Manifesting A Partner Into Your Space ft. Nate Berkus

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.2 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Nate Berkus joins us to talk about the beautiful intersection between love, design, and the spaces we call home. He shares the story of how he met his husband Jeremia, and opens up about what it really takes to maintain a healthy relationship. We dive into how someone’s personal taste can shape attraction, what your home might reveal about your dating style, and the subtle green and red flags you can spot just by stepping into someone’s apartment. Nate also offers his take on manifesting love through your space, how to intentionally “design” a relationship that lasts, and even the one design trend he’d happily see disappear forever.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Nate's Favorite Romantic Gesture

00:58 Meeting Jeremiah and Early Relationship

06:48 Navigating Long Distance and Family Life

20:30 Navigating Relationship Dynamics

24:02 Lessons from Oprah

26:04 Design Tips and Personal Insights

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:18.0	Hey guys, welcome back to Eamara Acme. I'm so excited for today's episode with Nate Berkus. I've been a fan of his for a long time. I just think that he's so cool. He's so talented. Him and his husband are absolute goals. And I love that he divulged into his relationship, into his surrogacy journeys, plural, and a little bit about kind of how
0:42.6	to reorganize when you move in with a partner, which is a huge part of manifesting, you know,
0:49.5	someone into your life. And I think you're going to get so much out of the episode, so many
0:54.0	fun tidbits from him. And he think you're going to get so much out of the episode, so many fun tidbits
0:55.6	from him. And he was just open and vulnerable. And we love that from my guest. So hope you
1:00.6	enjoy it. You can also watch it on YouTube. You can subscribe to our substack. We met at Acme or
1:04.9	We Meta Baby. And I hope you share this episode with a friend who you think it would resonate
1:09.7	with. All right, enjoy.
1:12.3	Hey guys, welcome back to We Met at Acme. I'm so excited to be here with author, designer, TV star,
1:18.6	Nate Berkus. Hi. Hey, thank you for having me today. Thanks for coming. So we always start with the same
1:23.7	question, which is what is your favorite romantic gesture. So this is like for someone to do for you.
1:29.5	Oh, wow. I have a really long list of things that I like people to do for me. You know, I actually,
1:35.0	I will say it's a simple thing, but not really, because of the meaning packed behind it. But since I met
1:42.8	Jeremiah, my husband, 13 years ago, every morning that we're
1:49.1	together, there's hot coffee on my nightstand. That's it. You know what I mean? You don't really
1:54.5	need anything after that. Is it like, it's everything. It's like, here, have a great day. Yeah,
2:00.6	it starts your day off right. Yeah. It's a nice
2:02.6	active service. It is. I love that. How did you and Jeremiah meet? Rachel Zoe was, he worked for
2:09.9	Rachel Zoe. He was on her show. Yeah. And she said to me, she called me and she was like, oh my God, we just
2:16.3	hired this guy. He's so cute. We call him baby Nate in the office. She's like, and I know that you would love him. Like I actually think you would really love him. And I was like, wait, because I'm like a narcissist. Like what's the connection? Because you call him baby Nate because I'm like I'm a vampire I'm going to
2:34.3	like drink his blood what's the plan and also Rachel I'm dating one of your really good friends and
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