Your Most ~Pressing~ Questions, Answered (bathtub or not)

[@AlaynaJoyOfficial]

✨Go to surfshark.com/alayna for 4 extra months of Surfshark ✨

[@slackerman9758]

How the heck do you measure those criteria? Such an interesting topic. I really look forward to reading it the results. You don’t lack for ambition, nor for the best wishes from your supporters. We really want you to kick fanny.

[@skyjoe55]

As someone who has never seen any of your work... this is a *wild* introduction

[@AlaynaJoyOfficial]

Favourite comment (Welcome here 😌)

[@mailyak442]

How’d you find this 😂

[@hayleycampbell6634]

It’s so refreshing to see the complete contrast between how you feel about getting married this time around than with your last engagement. I’m so happy that you’ve figured out who you are and what makes you the happiest. Wishing you and the fiancée all the best❤ happy wedding! 🎉

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Ummm...she's NOT really getting married.

[@hayleycampbell6634]

@ yes, she’s engaged.

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

@@DrummerGrrrl um, they're literally engaged and have been for a while. At least know what you're talking about if you're going to try correcting someone (incorrectly)

[@MissGoddessOfLight]

​@@ThatGirlShelbyyDo you know if she ever officially announced it? I feel like one day she was wearing a ring and we all just accepted she was engaged lol but I might have missed the memo

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

@ i remember her mentioning it somewhere in a video and I know it has been mentioned in at least one or two Chosen Family episodes

[@cicisbridgers]

PRAYING FOR ANOTHER MOM, TEENAGE BROTHER AND DAD MEET UP THIS YEAR!!!

[@Arrowgrab]

New Year Q&A! Wedding dress! We're-not-supposed-to-see-it-yet new flat! Squee! Regarding cat bit at the end: when a cat wants something and you don't respond to its meow, it will start experimenting with different pitches and tunes until it finds one that's so annoying you just HAVE to comply to make it stop. It's better to give up and serve the feline overlady now, while the meow is still pleasant.

[@randomlittlewaffle]

Mine just starts doing different things until I have to respond because she'll actually start doing something harmful to herself. These animals are unhinged.

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

No yearly bathtub torture?? 😂 The wedding dress is a fair compromise I suppose (just this year though😜jkjk)

[@wisdomvenera8491]

I've been watching you since I was about 13 and I'm 21 now!!! Time flies, I'm glad your videos pop up on my feed :) it's like checking in

[@mluppino]

That thesis is such beautiful culmination of your work on the internet. This channel (and both pods) have helped me so much with self-compassion, which made it a little less painful to start unraveling that sexual shame, which helped me love myself more authentically, which in turn freed me to embrace my sexuality. And I know I'm not alone in saying thank you for taking us this far and I look forward to where we go on this journey (drink). ❤

[@mariebourgot4949]

Bravo for your journey! ^^

[@katiegoodall1215]

As an academic and a long time follower… I hope a bathroom you can fit podcast equipment in, and a bathtub is one of your requirements for the new house when you move.. 👀

[@Gagoum17]

Your conversational style on the podcast is reaally lovely, I appreciate your work a lot. I am also redirecting my efforts towards counselling from a social work framework and all your content is really spot on for me (who discovered you as a fellow late in life lesbian) Thank you for your work!!

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

3:30 - It's like being yourself but sometimes you wear different attire for different occasions, but that doesn't necessarily make you any less yourself in either kind of attire. (Like, in pajamas at home at night vs in winter clothes outdoors going skiing.) Or like doing different things activities but still being no less yourself no matter which one you're doing, like you're still just as much yourself sitting down reading a book as you are when going out riding on horseback maybe even a bucking bronco or going to a restaurant to eat or to a store to shop or something. Lol (It isn't the activity you are or aren't doing and/or it isn't the clothing you're wearing that defines how much yourself you are or aren't being at any given time.😊) 💖 Buut, yeah, social media isn't inherently bad-it's a tool. And people can either use that tool in good or bad ways. But it's how it is or isn't being utilized by people, not the actual tool itself, which is or isn't either good or bad. Whether or not everyone always agrees the same or not about which uses are or aren't good or bad and why/why-not. 😁😁 Lol Or maybe that's just me! IDEKK 🤷🤷‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️ 😂

[@MossyBear]

I didn't expect to get sort of emotional seeing you in a wedding dress, but I am! As a long time viewer, I find myself just extremely happy for you. 😊 It's probably fine to nix the bathtub anyway, you know it's the worst sensation to be clothed in the bath 😂😂

[@madison9964]

I started college in 2022 and haven't made the time to keep up with your content, and what a big update to return to! Congrats on the podcast and the lady and the better mental health. I hope to keep witnessing your growth in 2025, and good luck on your academics!!

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Woohoo so excited for you and wedding being following for years ❤👏👏👏 glad you stayed doing social media and you're 2 podcasts are amazing

[@urdelicatepov]

i saw the thumbnail and thought you decided to stay on the bathtub theme (even though you weren't in an actual bathtub) and you were just wearing a towel 😭

[@Emberscully]

This is how I learned you were engaged lol love your work and the pod!

[@Cobinja]

12:24 May your rest rest in peace 😴

[@MoonAndStars17]

You look stunning as does the cat! also you are such a role model to me and seeing you so successful gives me hope for my future ❤️

[@maddiepaige3044]

Hearing you talk about your thesis gave me chills. I know I’m a stranger but I’m proud of you for getting this far. Also! Have you ever heard of Dr. Ramani?

[@eyeseajujubee]

Simply finding time for climbing is a goal of mine this year as well. Good luck this year with everything! Hopefully you find some moments to rest.

