The Viall Files
The Viall Files

Ask Nick - I Ruined My Perfect Life

December 15, 2025

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This call-in advice podcast features host Nick Viall dispensing pragmatic relationship counsel to everyday callers navigating modern dating chaos, blending empathy with tough-love realism in a conversational therapy session style.
  • The Format: Casual chat with live callers seeking dating guidance.
  • The Key Players:
    • Nick Viall: Charismatic host and former Bachelor star turned podcaster, drawing from personal anecdotes like his path to marriage with Natalie to offer no-nonsense insights.
    • Callers: Abby (36, serial monogamist experimenting with multi-dating), Amber (35, high-powered exec amid messy separation), Kristen (31, ruminating over a flaky connection).

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What you'll learn

  • 1 **(03:38) Abby's Dating Shift: From Serial Monogamy to Multi-Dating**
  • 2 **(08:23) Intentionality in Modern Dating**
  • 3 **(19:21) Probing the Two Prospects**
  • 4 **(29:38) Self-Reflection and Action Steps**
  • 5 **(40:16) Amber's Marriage Crisis: Affair and Separation**
  • 6 **(44:01) Husband's Accountability and Patterns**
  • 7 **(57:07) Infidelity Context and New Guy Risks**

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Show Notes

Our first caller wants to know how to date two people at once. Our second thinks she may have blown up her picture-perfect life. And our third needs help getting over a guy she's crushing on… who might be gay.

"Have the guts to tell the people you're dating what you want."

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