Outside The Litter Box: Recent Episodes
Nicole Garbanzos
Daily guide on how to live your best life through some girl talk on relationships, modern-day dating, social issues, and everyday life as we know it.
This episode is about self-assurance. It discusses what's behind optimistic thinking and being a self-assured person. It expands on a new perspective on how we can ruminate on our achievements as we do, our hurdles.
This episode is about self-assurance. It discusses what's behind optimistic thinking and being a self-assured person. It expands on a new perspective on how we can ruminate on our achievements as we do, our hurdles.
This episode is about a new wave of feminism going viral on social media that is celebrating women in the best way. It discusses how Sabrina Carpenter may just be the woman spearheading the movement and how her songs perfectly embody the ultra-divine feminine woman.
This episode talks about emotional regulation. It discusses all the ways we can regulate ourselves in fun and creative ways of feeling our emotions.
"Your love isn't like drinking a crappy cup of coffee on my way to a job I don't like. It's more of a sculpture or a blank canvas I don't mind working on and turning into a masterpiece. - TikTok's Green Flag Husband"
This episode talks about irrepressible, realistic optimism. It discusses real life scenarios where it can be applied and how it can lead you back to mental and emotional stability.
This episode talks about energy givers and takers. It discusses how we can be more mindful of how we think and our daily water intakes- and more to avoid feeling drained and have ample amounts of energy.
This episode talks about attachment styles and co regulation. It discusses how securely attached people operate and trust their closest circle full heartedly, and how insecure attachments can follow their lead.
This episode talks about girl world and the wonderful things it brings. It discusses cherished friendships and an abundance of taking care of oneself.
This episode talks about how to play hard as much as working hard. It discusses all the ways travel, concerts and retail therapy are all things you can do to maintain work ethic and experience less burnout.
This episode talks about everything that happens when you leave a toxic relationship. It discusses how your days become easier and how you become more excited in life.
This episode talks about how fashion and beauty and its connection to our relationships. It discusses self-esteem, self-confidence and how the people we surround with have the ability to impact our self-worth.
This episode talks about the things that don't work out in our lives. It discusses how it's the universe's way of protecting you from what could have been a worse outcome.
This episode talks about being more present with our time. It discusses all the way to become more present and intentional with what we notice in our surroundings.
This episode is about confidence. It discusses all the ways of how we can gain more confidence through embracing our inevitable ways of being human.
This episode is about the four attachment styles in how we conduct our relationships. It discusses how each one can make us more aware of how to get one step closer to our healthiest connections.
This episode talks about forest bathing. It discusses how the ancient Japanese practice teaches how to be more present and learn all the things nature offers us in mind, body and spirit.
This episode talks about a core truth in dating. It discusses how every person we meet is going to be similar except the one who's for us.
This episode talks about how music can help us decifer whether our relationships and friendships are worthwhile. It discusses all the ways in paying attention to the lyrics you have and currently resonate with.
This episode talks about codependency and isolation. It discusses and explores when relationships take a toxic turn and become dependent on each other rather than sharing that dependency and consideration.
This episode talks about grief and what it's taught me about emotional wellness. It discusses all the ways it has shown me all the coping techniques and lessons I've learned in being vulnerable.
This episode talks about the law of the universe. It discusses how above every single dark cloud is a bright sunny day.
This episode talks about the power of networking for career advancement. It discusses all the reasons and ways to network with the right people and why it's important to do for any career path.
This episode talks about carousel relationships. It discusses all the ways to notice when you've found yourself in one and when to leave it.
This episode talks about interracial relationships. It discusses how to honour your potential or current partner's cultural differences in the best way possible.
This episode talks about casual relationships and friends with benefits. It discusses how having an insecure attachment style could affect you being in one trying not to get emotionally involved.
This episode talks about victim vs. victor mentality. It discusses all the ways of how each mindset makes or breaks you in situations.
This episode talks about the meaning behind disappointments. It discusses the ways to have enough guts to accept what isn't for us.
