The Climb Higher Podcast
The Climb Higher Podcast is a short-form weekly show for people rebuilding themselves after heartbreak, emotional burnout, betrayal, anxiety, and identity collapse. Hosted by relationship coach and speaker Michael Temple, each episode delivers grounded, psychologically informed conversations about attachment, healing, emotional regulation, self-respect, masculinity, relationships, and personal growth — without manipulation tactics, gimmicks, or false promises. This is not a “get your ex back” podcast. This is about rebuilding your life, reclaiming your identity, strengthening your mind, and learning how to move forward with clarity, dignity, and emotional stability. Some episodes will challenge you. Some will steady you. Some may feel uncomfortably honest. But every episode is designed to help you think more clearly, heal more deeply, and stop abandoning yourself in the process of trying to hold onto people who no longer choose you. Short. Direct. Human. Because the higher you climb…the better the view.
Episodes
Episode 19: Stop Waiting for Closure
How long are you willing to put your healing on hold while you wait for someone else to give you closure?
Maybe you're waiting for an explanation. An apology. One final conversation. Something that finally makes what happened make sense.
The problem is, that conversation may never come. Even if it does, it may not give you the peace you thought it would.
In this episode of The Climb ...
What does it actually mean to “let go”?
For many people, letting go feels like forgetting. Like admitting the relationship didn’t matter, excusing what someone did, or somehow erasing an important chapter of your life.
That isn’t letting go.
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Michael Temple explores the difference between holding a memory and being held by it—and why moving forwa...
Have you ever looked at your life and thought, "I'm starting over"?
After heartbreak, loss, or unexpected change, it can feel like everything you've built has disappeared. In this episode, Coach Michael challenges one of the most discouraging beliefs people carry after a major setback and offers a perspective that can replace hopelessness with confidence. Your next chapter may be closer than you think.
Have you ever looked at your life and thought, "I'm starting over"?
After heartbreak, loss, or unexpected change, it can feel like everything you've built has disappeared. In this episode, Coach Michael challenges one of the most discouraging beliefs people carry after a major setback and offers a perspective that can replace hopelessness with confidence. Your next chapter may be closer than you think.
We often tell ourselves we know what's holding us back. What if we're wrong? In this episode, Coach Michael uncovers one of the most overlooked fears that follows heartbreak and explains why recognizing it may be the first real step toward moving forward.
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Life doesn't always go according to plan—but your story isn't over.
Climb Higher is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael ...
Episode 14: The Difference Between Existing and Living
After heartbreak, loss, trauma, or disappointment, many people continue going through the motions of life. They go to work. They pay the bills. They keep showing up. But deep down, they no longer feel fully alive.
They're existing—but they're not really living.
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Coach Michael explores the subtle but powerful differe...
Episode 13: You Are More Than What Happened To You
At some point in every healing journey, the focus has to shift. The question can no longer be, "What happened to me?"The question becomes, "Who am I becoming because of it?"
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Coach Michael explores how painful experiences—breakups, divorce, betrayal, loss, failure, and even life-threatening events—can quietly bec...
Episode 12: The Day You Stop Waiting
There comes a moment in every healing journey when you face a choice: continue waiting for someone else to decide your future—or start living your life again.
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Coach Michael explores one of the most important turning points after heartbreak: the day you stop putting your life on hold. Not because you've stopped caring. Not because y...
Episode 11: The Emotional Addiction Nobody Talks About
Why is it so hard to stop thinking about someone who rarely reaches out? Why do some people find themselves checking their phone, analyzing messages, and hoping for signs long after a relationship has ended?
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Coach Michael explores a powerful psychological phenomenon that keeps many people stuck after a breakup: emotiona...
Episode 10: Why Self-Respect Hurts Before It Heals
Everyone talks about self-respect after a breakup. People tell you to set boundaries, stop accepting breadcrumbs, and choose yourself. But what they don't tell you is that self-respect often feels painful before it feels empowering.
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Coach Michael explores why some of the healthiest decisions you'll ever make can also be som...
Episode 9: The Difference Between Hope and Delusion
After a breakup, many people tell themselves they're holding onto hope. But what if what feels like hope is actually keeping you stuck?
In this episode of The Climb Higher Podcast, Coach Michael explores the critical difference between healthy hope and emotional captivity. You'll learn why some people spend months—or even years—analyzing texts, social med...
Episode 8: The Need to Be Needed
What if one of the biggest obstacles to your growth is something everyone praises you for?
You're the dependable one.
The fixer.
The rescuer.
The person everyone calls when life falls apart.
And on the surface, that sounds admirable.
But what happens when your value becomes tied to how much other people need you?
In this episode of Climb Higher, Michael Temple explores a hidden struggle that...
Episode 7: Why You Keep Replaying the Relationship in Your Head
You tell yourself you're done thinking about it.
And then, somehow, you're right back there again.
Replaying the conversations.
Analyzing the arguments.
Second-guessing your decisions.
Searching for the moment everything went wrong.
If you've ever felt trapped in an endless mental loop after a breakup, you're not alone.
In this episode of Climb Higher, Michael ...
Episode 6: The Identity Collapse Nobody Talks About
Most people think heartbreak is about losing someone else.
But what if one of the hardest parts of a breakup is losing yourself?
After a relationship ends, many people find themselves asking questions they never expected to face:
Who am I now?
What do I want?
What am I building?
What does my future even look like anymore?
In this episode of Climb Higher, Michael Temple exp...
Episode 5: Why Your Ex Can Walk Away So Easily
One of the most painful questions people ask after a breakup is this:
"How can they walk away so easily?"
While you're struggling to sleep, replaying memories, and trying to make sense of what happened, they seem to be smiling, going out with friends, posting on social media, and moving forward as though the relationship never mattered.
It's heartbreaking.
It's confusing.
And...
Episode 4: The Difference Between Missing Someone and Needing Someone
Just because you miss someone doesn't mean they're supposed to be in your life.
That's a difficult truth for many people to accept after a breakup.
One moment you're doing well—sleeping better, thinking more clearly, rebuilding your routines—and then a photo, a memory, or a random reminder hits you out of nowhere. Suddenly, the longing re...
Episode 3: Why No Contact Feels Like Withdrawal
You know the relationship is over.
You know reaching out isn't helping.
You know checking their social media only makes things worse.
So why does it still feel so hard to let go?
In this episode of Climb Higher, Michael Temple explores one of the most misunderstood parts of heartbreak: why no contact can feel less like a choice and more like withdrawal. If you've ever found...
Episode 1: Why Closure Is Overrated
Most people think they're stuck because they don't have answers.
They believe that if they could just have one more conversation...one more explanation...one more honest moment with the person who hurt them, they'd finally be able to move on.
But what if that's not true?
In this first episode of Climb Higher, Michael Temple explores one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding breaku...
Episode 2: The Dangerous Fantasy of Loving Someone Into Change
What if the person you're trying so hard to love already knows exactly how you feel?
One of the most painful beliefs people carry after a breakup is the idea that if their ex could just understand how deeply they were loved, everything would change. The relationship would be saved. The toxic patterns would stop. The distance would disappear.
But what if the...
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