Life Lessons from Sex And The City: Attachment Theory, Beauty Standards, & More

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

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🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We all love Sex and the City, from its four memorable main characters to its environments and hilariously bad dates. But Sex and the City isn’t just a laugh-out-loud comedy – it also offers real life lessons in self-love, friendships, and relationships. So today, I’m discussing my favorite Sex and the City-inspired life tips with guest Kate Van Horn. Above all, Sex and the City is a show about friendship. The bonds between Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha drive the show’s appeal – and can teach us a lot about how to be a good friend. 1:40 Appreciating Your Environment 4:10 Relationship Advice From SATC 6:59 Redirecting Your Focus 10:47 Finding Your Real Friends 12:30 Why You Should Make Messy Choices 16:00 Accepting Inconvenience 24:21 Discovering Original Style For more from Kate, you can find her on Instagram @kate.van.horn or her website www.katevanhorn.com. You can find her book The Inner Tarot: A Modern Approach to Self-Compassion and Empowered Healing Using the Tarot wherever books are sold. Listen to her previous episode, Advice Ep! Anxiety, Morning Routines, Knowing When To Break Up & More with Kate Van Horn. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome. This episode is sponsored by: Puori: go to puori.com/LIZMOODY and use promo code LIZMOODY for 20% sitewide. Great Lakes Wellness: use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first purchase at greatlakeswellness.com. Wildgrain: go to Wildgrain.com/LIZMOODY for $30 off the first box - PLUS a free item in every box. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 318. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. Whether or not you watch Sex in the City,
0:05.1	we have got some excellent life lessons that anyone can apply to make everyday feel more connected
0:10.2	and more magical. It is my personal favorite show, and I was texting my friend Kate recently
0:16.3	about how we can make our lives feel more like Sex in the city, which sparked some very, very interesting
0:22.7	discussions and ultimately led to this episode. These lessons will change anyone's life, and they're
0:28.3	really different than you might expect. They're not the themes that you would immediately think of
0:33.1	for the show. Anyway, it's a very chatty, very fun episode with lots of immediately applicable
0:38.7	takeaways, and it's really different than what we normally do on here. So please let me
0:43.8	know if you like it. And look, I know sex in the city isn't perfect. It's problematic,
0:48.6	as everything from that time period was and as everything from this time period probably will be considered
0:55.1	someday in the future. That is great. That means that we are learning and growing. But that is also
1:01.5	not what this episode is about. Kate was kind enough to join me to dive into these life
1:08.1	lessons. You might remember her from our advice episode last year, which was one of
1:11.7	our most listened to of the year. I will link that for you in the show notes. You can find more from
1:16.6	her, including tons of tips for making your home a serene and amazing space and advice for
1:22.5	intuitive living on Instagram at kate.van.h. Kate, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for having me.
1:29.2	So let's just dive right in. Do you want to say your first life lesson from Texas City?
1:32.8	Yeah. So my first life lesson is, I believe one of the main characters of the show is New York
1:37.0	as a city. So mine is you can't stop romanticizing and appreciating where you live.
1:42.4	So whether that's a huge city like New York or something
1:44.8	different, I think it's really important to stay present and keep finding the beauty in your
1:48.6	environment. And how do you think that comes through on the show? I think that they are always in a
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