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| #22 hot vs handsome, hear me outs, twilight hot takes & i fell for his friend | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:38:02 | |
This week is a rollercoaster. We share our Twilight hot takes (yes, we’re still picking teams), break down the difference between handsome vs hot, and give a full hear me out on weirdly attractive men. We also open up about the exact moments we knew it was time to end a relationship, and Oliwia’s Royal Mail villain origin story.
Also the HOT confessions: kicking someone off Spotify, pretending to sleep through tears, phone stalking, and even falling for your partner’s friend. If you’re into messy dating stories, unfiltered confessions and the chaos of surviving your 20s, this one’s for you.
🎙️ Listen on Spotify: Surviving Your 20s 📺 Watch on YouTube: Surviving Your 20s 🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: Surviving Your 20s 🔗 All links & socials: Linktree 📧 For All Dilemmas: sos@survivingyour20sofficial.com 📧 Work With Us: info@survivingyour20sofficial.com
Time stamps for description 00:00 - matchas, sunglasses + pjs 00:36 - our dreams are being invaded by the same man 06:13 - twilight hot takes: who’s team we’re on 09:25 - hear me out… weirdly attractive men: a comprehensive breakdown 13:03 - handsome vs hot 18:13 - royal mail beef: oliwia’s villain origin story 19:50 - times we knew we had to break up with him 26:11 - Charlotte’s had it with oliwia 30:17 - HOT CONFESSIONS: kicked her off spotify, tears, phone stalking & falling for his friend
#SurvivingYour20s #PodcastLife #PodcastCommunity #LifeInYour20s #RelationshipTalk #DatingAdvice #ListenerConfessions #FunnyPodcast #RealLifeStories #LifeAdvice #FriendshipBanter #MessyEx | |||
| #21 ai relationships are actually real?? + giving random men makeovers | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:48:18 | |
This week is a wild one. We cover everything from a showdown with a man who’s rocking a ponytail to giving total strangers makeovers, the rise of AI relationships, yes… people are actually dating chatbots. Plus, our hot take on having children. As well as a dramatic carjacking story, and your juiciest confessions .
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Time stamps 00:00 - oliwia vs a man with a ponytail 04:16 - men that secretly hate women 06:29 - our real life sim: giving random men makeovers 13:13 - people are actually in ai relationships now now? 15:27 - i’ve never felt more seen or been more into anyone in my life 19:41 - women morn lost love after cold chat gpt update 26:57 - having kids our hot take 30:58 - leave yas gpt alone 35:13 - so… oliwia got carjacked 38:15 - my friends bf is wildly in appropriate (listener confessions) 40:39 - i can’t stop stalking my ex help (listener confessions) | |||
| #20 Why If He Wanted To, He Would + Is the Divine Feminine Movement Secretly Holding Us Back? | 09 Sep 2025 | 00:42:00 | |
This episode goes beyond the surface we’re exploring the messy, funny, and complicated realities of being a woman right now. From dating and relationships to feminism and feminine / masculine energy, nothing’s off-limits. Here’s what we unpack: 💬 “If he wanted to, he would” is that mindset empowering or limiting in modern dating? 💊 Is the anti-birth control movement really about “natural living”… or is it quietly anti-feminist? 🌸 The divine feminine movement, is it empowering women, or secretly holding us back with outdated ideas?
This isn’t just another chat; it’s an honest, thought-provoking conversation that blends storytelling, raw truths, and cultural commentary. Perfect if you’ve ever felt stuck between wanting empowerment and feeling pressured by society’s “rules” for women.
🎧 Tune in for laughter, vulnerability, and deep insights into what it means to navigate love, feminism, and identity in today’s world. All our links! 🎧 Listen & Watch Here: 🎙️ Spotify – Episode on Spotify 📺 YouTube – Watch on YouTube 🍎 Apple Podcasts – Listen on Apple 🔗 All links + socials here: linktr.ee/survivingyour20sofficial 📧 For All Dilemmas: sos@survivingyour20sofficial.com 📧 Work With Us Contact: info@survivingyour20sofficial.com
Time stamps 00:00 - There’s literally a heartbroken man at our studio 01:13 - We asked real boys the questions girls REALLY want answered 08:07 - Big news: we’re moving to London 13:01 - Cockroach chaos 20:45 - Is anti-birth control movement actually anti-feminist? 32:52 - Is the divine feminine movement secretly holding us back? 36:21 - Survival Hotline: confessions 37:03 - Am I over my ex 39:16 - Does my boyfriend stink
#twenties #selfgrowth #advicefortwentysomethings #lifelessons #mindsetshift #mentalhealth #quarterlifecrisis #podcast #
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| #19 How to Stop Crashing Out: Get Into a Routine | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:32:30 | |
Struggling with low energy, stress, or feeling “burnt out”? In this episode, we dive deep into the importance of a consistent morning and nighttime routine for your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Learn practical strategies to boost happiness, regulate your nervous system, and prevent energy crashes throughout the day. Discover how simple daily habits can: 🌞 Set the tone for a productive and positive morning 🌙 Wind down at night for better sleep and recovery 💆♀️ Keep your nervous system balanced ⚡ Maintain energy levels without the mid-day slump Whether you’re looking to improve your mental health, reduce stress, or create sustainable daily habits, this episode is packed with actionable tips to help you feel your best every day. Tune in and start building a routine that supports long-term happiness, focus, and energy!
