What if heartbreak isn’t psychological, but physiological?

Salim Najjar, engineer, HRV expert and creator of the A.R.T. of the Heart framework, explains how breakups imprint on your fascia, your breath, and your nervous system, and why intellectual insight won’t save you if your body is still bracing for impact.

Expect to learn what heartbreak does to your stress response, why jealousy feels like inflammation, how HRV can reveal emotional patterns you can’t see, what actually regulates a dysregulated nervous system, what bankruptcy taught Salim about identity and freedom, how to train emotional resilience like an athlete, why sensitivity is a strength rather than a liability, and why presence (not money) is the real currency of a good life.

00:00 — Is heartbreak required for a full life?
04:51 — The A.R.T. of the Heart
08:26 — HRV, burnout and emotional data
14:40 — Training resilience like an athlete
18:43 — The accident, injury and slowing down
21:21 — Letting go, bankruptcy and rebuilding
33:33 — Choosing to rise after collapse
37:53 — Tools for jealousy and anxiety
41:09 — Sensitivity, masculinity and depth
53:21 — Money, energy and living richer with less

Connect with Salim:

Instagram: @thathrvguy

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Cal had the life most people fantasise about: retired at 41, wealthy, travelling, surrounded by high-status circles. But behind the highlight reel, his marriage was breaking, his kids felt the hidden weight of privilege, and success wasn’t touching the real problems underneath.

In this conversation, Cal shares what actually woke him up. The moments that forced him to confront the disconnection that money had been masking for years.

This is an episode for the man who’s done all the work, has the house and the bank account to show for it… and still feels empty. And for the woman who loves him, but is starving for his heart, not his hustle.

We cover:

Why money and status can’t create emotional connection

The little boy energy that sabotages grown men in relationships

Validation vs defensiveness

The Vegas shooting that became Cal’s wake-up call

The emotional cost of raising kids with privilege

Intimacy when a man drops performance and comes home to his body

What actually makes a life feel “rich”

Timestamps:

00:03 — Rich, retired and completely disconnected
00:12 — The “I’m in trouble” wound men carry
00:21 — When he finally stopped defending and started listening
00:32 — The Vegas mass shooting that changed everything
00:44 — How wealthy kids quietly suffer
00:58 — Why his marriage almost ended
01:06 — Men as the bass player: the pressure no one sees
01:14 — Letting his wife into his financial fears
01:22 — Intimacy after awakening
01:28 — What money can never buy

Connect with Cal:

Cal Callahan – @cal.callahan

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Why do so many smart, successful, self-aware women still find themselves single, stuck in situationships, or repeating the same painful relationship cycles?

In this unapologetically honest episode of Sex, Love & Money, Rebecca Antonucci sits down with Anna Krystyna and Megan Thoma for a deep, no-filter conversation about the hidden patterns that keep high-achieving women unfulfilled in love.

From cheating and shame to codependency, nervous system work and self-abandonment, this conversation goes far beyond dating advice. It’s about healing the parts of us that learned love meant losing ourselves.

Together, they unpack what it really means to be ready for love, not just want it, and how to stop waiting for the man and start dancing in your own aliveness.

They cover:

Why successful women often struggle to attract healthy love

The truth about cheating, shame and feminine conditioning

How independence can become emotional avoidance

Why your nervous system decides who feels “safe”

The difference between wanting love and being ready for it

The feminine wound of control, rage and resentment

What true emotional readiness looks like in the body

How to soften without losing your power

Timestamps:

00:00 Why so many successful women are still single
06:45 The illusion of “readiness” and how high-achieving women block love
12:20 Cheating, shame and the nervous system truth about self-betrayal
21:55 The patterns that keep women in self-abandonment
33:30 The problem with independence and control in relationships
41:42 The 3x3 dating rule and breaking unhealthy attraction loops
53:18 He doesn’t want the worker… he wants the dancer
01:04:07 Why women are too hard on men (and how it mirrors their own wounds)
01:15:30 Would you date you? The mirror every woman needs to look into
01:22:44 The beauty of falling in love with your own life

Connect with Anna and Megan:

Anna Krystyna – @iamannakrystyna

Megan Thoma – @megan_thoma

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Women say they want a man who leads, then bristle when he opens the door. Today we unpack the resentment, the armour, and the nervous system truth behind why so many high-achieving women struggle to receive love, provision and masculine leadership without abandoning their own power.

This week I’m joined by Sigrid Tasies, feminine embodiment mentor and facilitator. We go deep on somatics, safety, and the art of letting yourself be led without losing your power.

Trigger notice: This episode references sexual assault, domestic violence and trauma. Please listen with care.

We cover:

The paradox: Wanting a devoted, leading partner while resenting men (and how that blocks intimacy).

Generalising ≠ safety: Why “all men are X” feels protective, and how it quietly kills the relationship you say you want.

