What is Life? With Martina

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 What Is Life? is basically me talking about all the stuff we're supposed to keep quiet about — the messy emotions, the f**k-ups, the "am I the only one feeling this?" moments. I'm Martina. I feel like I've lived 330 lives in my 33 years of life, I've moved like 47 times in 6 different countries, I have a golden retriever named Buchta, and I co-built a multi-million dollar couples bracelets business with my boyfriend while simultaneously wondering if we were gonna break up every other week. Plot twist: I created this podcast to be MINE. My solo thing. My space. Episode 1? Just me, finally. Episode 2? Tomash, my boyfriend, crashes it. Every episode since? He won't freaking leave! The guy who literally said "I don't do podcasts, do it alone“ is now here. Every. Single. Time. And the universe is laughing because I wanted this for YEARS — us, together, talking. But it only happened when I stopped white-knuckling the dream and let that shit go. That's LIFE: giving you exactly what you want the second you stop being a control freak about it. I started this because I couldn't stop asking "what is life?" after my third breakdown, second country, and approximately 86 moments of thinking "there's something fundamentally broken in me." There wasn't. I was just a human being having a human experience, which apparently includes: moving to different country every few years, dating the wrong people for the right reasons, building a business while having daily meltdowns, and learning that nothing you plan actually happens the way you plan it. This podcast is chaos. Sometimes solo. Sometimes Tomash interrupts with his completely different memory of the same event (we literally live in 2 different relationships, I swear). Sometimes our golden retriever Buchta snores so loud you'll think your audio is broken. We record on balconies in Vietnam. We disagree mid-episode. We forget what we were talking about. I overshare like it's my job (it kind of is now). No Instagram highlight reel. No "5 steps to fix your life." Just two people figuring it out in real-time and saying it out loud. If you've ever felt too much, moved too fast, f****d up too hard, or wondered if everyone else got a manual you didn't — welcome home. Grab a coffee. Buckle up. It's messy… It’s LIFE.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    6. Why Relationship Conflict Is Actually Good For You (We Fought While Recording This)

    Send us Fan Mail We started recording about why relationship conflict is GOOD... then we literally had a conflict mid-episode. I cried in the bathroom for 35 seconds. We came back. We worked through it on mic. We proved our entire point in real time. The most meta episode ever. 😂 This is Part 5 of our completely unfiltered love story, recorded from our garden in Vietnam with Buchta snoring and a woman learning to drive a motorbike outside (you'll hear it all). If you missed the previous parts: Part 1: Met in high school 2009, dated ONE WEEK, didn't speak for 12 YEARS Part 2: Reconnected 2020, 9 days talking nonstop, Croatia trip, moved in after 3 weeks Part 3: Found the product, launched Magnetic Couples Bracelets in 17 days, hit $10k/month Part 4: His honeymoon phase vs. my mental breakdown—same 5 months, different realities WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: ✨ The Unpopular Opinion - Why intense, triggering relationships are actually transformational (not toxic) ✨ The Dirty Water Theory - How Tomash poured "clean water" into my "dirty cup" and 28 years of suppressed emotions overflowed ✨ Resistance → Acceptance → Love - My 6-year journey from crying 5 times a day to actually being chill ✨ Why Conflict Increases Your Capacity to Love - How every fight cleared emotional space in my body ✨ The Good Girl Pattern - Suppressing emotions my whole life created a pressure cooker that exploded when I finally felt safe ✨ Then We Literally Proved It - Tomash says "that's not my experience," I get triggered, we have a meta fight about how to do this podcast ✨ The Bathroom Cry Break - 35 seconds of crying, then coming back to work through it in real time ✨ Why We're Different - I speak in labyrinth tangents. He wants structure and bullet points. We make it work anyway. ✨ The Energy Healing Box - Why we spent 3.5 years meditating and "healing" (spoiler: it just created more resistance) ✨ What Actually Helped - My dad dying, stopping all the spiritual stuff, accepting "this is what it is right now" THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You fight with your partner A LOT and wonder if that's normalYou've been told your relationship is "too intense" (but it doesn't feel toxic)You get triggered by your partner constantlyYou want to hear conflict resolution in real time, uneditedYou're tired of polished relationship contentYou believe growth is uncomfortable WHAT THIS EPISODE IS NOT: ❌ Polished (we fight, pause, cry, come back, keep recording) ❌ Structured (I tangent for 15 minutes, Tomash gets triggered) ❌ Advice (just our messy story) ❌ Short (over an hour because we got sidetracked by our own conflict) WHAT THIS EPISODE IS: ✅ The most meta thing ever - We proved our point by living it in real time ✅ Brutally honest - You hear the trigger, the conflict, the resolution ✅ Two perspectives - I say "we," he says "that's not my experience" (becomes a whole thing) ✅ Real dynamics - Interrupting, disagreeing, triggering, working through it, loving anyway ✅ Permission to be messy - Intense relationships are transformational, not toxic ✅ Live proof - Resistance → acceptance → love, demonstrated on mic ABOUT US: I'm Martina (33, feels everything, talks in tangents, pee 3 times during episode, says "we" when I mean "I"). He's Tomash (35, calm AF, wants structure, gets triggered by my 47 open boxes). We're the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets . We live in Vietnam. Together 24/7 for 6 years. We fought constantly for years and it made us BETTER. We have completely different memories and communication styles. We choose each other anyway. English is our second language. I swear when passionate. Tomash wants you to comment if you actually listen (he can't believe people do). Buchta snores. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/ LET'S CONNECT: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/ Have a beautiful day or night, wherever you are. This episode is proof that conflict isn't the end - it's transformation. Or at least that's what we tell ourselves while crying in bathrooms. 💕 P.S. - We fought about how to podcast WHILE podcasting ABOUT fighting. The irony is not lost on us. 😂 P.P.S. - If your relationship feels "too intense," this is for you. Intensity isn't toxicity. It's evolution. (Unless it actually is toxic—then leave. But if you're just growing and it's uncomfortable... welcome home.) 🌱 This is life. Messy, triggering, transformational, real. Buckle up. 🎢

