Laura is joined by Amanda St John - a songwriter, Music Mentor, Motivational Coach & TEDx Speaker. She has coached/mentored for over 15 years as well as having a successful music career with 2 albums, UK/Irish & USA tours, worldwide airplay (including BBC Radio 6 and RTE Radio 1), a major synch in an international advert campaign and she even sang for the US President in Washington DC. In this episode, we talk about how she only committed to her music career in her mid 30's after a near death experience in a car accident inspired her to reassess her life and finally follow her dreams. We also talk about the joys of dating, (especially online) in your 30's and how to manifest the life you want. Amanda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acreatedlife_coach/ https://www.instagram.com/amandastjohnmusic_/ Amanda's Podcast - A Created Life: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-created-life-with-amanda-st-john/id1636750883 Love Bites Recommends - Diary of a CEO with Ramit Sethi https://open.spotify.com/episode/66u9QEG5Vt2lSnqDpNRTpU

This episode with Deirdre Maguire is a beautiful, honest, and inspiring one. Deirdre has helped 1000's of people around the world "get happy" as she knows being happy is a skill, and one that we can all hone. At 67, it hasn't always been this way for Deirdre. She has come through some painfully dark times and it is her life's mission to bestow her knowledge, skills, and wisdom to the rest of the world, so we can fast track our happiness. Deirdre opens up about her father's struggle with alcohol, eventual suicide and the wider ramifications this had on her and her family. As always, I ask that you keep an open mind and a loving heart, without judgement. I hope this conversation inspires you and most of all, I hope we keep you company. Laura x Shownotes: AL-ANON: https://al-anonuk.org.uk/ Love Bites Recommends: Diary of a CEO E256: The Miracle Doctor: EVERYONE should start Fasting right now! (NEW SCIENCE) Dr. Mindy Pelz Deirdre's Website: https://www.deirdremaguire.com/ Deirdre's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deirdre.maguire/ Deirdre's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deirdre.maguire2 Love Bites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovebitespodcast_/ Laura's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hungrygirl_belfast/

Thank you, thank you, thank you for tuning into Episode 1, Season 4 of Love Bites. I know this has been long overdue and I genuinely appreciate your patience and all your lovely messages of encouragement- they were the kick up the ass I needed. It's been a crazy few months and I really needed the break. I talk about this on today's podcast, and I'll elaborate further in the weeks/months to come. Today I am joined by my great friend Ciara Daly. What a woman she is! We talk about all the things including overcoming fear and procrastination, and the immense power of plant medicines, that have completely changed Ciara's life. Ciara Daly Website: https://www.ciaradalymakeup.com/ USE CODE LOVEBITES10 for an exclusive 10% discount Bare Palette- Trust me, this is the ONLY eye shadow palette you need: https://www.ciaradalymakeup.com/collections/all/products/bare-palette Award-winning hero brush - https://www.ciaradalymakeup.com/collections/all/products/hero-brush Phoenix Collection - the best eyeshadow brushes - https://www.ciaradalymakeup.com/collections/all LOVE BITES RECOMMENDS Feel the fear and do it anyways by Susan Jeffers - one of my all time fav books https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785042653?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzlauraroo-21&creativeASIN=1785042653&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.1TTUSND59C5KW&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin

On this week’s episode we say goodbye to Fi! A Message from Fi: "Hi Everyone, What a journey this has been, from Mr Handcuff, The Barber, The Photographer, a million life lessons and more! Now to start a new journey! Thank you so much to everyone that has stuck by us from day 1, it’s been epic! Gee ya later! Fi" Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends L'Couture: It Starts with us – Coleen Hoover Laura: Top Gun Maverick Fi: Limitless Netflix

What advice would you give your 21 year old self? Being in your 20s is always an interesting time as you’re still getting to know yourself, yet would we still give the same advice in your 70s to your 30 year old self? On this week’s episode we explore the corporate burn out, the effect is has on our relationships and replying to a listener who is 21 and unsure of her life. Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends Fi: And Just Like That Laura: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh L'Couture: The Watcher