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Time stamps 00:16 - Spilling the tea: life lately 06:07 - Routine talk: how we actually do it (no Gatekeeping) 23:17 - The only guide you need to building the perfect routine 25:18 - Stop stress eating!! Try this instead | |||
| #18 The ONLY guide you need to be happy | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:38:29 | |
Sleeping in every day, feeling unmotivated, and stuck in a rut? This episode is your ultimate guide to start feeling happy, motivated, and yourself again in your 20s.
We kick things off with laughs (because laughter is the best medicine) before diving into the best mental wellness hacks to boost your mood: ✨ Why cat videos actually make you happier 🌸 How buying yourself flowers can lower cortisol and ease stress 🎯 Finding purpose and resetting your goals when you feel lost 🧠 Stopping negative self-talk by killing the ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) 💭 Why emotions aren’t always reality – and how to stop overthinking them
Life in your twenties isn’t about being happy every single day, it’s about learning to ride the flow of ups and downs. Some days are hard, but with the right mindset shifts and small habits, you can create more good days and bounce back quicker from the bad ones.
If you’ve been struggling with burnout, self-care, or motivation in your 20s, this is the episode you need.
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0:35 - Oliwia’s secret finally revealed 😳 03:35 - Charlotte OVERHEARD the JUICIEST secret 👀 04:58 - Charlotte’s red flag date 🚩 06:06 - The ONLY guide you need to be happy ✨ 20:18 - Why feelings aren’t always reality ✨ 21:53 - How to start enjoying the ride that is life 🤠 25:56 - How to stop panicking 🫣 29:04 - ☎️ Girls trip from hell - do I tell my boyfriend this MASSIVE secret?! 🤐 | |||
| #17 FOMO FIXED: The Ultimate 20-Something Survival Guide + BFF Drama & Our Kidnap Scare | 19 Aug 2025 | 00:49:19 | |
Feeling that constant fear of missing out? You’re not alone. This week we’re unpacking FOMO in your twenties – This week, we’re spilling tea on BFF drama, a near kidnapping, and why no one has life figured out in their twenties.
We unpack how social media and comparison culture keep us chasing the next big thing instead of enjoying what’s right in front of us. Are our hormones and bigger frontal lobes making women more prone to overthinking? And is gratitude the antidote to feeling like you’re always behind?
Get ready for unfiltered chats, friendship truths, and a fresh perspective on why your twenties are messy, magical, and nothing to FOMO about.
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🎧 Listen & Watch Here: 🎙️ Spotify – Episode on Spotify 📺 YouTube – Watch on YouTube 🍎 Apple Podcasts – Listen on Apple 🔗 All links + socials here: linktr.ee/survivingyour20sofficial 📧 For All Dilemmas: sos@survivingyour20sofficial.com 📧 Work With Us Contact: info@survivingyour20sofficial.com ❤️🩹 JustGiving - https://www.justgiving.com/page/oliwia-jowsa-kidney-research?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL Time stamps 00:57 - ASMR 👂✨ 02:01 - What If One of Us Turned Into a WORM? 🪱 04:18 - Moving the studio 🚘 6:35 - PSA 🚨‼️ 7:05 - Love Island debrief ❤️🏝️ 9:48 - That time we almost got kidnapped 😨 11:12 - Charlotte’s big realisation 🤯 12:38 - The TRUTH About Your Hormones 🧬 16:59 - Men Categorised… And It’s TOO Accurate 🐄🐀🦁 21:26 - Beginners guide to avoiding FOMO ✨ 37:22 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️: Is it time to dump my best friend?! 👯♀️💔 42:58 - 20s Tea ☕️: One Change That Will transform your hormonal health 🧬❤️🩹 44:20 - Oliwia’s threat to charlotte 🦈
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| #16 How to Live in the Moment : Stop Overthinking & Start Being Present in Your 20s | 12 Aug 2025 | 00:40:46 | |
Our brains love to live in the past or the future, but neither actually exists. In this episode of Surviving Your 20s, we share practical ways to live in the moment and actually enjoy life now. We talk about why being present is harder than ever in your twenties, how phones and TikTok might be ruining our attention spans, mindful eating, and tuning into your 5 senses to truly connect with your surroundings. If you struggle with overthinking, constant distraction, or feeling like life is passing you by , this episode is for you.