    1h 16m

  2. 5d ago

    5. He Was Living His Dream, I Was Falling Apart: The Same 5 Months, Two Different Realities (Part 4)

    Send us Fan Mail This is Part 4 of our completely unfiltered love story, our most chaotic & messy episode yet, recorded from our room in Vietnam (it's 42°C outside, we're melting in AC, send help). If you missed the previous parts: Part 1: Met in high school 2009, dated ONE WEEK, didn't speak for 12 YEARS Part 2: Reconnected 2020, 9 days talking nonstop, Croatia trip, moved in after 3 weeks Part 3: Found the product, launched Magnetic Couples Bracelets in 17 days, hit $10k/month by month 3 NOW WHAT HAPPENED: Spoiler: While our business was booming and Instagram looked perfect, I was crying in the bathroom 5 times a day and Tomash was like "life is amazing, what's for dinner?" Same 5 months. Same apartment. Same relationship. Completely different f*****g realities. 😂 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: ✨ Tomash's Perspective: Living His Best Life - "I was with my dream woman, building my passion, living in the present moment with zero expectations" (must be nice, babe) ✨ Martina's Perspective: Emotional Rollercoaster  - Why I started crying 5 times a day out of NOWHERE in August 2020 and decided it was definitely his fault ✨ The Contrast Is WILD - He remembers: "Everything was perfect, best time of my life." I remember: "I was convinced we'd break up and I'd end up in a psychiatric hospital like my dad." ✨ What Was Really Happening - How Tomash became the first safe person in my life, and my body was like "OH COOL, TIME TO FEEL ALL THE EMOTIONS YOU'VE BEEN SUPPRESSING FOR 28 YEARS" ✨ The Projection Olympics - How I micro-surveilled our relationship like a detective ✨ Good Girl Gone Feral - Suppressing anger my whole life because "good girls don't get emotional" until I met Tomash and it all came POURING out (sorry, babe) ✨ The Dad Fear - Why I was terrified I'd inherit my father's mental illness and end up medicated and unrecognizable ✨ Communication Disasters - The great "shift arrow incident" (yes, we fought about an Instagram arrow), jokes that were actually mean, and me wanting to hurt him back every time I felt hurt ✨ Our Most Meta Moment - We literally DEBATE how to do this podcast WHILE RECORDING IT (Tomash: "Can you be more practical?" Me: "I DON'T OPERATE THAT WAY, BABY") ✨ What Saved Us - Moving to Bali, bio-resonance therapy (look it up), me reading spiritual books, and slowly learning that unconditional love means not trying to control everything (still learning, tbh) ✨ The Real Dynamic - He's calm, present, handles emotions like a zen master. I feel EVERYTHING for EVERYONE and overthink my overthinking. Somehow we balance each other (or we're just insane, jury's still out) THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You've felt like shit when everything was going WELLYou've blamed your partner for emotions that were actually yoursYou and your partner remember the same day like parallel universesYou're building a business with your partner (beautiful chaos)You want the REAL story behind perfect Instagram posts WHAT THIS EPISODE IS NOT: ❌ Polished (we forget what we're saying, I go to pee twice, it's a journey) ❌ Short (over an hour because I can't shut up) ❌ Instagram-worthy (this is the messy shit we DON'T post) ❌ Relationship advice (we're just figuring it out, don't take notes) WHAT THIS EPISODE IS: ✅ Chaotically honest - The breakdown behind the breakthrough ✅ Two realities - Same story, completely different movies in our heads ✅ Real relationship vibes - Interrupting, disagreeing, forgetting our point, still loving each other ✅ Behind "success" - It's not all $10k months and sunsets ✅ Permission to be messy - Relationships are improv theater where nobody knows their lines ABOUT US: I'm Martina (33, overthinker, feels everything, talks in philosophical clouds, swears when excited). He's Tomash (35, lives in the NOW, wants bullet points, calm AF, doesn't understand planning). We're the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets . We live in Vietnam. Together 24/7 for 6 years, haven't murdered each other yet. Built a 6-figure business in 17 days while I had daily meltdowns. We remember the same events like different lives. English is our second language. I overshare like it's my job (it is now). Tomash still isn't sure if you actually want to hear from him (let him know, he's adorably insecure 😂). Our dog Buchta snores louder than we talk. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/ LET'S CONNECT: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/ Have a beautiful day or night, wherever you are. We love you. This episode is a mess. We're a mess. Life is a mess. That's the point. 💕

