Dating while healing? Yeah, it’s a minefield. 🧨 In this episode, Erika and Sarah open up about the exhausting balance between protecting your peace and staying open to intimacy. From non-negotiables like buying the damn flowers 💐 to the emotional weight of spaghetti 🍝 (yes, really), they dive into the deep end of post-divorce reflection, attachment trauma, and learning how to not settle for breadcrumbs.

Expect hot takes on:

✨ Why “I can buy my own flowers” isn’t just a flex—it’s a filter

💔 Situationships, slow-burn intimacy, and the curse of dating apps

🔄 Navigating your own needs without turning love into a transaction

📬 What real effort actually looks like (spoiler: it’s not that hard)

🤷🏽‍♀️ And the eternal question: If your partner can’t remember your favorite food after 12 years… do they even go here?

This one’s raw, funny, a little ragey, and 100% real. 😤❤️ Because healing doesn’t mean you stop wanting connection—it means you stop accepting less than you deserve.

🎧 Tune in. Unpack. Repeat.

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