Katie Horwitch is here to talk to us about f%cking self-talk, y'all. It’s the story we tell ourselves every single day, for better or for worse, that defines how we go about our lives. For a lot of people, that self-talk can be a constant source of negative feelings, and that can be really overwhelming and debilitating. But Katie is here to offer some ideas on how to overcome that! As a public speaker, women’s empowerment activist, and founder of WANT (Women Against Negative Talk), she is an expert on how to reclaim your inner dialogue, providing strategies to transform the way you think about yourself, ultimately leading to more self-compassion and understanding. You don’t want to miss this one!Be sure to keep up with Katie on Instagram and visit her website www.katiehorwitch.com Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFactor - Head to factormeals.com/fmltalk50 and use code fmltalk50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off of your first month!Follow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beloved psychotherapist Terri Cole is back by popular demand, and boy does she knock our f%cking socks off with this episode! Terri and Gabrielle break down what an HFC (high-functioning codependent) person is—essentially someone who feels compelled to over-invest in their friends or families emotional/financial/spiritual wellbeing at the expense of their own happiness and peace. Terri provides insights into the emotional labor involved in maintaining relationships this way, leading to blurred boundaries, exhaustion, and eventual burnout. Gabrielle shares her own experiences with control and trust, finding it easier to give help than to receive it—a hallmark of HFCs. The episode concludes with ways to flip the narrative, including embracing your own vulnerabilities and prioritizing self-care to find these much-needed healthier interactions. It’s a must-listen episode for anyone who resonates with these situations—you don’t want to miss it! Be sure to keep up with Dr. Terri on Instagram and order her new book here!Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFactor - Head to factormeals.com/fmltalk50 and use code fmltalk50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off of your first month!Follow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're taking a raunchy journey down memory lane and replaying one of FML's most beloved episodes to date. Gabrielle brings best friend Brittany on to chat first times, blow jobs, embarrassing sex stories, tips, tricks, and everything in between. Grab a giant cocktail, a notebook and prepare to laugh all over again. Enjoy!Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFactor - Head to factormeals.com/fmltalk50 and use code fmltalk50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off of your first month!Follow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode explores the concept of generational trauma, healing, and breaking out of the f%cking victim mentality. Gabrielle is joined by Judy Wilkins Smith, a renowned systemic executive coach and author of the book ‘Coding Your Emotional Blueprint’. Judy explains how trauma responses can be passed down through generations of family history—inherited even by those who did not experience these events directly. It’s all part of how our emotional landscape is shaped, and it adds a fascinating layer of understanding to how we react to situations in our lives. They also dive into the impact of social media and how we often glamourize our own suffering, adding that while validation of trauma is important, we can’t get trapped in that victim mentality, and it’s essential to flip the perspective to celebrate your resilience. This episode is packed with eye-opening insights you don’t want to miss!Learn more about Judy and her coaching on her website, judywilkins-smith.com. Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFactor - Head to factormeals.com/fmltalk50 and use code fmltalk50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off of your first month!Follow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somewhere, someone has said that a major part of a great relationship is the ability to uncontrollably f%cking laugh with each other. In that case, consider that box DOUBLE checked this week for Tay and Gabrielle! We swear that no one is high in this episode, just extremely sleep deprived (Hi Tay!), as they both giggle, chuckle, and belly laugh their way through the last week’s adventures in parenthood. From Stone cutting his finger (he’s ok!) to Tay’s very, very eclectic musical tastes to Gabrielle’s use of some light TikTok deception—it’s all here this week! They wrap up the episode by answering some FML’er questions about what their best date would be, any past relationship regrets, and who you’d want to be stranded on a desert island with. Tune in to find out!Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFollow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for all the f%cking co-parents out there. This week, Gabrielle sits down with Dr. Courtney Evans, a divorce and co-parenting coach, as they discuss the complexities of co-parenting, particularly in toxic situations. Dr. Evans has seen both sides of the equation as she’s been through her own divorce (which stayed amicable) as well as her current husband’s divorce and subsequent custody battle (which was extremely toxic and wildly expensive). Seeing an opportunity to help others, Dr. Evans drew on her experience from the healthcare system to develop her coaching business, where she now advises clients through their own divorces, separations, and co-parenting situations. In toxic environments, Dr. Evans advocates for a mindset shift to deal with the emotional