    1h 8m

  3. Jun 4

    4. How We Built a 6-Figure Business in 17 Days While Dating for 3 Weeks | Our Story (Part 3)

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the episode where we go from "let's find a product to sell" to accidentally creating a multi-million dollar business in 17 days. (Or was it 9? We can't agree. Classic us. 😂) This is Part 3 of our completely unfiltered love story, recorded from our garden in Vietnam with our golden retriever Buchta making guest appearances (you'll hear her snoring, we promise). QUICK RECAP: Part 1: Met in high school 2009, dated for ONE WEEK, didn't speak for 12 YEARS Part 2: Reconnected in 2020, spent 9 days talking nonstop, went to Croatia, moved in together after 3 weeks NOW IN PART 3: We're building a business. Together. After dating for less than a month. Because apparently we don't do anything the normal way. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: ✨ The Magnetic Moment - How Tomash found THE product (magnetic couples bracelets) and instantly knew it was perfect ✨ The Curtain Opens - That moment when you just KNOW something is right (even if your mind can't explain it) ✨ Two Different Approaches - Mind-based vs. heart-based decision making (and why both matter) ✨ Our Perfect Skill Match - I do content/copywriting/visuals, he does technical/systems/backend (yin and yang in action) ✨ The 17-Day Launch - From finding the product to first order in less than 3 weeks (or was it 9 days? We still disagree 😂) ✨ Our $2,500 Investment - We each put in $2,500 and went 50/50 (our entire initial investment) ✨ The First Order Sound - September 12th, 2020 (or 21st? different memories again) - someone bought WITHOUT us even promoting yet ✨ Month 1: Break even. Month 2: $300 profit. Month 3: $10,000 - How it grew faster than we could process ✨ The Preparation We Didn't Know We Were Doing - My 5 years learning content/marketing in Dubai, his 5 years learning online business in Prague ✨ Why It Felt Easy - When something is meant to be, it flows (unlike everything we tried before) ✨ The Viral Reel - 75 million views in 2 months on our magnetic family bracelets video ✨ From First Date to Business Owners in 2 Months - July 11th first date → September 12th first order ✨ The Cliffhanger - What was happening behind the scenes while the business was thriving (spoiler: my mental health crisis) THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're trying to build something and it feels too hard (maybe it's not meant to be YET)You want to know what happens when skills align perfectly with timingYou're curious how we created Magnetic Couples BraceletsYou believe in divine timing and things "just clicking"You want to hear about building a business with your partnerYou're wondering if fast success is possible (it is, but there's always more to the story)WHAT THIS EPISODE IS NOT: ❌ A step-by-step business tutorial (we barely knew what we were doing)  ❌ "Get rich quick" advice (we had 5+ years of preparation each)  ❌ The full story (there's a dark side coming in the next episode)  ❌ Perfectly unedited (we interrupt each other, Martina has a call in 6 minutes) WHAT THIS EPISODE IS: ✅ The origin story of our Magnetic Couples Bracelets Brand - How we actually created it  ✅ Proof that preparation meets opportunity - We were both learning what we needed for YEARS  ✅ A lesson in letting things flow - When you stop forcing, magic happens  ✅ Our completely different perspectives - I remember emotions, he remembers facts (we can't even agree on dates)  ✅ The business side of our relationship - How we work together as partners  ✅ A setup for what's coming - The mental health crisis that started 2 months into our relationship ABOUT US: I'm Martina (33, ADHD podcaster who goes on tangents and says "bye" then starts new topics 😂). He's Tomash (35, wants structure and 3 bullet points to remember what to talk about). We're the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets . We live in Vietnam. We've been together 24/7 for 6 years. We built a business together after dating for less than a month. We have completely different memories of the same events. English is our second language. Tomash is learning to open up on camera. Buchta, our golden retriever, is our co-host (she snores through episodes). NEXT EPISODE: Part 4 - The part we don't usually talk about: My mental health crisis, crying 5 times a day, and what was really happening behind the scenes while our business was thriving. (Spoiler: Success on the outside doesn't mean everything is perfect on the inside) RESOURCES MENTIONED: Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/ LET'S CONNECT: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/

