Identity Crisis, Niche NY, Pronoia, and Social Gut with Just Alex

Courtside with Courtney

Courtney Shields

Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Relationships, Business, Personal Journals

4.2 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Join Courtney as she sits down with Alex Hodges for a special episode of Courtside with Courtney. From getting married young to divorcing young, Alex opens up about her untraditional path to motherhood and love. Courtney and Alex discuss the biggest question they get asked: "how do you know when to leave" and get real about divorce. They dive into social intuition and gut and how to tell the difference between genuine bonding vs. shady gossiping.

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0:00.0	Grab a front row seat to the untold stories as we talk about how to live life on your terms.
0:10.6	You're officially part of the inner circle. Welcome to Courtside with Courtney. And don't worry, I copped your ticket.
0:23.7	Welcome back to another episode of Courtside with Courtney.
0:26.7	We were already chatting over here and we decided, you know what, maybe we should
0:29.9	turn the mics on because we're getting into like the juicy details of this conversation
0:33.7	already.
0:34.3	Miss Alex Hodges, everybody.
0:36.9	But we were debating, do we say Alex Bennett or do we say Alex
0:39.8	like which intro do we go with? Because I am in an identity crisis with my last name that I've been in for a long time.
0:51.7	Yeah, Bennett's my married name, but Hodges is my maiden name. But also no longer
0:56.8	married. So don't leave that detail out. Correct. Divorced. Divorced. And so that's probably the
1:02.9	most important detail. So yeah, I don't know. You can, my Instagram says Bennett, but in the bio
1:10.3	below it, it says Hodges.
1:11.6	Yeah, it's like the real ones know.
1:13.2	Yeah.
1:13.5	Yes.
1:13.8	If you know, you know, that's what it is. I think it's just a weird concept in general, though. Changing your name. I get it. I think like when you meet someone and you want to do it because you want to do it for them, but it is a weird, just speaking not traditionally, not, not respectfully, not blah, blah, blah, blah.
1:29.5	Speaking only about being the person doing the changing, it's just weird to be known as one name and then all of a sudden be like, wait, like, it's just strange.
1:39.5	Yeah, disclaimers aside, I appreciate that you, you know, you put those out there.
1:43.4	I've been in this business too long, not to disclaim.
1:45.8	Not to be like, okay, not to offend anybody. Not to offend literally anyone.
1:42.7	It's just, it's weird.
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