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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian visits a fun topic that isn't talked about enough: "it girls." You know-- the Blair Waldorf, the Serena, the Cher Horowitz, the Rachel Greens. The it girls.

If you, like me, grew up watching these girls, yearning to be more like them, but not knowing how, this episode is for you.

We cover: gut health, nervous system regulation, sugar, Taylor Swift, Vanderpump Rules, Summer House, the Valley, the vagus nerve, authenticity, confidence, boundaries, anxious attachment, self-respect, neuroplasticity, and more!

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This week. host Hiwa Alaghebandian shares a bit about what's been going on in her life lately, and the very important underlying lesson you can apply to your life.

This episode touches on herxheimer reactions, parasites, gut health, eating healthy, exercise, inner child healing, radical self-awareness, breakups, and more.

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April's AITA episode has a strong theme: how dietary restrictions affect relationships. Everything from trying to lose weight to navigating chronic health conditions, we unpack how these lifestyle changes affect our relationships.

Host Hiwa Alaghebandian also discusses how to communicate difficult news, being too restrictive, and what balance means.

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Welcome to April! This week's episode is all about dating & relationships; and digestion & gut health; and where the two intersect.

Relying on her years of struggles in both areas, and overcoming severe anxious attachment & chronic constipation, host Hiwa Alaghebandian breaks down the biggest mistakes she made & that she sees, and how you can do better.

Trust me, you do *not* want to miss this one!

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions. We talk about skin issues, gut issues, manifestation, goal setting, communication, boundaries, and so much more.

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In honor of Norooz, aka the Persian New Year, aka the Spring Equinox, this episode is dedicated to setting new years goals and how to *actually* achieve them.

The episode takes you through a 5-step plan to make your dreams your reality, with concrete, tangible, actionable, advice.

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In preparation for the Persian New Year/astrological new year, host Hiwa Alaghebandian discusses your *dream* life. The episode opens with an interactive goal-setting exercise, and goes on to reveal science-based tools that will help you bring your goals to fruition.

This week's Foods that Make You Blush segment focuses on foods that harness sun & moon magic, because we're getting *witchy* this week.

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In honor of the last Tuesday of the month, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions. This month, we cover insecurities over boyfriend's exes, nutrients to support PCOS, communication, healthy repair, attracting unavailable people, and an update on a previous question.

This episode is PACKED with hands on exercises and actionable advice that will really help you be the most secure, confident, version of yourself.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian gives you the third installment to the "crazy dating" series. In episode 166 she discussed why we go crazy in dating, in episode 168 she discussed the ways we go crazy in dating, and today she discusses how to stop being so crazy in dating.

She lays out her 5 step plan to become more secure & confident in dating. She touches on topics like regulating your nervous system, pain & shame from childhood, inner child work, and more.

She also talks about visualization, mental rehearsal, and foods that support your nervous system.

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In honor of Valentine's Day, this month's Am I the A**hole submissions all revolve around the holiday. We get into giving gifts, receiving gifts, expectations, disappointments, intrusive family members, libido, and more.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian breaks down the common forms of "crazy" dating behavior. She tells hysterical and super cringy stories from her past, so you can learn to be better.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions. We cover trying to "control" bad behavior, acting snobby, the male urge to fix things, codependency, and more.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian breaks down her history as a "quintessential crazy girl" in dating. She shares hilarious stories that illustrate how and why she went crazy, and she breaks down from a science perspective why it was happening.

She also gives some actionable advice and HOMEWORK for all of you so we can all work through this together and be BETTER; and she shares the best foods you can eat this week to support all the work you're doing.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian's FAVORITE TikToker joins her on the pod!!!

In addition to being Hiwa's favorite TikToker, Meredith Lynch is LA-based writer, comedian, and pop culture expert. The two chat about Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce, the future of the NFL, celebrity-owned brands, late stage capitalism, Bethenny Frankel, and so much more.

This month's AITA has a very unifying theme, which is essentially the one common root of all relationship conflict. We have submissions about a copycat friend, helping a sad friend, sharing plans, wanting your boyfriend to help, and more.

