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Voice Hugs is a podcast hosted by Vivian Van and Rowena Tsai on the journey to becoming our best selves and embracing all seasons of life with open arms. Join us as we share our reflections on cultivating a more meaningful relationship with ourselves and others. Tune in every week for stories, giggles, and sometimes tears! Free voice hugs all around 🥰
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  • September 9 · 45 min

    #107 - How Do We Live in an Age of Information Overload?

    How do you make a decision when there are 24 kinds of everything and the algorithm has an opinion on all of it? 🌀 From the grocery store to your For You page, we're more overwhelmed by information than any generation before us. Whether we’re aware of it or not, this is quietly running our moods, our spending, and our sense of self. We get into a study that proves too many options make us worse at choosing, why your feed can hijack your whole week off a single click, and the sneaky reason marketers target new moms and college kids especially 👀 Mentioned: Marie Kondo's tidying book https://amzn.to/46et2nj Leah Wei's 30-day decluttering challenge https://youtu.be/L4AgMDvunO4?si=vUfW58U_HxfZjyoE ☎️ Hugs Hotline is officially open! Got a juicy question? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us @voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 2 · 41 min

    #106 - 20 Questions to Ask Your Best Friend (that get chaotic fast)

    Sometimes you just need a lighthearted one 🃏 We pulled out a get-to-know-you card game and answered 20 questions—from "what fictional world would you absolutely not survive in?" to "if your life had a warning label, what would it say?" It got chaotic fast: dinosaurs, zombies, Ro's very confident belief she'd be amazing at literally everything, and one warning label Viv agreed with a little too quickly 🤭 Save these questions for your next game night or road trip and play along with us 💛 ☎️ Hugs Hotline is officially open! Got a juicy question? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 26 · 51 min

    #105 - How to Keep Going When Everything Feels Stuck

    How do you get through a hard season when you can't see the end of it? There's an "unwritten rule" that says every long stretch of hardship is followed by a quantum leap—all it requires is that you don't give up on yourself ❤️ We get honest about what a hard season actually feels like day to day (not the cleaned-up version), why "high-functioning" struggling is so easy to miss, and where the line is between real hope and toxic positivity. Both of us open up about seasons we almost didn't say out loud 🥹 If you're in the in-between right now, we hope it helps you feel a little less alone. Sending the biggest voiceHUGS as always 🧸 ☎️ Hugs Hotline is officially open! Got a juicy question? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 19 · 44 min

    #104 - Why You Stopped Dreaming Big (And How to Start Again)

    How can we dream bigger when life has trained us to play it small? As kids we wanted everything, unapologetically—then somewhere along the way we learned to want less, to be realistic, to play it safe 🌱 We get into where that voice actually comes from (hint: you didn't come up with it), why it's so easy to see everyone else “playing small,” and the honest, unglamorous story of how Ro finally got un-stuck after years of feeling creatively flat. Consider this your permission slip 💛 That dream you buried because someone told you to "be realistic" is probably still in there. What is it? And what would it take to say it out loud? Book Mentioned: Creative Machines https://amzn.to/45XEYcA ☎️ Hugs Hotline is officially open! Got a juicy question? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 12 · 46 min

    #103 - The 100-Year Calendar That Will Change How You Spend Your Time

    Viv came back from a work conference with a story she hasn't been able to shake: a Japanese company’s chairman hands every new employee a 100-year calendar and says, “Somewhere on this page is the date of your death.” 🕰️🤯👀 A little morbid, sure, but it's really about awareness. Awareness that our time here is finite, and that most of us don't waste it dramatically… we waste it accidentally (hi, 6 hours of screen time 😭). We get into how to actually be present, the tiny three-minute things that make a life feel alive, and why nothing can replace seeing and interacting with people in person. This isn't an episode about death. It's a soft reminder that life is happening right now 💛 If you could see your life on a 100-year calendar, what would you want more of and less of? Mentions: Social Media Episode #94 The Regret of the Dying by Bonnie Ware https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/ ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 29 · 49 min

    #102 - How Do You Know You're Ready to Be a Mom? (Listener Email 💌)

