Hello and Goodbye

By Leanna JoanSociety & Culture Relationships

Hello and Goodbye episodes

October 27, 2025 The Reunion Episode
In this long-awaited, reunion episode after a 3-year hiatus, Leanna Joan and Jared Rodrigues share the synopses of their lives including an out-of-state move, a marriage, a new job and a new baby. They also remark and reflect on the growth during these last few years as each has become more grounded individuals while navigating the vicissitudes of life. Leanna then shares what the future holds for the podcast.

Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2025 at checkout for 10% off your first order.

Podcast and music produced by [email protected].

32 min
November 16, 2022 Ep 112: When Closure Meets Acceptance
It's another vulnerable episode, as Leanna and Jared come back to the mic with life updates, hilarious stories and a raw conversation about the future of the podcast. Jared talks about his recent, major life change and its effect on his dating life and Leanna shares an update from her most recent situationship and her difficulty with finding closure and moving on. They talk about Leanna's birthday weekend in San Diego and some really funny moments that will make you laugh out loud, including Jared's recent venture into hip hop dance classes. Finally, Leanna discusses her decision of officially bringing the podcast to a pause and the two reminisce on the beautiful outcomes from Hello & Goodbye.

Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.
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Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]

54 min
July 13, 2022 Ep 111: Accept Yourself As You Are & Give Less F*cks
Leanna and Jared return after a hiatus with new updates and revelations. Leanna openly shares about her romantic life, including her recent situationship and dating app endeavors. Jared gives us an update on his recovery from covid, meditation retreat and what's going on in his romantic life. Leanna also shares a recent date story from Hinge that went wrong and the two talk about the future of the show in a raw and honest way.

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Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.
Represent our podcast with merch, including t-shirts, cropped sweatshirts, stickers, mugs and socks! www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com/shop
Connect with us on social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/?hl=en
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/hello_bye_pod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPYR8LlleRFTQ_uOGrOC7A?view_as=subscriber
Head to our website to our website to check out all of our offerings in one location: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com
Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]
31 min
July 06, 2022 Best Of: Love Bombs Away! A Story of Love Bombing, Ghosting & Self-Compassion
It's our final week of "Best Of's" and Leanna wanted to share one of her favorite all-time episodes.
It's all about ghosting and love-bombing from a raw and vulnerable stance and it's something that most people in the dating world can relate to.
Hope you enjoy and will see you soon for new episodes and surprises...
Have you ever been love bombed?
Leanna opens up vulnerably about a very recent experience with a potential partner that mimicked signs of love bombing.
Jared helps her navigate through the entirety of the situation, including the part where she was eventually ghosted and left crushed.
Then the two talk about how self-compassion is so important in these situations, as Leanna seemed to paint a flawless picture of her most recent partner and a flawed picture of herself.
Be a part of our community by becoming a Patreonie and get exclusive bonus content plus a 15% discount on merch: www.patreon.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast
Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.
Represent our podcast with merch, including t-shirts, cropped sweatshirts, stickers, mugs and socks! www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com/shop
Connect with us on social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/?hl=en
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/hello_bye_pod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPYR8LlleRFTQ_uOGrOC7A?view_as=subscriber
Head to our website to our website to check out all of our offerings in one location: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com
Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]
1 hr 23 min
June 29, 2022 Best Of: What Happens In & Out of the Bedroom feat. Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy
"Best Of" week 3 with a steamy conversation all about the bedroom and the power of sex in relationships.
We knew this was an episode that needed to be shared again as it meant so much to us. Enjoy...!
Ready to find out how to create healthy relationships IN and OUT of the bedroom?
Leanna and Jared welcome clinical psychologist and sex therapist, Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy to talk about her expertise in working with couples, both on their relationships and relationship to sex.
Dr. Fogel Mersy goes into detail about Gottman theory and how it works in navigating the health of a relationship.
She describes what the four horsemen are, how they can negatively affect relationships and the antidotes needed to keep the relationship alive, including how to approach someone with a complaint, how to soothe yourself when you're feeling "flooded" and how to keep the relationship bank in balance.
Dr. Fogel Mercy also discusses some common problems that bring clients in for sex therapy, including, low sexual desire, unbalanced sexual desires in the relationship, performance anxiety and specific work with LGB and trans clients.
The three then wrap up the conversation with some fun questions about orgasms!
Leanna and Jared also catch up as they discuss their current romantic status', Leanna's new job and an in-depth conversation about the "bush".
Make sure to follow Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy on instagram @drlaurenfogelmersy.
Be a part of our community by becoming a Patreonie and get exclusive bonus content plus a 15% discount on merch: www.patreon.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast
Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.
Represent our podcast with merch, including t-shirts, cropped sweatshirts, stickers, mugs and socks! www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com/shop
Connect with us on social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/?hl=en
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/hello_bye_pod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPYR8LlleRFTQ_uOGrOC7A?view_as=subscriber
Head to our website to our website to check out all of our offerings in one location: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com
Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]
1 hr 43 min
June 22, 2022 Best Of: F*ck Boy or Nice Guy? feat. Jamie Wood from FBOY Island
Week 2 of "Best Of" with one of our favorite guests!

