Evolve Ventures
Co-hosts, Emilia Smith and Bianca Thomas are taking state-of-the-art research, experience, and data-backed methodologies to evolve the old version of themselves leveraging their obsessions into Evolve Ventures, a podcast designed to accelerate evolution, excellence, and extraordinary. Evolve Ventures is designed to radically equip you for today’s experiences, and tomorrow’s challenges, shifting you into unlimited potential. Topics will dive into the keys of leadership, elite brain performance, the not-so-scary parts of tech, the tools to navigate mental health, strategies for optimal living, relationships, and of course, personal development without the fluff. You can look forward to deeper stories, insights, and tactical takeaways to leverage and apply in your everyday life. Connect with the Evolve Ventures team on Instagram: @EvolveVentures @EvolvewithEmilia @EvolvewithBianca | Like the Evolve Ventures Facebook Page to connect with the global community: https://tinyurl.com/evolveventures
Episodes
475 episodes
#474 | Why Poor Decisions Get ALL The Hype
Why do the hardest decisions receive the least recognition?In this episode, we sit with a pattern many people feel but rarely name. The point where discipline changes how others see you, and growth starts to feel like distance. As stand...
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#473 | The Tools You Need to Stop Emotionally Numbing
In a culture obsessed with optimization, control, and staying positive at all costs, emotional numbness has quietly become a survival strategy. In this episode of Evolve Ventures Tech, we sit inside the tension most people avoid, the moments wh...
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#472 | Avatar Was WAY More Than Blue Monkeys; Why You NEED to Watch Avatar, Fire and Ash
In today’s episode of Evolve Ventures, we use Avatar as a lens to examine why certain films cut through distraction and land at a deeper psychological level. We look beyond spectacle and symbolism to notice how storytelling ca...
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#471 | How the Political Climate Is Affecting Mental Health
Not everything urgent deserves your nervous system. In this episode, we explore how constant exposure to media, politics, and economic narratives quietly shapes the way we think, feel, and relate to one another. We step back from sides and head...
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#470 | A Psychological Analysis of Wicked: For Good
What if being seen as “good” is exactly what keeps us silent, small, or stuck?In today’s episode, we challenge the way goodness, morality, and belonging are taught and rewarded. Using Wicked as a psychological mirror, we examin...
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#469 | What the Growth Journey Actually Feels Like
In this episode of Evolve Ventures, we challenge the fantasy version of growth and talk honestly about what the journey actually feels like. We speak to the frustration, emotional swings, and moments that make people want to quit...
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#468 | The Books That Change How You See Yourself and Your Choices
The quiet habit behind better choices. In today’s episode, we share why reading has been one of the most powerful forces shaping how we see ourselves and make decisions. We talk about how books influence judgment, expand awareness, and pull peo...
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#467 | What the Holidays Reveal About Your Relationship With Money
What if the way you spent money during the holidays revealed more about your nervous system than your budget?In this episode, we break down why the holiday season brings stress, guilt, and pressure even when things look fine on the surf...
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#466 | Instead of New Year's Resolutions, Do THIS
In this episode of Evolve Ventures, we call out the New Year trap that keeps smart, driven people stuck in the same patterns year after year. We unpack why starting fresh is not the same as growing forward and why real change has nothing to do ...
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#465 | How Good Are You REALLY At Making Better Decisions
This might explain why things keep feeling off. In today’s episode, we talk about the hidden reason so many people feel stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with their progress. We break down why making “good” decisions is harder than it looks, ho...
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#464 | The Skills You Need for Unbreakable Focus
What if the real reason you feel stuck is not motivation, talent, or discipline, but your ability to focus?In this episode, we break down why unbreakable focus is the skill separating people who move forward from those who stay stuck. W...
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#463 | Evolve Habits That Will Change Your Life Forever
In today’s episode of Evolve Ventures, we talk about why change feels so hard, even when you want it badly. We speak to the moments of doubt, emotional weight, and quiet frustration that come from feeling stuck in patterns you cannot s...
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#462 | How to Set Up Your Workspace for Safety & Success
Your results are not random. They are being shaped long before you start working. In this episode, we challenge a hidden belief about productivity, safety, and success that quietly controls focus, self-worth, and decision-making. We connect psy...
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#461 | Seeing Potential Is Not Enough, Here's What to Do Instead
What if the reason you feel drained is that you’re loving someone’s potential more than their actions?In today’s episode, we get real about why seeing the best in people can quietly sabotage your life. We talk about how trauma, fear of ...
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#460 | How to Know If You've Ever Really Been Loved
In this episode of Evolve Ventures, we speak directly to the part of you that is searching for real love, real safety, and a real identity beyond the patterns you were raised in. Together, we break down the psychology of self-worth, th...
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#459 | What Your Family System Role Says About You
Your past shaped you, but it no longer gets to steer you. In today’s episode, we open the door to the hidden family roles that influence your mindset, your relationships, your self-worth, and your stress patterns without you even knowing it. We...
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#458 | How to Connect to Your True Self
What if the calm, confident, consistent version of you is still there, just waiting for you to reconnect with it? In this episode, we walk with you through simple tools that build real self-awareness, strengthen your decision-making, and suppor...
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#457 | Polyvagal Theory: The Key to Well-Being
In today’s episode of Evolve Ventures, we break down the real reason so many people feel overwhelmed, shut down, or disconnected, and why it has nothing to do with being weak or unmotivated. Together, we walk you through the simple ner...
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#456 | What You Need to Know About Modern Day Attraction
Where standards rise, and old love stories fall apart. In this episode, we look at the hidden pressures shaping modern dating, including burnout, rising standards, fear, emotional overload, and the need for real emotional intelligence. Together...
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#455 | The Dark Side of Marriage Being Hidden From You: Post Wedding Depression
Why are so many women crashing emotionally after the wedding is over? In today’s episode, we pull back the curtain on the hidden pressures, silent expectations, and comparison traps that push people into stress, anxiety, and post-wedding depres...
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#454 | How Entertainment Can Turn You On (Instead of Dissociating and Numbing Out Your Life)
In this episode of Evolve Ventures, we want to speak to you with honesty and care. Most people don’t realize how much of their life is being quietly taken by mindless entertainment, numbing habits, and digital noise. We break down the ...
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#453 | What it REALLY Feels Like with High Quality Therapy
Growth hurts before it heals. In today’s episode, we break down the hidden expectations that quietly sabotage healing and why real growth rarely feels comfortable. Together, we explore what high-quality therapy actually looks like, the mindset ...
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#452 | What You Need to Know About Trauma-Bonding
What if the person you love is also the one breaking you? In this awakening episode, we shatter the silence around trauma bonds and why so many mistake chaos for chemistry. Together, we expose the hidden patterns that make you stay, the brain w...
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#451 | Healing From the Guilt of Staying in a Toxic Relationship
In today’s episode of Evolve Ventures, we open up about the truth behind toxic relationships, why we stay longer than we should, and how guilt can actually become one of your greatest teachers. Together, we peel back the layers of sham...
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#450 | Is Your Workplace Psychologically Safe?
Drive change through leadership, not title. In this bold episode, we get honest about the illusion of “psychological safety” and why so many teams talk about it but don’t live it. Together, we break down what true safety looks like, how to lead...
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