

Mostly Dating
Carleigh
Mostly Dating is a podcast with approachable advice for every stage of dating and relationships. Host Carleigh Ferrante dives into the world of modern dating and relationships with approachable, relatable advice. Tune in weekly for practical tips, listener questions, and conversations that help you build healthier, happier, and more lasting connections—and find us on Instagram @mostlydating.
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Oct 18, 2021 • 58min
87. AYCEE BROWN on Using Human Design to Navigate Your Dating Life
Welcome back! Today we are joined by psychic channel and human design expert, Aycee Brown. Aycee uses her intuitive gifts and knowledge to help guide her clients to emotional empowerment and clarity. In today’s episode she teaches us how to make better decisions in our dating life by tapping into our human design.
A few topics we cover:
Navigating dating apps successfully for your HD type
Most & least compatible HD types
Why you should "date yourself" first & how to actually do that
Shifting your mindset in dating
Non-specific and specific manifestation
What it means to have an open energy center on your HD chart
To get the most out of this episode, you can pull your own human design chart for free here.
We also suggest listening to our previous episode (E22) with Aycee to learn more about her background and about how she makes human design her own. We also have a more “intro to human design” style episode with Katie Calder (E7), if you are new here and want to learn more before diving in. You can find Aycee on Instagram @ayceebrown or head over to her website to work with her directly.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Cookie & Kate Healthy Pumpkin Bread
Mia's Pick: Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Co.
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!

Oct 11, 2021 • 44min
86. ELANA BERLIN on Timelines and Coping with the Loss of a Close Friend
Welcome back! Today we are joined by digital creator Elana Berlin. Elana opens up about her experience losing her best friend to cancer and struggling with anxiety. She also shares her thoughts on being single when a lot of her friends are married with kids, and how she released the timeline expectations she used to put on herself. We talk about how grief looks different for everyone, why you shouldn’t judge someone by their social media or what you see on the outside, and the importance of taking time for yourself.
You can find Elana on Instagram at @highonsweatt and you can shop her collaboration with The Cosmic Project here.
Other Episodes Mentioned: Episode 69 with Sari Diskin & Episode 85 with Morgan Raphael
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Sweat with Sweats online workout platform. Favorite new instructors: @alessiasculpt, @calynbrooke, @soniahare.fit, and @bodiesby_sav
Mia's Pick: Dream Pops
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Oct 4, 2021 • 1h 2min
85. MORGAN RAPHAEL on Self Love, Manifestation, and How to Heal from a Breakup
Welcome back! Today we are joined by Morgan Raphael, face behind @bun_undone and creator of Self Care Society. Morgan has been running her blog/Instagram for four years and launched Self Care Society two years ago as an approachable tool and community for guided self care. In today’s episode we chat with Morgan about her path from corporate event planning to working at an advertising agency, to eventually deciding to pursue her blog and Instagram full time. She talks about the factors that went into her decision and shares the stories of a few of her first brand partnerships and how they came to be. She gives tangible advice on how to manifest, opens up about her own experiences healing through breakups, and provides tools for whether you are dealing with a breakup yourself or want to support a friend who is going through it.
You can find Morgan on Instagram @bun_undone and head to her website bunundone.com to read her blog, shop her favorite brands, looks, and learn more about Self Care Society. You can also order the ebook or hardcover journal with a discount using code MOSTLYBALANCED.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Tonic CBD flight Code MOSTLYBALANCED
Mia's Pick: Manifestation meditation
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Sep 27, 2021 • 52min
84. ANNELIESE AERIA on Pets for your Mental Health
Welcome back! Today we are joined by Anneliese Aeria, dancer, actress, entrepreneur, and founder of AAPETPEOPLE. Anneliese has such an inspiring story and has accomplished so much at 19 years old. She tells us about pursuing dance from a young age, her decision to graduate high school at 16, and how she’s achieved her bachelor’s, masters, and launched her own business in the past three years. We talk about the impact pets can have on our mental health and our lives, and the impact you can have by giving a loving home to animals in need.
You can find Anneliese on Instagram @anneliese_aeria and check out AAPETPEOPLE @aapetpeople or aapetpeople.com where you can browse their collection of luxury, sustainably sourced items for pets and their people.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Lymphatic drainage massage @lymphlyft
Mia's Pick: Bark box
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Sep 20, 2021 • 58min
83. ALI & ROARK on Bad Dating Advice, Situationships, and Healthy Communication
Welcome back! This week we're joined by Ali and Roark, co-hosts of dating advice podcast, Finding Mr. Height, and we're chatting about (you guessed it) dating! We talk about everything from situationships, ghosting, communication, defining the relationship, "the one", and the worst dating advice they've ever received. We debate common dating advice such as "if you're confused, he's not interested" and "if he wanted to he would."