This episode talks abou the purpose of our negative thoughts and experiences. It discusses and goes the reason behind a negative thought and the wonder in an unpleasant situation.
This episode talks about the importance of compatibility in a relationship. It discusses the ways of how it can enhance a couple's connection, and how a lack could also break it.
This episode talks about the importance of keeping your social circle while in a relationship. It discusses the secure attachment style and how vital they believe your friendships are what set up romantic relationships for success.
This episode talks about the true purpose of being in a relationship. It discusses why constant conflict in a partnership may not be the right one.
This episode talks about our relationship with ourselves. It discusses its importance and how great it feels when our bodies get the hang of it.
This episode talks about whether relationship norms are morally correct. It discusses whether the standard acceptance and dynamics truly contribute to a happy and health relationship.
This episode discusses what we also need to be mindful of in our romantic relationships. It talks about how being with someone good for our nervous system can also be a step towards long-lasting love.
This episode talks about the importance of overall wellness, mind, body, soul. It discusses all the ways why it's important, and what it could lead to if not taken mindfully.
This episode talks about the real meaning of success. It discusses the false narratives of the material and superficial ideals, and highlights how true genuine connection can give us everything we've longed for.
This episode talks about grief and the future of those who experience it. It offers solace and hope for those who need it.
This episode talks about being well-rested and how to achieve it. It discusses the 7 types of rest, and how a nap isn't enough if you want to feel fully rejuvenated.
This episode discusses the importance of kindness. It talks about how crucial it is to express gratitude to the ones closest to us, and how more than necessary it is.
This episode discusses friendships. It explores one-sided friendships and how we can better set boundaries for ourselves when dealing with them.Shukura's Podcast: Growing Through It
This episode talks about aging in a more positive context. It discusses the benefits of becoming older for our livelihoods, and why it'll be better for our mental health as well.
This episode talks about the art of surrender. It discusses all the ways into which it makes our lives better in the end.
This episode talks about the positives of change. It discusses how it can truly be for the better in relationships.
This episode is about how to give more hope and enthusiasm to ourselves in times of trouble. It discusses the reasons why it sparks our optimism more than we expect.
This episode talks about what's behind a tough exterior. It's an even wiser, more curious exterior that holds a different perspective on how they see conflict.
This episode talks about raw confidence. It discusses what's behind it, where it comes from, and how it's formed.
This episode talks about how important our mornings truly are. It discusses ways to better the foundations to our days with a good book or our favourite song.
This episode talks about letting of the image of the type of person we'd date. It discusses why we should give other people a chance, even if they're usually not who we're immediately attracted to.
This episode talks about the fantasy and realities of relationships. It discusses how to decipher between the two, and understand the realities of a relationship aren't all that bad.
This episode discusses how to avoid codependency in relationships. It also talks about the ways of inserting more indepence into a dynamic union.
An episode about the true meaning of opportunity. It discusses the fact that it's everywhere, even in places you may not think to look.
This episode is about breaking the negative context that surrounds making mistakes. It not only discusses the beauty in blemish, but also the value it adds to everyday life.
This episode is about the principle of optimism, specifically towards the pursuance of financial prosperity and stability. It discusses why it's important to stay positive to stay the course towards the lump sum of our dreams.
This episode talks about the privilege of getting older. It also discusses how to handle the not-so-great things that happen during your birthday, and evidently come out on top.
This episode talks about a brand new set of convo starters. It discusses three techniques to try out when meeting new people.
This episode talks about becoming and staying motivated. It discusses unconventionally interesting ways on how much bullies may just be the biggest source of motivation for us to feed off of!
This episode talks about how to break the cycle of only attracting what seems to be f*ck boys. I discuss how finding self-worth is the key to finding the love of your life.
This episode is about the harm decades of gender norms have done in our society. It explores men and women's true places in life and why it's worth fighting for.
This episode is about optimism in the face of doubt, fear, and pessimism. It discusses how powerful it can be to hold onto the belief that everything will be okay.
