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
Evolve Ventures
#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, the emotional healing needed for healthy relationships, and the trauma-driven habits that quietly shape how you give and receive love. We share grounded insights, data-backed growth tools, and the mindset shifts that help you rebuild your sense of self from a place of truth, not survival. This is the work that changes the way you love and the way you live.
Press play and step into the version of you that chooses growth over conditioning every single time.
Learn more about:
Books For Babes – GoFundMe donation link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/books-for-babes-annual-fundraiser-2025
Digital Assets:
1. The Care Star (Capacity Assessment Tool)
2. Types of Love (Greek Love Framework)
Referenced Episode:
#459 | What Your Family System Role Says About You - https://apple.co/4qma0n1
Here are the related episodes, each one builds on today’s conversation:
#398 | A Powerful Way to Never Be Manipulated Again - https://apple.co/3Zb7RiR
#408 | The Paradox of Self-Love - https://apple.co/4mqcVZ6
Evolve Together Experiences:
🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - “Beating Anxiety: Take Back Control of Your Mind” - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration
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Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page)
Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794
Emilia’s IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/
Bianca’s IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/
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https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect?month=2025-07
Show notes:
(3:31) Bianca’s holiday reflection and emotional truth
(7:46) Why families often lack the capacity to love
(10:10) The brain’s instinct to villainize what feels different
(15:01) The conditions that define real Vs. False love
(17:20) Capacity, regulation, and the science of love
(20:03) A clear definition of true love
(24:38) Community Win: Books for Babes.
(27:16) Seeing someone for who they are, not who you need
(31:58) Repetition compulsion in families
(35:44) Why love is scarce: The supply-and-demand problem
(39:06) You can only love to your capacity
(44:17) The small, sustained actions that reveal true love
(49:52) Outro