This episode might surprise you as Jamie brings insights we were not expecting and leaves us with thought-provoking inspiration.

Enjoy and see you next week...

Leanna and Jared welcome Jamie Wood to talk all things FBOY Island, a dating reality show on HBO Max.

Jamie discusses what his life looked like before the show, how he got cast on the show, and logistics of how the show worked from an inside perspective, including the "Nice Guy Grotto" versus the "Limbro", the mansplaining scene and the real reason behind Jamie's elimination from the show.

Leanna and Jared also ask Jamie who his favorite lead was, who he still stays in contact with now, how he truly feels about Garrett, and Jamie shares what he plans to do moving forward and how he will use his platform as a tool to embrace mental health.

Make sure to follow Jamie on instagram @jamiewoodoffiicial and stay tuned for his exciting ventures to come.

Be a part of our community by becoming a Patreonie and get exclusive bonus content plus a 15% discount on merch: www.patreon.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast
Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use
Represent our podcast with merch, including t-shirts, cropped sweatshirts, stickers, mugs and socks! www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com/shop
Connect with us on social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/?hl=en
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/hello_bye_pod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPYR8LlleRFTQ_uOGrOC7A?view_as=subscriber
Head to our website to our website to check out all of our offerings in one location: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com
Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]
1 hr 10 min
June 15, 2022 Best Of: Breaking the Barriers of Narcissism and Codependency feat. Dr. Elizabeth Fedrick
Coming to you hot with the first week on "Best Of's" as Leanna & Jared take a mental health break to rest and rejuvenate!

This episode will blow your mind as Leanna and Jared welcome special guest, Dr. Elizabeth Fedrick from Evolve Counseling.

Dr. Fedrick dives deep into the intricacies of narcissism and codependency, first, breaking the two down and then explaining how this looks in relationships, how it relates to attachment theory and red flags to look for in potential partners.

Then they have a discussion about gaslighting, what it is and how it's related to narcissism. Dr Fedrick also breaks down how anxiety and depression are often present in narcissistic and codependent relationships and they have a discussion about trauma and it's affects in these situations.

Finally, they discuss whether or not narcissists and codependents can change or have healthy relationships.

Make sure to follow Dr. Fedrick @evolvecounselingaz or visit her website www.evolvecounselingaz.com.

Be a part of our community by becoming a Patreonie and get exclusive bonus content plus a 15% discount on merch: www.patreon.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast

Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.

And thank you to Tushy for saving the environment by providing stylish bidets! Head to www.tushy.com/helloandgoodbye for 10% off your Tushy and get your bidet TODAY.

Represent our podcast with merch, including t-shirts, cropped sweatshirts, stickers, mugs and socks! www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com/shop

Connect with us on social:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/?hl=en

Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/hello_bye_pod

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPYR8LlleRFTQ_uOGrOC7A?view_as=subscriber

Head to our website to our website to check out all of our offerings in one location: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com

Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]

1 hr 27 min
June 08, 2022 Ep 110: Flirting Advice, Kissing How To’s & the Power of Consent
In this fun and flirty episode, Leanna and Jared take a blast into the past, as they share advice they wish their younger selves would have known about flirting, kissing, boundaries and consent.

