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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 52 One year. 52 episodes. 153 subscribers. And absolutely no idea what we were doing. For our one-year episode, Amy & Aseah look back at the first year of Barely Thriving, from thinking they'd be at 10K subscribers by now to realising that simply making it through 52 weeks is something worth being proud of. We talk about how the podcast has changed alongside our lives, the moments that made us realise people were actually listening, the Barely Thriving Hotline, our biggest clips, what we've learned about putting ourselves online, and whether we'd still start the podcast if we could go back to the beginning. And, naturally, we finish where we started: did we make it? ...kinda. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 00:00 One Year of Barely Thriving 03:10 A Year of Absolute Nonsense 09:14 153 Subscribers 14:03 Finding Our Flow 20:50 Our Favourite Podcast Moments 27:44 Who We Were vs Who We Are Now 32:20 What We've Learned 42:21 Did We Make It?
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 51 Would you let your partner go through your phone? This week on Barely Thriving, Girls Court is officially in session as we argue over the unwritten rules of relationships. Should couples share their location? Should you still follow your ex? Are work wives and husbands ever acceptable? Does “we were on a break” excuse anything? And is secretly disliking your friend basically a crime? Then we get into a Hotline confession about the mental load of being the person who has to organise, remember and explain everything in a relationship. Two women in their 30s. Very different rules. Very little agreement. Court is open. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 00:00 Cold Open 00:29 Location Sharing 03:40 Following Your Ex 05:33 Work Wives & Husbands 08:34 “We Were On A Break” 11:08 Secretly Disliking Your Friend 15:27 Going Through Your Partner's Phone 20:33 Barely Thriving Hotline 27:49 Outro
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 50 Why is nobody kissing anymore? 😭 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah unpack the chaos of modern dating, starting with a date that ends with a man disappearing halfway through the evening. From there, they get into the apparent decline of kissing, whether you should kiss on a first date, first-kiss chemistry, terrible kissing experiences and the glory days of teenage club snogging. They also discuss what dating in your 30s is actually like and why the bare minimum has somehow become something to celebrate. Being on time? Amazing. Communicating consistently? Sexy. Cooking more than pasta? Apparently marriage material. Expect funny dating stories, modern relationship debates, chaotic girl talk, dating standards, first-date disasters and plenty of Amy & Aseah's usual disagreements. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Hotline: The Date Who Disappeared 10:04 Why Is Nobody Kissing Anymore? 13:28 First Kisses, Bad Kisses & The Kiss Test 18:15 The Glory Days of Club Snogging 22:24 Dating in Your 30s & The Bare Minimum
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 49 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah kick things off with a chaotic Barely Thriving Hotline dilemma... a listener who thought she'd finally found a guy she was clicking with, only to discover he'd been casually seeing someone else too 😭 From there, things get increasingly unhinged as they unpack contraception, the pill, the implant, fertility and what hormonal birth control can actually feel like. They also get into sexual health, cheating, pregnancy, parenting responsibilities, why women seem to carry so much of the responsibility, and the extremely chaotic story of Amy and Aseah attempting to do a sexual health test together🩸 Expect dating disasters, contraception debates, fertility stories, relationship red flags, chaotic girl talk, strong opinions and plenty of laughs. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 He Was Dating Someone Else 09:20 The Pill Is F*cking Awful 12:27 Fertility & The Pill 16:12 Why Do Women Take All The Risks? 21:11 We Test Together 26:26 Who Actually Raises The Kids? 31:37 I Never Knew My Normal Cycle
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 48 He's a 10... but there's always a catch 😭 This week on Barely Thriving, we kick things off with a Barely Thriving Hotline dilemma from a listener who thinks her friend might be copying her entire life... from her hair and jewellery to her Pilates, Mini, matcha and even her ex. 👀 Then we're playing He's a 10 But..., putting our dating standards to the test and discovering just how quickly a perfectly good man can become a 2. From smoking and ignoring your texts to calling his mum “mummy”, not believing in tarot, having an ex playlist, driving a Fiat 500 and referring to his cats as his “pussies”... apparently the bar is both very high and completely unreasonable. 😂 Plus, Amy tells the story of discovering that her relationship with alcohol might be slightly more complicated than she realised. 🍷😭 Expect dating icks, relationship red flags, chaotic girl talk, friendship drama, embarrassing stories and two best friends who definitely don't agree on what makes someone a 10. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: Email →barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Anonymous form → https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Hotline: She's copying me 08:24 We Have Wine 09:40 He's a 10 But... 12:50 When He Ruins Your Birthday… 21:05 He's a 8… But He's a Criminal 24:18 He's a 4… But Your Family Loves Him 26:30 I Didn't Know I Was Alcohol Intolerant
