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I’ve been feeling guilty for moving on. Not because I want my old relationship back, but because after years with one person, finding happiness somewhere new felt… wrong. In this episode, I open up about ending a long-term relationship, co-parenting, meeting someone new, and the guilt that comes with allowing yourself to be happy again. I talk about questioning my feelings, wondering if I was movi...

This episode is what happens when you stop performing “growth” and actually sit with yourself. I got honest about my patterns, my relationships, my impulsiveness, and the versions of me I thought I outgrew but keep finding myself revisiting. I talk about accountability, emotional triggers, and what it means to actually change instead of just looking like you are. It’s uncomfortable. It’s real. And...

You buy things to distract yourself, compare yourself to people online, keep promises to everyone except yourself, and then wonder why you don’t feel confident. But confidence isn’t always about appearance. Sometimes it’s about your relationship with yourself. So today we’re asking a slightly uncomfortable question: do you actually like yourself?

This episode is for anyone who has lost themselves and is finding their way back! :) If you made it all the way to the end, come talk to me about it. I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Let’s talk about it: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/hellothere.mani/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hellothereyani ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If this episode resonated with you, sha...

Somewhere between crying, venting, overthinking, and mentally spiraling… I realized I wasn’t “crazy” or “ungrateful.” I was emotionally overloaded. In this bonus Mother’s Day episode, I talk about emotional purging, what happens when you suppress too much for too long, and why finally letting yourself FEEL everything might be one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. This episode is ra...

Lately, my life has been improving in ways I’ve been praying for… and somehow, I still don’t feel okay. In this episode, I’m being completely honest about what I’ve been feeling: anger, burnout, frustration, and the confusion that comes with outgrowing parts of your life that no longer align with who you’re becoming. I talk about what it feels like to be in that in-between phase where things are g...

This episode is for everyone who is waiting for someone to save them. If you made it all the way to the end, come talk to me about it. I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Let’s talk about it: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/hellothere.mani/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hellothereyani ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who migh...

You don’t need to trauma dump to feel connected, but a lot of us do it without even realizing. In this episode, I’m calling myself out, and maybe you too. We’re getting into: why trauma bonding feels like real connection but isn’t the truth about oversharing and where it actually comes from why intense doesn’t mean deep how to start building genuine lasting friendships instead Because real friends...

You don't trust yourself as much as you think you do... In this episode, we're talking about: self-boundaires discipline vs. avoidance and why following through changes everything It's not about motivation. It's about doing what you said you were going to do. Start there. If you made it all the way to the end, come talk to me about it. I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts a...

If you made it all the way to the end, come talk to me about it. I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Let’s talk about it: ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/hellothere.mani/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hellothereyani ⁠⁠⁠⁠ If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who might need it. Thank you for listening, beautiful humans. The Bad Brain Podcas...

Tune in as I spill the beans on my therapy epiphanies, real growth in real time! So grab a seat, hit the road, or take a stroll while you dive into this tale! If you made it all the way to the end, come talk to me about it. I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Let’s talk about it: ⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/hellothere.mani/ ⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hell...

In this episode, I’m talking about something that social media loves to romanticize: reinventing yourself. Online, reinvention looks aesthetic. It looks like new routines, glowing skin, productivity, and becoming the “best version of yourself.” But in real life? It’s a lot messier than that. I talk about what reinventing yourself has actually looked like for me, the uncomfortable parts, the identi...

This week’s episode is an honest conversation about insecurity, where it comes from, how it follows us into adulthood, and why confidence is not something you wait for but something you build through action. In this episode, I talk about the many roots of insecurity, including childhood conditioning, past relationships, body image, comparison, and the self doubt that grows when you stop trusting y...

This is one of the hardest episodes I’ve ever recorded. Not because there was a huge, dramatic ending… But because there wasn’t. In this episode, I talk about the quiet unraveling of my long-term relationship, the parenting imbalance, the emotional disconnection, the resentment that built slowly over time, and the moment I finally realized I couldn’t abandon myself anymore. I share the truth about...

In this episode, I talk about what it really feels like to be newly single after spending six years in a relationship. Not the dramatic version. Not the social media version. The real version. This isn’t a story about betrayal or chaos. It’s about growth. It’s about outgrowing a version of yourself. It’s about choosing alignment, even when nothing is technically “wrong.” I talk about the emotional...

Women aren’t bitter. We’re waking up. After rereading my old journals and revisiting a situationship from years ago, I realized I was centering men who weren’t centering me. This isn’t about man-hating. It’s about clarity. Choosing peace over confusion. Stability over intensity. Letting love meet me where I already am. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HelloThereYani Instagram: https://www.instagr...

In this episode, I reflect on a situationship from my early twenties and the lessons it taught me about love, attachment, and choosing myself. This is an honest look back with clarity I didn’t have then. Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hellothere.mani/ Watch more on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HelloThereYani

I’ve been rereading my morning pages and noticed something surprising. I don’t react the way I used to. This minisode is about quiet growth learning to pause not every feeling being an emergency and how healing can happen without announcements. Follow me on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/hellothere.mani/⁠ Watch more on YouTube ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HelloThereYani

If you have ever felt behind late or like you should be further by now this episode is for you. In this conversation I am breaking down why your twenties were not a waste even if you started quit restarted survived and figured things out in real time. School jobs relationships survival mode self doubt all of it was training. Your twenties were not about arriving. They were about building capacity....

In this episode, we’re unpacking the messy cycle of people-pleasing—where it comes from, how it shows up, and why it’s not the same as being kind. If you’ve ever felt guilty for saying no, or drained from always putting others first, this one’s for you.

In this episode, I’m diving into some real talk about relying on people and how my cousin’s wife’s advice completely shifted my perspective. We’ll explore why depending too much on others can leave you stuck, the difference between healthy support and unhealthy reliance, and how to build the kind of self-reliance that keeps you moving forward no matter what. I’ll share the exact moment her words h...

Your inner critic has been lying to you for years! Telling you you’re not ready, not good enough, or that it’s safer to stay where you are than to try and fail. The truth? That voice isn’t protecting you. It’s keeping you small. In this episode, we’re getting real about self-sabotage: why we do it, how it shows up in our daily lives, and the sneaky ways it disguises itself as “logic” or “being rea...

In this first episode, I’m sharing five habits that are grounding me and five I had to toss in the trash. From morning pages to walking 12k steps, cutting back on energy drinks, and finally learning to say no — this episode is part pep talk, part diary entry, and 100% real. If you’ve ever felt like you’re trying to rewire your life from the ground up, this one’s for you.