You can find Ali & Roark on Instagram @findingmrheight and listen to their podcast on all platforms.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Everything Siete, especially the dip chips
Mia's Pick: American Crime Story
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Sep 13, 2021 • 55min
82. LOGAN URY on How to Not Die Alone
Welcome back! Today we are joined by Logan Ury, Author of the book How to Not Die Alone, a step-by-step guide to finding love and improving your relationships. Logan is a behavioral scientist turned dating coach. She studied at Harvard and then went on to run Google's behavioral science team before landing her most recent role as the head of relationship science at Hinge. As you can imagine, her book is extremely data-driven and backed by a ton of research. We dive into many of the topics covered in her book. from the most common relationship styles and attachment styles, to why the environment of your date matters, whether the first date "spark" really matters, how to be more secure in dating, and how to continue to improve your relationship every day.
You can find Logan on Instagram @loganury and check out her book on Amazon or anywhere you buy books
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Jonah Feingold's Dating & New York @datingandnewyork
Mia's Pick: Sunday Riley All About Acne kit
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Sep 6, 2021 • 1h 2min
81. JENNA LANGBAUM on Modern Dating, Ghosting, and Why First Dates Don't Need a Time Limit
Welcome back! Today we are joined by Jenna Langbaum, author of Me in Search of You, a collection of stories about the highs and lows of dating in New York City. We absolutely loved this book and we loved chatting with Jenna. The episode dives into many hot topics in modern dating, from ghosting, first date outfits, and dating app fails, to long distance relationships, sex on a first date, how to know if someone likes you, and how long your dates should really last. Jenna offers such a down-to-earth perspective on dating in New York City and there is a story in her book for everyone. We also hear more about the process of writing the book and how it turned from stories she wrote for herself into a published book in all major bookstores.
You can find Jenna on Instagram @jennalangbaum and check out her book on Amazon, or pretty much anywhere you can buy books! Tag us if you buy it!
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Ritual Multi-Vitamins
Mia's Pick: Mia shares her big life news from this week!!!
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Aug 30, 2021 • 59min
80. EMMA BELLUOMO on Taking Leaps in Life, Pursuing a Career in Fitness, and Why Your 30s are Better than your 20s
Welcome back! Today we are joined by fitness and nutrition coach Emma Belloumo. Emma shares the story of how she decided to leave her corporate career to pursue a career in fitness, and of the career leaps she has taken since then to go out on her own. We also talk about burnout, why your thirties are even better than your twenties, the benefits of taking a break from dating, and what it was like to move cross country during COVID.
You can find Emma on Instagram @emmabelloumo, or head to her website to learn more about her fitness and nutrition coaching - and use the code BALANCE15 to get a discount on your class package!
In today's intro we talk about giving and receiving compliments in relationships and friendships, why career decisions don't have to be permanent, and both of our facial experiences this week.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Dermaplaning
Mia's Pick: HeyDay facial
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Aug 23, 2021 • 54min
79. JENA SOPHIA on Healing Trauma & Understanding the Mind-Body Connection
Welcome back! Today we are joined by Subconscious Specialist and Healer, Jena Sophia, chatting about all things manifestation, trauma healing, and the connection of mind and body. Jena is trained in many different spiritual and scientific methods and has helped thousands of people cross the world from celebrities and creatives to Fortune 500 CEO's and Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneurs. Jena's mission is to transform people's limiting beliefs, stress, past traumas, and ancestral patterns to help them live their most aligned life.
To learn more about Jena's work, you can head to her website beyondthebelief.com or find her on Instagram @_jenasophia.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Baxter Blue blue light glasses - code MOSTLYBALANCED for a discount
Mia's Pick: White Lotus on HBO Max
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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Aug 16, 2021 • 51min
78. SHANE CAMARO on Long Distance Dating, Moving Internationally for Love, and Taking Responsibility for your own Happiness
Welcome back! Today we are joined by one of our FAVORITE fitness instructors and complete vibeologist, Shane Camaro, chatting about all things independence, loneliness, long distance relationships, and so much more. Shane tells us the story of meeting her husband when she least expected it and how their love story developed while they lived on different continents. She talks about how she handles loneliness living in a different country from her family and friends, and how to take responsibility for your own happiness.
Shane has moved 20 times in 40 years and she shares her best advice from saying yes to the right opportunities to packing, settling in, and making friends in your new city. We also talk about healthy communication in relationships and how to argue effectively.
You can find Shane on Instagram @shanecamaro or head to clubhuis.com to learn more about her podcast and everything from how to organize your space, experiment with your wardrobe, enjoy fitness, and the most vibey playlists to soundtrack the experience.
What we're trying this week:
Carleigh's Pick: Ashapops popped water lily seeds
Mia's Pick: Dry Bar Dry Shampoo and Triple Sec Texture Spray
As always, find us on Instagram @mostlybalancedpodcast and on our website. Thanks for joining us and please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed the episode!
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