Season Two of Queendom of the Kitchen Table begins with a conversation about relationships.

In this episode, I’m joined by Rachel Mailer to talk about online dating, dating in general, and the expectations we carry into modern relationships — often without realizing it.

For our first episode this season, we have Rachel Mailer, a dating expert with over 11 years of experience. You can find her at:

https://rachel-grsnkcgc.scoreapp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rachelmailercoaching/

We explore how dating apps shape connection, what we’re really looking for when we seek partnership, and how relationships impact our sense of wellbeing.

This is a slow, honest conversation — not about fixing relationships, but about understanding them.

As we close this conversation, I’m sitting with the reminder that relationships are not something we master — they’re something we enter, again and again.

They shape us quietly.
Through what’s spoken and what’s withheld.
Through closeness, distance, rupture, and repair.

If health is something we live rather than achieve, then our relationships are part of that ecology. They affect how we eat, how we rest, how we listen to our bodies, and how safe we feel being ourselves.

There are no conclusions here.
Only questions we carry forward.

What do our relationships ask of us right now?
Where are we nourishing ourselves through connection — and where are we asking connection to fill what needs care elsewhere?

Thank you for listening, and for taking this conversation into your own life, in whatever way feels true.

If this conversation lingers, you’re welcome to carry it into your own life in whatever way feels true.

And as a final note, the table remains open. If you’d like to continue the conversation, you’ll find more of my writing and work on Substack.

Thank you for listening.

Welcome to Season Two.