Ghosts of Boyfriends Past

Is an office romance worth it? Author Judith Beck says absolutely not. Judith Beck is author of ‘No Sex at Work’ and co-host of 'Every Step' podcast. The 'Every Step' podcast features executives from around the world having honest conversations on how to get from A to B successfully in your career. After working in Banking and Finance, Judiths entrepreneurial desire led her to form her own nationa...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. TODAY; can you be career driven and pursuit a relationship when you are in your 20s? In 2023, what do you believe are the biggest hurdles facing dating as an exercise? These questions plus more await you inside, so get involved...

When you’re a musician, sometimes people hit you up on social media to say they like your work. For Alex, one of these chats led to a connection, which resulting in him flying to Melbourne to spend time with her. But then he encountered… THE PRETENTIOUSNESS. Your Man Alex Smith is a Brisbane musician. You can find his music below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4eksDAYjFTGClVCkUoAOtC?si=Ud9CX-csT...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We open on a lovely, fluttery high of a story and slowly descend from there on this short and sweet (but no less satisfying) Quickie! Divine intervention, terrible timing and a little bit...

Shane thought he’d hit the jackpot when he found a girlfriend he could make beautiful music with… literally. But then he found out that they both had VERY different ways of working. Shane Fell is a Brisbane based musician and songwriter. He dabbled in theatre with the Villanova Players, the Brisbane Eisteddfod and studied drama at QUT, but acting soon gave way to a passion for music, resulting in...

Liz and Tom are on holidays (and by holidays, we mean busy making delish new contentfor you all) In the meantime, enjoy an encore release of this fan fave episode! Today's show starts off fairly regularly. A delightful evening with a lovely lady, dinner and then eventually heading to the bedroom... Somehow chaos follows. Including weighing up jumping out of a bedroom window! Have a listen to see i...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. A confession lands on the Ghosts of Boyfriends Past desk which we happily accept; we always maintain that it's a good thing when someone owns up to a mistake. We also have some good, but...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we discuss dating advice that we think is currently out of date, if you pardon the pun. Also! What happens when your family members notice a pattern of behavior in your relationship? We look under that rock plus more on th...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Have we found the fix to long distance dating, or at least one particular aspect of it? Find out inside about the MUA device... We also hear tell of a surprise wedding to which we are sti...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we open up with a question from our Facebook group - Ghosts of Boyfriends Past Group Therapy (join us there!). Do YOU try and acknowledge when your partner does little things around the relationship? This plus more inside,...

It’s podcast crossover time as KB and Aya from Hallmarked! join Liz and Tom to chat about all the red flags you can find in a Hallmark Christmas movie. Spoiler alert: it’s alllll red flags, baby! About Hallmarked! "Join two Aussie girls, who hate to admit they love Hallmark movies, as they endeavor to put together a list of the best films before Christmas… and maybe even one day write their own! N...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. A private message leads to our first question on this Questions themed 'minisode'. It can be a bit sticky when your partner wants to travel with somebody else. We also want to know how long do you wait before making your intenti...

Ah young love! What an absolute rollercoaster of hormones and emotions—especially when your family doesn’t approve. Reader Alex wrote in one of the most poetic stories we’ve ever read aloud and we are here for this telenovela level of teen lust, love and everything in between.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many dates can include food. But Sam twigged there was something a little different about this guy over one fateful breakfast buffet. Sam aka CurvySam, is a plus size happy oversharer, living fearlessly whilst she shares her life of plus size fashion, beauty, travel and body confidence. CurvySam’s is launching a new line of size inclusive (8-34) gender neutral (and SUPER fashionable) robes and sle...

After a lifetime of dating men, Jackie decided to try dipping her toes into the lady pool. And while the sex was amazing, it turns out that drama has no gender. You can find Jac’s first ep for GOBP here: https://play.acast.com/s/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/jackieandthetractordate And her second one here: https://shows.acast.com/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/episodes/jackie-and-the-grey-area Jackie is a...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We open the show with a lovely bit of feedback from a Reader; and a gold star to them for including not one but two stories of their own. However, the mood soon sours as we reluctantly re...

 Host Liz jumps into the hot seat this week to chat a whirlwind of a hook up. Producer Zane joins regular host Tom on mic to evaluate Liz’s communication skills in a tricky situation. After four years’ podcast hosting, did Liz follow her own advice? Or is she a hot mess like the rest of us?  Join in the conversation on Facebook at Ghosts of Boyfriends Past Podcast: Group Therapy https://...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we field a couple of questions from our Ghosts of Boyfriends Past - Group Therapy Facebook group, so join us there. If you have been Ghosted, how long did it take you to reach out and try an find out why? What does it mean...

When you work for Bumble, you know all the dating trends. Lucille McCart chats to Liz and Tom about what to expect in the dating world in 2023. Spoiler alert: a LOT has changed since 2020. https://bumble.com https://bumble.com/en/the-buzz/ Lucille McCart is the APAC Communications Director at Bumble. Having spent nearly a decade in public relations agencies working with global and local brands spa...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we have a look at the idea of dating against your type (or at least trying ), we face a sticky Reader question, and we wonder whether you've ever adopted a hobby from a partner? If you have a response to any of these quest...

It’s time for the climax of Cindy’s collection of swinger stories! If you haven’t listened to part one and part two, head back a couple of eps for the context behind these swinger hits and swinger misses from reader Cindy. Have you got any stories about when you’ve tried entering the world of swinging? Write to us at ghostsofboyfriendspast@gmail.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We open today's episode with a lovely bit of Reader feedback before we delve into a couple of good old fashioned break-up stories. Also we hear an update on a story developing in real ti...

She’s back with two new stories! CW: The first part of this story deals with issues relating to consent. Jackie was keen to get physical with her new date, but a few too many drinks later and she entered a bit of a grey area. The second story is a comedy palate cleanser we’ll call Jackie and the Sex Fritata. Enjoy! You can find Jac’s first ep for GOBP here: https://play.acast.com/s/ghosts-of-boyfr...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Well we find ourselves at the last Quickie of the year. This episode we cover a broad array of topics; a Reader queries whether being raised by a certain type of parent will have an influence on the type of people you date, we s...