Session 35

Crystal
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Session 35 brought to you by Crystal Wright-Johnson. She decided to bring her at home girls night to your ears. While collaborating with 3 other beautiful hosts Kira, Jenn, & Miya we plan to be authentic and have real conversations. You may relate, learn, disagree, laugh or even cry but we’ll be honest and true to who we are. This podcast is obsessed with the truth. New episodes every Wednesday.

  1. 2D AGO

    Finding Our Way To Exhale: Marriage, Motherhood, Boundaries, And Healing

    Send a text What if the thing you’re calling “anger” is actually unmet expectations with nowhere to land? We open up about resentment in marriage and partnership—how it sneaks in through invisible labor, how silence turns it into a knot, and what it takes to loosen it without tearing everything apart. Our guest Monica describes the ache of being “single in a marriage,” doing the parenting, the planning, and even the mopping while her partner slept. Others share why they left before resentment calcified, or why they stayed and learned to translate expectations into clear, actionable conversations. Therapy becomes a lifeline here—not a courtroom to prove who’s right, but a mirror to see your own patterns, triggers, and blind spots. We talk about the pause that saves relationships: writing feelings down before saying them aloud so you can respond, not explode. We also challenge cultural scripts about who carries the mental load at home. Control often starts as survival; handing it over takes trust and initiative on both sides. We get specific about co‑parenting: dads stepping in without being asked, moms stepping back without micromanaging, and kids benefitting when both parents lead. The group debates a claim that married women live shorter while married men live longer, connecting it to stress, rest, and the cost of unshared labor. Whether or not every stat holds, the cure is the same: redistribute the work, protect each other’s dignity, and choose repair over performative perfection. There’s real talk about boundaries with friends and the internet too. Oversharing can trap your partner in other people’s worst stories; an accountability partner or mentor can help you grow without putting your marriage on trial. We close with a look at reciprocity—birthdays, small kindnesses, who shows up when you’re empty—and how pruning the one‑sided ties can make room for people who pour back. If you’ve ever felt alone in a two‑person life, this conversation offers tools, language, and hope to breathe again. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a quick review—tell us the one task you’re handing off this week. Your story might be the nudge someone else needs to exhale.

    1h 1m

  2. FEB 9

    What’s a soft man era?

    Send a text The new needs being requested by men.

    1h 4m

  3. JAN 22

    Monogamy

    Send us a text Was it ever natural to be monogamous  Monogamy, Traditional, Fyp, Relationships, Unpopular Opinion, Lifestyle

    1 hr

  4. 12/29/2025

    From Live Show Highs To Hard Holiday Truths

    Send us a text Boundaries for the holidays

    1h 15m

  5. 11/10/2025

    First Live Show Energy - Session 35

    Send us a text The energy hits before the mics settle. We’re live, a little nervous, and completely ready to say the quiet parts out loud: how long do you stand by a partner who falls off financially, and what does “trying” actually look like when bills are due? The first debate stretches from six-month shot clocks to no deadlines at all, but lands on something simple and uncomfortable—character shows up in the grind, not the promise. If you can take any job while you rebuild, your partner can carry faith a lot longer. From there, we widen the lens and ask what we need to relearn as a community. Respect. Real conversations. Dating with intent. Keeping kids close past 18. Accountability. The audience brings heat and heart, reminding us to read for ourselves, bring back standards, and stop acting like support is a luxury. We talk self-forgiveness and the hard art of letting go—of old stories, of roles that don’t fit, of people who won’t meet us halfway. Self-love isn’t a meme; it’s a boundary you keep when it hurts. Then we challenge a habit most of us have picked up: praising celebrities while ignoring our own. Algorithms reward spectacle, but communities grow when we show up in rooms like this, buy the ticket, share the link, and clap loud for friends. We close with the questions everyone is asking: why aren’t we marrying, and why don’t we stay? The answers aren’t tidy. Time changed, expectations shifted, and too many of us skipped the personal work that partnership demands. Marriage can still be worth it—if two whole people bring standards, discipline, and a plan they can hold when life gets heavy. By the end, the room feels lighter. Not because problems disappeared, but because people told the truth. We leave you with this: invest in your person the way you want someone to invest in you. Support your own. Do the work on yourself first. And if this conversation moved you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs it, and drop a review so others can find their way to the room.

    1h 10m

  6. 09/17/2025

    The Women Always Have Answers

    Send us a text Some men sent us some questions to answer. So we’re going to give them expertise answers.

    1h 5m

  7. 09/03/2025

    Answered By MEN

    Send us a text Many women have questions, and these Men have answers.

    1h 11m

  8. 08/23/2025

    We’re Talking Sex The Right Way

    Send us a text Join us with our guest host Unika Nelson, LCSW. Who’s also a sex therapist as we ask some needed to know questions.  Sex, Sex Therapist, Intimacy, Lust, Relationships

    1h 1m
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About

Session 35 brought to you by Crystal Wright-Johnson. She decided to bring her at home girls night to your ears. While collaborating with 3 other beautiful hosts Kira, Jenn, & Miya we plan to be authentic and have real conversations. You may relate, learn, disagree, laugh or even cry but we’ll be honest and true to who we are. This podcast is obsessed with the truth. New episodes every Wednesday.

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  • Creator
    Crystal
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Session 35
  • Show Website
    Session 35