (it take less than 5 minutes) at https://www.positiveintelligence.com/assessments/ and then listen in as we talk through Jess’s results and blind...

Once again, a massive thank you to Clean Collective for sponsoring this episode, check them out at www.cleancollective.co ! In this episode, we talk about our goals for this year and what kind of ✨energy✨ we want to put out into the world. This episode gets a bit chaotic with a whole lot of tangents explored but those tend to be the favorite episodes so let us know what you think! For our weekly...

Firstly, a huge shoutout to our episode sponsor, Clean Collective, check them out at www.cleancollective.co ! Secondly, we want to preface this blurb for those who are not from New Zealand, here in NZ we have no community cases of Covid-19, hence we are able to go ahead with a relatively life-as-normal festival season! In our first episode of 2021 we give you a rundown of some of the wildest exper...