We dig into concepts like codependency, anxious attachment, Carl Jung's shadow framework, inner child, communication, and more.

And we also discuss the Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City finale, foods that help you relax, and more.

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New Year...and probably the same you. That is, if you are part of the 91% of people who never actually achieve their goals.

But, you aren't going to be because us BLUSH girlies have a leg up. This week, we are going to dive into the 7 habits that will help you *actually* accomplish your goals.

These habits tackle all of the things that stand between you and your dream life, and set up the infrastructure to truly get you there.

We also have some show updates & exciting news to dive into, so you definitely don't want to miss this episode!

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In honor of the last episode of 2023, we have the BEST Q&A episode yet! We cover everything from dating, dating apps, dealbreakers, and cheating; to friends, motivation, mindset and more.

We spend a lot of time talking about dating to find your person, and what behaviors contribute to that and what behaviors take you further away from that.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, and have the most beautiful end of 2023.

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Host Hiwa Alaghebandian is bringing you the most life changing 61 minutes of video/audio that you have experienced. This week, we talk about the 3 most important lessons to truly implement into your life if you want to UPLEVEL.

If you can master these skills, you can quite literally transform your life into anything you want!

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian breaks down Reddit's AITA stories. She covers communication, break ups, dating apps, closure, insecurities, and more.

She also tells some great stories about communication, social anxiety, overcoming insecurities, and more.

For Brittany Foot, the hypnotist that Hiwa talked about: https://instagram.com/innergizeyourlife?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian is joined by her friend, Merita Selmani. Hiwa & Merita discuss office romances, meeting parents in dating, dating while ethnic, the Real Housewives, toxic on & off relationships, and breakups. They also spend a lot of time discussing Hiwa's past Mormon fling.

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The last Tuesday of every month is a full Q&A episode!

This month, host Hiwa Alaghebandian tackles questions about fear of abandonment & working through the abandonment wound, whether wanting a hotter boyfriend is ego or valid, stress responses & trauma responses, people pleasing, friends who share your secrets with their boyfriends, and fearful avoidance vs. anxious attachment.

She also starts the episode by telling a long deranged story about a steak sandwich that she desperately wants your feedback on.

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Are you sick of being single? Want a partner for the holidays? Feeling the pressure of cuffing season? Want it to finally be YOUR turn?

Well, this episode is for you.

Having been in this place for many many years, host Hiwa Alaghebandian completely understands how frustrating it can be. However, you don't have to keep suffering, because Hiwa cracked the code and finally found her person, and you can too!

Just follow the 4 step plan that Hiwa lays out in this episode.

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This week's episode might just be the best one yet. It's informative, educational, inspirational, and just plain entertaining.

Host Hiwa Alaghebandian takes you on a wild ride that starts with a recent time that she lost her cool, and ends with a metaphysical discussion of why the same triggers pop up over & over again.

In the episode, we discuss relationships between anxious & avoidant people, how the anxiously attached react to breakups, communication issues, losing your cool, the window of tolerance, and a bunch more.

This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian is joined by Sam Cutler, aka TheFitFatale. Sam is the founder of MINDFULL, an on-demand video based platform for meal plans, recipes & health coaching. She hosts a social based wellness community of over 285k women around the world, sharing her knowledge as a fitness trainer, health coach, and most recently through her certificate in Nutrition Meal Planning from Harvard Medical School.

Hiwa & Sam chat about willpower, forming healthy habits, exercise, anxiety, and so much more. Sam opens up about her wedding and the public backlash that she faced, and how she was able to find herself & be able to trust again.

They also talk about transitioning from corporate to becoming a content creator, burnout, and dealing with a public facing job.

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For the last Tuesday of the month, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions. She covers everything from supporting your nervous system during grief & making new friends as an adult to attachment styles & pushing past imposter syndrome.

She also tells a story about her recent trip to Miami, and a takeaway that you can apply to your own life.

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Off the heels of last week's episode, where host Hiwa Alaghebandian explained why you need to regulate your nervous system, this week she does a deep dive into how you can regulate your nervous system.

