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Big Sister You Wish You Had
by Robin Bushell
Formerly The Older Sister same show just Big sister ....now because she is not always older hehe ......Life. Love. Sex. Truth. Loss. I share the shit I have been through......so you don't have to
Episodes
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The Hard Truth About Reinventing Yourself
Sometimes the bravest episode is the one where nothing is polished. I get honest about what it feels like to build a new life when self-doubt keeps crashing in, even when part of me knows I’m moving in the right direction.I talk about starting over, healing, and trying to trust myself when the…
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Stuck Between Two Paths? Watch This First
Stuck between two paths and waiting for the "right" answer? I've learned that clarity can show up after you make the move...not before. If you're overthinking your next step, this might be just what you need. I have made so many changes and big moves in life, I share all that I have learned.......
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#70: The Sales Skill That Can Change Every Relationship In Your Life
My career for many years was in sales. What I never expected was that it would be some of the best training I could ever get for life. It taught me so much more than how to sell and close a deal. It taught me how to communicate with people, build rapport, and create relationships. And one…
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#69: Do You Care Enough to Work on Your Relationships?
Relationships are the hardest part of life. So why do they matter so much? I’ve spent a lot of my life getting relationships wrong, working on them, and learning what it means to truly care about someone. I may have learned the hard way about the value of relationships and people, but luckily it…
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#68: She Asked How I Know I'm A Money Maker
This was such an interesting question for me, because I didn't realize I was unusual, in this belief. I never thought about how some people worry about if they can make money. Believe me, I come from a very humble background and I have had to work hard for everything I have. So, where did that...
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#67: What Does It Really Mean To Be In Your Feminine Energy
Being in your feminine energy isn't just about man or woman. It's in how we treat ourselves, how we live, how we feel, and how people respond to us. It actually affects everything. And this is definitely not what you would expect or hear in a self help book at a book store. This is real life...
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#66: Act First, Figure It Out Later
People think I’m crazy. I make life-changing decisions fast, usually without any logical sense. I just do it. I get why that confuses them, but I’m just as confused watching people talk themselves out of things they want to do just because they can’t figure out every detail. Why do they make...
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#65: What Is All This Fear About Age
I changed one word in the title of the podcast, and I tell you why...... What is all this fear about age? It seems to be something so many people are afraid of. There are so many labels and so much talk about how you're supposed to feel at a certain age, what you're supposed to do by a certain…
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When Jealousy Crosses the line
In this clip I share about an old boyfriend. He said it was love but it was really jealousy in disguise. Looking back, the signs were all there.
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#64: When Being Feminine Changed Everything
After 4 1/2 years in my relationship, it was like a light just went on. All of a sudden, I realized something, and everything changed in that relationship. All of a sudden it was so easy. I've made many mistakes in relationships, and along the way I have really come to understand the importance…
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#63: I Stressed About Everything Until I Realized This
There was a time in my life I stressed about EVERYTHING. I stressed about getting simple things done. I stressed about where I was in life, I stressed about what I was going to do for a career. If I like this, if I don't like this. I f I was going to get married.... relationships.... If I planned…
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#62: I Didn't Hate My Life I Changed It Anyway
Most People wait until they're miserable before they make a change. I used to think that way too.... until one sentence at a leadership meeeting completely changed how I looked at my future. I share the story of how I took a promotion, moved to Nashville for a Diroctor's position, walked int a…
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#61: I'D Still Choose To Love That Hard
I thought I knew what love was. Turns out, I didn't know shit. 😂 I've been in love more than once, and let me tell you...they were not all the same. Some of it was amazing. Some of it was completely fucked up. Some of it I probably should've walked away from a lot sooner. And somehow, I wouldn't...
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#60: How I Don't Lose My Shit
People ask me all the time how I stay so calm. The truth? I don't always. In this episode, I'm talking about what I actually do when life starts coming at me iin every direction. A fight with a man, family drama, stress, disappointment, bad news, things not going my way... I still get triggered.…
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#59: Maybe I Was Supposed To Hate Myself
Maybe I was supposed to hate myself? It seems like people would be more comfortable if I was sitting here telling you I don't feel good about myself. I don't feel beautiful. I don't feel enough. F$ck that. Apparently, for some reason, it seems to trigger people if you feel good about yourself.…
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#58: Who Makes The Rules For Love?
