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The architecture of human belonging because it’s cool to care and fun to give a f**k. Prepare to get out of your journal and into your life. 

  1. 10월 8일

    How satisfied are you in your relationships?

    A dark room, 25 strangers, and the first question is "who among you is a traitor?" Shoulders at ears. Palms sweating. Nowhere to hide. We're back for Season 2, and this season is all about relationships: the shapes they take, what makes them meaningful, and what gets in the way. Caitlin and Chantelle kick things off with a live Traitors experience that turned into a crash course in social dynamics: how we defend ourselves, when we follow the crowd, and the old patterns that resurface even when you think you've put them to bed. From there, we get into why loneliness isn't a personal failing, the structural forces that feed it, and what we lose when we ask AI the questions we used to ask a friend. Plus, a first look at what's coming, shaped by your questions: friendship breakups, banter in the bedroom, money and friendship, and the slow creep of resentment. On a scale of one to four, how satisfied are you in your relationships? Really? We go wherever connection lives. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  2. 8월 20일

    What if our bodies were more than a vehicle?

    What if beyond the fixing and moulding and scolding, there was wisdom and intelligence? What if your relationship with your body became a conversation with a friend? This episode delves into topics that may be triggering. Topics such a disordered eating, body contorting, body image and body health are discussed. Please go gently gently. If anything in this episode brings something difficult to the surface, please reach out to a therapist, friend or someone who loves you. We pull on a thread that has come up in almost every single episode of season one: our relationship with our bodies. What it would mean to actually be in them, to see them as intelligent, as worthy of conversation, as more than a vehicle for getting through the day. We get into the systems that got us here. The beauty standards that shaped what we consumed before we were old enough to question it. The patriarchy that turned every distinctly female experience into something to manage, apologise for, or be ashamed of. Then there’s the medical research gap that left women spending years being told their pain was normal and their hormones were making them bananas while we waited for the science to tell us otherwise. We also get into what becomes possible when the relationship shifts. The body as a regulator. The body as wisdom. The body as a decision-making tool that was there all along. And yes, the body as a source of pleasure that nobody gave us permission to explore. This is the season one finale. And it ends where everything on this show begins, with you, in your body, getting curious about what’s going on inside. We go wherever connection lives. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  3. 8월 13일

    What if we were taught how to make friends?

    You're about to walk into a room of strangers. Your shoulders are at your ears. You've already invented three reasons to leave. And the only social scripts you have are from a playground in 1994 or a networking event in 2019. In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into one of the most anxiety-producing and least-discussed parts of adult life: how to actually connect with people. Not theoretically. In the room. Before the room. And in the spiral that happens after. They get into the specific kind of loneliness that doesn't look like loneliness — the one that lives inside a full life, a full social calendar, a room full of people. What's really happening when connection feels hard. And what has to be true for you to show up as your favourite self anywhere. There is an awkward wave at strangers in a park. A person in Lisbon who asked for an Instagram and didn't press follow. And a genuinely useful distinction between a connection that just was, and a story you're telling yourself about why it wasn't. Connection is a practice. This episode is where the practice starts. What's your barista's name? Find out tomorrow and report back. We go wherever connection lives. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  4. 8월 6일

    What if the job is only part of the problem?

    What would you do if you realised the system you've been raging against lives inside you too? What if you’re secretly the one keeping it in place? In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle are joined by Giana Ceresia — teacher, lobbyist, prison reformist, marketing executive, and self-described professional pain in the ass, for a painfully honest chat about the inextricable ties between work and our identities. Giana spent two and a half years engineering her own exit from corporate before she left. Not because she was delaying the discomfort but because she understood that if you don't do the work before you leave, you will simply recreate the same system somewhere else, with yourself as the punishing manager. Together we unpack: The hidden rewards that keep people in depleting environmentsThe difference between self-esteem and self-worthWhat bitterness is actually telling youAnd a regular favourite of the pod - the weapon and the wand. The framework that will help you to look at both your strengths and your coping mechanism and ask: am I using this to build or to protect?You’ll feel like you’re sitting at Giana’s kitchen table in the cosmos and you’ll never want to leave. The homework is in the episode. Four minutes. Four questions. We dare you ;) For ways to connect or work with Giana Instagram @giana.cerasiaWomen’s Community CircleThe ApprenticeshipWe go wherever connection lives. See you there. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  5. 7월 30일

    What is your voice and where does it go?

