Welcome to Curious Giulia. I’m Giulia—a mum of two, a founder, and a human who is constantly figuring it out as I go. I don’t have the answers for you, because I truly believe you already hold the best answers for yourself. What I do have is a lot of curiosity. This podcast is a collection of Couch Catchups : raw, unfiltered conversations about building my app, Curious , and the reality of just being. I’m here to bring the ideas I’m sitting with, the things I’m unlearning, and the reflections…
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After hearing advice like “love yourself more,” I wanted to make a video about self love and some of the things that have genuinely helped me love myself more. I never set out on a self love journey or made it a goal to figure out how to love yourself. When I think about how I’ve changed over time, I realise that I used to think self love meant becoming a better version of myself — one that didn’t…
In this vlog episode I'm exploring what can hold us back from change. I share the changes I'm experiencing and the questions that are helping me to see what's holding my back from changing & why I feel so scared to. Join the email community // Get reflections, insights, and practical tools to support your personal development journey—delivered straight to your inbox. 👉…
Ever feel trapped in a toxic cycle with a parent where you lose yourself completely? After years of arguments and emotional exhaustion, I made the hardest decision of my life—going no contact with my dad. This isn’t about not loving them or refusing to forgive. It’s about creating space to discover who you are when you’re not constantly adjusting to someone else’s needs and emotions. In this…
Grief doesn’t come with a timeline—and six years in, I’ve realised it’s not about “acceptance” or "moving on" but about learning how to live with and integrate both the love and the loss. 💔 In this episode of The Self Development Collective, I share openly about my own grief journey after losing my brother, what has shifted since my “3 years in” update, and the unexpected ways grief continues to…
Grief & Milestones/Celebrations // How I Cope & What I’ve Learned Grief can feel especially heavy during milestones and celebrations. Whether it’s a birthday, wedding, anniversary, or holiday, these moments often highlight our loved one and our grief even more. In this episode, I share my own experience of navigating grief during my daughter’s first birthday and the insights I’ve found through The…
In this episode, I sit down with my school friend Jade to unpack her entire ADHD diagnosis journey: what finally prompted her to seek answers, the childhood signs she now recognises, and how her life has shifted both before and after putting a name on her experience. 🔸 What You’ll Hear: • The subtle signs in school and uni • What led to the decision for a diagnosis in adulthood and motherhood •…
Going through a friendship breakup can feel even more confusing than a romantic one. The signs are subtle, the emotions complicated—and the grief? Often overlooked. In this episode, we talk about the quiet unraveling of friendships that once felt like home, and what to do when they no longer feel right. If you’ve been feeling emotionally drained, anxious before seeing someone, or like you have to…
Feeling Like You’re Always Helping? Signs of Emotional Burnout in Relationships In this episode of the Self Development Collective, we’re diving deep into a type of emotional burnout we don’t talk about enough—the kind that happens when we’re supporting others. This isn’t about work stress or parenting exhaustion. This is about those of us who take on the role of the helper. The fixer. The person…
Making Decisions In Life (How Invisible Family Rules Shape Our Life Decisions) Have you ever found yourself stuck, unsure why you're making the decisions you're making — or why it feels so hard to make any at all? In this episode, I’m sharing a personal story about one of those moments. A time when I was deep in the decision-making process and realised I was pushing myself down a path that didn’t…
Free Inner Critic Meditation https://selfdevelopmentcollective.com/free-inner-critic-meditation In this episode, I open up about my personal journey with the inner critic—how it held me back, and how I’ve slowly learned to work with it rather than against it using the powerful lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. For years, I tried everything: affirmations, mindset shifts, journaling...…
