🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 38

This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah react to a dating dilemma involving a man who left multiple calls, Facetimes and voicemails after just one date.

The conversation quickly spirals into marriage coming with a warranty, divorce, soulmates and the realities of building a life with someone.

They also discuss the unexpected corner of the internet they've become obsessed with: World Cup TikTok.

Expect chaotic opinions, questionable advice, emotional football stories and plenty of laughs.

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Chapters

00:00 One Date, Five Voicemails

04:26 If It Was A Choice...

08:54 Flow State10:29 "It's Like Mother's Milk"

12:50 Marriage Should Come With A Warranty

17:49 Divorce is Expensive

18:07 Is There One Person For Everyone?

19:30 Teenage Love

27:08 Amy Was The Odd One Out

28:43 World Cup TikTok Has Changed Aseah's Life

31:10 The Goalkeeper Who Made Us Cry

33:32 Outro

🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 37

This week a listener asks whether she's expecting too much from her relationship after her boyfriend stops flirting outside the bedroom.

That conversation quickly turns into a much bigger discussion about communication, sexual compatibility, fake orgasms, situationships, modern dating advice, and the relationship rules women are constantly told to follow.

Amy and Aseah unpack some of the internet's most popular dating advice and decide whether it's actually helpful... or complete rubbish.

Topics include:

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 36

This week on Barely Thriving, we discuss one of the most shocking hotline stories we've received: a woman discovers she has unknowingly been the side chick for two years after finding a Facebook post from her partner's mum.

We also react to some of the funniest and harshest comments we've received online and share stories from a chaotic girls trip to Liverpool.

If you enjoy relatable girl talk, dating stories, relationship dilemmas, friendship dynamics, and unfiltered conversations, this episode is for you.

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 35

This week we're sharing some of our most chaotic girls holiday stories, unforgettable nights out and friendship disasters.

From holiday mishaps and drunken decisions to dating, tattoos and the reality of navigating early adulthood with your closest friends, this episode is packed with the kind of stories that only make sense when you've known each other for years.

Expect plenty of laughs and questionable choices.

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 34

This week on Barely Thriving, we discuss modern dating chaos, situationships, relationship red flags, and some of the worst first-date stories we’ve ever heard.

From fake “sister” shampoo bottles and gym breakup captions to terrifying date behaviour and heartbreak spirals, this episode is chaotic from start to finish.

Expect:

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 33 

This week on Barely Thriving Podcast, we spiral through situationships, dating icks, emotionally unavailable men, Snapchat red flags, accidental texts, manifestation delusions and one of the most horrifying stories we’ve ever heard online.

This week’s Barely Thriving Hotline involves a girl accidentally sending HIM the message that was definitely meant for the group chat… and honestly, the thumbs up reply might have been worse than an argument.

We also discuss:

Expect chaotic girl talk, questionable advice, relationship spirals and several moments where we nearly had to stop recording.

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 32 

A listener’s dog ate her tampon… and somehow that still wasn’t the worst part of the story.

This week on Barely Thriving Podcast, we spiral through THE most traumatic hotline confession, embarrassing family stories, toxic ex behaviour, dating red flags, and the most unhinged “and I still stayed” relationship stories we’ve ever heard.

From fake sleeping during arguments, to peeing in bottles, charging girlfriends back for Subway, and horrifying relationship confessions that genuinely made us question women collectively… this episode is complete chaos.

Expect chaotic girl talk, friendship banter, oversharing, dating disasters, trauma bonding, and way too much information.

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 31 

This week on Barely Thriving Podcast, we react to one of the most chaotic listener confessions we’ve ever received… and it only gets worse the more we unpack it 😭

We kick things off with our Barely Thriving Hotline, where you send in your anonymous stories and dilemmas, and we give our honest (and slightly unfiltered) opinions.

This week’s confession?

We also dive into Types of People We Don’t Like (Part 2) - and yes, we have a LOT to say.

We get into:

If you’ve ever been in an awkward situation, dealt with annoying people, or just love a bit of chaotic girl talk… this episode is for you.

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 30 

Toxic friendships, group chat drama and the friendship red flags you should never ignore… would you still be friends? 👀

In this episode of Barely Thriving Podcast, we react to a listener submission in our Barely Thriving Hotline ☎️ - a friendship dilemma that starts with one group chat comment and quickly spirals.

We dive into:

Plus, expect a few chaotic and very honest rants along the way (including some controversial opinions 👀).

If you’ve ever felt left out, judged by friends, or questioned your circle, this episode will hit home.

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🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 29 

In episode 29 of Barely Thriving, we get into a Hinge date gone very wrong… think oversharing, awkward bill splitting, and zero self-awareness.

We also talk about:

If you’ve ever ignored red flags, settled for less, or convinced yourself “it’s fine”… this one’s for you.

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