What is Life? With Martina
What Is Life? is basically me talking about all the stuff we're supposed to keep quiet about — the messy emotions, the fuck-ups, the "am I the only one feeling this?" moments. I'm Martina. I feel like I've lived 330 lives in my 33 years of life, I've moved like 47 times in 6 different countries, I have a golden retriever named Buchta, and I co-built a multi-million dollar couples bracelets business with my boyfriend while simultaneously wondering if we were gonna break up every other week. Plot twist: I created this podcast to be MINE. My solo thing. My space. Episode 1? Just me, finally. Episode 2? Tomash, my boyfriend, crashes it. Every episode since? He won't freaking leave! The guy who literally said "I don't do podcasts, do it alone“ is now here. Every. Single. Time. And the universe is laughing because I wanted this for YEARS — us, together, talking. But it only happened when I stopped white-knuckling the dream and let that shit go. That's LIFE: giving you exactly what you want the second you stop being a control freak about it. I started this because I couldn't stop asking "what is life?" after my third breakdown, second country, and approximately 86 moments of thinking "there's something fundamentally broken in me." There wasn't. I was just a human being having a human experience, which apparently includes: moving to different country every few years, dating the wrong people for the right reasons, building a business while having daily meltdowns, and learning that nothing you plan actually happens the way you plan it. This podcast is chaos. Sometimes solo. Sometimes Tomash interrupts with his completely different memory of the same event (we literally live in 2 different relationships, I swear). Sometimes our golden retriever Buchta snores so loud you'll think your audio is broken.
We record on balconies in Vietnam. We disagree mid-episode. We forget what we were talking about. I overshare like it's my job (it kind of is now). No Instagram highlight reel. No "5 steps to fix your life." Just two people figuring it out in real-time and saying it out loud. If you've ever felt too much, moved too fast, fucked up too hard, or wondered if everyone else got a manual you didn't — welcome home.
Grab a coffee. Buckle up. It's messy… It’s LIFE.
Episodes
6 episodes
6. Why Relationship Conflict Is Actually Good For You (We Fought While Recording This)
We started recording about why relationship conflict is GOOD... then we literally had a conflict mid-episode. I cried in the bathroom for 35 seconds. We came back. We worked through it on mic. We proved our entire point in real time. The most m...
5. He Was Living His Dream, I Was Falling Apart: The Same 5 Months, Two Different Realities (Part 4)
This is Part 4 of our completely unfiltered love story, our most chaotic & messy episode yet, recorded from our room in Vietnam (it's 42°C outside, we're melting in AC, send help). If you missed the previous parts:P...
4. How We Built a 6-Figure Business in 17 Days While Dating for 3 Weeks | Our Story (Part 3)
Welcome to the episode where we go from "let's find a product to sell" to accidentally creating a multi-million dollar business in 17 days. (Or was it 9? We can't agree. Classic us. 😂) This is Part 3 of our completely unfiltered love sto...
3. We Broke Every Dating Rule: Vacation, Moving In & Starting A Business After 3 Weeks (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of our completely unfiltered love story, recorded from our balcony in Vietnam with our golden retriever Buchta snoring in the background (you'll hear it, we promise).If you missed Part 1: We met in high school in 20...
2. High School Sweethearts Who Weren't Ready: 12 Years Later We Finally Were (Part 1)
Welcome to the episode where my boyfriend Tomash shows up after spending 6 years telling me "podcasting isn't my thing." Surprise! 😂We're sitting on our balcony in Vietnam (with river views, motorbike sounds, and zero editing) tel...
1. 330 Lives in 33 Years: My Wild Ride from "Too Much" to "Fuck It, I'm Enough"
In this intro episode, I (Martina, 33, human design manifestor 3/5, professional overthinker) finally launch the podcast I've been overthinking for 6 years. Spoiler: my boyfriend was supposed to co-host, then he told me "this is clearly YOUR th...