toll and reduce conflict, as well as focusing on personal healing to reach a more positive state of wellbeing. No one ever said co-parenting was easy, but Dr. Evans' approach may just be the playbook you need!Dr. Courtney Evans Bio: Dr. Courtney is wife-mom-stepmom-DNP-soon to be published author who also happens to be an experienced divorce coach and co-parenting mentor. Her two decade career in the healthcare field has lent to her deep understanding of human behavior, mental health, and the importance of self-care during challenging life transitions. With her expertise in healthcare, coupled with her coaching education and personal experience dealing with a high conflict co-parenting dynamic, Courtney is uniquely equipped to provide support in surviving the emotional impact of divorce. Courtney shares how she survived her own divorce and is navigating the subsequent co-parenting journey. She is also a co-survivor of a lengthy, expensive, custody battle riddled with false allegation and alienation tactics. She survived it all… ungracefully… but is rising from the ashes of what was meant to destroy her and is writing one hell of a comeback story. Follow her on Instagram @thedivorceco and check out her book Refining Justice: Taking the High Road through Divorce out January 13, 2025.Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFollow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckle up, FML'ers, this is a f%cking wild one! Gabrielle sits down with Nikole Mitchell, who became a viral sensation after a profile in the New York Post described her as a pastor-turned-stripper (and yes, that’s her true life story!). As sensational as the headline is, the truth is much more nuanced, and Nikole openly shares her journey from one end of the spectrum to the other. Nikole dives into what that transition was like for herself, her family, and her friends, revealing that there were some really tough moments along the way as a lot of people in her circle struggled to understand the choices she’d made. But now, she feels so much more comfortable in her new identity as a queer content creator, and bonus, she’s been able to give her kids a better life with the added personal and financial success she’s found. This episode is all about body positivity and personal growth and really shines a light on what it means to truly embrace the person you feel you are deep inside! Follow Nikole on Instagram and visit her website www.nicolemitchell.com Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFollow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Susie Evans from season 26 joins Gabrielle to spill the tea on life during and after the show, sharing her incredible journey from shy teenager to Bachelor contestant with all the ups and downs along the way. The journey included relationships with some real lying, cheating a**holes, which Susie dives into and describes how she now has a zero-tolerance policy for any dishonesty in a relationship. As anyone who follows Bachelor Nation knows, Susie’s also recently been through a very public breakup, but thankfully is on the road to recovery and is focusing on personal pursuits. One of which is a new podcast (check out Gabrielle as a guest on it!) that delves into 'the intriguing world of relationships gone awry' and bills itself as a place to be ‘enlightened, entertained, and empowered’. F%ck yeah, we love it!Check out Susie’s podcast “Live, Laugh, Lies” and follow Susie on IG at @susiecevans.Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFollow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get a f%cking bottle ready to pop for this solo episode, everyone, because it’s September 4th! FML’ers will know the significance of this date already, but to those who don't, it’s the date that two big things happened for Gabrielle. 1) The date of her first wedding, which, as we know, went down in flames, and 2) the date she left for her first Eat Pray FML trip, which launched her book as well as her healing journey. Gabrielle has been reflecting a lot lately this past week after last week’s emotional episode and received some amazing and encouraging responses not just from friends but from FML’ers too. She’s realized that there is still some fear of a pattern repeating that she saw her mom go through (having her career side-swiped), and that’s been really challenging to reconcile. But with some supportive advice from past guests, Gabrielle emphasizes that we’re not doomed to the same fate as our parents and reminds us that our inner child has the power to break cycles and reach new heights. She wraps up with an FML story about a mom dealing with a sh*tty baby daddy but celebrating the joy she now has with her newborn son.Thank you so much to our incredible sponsors!Lumen - Visit lumen.me/FMLTALK to get 15% off your LumenFollow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Gabrielle and Tay unpack the emotional aftermath of a f%cking challenging return home from Hawaii. Gabrielle grapples with the ongoing struggle to balance motherhood and career and the guilt of feeling like she’s falling short in both. Tay offers heartfelt support, reminding Gabrielle that she’s an amazing mom who deserves grace. They delve into the tough realities of parenting during these years, where finding balance feels like an impossible puzzle. With Gabrielle’s raw honesty and vulnerability, this episode is sure to resonate deeply with listeners currently facing similar challenges.Follow your host!     TikTok: @gabrielle_stone    Instagram: @gabriellestone & @fmltalkpodcast    YouTube: FML TALK    Website: www.eatprayfml.com        Plus, if you want to submit an FML story, email it to info@eatprayfml.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices