Voice Hugs

#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 [https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline] Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com [hello@voicehugspodcast.com] or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

#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 [https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline] Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com [hello@voicehugspodcast.com] or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

#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 [https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline] Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com [hello@voicehugspodcast.com] or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

#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 [https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline] Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com [hello@voicehugspodcast.com] or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

#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 [https://www.speakpipe.com/HugsHotline] Or, as always, you can send us an email hello@voicehugspodcast.com [hello@voicehugspodcast.com] or DM us on IG @voicehugsposcast 😼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]