    41 min

  4. May 31

    3. We Broke Every Dating Rule: Vacation, Moving In & Starting A Business After 3 Weeks (Part 2)

    Send us Fan Mail This is Part 2 of our completely unfiltered love story, recorded from our balcony in Vietnam with our golden retriever Buchta snoring in the background (you'll hear it, we promise). If you missed Part 1: We met in high school in 2009, dated for ONE WEEK in 2009 & 2010, didn't speak for 12 YEARS, and reconnected during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. We had our first "date" at a lake with a puppy between us, followed by 9 days of talking 17 hours a day. NOW WHAT HAPPENED: Spoiler: We went from reconnecting to living together, starting a business, and planning our entire future in less than a month. Because apparently, when you know, you know. Or you're completely insane. Probably both. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: ✨ The 9 Days That Changed Everything - How we spent every waking moment together (literally breakfast, lunch, dinner, repeat) ✨ Tomash's High School Perspective - He finally shares how he actually felt when he first saw me (spoiler: his friend helped him make the first move) ✨ Our Completely Different Memory Banks - I remember EVERYTHING emotionally, he remembers... the fun parts 😂 ✨ The Croatia Road Trip - After 9 days of dating, we obviously decided to go on a 10-day vacation together (what could go wrong?) ✨ The Freedom We Both Craved - Motorbikes, sunshine, nature, and the realization of how we wanted to live ✨ The 10-Hour Business Pitch - Tomash + Red Bull + a car ride home = the birth of our business idea ✨ Three Business Options - Social media agency, affiliate marketing, or online store (guess which one we chose) ✨ Moving In Together After 1 Month - Because why not add "living together" to "vacation together" and "business partners" ✨ The "I Don't Want Kids or Marriage" Conversation - I had to be honest, he agreed, we both exhaled (spoiler: things change, but that's for another episode) ✨ How We've Been Together 24/7 for 6 Years - And somehow haven't killed each other yet THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You've ever moved FAST in a relationship and wondered if you're crazyYou want to know what happens when two people build a life AND business together from day oneYou love hearing couples who remember the same moments completely differentlyYou're curious how we went from "let's try this" to a successful business in record timeYou believe in divine timing and magnetic connections WHAT THIS EPISODE IS NOT: ❌ A "how to start a business" tutorial (we had no idea what we were doing) ❌ Relationship advice (we're just sharing our chaos) ❌ Short (it's 45 minutes because we CANNOT shut up) ❌ Perfectly unedited (Buchta snores, we interrupt each other constantly, it's real life) WHAT THIS EPISODE IS: ✅ Raw and unfiltered - We literally debate our different memories mid-episode ✅ Proof that fast doesn't mean wrong - Sometimes you just know ✅ A peek into our dynamic - I overthink everything, he's just... there (in the best way) ✅ The origin story of our business - How Magnetic Couples Bracelets was born ✅ Evidence that we live in completely different realities - Same relationship, totally different experiences ABOUT US: I'm Martina (33, professional overthinker, remembers every emotional detail, talks A LOT). He's Tomash (35, lives in the moment, forgets half of what I remember, still showed up to this podcast). We're the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets. We live in Vietnam now. We've been together 24/7 for 6 years. We started a business together after 3 weeks of dating. We have a golden retriever named Buchta who snores through our podcasts. English is our second language. I swear when I'm excited. Tomash is genuinely curious if you actually want to hear from him or just me. 😂 NEXT EPISODE: Part 3 - Finding the product, building the business, and realizing we accidentally created something that actually works (while having no idea what we're doing) RESOURCES MENTIONED: Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/ LET'S CONNECT: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/

