All humans have emotional baggage, and yet, so many of us are unaware of what we're carrying until we hit a low point, experience a health crisis, or recognise that we're in a painful pattern with our relationships or how we feel about and treat ourselves. Natalie Lue expands her popular blog Baggage Reclaim into podcast form with a weekly show about how to live and love with more self-esteem by unpacking, decluttering and tidying up our excess emotional baggage. It's time to reclaim yourself and experience more love, care trust and respect.
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About the host
Natalie Lue hosts The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, a society show with 326 episodes published.
Ep. 312 You: A Beginner's Guide with Toni Jones of Shelf Help
May 22, 202649m0
Natalie chats with Toni Jones, founder of Shelf Help book club and author of "You: A Beginner's Guide." They explore the shame stories we carry from childhood, why doing self-help in community matters, learning to hear y
Ep. 311 Life's Inevitables: Why Stress, Conflict, Criticism, Disappointment, Rejection, and Loss are Not the Enemy
May 8, 202637m0
Natalie explores life's inevitables — stress, conflict, criticism, disappointment, loss, and rejection — and explains why trying to avoid them is what's really keeping you stuck. She breaks down each one, what it signals
Ep. 310 How to Know If Someone Is Trustworthy (And Why Safe People Don't Demand Trust)
Apr 24, 202622m0
Natalie answers a question that weighs on lots of us: "How do I know if I can trust people?" She breaks down what trust actually means, why ease can feel suspicious when you're used to struggle, the difference between he
Ep. 309: How to Stop Letting the Fear of Disapproval and Conflict Run Your Life
Apr 10, 202633m0
Natalie shares what she's learned from managing her fear of disapproval, criticism, and conflict. Where it comes from, how it plays out, and how to shift your relationship with these inevitable parts of life. She shares
Ep. 308: How to Be Selfish: Reclaiming the Right to Self with Suzy Reading
Mar 27, 202656m0
Natalie talks with psychologist Suzy Reading about her book "How to Be Selfish" and reclaiming the right to self-care and self-advocacy. They explore childhood conditioning, toxic resilience messaging, why resentment sig
Ep. 307: Why Resentment Shows Up and What to Do About It
Feb 27, 202639m0
Natalie explores resentment as a signal from your body that you've crossed your own boundaries. She shares two personal stories - one where resentment led to a necessary conversation, another where it didn't show up at a
Ep. 306 Quiet ADHD in Midlife: When You Don't Fit the Stereotype with Gabrielle Treanor
Feb 13, 20261h 12m0
Natalie talks with coach Gabrielle Treanor about ADHD in midlife, particularly for quieter, introverted women who don't see themselves in stereotypical presentations. They explore late diagnosis, shame, coping mechanisms
Ep. 305: The Beginning of the End: Spotting Your Jump the Shark Moment
Jan 30, 202625mEp. 3050
Natalie explores 'jumping the shark' moments in relationships, those incidents of disrespect or disconnect that signal the beginning of the end. Episode show notes: Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/baggagere
Between the Sessions: It's JUST Christmas/the Holidays. Stay off the Relationship/Drama Crack!
Dec 12, 202510m0
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Between the Sessions: We Can't Keep Trying to Recapture the Beginning
Dec 5, 202512m0
Natalie's revisiting some of the most-read Baggage Reclaim posts from the past 20 years in this new Between the Sessions series. In this minisode, Natalie talks about the issue of wanting to go back to the beginning of a
Between the Sessions: Blessings in Disguise - Be Thankful They Didn't Show Up (and Other Things To Be Thankful For)
Nov 28, 202511m0
Read the original articles and comments #1 Blessings in Disguise: Be Thankful They Didn't Show Up (and Other Things To Be Thankful For) #2 Blessings in Disguise: Be Thankful They Didn't Show Up (and Other Things To Be Th
Between the Sessions: When Someone's Imposing Something on You, They're Overstepping Your Boundaries
Nov 21, 202512m0
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Between the Sessions - Overlappers: When they start a new relationship just before your breakup
Nov 12, 202513m0
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Ep. 304: Truth-Telling and Healing: Rewriting Your Life's Narrative with GG Renee Hill
Nov 8, 20251h 5m0
Natalie chats with writer GG Renee Hill, author of Story Work, about the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape our lives. They discuss the impact of growing up with a mentally ill parent, estrangement, the way we
Between the Sessions: Future Fakers and Future Faking 👀
Oct 29, 202516m0
Read the original article and comments Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/baggagereclaim Support the podcast and leave a tip: https://baggagereclaim.ck.page/products/podcast Break the Cycle of Emotional Unavai
Ep. 303: Tired of Chasing: How to Tell if You're Ambitious or Just Activated
Oct 24, 202545m0
Natalie reflects on being tired of chasing and how it masquerades as ambition, tenacity and persistence. She explores people-pleasing patterns, over-identification with roles, why we believe things must be hard, and how
Between the Sessions: Why Do They Keep Having Sex With Me If They're Not Interested?
Oct 15, 202511m0
Natalie's revisiting some of the most-read Baggage Reclaim posts from the past 20 years in this new Between the Sessions series. Today, she shares another top 5 most-read. Read the original blog post and comments here. S
Ep. 302 Your Attention is Sacred: How Social Media Makes You Shop for Flaws with Amelia Hruby"
Oct 10, 20251h 11m0
Natalie chats with Amelia Hruby about social media and why our attention is sacred. They explore how platforms make our subconscious "shop for flaws and failures," the parallels between social media and toxic relationshi
Between the Sessions: 30 Signs Someone Isn't Interested
Oct 1, 202513m0
Natalie's revisiting some of the most-read Baggage Reclaim posts from the past 20 years in this new Between the Sessions series. Today, she shares the #1 post of all time. Read the original blog post and comments here Br
Ep. 301 Self-Leadership with Ruthie Zerai: How to Stop Living at the Mercy of Others
Sep 26, 20251h 13m0
Natalie chats with coach Ruthie Zerai about self-leadership—taking responsibility for managing yourself rather than deferring that power to others. Episode show notes: https://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/301 Leave a voice n
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