Love with Francesca is a podcast about unlocking the power of self-love, relationships, and personal transformation. With a blend of heart, authenticity, and expertise, Francesca Zoia, a relationship coach, guides listeners through raw conversations on love, empowerment, mental health, trauma, recovery, and the complex yet beautiful facets of the human experience.
54. Healing After Divorce: EFT Tapping, Grief & Reconnecting With Yourself | Tracy Blotsky
What happens when a relationship that has been part of your identity for decades comes to an end?
In this episode, I sat down with Tracy Blotsky, who spent 38 years married before going through her own divorce and eventually discovering EFT tapping as a powerful tool for navigating the emotional aftermath.
Tracy shares what it was like to realize that she and her husband had grown in different directions, the complicated grief that came with leaving behind a life they had built together, and the questions that continued to surface even after their decision to divorce was mutual.
Together we explore:
✨ What happens when two people grow in different directions ✨ The grief that can come with accepting someone for who they actually are ✨ Why questioning your decision after divorce can be part of the process ✨ How EFT tapping can be used as a somatic tool for working through difficult emotions ✨ The connection between the mind, body, and emotional processing ✨ Why traditional meditation doesn't work for everyone ✨ Learning to release guilt, shame, grief, and mental overwhelm ✨ Reconnecting with yourself before entering another relationship ✨ Why finding what works for you matters more than following someone else's healing process
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Connect with Tracy: Instagram: @tracyblotsky_ Website: Tracy’s website
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3 Sept 2026
53. Are Your Relationship Patterns Actually Yours? Understanding Generational Trauma | Owen Smithyman
What if some of the patterns you're struggling with in your relationship didn't actually start with you?
In this episode, I sit down with Owen Smithyman, who practices Peak States Therapy, to explore how trauma, generational patterns, and deeply ingrained associations can influence the way we show up in our relationships—even when we can't identify an obvious reason for why we feel anxious, insecure, or stuck.
We talk about how our past experiences can become a kind of blueprint for what feels familiar and safe, and how those patterns can show up in our romantic relationships through over-giving, self-sacrifice, conflict, insecurity, or even self-sabotage. Owen explains how his approach works with what he describes as associational and generational trauma, and how working with those underlying responses can sometimes create more harmony and connection—or help someone gain clarity that a relationship isn't right for them.
This conversation explores:
✨ How childhood and generational experiences can influence the way we navigate relationships✨ Why you can struggle internally even when your life looks “great” from the outside✨ The connection between trauma, nervous-system responses, and relationship triggers✨ Why we sometimes repeat familiar relationship dynamics without realizing it✨ How self-sacrifice and difficulty prioritizing yourself can be connected to inherited patterns✨ Why healing your own triggers can help you see your relationship more clearly✨ How doing deeper internal work can lead to either more connection or the realization that it's time to leave✨ Why having trauma or adversity doesn't mean you're broken
Connect with Owen Smithyman:Website: Optimize ConsciousnessInstagram: @optimizeconsciousness🎁 Free Gift: Free Guided Processes from Owen
His free resources include guided processes designed to help with things like resistance to positive change, self-sabotage, insecurity, and projection.
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6 Aug 2026
52. Why I Finally Decided to Become a Psychotherapist
Sometimes the path you're meant to follow doesn't look anything like the one you imagined.
In this solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of a major career decision I've been quietly working toward for years: finishing the process to become a psychotherapist.
After earning my master's in Mental Health Counseling, I didn't immediately pursue licensure. Instead, I followed unexpected opportunities in life coaching, built my own business, and spent years helping women navigate relationships and reconnect with themselves. Along the way, I learned that purpose isn't something you discover overnight—it's something that unfolds as you're willing to listen to yourself.
I share why I chose to trust my intuition, even when other people questioned my decisions, and why I'm finally stepping into this next chapter. I also talk about the importance of making mental health support more accessible, and how that value ultimately influenced this decision.
This episode explores:
Why your purpose often reveals itself through experience, not certainty
Learning to trust your intuition instead of outside expectations
The difference between following a career path and following your calling
Why it's okay if your journey doesn't look linear
How every season prepares you for the next one
Why accessibility has become one of my core professional values
What's changing for Love with Francesca as I begin this new chapter
This conversation is for anyone who feels behind, uncertain, or worried they're taking the "wrong" path.
Maybe you're not lost.
Maybe you're exactly where you need to be to become the person you're meant to be.
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