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Maddy & Josh

We talk about the things people in midlife run into when a marriage ends, and why finding yourself has to come before rebuilding your life and finding a new, meaningful relationship.

This isn't a polished, produced take on divorce and healing. It's two people who each rebuilt their lives, separately, before they ever met each other, talking honestly about identity, relationships, and what it looks like to stop performing and start living as yourself.

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EPISODE 1 · JULY 3, 2026 · 45 MIN

The Reel that Started it All

Maddy posted a reel about her 17-year marriage and the moment she finally chose herself. More than two million views later, the comment section had opinions. In this first episode she sits down with her fiancé Josh to read the comments out loud (the "man hater" ones, the "sacrificing her family for her happiness" ones, the ones that say a wife belongs to her husband forever) and talk about what's underneath them: what commitment actually means, why so many women lose themselves inside marriage and motherhood, and how to move through a big change without freezing or running from it.

“I'm not a man hater. I'm an abuse hater.”
MADDY
In this episode
  • What happened behind the viral reel, and why it hit such a nerve
  • The difference between real commitment and staying because you're supposed to
  • Why women lose their identity in marriage and motherhood, and how to find it again
  • Moving through change versus freezing or running from it
  • What a "second act" is, and how to recognize when yours is beginning
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