    How do you actually know when you're ready to have a baby? It's one of the biggest questions of your 20s and 30s, and no one really prepares you for how much of it is both emotional AND logistical. This was a question from our Aussie listener, Nat—thanks for writing in!! 💌 We break motherhood readiness into two parts: the logistical (finances, division of labor, gender roles, and the conversations to have before baby so resentment doesn't quietly build) and the emotional (grieving your freedom and your body, plus the very real "what if I'm a bad mom / what if I pass down my trauma" fears). Here's the thing though, "ready" probably doesn't look like what you think it does. We get into the reframe that finally took the pressure off both of us 💛 What's making you feel ready (or not)? ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 23 · 41 min

    #101 - The Truth About Our Podcast After 100 Episodes

    100 episodes in, and we finally sat down and asked ourselves the questions we'd been avoiding: What have we built?? Do we still want to do it? And where do we actually want it to go from here? 🥹 We're getting honest about the parts of Voice Hugs we've never really said out loud—how we've (not) treated it, what we're a little scared of, and what it would take to dream bigger without losing the soft thing that makes it ours. There's also one thing we learned about you that genuinely surprised us 🌍 This one's an open, honest conversation—and we want you in it. What do you want to see next from Voice Hugs? 💛 ✳️ Please share any & all thoughts with us here: https://forms.gle/LKZFAdku3eJbQC8eA ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 8 · 47 min

    #100 - Our 100th Episode: Thank You for Being Here ♥️ | SPECIAL GIVEAWAY!

    ❣️ MUG HUGS LAUNCH + GIVEAWAY BELOW ❣️ Four years. One hundred episodes. We still can't believe we get to say that out loud 🥺 What started as two perfectionists in Ro's parent’s living room—taking a full 30min to record a two-sentence intro—somehow became 100 episodes of us growing up along side one another. This really is one is a giant love letter to YOU. Whether you've been here since day zero, episode one, or this is your very first episode of Voice Hugs, we’re so grateful you are here. Cheers to embracing another 100 (🤭) seasons with the OPENEST of arms and BEING our best selves, together 🧸🤝🏻✨ ⭐️ MUG HUGS: Our limited edition Mug Hugs in collaboration with @byslowstudio will be available 7/8, @11am PT on www.voicehugspodcast.com. We are SO excited to get these pink and blue cuties in your hands 🥹 💝 GIVEAWAY: To celebrate 100 episodes of Voice Hugs 🥹 we're giving away 1 Blue Mug Hug with a matching bubble coaster + 10 greeting card sets (each set comes with 5 ‘For All Season’ cards)! To enter: ╰ Follow @voicehugspodcast on Instagram ╰ Comment your favorite episode on our official giveaway IG post ╰ Subscribe/Follow Voice Hugs on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts (wherever you listen to the show!). Details: ╰ Open to US residents only at this time ╰ Ends on 7/14 - 11:59pm PT ╰ Winners will be announced on 7/15! 🍵 SLOW STUDIO ╰ IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/byslowstudio⁠ ╰ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@byslowstudio⁠ ╰ Website: ⁠https://slowstudio.shop/ ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 1 · 51 min

    #99 - The Quiet Panic of ‘Falling Behind’

    Am I behind? Am I stuck? Is everyone else moving forward except me? We received an email from you feeling behind in all aspects of life—from career to relationships. We hear you & we feel you 🥹 In today’s episode, we’re getting into the difference between feeling behind and feeling stuck (they're not the same thing and it matters!), why comparison has existed since literally the dawn of time, what to do when the job market feels impossible, the "should vs. must" framework, and why sometimes the most important season of your life looks like absolutely nothing is happening. If you're in a quiet season and wondering when things will start moving—they already are, even if you can't see it yet. 💛 What area of your life feels like it's in the line of a theme park right now? Mentioned article: The Crossroads of Should & Must: https://medium.com/@elleluna/the-crossroads-of-should-and-must-90c75eb7c5b0 Liah Yoo on Voice Hugs: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/153rWhOYiyz7BsafxAANnE?si=youy-UGbSkijHw5QTyDheg YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39zLjdz3QEA ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • June 24 · 52 min

    #98 - How to Be Single & Love Your Own Company

    How do I be single? How do I date myself? How do I be alone? We’ve talked a lot about relationships in Season 3, but we have yet to tackle one of the most important things we can do for our current or future relationships: work on the relationship we have with OURSELVES 🫶 Viv made herself stay single through all four seasons of the year because she wanted to know she could handle the holidays alone—and realized she didn't even know what music she liked anymore because she'd been listening to someone else's playlists for years 🌷☀️🍃☃️ Ro spent years single after back-to-back relationships and realized she didn't even know who she was outside of a relationship. Both of us were honestly scared of being alone—like actually terrified of sitting with our own thoughts 🥹❤️‍🩹🫂 If you're single right now and it feels heavy, or if you're in a relationship but realize you don't really know who you are outside of it, we gotchuuu. Your single era isn't a waiting room. It's the main event 💛 The Giving Tree: https://amzn.to/4vnPlBn The Little Prince: https://amzn.to/4fUIue1 The Alchemist: https://amzn.to/4vrP1lb ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • S3 · E97
    June 10 · 49 min

