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It might be time to audit your friendships 👀♥️
We spend so much time evaluating our romantic relationships, careers, finances and habits… but when was the last time you really stopped and thought about the people you choose to surround yourself with?
This week, we’re talking friendship. The ones that fill your cup, the ones that quietly drain it, the ones you’ve outgrown, and the ones you probably need to hold onto a little tighter.
We’re unpacking friendship red flags, green flags, reciprocity, jealousy, boundaries, outgrowing people and the uncomfortable reality that sometimes we might be the friend who needs to do better.
Because a friendship audit isn’t about deciding who to cut off. It’s about asking yourself a much bigger question: who deserves access to the person I am today?
Up Past Bedtime with Bella Messina is your go-to for late-night, unfiltered chats... the kind of conversations you’d have with your closest girlfriends. From relationships to motherhood, no topic is off-limits as Bella, a 30-something mum of two, invites you into candid conversations with inspiring women and shares her own raw stories. This podcast is where you’ll feel seen, heard, and completely understood. So get comfortable, because the best conversations happen when you’re up past bedtime.
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From trad wife culture to the Lindsay Clancy trial, this week’s episode is a much bigger conversation about motherhood, unpaid labour, postpartum mental health and what it really means to be the default parent.
As someone who spent more than three years as a stay-at-home mum, once promoted a very traditional lifestyle, and later experienced severe postpartum depression, this is a deeply personal one. I’m unpacking the fantasy we sell around motherhood, the realities we often leave out, and why I think we need to start taking mothers seriously when they say they’re not okay.
Up Past Bedtime with Bella Messina is your go-to for late-night, unfiltered chats... the kind of conversations you’d have with your closest girlfriends. From relationships to motherhood, no topic is off-limits as Bella, a 30-something mum of two, invites you into candid conversations with inspiring women and shares her own raw stories. This podcast is where you’ll feel seen, heard, and completely understood. So get comfortable, because the best conversations happen when you’re up past bedtime.
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?!
Contact us on the UPB Hotline:
helloupb@messinaco.com
UPB Socials:
Instagram: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Tik Tok: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Watch on Youtube: Here
Or Email Us: upbpod@messinaco.com
Bella’s Socials:
Instagram: @bellsmessina
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Welcome to the Petty Olympics... where maturity takes a back seat and absolutely no one is leaving with a gold medal for emotional growth. 😂
In this week's After Dark episode, I'm reading out the pettiest, most unhinged (and honestly, hilarious) anonymous stories you sent in. From savage acts of revenge to wonderfully unnecessary levels of commitment, we're judging absolutely nobody... because let's be honest, we've all had our moments.
Pour yourself a drink, leave your morals at the door, and let's crown the Petty Olympic champions together.
Up Past Bedtime with Bella Messina is your go-to for late-night, unfiltered chats... the kind of conversations you’d have with your closest girlfriends. From relationships to motherhood, no topic is off-limits as Bella, a 30-something mum of two, invites you into candid conversations with inspiring women and shares her own raw stories. This podcast is where you’ll feel seen, heard, and completely understood. So get comfortable, because the best conversations happen when you’re up past bedtime.
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?!
Contact us on the UPB Hotline:
helloupb@messinaco.com
UPB Socials:
Instagram: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Tik Tok: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Watch on Youtube: Here
Or Email Us: upbpod@messinaco.com
Bella’s Socials:
Instagram: @bellsmessina
Tik Tok: @bellsmessina - SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe
July felt like the closing chapter of a lot of really big seasons in my life. In this month's life update, I'm chatting honestly about where I'm at mentally now that the dust has started to settle, what's been feeling surprisingly hard, what's been getting easier, and how I'm navigating this next chapter.
Up Past Bedtime with Bella Messina is your go-to for late-night, unfiltered chats... the kind of conversations you’d have with your closest girlfriends. From relationships to motherhood, no topic is off-limits as Bella, a 30-something mum of two, invites you into candid conversations with inspiring women and shares her own raw stories. This podcast is where you’ll feel seen, heard, and completely understood. So get comfortable, because the best conversations happen when you’re up past bedtime.
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?!
Contact us on the UPB Hotline:
helloupb@messinaco.com
UPB Socials:
Instagram: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Tik Tok: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Watch on Youtube: Here
Or Email Us: upbpod@messinaco.com
Bella’s Socials:
Instagram: @bellsmessina
Tik Tok: @bellsmessina - SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe
The Barbie Dream Home has become a bit of a character on my social media... but today, I wanted to take you behind the scenes of what buying and renovating my first home on my own has actually been like.
In this episode, I'm chatting about taking on my first mortgage as a single Mum, why DIY has become unexpectedly therapeutic, the mental and physical exhaustion of renovating, the pressure of sharing the process online, and all the behind-the-scenes bathroom drama that has seriously tested me over the last few weeks.
This house has become so much more than a renovation project. It's been a lesson in resilience, backing myself, and building a home that truly feels like me. ♥️
Up Past Bedtime with Bella Messina is your go-to for late-night, unfiltered chats... the kind of conversations you’d have with your closest girlfriends. From relationships to motherhood, no topic is off-limits as Bella, a 30-something mum of two, invites you into candid conversations with inspiring women and shares her own raw stories. This podcast is where you’ll feel seen, heard, and completely understood. So get comfortable, because the best conversations happen when you’re up past bedtime.
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?!
Contact us on the UPB Hotline:
helloupb@messinaco.com
UPB Socials:
Instagram: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Tik Tok: @uppastbedtimepodcast
Watch on Youtube: Here
Or Email Us: upbpod@messinaco.com
Bella’s Socials:
Instagram: @bellsmessina
Tik Tok: @bellsmessina
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Up Past Bedtime with Bella Messina is your go-to for late-night, unfiltered chats—the kind of conversations you’d have with your closest girlfriends. From relationships to motherhood, no topic is off-limits as Bella, a 20-something mum of two, invites you into candid conversations with inspiring women and shares her own raw stories. This podcast is where you’ll feel seen, heard, and completely understood. So get comfortable, because the best conversations happen when you’re up past bedtime.
SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe
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