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Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Women Like Us is an intimate narrative podcast hosted by Theresa Hayden, designed to celebrate the authentic, unfiltered experiences of women navigating life and love. Each episode offers a vivid emotional journey, inviting listeners into deeply personal stories that resonate with universal truths about resilience, vulnerability, and connection. This show provides a safe space for reflection, delivering a comforting yet empowering experience that validates the complex realities of being a woman…
Episodes
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Finding Your People When the City Feels Cold | Women Like Us | Women Like Us
In this deeply intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often isolating experience of feeling like an outsider in your…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Quiet Relief of Ending a Toxic Friendship | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often overlooked experience of ending a toxic friendship. This story…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Only Woman in the Hard Hat: Finding Your Voice on Site | Women Like Us
In this episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden shares a raw and intimate narrative about the experience of being the only woman in male-dominated…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Inheritance Thief: Forgiving the Sister Who Took It All | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex and painful dynamics of sibling betrayal, specifically focusing on…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Single Mom Stigma: Why You're Not Broken, Just Busy | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and empowering episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden dismantles the pervasive 'single mom stigma' that tells women they are…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Selling My Wedding Dress: The Shame, The Sale, And Letting Go | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex emotional logistics of selling a wedding dress after a divorce. This…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Burying the Dog Before Mom: The Unspoken Grief of Outliving Your Pet | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and resonant episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex, often unspoken grief of losing a beloved pet while…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Silence After You Speak: Finding Your Voice When Interrupted | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the pervasive and often invisible experience of women being interrupted in professional…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
When the World Celebrates What You Lost: Healing from Miscarriage | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and vulnerable episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex, non-linear journey of healing from miscarriage. This…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Why I Left My Phone Behind to Find Myself in the Woods | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden shares her transformative experience of leaving her phone behind to spend three days in solitude…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
When the Bank Account Hits Zero: Finding Faith in the Ruins | Women Like Us
In this deeply moving episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound intersection of financial ruin and spiritual resilience. When the…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Quiet Shame of Food Stamps: Reclaiming Dignity in Hard Times | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and empowering episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the hidden emotional landscape of using food stamps (EBT) and…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Quiet Loneliness of New Year's Eve in a Hotel Bar | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the nuanced experience of spending New Year's Eve alone in a hotel bar. This narrative…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Heavy Silence: Loving a Partner Through Addiction | Women Like Us
In this deeply intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound emotional landscape of loving a partner through addiction. This is…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Stuck in the Mud: When Friends Move On and You Don't | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the heavy, often unspoken emotion of feeling 'stuck in the mud' while your friends seem…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Love Across Divides: Navigating Interfaith Relationships & Family | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex, beautiful, and often challenging reality of interfaith relationships. This…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Choosing Two Siblings: The Quiet Leap of Faith That Changed Everything | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden shares the raw, unfiltered truth about choosing to adopt two siblings, Leo and Maeve…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Choosing Singlehood When the World Wants a Ring | Women Like Us
In this episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often misunderstood choice of remaining single in a society that heavily…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Making Peace With The Body You Live In Now | Women Like Us
In this deeply intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the quiet grief and complex relationship many women have with their bodies. This…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Unlearning the Diet: Reclaiming Your Body After Decades of Rules | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and transformative episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex journey of unlearning diet culture and reclaiming…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Quiet House After the Kids Leave: Finding Purpose When the Nest is Empty | Women Like Us
This episode of 'Women Like Us' explores the profound emotional landscape of the empty nest syndrome, offering a raw and intimate look at what happens when…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Stop Calling Me Emotional When I’m Just Telling the Truth | Women Like Us
In this episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the pervasive and damaging phenomenon of women being labeled 'emotional' when they are simply…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
New Year’s Eve in a Hotel Bar: The Quiet Loneliness of Starting Over | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often misunderstood experience of spending New Year’s Eve alone in a…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Holding Space for Other Kids While My Own Family Faded | Women Like Us
In this deeply moving episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden shares a raw and intimate narrative about the complex intersection of professional…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Lost in Translation: Finding Myself When I Couldn't Speak | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound psychological shift that occurs when we strip away our linguistic…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Art of the Strategic Sneeze: Faking Flu to Escape Family | Women Like Us
In this deeply relatable episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the universal experience of social exhaustion and the desperate need for…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Why I Chose Simplicity Over Status When Friends Flaunted Luxury | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound emotional shift from chasing social status to embracing a life of…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Shame of Crying in a Corporate Boardroom | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and vulnerable episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden shares the harrowing story of breaking down in tears during a high-stakes…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Day I Froze: Rebuilding Self-Worth After Public Humiliation | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the devastating impact of public humiliation on self-worth and shares her…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Paperwork of Letting Go: Surrendering Custody | Women Like Us
In this deeply intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound emotional landscape of surrendering custody. This is not a legal…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Clock Ticks: Why Turning Thirty Felt Like a Door Slamming Shut | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and reflective episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex emotional landscape of turning thirty. This is not…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Lie That Got Me the Date (And Why I’m Telling It) | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the exhausting and universal habit of curating our identities to gain approval…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Quiet Relief of Ending a Toxic Friendship | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often unspoken experience of ending a toxic friendship. This story is…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Why Your Life Feels Stalled While Friends Move On (It’s Not What You Think) | Women Like Us
In this deeply relatable episode of 'Women Like Us,' host Theresa Hayden explores the pervasive and painful feeling that your life is stalled while your…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Guilt of Thriving While My Best Friend Struggles | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and relatable episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex, often unspoken guilt that arises when you are…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Birthdays Alone: Why It Feels Like a Quiet Funeral | Women Like Us
In this deeply intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often unspoken loneliness that accompanies celebrating a…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Choosing My Career Over Grandma’s Funeral: A Hard Truth | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the agonizing conflict between professional ambition and familial duty. The…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Borrowing From Sister: The Money & Love Trap | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex and often unspoken dynamics of borrowing money from a sibling. The…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Ghost Baby I Never Held: Letting Go of the Dream | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and vulnerable episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound grief associated with 'ghost babies'—the children we…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
New Year's Eve Alone in a Hotel Bar: The Loneliness You Can't Scroll Away | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the profound and often unspoken experience of spending New Year's Eve alone. This…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Why You Love the Man Who Won't Grow Up | Women Like Us
In this episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the exhausting reality of being the only adult in a romantic relationship. This guide is for…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Quiet Shame of Government Aid: Reclaiming Your Worth | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the hidden emotional burden of accepting government assistance and challenges the…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Heavy Quiet: Finding Yourself After Divorce Finalizes | Women Like Us
This episode of Women Like Us explores the profound emotional landscape that follows the finalization of a divorce, focusing on the disorienting 'heavy quiet'…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Invisible Weight of Being 'Too Much' or 'Not Enough' | Women Like Us
In this intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the exhausting emotional labor of navigating cultural identity, specifically the…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
Terrified to Speak Up: Standing Up to Your Boss Over Health Insurance | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal and empowering episode of 'Women Like Us,' host Theresa Hayden explores the terrifying yet necessary act of standing up to a boss…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
When Words Failed Me: Finding Home in the Kitchen | Women Like Us
In this deeply personal episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex and often painful experience of losing connection to one's heritage…
- Women Like Us: Real Stories About Women, Life & Love
The Day I Sold My Wedding Dress: Shame, Survival, and Starting Over | Women Like Us
In this raw and intimate episode of Women Like Us, host Theresa Hayden explores the complex emotional landscape of selling a wedding dress after divorce. This…