Signal with Mory & Melissa

If perfection is an unattainable goal, why are we chasing it all the time? This week, join Mory and Melissa as they answer this question and several others about our relentless drive to be the best. Our perfectionism is at the root of everything from procrastination to workaholism, ruthless competition to perpetual self-doubt. This perfectly imperfect episode also features sensational wedding stories, untidy closets, and a cameo from our favorite guest: Mory’s printer.To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

Mory and Melissa get into it this week by discussing Mory’s role as a “fixer.” They discuss how one becomes a fixer, the importance of boundaries, and their own friend dynamic. Things get heavy, but, as always, the power of love, communication, and bestiehood prevail. To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

Over the past several weeks, we’ve used a lot of key terms without offering any explicit definitions. What does “intuitive wisdom” feel like? Where do I get a “limiting belief” from? And most important of all, what is my “higher self,” and how can we access it? This week, Melissa interviews Mory on her philosophy, the origins of her terminology, and the way these ideas manifest in everyday life. This episode is designed to serve as a building block for all our newcomers, and even a refresher for longtime listeners! As Melissa puts it, how high is your self?To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

The gang is back from a transformative trip to Nashville to talk about parasocial behavior: the one-sided relationships we cultivate with influencers, politicians, and celebrities. We love to feel like we have private access to iconic personas, but how does that very feeling create unhealthy dependencies? How does idolization prevent us from identifying our truth? And what do we do when our personal GOATs get cancelled? This episode, Mory breaks down the dangers of unwavering loyalty to Taylor Swift, Melissa processes Michael Jackson’s dark past, and the two find a way of turning the podcast into a drinking game.

This week, Mory & Melissa discuss the very concept that made this podcast possible: manifestation! What is it? How does it work? When is it problematic, and when is it useful? Mory breaks down the relationship between limiting beliefs and manifestation, which prompts revelations in Melissa. Join us as we watch to see if Melissa becomes a blue-eyed billionaire through this process.To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

Last week, Mory and Melissa deconstructed love and all the ways we’ve learned to crave it. This week, they rebuild the concept from the ground up. When and how should we categorize our romantic relationships? Are people with different attachment styles compatible? And how can we choose to be in relationships that reflect our highest selves, not our deepest anxieties? Beyond the big questions, we also learn that Mory might have a future as a marriage counsellor and that Melissa cannot understand the French accent.

Mory and Melissa return to talk about the pitfalls and pressures of relationships this week! They discuss all the factors that cause our poor romantic hearts to idolize love in a way that might not be healthy for us. Mory shares the ghosting story to end all ghosting stories. Warning: this episode features very bad French accents. The topic got so big that we decided to make this a two-parter, so come back next week to hear M&M talk about how we can turn our idealism about relationships into something way healthier.To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

Over the past decade we’ve seen a seismic shift in labor: why are so many people quitting their jobs? This week, Mory and Melissa turn towards the Great Resignation to unpack what it means to set boundaries with your work. They explain why we should ditch the term “quiet quitting,” recount some of their own personal horror stories from the job market, and try their best Tracy Chapman impressions. When is your job supporting you, and when should you demand of it, “give me one reason to stay here”?To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

Do personality tests box you in or bring you out? To find out, Mory and Melissa return this week to take a few. Mory discusses her beef with people’s relationship to personality tests, while Melissa offers redemption to the humble enneagram. Who will prevail? And more importantly, will the Beans ever get to live out their 70s rocker dreams?To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/

We are switching things up in our third season by introducing Melissa “Bean” Grushka, Mory’s best friend and the brand new co-host of Signal. This season, Mory and Melissa are examining a new topic every week through the lens of intuition, purpose, and reconnecting with our higher selves - with plenty of ridiculous detours along the way.In this episode, the duo discusses how friendships can be both limiting and liberating, how to set boundaries at different stages of a relationship, and the age-old question, how the hell did Mory and Melissa end up with the same nickname, “Bean”?To submit questions for future episodes: https://forms.gle/ZhSKGveWox33GvFq6Follow Mory on insta: https://www.instagram.com/moryfontanez/