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Send us Fan Mail Andrea is joined by Dating Coach Connell Barrett author of the Amazon bestselling book “Dating Sucks but You Don’t". He is a dating coach and the founder of Dating Transformation. He helps men connect with women by unlocking their best, most authentic selves. Connell has appeared on "Access Hollywood" and the "Today" Show, and in many magazines, including...

Send us Fan Mail *Trigger Warning: Miscarriage* Kayla sits down with Andrea to talk about it all! It's an open and honest conversation about suffering a miscarriage, losing relationships, finding love again, plants, and learning to walk away from toxic environments. It's an episode full of emotions and they're spilling all the tea.  Feathers might be ruffled ... Kayla is a fitness i...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea is joined by the amazing ladies of Sippin' with Us Podcast . Sippin’ With Us was started by 3 Latinas with the purpose of opening up conversations about mental health, confidence, and self acceptance. They noticed there was a need of more Latino representation in the podcast community and have been fortunate to bring along guests into their podcast that have been open...

Send us Fan Mail Lisa Kroencke joined the staff as Executive Director of The Magdalen House in 2016.  She began volunteering at the house in 2007 and accepted a Board of Director’s position in 2009.  In 2010, she was named Board Chair, bringing more than 20 years of fundraising, communications, and board development experience to the position.  Lisa has served as a volunteer and board member to mo...

Send us Fan Mail Ella comes back to the pod to share some news about her new venture The Space and to help Andrea close out season two of Date and Debate. As usual, the conversation is profound and inspiring. They discuss the importance of recognizing when something isn't working, building habits, listening to yourself (and others), self alignment,  pivoting when needed, and pausing when you...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea sits down with Jimmy Collins - a wine and spirits expert passionate about all things liquor and good vino! Jimmy shares how he got started in the wine and spirits industry, the value of building relationships in business (and in life!), and the importance of giving ( book discussed: Give and Take by Adam Grant) . He then jumps in to share how he fell in love with his now fi...

Send us Fan Mail Fernanda, Max and Andrea sit down to discuss the different approaches to take when starting a relationship. The conversation focuses a lot on how Max has a hard timeline when it comes to dating while Fernanda and Andrea have a more chill approach. They discuss the importance of doing the Myers Briggs Personality assessment and how this can help understand and navigate relationship...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea sits down with the Queen of Reels aka Nzynga! If you've seen her IG Reels & feed, you know this girl is all about embracing yourself, loving yourself, spreading joy, and empowering women. This convo is no different! They talk about cancel culture, the importance of supporting small BIPOC businesses, BLM, the Capitol Riot, Instagram vs. Reality, and Nzynga shares a...

Send us Fan Mail It's Andrea's first solo episode! Date and Debate was inspired by her blog I Can't Make This Shit Up .  In this episode she takes it way back to her blogging days and shares some of the weirdest (and most popular) dating stories.  If you have any dating stories you'd like to share or have Andrea discuss on her podcast, please send them to hifriend@dateanddebate...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea sits down with two of her best friends to share diary entries from their early teenage years. It's embarrassing, full of laughter, maybe a little singing, and a quick 90's boy band lesson.  It's an  episode intended to bring some laughter and hopefully help you forget about the chaos in the world for a few minutes.  Enjoy! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Andrea is joined by her  friends Juan Branch and Brent Crable on this episode to dig a little deeper into the male perspective and emotional side. They discuss and share what their insecurities are, what does it take for them to open up fully , when was the last time they let themselves truly be seen/heard, fear of commitment, and what does an ideal partner look like. The boys got...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea is joined by Ella Leupold - a meditation and movement teacher - to talk about her journey into meditation and what led her to it  in the first place. No stone is left unturned; they discuss everything from her childhood to growing up without her father to a sudden career change in the middle of a pandemic that ultimately turned into a wonderful blessing in disguise. She sha...

Send us Fan Mail It's Pitches night! Aka Girls Night with Martina, Christiana, and Andrea. The ladies gather on a Friday night to talk all things Business and Love. The conversation goes on several - yet important - tangents: CY reveals she is actually Jafar from Aladdin,  they debate about first dates at chain restaurants, they find out what a tree-nup is, and much more. Christiana and Marti...

Send us Fan Mail Fernanda is back to talk all things Therapy and Love!  What makes for happy, fulfilled relationship? Who hasn’t heard (or been told!) “you have to love yourself first to be happy in a relationship”? So many folks talk about the importance of self-love and how you need to love yourself first in order to be happy/have successful relationship. But what does self-love mean? How does i...

Send us Fan Mail It's Andrea's birthday! And it also happens to be Election Day.  Andrea sits down with her best friend Brad to talk about love, politics, the importance of this election, their feelings about our current president, and their hope for the future. It's a light, insightful, and fun conversation among friends. Make sure to go vote and take some time for yourself as we g...

Send us Fan Mail They boys Wade, Juan, and Keith are back to talk about the current state of things and what has changed in the past few months since they were all together. They discussed everything from Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor, to mental health and the effect the rise of racial injustice awareness has affected and impacted their relationships. It was candid, raw, extremely vulnerable, and as...

Send us Fan Mail Mel, Liz, Dustin, and Andrea are back for  another collab! They touched on all subjects: BLM, Voting, Sex, Pegging (oh yeah they went there), Trump, being a Stay at Home Mom, Relationships,  and so so much more. It's a very long episode (Andrea loves a juicy and long episode!) with a smooth transition around 1:49:00 to take a break if you need to. This was a conversations fue...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea sits down with Thomas to peel the layers of what it takes to be the best you can in a partnership. Thomas is a relationships expert, author, and podcast host, who specializes in helping couples transform their conflicts into lasting love. It's a great and introspective conversation where Thomas shares his expertise on vulnerability and building healthy & meaningful...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea sits down with Tray to discuss white privilege, what it is, what it means, how it began, what is missing, and what we can do to drive meaningful and systemic change.  It's a  raw and explicit conversation - white person to white person - about race, our history, and our responsibility to black and brown lives. This is about conversations that white folks need to have w...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Tulsi sit down to discuss women's health and the impact our Pelvic Floor has on our intimate and sexual life. Asking the right questions to your doctor and knowing/listening to your body are things we aren't taught growing up as women. We don't question diagnosis or treatments and can spend years without knwoing we had a condition that could have been eas...

Send us Fan Mail Trigger Warning: This episode contains content about domestic abuse and violence in detail. For anyone affected by abuse and needing support please call 1-800-799-7233 or if you're unable to speak freely you can log onto thehotline.org or text LOVEIS to 1-866-331-9474. Jo Lam is the founder and CEO of Project Beauty , a Dallas based 501c3 nonprofit organization that strives t...

Send us Fan Mail This BONUS episode is one you cannot miss! Andrea and Fernanda sit down to chat with Nathalia Gilek the founder and CEO of Yoni WANDerland to talk about Yoni Eggs and Wands and how these can help us discover our inner goddess. YONI means TEMPLE  and Nathalia explains how the energy of the eggs, wands and the crystals they are made of, help us own our feminine power, gain a deeper...

Send us Fan Mail *EPISODE WAS RECORDED ENTIRELY IN SPANISH*  Fernanda is back for our last episode of this one-month miniseries to talk about Love Languages! We all express and understand love in different ways. In this episode, Andrea and Fernanda discuss the five different ways in which we communicate love, while taking a look at their own love languages. Love is a choice. Choosing to speak your...

Send us Fan Mail In the final episode of Wellness Wednesdays Laura shares some helpful tips to build self love and compassion during these difficult times. Andrea and Laura end the episode with a recap of these four weeks and their own personal takeaways from everything they've discussed and learned. This is not the last you'll hear from Laura, so stay tuned for Season 2 for more! You ca...

Send us Fan Mail Roger Smith Roger W. Smith was born in Kentucky, grew up in Texas and grew up in New York. He found his love for the guitar late, but since then he has not put it down. He finds inspiration in Pop, Folk and Country Blues Fingerpicking. Elizabeth Cotten, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Etta Baker, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Alabama Shakes and Gary Cla...