Why Are You Even Like That?!

You’ve had the insight. You’ve had the moment of oh, that’s me. So why haven’t you changed? In today’s season finale, we’re pulling apart the gap between knowing and doing — and why staying stuck is sometimes the most logical thing your nervous system can do.🎙️ Season 1 FinaleIG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombeA huge thank you to everyone who’s listened to Season 1. Pulling these patterns apart out loud takes something, and so does listening. See you in Season 2!

The gap isn’t the problem - it’s what we make the gap mean. In today’s episode we’re pulling apart why reinitiating (into sex) feels so loaded after a long pause, and why so much of what we’re calling “lost desire” is often just two people who don’t know how to find their (sexual) way back to each other yet.IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

Jealousy isn’t the problem - what we do with it is. In today’s episode we’re pulling apart why we outsource our discomfort by controlling the people around us, and why so much of what we’re calling “boundaries” is actually just fear with better branding.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

In this episode we’re pulling apart undervaluing yourself financially. This isn’t about whether money is important or not - it’s about whether the number you put on your work actually reflects what you bring, or whether you’ve just been quietly hoping nobody notices you’ve been discounting yourself for years.IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

In this episode we’re pulling apart chasing success. This isn’t about whether ambition is healthy or destructive - it’s about whether the version of success you’re running toward is actually yours, or whether you inherited it from someone else and never stopped to check.IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

In this episode we’re pulling apart settling. This isn’t about whether your life needs to look a certain way - it’s about whether the things you’ve accepted are genuine contentment, or just what happens when you stopped believing something better was available to you.IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

In this episode we’re pulling apart forcing positivity. This isn’t about whether optimism is good or bad - it’s about whether the good vibes you’re projecting are actually how you feel, or just a really well-rehearsed way of not dealing with what’s underneath.IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

In this episode we’re pulling apart conflict avoidance. This isn’t about whether healthy conflict is right or wrong - it’s about whether you’re actually having the conversations you need to have, or just swallowing everything down and calling it keeping the peace.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

In this episode we’re pulling apart marriage. This isn’t about whether getting married is right or wrong - it’s about whether you’ve actually examined why you want it, or just followed the relationship escalator because that’s the next box you’re supposed to tick.IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack @meganluscombe

In this episode we’re pulling apart draining friendships. This isn’t about whether loyalty is right or wrong - it’s about whether you’re keeping friendships because they actually serve you, or just because you’ve known each other forever and you’re too scared of the fallout to let them go. IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack meganluscombe.substack.com/

In this episode we’re pulling apart people pleasing. This isn’t about whether being helpful is right or wrong - it’s about whether you’ve actually chosen who you’re pleasing, or just absorbed the pattern from whoever raised you and spent your whole life resenting everyone for it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​IG @meganluscombe_Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack meganluscombe.substack.com/

In this episode we’re pulling apart the difference between examined monogamy and inherited monogamy. This isn’t about whether monogamy is right or wrong - it’s about whether you’ve actually chosen it, or just absorbed the cultural script whilst hoping for the best.IG @meganluscombe_​Website www.meganluscombe.com.auSubstack meganluscombe.substack.com/

This is the introduction episode - the one where I tell you what this podcast is and what it definitely isn’t.Why Are You Even Like That?! examines the invisible patterns running your life without permission. No self-help frameworks, no solutions, no neat conclusions. Just questions designed to make you look at yourself differently.If you’re here to optimise your life, this isn’t for you. If you’re here to ask whether the life you’re living is one you actually chose - or just one you were handed - welcome.Episodes drop weekly. First one launching Thursday 29th January, 9am AEST. Let’s get uncomfortable.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​