Barely Thriving Podcast

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Two best friends. Zero qualifications. Endless opinions. Amy & Aseah are barely thriving through their 30s, sharing dating disasters, friendship chaos, questionable life choices and the stories that should've stayed in the group chat. ⚡ New episodes every Wednesday 🎧 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok @barelythriving_pod ✉️ Got a dilemma, story or bit of chaos to share? Email: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com

  1. 4d ago

    Do You Have to Be in the Mood First?

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 54 Does getting in the mood come naturally, or does it sometimes feel like a whole production? Amy and Aseah discuss how intimacy changes over time, mismatched expectations, foreplay and how much effort a partner should put into understanding what works for you. They also get into the pressure of trying for a baby, the unexpected things that make someone attractive, and the relationship habits that can either give you the ick or make you see someone differently. Expect strong opinions, questionable bedroom timing, plenty of laughs and a reminder that sometimes your friends are the ones who keep you grounded. Welcome to Barely Thriving, where we’re figuring it out as we go. Chapters 00:00 Do you have to be in the mood first? 00:55 How much sex are we supposed to be having? 06:10 Foreplay, timing and spirit fingers 08:55 Trying for a baby becomes a military operation 13:46 When does trying to initiate become pressure? 20:30 How long is too long? 21:55 The weird things that make someone attractive 28:10 He's got friends. He's normal.

  2. Oct 7

    We Saw the Red Flags... And Stayed Anyway

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 53 We know a red flag when we see one. So why do we still ignore them? Amy & Aseah get into the messy reality of spotting red flags, explaining them away and giving people one more chance... and then one more. They talk about the relationships they stayed in despite knowing something wasn't right, the red flags they will never ignore again, whether you actually get better at spotting them with age, and the difference between a genuine red flag and something that's simply annoying. Plus, the girlies put friendship, dating and social-media behaviour to the ultimate red flag test. 🚩 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 00:00 The Ex Who Faked His Own Accident 05:20 At what point are we torturing ourselves? 09:30 If your engagement ring makes you cry... 11:50 What actually counts as a red flag? 18:32 How Many Chances Are Too Many? 20:00 Do We Get Better With Age? 21:03 Girly Red Flag Tier List 28:25 The Ultimate Red Flag

  3. Sep 30

    One Year In and We're Still Kinda Making It...

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 52 One year. 52 episodes. 153 subscribers. And absolutely no idea what we were doing. For our one-year episode, Amy & Aseah look back at the first year of Barely Thriving, from thinking they'd be at 10K subscribers by now to realising that simply making it through 52 weeks is something worth being proud of. We talk about how the podcast has changed alongside our lives, the moments that made us realise people were actually listening, the Barely Thriving Hotline, our biggest clips, what we've learned about putting ourselves online, and whether we'd still start the podcast if we could go back to the beginning. And, naturally, we finish where we started: did we make it? ...kinda. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 00:00 One Year of Barely Thriving 03:10 A Year of Absolute Nonsense 09:14 153 Subscribers 14:03 Finding Our Flow 20:50 Our Favourite Podcast Moments 27:44 Who We Were vs Who We Are Now 32:20 What We've Learned 42:21 Did We Make It?

  4. Sep 23

    Would You Let Your Partner Go Through Your Phone?

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 51 Would you let your partner go through your phone? This week on Barely Thriving, Girls Court is officially in session as we argue over the unwritten rules of relationships. Should couples share their location? Should you still follow your ex? Are work wives and husbands ever acceptable? Does “we were on a break” excuse anything? And is secretly disliking your friend basically a crime? Then we get into a Hotline confession about the mental load of being the person who has to organise, remember and explain everything in a relationship. Two women in their 30s. Very different rules. Very little agreement. Court is open. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 00:00 Cold Open 00:29 Location Sharing 03:40 Following Your Ex 05:33 Work Wives & Husbands 08:34 “We Were On A Break” 11:08 Secretly Disliking Your Friend 15:27 Going Through Your Partner's Phone 20:33 Barely Thriving Hotline 27:49 Outro

  5. Sep 16

    Why Is Nobody Kissing Anymore? | Modern Dating in Your 30s

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 50 Why is nobody kissing anymore? 😭 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah unpack the chaos of modern dating, starting with a date that ends with a man disappearing halfway through the evening. From there, they get into the apparent decline of kissing, whether you should kiss on a first date, first-kiss chemistry, terrible kissing experiences and the glory days of teenage club snogging. They also discuss what dating in your 30s is actually like and why the bare minimum has somehow become something to celebrate. Being on time? Amazing. Communicating consistently? Sexy. Cooking more than pasta? Apparently marriage material. Expect funny dating stories, modern relationship debates, chaotic girl talk, dating standards, first-date disasters and plenty of Amy & Aseah's usual disagreements. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Hotline: The Date Who Disappeared 10:04 Why Is Nobody Kissing Anymore? 13:28 First Kisses, Bad Kisses & The Kiss Test 18:15 The Glory Days of Club Snogging 22:24 Dating in Your 30s & The Bare Minimum

  6. Sep 9

    Contraception, Fertility & Why Do Women Carry The Responsibility?

