Higher Love Pod: Recent Episodes
Samantha Mendonca
Higher Love Pod is brought to you by Samantha Mendonca, sex educator, fat activist, and intuitive healer, and their partner, Adam Mendonca, musician, teacher, and spiritual seeker. Join this millennial couple navigating life, love, and everything in between- one smoke sesh at a time. Come for the unedited, vulnerable, and silly storytelling and stay for the poorly timed attempts at jokesđ
CW: Adam shares about his experiences during manic episodes. Please check in with yourself before listening & seek support if you or someone you love is experiencing psychosis. Â
Adam shares about his experiences with mania and manic episodes. This is a big part of our story as individuals and as a couple and we are feeling really humbled to be able to share this with you. There are many details we have kept private, but we offer you a really good look into what this type of event can look like- its psychedelic and healing aspects, as well as the more painful aspects for both the individual and their loved ones. Â Â
Thank you for listening to our story. We hope it helps make you feel a little less alone today. Â Love, Adam and Samantha
Samantha and Adam came up with three random surprise questions to ask each other for this episode; questions like, âwhen do you feel the most confidentâ, âwhatâs the funniest thing Iâve ever done?â, and bigger questions like, âwhere does nothing come from?â Light one up and come along for the ride with us
Things are shifting in big ways for Adam and Samantha!Â
In this weekâs episode, we dive into a conversation about healing our codependency in our partnership.Â
This one is silly at the surface but is seriously juicy, deep and important at the same time. We recorded this one on the eve of the Full Supermoon in Capricorn, and you can tell!
Last weekâs episode all about sex brought in our most listens yet! So, we had to bring it back for a part 2. This week, we dive deeper into what we believe has kept our sex life alive and well after over a decade together. We talk about some of the moments it hasnât felt so hott, too. Cause weâre human, and that happens.
cw: mention of sexual abuse  Â
In todayâs much requested episode, Adam and Samantha share stories about some of their first sexual encounters- with themselves, with others, and each other! They reflect on the question of âwhat do we love and appreciate about our sex life?â
Itâs Adam and Samanthaâs 7th wedding anniversary! In this episode, Samantha and Adam reflect on some early dating memories, deciding to get married, and some of the challenges and joys that marriage has brought their way.
The title will make sense, I promise. Â Â
Disclaimer/ CW: Samantha goes on a high tangent about having compassion for people who do bad things and she manages to slip in a convo about school shooters. This conversation requires so much more nuance & context than was covered here. Â Â
That being said, in this convo we name some of our favorite artists and creatives and why they inspire us. Spoiler alert: we get really mooshy and name each other. Thereâs also some tangents about: cheerleading, math, celebrities, and all of the other fun things that high people like to talk about.
In this weeks episode, Adam is coming out of what we lovingly refer to as "the pit of despair" and reflects on the lessons these dark times offer. We explore the idea of cultivating the inner peace that guides you through.Â
Adam apologizes for the occasional background noises you may hear. We're totally baked, remember? :)
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! On todays episode, Samantha and Adam talk about their relationship with depression and their inclination to embrace joy, even during the darkest of times.Â
Welcome to The Higher Love Pod! Weâre a millennial couple navigating life, love, and everything in between- one smoke sesh at a time. Meet your hosts: Samantha Mendonca, sex educator, fat activist, and intuitive healer and their partner, Adam Mendonca, musician, teacher, and spiritual seeker. In this episode, we share our why: an opportunity to be real and vulnerable- sharing our journey to maybe hold a mirror up to your own. Also, we have no intention of taking ourselves too seriously. Life is whacky. So, light up (if youâre 21+), and enjoy the ride with us.
This podcast is unedited, sometimes cringey, always real, and always high.
You can find us on Tiktok @higherlovepod and on our individual IG accounts @samantha.not.sam and @adam_matthew_music