Real-life or Lifetime movie? Let's find out. In this episode of Thick & Thin, we travel back to 18th century Versailles to learn the story of Jeanne de La Motte: a catfish and con artist who stole the most expensive piece of jewelry in France. 
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Sources:
https://historydaily.org/affair-diamond-necklace-facts-stories-trivia
https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Diamond-Necklace
https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/a-real-fake-countess-jeanne-de-la-motte-valoiss-lineage/
https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/jeannede_la_motte/
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A royal catfish & diamond affair

The spoken diary of Katy Bellotte, a self-employed graphic designer living in New York. Each Thursday, Katy blends her personal experiences with stories from history, offering advice, laughs & some major epiphanies. She chats about living in full color, through the thick & the thin (with a dirty martini in hand).
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Cheers to the present! We will never be able to tell the future, so why spend the energy worrying about it? In this episode of Thick & Thin, my goal is to stop wasting my time trying to control the narrative, but sometimes the anticipatory anxiety and endless what-ifs, win.

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Sources:
https://victoriaalbina.com/future-tripping-2/
https://ideas.ted.com/why-are-we-so-bad-at-predicting-what-will-happen-to-us-in-the-future/
https://nesslabs.com/end-of-history-illusion
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/science/study-in-science-shows-end-of-history-illusion.html#commentsContainer
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/reality-play/201301/the-end-history-illusion
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The dangers of future-tripping (Encore episode)

Sensitivity is not an overreaction. So in this episode of Thick & Thin, I'm glad to reconnect with my sensitive side knowing that I genuinely give and care about other people to the best of my ability. 

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Sources:
https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast44/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4JOlMSWjo&t=318s
https://www.amazon.com/Highly-Sensitive-Person-Elaine-Aron/dp/0553062182/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1436144715&sr=8-1&keywords=the+highly+sensitive+person&linkCode=sl1&tag=simplluxur-20&linkId=1d7817b0044ac440969759c628aa183a
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It’s ok to be sensitive (Encore episode)

Is working hard genuinely worth all of the stress? In this episode of Thick & Thin, I dig even deeper into our generation's obsession with the constant grind of work culture. 

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Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html
http://www.lewislibbyschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Icarus-Myth-Questions.pdf
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Flying too close to the sun (Encore episode)

We all hate being told what to do. It's a tale as old as time. So in this episode of Thick & Thin, I try to discover why. Why is it human nature to crave what we can't have? Is it for thrills? For power? For knowledge? Or perhaps, all of the above. 

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Sources:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/streisand-effect
https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedceleb/the-unflattering-photos-beyonces-publicist-doesnt-want-you-t
https://fellowprimo.com/herostratus-a-madman-who-burned-the-temple-of-artemis-for-fame/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-08/khloe-kardashian-picture-lawyers-takedown-streisand-effect/100055042
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Forbidden Fruit (Encore episode)

Hey guys, in this last episode of Thick & Thin, I tell the story of Pandora's Box, a powerful box that contains all of life's miseries yet can still bring hope. Thank you all for listening to this podcast, and I'll talk to you guys later; bye! 

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Sources:
https://greektraveltellers.com/blog/30-of-the-most-famous-tales-from-greek-mythology
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/musings/how-hope-crawled-out-of-pandora-s-box-525068
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora
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A royal catfish & diamond affair

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