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| #15 How to Become more Attractive: Embrace Your Body + What’s Happening to All the 20-Yr-Olds? | 05 Aug 2025 | 00:40:10 | |
How to INSTANTLY become more attractive in your 20s. Have we become too boring as a generation? Have we started to seek comfort from the wrong things? In todays episode we are diving into: ✨ Learning to actually embrace your body — pouch, hip dips, snack drawer and all… 🍫 Comfort eating: why we run to food for emotional support and whether that’s totally fine or totally unhinged 📉 Why the Labubu™ is a Recession Indicator 😶🌫️ The growing mystery of why 20-somethings are dressing like 80-year-olds and vibing like retired teachers?? 🍸 The never-ending identity crisis: Hustle or party? 💅 Plus: the nail shape that may or may not be ruining your life (no pressure)
Come for the laughs, stay for the oddly deep realisations.
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| #14 Meeting People in Your 20s, Sweet Treats, Hot Singles & situation-ship stalkers | 29 Jul 2025 | 00:49:18 | |
Sweet treats, ear piercings, and the eternal hunt for hot singles, welcome to surviving Your 20s This week we’re diving into: 🍬 Why sweet treats might actually be saving lives 👂 A very important investigation: where are men getting their ears pierced? 🔥 The mysterious disappearance of hot singles are they hiding or just allergic to commitment? 🛍️ How shopping is basically modern-day foraging (is Zara the new jungle?) 💘 And finally, cracking into the brain of a hot single + how to accidentally on purpose catch one this summer maybe?
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Time stamps 00:42 - sweet treats save lives 🍬❤️🩹 09:00 - The shopping theory 🛒 🛍️ 11:55 - WHERE are all the hot singles? 🔥 12:34 - Oliwia nearly committed a crime 🚔🚨 16:43 - Charlotte’s love list 📋❤️ 19:06 - Oliwia’s most embarrassing breakup story 🫣 19:06 - The piercing pandemic 😷🪡 22:05 - The difference between men and women 🤦♂️🙋♀️ 28:39 - Oliwia’s body building comp 🏋️♀️💪🏼 36:28 - How are 20 year olds meeting people these days?? 📆 38:51 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️ HELP! My ex situation-ship of 5 minutes thinks that I’m stalking him… 🕵️♀️ | |||
| #13 How to Get Over Him, Breakup 101, Why I FaceTuned My Ex, Landlord Love Story | 22 Jul 2025 | 00:50:32 | |
How to Get Over a Boy 101. In today’s episode, we’re diving into our best (and most honest) breakup tips, plus plenty of our own breakup horror stories to help you survive the week. From crying on the floor to throwing up over a man you had to FaceTune for your hard launch… we get it. We’ve been there.
🧷 What’s Inside: — The biggest breakup hack (it’s not what you think) — Why men always come back when you’re hot again — My most embarrassing breakup story (you're welcome) — Why closure is a scam and blocking is free — Why exes aren’t even real 💡 Comforting Facts to Hold On To: ✨ You don’t miss him, you miss who you thought he was ✨ Closure is a scam. Block him. ✨ Your heart is bruised, not broken ✨ You’re not starting over, you’re starting better
Remember To Subscribe! 🎧 Listen & Watch Here: 🎙️ Spotify – Episode on Spotify 📺 YouTube – Watch on YouTube 🍎 Apple Podcasts – Listen on Apple 🔗 All links + socials here: linktr.ee/survivingyour20sofficial 📧 For All Dilemmas: sos@survivingyour20sofficial.com 📧 Work With Us Contact: info@survivingyour20sofficial.com ❤️🩹 JustGiving - https://www.justgiving.com/page/oliwia-jowsa-kidney-research?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL Time stamps 04:00 - Love Island 🏝️❤️ 06:47 - The Lemon Squeezer apocalypse 🍋💀 15:24 - Exes beware 💋 16:09 - Break up 101 📚💔 16:53 - Exes are not real… 🤭 20:53 - Oliwia’s most embarrassing breakup story 🫣 31:48 - The biggest break up hack 🤩 34:50 - Make them the butt of your jokes 🍑 39:29 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️ HELP! Does my bf secretly hate me?? 😳
#twenties #selfgrowth #advicefortwentysomethings #lifelessons #mindsetshift #mentalhealth #quarterlifecrisis #podcast #breakup #heartbreak #breakupsong
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| #11 How To Quickly Get Out Your Comfort Zone (It’s Killing You) | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:41:52 | |
What if playing it safe is actually what’s holding you back? In this episode, we dive deep into the idea of comfort how it feels safe, familiar, even “good” but can quietly kill your potential.
