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Eat the Damn Bread

Colet Williams
Eat the Damn Bread
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  • Eat the Damn Bread

    095: The Support System Behind Every Successful Woman

    10/02/2026 | 20 mins.
    It's the week of love…but we're not talking about roses or romance. We're talking about the support system every successful woman needs...a group of women who hold you together.
     
    In this episode, we go beyond Galentine's brunches and matching pajamas to explore something deeper, the architecture of female friendship. The kind that isn't curated for Instagram. The kind that regulates your nervous system. The kind that shows up in heartbreak, grief, ambition, expansion, and those moments when you feel like you might unravel.
     
    This is an ode to the board of directors, the women who witness your becoming and refuse to let you collapse under the weight of your own growth.
     
    Because friendship is not a garnish. It is infrastructure.
     
    In This Episode, We Explore:
    Why female friendship is load bearing, not optional
    The difference between admiration and being truly known
    What safety in friendship actually feels like
    How intentional gathering becomes an art form
    The role of your "board of directors" in heartbreak, grief, and business expansion
    Why relational wealth is just as important as financial wealth
    How to gather differently this Galentine's season
     
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    094: Perfection is Stealing Your Joy

    03/02/2026 | 34 mins.
    This week, we're exploring the quiet ways perfectionism disguises itself as discipline, responsibility, and even maturity, and how "I'll enjoy it when…" might be the very phrase keeping you from fully living.
     
    Through a personal reflection on home, hosting, entrepreneurship, and high-capacity womanhood, Colet is unpacking how waiting for the perfect conditions can quietly delay joy, connection, and momentum.
     
    Press play and you'll walk away with a gentler, more liberating lens on participation, one that allows you to light the candle, pour the wine, host the dinner, start the project, and stop postponing your life for a future version of yourself.
     
    In this episode, we dive into:
     
    • Why "I'll enjoy it when…" is one of the most dangerous narratives we carry
     
    • How perfectionism quietly delays joy, connection, and self-trust
     
    • The hidden cost of waiting for work, money, or life to "settle down"
     
    • What the French understand about daily pleasure and participation
     
    • Practical ways to start living now, even in unfinished seasons
     
    Useful Resources:
    🇫🇷 Join Colet + other ETDB listeners in Provence: https://www.thecuratedretreat.com/provence
     
    🇫🇷 Retreat to Paris: https://www.rendez-vousluxuryretreats.com
     
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    093: Invisible Indulgences: The Private Rituals That Change Everything

    06/01/2026 | 21 mins.
    This week we are exploring the idea of invisible indulgences, the private rituals and quiet choices that shape how safe, nourished, and at ease you feel in your everyday life.
     
    Drawing inspiration from French culture, we unpack why pleasure doesn't need to be earned, justified, or performed, and how the smallest, unseen moments of care can soften your nervous system and fundamentally change how you move through the world.
     
    You'll walk away with a new lens on luxury, one rooted in presence rather than productivity, along with gentle ways to begin integrating pleasure into your life without waiting for permission.
     
    In this episode, we dive into:
    Why the most powerful forms of care are often the ones no one sees
    How private rituals create safety, ease, and self-trust over time
    What the French understand about daily pleasure that many of us overlook
    Simple, everyday indulgences that make life feel richer without adding more effort
     
    Useful Resources:

    🇫🇷 Join Colet + other ETDB listeners in Provence: https://www.thecuratedretreat.com/provence

    🇫🇷 Rtreat to Paris: https://www.rendez-vousluxuryretreats.com

    Let's be friends, oui?!

    💅🏼 Subscribe to The Edit, your link to a well-lived life. Get 'The Edit' and give your inbox an instant makeover with the help of our coveted digital magazine.

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    🥂 Pour Decisions Video Series: French-inspired cocktails and lifestyle tips delivered with a cheeky twist. Catch new episodes on Colet's socials. Follow along.

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    092: Seduction as a Lifestyle, How to Invite Pleasure Into Your Everyday

    02/12/2025 | 26 mins.
    This week, let's talk about seduction,not romance, but the art of inviting yourself back into your own life.
     
    In this episode, I'm sharing how slowing down, noticing beauty, and choosing pleasure on purpose can transform the way you move through the world. 
     
    We'll dive into:
    • What a slow afternoon in Monaco taught me about presence
    • Why pleasure isn't indulgent but a signal of safety
    • How the French fold enjoyment into everyday life without apology
    • Why choosing slowness is an act of rebellion in a productivity-obsessed culture
    • Small ways you can begin seducing your own life, starting today
     
    Because the life you crave isn't created through rushing, it's created through presence, softness, and attention.
     
    Let's step into a more seductive way of living… one breath, one pleasure, one moment at a time.
     
    Mentioned in this Episode:
     
    YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com/@eatthedamnbread
     
    Let's take action on living beautifully!
     
    Retreat with me in Provence Summer 2026: https://www.thecuratedretreat.com/provence
     
    Retreat with me in Paris Fall 2026: https://www.rendez-vousluxuryretreats.com
     
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    091: Why You Should Live an Unreasonable Life

    30/09/2025 | 27 mins.
    This week let's talk about why being reasonable is the worst advice we've ever been given.
    In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the trap of "reasonable living" and sharing why the most magnetic, luxurious lives are built on unreasonable choices.
    We'll dive into:
    Why "reasonable" keeps you safe but small.

    How the French unapologetically live unreasonable lives — and why we're so captivated by it.

    Personal stories about my most unreasonable decisions (and how they transformed my life).

    A gentle invitation for you to step into your own folie douce, sweet madness, this week.

    Because the life you want, it isn't reasonable. And that's exactly why it's worth creating!
     
    Let's take action on your unreasonable life!!

    Join me in Provence, France Summer 2026: https://www.thecuratedretreat.com/provence

    Retreat with me to Paris Fall 2026: https://www.rendez-vousluxuryretreats.com

    Let's be friends, oui?!

    💅🏼 Subscribe to The Edit, your link to a well-lived life. Get 'The Edit' and give your inbox an instant makeover with the help of our coveted digital magazine.

    Hang with us on Instagram
    🥂 Pour Decisions Video Series: French-inspired cocktails and lifestyle tips delivered with a cheeky twist. Catch new episodes on Colet's socials. Follow along.

    Subscribe to the RSS feed (non-iTunes feed) and never miss an episode: https://eatthedamnbread.libsyn.com

    #eatthedamnbread
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About Eat the Damn Bread
The Eat the Damn Bread podcast is your guide to living a life of balanced indulgence! In this weekly podcast Colet, Francophile an caviar connoisseur, shares her thoughts, opinions, and understandings of the tools you need to live and curate life that excites you. Through interviews and solo episodes Colet talks inspiration around creating the French 'joie de vivre' we all are looking to achieve through the topics of nutrition, movement, mindset and environment. Growing up in a small town, with a flair for the extravagant, Colet knows how to make the impossible, possible, and how to make ideas and dreams that may seem out of reach your reality! Join her each week as she encourages you to create a life on your terms and never be afraid to 'eat the damn bread!'
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