Conversations with My Walls

In this episode, I return from a short break with a new realization. What happens when processing a breakup ends and the world beyond it opens up? Magic, I soon found. After going on solo dates to reconnect with myself, this time unexpectedly led me to fleeting yet meaningful conversations with strangers. From there, I discovered the shared blocks, dreams, and connections that are worth talking more about—because we’re all in this together.

It starts with a woman who confessed to me that she felt “too old” at 60 to follow her dreams. This episode honors the very relatable fear and pivots to unearth a hack to fast track cultivating talent as well as how to stop talking ourselves out of our own potential.

Highlights:

* The secret to talent lies in your taste.

* How emulation can get you where you want faster, and is one of the best kept creative secrets hiding in plain sight.

* Perspective shifts, re-parenting our self-talk, and stepping into new beginnings without age limits.

Mentions:

* Austin Kleon (Steal Like an Artist)

* Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket

* François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows

* The Intern

* Apparition Spirit Speak tarot deck

Links:

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x Morgan

Are we actually suffering from short attention spans, or have we just developed bad consideration? In this episode, I break down the vulnerability trap of "might delete later" energy and how a quote from two social media VPs gave a relationship downgrade surprising meaning. Plus, the tolerance we need to move us back to true, messy, and healthy intimacy.

Highlights:

* How regret-posting and “might delete later” energy can spill into our relationships.

* Why unhealthy vs healthy consideration matters.

* How perpetual consideration turns a relationship into a stage—but only one partner knows it.

* A helpful nervous system explainer from Chelsea Handler’s therapist.

Mentions:

* Rachel Karten’s Link in Bio newsletter

* The Window of Tolerance

Links:

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x Morgan

This episode is a special double feature, like my own personal Barbenheimer. The second half is the part that’s taken me so long to find the words for, yet it’s so important to share: a story of grief and honoring my father’s legacy. But first we dive into streaming hacks, untangling shame in adulthood, and a special communication trick to help us risk feeling safe enough to be seen.

Highlights:

* Calling someone out is so over. Calling someone in is the way to go, especially when it comes to mitigating shame.

* Healthy mirroring involves becoming our own sugar babies.

* When mirroring is really survival-based social masking for neurodivergent minds and how manipulators take advantage of this.

* Announcing the Eleven Forty-One Collection.

Mentions:

* PBS Passport

* The Marlow Murder Club Season 3, Episode 1

* Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy’s (RO-DBT) Match + 1

* The New York Times Investigation: How Nursing Homes’ Worst Offenses Are Hidden From the Public

Related episodes:

Episode 004 - On becoming a liar

Links:

* Shop the Eleven Forty-One Collection

x Morgan

In this episode, meet my friend “Bill,” whose relationship with chaos inspired my latest art print. And come along as I explore why being needed should face the same scrutiny as being needy does, and why savior complexes are like bedazzling.

“The opposite of faith isn’t doubt, it’s control.”

Highlights:

* How externalizing control mirrors buzzy, disposable internet trends.

* Why calm can be terrifying and leads to an emotional form of sensory seeking.

* Reimagining relationships as support groups represented by a single piece of furniture.

* Holding knowledge of someone’s past is a sacred act that helps us understand how old dynamics dictate how we love.

Mentions:

* Friends Season 5, Episode 4 “The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS”

* Vivian Tu (@your.richbff) on Instagram

* Modern Family Season 2, Episode 17 “Two Monkeys and a Panda”

* Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Featured Art Print

“Chaos Is Not Love” • Created as a reminder for those steady girlies who need this affirmation instilled in them when engaging with others who may see it differently 👀 Available now in the shop.

x Morgan

This episode looks at how lies shape our world and breaks down the toll of performance culture, returning once again to the age-old battle of love vs. career. Serving as a milestone in the post-breakup grieving process, this episode is a call for our return to self and a guide to embrace the both/and of your desires.

Highlights:

* Why craving a result without doing the work guarantees disappointment.

* How “harmless” lies alter your brain chemistry.

* The culture of performance vs proficiency.

* Why your body’s physical signals are a stronger compass than your thoughts.

Mentions:

* Quote on desire and lifestyle by James Clear

* Research via the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership

* Greenberg

* Open All Hours newsletter

Related episodes:

Links:

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x Morgan

This episode is courtesy of my love of Marc Jacobs, as the quest for his book led me to the most kismet discovery: answers about my breakup I wasn’t going to get anywhere else (especially not from the one person I needed them from.) I also explore the self-sabotage of receiving, understanding the role of masculine and feminine energies in men, and how Bill Lawrence can do better.

Highlights:

* While you can’t intellectualize healing, curiosity is a suitable antidote to longing, fear, and rumination

* How following "glimmers and shimmers" can point you right to what you need to see

* Why receiving love can be so scary for men when ruled by the patriarchy

* Analyzing the effects of locker room, manifestation, and fashion cultures within modern masculinity

Mentions:

* Seinfeld Season 5, Episode 2 ”The Puffy Shirt”

* Marc by Sofia by Sofia Coppola

* The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

* Men’s Work by Connor Beaton

* HBO’s Rooster Season 1, Episode 9 "Ludlow's Fourth Hottest Professor"

* The Mighty Ducks

* Heated Rivalry

Related episodes:

Links:

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x Morgan

This episode peeks inside the unbalanced “relationship economy,” taking a slice out of my past relationships to explore how social conditioning encourages us women to over-invest, while allowing men to get away with emotional borrowing.

Highlights:

* The cost of prioritizing a partner’s comfort over your own

* The comic book problem and Cazzie David’s superhero game

* Why tradwifery doesn’t help

* A “cupful” of perspective to stop over giving

Mentions:

* Cazzie David on Instagram

* Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu)

* Gilmore Girls Season 1, Episode 14 (“That Damn Donna Reed”)

Related episodes:

Episode 001 | On the urge to time travel after heartbreak

Episode 002 | On how to tell yourself real stories, not fantasies

Links:

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Recommended: The Extra Delusional art print

x Morgan

This episode examines the narratives we’ve been fed that keep our hope alive for a “second act”. I unpack my heartbreak and denial in real time, two days post-break up as my mind cycles through the dangers of rom-coms that condition us to expect a resolution we may never get.

Highlights:

* The problems with movies from You’ve Got Mail to Shopgirl

* Are these writer’s romantic idealizations just misguided hope?

* Why my ex’s actions are in direct conflict with the messaging we’ve been fed

* A call for a new genre of movies that will help you rewrite your focus

Mentions:

* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

* You’ve Got Mail

* Shopgirl

* Set It Up

* Frances Ha

Related episodes:

Links:

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x Morgan

I unexpectedly got my heart broken last Thursday. The next morning I started writing what would become this podcast. The day after that, I hit record. And here we are. The first three episodes are live, less than a week later.

Let this show you: no man should ever hold you back, especially when they choose to put themselves in your rear view mirror.

This series of the podcast is dedicated to heartbreak and healing. You’ll join me in real time as I navigate life on the other side of what I thought was my big love.

In the debut episode, I’m sharing the personal details of two months that completely shifted my life and pulling back the curtain on our relationship with time. Especially, how to stop seeing it like the patriarchy wants you to and redefine it as a magical possibility.

Inside the episode:

* Navigating heartbreak as woman on the asexual/demisexual spectrum

* How to approach the past depression vs. future anxiety inherent in grief

* What Kate Winslet’s “rebellion” shows us about taking back our power

* The origins of my art print: Am I OK

Mentions:

* Fleabag Season 2, Episode 4

Related episodes:

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Recommended: The Am I OK art print

x Morgan