    45 min

  5. May 28

    2. High School Sweethearts Who Weren't Ready: 12 Years Later We Finally Were (Part 1)

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the episode where my boyfriend Tomash shows up after spending 6 years telling me "podcasting isn't my thing." Surprise! 😂 We're sitting on our balcony in Vietnam (with river views, motorbike sounds, and zero editing) telling you our ENTIRE love story from the beginning. This is part 1. Spoiler: it involves one week of dating in high school, 12 years of complete silence, Facebook blocking out of jealousy, and a pandemic lockdown in 2020 that brought us both home at the exact right time. Sometimes the right person comes at the wrong time. And tbh now we know we needed those 12 years apart to become the people who could actually be together without destroying each other. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: ✨ How we met in high school 2009 (he wore a red shirt, I thought he looked like a rapper Rytmus from Slovakia lol) ✨ Dating for literally ONE WEEK before I left for the US in 2009 ✨ The Facebook blocking incident (jealousy is real, guys) ✨ 12 years of living completely separate lives ✨ Why we're grateful we weren't ready back then ✨ pandemic lockdown bringing us both home to Slovakia ✨ July 10, 2020: The Facebook friend request that changed everything ✨ Our first lake "date" with a puppy between us ✨ The 2-minute silence that almost made me walk away ✨ Nine days of talking 17 hours a day (no joke) ✨ Why timing is literally everything THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You believe in second chances and timingYou've ever had a "what if" person from your pastYou love messy, real love stories (not the Instagram highlight reel version)You want to hear how two people found their way back after 12 yearsYou're curious about the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets WHAT THIS EPISODE IS NOT: ❌ A fairytale (we're real humans with protection stories and anxieties) ❌ Perfectly edited (there are motorbike sounds, we interrupt each other, it's chaos) ❌ Short (it's 51 minutes because we TALK A LOT) WHAT THIS EPISODE IS: ✅ Our real, unfiltered love story ✅ Proof that sometimes you need to grow apart to grow together ✅ A conversation between two people who genuinely enjoy talking to each other ✅ Part 1 (because we couldn't fit the whole story in one episode) ABOUT US: I'm Martina (33, professional overthinker, talks too much). He's Tomash (35, didn't want to do podcasts, here anyway). We're the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets. We live in Vietnam now. We have a golden retriever named Buchta. We've been together 24/7 for 6 years and somehow haven't killed each other yet. English is my second language, I swear when I'm excited, and Tomash is still convinced nobody wants to listen to this. 😂 NEXT EPISODE: Part 2 - The Croatia road trip, moving in together, and creating our business together all within 2 months since the day we met  RESOURCES MENTIONED: Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/LET'S CONNECT: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/

    52 min

  6. May 26

    1. 330 Lives in 33 Years: My Wild Ride from "Too Much" to "F**k It, I'm Enough"

