relieve.regret

11/05/2025

Season 7 is well underway!

Just a reminder that you can pick and choose the episodes you would like to listen to. This pod is designed for you to jump right in on the topics that seem the most interesting to you.

09/30/2025

Hey there!

We're Shadoe Ball and Victoria Muir-Burcea, the co-hosts of the Let's Relieve Regret podcast. 🤗

Our new season starts soon, so it's a great time to re-introduce ourselves!

We met in 2020 and quickly became good friends. It turned out we had a lot of shared experiences.
We had both lived in Peterborough in the aughts.
We had both worked for the public service.
We had both left the public service due to mental health struggles.

Most importantly, we are both a little obsessed about human behavior and techniques for self-improvement. 🤓

One day, we were discussing how much easier it is to forgive others than to forgive ourselves. Sometimes, it feels like we replay the same moments in our heads over and over again.
Wishing we had done it differently.
Wishing we knew what we know now.

💥 It was at that moment that we realized how much we needed to start this podcast. 💥

On the Let's Relieve Regret podcast, we share our regrets and help each other feel better about them.

Our blend of humour, curious questions and deep reflection keep listeners coming back for more.

04/06/2025

03/05/2025

This is our most popular episode!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2082739/15449287

11/22/2024

This episode of the Let's Relieve Regret podcast gets deep quickly.

Grab a warm beverage, a blanket and maybe some tissues too!

Topics covered in this episode:

- aging is a privilege
- sunlight, sunsets and sunrises
- orchids needing a specific environment to thrive
- law of relativity
- deathbed promises
- hyper-independence and isolating yourself
- birth order and the pressures of being the eldest daughter

11/19/2024

Sometimes, we "go along to get along".

We stay quiet about our own needs and wants; because it just seems easier in the moment.

Perhaps we don't want to hurt someone's feelings, or, we don't want to be seen as needy, whiny, or spoiled.

So, we convince ourselves we're fine.

Desperately hoping that, maybe, we will get to talk about it in the future.

Shockingly, this time never comes.

Your issue just gets punted. Over and over.

Until one day, there is an explosion of emotion.

This often leads to confusion - and accusations that "this is coming out of nowhere!".

If this sounds familiar, you must listen to this episode of Let's Relieve Regret.

11/06/2024

Fitting in was so difficult.

Until I started drinking. Then it felt a lot easier!

Until I had to quit.

Now I realize that drinking to fit in was merely a mirage.

Tune into the latest episode of the Let's Relieve Regret podcast to hear more about this realization!

11/04/2024

When your inner critic is being extra loud - tell it to take a break.

11/04/2024

Updating the Season 5 Directory before Season 6 starts!

11/04/2024

Season 5 Directory updated!

06/21/2024