Everything we know about boundaries

Question from the audience! "How can you be yourself without hurting someone you love?" Let's talk about disappointing people when you choose yourself! Did something happen in your life you want our take on? Send us your questions and we will give you a piece of our mind, but obviously, NO advice :)

The one where we talk about everything we know about boundaries and how to set them. We share our journeys, the pendulum swing between having few to having many, and our toolbox for creating and communicating boundaries when it gets hard. Building boundaries goes against our innate human desire to be loved and accepted, so we ignore building them. It is not easy to set and communicate our boundaries, but they are essential ingredients for our health, relationships, and safety. Boundaries give us a sense of power and control over our physical space, thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

The one where we speak about our personal perspectives on becoming biological mothers, our strong opinions on parenthood, IVF, and our social conditioning on women having to be mothers to be 'real women' and so much more. Please practice kindness and self-responsibility as this topic and conversation may be triggering to anyone going through IVF, or actively trying to become a parent.

The one where we speak about our journeys from 0 to personal brand across a decade in two varying fields: wedding photography and personal development. We address the gifts, the challenges, the highs and lows, what we love and what we struggle with and how we are moving forward from here as we navigate tremendous changes in the online field.

The one where we speak to our past relationship breakups and how we moved through the grief and pain of their ending. So many things are changing all around us at the moment, including the way that we conduct ourselves in romantic intimate relationships. We reflect on what works for us and our lived experiences and explore some of the questions we receive from our listeners on the topic.

The episode where Nadia and Vienda speak to their fatigue at 'having to do it all' as the singular individualistic culture we live in prescribes us to in order to keep consuming at the highest levels possible and what the antidote for that might be, plus how we both are slowly opting out of this narrative of the world and life.

The one where we discuss if we should consume art made by problematic people? And how exactly do you define 'problematic', isn't that all of us? We often hear "it's about the art not the artist", but is it really that simple?

The one where we unpack the trendy concept of manifesting and challenge it with some questions like “Did you really manifest it or were you just in a privileged position?” “Did you maybe get lucky?” “What is the chain of events that lead you to get what you want?” We explore ho we re-define it to something closer to the reality we live in. If you are as tired of it as we are, this is a conversation you don't want to miss! We would love to hear your thoughts on it below!

The episode where we discuss moving through life from our minds vs our bodies. Many people pride themselves on the knowledge they’ve accumulated or on being intellectually bright. Amassing information is interesting but often neglects a deeper dimension of our being—our somatic and emotional intelligence. Buddhist psychology offers the view that becoming an awake human being is largely a matter of emptying and letting go rather than accumulating more and more—more knowledge, power, information, or assets. For example, emptying ourselves of our negative, core beliefs about ourselves enables us to live with greater self-worth and dignity. Suspending our pre-conceived opinions about others and our attempts to change them enables us to be present with people in a more connected, empathic way. Prioritizing information over transformation can rob us of a satisfying life. Our lived experience of life is irreducible and must be accounted for. 

The one where we discuss all the beauty and skincare trends we have bought into and tested - maybe you recognise some of them :) We also speak about what the armour of beauty means to us, how we use it and the motivation behind running after trends. Enjoy! Leave us a comment, a question or an email: [email protected]