She talks about nutrition & how to eat for your nervous system, how to optimize your sleep, the cure for chronic constipation, and more.

She also explains the most overlooked factors in nervous system regulation, and why you shouldn't listen to most of the nervous system information out there.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian does a deep dive into the Nervous System. She thoroughly explains what the nervous system is, what role it plays, and why we need to regulate it. She explains the signs & symptoms of being dysregulated, and how regulation can affect your life. She also explains Polyvagal Theory in a way that's actually digestible, and how it intersects with your attachment style.

She also does the regular weekly segments, goes on a million tangents, and has a chaotic interruption by a special guest. You don't want to miss this episode!

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This week host Hiwa Alaghebandian brings you the October AITA episode! This month, we cover hookup etiquette when sharing spaces with friends, partner's family dynamics, coworker drama, dinner etiquette, sober parties, kinks, and consent. Hiwa also talks about a woo-woo perspective on being sick and cold remedies.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian does a deep dive into the world of dating "rules." Inspired by the classic book, The Rules, Hiwa breaks down traditional dating rules, and gives her take on them.

She covers topics like anxious attachment, codependency, early dating, intimacy, phone etiquette, and so much more.

You do not want to miss this episode!

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For the last Tuesday of the month, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions! This month, we cover losing interest, unsure if it's the ick or boredom from a secure attachment, boundaries in friendships, school crushes, and so much more. We also dive into sex after fighting, healthy boredom vs unhealthy, irritability, and more.

You don't want to miss this episode!

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian does a deep dive into "the ick." She gives the etymology of the term, shares examples from her own life, and unpacks the 3 possible causes of the ick. She gives a step by step guide for getting to the bottom of your icks, and explains how the ick & anxious attachment overlap.

She also discusses her social weekend, the art of the apology, her gut health journey, and more.

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Host Hiwa Alaghebandian is back with a fresh new episode where she analyzes Reddit's AITA thread. She hits topics like weddings, being petty, lazy husbands and boyfriends, invisible work, weaponized incompetence, anxious attachment, and more. She also addresses the string of recent breakups, being a "rules girl," and elevated vocabulary.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian breaks down what it takes to be likable. She shares her own fears of merely being tolerated rather than truly loved and valued, and discusses the 3 skills that make people truly want to be around you.

Before she gets to all of that, she discusses her inability to burp, her former "not like other girls" LARP, perinnium sunning & more accissable alternatives, loser energy vs. success mentality, and the douchiest behavior she has EVER seen.

This episode is slightly unhinged, but in the best way possible.

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Host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions this week. She covers everything from social media stalking exes & fear of abandonment to increasing your sex drive & losing weight with insulin resistance. Plus, a completely unhinged rant about weddings that is sure to alienate...well, everyone. You don't want to miss this!

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian breaks down hypnosis, visualization, and neuroscience. She describes the ways that she has used hypnosis & visualization to work through her Anxious Attachment (well, really, Disorganized/Fearful Avoidant) to move towards secure attachment. She breaks down her 5 favorite uses of hypnosis & visualization to be a happier, healthier, more even-keeled, confident, and secure person; and to have healthy, stable, relationships.

She also touches on nervous system regulation, ghost poos, and more. You don't want to miss this!

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This week, we dive into ABUNDANCE & abundance mindset. Host Hiwa Alaghebandian explains what it means to have an abundance mindset when it comes to dating & relationships. She gives examples of people who have an abundance mindset, and tells stories about people who do not have an abundance mindset. She also explains how all forms of insecure attachment lead to an anti-abundance mindset.

She also talks about "ghost poops," and lists the 4 things that have really been helping her uplevel this week.

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You're in for a special treat this week: host Hiwa Alaghebandian reads "Am I the A**hole" stories & dissects them for you on the pod. We cover topics like meeting the parents, lying, deceit, financial issues, needy friends, nervous system regulation, communication, anxious attachment, abandonment issues, and more.

Hiwa also talks about black or white thinking, the silver lining of "bad" things, Where the Crawdads Sing, and more!

