Robin Bushell

The Older Sister You Wish You Had

Society EN ↓ 60 episodes

Life. Love. Sex. Truth. Loss. I share the shit I have been through......so you don't have to

Author

Robin Bushell

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Society

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Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

#34: The Father You Don't Get To Have 06.01.2026

Sometimes healing isn't about finally fixing the relationship, it's about finally seeing it clearly. In this episode, I talk about growing up after my parent's divorce and what it was like having a father who couldn't show up the way I needed. This isn't about blame, it's about acceptance, grief and the quiet healing tnhat comes from letting go of who you hoped someone would be.

#33: An Honest Conversation About Loss And Life 30.12.2025

This episode is a personal conversation about loss, the kind that doesn't happen all at once, but accumulates quietly over time. I share about the losses I've experienced of people very close to me and what those experiences were for me. It's intimate, honest and deeply personal and how it shaped me. It taught me how to love and how important relationships really are.

#32: That Time I Showed Up In Bali With A Backpack 19.12.2025

A funny travel story about the first time I ever went to Bali, showing up with just a backpack, no plan and a lot of unexpected moments.

#31: When A Confusing Relationship Ends In Loss 17.12.2025

A deeply personal episode about a confusing marriage, emotional complexity, and what came after. Shared honestly, without simplifying the story.

#30: What Men Really Think: A 24 Year Old Gets Honest About Dating, Masculinity & Emotion 11.12.2025

In this episode, a 24 year old man joins me for an honest, unfiltered conversation about modern dating, masculinity, and emotion. We talk about what men feel but rarely express from the prressure to provide to how they approach women to what actually makes a healthy connection. We also explore what women need from men and how both sides can show up better in relationships today. Real, insightful,...

#29: The Red Flags I Ignored and Why 09.12.2025

When I met him, I fell madly in love...completely swept off my feet. It felt like a fairy tale at first. But the truth was far from that. In this episode, I walk through how something that started with intensity, passion, and devotion slowly shifted into emotional abuse, instability, and a version of myself I didn't recognize. These are the red flags I missed, the moments I explained away, and the...

#28: The Part of My Story I've Kept Quiet 02.12.2025

In this episode, I talk about a longterm relationship from my past, one I spent 11 years in and don't often revisit. It's a quieter chapter of my life, but an important one, and I'm finally ready to share it.

#27: Why I Don't Break Even When Life Does 21.11.2025

This episode wasn't planned. It came from watching myself tell a story from my childhood on the last episode, and realizing there's a pattern in me I've never named out loud. I talk about what it feels like to move through life the way I always have: feeling everything and still moving, hurting and still going, breaking and somehow not staying broken. I've lived my whole life with a quiet belief t...

#26: The Moment Everything Changed: A story From When I Was 10 19.11.2025

When I was 10 years old, my entire world split in half, literally. My family divided, my home changed overnight, and I found myself navigating fear, loneliness, independence, and adulthood long before I should have. In this episode, I tell the story I've never shared publicly and have not remembered for years. The time that shaped my strength, my independence, and my patterns in relationships... w...

#25: Stepping into the unknown and refusing to quit. 18.11.2025

Sometimes you don't get clarity, you just get a pull and you have to follow it. In this episode, I talk about what it actually feels like to reinvent your life in real time: the fear, the momentum, the discipline, the doubt, the magic and the weird comments from people who don't understand the path you are choosing. I quit my job and jumped without a net. Some days it feels effortless, and some da...

#24: Why Giving Up Drinking Set Me Free 12.11.2025

In this episode, I'm sharing the moment everything shifted nfor me.....the moment I chose to stop drinking, and how that one decision opened my entire world. The4 relationship that made me look at alcohol differently, what loving an alcoholic taught me, and how letting go of drinking brought me more clarity, energy, and emotional freedom than I ever expected. If you've ever wondered who you are wi...

#23: Why I'll Never Stop Practicing: My Journey Into Yoga and Freedom 08.11.2025

Yoga started as something simple... a way to move, breathe, and find balance, but it became so mich more. In this episode, I share how yoga literally changed my life and world and why it will always be a part of my life. This practice has taught me so much, and it is the foundation of who I am today and is the foundation of my freedom based life. If you have ever been drawn to yoga, or just needed...