    Send us Fan Mail In this intro episode, I (Martina, 33, human design manifestor 3/5, professional overthinker) finally launch the podcast I've been overthinking for 6 years. Spoiler: my boyfriend was supposed to co-host, then he told me "this is clearly YOUR thing" two weeks ago, so here we are😅 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: ✨ Why I spent 33 years thinking something was wrong with me ✨ Childhood stuff: being sent to psychiatry at age 3, behavioral issues, getting kicked out of the US ✨ Building a multi-million magnetic couples bracelet business with my boyfriend ✨ Burning out every 3 months for 6 years (and why healing culture didn't fix it) ✨ Losing my father to suicide in November & what it taught me about control ✨ Human design, self-acceptance, and why you literally don't need fixing ✨ Why this podcast has no method, no steps, no course—just honest AF stories THIS PODCAST IS FOR YOU IF: You've been called "too sensitive," "too emotional," or "too much" your whole lifeYou're tired of self-help culture telling you to fix yourselfYou're going through burnout, grief, or a quarter-life/midlife crisisYou want real conversations about mental health, self-acceptance & messy livingYou're done with gurus and just want someone to say "yeah, me too"WHAT THIS PODCAST IS NOT: ❌ A self-help program ❌ A step-by-step method ❌ Perfectly edited (I recorded this on a balcony in Vietnam with mosquitoes) ❌ Going to teach you how to be a better person WHAT THIS PODCAST IS: ✅ Raw, unfiltered stories from my chaotic life ✅ Permission to be messy and still be enough ✅ Proof that you're not alone in feeling like you're doing life wrong ✅ Me talking A LOT because I love talking (it's literally my only skill) ABOUT ME: I'm Martina. I'm 33. I've lived 330 lives (trial-and-error living is my specialty). I don't own a house, I'm not married, no kids—just a golden retriever named Buchta and a 17-year-old Mercedes named Tiborko chilling in Slovakia. I built a multi-million dollar business, burned out repeatedly, lost my dad, and finally learned that authenticity and freedom matter more than looking like I have it together. English is my second language, I swear when I'm excited, and I'm recording this from Hoi An, Vietnam where I moved 2 months ago with my boyfriend Tomash (who you'll meet in later episodes even though he said this wasn't his thing 😂). RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/ LET'S CONNECT: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/

    39 min
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 What Is Life? is basically me talking about all the stuff we're supposed to keep quiet about — the messy emotions, the f**k-ups, the "am I the only one feeling this?" moments. I'm Martina. I feel like I've lived 330 lives in my 33 years of life, I've moved like 47 times in 6 different countries, I have a golden retriever named Buchta, and I co-built a multi-million dollar couples bracelets business with my boyfriend while simultaneously wondering if we were gonna break up every other week. Plot twist: I created this podcast to be MINE. My solo thing. My space. Episode 1? Just me, finally. Episode 2? Tomash, my boyfriend, crashes it. Every episode since? He won't freaking leave! The guy who literally said "I don't do podcasts, do it alone“ is now here. Every. Single. Time. And the universe is laughing because I wanted this for YEARS — us, together, talking. But it only happened when I stopped white-knuckling the dream and let that shit go. That's LIFE: giving you exactly what you want the second you stop being a control freak about it. I started this because I couldn't stop asking "what is life?" after my third breakdown, second country, and approximately 86 moments of thinking "there's something fundamentally broken in me." There wasn't. I was just a human being having a human experience, which apparently includes: moving to different country every few years, dating the wrong people for the right reasons, building a business while having daily meltdowns, and learning that nothing you plan actually happens the way you plan it. This podcast is chaos. Sometimes solo. Sometimes Tomash interrupts with his completely different memory of the same event (we literally live in 2 different relationships, I swear). Sometimes our golden retriever Buchta snores so loud you'll think your audio is broken. We record on balconies in Vietnam. We disagree mid-episode. We forget what we were talking about. I overshare like it's my job (it kind of is now). No Instagram highlight reel. No "5 steps to fix your life." Just two people figuring it out in real-time and saying it out loud. If you've ever felt too much, moved too fast, f****d up too hard, or wondered if everyone else got a manual you didn't — welcome home. Grab a coffee. Buckle up. It's messy… It’s LIFE.

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