There's nothing like a fresh bottle of nail polish — smooth, clean, untouched, before anyone's contaminated it. But leave it in a drawer long enough and it goes thick, crusty, expired. Most people toss it. Gina the fixer? She pours in a little acetone and shakes it back to life. Sound familiar?

This week, Gina turns a bottle of polish into the most accurate metaphor for fear, hoarding, and that man you keep trying to revive that you'll never hear from. Surviving childhood hoarding ("Barb, pull the car around") to the real reason we hold onto old jeans, old beliefs, and old relationships way past their expiration date — this one's about the fears we were never actually born with. Turns out we come into this world with only two, and moms conquer both of them before breakfast. Everything else? We learned it. And anything you learned, you can unlearn. Grab your tissues, girls. It's time to stop pouring acetone into assholes and start choosing you.

In this episode:

• The nail-polish theory of why you can't let anything go
• Hoarding as a generational hand-me-down nobody asked for
• Why "loyalty" and "not giving up" are often just fear in a costume
• The only two fears humans are born with — and why moms crush both daily
• How we recreate our parents' relationships without realizing it
• Staying for the kids vs. leaving for the kids
• Why it's never too late to cleanse the bottle and start over

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📖 Daddy Tissues is a true story told in order. New here? Start at I'm F*cking Doing This. Links to episodes👇🏻

If you want to give your daughters some kick-ass birth control, park them in a comfy chair with a blanket and tell them my story. But that's coming. Today is about the feeling that says "I want to fuck his face off" — otherwise known as chemistry.

You read every book. You went to therapy. You drank the Kool-Aid and carried around the giant embarrassing water bottle. And then he walks in with the right eyes and the right chaos, and it's like morphine-acid-kryptonite-crack straight into your veins. So what IS that? Love at first sight — or your childhood trauma being pushed through your bloodstream by the little mad scientist I lovingly call Mr. Trauma?

This one's about the most inconvenient truth in dating after divorce: danger feels incredible, butterflies might be a warning, and the high we chase is sometimes just a starved nervous system finally getting fed. But it's not a lecture about settling for the beige-wall guy. It's the real question: can love be electric AND safe?

New episodes every Monday.

Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤

⚠️ Contains strong language and frank discussion of dating and trauma responses.

📚 THE WHOLE STORY, IN ORDER

I'm Fucking Doing This → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this

The Roots → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-roots

The Boiling Frog → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-boiling-frog

Let's Get High → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/lets-get-high

White Trash → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/white-trash

Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-1-who-is-vicky

Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-2-get-out-of-jail-free-card

Chapter 3: Fan Mail → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-3-fan-mail

Chapter 4: The Battleground → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-4-the-battleground

The Wrong Bitch → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-wrong-bitch

Chapter 5: Car Insurance → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-5-car-insurance

Chapter 6: Don't Forget to Brush → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-6-dont-forget-to-brush

Chapter 7: He'll Get Over It → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-7-hell-get-over-it

Chapter 8: The Box → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-8-the-box

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Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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📖 Daddy Tissues is a true story told in order. This is where it starts.👇🏻

I'm doing this. I am fucking doing this.

I just got divorced, turned 40, I have three kids, a lifetime of trauma, and a microphone I barely know how to use. I literally just learned how to post an Instagram story. I am completely unqualified — and somehow I know I'm the most qualified person on earth to do this show.

This is the first episode. It's about why: the lump in your throat when someone asks what's wrong. The husband fight that ends with you crying in a Target parking lot. Holding it together while someone gaslights you — and then getting called crazy the second you finally explode. The supermom on Instagram who secretly wants a week alone in a hospital. Twenty years as a hairstylist doing therapy with foils in women's heads. And the day 40 hit me like a smack in the face and I realized I had all the stuff — the degree, the wedding, the jawline, the trampoline — and had never once asked myself if I was okay.

To everyone who knows me and is currently having a panic attack: yes, Gina has a microphone. Everyone remain calm. I'm not here for revenge. I'm here for the truth — the kind that hurts coming out and then finally lets you breathe.

New episodes every Monday.

Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤

📚 THE WHOLE STORY, IN ORDER

I'm Fucking Doing This → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this

The Roots → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-roots

The Boiling Frog → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-boiling-frog

Let's Get High → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/lets-get-high

White Trash → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/white-trash

Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-1-who-is-vicky

Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-2-get-out-of-jail-free-card

Chapter 3: Fan Mail → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-3-fan-mail

Chapter 4: The Battleground → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-4-the-battleground

The Wrong Bitch → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-wrong-bitch

Chapter 5: Car Insurance → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-5-car-insurance

Chapter 6: Don't Forget to Brush → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-6-dont-forget-to-brush

Chapter 7: He'll Get Over It → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-7-hell-get-over-it

Chapter 8: The Box → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-8-the-box

⚠️ Contains strong language and discussion of divorce, mental health, and family trauma.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

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Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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📖 Daddy Tissues is a true story told in order. New here? Start at I'm F*cking Doing This. Links to episodes👇🏻

The show is called Daddy Tissues, so we might as well talk about the obvious: daddy issues. And mommy issues too — because let's be fair, everyone contributed, and I always give credit where it's earned.

I used to think "daddy issues" was just something people said about the girl with the glow-in-the-dark tongue ring who kept getting demerits from Sister Helen for her uniform skirt. Now that I'm 40, divorced, and hosting a podcast from my bedroom, I can tell you from deep in my soul: daddy issues are not a punchline. They are the root system. They are the wiring. They are the reason.

This episode is about what your childhood actually taught you about love — before you ever met the man you're crying over now. Why the smartest, most self-aware women keep choosing the same wound wearing a different face. And why being aware of the pattern is not the same thing as being free of it.

New episodes every Monday.

Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤

⚠️ Contains strong language and discussion of family trauma and toxic relationships.

📚 THE WHOLE STORY, IN ORDER

I'm Fucking Doing This → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this

The Roots → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-roots

The Boiling Frog → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-boiling-frog

Let's Get High → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/lets-get-high

White Trash → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/white-trash

Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-1-who-is-vicky

Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-2-get-out-of-jail-free-card

Chapter 3: Fan Mail → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-3-fan-mail

Chapter 4: The Battleground → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-4-the-battleground

The Wrong Bitch → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-wrong-bitch

Chapter 5: Car Insurance → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-5-car-insurance

Chapter 6: Don't Forget to Brush → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-6-dont-forget-to-brush

Chapter 7: He'll Get Over It → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-7-hell-get-over-it

Chapter 8: The Box → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-8-the-box

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

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Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

Disclaimer: Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, financial advice, or a replacement for professional support. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.

📖 Daddy Tissues is a true story told in order. New here? Start at I'm F*cking Doing This. Links to episodes👇🏻

After we lovingly blamed our fathers, their fathers, and our entire bloodline, let's talk about what happens when you finally decide you're done. Done with the men who are weather events — the ones who walk into your life and suddenly you need three emergency contacts and someone to hold your earrings.

So you put the fuckboy crack pipe down. You date the normal, everyday Joe. Your friends approve. You think: look at me healing and shit.

And then the water starts heating up. One degree at a time.

This episode is about the chaos that isn't loud. The nice guy. The covert narcissist. Being made to feel crazy so slowly you never notice the moment it started. And the real questions that tell you whether you're actually safe — or just less obviously in danger than last time.

New episodes every Monday.

Grab your daddy tissues. Till next time, my queens. 🖤

📚 THE WHOLE STORY, IN ORDER

I'm Fucking Doing This → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this

The Roots → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-roots

The Boiling Frog → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-boiling-frog

Let's Get High → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/lets-get-high

White Trash → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/white-trash

Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-1-who-is-vicky

Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-2-get-out-of-jail-free-card

Chapter 3: Fan Mail → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-3-fan-mail

Chapter 4: The Battleground → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-4-the-battleground

The Wrong Bitch → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/the-wrong-bitch

Chapter 5: Car Insurance → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-5-car-insurance

Chapter 6: Don't Forget to Brush → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-6-dont-forget-to-brush

Chapter 7: He'll Get Over It → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-7-hell-get-over-it

Chapter 8: The Box → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-8-the-box

⚠️ Contains strong language and discussion of gaslighting and emotional abuse.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

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Music: “Do It Anyway” by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

Disclaimer: Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, financial advice, or a replacement for professional support. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.