Apr 20
You Can’t Make Someone Love You
You can’t convince someone to love you—and the more you try, the more you lose yourself. In this episode, Jillian breaks down the painful truth about chasing someone who won’t choose you, and why holding on hurts more than letting go. She shares how to recognize when a relationsh ... Show More
36m 40s
Apr 6
How To Heal Your Inner Child with Dr. Nicole LePera
Jillian sits down with Dr. Nicole LePera to talk about her new book Reparenting the Inner Child and the powerful ways our past shapes how we think, feel, and relate to others. They explore how childhood experiences live in the nervous system, why so many people feel stuck in patt ... Show More
59m 23s
Apr 2025
Jillian Turecki: 9 Truths About Love That Hurt — and Heal
Why do we stay in the wrong relationships? Is it fear, habit, or the belief that love is supposed to be difficult? In this episode of A Really Good Cry, I sit down with relationship coach Jillian Turecki for an honest, insightful conversation about why we get stuck in unhealthy r ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2025
The Hidden Relationship Trap: How Negative Narratives Sabotage Love with Jillian Turecki
In this episode, Jillian Turecki delves into relationships, the hidden relationship trap, and how negative narratives sabotage love. Jillian emphasizes the internal battle we face between positive and negative thoughts, likening our minds to battlefields. She highlights the impor ... Show More
1h 9m
Oct 2025
205. Truths About Love We Don't Like Hearing (But Need To) w/ Jillian Turecki
In this episode, I sit down with author and relationship coach Jillian Turecki to talk about the hard truths of love, why it really begins with you, and what changes when you stop outsourcing certainty and start meeting your own needs. We get into the “six human needs” as a simpl ... Show More
45m 54s
Feb 2024
Your most cooked break up stories!
<p>Break ups are bad…but these are worse. Laura’s been thinking about her own worst breakup story since reading ‘Good Material’ by Dolly Alderton, so we asked you for yours. Break up via Snapchat, left in a hotel with I Will Always Love You Playing, caught in bed with another par ... Show More
36m 8s
Nov 2025
Nikki Boyer Learns to Let Go
<p>Nikki Boyer is probably best known for the podcast and Hulu series <em>Dying for Sex</em>, which follows her best friend, Molly, as she faces losing her life to cancer. But while Molly’s life was coming to an end, Nikki was trying to create a life. Nikki shares her story of th ... Show More
37m 2s
Sep 2025
Overcoming romantic obsession
When a crush turns into a harmful obsession, you might experience limerence, romantic infatuation characterized by extreme emotional highs and lows, intrusive thoughts and idealization. In this episode, we talk to neuroscientist Tom Bellamy, author of the book Smitten, about how ... Show More
22m 26s
Jillian dives deep into the emotionally charged topic of letting go, especially when it comes to relationships that are very unhealthy, misaligned, or emotionally unsafe. Sharing personal anecdotes, hard truths, and actionable steps, she explores why we cling to relationships that don't serve us and how to move forward with self-awareness and courage. She ch ... Show More