This episode is about the art of transparency and honesty when in a relationship. It discusses the element of calling your partner out when needed, and how much of that ignites the magic of loving someone to the fullest.
This episodes discusses the concept of playing hard to get on a deeper scale. It shares the many ways of inserting playfulness and humour in a relationship and in a pursuance of one, and how much that evidently helps the dynamic blossom into one that's constantly new and fresh.
This episode talks about finding strength in our weaknesses. It redefines how we perceive what we feel most insecure about and transform its narrative into something empowering and tangible.
This episode talks about pursuing your dreams. It discusses the many ways chasing your dreams and achieving them is good for your health.
This episode talks about the power of manifestation. It shares some techniques of how to manifest the relationship of your dreams.
This episode is about the difference in how we process a compliment versus an insult. It's about how the weight of a compliment benefits our lives more than an insult ever can.
This episode talks about mental health, but in a rewards sense. It talks about what happens when you've mastered the process of feeling your feelings, and the amount of mental prizes await you and your life because of it.
This episode is about spirituality, faith, and religion. It talks about my journey to my own beliefs and morals that solely focuses on love and light.
This episode is about mental health through community. It amplifies the meaning and eventually the mental benefit behind engagement, participation, and conversation.
This episode is about redefining what it means to be heartbroken or broken in general. Though it is true to feel sad and hopeless, pain also opens the path to healing and more beautiful moments in your life; if you let it.
This episode talks about a womans true place in relationships. It discusses how her sense of individuality contributes to her relationships more than she knows.
This episode talks about the topic of self-efficacy. It discusses on the activities and the process of it all to let you better believe in yourself.
This episode supports a researched statistic and known fact of a big group of couples who break up after their two year mark. This episode shares how to avoid that one less lavish dinner at a time.
This episode is about uplifting a generation that deserves all the praise we can give them. The Gen Z generation may be the generation that just might change the world.
This episode talks about what it takes to stay in love with a person for a long time. It talks about the recent season of Netflix's Love is Blind, and how love IS truly blind, but is not enough in the long run.
This episode talks about girl power!! And how much of the negative connotation around female energy is most possibly connected to a woman's level of insecurity, and that needs to be stopped.
This episode is about honoring the journey you've trekked to get to where you are right now. It talks about how everything you've done and learned throughout deserves as big of a celebration than just the byproduct of your hard work.
This episode is about how developing a different perspective of wealth and money will eventually put you on a path to creating more wealth and making more money.
This episode is about another perspective into the topic of wealth and money. I talk about how books and exercise can make you more money than you can imagine.
This episode talks about the true power of our emotions. And how much of it can make or break us in terms of our health.
This explicit episode is advised for listeners under 18. It talks about the many instances of hiccups in the modern dating world. It decodes some experienced singles have experienced through my own as a former single person.
This episode talks about positivity in the middle of chaos. And how important it truly is to hold onto optimism for the sake of your health, your whole health.
This episode talks about all the ways spirituality has the ability to make you feel good about yourself, all day, everyday.
This episode is about the Netflix series Too Hot to Handle being more than what people assume. I discuss the beautiful lessons this show shows its viewers and how we can all apply it to our own lives.
This episode talks about the actual five stages we all should consider more to live our healthiest lives. It is a way of living and believing from the Indigenous communities, and it frickin rocks!!
This episode talks about unique ways of losing weight. It talks about getting to know every fact of what you eat, having a better exercise mentality, and how to embed it in your life for as long as possible.
This episode talks about the depths of short vs. long term happiness. It discusses how much rewards long term happiness has more rewards than short term could ever have.
This episode talks about how much added momentum is needed towards the conversation on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This episode talks about a recent exercise I tried in my shadow work that helped me to release the unspoken feelings of resentment and anger towards someone who hurt me. It explores and discusses the ways in which expression is necessary in the midst of freeing yourself from the emotional burdens of our past hurts.
This episode talks about how to find a healthy balance of time and care towards your career and your love life.
