"that was the worst thing about it, the shock factor"

Listener of the podcast Naomi Chapelhow joins Samantha Baines to talk about a really difficult break up that had a big impact on her. In this honest conversation the two talk mental health, putting your life on hold for someone else and family politics. Naomi discusses a drunken incident that had ramifications for the rest of her relationship and the shock of the break up.

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"my mother at some point started saying, you've got to get out"

Trigger warning: emotional abuse, assault

US Army Veteran Keena Crowley joins Samantha Baines to talk about her divorce from another army vet. Keena opens up about betrayal, having to follow your spouse around the world for their job and getting the diagnosis of a brain aneurysm. The two talk about excuses, connection and loneliness.

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"that angelic smile had the devil inside of him"

Podcast listener Kevin joins Samantha Baines to talk about his traumatic divorce. Kevin bravely shares his story about being scammed for a green card after falling in love and marrying someone from a different country. He opens up about hair loss and depression as a consequence of the divorce and the two share their slogans for life.

trigger warning: depression, hair loss

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""Are you his wife or are you his wife?" He looked at the waitress and said, "that's my wife and that's my ex wife, we are all friends"

Yvette Boden (Author, Founder of Awakened Woman) joins Samantha Baines to talk about the divorce that led to her change in career path. Yvette talks about being there for her daughter, self-love and having an awakening. Yvette sees her divorce as empowering and feels that she can help others on their divorce journey. The two talk 'who am I?', change and seperation.

Host of AW Confidential Podcast

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"I was ghosted by someone on a dating app and I really struggled with that"

Samantha Baines is joined by listener Jessica to talk divorce. The two discuss being 'a good wife', domestic expectations and being accused of nagging during the marriage. Jessica shares her internet dating stories and her experience of being ghosted on an app.

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Trigger warning: abuse

Kanchan Bhaskar (coach and author) joins Samantha Baines to talk about her divorce and abusive marriage. Kanchan talks about the situation in India for married women in the eighties and her eventual move to the US and divorce as well as her mindset at that time.

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"in my darkest time I was not expecting to be thrown a lifeline from my family, from 140years ago"

Samantha Baines joins listener Ingrid to talk about her unique divorce experience. Ingrid discovered love letters that had been passed down in her family from 140years ago between Fred and Janie her ancestors. During her own divorce Ingrid began following the story of her great great grandad and grandma, researching and started her own podcast to share this one hundred year old love story with the world. Her research brought up parallels and highlighted the historical differences women face in relationships then and now as well as revealing another family member going through a divorce at the time.

Ingrid's podcast is called My Love Letter Time Machine

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“you have to accept that you cannot fix that other person” - Elaine

Listener Elaine joins Samantha Baines to share her divorce story as well as what the podcast means to her. The two discuss caring for a partner, mental health and older children being aware of the situation and how to deal with that. An honest and enlightening chat and a situation we haven’t previously covered on the podcast.

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Samantha gives the lowdown on series 10, plus reads some of your lovely messages and celebrates being part of Acast’s The Funny Side! Also she’s sorry she says the word “delve” so much in this episode, maybe it could be a drinking game. If you hear the word “delve” or “delved” then you have to drink!

Series 10 coming soon!

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"when you are single you create the life around you that you need, a support network" - Sara Miller

Award winning designer Sara Miller joins Samantha Baines to talk about the divorce which was the catalyst for starting her brand - Sara Miller London. The two chat loneliness in a marriage, juggling business with family and bravery. Sara also reveals all about her 'soul searching' trip to India post separation and how it still inspires her design work today. Sara and Sam share their full circle divorce moments too, have you had one?

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