Note 2 Self

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is engaged and very much still processing it in real time. What begins as the story of how Jeffrey proposed becomes something much bigger than the proposal itself. Saskia shares the little details that made the moment feel so deeply personal: the ring they designed intentionally, the women-led New York jeweller behind it, the oak tree in Fort Greene Park, the...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia is doing things a little differently. Her sister Liliana is visiting from LA, and naturally, they are using their precious sister time to unpack one of their favourite shared obsessions: Love Island. This week is all about Casa Amor, the most chaotic and revealing week in reality TV. Saskia and Liliana break down where the couples stood going in, who explore...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia is still thinking about New York. After last week’s conversation about J.Lo, Subway Takes, and what makes someone a New Yorker, the city decided to answer in the most New York way possible: the Knicks won, the streets erupted, and for one night the whole city felt like one living, breathing nervous system. What starts as a story about a Knicks watch party on...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is thinking about New York. After J.Lo’s Subway Takes claim that you have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker, Saskia reflects on moving to the city in 2015 with one suitcase, no job, and no idea what life here would become. What starts as a New York take turns into something much bigger: belonging, identity, and who gets to decide where we are allowed...

⚠️ Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault (roughly 17:00–25:00 — skip to 25:00 if you need to). This is also discussed in the second half of the episode. Please take care of yourself, and skip ahead or come back another time if you need to. Support resources are listed below. In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia opens with a story from a chaotic New York rave, the retur...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia maps a dating pattern most people recognize but rarely name: the people who feel chemically intense and exciting, while quietly leaving her anxious, confused, and spinning. She uncovers a decade of patterns starting in New York with the first wave of ghosting that trained her to chase intensity, then moves into Sydney, where a second cycle confirmed she was r...

Some connections feel different from the moment they arrive... like you've known this person before, like they were always supposed to show up. But there's a really important question worth asking: is this a karmic connection, or is it anxious attachment masked as chemistry? In this episode, Saskia unpacks the difference, and shares the story she's never fully told on the podcast befor...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia's cup is full, and not by accident. Her best friend flew back to New York for the weekend to honour their annual tradition of seeing their favourite DJ, Blondish, play live. It was, as it often is with the people who truly know you, exactly what she needed. The show didn't go quite as planned, with a hysterical "VIP" experience, but the musi...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is fresh off a solo weekend in Brooklyn. Jeffrey away, apartment to herself, an afternoon wandering Prospect Park and sitting under oak trees. It should have just been a nice walk. But it led somewhere she wasn't expecting: straight into a therapy session about a flood that happened when she was four, a 100-acre rainforest property in Australia that was d...

In this special bonus episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is dropping a timely mini episode on the Met Gala. The exhibition, Costume Art, asked guests to explore the indivisible connection between body and garment, treating fashion as an embodied art form. The dress code: Fashion Is Art. And Saskia had a lot of thoughts. One thread she couldn't stop pulling on: how many designers, independently, ar...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is fresh back from Canada after a few days with a close friend who now has a 3-year-old and a 9-month-old, followed by a perfect spring afternoon wandering around Toronto with her cousin. It was the kind of trip that fills you with other people's lives and quietly reminds you how much you value the time that's entirely your own. (Also: Toronto gave he...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia welcomes her very first guest… and there could be no one better to open the door with. Victoria Flexner is a food historian, the author of A History of the World in 10 Dinners , and the founder of Edible History, a newsletter and supper club that does exactly what it says: tells the story of the world through what we eat. She is also, as Saskia makes very cl...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia is deep in her AI era... obsessed with finding ways to automate and streamline her life so she can protect the time and energy for the things that actually matter. The ones that fill you back up. The ones you cannot plan or optimise. And it's that idea that quietly runs through everything in this episode. From the Summer House betrayal that has consumed r...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia opens with the thing that has completely taken over her brain lately: the Artemis II mission to the moon. The vastness of it all makes her feel both insignificant and strangely grounded. She reflects on sitting with the unknown, the anxiety of what we cannot see or define, and how sometimes it takes only 4 people seeing something to change the way the rest of...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia opens with the song she hasn't been able to stop thinking about: Click Clack Symphony by Raye, featuring Hans Zimmer. A song about feeling stuck, dancing through the sadness with your friends, and trusting hard moments in life are just a season and will unfold exactly how they are meant to. Connecting back to last week's episode on uncertainty and cha...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia reflects on the quiet grief that can come with life transitions. As friends begin new chapters, getting engaged, moving cities, and having children, she explores the complicated emotions that can arise when one stage of life begins to close while another slowly opens. Why do we often feel like we cannot share the sadness alongside the excitement during these...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia reflects on a few cultural moments that have been sitting with her this week, from the frustrating experience of trying to discover a new coffee shop in New York in the age of social media, to the nostalgia of pre-internet NYC portrayed in Love Story . She also shares recent pop culture highlights, including the stunning sci-fi film Project Hail Mary , the b...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia dives into the world of the manosphere after watching Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere. The film explores a growing online subculture of influencers promoting hyper-masculinity, red pill ideology, and deeply adversarial views about relationships between men and women. Through Louis Theroux’s signature documentary style, these figures often reveal their ow...

In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia reflects on the power of female communities after attending her cousin’s wedding in Miami. A weekend filled with family, celebration, and a reminder of the strong matriarchal lineage that shaped her life. What begins as a reflection on weddings and family traditions turns into a deeper exploration of the women who hold us together. From mothers, sisters, cous...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia shares what it’s like to play tourist in your own city while hosting her cousin in New York, reflecting on how easy it is to forget the magic of the place you live when you fall into routine. She also recaps a big week in pop culture, from the Traitors finale and Rob Rausch’s masterful gameplay to Connor Storrie’s breakout hosting moment on SNL . The episode...

In this vulnerable episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia reflects on high-functioning anxiety, control as a coping mechanism, and the childhood experience that shaped her relationship to safety. Growing up in the remote Daintree rainforest, a devastating flood destroyed her family home when she was just four years old. This was a moment she only recently began to understand as formative. What does it me...

In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia returns home to NYC and dives into her latest cultural obsession: Wuthering Heights . From Emerald Fennell’s provocative, maximalist filmmaking to Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s portrayal of two deeply damaged lovers, Saskia reflects on why this story of obsession and co-dependency hit so hard. What begins as a film review unfolds into something deeper. Wh...

Greetings from Mexico. In this episode of Note 2 Self , Saskia shares stories from her last ten days in Todos Santos, a small beach town where desert, ocean, and mountains collide. What begins as a travel diary unfolds into something deeper. From a boat day out of La Paz, swimming alongside sea lions, stumbling upon a frigate bird colony connected to her father’s past, and witnessing dolphins and...

Recorded from sunny Los Angeles, in this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia shares her 2026 ins and outs. Yes, it’s February, but what’s truly "in" this year is doing things when we want to do them. Saskia reflects on continuing to embrace her party-girl era, choosing ease at home, leaning into maximalism in her personal style, her current obsession with Wuthering Heights, nostalgia in pop c...

Recorded from sunny Los Angeles and joined by a very special guest, Ziggy the goldendoodle, this episode of Note 2 Self opens with a reflection on the energy of LA compared to New York City. The expansive, nature-connected rhythm of the City of Dreams contrasted with the intensity and density of NYC. Saskia explores what it means to find solitude in major cities, and the ways we often flatten plac...