Have you ever looked around at your life and thought… “How did I end up here?”
Starting Over (for real) is an honest conversational podcast about starting over, self-trust, boundaries, grief, feeling behind, identity, confidence, relationships and people-pleasing.
I’m Frankie & this is a place for anyone figuring out who they are beneath the surviving, keeping the peace and getting through the day.
No perfect answers.
Just real conversations, quiet reflections and reminders that you’re not the only one figuring it out.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me.
What if starting over was never about becoming someone new…
What if it was always about finding your way back?
In this season finale, we talk about starting over, healing, identity, self-trust and what it really means to find yourself again after spending years surviving, people-pleasing, changing or simply trying to keep up.
I share the conversation this entire season has been leading towards and the quiet truth I never expected to discover about personal growth, hope and coming home to yourself.
Because maybe starting over isn’t about becoming someone new at all.
Maybe it’s about finally remembering who you were underneath everything else.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s come home to ourselves…
Together. ☕️
13 Oct 2026
Episode 9 - When Did Life Stop Feeling Fun?
When did growing up start meaning… we had to stop playing?
In this episode, we talk about what happens when adulthood, responsibility and constantly getting things done slowly squeeze the fun out of life.
I share how easy it is to lose touch with joy, play and the parts of ourselves that used to feel light and how my little girl keeps reminding me that maybe life isn’t always asking us to be more productive.
Maybe it’s asking us to come and play.
We talk about joy, burnout, adulthood, fun, presence and finding your way back to the things that make you feel alive.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s remember how to play again. ☕️
6 Oct 2026
Episode 8 - What If This Is Already Success?
What if you’ve already arrived… but you’ve been too busy looking ahead to notice?
In this episode, we talk about success, achievement and the pressure to keep chasing the next milestone even when the life you once hoped for is already sitting right in front of you.
I share the version of success I spent years chasing, why comparison made it so hard to feel like enough, and the quiet moment that made me realise I’d been measuring my life in all the wrong ways.
We talk about redefining success, appreciating how far you’ve come and learning to notice what’s already here.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s notice the life we’ve already built. ☕️
29 Sept 2026
Episode 7 - If I Could Sit Beside My 10-Year-Old Self
If you could spend five minutes with the ten-year-old version of yourself… what would you say?
In this episode, we talk about our inner child, the things we needed to hear growing up and what can happen when we finally offer our younger selves the kindness and understanding we may have been missing.
I share a conversation I’ve been having with little Frankie and why healing isn’t always about finding the right advice or fixing ourselves.
Sometimes we just need compassion.
Sometimes we just need someone to sit beside us.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s spend a little time with the child who’s still quietly living inside all of us. ☕️
22 Sept 2026
Episode 6 - Who Told Us We Were Behind?
What if you’ve never actually been behind…
You’ve just been measuring your life against somebody else’s timeline?
In this episode, we talk about feeling behind in life, comparing yourself to others, chasing milestones and the invisible pressure to have everything figured out by a certain age.
I share the checklist I spent years chasing and the moment I realised success had to feel right for me not just look right to everyone else.
We talk about comparison, life timelines, expectations, success, self-worth and letting go of the idea that there’s one “right” way to do life.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s leave someone else’s timeline behind. ☕️
15 Sept 2026
Episode 5 - When Did I Stop Trusting Myself?
When did everyone else’s opinion become louder than your own?
In this episode, we talk about what happens when you stop trusting yourself, when you second-guess your decisions, ignore your gut instinct, look to other people for reassurance and slowly lose confidence in your own voice.
I share how easy it is to hand our self-trust away and what learning to trust yourself again can actually look like.
We talk about self-doubt, intuition, overthinking, confidence, decision-making and finding your way back to your own voice.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s start listening to ourselves again. ☕️
8 Sept 2026
Episode 4 - Is That Actually True?
How many of the things you believe about yourself were never actually yours to begin with?
In this episode, we talk about overthinking, self-doubt and the stories we quietly tell ourselves.
The assumptions, old beliefs and negative thoughts we’ve repeated for so long they start to feel like facts.
I share the simple question that helps me challenge those thoughts, quiet the spiral and start trusting myself again.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s gently ask… is that actually true? ☕️
1 Sept 2026
Episode 3 - The Grief We Don't Talk About
Not all grief comes from losing someone.
Sometimes it’s the life you imagined.
The apology that never came.
Or the version of yourself you thought you’d be by now.
In this episode, we talk about grief beyond death.
The loss of relationships, dreams, identities and versions of ourselves we thought we’d become and why acknowledging what we’ve lost can be part of healing and letting go.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s make space for the things we’ve quietly been carrying. ☕️
25 Aug 2026
Episode 2 - When Keeping the Peace Costs You Yourself
Have you ever become so good at keeping everyone else comfortable that you forgot what you wanted?
In this episode, I share how people-pleasing became part of my identity, why setting boundaries felt so uncomfortable and what happened when I finally started putting myself first.
We talk about people-pleasing, boundaries, guilt, self-trust and what it costs when keeping the peace means abandoning yourself.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s talk about choosing yourself without needing everyone else to understand. ☕️
18 Aug 2026
Episode 1 - What If I Just Tried?
What if the only thing standing between you and the life you want is waiting until you feel ready?
In this episode, I share why I started Starting Over (for real), the fear offailure and self-doubt that kept me stuck and what finally helped me take thefirst step.
We talk about starting over, confidence, courage, trusting yourself and whathappens when you stop waiting for certainty before you begin.
Grab a coffee, come sit with me and let’s stop waiting for permission to start. ☕️
13 Aug 2026
Starting Over (for real) - Trailer
Maybe you’re starting over in life.
Maybe you’re feeling lost, wondering what comes next, or realising the life you’ve been living doesn’t quite feel like yours anymore.
Starting Over (for real) is an honest conversational podcast about life changes,identity, self-trust, boundaries, relationships and finding your way back toyourself.
No fixing.
No pretending we have it all figured out.
Just a coffee, a conversation, a few laughs and the reminder that you’re not theonly one figuring it out. ☕️
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