Leanna gives flirting advice to younger men on reading body language and understanding boundaries, and Jared gives a more detailed approach with four of his flirting guidelines, including playfulness, playing with distance, and more!

They then dive into kissing to-do's and not to-do's with details of tongue play, body positioning and varying sensations.

Jared shares his worst kiss and Leanna shares her best.

As Leanna shares the most important advice she would give to herself, it leads the conversation towards consent as the two discuss how to communicate your boundaries, how to read your partner's comfortability and how to demand consent.

Be a part of our community by becoming a Patreonie and get exclusive bonus content plus a 15% discount on merch: www.patreon.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPYR8LlleRFTQ_uOGrOC7A?view_as=subscriber

Head to our website to our website to check out all of our offerings in one location: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com

Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]

53 min
June 01, 2022 Ep 109: How to Use Your Voice to Get What You Want feat. Samara Bay
In this powerful episode, Leanna welcomes author, communication coach and dialect coach, Samara Bay.

While Samara works with actors on dialect, including Gal Gadot, and politicians as a communication coach, she gives insight on how to use your voice to get what you want in the dating and relationship world.

She talks about the presence of voice bias in both the professional and dating environment and how we can learn to set aside our bias and listen with welcoming ears.

Leanna brings up a specific situation where her voice was not heard, which led her to feel unsafe on a date, and the two talk about the power dynamic between men and women and the constant oppression women experience due to male privilege and ignorance.

Samara then gives tangible advice, tone awareness, and specific phrases women can use to get what they want out of any situation.

Make sure to connect with Samara on instagram @samarabay, stay in touch through her weekly newsletter at www.samarabay.com, and keep your eyes open for her upcoming book PERMISSION TO SPEAK.

Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.

Thank you to our sponsor BetterHelp, a company that offers affordable and customized online therapy. To receive 10% off your first month of therapy, head to betterhelp.com/hellogoodbye

Follow us on Instagram @helloandgoodbyepodcast, @_leannajoan and @therealjaredrodrigues

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Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]
1 hr 8 min
May 25, 2022 Ep 108: Your Mental Health Matters
In this solo episode, Jared and Leanna both open up about going through a hard time with their mental health.

Jared speaks on his recent acknowledgement of depression and shares in specifics about how his symptoms have recently affected his everyday life.

He opens up about how it's hard for him to really recognize his depression as someone who does not identify himself with clinical depression.

Leanna and Jared then talk about the importance of taking care of your mental health and some tangible ways to do that, including physical health, self-care and seeking professional help.

Leanna opens up about her own dealings of mental health as she finds out new information about her health, deals with burnout and finds herself harping on everything that is going wrong, including the shame that follows.

She also gives an update on her romantic life that you might be surprised by.

It's a raw, honest and no bullshit episode that may make you feel less alone in the state of the world today.

Thank you to our sponsor VeeFresh for providing products that empower women to take back their vaginal health! Visit www.veefresh.com and use code HELLO2022 at checkout for 10% off your first order.

Thank you to our sponsor BetterHelp, a company that offers affordable and customized online therapy. To receive 10% off your first month of therapy, head to betterhelp.com/hellogoodbye

Follow us on Instagram @helloandgoodbyepodcast, @_leannajoan and @therealjaredrodrigues

MERCH: www.helloandgoodbyepodcast.com/shop

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Hello & Goodbye Podcast

Become a Patreonie: www.patreon.com/helloandgoodbyepodcast

Podcast and music produced by: [email protected]
53 min

About Hello and Goodbye

From the publisher's feed

In this wildly-hilarious and heart-warming podcast, Leanna Joan talks openly about her romantic endeavors, including navigating millennial dating post-divorce, re-discovering her sexuality and how heartbreak inspired resilience.