The Miseducation of Love: Rewriting My Story (Makela's Story, Part II) from The Second Time Around

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The Miseducation of Love: Rewriting My Story (Makela's Story, Part II)

35 minutes Posted Jun 4, 2025 at 3:20 pm.

Continuing Makela’s story

Makela’s a girl’s girl—but guess who taught her to love the finer things? Her daddy! Tune in for the laughs, the lessons, and the art of being respectfully ”SNOOTY.”

The world’s first influencers for a young woman are the woman in her family; Listen as I share my relationship with my sister and what her gifts taught me about my own talents.

Many don’t know how to receive love—because their parents never showed them how. Let’s get real about toxic expectations and building bold, healthy boundaries.

Ever feel like wanting marriage makes you look thirsty? Especially as a woman? Makela keeps it real about owning her heart’s desires and finding love The Second Time Around.

Have you ever looked at someone else’s marriage as a guidepost for your own? Listen as we discuss the power of making your own decisions and finding what works for you.

Single parents get a bad rap—but let’s give our folks some grace. Makela gets real about learning her parents weren’t bad, just broken in different ways.

What worked for your parents’ marriage might not work for yours. Makela keeps it real about breaking patterns and building a love that fits your life.

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"Bag lady... you gone miss your bus, dragging all those bags like that."

We told you guys we LOVE music, as song lyrics have a way of simplifying complex relationships and social issues. This lyric from Erykah Badu's Bag Lady is a metaphor for unprocessed emotional baggage we carry in our relationships, often without fully understanding why.

In this episode of The Second Time Around Podcast, we're back to explore the origin stories of our familial relationships and understand how embracing and accepting them can lead to a healthier connection with yourself and your partner.

In this episode, we're exchanging baggage for acceptance. Makela's story is an example of the power of understanding your parents' origin story and the importance of learning what baggage your partner is carrying so that you can lighten their load by understanding the weight of their story.

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