Nervous system reality: You can’t think your way to safety and why you must feel your way there.

Feminine vs masculine leadership: Strategy and structure create the container; presence, sensation and intuition fill it.

Strong-independent identity: Why putting down the sword can feel like weakness and how to do it without losing self-respect.

Double courage: Being vulnerable and staying open when your partner doesn’t meet you perfectly.

Sex, love, money after embodiment: How coming home to your body amplifies pleasure, softens love, and makes receiving abundance far easier.

Time-stamped guide

01:07 – The stories we carry: Subconscious resentment towards men and how it shows up.

03:08 – Accountability wars: Internet outrage, chivalry, and the cost of collective blame.

06:55 – Why we generalise: False safety and the risk-avoidant brain.

08:11 – Reclaiming safety: Somatics, self-trust and refusing to abandon yourself.

10:26 – Boundaries without armour: Becoming a safe presence for you, first.

12:14 – Letting him lead: Power couples explained.

14:58 – The difference between masculine and feminine leadership

31:20 – Vulnerability reps: How to speak your truth before you’re “perfect” at it.

32:13 – Double courage: Staying open when you aren’t met.

34:23 – Living open-hearted: What it actually feels like.

36:15 – Why ‘strong & independent’ is hard to drop: Safety, armour, and the little girl within.

38:00 – Receiving provision: Saying yes when your partner offers to lead and provide.

48:35 – Money & ease: Abundance beyond effort and grind.

Connect with Sigrid:

IG: @sigridtasiesWork with Sigrid: Explore her programs and offerings

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A rare male voice in the herpes space, Christopher Pickering, breaks down erectile dysfunction, porn desensitisation, disclosure, and why his sex life got better post-diagnosis.

We cover:

• A male blueprint for navigating herpes, ED, and dating with actual results

• How to re-sensitize your brain + body so real sex feels good again

• The numbers game of dating post-diagnosis (and why one “yes” changes everything)

• Masculine leadership in disclosure (what women wish men would do)

• Ethics of coaching: free vs paid help, and why “when you pay, you pay attention”

• Diagnosis ≠ death sentence. Chris used herpes as leverage to fix ED, quit porn, build confidence, and make condoms work.

• One win resets the nervous system. You only need a single successful disclosure to rewrite your dating beliefs.

• Stigma is cultural. Bali/Europe ≠ North America. Education > fear.

• If you don’t believe the shame, it can’t stick. Judgment only lands on what you secretly agree with.

  Business & love mirror each other. Rejection is data. Keep going.

  
  

  Time-stamped guide

• 00:00 Two choices: hide forever… or heal for real (ED + herpes)

• 00:49 Where are the men? The five male advocates he can name

• 02:26 Diagnosis story (Covid era, slow realization)

• 06:09 Sexless first relationship, desensitisation spiral

• 10:04 The night he likely got HSV-2; the condom problem

• 12:06 What was harder: ED shame vs. herpes stigma

• 17:26 First disclosure via Google Translate (and why it worked)

• 19:59 Her oral HSV, his perspective shift: “It’s the same thing”

• 21:20 The belief break: one yes > 100 imagined rejections

• 21:42 Dating = sales: why “no” isn’t a verdict, it’s math

• 23:49 Building a herpes brand, handling haters (and a 6.6M-view clapback)

• 30:39 Family finding out on YouTube (and why he didn’t spiral)

• 45:13 Who has it “easier,” men or women? (truth: both grind, differently)

• 53:15 Sex now: less stress, more leadership, better orgasms

Connect with Christopher:

IG: @PickeringFitnessTikTok: @PickeringFitness

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Content note: adult language; sex; cheating; STIs; faith.

What if the thing you’re sure will ruin you is exactly what frees you? This is a raw, unfiltered origin story: the night Rebecca Antonucci chose herself, cheated, contracted herpes, and drew a line in the sand between the life before and the life after. It’s an episode about choice points, spiritual framing without punishment, sexual truth-telling, and the cost of staying where you’re not chosen.We Cover:

• God isn’t punitive; choice is sacred. Your life shifts when you accept you’re never powerless, even at your lowest.
  

• Sexual mismatch is a relationship truth, not a character flaw. Ignoring it invites jealousy, acting out, and resentment.
  

• Choice points are everywhere. Barricades, bollards, “wrong turns,” and gut pings aren’t traps, they’re mirrors.
  

• Shame alchemizes into leadership when owned publicly. When you tell the story, it stops using you.
  

• Apology ≠ change. “Sorry” without a sustained behavior shift is emotional gaslighting.
  

• Disclosure is adult intimacy. Herpes status and sexual stamina/values are baseline conversations, not awkward footnotes.
  

• Self-drop = collateral damage. Every time you abandon yourself, you end up betraying others too.
  