    #97 - The Communication Style No One Taught You (But Everyone Needs)

    Alright, you know how we say "embracing all seasons of life with open arms" every single episode?? Well, we took a personality assessment and it turns out neither of us are on the warm and accepting side of the spectrum 👀 Exposed!! But honestly that's kind of the whole point of this episode xoxo Viv puts on her professional DISC facilitator hat for the pod and walks us through the four communication styles—Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness—so you can figure out which one you are and more importantly, why the people in your life communicate the way they do. We're talking friendships, relationships, work dynamics, and why that one friend who always finishes your sentences isn't being rude, they're just a D 😇 Are you a “D” who needs everyone to get to the point, an “I” who makes everything fun, an “S” who keeps the peace, or a “C” who needs all the information before making a move? Please share and let us know which personality assessment you’d like us to break down next 💛 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • S3 · E96
    June 3 · 46 min

    #96 - How Do You Know You’re With the Right Person?

    We saw this quote about Beef on Netflix that said “everyone is with the wrong person” and it got us thinking “how do you know you’re with the right person?’”🌀 We share our college theory about the red string of fate getting tangled by modern dating, why butterflies in your stomach are actually your nervous system detecting a threat and not love, and what it really means to show up as yourself in a relationship instead of being the "perfect partner." We're unpacking karmic relationships, what rupture and repair actually looks like in long-term partnerships, and that one memoir about a marriage that fell apart in a single night that shook us to our core. Baby potato also makes a guest appearance and has OPINIONS!!! 🤭 If you've ever questioned whether you're with the right person, or wondered why your calm, steady relationship doesn't feel as exciting as the chaotic ones did, this one's for you. Maybe the question isn't "am I with the right person" but "am I becoming the right partner?" 💛 What's your take? Is everyone with the wrong person? Mentioned: Book: Strangers https://amzn.to/4uE6oz2 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • May 27 · 48 min

    #95 - The Hardest Part of Growing Up No One Warns You About

    Our sweetest bbs, this one came out of us like a wave we didn't see coming 🥹 We mentioned in our 3rd Hugs Hotline (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7mqDW2aTcHj99nzeDP0wKy?si=sGY_l5YHT6CuCtXlQlko_w) how much we looove growing older… but it recently dawned on us that - oh! there’s actually plenty for us to grieve from our past selves 👀 As Viv is entering her third trimester and feeling the weight of what it means to say goodbye to a version of yourself you didn't know you'd miss, this topic is extra front of mind. We're getting into the fear of aging, the grief that hides inside exciting life transitions, pregnancy body changes, mom guilt before baby even arrives, and why two feelings can be true at the same time. Ro shares what it's actually like on the other side and the moment her mom said something that changed the way she sees herself as a parent ✨ If you're in a season of becoming something new and you feel equal parts excited and terrified—hi, same, welcome. You're not losing yourself. You're integrating and expanding 💛 What life transition are you in right now? ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • May 20 · 51 min

    #94 - What Deleting Instagram For A Week Actually Does To Your Brain

    Our sweetest bbs, the day hath cometh. We’ve been wanting to talk about social media for many years now, and instead of just talking about it, we decided to do something about it. For the plot. And to no ones surprise, our screen time went downnnnn unda 🪸🐬🐚✨ We get into phantom scrolling (the first hour was brutal), the boredom that turns into creativity, and the friends we actually called instead of just parasocially watching their Stories. This one is eye-opening, a little alarming (the stats 🤯), and hopefully the nudge you need to try a social media detox for yourself—even if it’s just for a day 💛 What 7-day challenge should we try next?? ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • May 6 · 51 min

