Welcome to Just Break Up, the podcast about love, heartbreak, and all the relationship advice you don't want to hear.

My name is Sierra de Mulder.

And I'm Sam Blackwell.

And today we're going to answer a letter from somebody who's having a hard time just enjoying her fling.

But before we begin, we just want to give you our Surgeon General's warning, which is that Sierra and I are not licensed mental health practitioners.

Correct.

We are not professionals.

We are not trained in any of this.

So please take our advice as you see fit.

We're only here to offer our humble musings to hopefully shed some understanding and maybe

some laughs about the incredibly rewarding but mostly confusing experience that is love.

But it is Monday.

So first, before we dive into today's letter, I am going to do a quick check-in topic with Sam to get our day started.

So the check-in topic is inspired by a reel I found on Instagram, which is actually,

I've actually really enjoyed this mode of inspiration for us because I like playing my little

phone into the microphone. And I like the diversity of topics that we get from people. I'm going to

open it, play it, and then I will shout out the person who created this.

But to step the stage, this woman is literally lying on what looks like a sheepskin in front of a fireplace.

I didn't know that detail when you first played it.

I know.

But she's just having like a little lovely chat with us, the internet, about something she learned in couples therapy and approach that she's trying with her and her partner.

So I'm going to go ahead and play it.

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