We unpack why letting go isn’t always about leaving something bad, sometimes, it means walking away from good to make space for great.
🧠 We explore: – Why comfort can be dangerous – How personal growth hides just outside your comfort zone – Why “good” might be the enemy of “great” 📍Whether it’s a job, relationship, routine, or version of yourself — ask: Is this comfort… or a cage?
This is your sign to stop settling. If you’ve been waiting for a reason to shake things up, this is it. Because staying comfortable might be the real risk.
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Time stamps 00:20 - Looking for a beach mule?? 🏖️🐎 05:47 - Letting go of good for the chance of GREAT ❤️🔥 08:52 - Your comfort zone is KILLING you🫣 10:12 - clinging on to comfort creates suffering 🥺 11:57 - Fake narratives were told in our 20s? 🎂 13:53 - JUST DO IT ✔️ 16:53 - You cannot know good without bad 😳 18:17 - Let go of that OKAY relationship ❤️🩹 19:38 - Stop being logical 23:47 - How to GUARANTEE success 🏆🙌 27:01 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️ I’M STUCK!! Do I stay at my job that I HATE to save for a house or do I risk it all and get another job?? 😖🧐
35:00 - 20s Tea ☕️ Is it okay to date for money? 💰
41:45 - In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity + Life begins at the end of your comfort zone + In the end we only regret the changes we didn’t take | |||
| #10 Playing Guess Who… But It’s Just Our Exes (Q&A + Chaos) | 01 Jul 2025 | 00:37:30 | |
In this week’s episode, we answered your questions and things got deep, slightly unhinged and maybe too much oversharing.
We played a round of Who’s Your Lover, asked ourselves what advice we’d give our younger selves (without completely traumatising them). We also covered:
It’s giving therapy, chaos, and big-sister energy. You’re not alone in the mess, we’re right there with you. 💌
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Time stamps 01:38 - DILEMMA UPDATE!! 😱 02:58 - “Guess my lover” mini game ❤️🔥 09:59 - Q + A ✨ 10:16 - What advice would you give to your younger self without scaring them? 🫣 14:30 - What’s your favourite word habit that keeps you sane 🧠 15:24 - What has surprise you the most about being in your 20s? 🎂 16:51 - Hills we are DYING on ☠️ 20:37 - if your life was a movie, what would the audience be screaming at the TV for you to stop doing? 🎬 21:06 - What’s been the best part about starting a podcast 🎙️ 22:14 - 20s Tea ☕️ 24:23 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️ WAS I THE OTHER WOMAN WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT?! 🤰 36:12 - you’re not behind you’re just on a path that doesn’t look like anyone else’s 36:30 - in your 20s the messy moments matter just as much as the mile stones | |||
| #9 Learning To Love Your Alone Time | 24 Jun 2025 | 00:44:03 | |
Rumour has it alone time is the new self-care. In this episode, we unpack why being alone isn’t loneliness, t’s a powerful chance for reflection, self-discovery, and emotional independence.
We dive into:
If you’ve been avoiding being alone, this episode might just change the way you think about solitude forever.
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Time stamps 00:17 - start / chit chat 5:12 - Topic of the week ✨ 25:24 - 20s Tea ☕️ 35:27 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️ 42:29 - ending | |||
| #8 What to Do When You Feel Behind in Your 20s | 17 Jun 2025 | 00:38:38 | |
Feeling left behind in your 20s? Yeah, us too. Maybe you did everything “right” went to uni, got the degree and still ended up in a job that barely covers rent. Or maybe you skipped the traditional route, started your own thing, and now feel like a failure every time a friend posts their new house or fancy job title. Or maybe you’re just… floating. No big dream, no clear plan, just a growing pit in your stomach that whispers, “You should be further along by now.” Let’s get one thing straight: You are not behind. This feeling? It’s common. It’s normal. It’s valid. And it's not your fault. Each week, we’re tackling one hard truth about your 20s - together. This week? We're learning how to survive feeling left behind. We’ll be discussing the common pressures we face in our 20s, and how society makes that overwhelming pressure even harder. We’ll also dive into how to get out of this rut and start feeling better, with an action plan not just for success, but for your happiness too.
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Time stamps 00:37 - Intro 10:21 - Topic of the week ✨ 27:00 - 20s Tea ☕️ 30:41 - Surviving your 20s Hotline ☎️
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