    #93 - Quarter Life Crisis? Let's Talk About It | Hugs Hotline (ep. 3) ☎️

    This week's episode is extra special 🥹 We're answering your Hugs Hotline voicemails from our bed, on our very first Voice Hugs retreat!! The two of us haven't gone on a trip together since we were in our early 20s, so this was already special before we pressed record, and then we pressed record and heard your voices 😭 You called in with really beautiful and honest questions, from navigating a quarter life crisis and figuring out if your passion should be your paycheck, to the strange grief that comes with simply growing up. We're talking content creation, aging, and why none of it is as linear as we wish it were. Keep calling in, we love hearing your voices more than you know 💛 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • S3 · E92
    April 29 · 48 min

    #92 - We're Having Another Baby!!! Pregnancy journey & all the feels

    Okay so we've been keeping a secret 👀 One of us is pregnant… and we're finally sharing everything!!! From the moment she found out, to the feelings nobody warned her about, to the dog who somehow knew before she did 🐶 We talk about wanting to be a mom since literally six years old, getting pregnant ten days after the wedding (!?!!), and then the unexpected part: sitting on the bathroom floor in shock instead of jumping for joy. Beyond grateful to be able to share another incredible milestone with you all 🥹 Let’s all strive to be gardeners in our loved ones lives!! 🌱 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • April 22 · 1 hr 1 min

    #91 - Two Words That’ll Change Every Relationship in Your Life

    Have you ever given a friend advice, watched them nod along, and then do the exact opposite? Or caught yourself nagging your partner about the same thing for the hundredth time knowing full well it's not going to work? Yeah, us too 😅 This episode we're breaking down The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins — a deceptively simple framework that's honestly changed how we think about every relationship in our lives. Viv & Ro share how they used to get so worked up trying to protect their friends from unworthy boys (spoiler: they went back every time). As well as wanting their partners to have a morning routine so badly… until they realized the person who actually needed to change was themselves. Where in your life do you need to "let them" right now? And what's the "let me" that follows? Tell us everything 💛 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • April 8 · 47 min

    #90 - The Loneliness Epidemic: Why It’s So Hard to Find Your People

    Hi besties, when was the last time you made a new friend in the wild? We’ll go first: It’s been a long while for both of us. This episode we're getting honest about community: what it actually means, why it's so much harder to build as an adult, and why some of us would rather homebody than put ourselves out there. Viv spent months at a ceramics studio without saying hi to a single person 👀 Ro shares how motherhood made her retreat inward before she could let anyone back in. We talk about the "great separations" that happen every time life shifts—and a lesson from The Little Prince that reframed everything: you become responsible forever for what you've tamed 🦊 If you've been craving deeper connection but don't know where to start, this one's for you 🫂 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • April 1 · 47 min

    #89 - How to Romanticize Your Life Without Losing Reality

    Ever come back from a trip completely convinced you need to uproot your entire life? Yeah, that was Viv after three days in New York 😅 This episode we're talking about romanticizing—the places we dream about living, the highlight reels we replay after a breakup, and why our brains do this in the first place. Viv walks us through her full New York whirlwind (Harry Styles, Times Square, rats and all). Ro drops the line that broke both our brains: what if we're romanticizing other people's romanticizing?? We get into when dreaming big is beautiful and when it becomes an escape from reality, and how to bring a little of that fairy dust back into the life you're actually living 🧚‍♀️✨ What do you romanticize most right now? Tell us everything 🤭 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG https://instagram.com/voicehugspodcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • S3 · E88
    March 25 · 55 min

    #88 - Why Resting Makes Us Feel Guilty (& How to Stop)

    Why does a "good” day always seem to mean a "productive” day? And why does resting, actually resting, come with this wave of guilt that makes you feel like you're falling behind? In this episode, we're unpacking our complicated relationship with productivity and rest. Ro takes us through her full arc—from waking up at 4:30am during her peak hustle era, to making burnout content until her audience started asking if she was okay, to not fully stopping until her baby was born. Viv shares how she traces her need for efficiency all the way back to folding six t-shirts per minute at Uniqlo (yes, there was a standard). We talk about where rest = unproductive got wired into our brains, why scrolling on your phone in bed isn't actually resting, the cultural pendulum from girlboss to quiet quitting, and why people on both extremes still feel empty. Because you're a human being, not a human doing. What's your current battery level? 🔋💛 ☎️ HUGS HOTLINE: Got a juicy question yourself? A sticky situation? Something you just need to voice HUG-it-out? Leave us a voicemail and we’ll share our thoughts and/or best advice in an upcoming episode. Can’t wait to hear from you ❣️ Leave us a voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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