On this week’s episode we have a big announcement to make, but we also talk through: Did you know that more women than ever turn 30 without kids? Are kids expensive? Are we selfish for not wanting to talk about kids with our mum friends? Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends L'Couture: Confessions of a 40 year old fuck up by Alexandra Potter 2.0 Laura: Hush, Netflix and Hocus Pocus 2 Fiona: Dharmer, Netflix

On this week’s episode, we welcome back one of our favourite guests, Jo Farrer Fitness! We’re a generation that grew up with Diet Culture, from Slim Fast, to cabbage soup, we discuss all this ridiculous diets and what actually works. We also talk through the impact low impact exercise has on weight loss if that is what you’re trying to achieve. Too many TikToks and that “CrossFit” culture makes us feel like we have to go hard core every day to get the body we want, but we do some myth busting on this week’s episode to show you that you don’t have to kill yourself to lose weight. Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends Fi: Stranger in our bed on Amazon prime Jo: Huberman Lab – What Alcohol Does to Your Body L'Couture: Ugly Love by Coleen Hoover Follow Jo Farrer on Instagram HERE.

On this week’s episode we discuss Long Distance relationships: Does long distance really work? What can we do to overcome the struggles of long distance? Our own experiences with long distance  Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends Laura: Profilo treatment Fi: I Came By, Netflix L'Couture: Confessions of a 40 year old Fuck Up by Alexandra Potter

On this week’s episode we talk all things the bum hole! Do you know why we feel like we’re doing a reverse poo during a*nal? Have you ever encountered someone who wanted to peg? What does pegging involve? If you’re feeling like you don’t want to peg, is there something else you can do? Is pegging really just pegging the patriarchy? Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! LC Recommends Laura: Teacher’s Pet True Crime Podcast Fi: Feel Better App by Deliciouslly Ella L'Couture: Co-star Astrology App

Today we talk to Maria Rafferty aka The Hormone Health Coach who is a champion of educating women about their own health & bodies. She is a massive advocate of working 1-2-1 with women to help them better understand how their bodies function, empowering them to make better decisions. She is a proficient in Traditional Chinese Medicine & uses an array of formulas to treat the root cause of women's health issues. Check out Maria's website HERE & her instagram HERE. Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Nurture of Health

On this week’s episode the lovely Laura was in bed with a throat infection so Fi bought in some help from a returning guest, the Dubai Match Maker Christiana Maxion. Christiana has returned to give her expert advice for Dubai singles and her thoughts on whether or not the woman can truly be the main breadwinner in the relationship: What is the difference between match making and dating apps? What has Christiana been up to since we last spoke? A listener letter about being the main breadwinner Can men truly be the homemaker and put patriarchy to one side? Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! There's also FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING on orders over $1000 LC Recommends Christiana – Uncoupled, Netflix Fi – Isaac and the egg by Bobby Palmer LC – Evernote app Follow Christiana on Instagram HERE.

This week we welcome back a lady who kicked off our Season 2! Not only do we reference her on pretty much every episode, she has been an integral part of our Love Bites journey and our own personal journeys. It is of course, Relationship Coach NI, Lisa Mcfarland. This week we talk about shame, and the shame that surrounds our own female bodies and how we feel shame around sex. Growing up we were made to feel ashamed of being sexual beings and how we’ve been conditioned to put our sexual pleasure on the back burner. Lisa talks us through her tips on how to overcome this, put shame to one side and start putting our pleasure first. Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends Come as you are - Emily Nagasaki Love your Lady landscape - Lisa Lister Untamed by Glennom Doyle

On this week’s episode we talk about age gap! How old is too old? Vaping or vabbing, we discover a tiktok trend that has us either gagging or just realising it’s common sense! A listener letter about an age gap difference Does age really matter? Does it level out as we get older? What can we do to overcome our fear of an age gap Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends Laura – Mama Mia 1 and Mama Mia 2 Fiona – Untold – The Girlfriend That Didn’t exist, Netflix L'Couture – It Ends With Us by Coleen Hoover