    When did you last say the thing you actually meant, not the version that sounded safe, polished, or approved of in advance? In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle sit down with writer and creative coach Lois Mac to unpack one of the most misunderstood parts of being a creative, thinking person: your voice. Not how you sound. Not your tone or your niche. The actual perspective underneath everything you've borrowed, adopted, and decided because someone else told you to. We get into: Why "authenticity" became one of the most inauthentic words online, and what it actually means to strip everything borrowed away and find what's leftThe three departments every creative process needs (creator, editor, publisher) and why the editor sneaking in too early kills more good ideas than bad execution ever couldWhy faithfulness to an idea is the wrong goal entirely, and what it means to stay faithful to the process insteadThe fear underneath "fear of being seen," which isn't about judgment, it's about being wrong in public and having to live with thatWhy the most interesting parts of what you believe live exactly where two of your values contradict each otherAnd the question that might sit with you longer than the episode does: what are you still wearing that was never yours to begin with, and what would it feel like to take it off? Your voice was never missing. It was just buried under everyone else's idea of who you're supposed to be. Ways to connect with Lois: Writing WildlyInstagramIf anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  6. 7월 24일

    Have we lost the art of play?

    When did you last play? Not rest. Not scroll. Not exercise with a target or socialise with an agenda. Actually play. Purposeless, unscripted, a little bit ridiculous. In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into one of the most radical things an adult can do: absolutely nothing useful. We explore what play actually is, why we stopped doing it, what it's costing us, and what it might feel like to let ourselves have it back. We get into: The gendered conditioning that turns women's leisure into productivity - the exercise class, the book club, the dinner partyWhy pure unstructured play gets coded as childish, self-indulgent, or wasteful.The dopamine trap that makes play excruciating for high achievers, because the brain that's wired to chase a goal genuinely doesn't know what to do when there isn't one.The grief of lost play, and the version of yourself who used to move through the world with more lightness, before you learned that your value was your output.And they ask the question that might undo you: Is there a version of you that used to play freely that you miss? What happened to them, and do you want them back? Play isn't the reward for getting everything done. It's part of how you stay human while you do it. You don't have to earn it. You just have to give yourself permission. If you’re curious about having more play in your life - here is the play quiz we discuss in the episode! https://playstyles.nifplay.org/ DM us once you have done it! We’d love to hear what play style you got and how that resonates for you. We go wherever connection lives. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  7. 7월 15일

    How to move past the discomfort of disagreement?

    We grew up mistaking being good at yelling for being good with confrontation but articulating your needs, quietly, is a whole other thing. It requires self inquiry, conviction in your own feelings and needs, and a bunch of tools in the toolkit to navigate disagreement and repair. In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into what it really means to sit in discomfort - with yourself, with the people you love, and in the rooms you're responsible for holding. We start where most conversations about conflict don't: in the body. Because before tension is intellectual, it's physical. It's shoulders at your ears. It's a stomach dropping. It's a four-year-old version of you climbing into your lap when someone's tone shifts. We chat about our own default tension responses - the defensive whip, the disappearing act (dives into hedges) and what it took to start doing it differently. We’ll explore different types of tension and why collapsing them into one undifferentiated "hard" is costing us in our relationships. We even walk the talk, sharing our first moment of relationship tension as co-founders & besties. It’s giving romcom but friendship. There’s a train station, a bathroom, and the make up moment the movie wouldn’t be complete without. This episode comes with two gentles nudges: Where is an apology getting in the way of deepening a relationship?Where did you disappear this week when you could have deferred instead?Go on. Pop it in your ears. And as always, we go wherever connection lives. This time it sits on the other side of discomfort. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

  8. 7월 9일

    What if your brain is different, not wrong?

    What if the reason you felt different growing up wasn't because something was wrong with you but because the world was simply built for a brain that isn't yours? In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle are joined by Rachel Moore - systems thinker, people & culture leader, and universe builder - for an honest and generous conversation about neurodivergence, identity clarity, and what it actually means to understand how your brain works. We get into why so many people, women especially, are only now getting the language for something they've felt their whole lives. Why the diagnostic system was built around a very specific person, and why that matters.What the difference is between using neurodivergence as an explanation versus an excuse.Why knowing one neurodivergent person's needs does not mean you know all of them.Why the so-called accommodations that neurodivergent people need at work aren't really accommodations at all - they're just better design for everyone.There is a runaway refrigerator in this one. There are blocks stacked sideways. There is an important distinction between inclusion and meaningful accommodation. And there is Rachel's answer to our closing question that might just reframe the entire ‘let-them’ conversation. This work is for anyone who has ever felt like their brain was wrong rather than just different. And for everyone who wants to show up for other people. If your brain is tickled and you want to sift a little deeper or practice imperfectly. We have more resources for this episode right here. If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you. Made with intention by Meus Studios. Instagram: meusstudios_ Threads: meusstudios_ Podcast Resource Hub www.meusstudios.com Inquires at hello@meusstudios.com

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