This episode talks about the issues and resolutions of navigating through dating and relationships within the issues and resolutions of body image.
This episode talks about mindset. It discusses unique ways of how to change your mind to think from negative to positive forever and ever.
This short episode talks about that unexpected moment when something you've been waiting on finally happens and is said. The episode also includes brief mentions of hope for future relationships for single people.
This episode talks about what is behind fatphobia. This episode addresses the unnecessary emotion hidden behind the ideology, and how most of its assumptions are false.
This is an episode about dating and relationships, and how you meet someone special, with your personality and character.
This episode talks about gender norms in relationships. It talks about how much traditional set ups don't make sense in the present societal climate, and how much of it needs to change for a better and healthier dynamic.
This episode is about twisting the narrative on what most people believe society to be. Is society really cruel, evil, and filled with hidden agendas? Yes? How about when you hear different points of view from different types of people of kindness, empathy, and bravery who are part of the so called "cruel society?"
This episode is about my own experiences as an unkind person. And how it has inevitably shaped my perspective on people who cause trouble.
This episode talks about the power behind not caring about what others think, on the road to success, life, and love.
This episode talks about the practical perspective into kindness. It discusses how it is more than what we usually associate it with, but more so an integral part of our every day lives that determines our successes and victories.
This episode talks about if the quote of loving yourself really is true to the success behind happy and healthy relationships, or is it simply just a quote? My boyfriend and I discuss it.
This episode discusses how to get over past flames with (self)-love, respect, and understanding from moments that went right in the relationship.
This episode talks about how when one person overcomes something once, they can most certainly do it again- even in a global pandemic.
This episode talks about how real optimism is more than just an Instagram post or a tagline in an advertisement.
This episode talks about the difference between leaders and bosses. And why inevitably one will always outshine the other.
This episode talks about positivity amidst negative surroundings, and how a radical approach to optimism is the only way to harness its manifestation abilitites throughout the turbulent times.
This episode talks about fighting in adversity with strength, determination, and STRATEGY.
This episode talks about even giving the ones who don't have all their shit together a chance. The ones who are at least trying, making an effort, and whom are actually aware that they've got a lot of work to do.
This episode is about spirituality and mediatation, in the importance and significance of it during times of chaos.
This episode discusses the lessons all of us learn from our past relationships. This segment talks about various stories I have on most of my exes and deciphers every lesson learned from my time with them
This episode talks about what every other media outlet is talking about. I discuss my own emotions and mental health through this crisis and how I'm currently dealing with it.
This episode talks about career. It argues the beliefs society usually places on the standards on what really makes one successful. This episode challenges those beliefs and sees through a bigger picture.
This episode talks about embracing your flaws to a whole another level. My biggest flaw has to be my short fuse, this is where I explain the origins of it, where I'm at with it, and what I believe it is to be in my life.
This episode talks about the labels put on women when they enter relationships, and how the stigma should be handled
This episode is about fighting back when you need to, especially if you are a woman. Do not ever feel ashamed for speaking your mind, your truth, or from your soul. You have every right to be whoever you want to be and say whatever you want to say. You are human too.
This episode talks about spirituality, religion within spirituality, and how each practice can be easily applied to our everyday life.
This episode talks about spiritual practices and principles transferred onto more a practical concept. How it betters our lives for the best, how it changes our life perspectives, and how it ultimately changes us for the better.
This episode talks about how to heal your wounds in the healthiest way possible by confronting what's really hurting you.
This episode talks about dating with intention, how looks aren't everything in successful relationships, and how we need to see beyond a cute couple pic on an Instagram post.
This episode talks about how our exposure to constant bad news could most likely be deteriorating our mental health levels.
This episode talks about the never ending argument revolving around individuals who posses excess weight. In conclusion to this podcast, it overall presides how both the opposing arguments state two core points of importance within improvement towards all of our daily lifestyles.
This episode talks about how career rejection, from a spiritual aspect, is God's way of saying "other way!" He knows how much rejection can hurt, but not as much as regret.