#22: Jealousy Isn't Love 02.11.2025

I once mistook jealousy for passion...until I learned the difference. In this episode, I talk about what it's like to love someone whose jealousy looks like care but feels like control...and what real love feels like when it's finally safe and free. A story about awareness, boundries, and choosing the kind of love that doesn't cage you.

#21: The Art Of Receiving (and Saying YES to Life 24.10.2025

I've always been great at giving...but receiving? That took practice. So, a few years ago, I decided to turn it into an experiment. I took a road trip and made a vow to say yes....yes to help, yes to new experiences, yest to life itself. In this episode I share what that experiment taught me, how it connected back to a promise I made in 2015, and why receiving might be the most powerful form of tr...

#20: Love, Marriage, and Why Leaving Someone You Love Can Hurt More Than Rejection 23.10.2025

In this episode, I talk about love and marriage in today's world, how relationships evolve, and what it feels like to walk away from someone you love because you know it's the right thing to do. I share my own experience... the heartbreak, the nervous system shock, and the healing it took just to feel balanced again. I've often felt leaving someone you love is even harder than rejection itself. An...

#19: What I Do When I Feel Too Much 22.10.2025

You know those moments when something small cracks you wide open? When emotions hit harder than you expected and suddenly you're trying to keep your balance? That was me this week. This episode is about moving through it....not fixing it...and the truth that surprised me on the other side.

#18: Exploring The Way I See Romantic Love Now 13.10.2025

This episode wasn"t planned....it just flowed. I talk about where I am right now and how my view of romantic love has changed. About guarding my singleness, expanding in independence, and learning how to stay open without losing myself. It's honest, unscripted, nand exactly where I'm at in this season of my life.

#17: Hawaii vs. Bali: Energy, Judgment & Living Free 10.10.2025

In this impromptu episode, I share where I'm at right now.... giving up my place in California, spending time between Bali, and Hawaii, and learning how deeply my energy is affected by different places. I also open up about the judgement I've faced in my life and why I keep choosing freedom anyway.

#16: When Love Isn't Healthy But It's Real 07.10.2025

In this episode, I share my truth about loving someone so much that it blinded me to what was really there. Love doesn't always show up the way we want it to. Sometimes it's messy, painful, and not at all healthy... and yet, the feelings are still real. If you've ever loved someone who wasn't good for you, you'll feel this one.

#15: From Loss To Living Free 29.09.2025

Life has taken me through so many moves... Bali, Maui, California, and now into a new chapter. Each one has brought lessons, freedom, and fresh starts. In this episode, I'm sharing from heartache to joy....the journey and what I've learned along the way.

#14: How I Really Learned to Surf 22.09.2025

Surfing didn't come easy for me. I was scared, humbled, and beaten up more than once, but I couldn't stop. This is the story of how I really learned to surf, and why I fell in love with it anyway.

#13: When Love and Chaos Live Together 15.09.2025

What does it mean to love someone who feels like two different people? In this episode, I share stories of the chaos and tenderness that lived side by side in my marriage. The unpredictable episodes, the deep connection that kept me holding on, and the fear of divorce brought up. It wasn't just madnesss. It was both, tangled together in ways that were as confusing as they were heartbreaking,

#12: Friendship, Boundries & Becoming y own Woman 09.09.2025

In this episode I share my reflections on friendship- what it means, why it matterts, and how we navigate the ups and downs that come with it. From the joy of connection to the realitity of hurt and loss, this is about keeping an open heart as we move through relatioships in life.

#11: Love, Confusion and Commitment 01.09.2025

This one felt tender to record. I open up about what it was like to lovw someone deeply while navigating confusion, conflict, and the parts of marriage I didn't always understand.

#10: Why I Started This Podcast (Even Knowing I'll Be Judged) 26.08.2025

I didn't overthink this podcast, I just knew I had to do it. In this episode, I share what pushed me to start and why I felt called to speak, even knowing there might be judgement.

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