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 47 This week on Barely Thriving, a listener tells us how her sister managed to turn her engagement party into a pregnancy announcement... because apparently one major life event wasn't enough for one evening 😭 From there, Amy and Aseah spiral into even more chaos when Aseah discovers a mysterious payment coming out of her account and finds out she's been paying for Fetish Finder... Then it's straight into a nostalgia spiral about the things they somehow thought were completely normal in their younger years: £1 drinks, questionable nights out, Facebook albums, giant hair, sleeping in makeup and the absolute chaos of 2012–2017. If you were going out in the 2010s, this episode may unlock some memories you'd rather have left buried 😂 New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Anonymous form → https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 My Sister Hijacked My Engagement Party 08:54 The Mystery £4 Payment 13:22 2012–2017 Girlhood Chaos 18:51 Sleeping in Makeup! 23:42 187 Facebook Photos!? 30:14 We Were Actually So Cool
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 46 This week on Barely Thriving, Aseah attempts to quit vaping after years of nicotine use and quickly discovers that quitting is a lot harder than expected. 😭 From buying cigarettes as a bizarre quitting strategy to carrying crystals for emotional support and nearly breaking down at work, the week spirals spectacularly. Amy and Aseah also unpack a Barely Thriving Hotline about a mum secretly messaging her daughter's cheating ex, battle it out over childhood songs and discuss why some men apparently still don't understand periods. Expect chaotic girl talk, friendship stories, nicotine withdrawal, quitting vaping, period pain, body image, relationship drama, funny stories and plenty of Amy & Aseah's usual chaos. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Anonymous form → https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Mum & The Cheating Ex 05:49 I Quit Vaping 15:04 Guess the Childhood Song 30:34 Men Don't Understand Periods 35:33 We're Barely Thriving
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 45 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah react to one of the most chaotic Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas yet... a first date that takes a turn absolutely nobody sees coming. From there, the conversation quickly spirals into dating dealbreakers, controversial opinions, bizarre hobbies, modern dating, and all the tiny things that can instantly make someone undateable... before Amy and Aseah realise they might actually be the biggest red flags themselves. Expect chaotic girl talk, funny dating stories, friendship banter, modern relationship dilemmas, internet opinions and plenty of laughs. New episodes every Wednesday. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or submit anonymously: https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod CHAPTERS 00:00 Hotline: He Took Me Home... 😳 10:19 Things That Make Someone Undateable 16:32 The Most Random Dealbreakers 22:22 Why WE'RE Undateable 28:06 I Need To Touch You
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 44 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah unpack a Barely Thriving Hotline from a listener who's convinced she just isn't built for relationships after a three-month situationship completely knocked her sideways. Can something that only lasted a few months really break your heart? Or are we all putting way too much pressure on modern dating? But that's only where the chaos begins... From there, the conversation spirals into dating apps, attachment, whether heartache and heartbreak are actually different, unblocking exes, Reddit's wildest confessions, and the random questions that somehow tell you everything about a person. Expect: 💔 Heartbreak vs heartache 📱 Dating apps & modern dating ❤️ Honest girl talk 😂 Reddit's funniest relationship confessions 🚩 Dating delusions we've all had ☕ Weekly life updates and plenty of laughs New episodes every Wednesday. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or submit anonymously: https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us Instagram: @barelythriving_pod TikTok: @barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 A Three-Month Breakup Broke Her 07:57 Heartache vs Heartbreak 11:00 Dating Apps Are Emotional Warfare 16:37 Reddit's Wildest Bedroom Confessions 24:00 If You Could Swap Lives For One Day... 26:54 Things We've Never Admitted Out Loud
🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 43 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah unpack one of the most awkward Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas yet... a boyfriend who borrowed his girlfriend's phone, went through her hidden folder, and uncovered photos she didn't even know were still there. Was he completely out of line, or should those photos have been deleted? But that's only where the chaos begins. From there, the conversation spirals into relationship privacy, whether you should keep photos of your ex, childbirth facts neither of us knew, the realities of the luteal phase, birth control, public toilet confessions, and the funniest (and most concerning) things men have actually said about periods. Expect: 📱 Relationship dilemmas & dating debates 😂 Chaotic girl talk ❤️ Friendship conversations 🚩 Modern dating 🩸 Women's health myths 🤦 The funniest things men have said ☕ Weekly life updates and plenty of laughs New episodes every Wednesday. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us Instagram @barelythriving_pod TikTok @barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Hotline: He Looked In Her Hidden Folder... 08:10 Girl Talk 11:20 Public Toilet Confessions 15:00 Childbirth Facts That Shocked Us 16:45 Luteal Phase Chaos 😭 24:24 The Wildest Things Men Have Said About Periods