Up Past Bedtime
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.
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September Life Update ~ Ep 54 (opens the original)
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SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe September feels a little different… because for the first time in what feels like FOREVER, life is actually starting to slow down. This week I’m giving you a big life update ♥️ We’re talking about finally reaching the end of the major Barbie Dream Home renovations, my attempt to stop filling every spare second of my life with a new project, some unexpected separation anxiety with my oldest daughter (and th
My No Explanation Era ~ Ep 53 (opens the original)
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SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe I’ve gotten pretty good at doing what I want… but apparently, I still need everyone to understand WHY I’m doing it 💀 As a reformed people pleaser, I thought learning to say no, set boundaries and make decisions for myself was the hard part. Turns out, there’s another layer: learning to do those things without providing a 14-slide PowerPoint presentation explaining and justifying every decision I make. This
The Friendship Audit ~ Ep 52 (opens the original)
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SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe 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
Trad Wives, Default Parents & The Dark Side of Motherhood ~ Ep 51 (opens the original)
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SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe 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 u
AFTER DARK: The Petty Olympics ~ Ep 5 (opens the original)
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SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/up-past-bedtime-messina/subscribe 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 hon
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