Love is beautiful and Love can be painful. I've been thinking a lot about love lately because, honestly, right now it feels a little painful to me. I was listening to a song the other day, and he said when you are 95 or 100 years old , you're not going to look back and wish you had a bigger…
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#57: Travel Has Given Me Some Wild Stories
From getting caught in the middle of a demonstration in Barcelona to all the random, unexpected moments in between. I'm sharing some of the travel stories that have stayed with me over the years. The truth is, it's never really about the destination. It's the detours, the things that go wrong…
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#56: The Real Reason I Live the Way I do
One thing tha t we all have in common is that we are going to die.. That's a fact. Death doesn't scare me. What scares me more is losing the people I love. In this episode, I share the stories of the many people I've lost throughout my life and why those experiences have made me who I am today....
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#55: I Traveled to Istanbul Solo. Here's What Happened
I spent the last couple of weeks in Istanbul traveling on my own, wandering the city with no real plan, riding the metro, meeting people, getting lost, and saying yes to unexpected experiences. In this episode I share about what surprised me most about solo travel in Istanbul, the kindness i...
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#54: He Was Jealous. I Thought It Was Love
I didn't think I was in a jealous relationship. At least, not at first. Looking back, there were a lot of things explained away because I thought they meant he cared. In this episode, I talk about jealousy, the things I missed and was I part of the problem...
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#53: It Was Completely Fucked Up...And I Still Wanted It To Work
I used to think the hardest part would be leaving. But the truth is, I didn't want to leave. No matter how chaotic it became, no matter how impossible it felt, there was still a part of me trying to figure out how to make it work. I would have done anything and gone through anything to make it...
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#52: He Killed Himself And Took Our Dog With Him
For years, I live inside that kind of emotional intensity, your body adapts. Your nervous system learns to survive. You normalize things that, in hindsight, feel impossible to explain. In this episode, I share what it was like to live with that fear, how trauma rewires your body, and what happens...
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#51: The Version Of Me He Never Updated
Do you forgive your parents? I thought I did. But forgiveness hit different the day I watched my dad reive our entire childhood...and realize he remembered none of the good parts. Not one. This episode is about us before we were old enough to prove them wrong, and why some of them never bothered…
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#50: Her Father Treated Her Like A Princess. Mine Didn't.
I met a woman who spoke about her father with so much love. The way she described being cherished, protected and deeply cared for stopped me in my tracks. It opened the door to memories of my own father, my childhood and parts of my story I hadn't visited in years. In this episode, I share…
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#49: I Never Thought It Could Happen To Me
I used to think people that stayed in relationships like this were weak. I didn't understand it at all. Then I lived it. In this episode, I talk honestly about how, painful, chaotic relationships can happen little by little, without fully realizing it . How love, confusion, hope and loyalty can...
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#48: When The Person You Love Is A Time Bomb
You never knew which version of him you were going to get. One minute everything was perfect...greay trips, good times and the out of nowhere, he'd explode. No warning. No logic. Just Chaos. In this episode, I'm sharing the real, unfiltered stories of what it was like to love someone who could…
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# 47: From Hawaii Floods to a Wedding: A Shock To The System
I went from being in one of the worst floods Hawaii has seen in years, my town complete devastation.... To getting on aplane and flying straight into a dream trip for a wedding and adventure. Two completely different worlds. Conflicting emotions I can't fully explain how and what this feels like....
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#46: What If You're Not Broken, You're Just Wired Differently? Human Design
In this episode , I sit down with Ashley Nguyen, a Human Design and Astrology consultant, to talk about why some people seem to flow through life one way, while others feel like they're constantly pushing against it. We explore the idea that maybe you're not broken, you're just wired differently....
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#45: The Year I Followed My Heart And Left Everything Behind
In this episode, I share a chapter of my life that changed everything. After my divorce, my nervous system was completely shot. I chose to leave him and and the life behind. What followed was a period of traveling, trusting my intuition, finding myself and eventually living in places like…
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#44: Turning Pain Into Power: A Conversation with Alexandra
What happens when pain pushes you to become someone new? In this episode, Alexandra and I talk about heartbreak, trying to figur life out, and the decision to use pain as fuel instead of letting it break you. Some people stay stuck. Others build something from it. This conversation is about...
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#43: Where Some Of My Insecurities Began
This is a short follow up on the last episode on insecurities. I share some of the ones I experienced early on......
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#42: When Insecurity Isn't The Truth
In this episode I'm reflecting on insecurity and how often it isn't actually the truth. I talk about body image, aging, perfection, social media, and the pressure we put on ourselves to measure up. I share moments that broke my heart, watching beautiful people not see themselves clearly. And I...
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#41: How I Travel and Live between Countries: All My Real Tips
In this episode, I'm sharing how I travel and live between countries , from choosing locations and working remotely to logistics, costs and the mindset that makes it sustainable. These are the real tips i have learned along the way.
