Introducing: Boysober

Love is messy. Join Hope Woodard as she dives into the chaos of relationships, identity, and connection with humor and heart.

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, we have ultimately come up with the boy sober rules.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
No dating apps, no dates, no xes, no situationships, no xoxoxo.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Have you ever wondered what life might be like if
you stopped worrying about being wanted and focused on understanding
what you actually want? That was the question plaguing me
when I posted that TikTok video you just heard. I'm Hopewordard,
a comedian, a creator, and historically a seeker of male validation.

(00:37):
To most people, I'm the girl behind boy Sober, the
movement that exploded in twenty twenty four. You might hear
the term boy sober and think it's about celibacy, but
to me, boys sober is about understanding yourself outside of
sex and relationships. I went boy sober because I realized
my dependence on those things was more than a surface

(00:59):
level problem. It was generational, It was societal. It was
something I had to take drastic measures to break free from.
Boyob has since taken on a life of its own,
and I'm now more interested in continuing to expand its meaning,
to make it customizable for anyone who feels the need

(01:19):
to explore their relationship to relationships, even if you're not
a woman, and even if you don't like men, we're
going to talk to a lot of people. Of course,
there will be conversations about sex and relationships.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
It's a very very normal experience to have times where
a relationship is prioritizing other parts of that relationship that
aren't being naked.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Together will also be navigating different kinds of love, like
familial and platonic love.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
I've spent a lifetime trying to get my mother to
love me, but the price is too high.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
And of course you'll hear about how my own Voiceober
journey is going. How do I do single right?

Speaker 2 (02:03):
I think you need to have a project that's not
about your dating life, right.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
You just read me to film At the end of
the day, Voiceover is whatever you need right now to
heal yourself. So come with me on this journey of
learning and unlearning, finding out how we do things right,
how we do things wrong, how we can change, and
how we can take back the ways we love and

(02:28):
find love. Listen to Voiceover on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
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