The Climb Higher Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Episode 8: The Need to Be Needed What if one of the biggest obstacles to your growth is something everyone praises you for? You're the dependable one. The fixer. The rescuer. The person everyone calls when life falls apart. And on the surface, that sounds admirable. But what happens when your value becomes tied to how much other people need you? In this episode of Climb Highe...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 7: Why You Keep Replaying the Relationship in Your Head You tell yourself you're done thinking about it. And then, somehow, you're right back there again. Replaying the conversations. Analyzing the arguments. Second-guessing your decisions. Searching for the moment everything went wrong. If you've ever felt trapped in an endless mental loop after a breakup,...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 6: The Identity Collapse Nobody Talks About Most people think heartbreak is about losing someone else. But what if one of the hardest parts of a breakup is losing yourself? After a relationship ends, many people find themselves asking questions they never expected to face: Who am I now? What do I want? What am I building? What does my future even look like anymore? In this...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5: Why Your Ex Can Walk Away So Easily One of the most painful questions people ask after a breakup is this: "How can they walk away so easily?" While you're struggling to sleep, replaying memories, and trying to make sense of what happened, they seem to be smiling, going out with friends, posting on social media, and moving forward as though the relationshi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 4: The Difference Between Missing Someone and Needing Someone Just because you miss someone doesn't mean they're supposed to be in your life. That's a difficult truth for many people to accept after a breakup. One moment you're doing well—sleeping better, thinking more clearly, rebuilding your routines—and then a photo, a memory, or a random reminder hi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3: Why No Contact Feels Like Withdrawal You know the relationship is over. You know reaching out isn't helping. You know checking their social media only makes things worse. So why does it still feel so hard to let go? In this episode of Climb Higher , Michael Temple explores one of the most misunderstood parts of heartbreak: why no contact can feel less like a choice...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1: Why Closure Is Overrated Most people think they're stuck because they don't have answers. They believe that if they could just have one more conversation...one more explanation...one more honest moment with the person who hurt them, they'd finally be able to move on. But what if that's not true? In this first episode of Climb Higher , Michael Temple...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2: The Dangerous Fantasy of Loving Someone Into Change What if the person you're trying so hard to love already knows exactly how you feel? One of the most painful beliefs people carry after a breakup is the idea that if their ex could just understand how deeply they were loved, everything would change. The relationship would be saved. The toxic patterns would stop. T...