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 49 This week on Barely Thriving, Amy and Aseah kick things off with a chaotic Barely Thriving Hotline dilemma... a listener who thought she'd finally found a guy she was clicking with, only to discover he'd been casually seeing someone else too 😭 From there, things get increasingly unhinged as they unpack contraception, the pill, the implant, fertility and what hormonal birth control can actually feel like. They also get into sexual health, cheating, pregnancy, parenting responsibilities, why women seem to carry so much of the responsibility, and the extremely chaotic story of Amy and Aseah attempting to do a sexual health test together🩸 Expect dating disasters, contraception debates, fertility stories, relationship red flags, chaotic girl talk, strong opinions and plenty of laughs. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Or click the link to submit anonymously - https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 He Was Dating Someone Else 09:20 The Pill Is F*cking Awful 12:27 Fertility & The Pill 16:12 Why Do Women Take All The Risks? 21:11 We Test Together 26:26 Who Actually Raises The Kids? 31:37 I Never Knew My Normal Cycle

  7. Sep 2

    He's a 10 But... Dating Icks, Red Flags & Dealbreakers

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 48 He's a 10... but there's always a catch 😭 This week on Barely Thriving, we kick things off with a Barely Thriving Hotline dilemma from a listener who thinks her friend might be copying her entire life... from her hair and jewellery to her Pilates, Mini, matcha and even her ex. 👀 Then we're playing He's a 10 But..., putting our dating standards to the test and discovering just how quickly a perfectly good man can become a 2. From smoking and ignoring your texts to calling his mum “mummy”, not believing in tarot, having an ex playlist, driving a Fiat 500 and referring to his cats as his “pussies”... apparently the bar is both very high and completely unreasonable. 😂 Plus, Amy tells the story of discovering that her relationship with alcohol might be slightly more complicated than she realised. 🍷😭 Expect dating icks, relationship red flags, chaotic girl talk, friendship drama, embarrassing stories and two best friends who definitely don't agree on what makes someone a 10. New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: Email →barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Anonymous form → https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Hotline: She's copying me 08:24 We Have Wine 09:40 He's a 10 But... 12:50 When He Ruins Your Birthday… 21:05 He's a 8… But He's a Criminal 24:18 He's a 4… But Your Family Loves Him 26:30 I Didn't Know I Was Alcohol Intolerant

  8. Aug 26

    My Sister Announced Her Pregnancy at My Engagement Party

    🎙️ Barely Thriving Podcast | Episode 47 This week on Barely Thriving, a listener tells us how her sister managed to turn her engagement party into a pregnancy announcement... because apparently one major life event wasn't enough for one evening 😭 From there, Amy and Aseah spiral into even more chaos when Aseah discovers a mysterious payment coming out of her account and finds out she's been paying for Fetish Finder... Then it's straight into a nostalgia spiral about the things they somehow thought were completely normal in their younger years: £1 drinks, questionable nights out, Facebook albums, giant hair, sleeping in makeup and the absolute chaos of 2012–2017. If you were going out in the 2010s, this episode may unlock some memories you'd rather have left buried 😂 New episodes every week. 💌 Send us your Barely Thriving Hotline dilemmas, confessions and chaotic stories: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com Anonymous form → https://forms.gle/tZNotw9USSG1v1Dg7 📲 Follow us: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/barelythriving_pod/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@barelythriving_pod/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 My Sister Hijacked My Engagement Party 08:54 The Mystery £4 Payment 13:22 2012–2017 Girlhood Chaos 18:51 Sleeping in Makeup! 23:42 187 Facebook Photos!? 30:14 We Were Actually So Cool

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Two best friends. Zero qualifications. Endless opinions. Amy & Aseah are barely thriving through their 30s, sharing dating disasters, friendship chaos, questionable life choices and the stories that should've stayed in the group chat. ⚡ New episodes every Wednesday 🎧 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok @barelythriving_pod ✉️ Got a dilemma, story or bit of chaos to share? Email: barelythriving_pod@outlook.com

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  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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