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man cannot be in a relationship with a woman without being nagged about their socks on the floor….it is the law. However why do we nag? Is nagging just part of our DNA? Is it something more than the socks on the floor? How can we feel seen, heard and celebrated by our partners? Do we feel disconnected when we nag too much? Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends: Laura – Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follet Fi – I Just Killed My Dad, Netflix L'Couture – What Writers Read, Pandora Sykes

We really tried to keep it clean and PC this week, but sadly this was not so: Have you ever licked a guy’s bum? What’s your stance on licking bums? A listener letter about anxiety in the work place Our top tips on feeling empowered at work Our advice on starting your own business Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends: Laura: It’s not about the money – Brent Kessel Fi: The Kite Runner by Khaled Houssani LC: Shania Twain Not Just a Girl – Netflix

On this week’s episode we talk about emotional masturbation, what is this you might ask? Go on have a listen: Have you ever been to a goddess circle? Do you panic about where you are in life? A listener dilemma about how to let someone down What is emotional masturbating? Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends: Laura – Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton Fi - https://youtu.be/v2mMElZbHpc LC - https://www.instagram.com/hotvictorians/

On this week’s episode we talk through a lot of advice for marriage, relationships and of course how to turn yourself on: Advice from a marriage of 40 years Some interesting stats about last week’s episode about falling out of love A listener letter about not getting in the zone How to really turn yourself on (it’s not always sexual) Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends: Fi – Scenes from a Marriage (Amazon Prime), French Chic by Sophie Claire Laura – How To Change Your Mind – Netflix LC – State Of Affairs by Esther Perel Show Notes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sex-with-emily/id82456189?i=1000533936592

This week we talk all things relationships! Have you ever fallen out of love with someone? What are the main reasons for falling out of love? A listener letter about loving someone but not being in love What is the difference between love and being in love Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends: Laura – West Cork – Netflix Documentary Fiona – Block Delete Move On by Lalala Let me Explain This LC – One Day by David Nicholls

Fi is BACK, after a small mental health break which we recommend to everyone! On this week’s episode we discuss: Fi’s recent foray into Therapy A listener letter and some food for thought about Tinder Shaming Why are we embarrassed to say we met our partners on Tinder? Why specifically is Tinder seen as the most shameful app above Bumble or Hinge? L’Couture recommends, a cook book, a novel and a self-help book of dreams to get you through to summer whether you’re staying at home or holidaying Sponsors Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! L'Couture Recommends:  Fi: Comfort Mob https://www.amazon.ae/Comfort-MOB-Makes-Sunday-Bestseller/dp/1529369819/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OHAMNWPXRGHD&keywords=comfort+mob&qid=1657630916&sprefix=comfort+mob%2Caps%2C1048&sr=8-1  Laura: Kane and Abel by Jeffery Archer https://www.amazon.ae/Kane-Abel-Jeffrey-Archer/dp/1509808698/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H0SLWXUS9V2Z&keywords=cane+and+able+jeffrey+archer&qid=1657630963&sprefix=cane+and+able+jeffery+arche%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1  L'Couture: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? By Dr Julie Smith https://www.amazon.ae/Why-Nobody-Told-This-Before/dp/0241529719/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dr+julie+why+has+nobody+told+me&qid=1657631005&sprefix=dr+Juli%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-1

On this week's episode we talk to Vista Wife who is the face of swinging in the UK. A self-proclaimed Swinging Ambassador & Educator, Vista Wife rose to fame when she Tik Tok by storm in 2021 to normalize and destigmatize the "lifestyle." She is a wife, mother, and brilliant business woman who is living the life she has always wanted.  We also hear from a reader who is toying with the lifestyle, and advise her how to move forward. Website - https://vistawife.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vista.wife/?hl=en Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@vista.wife?lang=en  Discord Swinging App - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/discord-chat-talk-hangout/id985746746