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#40: What Happens When You Find Your Voice
I started this podcast to express and share. I did not expect what would happen next. In this episode, I'm sharing what's changed since finding my voice, and how speaking out loud publicly every week has shifted me in ways I didn't see coming.
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#39: You"re Allowed To Change Your Mind
When we are young we often get labeled by our families, by our environment, by what people think we're "supposed" to do with our lives. In this episode, I share my real career path, all the jobs, choices and the changes. Each chapter leading me to somewhere meaningful, even when it did not make...
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#38: I Stopped Trying To Figure Out My Future
For a long time I lived in my head, thinking ahead, worrying about the future, trying to predict outcomes and make the right choices. In this episode, I talk about what you learn over time when you stop doing that. What changes when you stop trying to figure it all out and stop living in the future.
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#37: Why Healing Starts With Your Thoughts (A Brain Based Conversation with Cindy Gould)
Is healing really about regulating the nervous system, or does it actually begin with your thoughts? In this episode, I sit down with Cindy Gould, International speaker, International best selling author, Brain Health Trainer, Life Mastery Coach, and host of Create Your Victorious Life, to…
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#36: Loving Without Safety
I've loved deeply, mostly when it felt safe. In this episode, I talk about past relationships, the good inside them, and what I have learned as i experiment with loving without guarantees. An honest reflection on vulnerability, connection, and choosing to love without control.
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#35: This Is How I Am Living Now
No big Lesson. No perfect plan. Just how I'm choosing to live, fully, honestly, and present. My mindset, my routines, and the beliefs that help me enjoy life and love deeply, no matter whats happening around me.
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#34: The Father You Don't Get To Have
Sometimes healing isn't about finally fixing the relationship, it's about finally seeing it clearly. In this episode, I talk about growing up after my parent's divorce and what it was like having a father who couldn't show up the way I needed. This isn't about blame, it's about acceptance, grief...
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#33: An Honest Conversation About Loss And Life
This episode is a personal conversation about loss, the kind that doesn't happen all at once, but accumulates quietly over time. I share about the losses I've experienced of people very close to me and what those experiences were for me. It's intimate, honest and deeply personal and how it shaped...
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#32: That Time I Showed Up In Bali With A Backpack
A funny travel story about the first time I ever went to Bali, showing up with just a backpack, no plan and a lot of unexpected moments.
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#31: When A Confusing Relationship Ends In Loss
A deeply personal episode about a confusing marriage, emotional complexity, and what came after. Shared honestly, without simplifying the story.
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#30: What Men Really Think: A 24 Year Old Gets Honest About Dating, Masculinity & Emotion
In this episode, a 24 year old man joins me for an honest, unfiltered conversation about modern dating, masculinity, and emotion. We talk about what men feel but rarely express from the prressure to provide to how they approach women to what actually makes a healthy connection. We also explore…
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#29: The Red Flags I Ignored and Why
When I met him, I fell madly in love...completely swept off my feet. It felt like a fairy tale at first. But the truth was far from that. In this episode, I walk through how something that started with intensity, passion, and devotion slowly shifted into emotional abuse, instability, and a…
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#28: The Part of My Story I've Kept Quiet
In this episode, I talk about a longterm relationship from my past, one I spent 11 years in and don't often revisit. It's a quieter chapter of my life, but an important one, and I'm finally ready to share it.
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#27: Why I Don't Break Even When Life Does
This episode wasn't planned. It came from watching myself tell a story from my childhood on the last episode, and realizing there's a pattern in me I've never named out loud. I talk about what it feels like to move through life the way I always have: feeling everything and still moving, hurting…
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#26: The Moment Everything Changed: A story From When I Was 10
When I was 10 years old, my entire world split in half, literally. My family divided, my home changed overnight, and I found myself navigating fear, loneliness, independence, and adulthood long before I should have. In this episode, I tell the story I've never shared publicly and have not...
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#25: Stepping into the unknown and refusing to quit.
Sometimes you don't get clarity, you just get a pull and you have to follow it. In this episode, I talk about what it actually feels like to reinvent your life in real time: the fear, the momentum, the discipline, the doubt, the magic and the weird comments from people who don't understand the…
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#24: Why Giving Up Drinking Set Me Free
In this episode, I'm sharing the moment everything shifted nfor me.....the moment I chose to stop drinking, and how that one decision opened my entire world. The4 relationship that made me look at alcohol differently, what loving an alcoholic taught me, and how letting go of drinking brought me...
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Formerly The Older Sister same show just Big sister ....now because she is not always older hehe ......Life. Love. Sex. Truth. Loss. I share the shit I have been through......so you don't have to
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Big Sister You Wish You Had is created and hosted by Robin Bushell.
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