Time Stamps:

• 00:00 – Prayer, not perfection: Why a 30-second prayer beats a performative morning routine.
  

• 01:37 – Before vs. After: The pivot point that split Rebecca’s life in two.
  

• 02:12 – Training & telling the story: Why this is the first time you’re hearing all of it.
  

• 03:24 – The confession: Cheating, herpes, and unmet sexual needs.
  

• 12:36 – The grief & the rage: Being ignored hurts more than bad sex.
  

• 21:16 – The travel expo test: Following a man who won’t choose you.
  

• 33:50 – Why the lesson stuck: Expander energy and owning the price of the ride.
  

• 35:10 – Integrity vs. pattern: When you know it’s over but keep saying yes.
  

• 37:53 – Why herpes became grace: The line in the sand that prevented the relapse.
  

• 45:00 – Boundaries with temptation: When your libido tells the truth you won’t.
  

• 49:57 – The new disclosure standard: Status and stamina.
  

• 51:08 – Compassion for the younger self: She did the best she could.
  

• 56:48 – Nature loves courage: The quote that carried the reveal.

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Two powerhouses get radically honest about sister wounds, pedestal dynamics, loyalty, and what it actually takes to build calm, ride-or-die female friendships in your 30s. We go there: betrayal, trolling, comparison, nervous-system collapse, hard truths, better sex, more love, and more money, because the right best friend changes everything.

If you’ve been burned by women, can’t spot red flags until it’s too late, or feel like every friendship turns into emotional labor…this is your blueprint for healing, choosing better, and becoming the friend you want to attract.

We Cover:

• “Platonic dating” is a thing. Intentionally sliding into a woman’s DMs to build friendship is courageous, and necessary as an adult.

• Loyalty > vibes. Your closest friend should never sit in a room where your name is being trashed.

• Pedestals are dangerous. Inferiority/superiority dynamics breed jealousy, entitlement, and eventual betrayal.

• Neediness vs. nurturance. Reciprocity flows; score-keeping clings.

• Functional freeze is real. You can be online and “fine” while shut down inside.

• Keep the wound, lose the driver. You don’t have to erase your “sister wound,” just don’t let it steer the car.

• Apologies without change = gaslighting. Repair needs behavior, not platitudes.

• One quality friend can 10x your life. Shared values (loyalty, standards, ambition) create peace, polarity, and momentum, in love, sex, and business.
  

Timestamps

• 00:00 Heartbreaks with women & the cost of betrayal
• 02:25 Lone-wolf energy & learning to ask for help
• 03:17 DM-ing for friendship: how Amy and Felicity met
• 06:14 Female trolling, public betrayal & nervous-system fallout
• 12:50 Signs you’re in functional freeze (but still “functioning”)
• 14:27 Is it “my shadow” or their behavior? Discernment 101
• 16:32 How to start again when you have zero true girlfriends
• 21:19 Pedestals, comparison, and self-obsession online
• 23:50 Walking on eggshells = trauma bond (not a friendship
• 28:33 Where women go wrong: attachment games & manipulation
• 29:43 Finding your shadow: who triggers you and why
• 37:18 Real shadows inside a healthy friendship (examples)
• 44:18 Hard conversations & standards without drama
• 51:07 Sex, polarity & why the right bestie improves your sex life
• 57:21 Cut off or forgive? Behavior > words
• 01:00:37 Money, momentum & calling each other higher
• 01:02:18 Energetic collaboration & building together

Connect with today’s guests

Amy Rushworth: @thisisamyrushwort

Felicity Morgan: @iamfelicitymorgan

Do you feel like you’re different from everyone else?

Almost as though you’re a square peg trying to fit into a round hole?

Do you look around at other people’s lives, relationships, careers, or choices and think, “That’s just not for me?”

Maybe you've spent years of your life trying to “fit in,” and you know trying to be like everyone else doesn't work for you. Now you’re ready to create true change, but you’re unsure where to start or where in the world you will find the place that you actually belong.

But what if you feel like this is because you actually ARE different?

What if you were never meant to fit into the places that you tried to squeeze yourself into?

What if you’re meant to be the black sheep! And what if being the black sheep is actually the path that will lead you to the sex, love, money, career, community, and freedom you desire?

In today's episode we uncover how connecting to your unique essence is the key to attracting everything you want in life. We cover:

• Why accepting the people who judge or misunderstand you will lead to your liberation

• The difference between people who support your dreams vs. people who project their fears at you

• How focusing on the “one thing” can make everything in your life easier

• How to uncover and pour water onto the seeds of your unique essence

• How your essence is the magnet for the love you desire

• How to get into alignment with what you truly want in life when you lack clarity

• How to relax into your feminine without disowning your masculine energy

• How to integrate both healthy feminine AND healthy masculine traits to create more results and breakthroughs in your life

… and so much more

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