You don’t have to fully love yourself to be in a relationship—but if you don’t value yourself at all, it will show up in how you love and who you choose. In this episode, Jillian explores how self-worth shapes our romantic lives, why shame keeps us stuck, and what it actually takes to build a healthier relationship with yourself. She shares three powerful, n ... Show More
Mar 2
Why Your Relationship Feels Harder Than It Should
The biggest threat to your relationship might not be your communication — it might be the story you’re telling yourself. In this episode, Jillian explores how negative narratives, overthinking, and fear-based assumptions quietly turn partners into enemies and create resentment wh ... Show More
30m 57s
Feb 23
How To Heal Low Self-Worth and Anxious Attachment
What if the story you’ve been telling yourself — that you’re “too much,” too sensitive, or too difficult — was never actually true? In this listener call, Jillian helps a woman unpack a lifelong belief that she’s “too much” and shows how that story can follow you into adulthood—e ... Show More
1h 34m
Feb 16
Why You Don’t Have to Forgive Them with Dr. Ellen Langer
Jillian is joined by Harvard psychologist Dr. Ellen Langer, the pioneer of mindfulness research, for a conversation that challenges everything you think you know about stress, healing, and being present. Dr. Langer explains why mindfulness isn’t about meditation—it’s about notici ... Show More
1h 20m
Jun 2018
TMHS 292: Create A Culture Of Health In Your Family And Why Fitness Is A Launchpad To Success - With Guest Anne Stevenson
No one else can do your push-ups for you. This means that there is always an amount of personal responsibility and action you need to take to be a better version of yourself.
Those are your arms, your lungs, and your chesticles you’re working doing those push-ups. But, in many w ... Show More
1h 29m
Jul 2025
585 Loving Yourself Through the Pain
When it really hurts, use this episode to give yourself kindness, comfort and healing with "Loving Yourself Through the Pain." If this episode was helpful and you want to leave a tip, simply go to AffirmationPod.com/TipJarThe sister episode to this one is Episode 237 I am Loving ... Show More
13m 48s
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
May 2015
Way Too Skinny | Why Skinny Shaming is Accepted - 092
Today Chalene Johnson speaks with Kelly Nelson about how our culture treats people that it deems as "too skinny". Kelly, the found of Carpool Chic, has spent much of her life feeling marginalized and judged by those around her because, many people feel it's totally acceptable to ... Show More
39m 56s
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