Can You Stay Friends With Your Ex After an Affair?

Dating Confidence Tips in Your 40s (The Summer of George #3)

Getting out of your comfort zone is a lot easier when you actually leave home to do it. I'm in Los Angeles for the summer as part of my "The Summer of George" series, and this episode is about why relocating — even temporarily — strips away the easy excuses to stay in. I get into building confidence in midlife through small physical choices, why working from coffee shops changed my whole week, and why freshening up before I leave the house has become part of how I show up in public. I also get into the dating update everyone keeps DMing me about — no actual dates yet, but a house party, a very handsome stranger, and a conversation that reminded me what midlife dating confidence actually feels like. And I talk about how my relationship with networking has completely flipped. I used to avoid it entirely. Now a LinkedIn connection turns into cocktails at Soho House in West Hollywood and one of the best conversations I've had all summer. This one is about what happens when you actually put yourself in rooms you'd normally skip. Working from coffee shops, saying yes to a party you don't have to go to, meeting someone you've only known online — small moves, real shifts. 🍒 Interested in working with me? Let’s chat. [https://nikki-corbett.com/coaching] 🕸️Waiting to be chosen? Download The Affair Edit. [https://nikkicorbett.myflodesk.com/theaffairedit] 🌱 Tired of performing? Get The Self-Worth Reset [https://nikkicorbett.myflodesk.com/selfworthreset] 🎧 New episodes every Thursday! 💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

Best of The Scarlet Edit: Infidelity, Divorce, & Starting Over

One year of The Scarlet Edit, and to lead into the anniversary episode I pulled the best moments from my 2026 guest conversations into one place. Seven women, seven completely different angles on infidelity, divorce, and starting over. You'll hear Amanda [https://www.amandadames.com/], The Kink Consultant, on why kink and shame so often push people toward affairs. Emily [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000749419678] on what it took to make decisions on her own again after ending a long relationship. Naomi [https://keepfindingyou.com/] on finally pulling the trigger on divorce and having her husband served at the business they owned together. Katarina [https://www.katarinapolonska.com/] on the pain of being the "other person" waiting on the sidelines for someone to leave their marriage. Hope [https://www.instagram.com/happily.affair.after/] on her three-month affair and what she calls the worst, best time of her life. Danielle [https://www.fuel4ever.com/] on how differently she was treated by other moms once she became a single mom after her husband left her for another woman. And Sydney on how she found out about the women her husband was seeing in Ohio thanks to an Android watch he left at home. Seven women, seven completely different angles on infidelity, divorce, and starting over. If one of these clips makes you want to go back and listen to the full conversation, every episode is linked in the show notes. Thank you for being a part of year one. Here's to the next one. Amanda's episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000747165981] Emily's episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000749419678] Naomi's episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000766602690] Katarina's episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000757475307] Hope's episodes part 1 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000760440245] & part 2 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000761790148] Danielle's episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000771141395] Sydney's episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scarlet-edit-infidelity-divorce-starting-over/id1825172881?i=1000773249568] 🍒 Interested in working with me? Let’s chat. [https://nikki-corbett.com/coaching] 🌱 Tired of performing? Get The Self-Worth Reset [https://nikkicorbett.myflodesk.com/selfworthreset] 🎧 New episodes every Thursday! 💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

How to Put Yourself Out There in Your 40s (The Summer of George #2)

This week I'm getting into midlife dating in a new city, why putting yourself out there matters more than the outcome, and what I'm learning about building a life when the snowbirds leave town. Week two of the Summer of George dropped me in Los Angeles, and the energy here is already different. I'm staying with a friend, walking to a new gym, taking my first workout class in years, and waking up to LA birds instead of Scottsdale ones. I lived in this city for four and a half years right out of college. Coming back at this stage of my life — comfortable in who I am, clear about what I'm doing — has reminded me how much the right city can match your frequency. I also made a move this week I want to talk about. I reached out to a guy I'd met on Instagram a few months ago, someone who lives in LA. We'd traded voice notes for a couple of weeks before life pulled us in different directions. Since I'm in town, I figured I'd ask if he wanted to grab coffee. He wrote back kindly and told me he's seeing someone. Totally fine. The win wasn't the meetup. The win was the action. For someone who is more of a traditional dater — I like the man to plan, to lead, to hold the door — pressing send on that message was the entire point. An object in motion stays in motion. I paid for one month of Hinge, canceled the auto-renew, and I'm staying open to whatever shows up in person while I'm in LA for the next few weeks. 🍒 Interested in working with me? Let’s chat. [https://nikki-corbett.com/coaching] 🌱 Tired of performing? Get The Self-Worth Reset [https://nikkicorbett.myflodesk.com/selfworthreset] 🎧 New episodes every Thursday! 💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

Can You Stay Friends With Your Ex After an Affair?

Can you actually be friends with your ex? I dug into the research, including the four motivations people land on when they stay in each other's lives after a breakup and the data on who's most likely to do it. Then I went a few layers deeper than the typical conversation goes. Friends with your ex in general is one question. Friends with your ex after divorce is another. Friends with your ex after infidelity is harder. And if you were the other woman, that's a different conversation entirely. I share my own examples on all of it. I'm still friends with my ex-husband a decade out. I also answer a listener question about did my ex married man and I speak after I ended it? I share the very specific moment, four months after I ended it, when I sent him a song from the bathtub. We reconnected for a few months and I haven't spoken to him since. The difference between those two stories isn't random. It comes down to one question. What are you keeping the friendship for, and where is your self-worth in the answer? I also get into whether the betrayed spouse can ever be friends with the cheater, how the kids' ages change everything when you're co-parenting after infidelity, and what to ask yourself if you're stuck in the deciding phase. And if you've ever wondered whether the other woman gets to stay friends with him after it ends, I have a take on that you won't hear anywhere else. 🍒 Interested in working with me? Let’s chat. [https://nikki-corbett.com/coaching] 🌱 Tired of performing? Get The Self-Worth Reset [https://nikkicorbett.myflodesk.com/selfworthreset] 🎧 New episodes every Thursday! 💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

Dating in Midlife: Back on the Apps (The Summer of George #1)

Welcome to the first bonus episode of The Summer of George. After swearing I'd never get back on a dating app, I did. This is week one — a goal of three meet ups, because c'mon, they aren't dates, one that actually happened, and everything I learned in between. I'm sharing what it's really like getting back on dating apps in midlife. The strange disconnect between who you talk to in an app and who shows up in person. The snap judgment debate — do I give every guy a real chance, or do I trust my gut the way I would if he walked up to me in public? And how going in with a different mindset changed how I experienced the whole thing. There was the guy who messaged me from work asking if I wanted to get frisky. The one who opened with a crop top comment. The man I talked to on the phone for an entire hour, made plans with for Saturday night, and then never heard from again. Straight ghost. And one lunch with a newly single guy where I noticed three moments my own boundaries went loose and I want to do better next time. The Summer of George is my commitment to saying yes more, dating again, and getting back out there. Every Friday through the end of September, I'll drop a quick update on how it's going. Week one is in the books. Onto SoCal. 🍒 Interested in working with me? Let’s chat. [https://nikki-corbett.com/coaching] 🌱 Tired of performing? Get The Self-Worth Reset [https://nikkicorbett.myflodesk.com/selfworthreset] 🎧 New episodes every Thursday! 💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com