This episode talks about the trials and tribulations a woman goes through in her life. While also navigating her true identity and place in this world and purpose.
This episode talks about how some critiques within our society isn't as constructive as they may think. This episode ventures onto discussing more motivating ways to convey construction onto criticism by proper verbal motivation and encouragement.
This talks about how we can all see both perspectives through a growing trend we call today "The Hook Up Culture"
This episode talks the active feminist movement and the darkest time in my life when I experienced my very first break from a serious relationship. It elaborates how immersing yourself with words of empowerment and encouragement will do more wonders to your life than you could imagine.
This episode talks about what happens once you find the relationship you've been waiting for. How trust is established, how connection and a strong bond is formed, and evidently how love begins to stir up between both sides because of it. This episode will make you forget why you got mad over no good morning text from your current love interest. This episode will make you start to look for the better things life has to offer.
This episode talks about getting over your past relationships properly, in the most unexpected way possible. You've gotta admit how much you did love them!
This episode talks about recovering from substance abuse. Derek shares his experiences and recollections of all the moments he felt not good enough, down, and conflicted. He shares his story onto the road to recovery hoping he will aid at least one you to follow his path too.
This episode talks about dating with a purpose. How this concept alone has the ability to enhance your future relationship or current ones as well. Loving someone purposely not only eases disagreements but also encourages letting go of past issues.
This episode talks about the importance of loving someone to the best of your abilities; why things we've been told through the pursuit of love has been all wrong. In order to achieve the relationship you've dreamt about, you need to be vulnerable, you need to trust, and most importantly you need to love..... hard.
This episode talks about how we shouldn't be ashamed of what we've gone through, as it would always lead us to the right direction we were always meant to walk through to next.
This episode talks about how workplace imbalance creates discomfort in the job. It creates unnecessary tension, unneeded aggression, and unfortunate disconnect. Basically, you don't need to put others down just to be deemed good at your job. It's unethical and most certainly unprofessional.
This episode elaborates how expectations are not the most recommended throughout being single. I continue discussing how this message shouldn't be mixed up with the choices of hook ups or friends with benefits, which the idea of direction gets added to this episode. Go ahead and flirt with him if you like, get to know his likes and dislikes, but don't expect it to immediately turn into a full fledged relationship until you've done all the work. Don't expect a thing, but always have a direction of where you want things to go!
This episode talks about my current perception how the environment in our current work fields NEEDS TO CHANGE. No more prejudice, harrassment, bullying, intimidation, and injustice. Take a stand and listen to this podcast!
This episode, me and my boyfriend talk about every day issues we have, how we get through them, and reminiscing our very first days together as well.
This episode talks about how the concept of love isn't actually what we watch in movies, what we read in books, and what we see on Instagram. This episode highlights the simple yet powerful moments of when someone truly loves you.
This episode talks about friends with benefits and sex. I've always thought friends with benefits has been a ridiculous way of having a relationship without doing the work.
This episode talks about my journey to love and how my single life has evidently aided every aspect of my current relationship.
This episode talks about the process of letting go past experiences. It talks about the hurdles of expressing hurt when you've needed to say it sooner than before, of admitting your weaknesses on the days you felt down, and becoming as vulnerable as you needed to be.
This episode talks about the depth behind a crush. No doubt, they're cute when you have one, and they're also fun to initiate. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to how well do you know this person? If you like them so much, why not decide to pursue a relationship with them? Overall, this episode explains how deciding to make a move could actually benefit both of you in the end.
This episode talks about my current boyfriend. This was just a for fun episode to do because I couldn't think of anything else!
This episode talks about a time when I dated someone who was a couple of years older than me, but did not act his age. Listen in to see how things ended between us.
This episode is about modern day dating. It seems that our current culture has exchanged its morals for something else that is less than valued. Stop settling for less! You don't deserve to!
This episode talks about never losing that hope of meeting your very special someone one day.
Empowerment towards body image amongst the female demographic. It is another perspective on how to love yourself more.