Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties
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Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties
Sam & Sierra may not be therapists, but they will tell it to you straight (even if they aren’t). Each episode, they answer listeners’ questions with compassion, radical honesty, and all the relationship advice you don’t want—but definitely need. And no, it’s not always “just break up.” (Unless you r...
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Episode 668: Caught in a Cycle of Emotional Hunger
Sam and Sierra answer a letter frome someone who is wondering if she chose the wrong guy
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Episode 667: Can a Work Crush Ever Be a Good Thing?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is taking solace in a work crush
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Episode 666: Are Long-Lasting Relationships Inherently Better?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is wondering if a longer relationship will lead to a better one
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Episode 665: Navigating An Overly Negative World
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is seeking care in an uncaring world
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Episode 664: Do You Want Couple's Therapy With A Man Who Won't Say I Love You?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who went on vacation with her boyfriend and now maybe wants to just break up
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Episode 663: Panicking Over A Potential Proposal
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is panicking now that an engagement is on the table
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Episode 662: When People Pity Your Happy Single Life
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from somone who is happy being single even though the world doesn't want her to be
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Episode 661: The Shame We Carry
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who, like all of us, is holding onto shame she doesn't need to
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Episode 660: My Boyfriend's Brother's Girlfriend Hates Me
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose boyfriend's brother's girlfriend hates her
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Episode 659: We're Not Meant to Hold Lightning
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who has been left holding all the terrible thins her dad did to her mom
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Episode 658: You Can't Compartmentalize Your Way Out of This
Sam and Sierra answer a letter whose married boyfriend's mother is about to pass away
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Episode 657: The Familiarity of Self-Isolation
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who self isolates instead of seeking support from their friends
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Episode 656: It Could Be Different This Time
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who feels like every new relationship is the same old story – and they know how it ends
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Episode 655: When Self-Soothing Isn't Enough
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose partner won't introduce them to her friend who is also her ex
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Episode 654: Missing His Kids More Than Him
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is grieving not being in her ex's kids' lives anymore
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Episode 653: Responding Instead of Reacting Isn't Always Easy
On this main-feed release of a recent Patreon episode, Sam and Sierra talk about trying to be present in their relationships
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Episode 652: Changing Relationship Patterns
On this main-feed release of today's Patreon episode, Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who wants to try new patterns with her partner
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Episode 651: When You *and* Your Therapist Get It Wrong
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who should have listened to us and not her therapist (we're joking)
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Episode 650: Finding Belonging When Things Are Uncertain
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose entire fate seems to depend on her partner
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Episode 649: Cheating Does Not An Open Relationship Make
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is openly discussing having another affair with a former affair partner
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Episode 648: New Relationship, Old Trauma
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is feeling echoes of self-doubt from a toxic relationship
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Episode 647: How To Stay Soft After Repeated Betrayal
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is wondering if he's the reason he keeps getting cheated on
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Episode 646: My Mom Doesn't Want My Dad At My Wedding
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose mom won't come to her wedding if her dad is there
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Episode 645: How Do I Forgive Myself For Cheating
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who doesn't know how they'll get over blowing up their relationship
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Episode 644: My Boyfriend Googled "Erotic Massage Near Me"
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who snooped and found out something she didn't want to see
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Episode 643: Your Intuition Knew the Right Choice
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose judgmental family contributed to her abortion and her breakup
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Episode 642: All Emotions Start as Love
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who regrets the unkind things she said to her ex
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Episode 641: This Path Could Lead to Cheating
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who suddenly has a wandering eye
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Episode 640: Trying To Rebuild The Sandcastle
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who can't be with the guy she loves because of his mental health
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Episode 639: My Best Friend's Girlfriend Made Him Ghost Me
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose lost his best friend after he started dating someone
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Episode 638: You Can't Build a Friend House with Romance Tools
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is going to miss seeing his ex
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Episode 637: Should I Open My Marriage For My Crush?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is feeling ready for some ethical non-monogamy with her coworker
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Episode 636: Is This "The Work" People Talk About?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is wondering if she should call it quits
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Episode 635: What Is This Tingly Sexy Feeling?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is suddenly horny for her coworker after 8 years of being not into sex
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Episode 634: Limerence Is Ruining My Life
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who has suddenly become obsessed with an ex she hasn't seen in 14 years
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Episode 633: The Retired Slut
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone whose ex was upset by her body count and her past infidelity
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Episode 632: You're Not A Secret To Be Kept
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who wants to be okay with her boyfriend and ex-friend still being close
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Episode 631: Navigating Sexual Incompatibilities
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is feeling jealous of his partner's sexual past
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Episode 630: My Bestie Is Cheating On Her Husband!
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who doesn't know if she can keep a big secret for her friend
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Episode 629: Am I Destined to Be Alone?
Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who wants to feel positive about dating but just doesn't
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