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Inspired by recent life events, host Hiwa Alaghebandian shares the 5 silent relationship killers that you may not see coming. They're not big, catastrophic events; but rather daily habits that most of us have, that will chip away at your relationships over time. She breaks down each of the 5, and gives examples of all of them from her own life.

She also talks about the 4 main causes of these habits, and how you can cure them so that you can be a more likable, agreeable person, and have better long term relationships.

This episode is a MUST listen for anyone who is in a relationship, or anyone who wants to be in one.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions. She covers everything from being separated from your boyfriend when you have anxious attachment to how to get out of a rut when you've lost yourself. She also dives into whether men avoid dating older women, how to exit friendships, workplace romances, and more.

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Inspired by Jonah Hill's texts to his ex, Sarah Brady; host Hiwa Alaghebandian talks about controlling, misogynist men. She talks about her own experiences dating men like this, how the beginning of the relationship may seem different, and how to try to spot them. She also talks about red flags, feminism, and the future of dating, AND there's a fun new segment!

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian describes the 3 tactics you can use to attract people to yourself. She dispels common myths & misconceptions around attracting people, and gives actionable advice on how to become more approachable and likable.

She also gives some life updates & tells lots of unhinged stories.

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As the last Tuesday of the month, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions! She covers everything from getting over crushes & making moves on coworkers to wellness patches & sleuthing before first dates.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian shares some groundbreaking insights regarding manifestation. She has figured out the real reason why you are not manifesting, and how you can change it. This episode will truly BLOW. YOUR. MIND.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian opens up about something difficult she has been dealing with. She shares exactly what happened, what's going on, and what lessons you can learn from her life experiences.

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Do you have an ex who still makes your tummy flip? If you hear your former friend's name, does it make you skip a breath?

Have you ever wondered why it is that we continue to feel some kind of way towards people who are no longer in our lives?

Host Hiwa Alaghebandian addresses this question this week, and the answer might surprise you.

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This week, host Hiwa Alaghebandian answers YOUR questions! She tackles everything from toxic friendships to biohacking tools, and everything in between. She addresses what to do if you have a history of convincing yourself you're more into someone than you actually are, what to do if you're jaded, how to stop caring what other people think, and so much more. You definitely don't want to miss this one!

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Are you getting tired of being single? Do you find yourself thinking "when will this happen for me?" "why is everyone else in a relationship but me?" "what am I doing wrong?" "will this ever happen for me?"

Well, you're in luck, because this week's episode is ALL about that feeling of being perpetually single. Host Hiwa Alaghebandian reflects back on her many, many years of being single, and what she was doing wrong. She comes up with 3 broad reasons why you're still single, and what you can do about it.

If you want a partner, you need to listen to this episode!

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You're in for a REAL treat this week: ALISSA ALTER is BACK ON BLUSH, and this time we have a 2 parter for you! Part I of the conversation is on Alissa's podcast, The Myth of Motherhood, and part II is RIGHT HERE. Before you listen to this conversation, definitely go listen to part I on Alissa's podcast, and then come right back here for part II!

We talk all things motherhood: everything from pregnancy to childbirth & beyond. Your body, how to trust your intuition, things you need, things you don't actually need, and so much more.

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This week, Joey Skladany joins Hiwa Alaghebandian on the podcast. They chat about all things dating & intimacy, including the NYC dating scene, when to get intimate, porn, only fans, anal sex, and so much more. They also get very real & vulnerable about their own insecurities and how they see them reflected.

They also play a couple of games that can help you find out what you subconsciously believe about yourself & your life. You're going to want to play along as you listen!

This week, guest co-host Stella joins host Hiwa Alaghebandian on the podcast to talk all things fertility & family planning. She brings her expertise on cycle charting, basal body temperature, cervical fluid, and so much more. They talk hormonal birth control, alternatives, and the one method of birth control that is over 99% effective but rarely talked about. Whether you want to have a baby, or desperately DO NOT want to have a baby right now, this episode is a MUST listen.

Stella & Hiwa also dive deep into their plans as far as marriage, babies, and more.