[@Iiserkli]

Love bugs just hanging around so cute

[@jessicavanik6040]

Bath tub, Bath tub

[@ajohnson90642]

Congrats on the engagement!!

[@AvivaRuth]

Your thesis topic sounds fascinating!

[@beasome]

omg just started tearing up when you showed up in the dress 🥹

[@mbv22311]

Omg I didn’t know u were engaged congrats!!!!! ❤❤

[@lenkat.4620]

I'm SO happy for you!!😭💖

[@Melissa_______]

Alayna… is Katy O’Brian going to be on the pod?? 🤞

[@pattimcfarlane8504]

Your guests on Sleeping Around have been stellar ie: DR KRISTIN NEFF!Her work has saved my life many times❤❤❤

[@thea5874]

12:40 Omg… Ashley and Mak are gonna yell at you again hahah

[@danilepley]

I missed a chapter. Didn't know you were engaged lmao. Happy for you! ❤

[@tribaltalker1608]

My initial takeaway was that you were planning to get married while wearing a bathtub. I'm easily confused before my morning cup of tea.

[@Iiserkli]

OMGGG YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL IN THE WEDDING DRESS

[@swiftie4856]

I really wish I was a sleeping around person just because of how excited you are about it. I literally turned 16 yesterday so like idk it feels out of my like realm of things with my age but I am taking ap psychology next year so I’m thinking about starting to listen to

[@itsnotniccage]

Alright Alayna fans! We’ve gotta remind her to rest in September!

[@mommyissuesmusic]

To me combining the "worlds" makes total sense. That actually ☝ (IYKYK) seems to be your mission.

[@redman0357]

Love your dress and your channel love from australia

[@celinel9750]

I don't miss the bath tube, I was feeling inconfortable for you loll Wishing you a wonderfull 2025 filed with health, joy, love and kindness. 😘😘

[@matthijsclaessen8152]

Just to be clear: you in all your content would totally sell me on your capacity as a counselor! (But I might not be representing all your potential customers as a neurodivergent Dutch guy.)

[@shanaluluuu]

Yes! Thoughtfulness, empathy, and honesty are consistent throughout Alayna’s oeuvre, no matter how lighthearted the vibe of the episode du jour.

[@kyrasaturn]

i’ve been rewatching chosen family out of order so i got a little confused lol, did alayna reapply for the thesis program or is she doing it another way? just wondering

[@mailyak442]

HOW DID I MISS SOMETHING THIS HUGE IM SO GLAD YOU’RE GETTING MARRIED AHHH WHEN AND WHERE DID WE FIND THIS OUT?!

[@mailyak442]

Why do there keep being timestamps in the captions 😭

[@canadiansoul9401]

I miss Dallas =(

[@sydney5228]

this year i graduate undergrad in psychology and hopefully start a PhD program!!

[@Do.Your.Best.345]

Alayna 🔥

[@CH-fo4fj]

WHY does this come round so quick

[@flickering-ghostlight]

help i completely missed the engagement news ;_; where was it announced

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

Here on her channel AGES ago

[@flickering-ghostlight]

@@ThatGirlShelbyy i am a fool and looked for twenty minues for he video itself to no avail :P

[@Kateee2005]

​@flickering-ghostlight I think it might be on the chosen family channel, alaynas big news or sm?

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

@ I'm almost positive that she mentioned it during a video on her main channel! Ages ago though

[@Iiserkli]

Holy shit was not expecting that

[@deborahsnyder9398]

Will we see a video of your wedding?

[@petewithacat]

i love your cat

[@mommyissuesmusic]

Unacceptable! 😂

[@veroniquedion3446]

Omg omg omg!!! Alayna in a wedding dress, I repeat, Alayna in a wedding dress!!!!!

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Jeez. Calm down.

[@veroniquedion3446]

@DrummerGrrrl Don't worry, I'm calm, I'm just happy and I put an emphase to it for comedic effect... But you, are you ok? Seeing how you take someone's comment to heart like that?

[@iwk315]

I haven't been following you lately. I'm so sorry. Congratulations with the wedding

[@pwhite2579]

"Ellie in space' is also a climber! (she broke her femur even)

[@benjulesrun9057]

I do giggle every time you say practicum

[@shanaluluuu]

Latin’s hella dirty. 🤣

[@p0etrygh0st]

Hey Alayna - just to warn you that some of your timings have got into your subs when you imported them!

[@snehapradhan5591]

❤❤

[@palexanderrice]

im still so confused

[@DarkRulerHaDes666]

My goal for 2025 is to buy a tablet and get back into art.

[@zoedoyle96]

I SAY YES'

[@scubagoldfish45]

I SAY YES

[@ilanieb2423]

You sound a little sick and it breaks my heart plss resssstttttt

[@thatkid6084]

Im sorry, youre getting married!? Where have i been

[@Cobinja]

Not in a bath tub? From which part of the multiverse is this video???

[@stellae.1745]

Your voice sounds different - does anyone else hear it? Somehow higher than it usually is, maybe it was in the editing?

[@yosoysoya7944]

I think it's a cold :D

[@chrisoneill325]

No bathtub, no watch!! Unsub! Just kidding, I'm here for it either way.

[@Katt-w3]

I have question. Signs i know i wasn't straight. Sign number 1 i start having crushs on tv soap characters on both men and women. Sign number 2 i start having crushes on men and women singers Men singer call peter andre who sings mysterious girl and girl singer call Jessie J . Sign number 3 i start kissing photo of girl on my high school musical balloons name is Vanessa Hudgens who plays gabriella montez in hsm And Sacha parkinson who Sian powers in coronation Street Sign number 4 i start having fancying Lesbian call Rachel in my old work place for special needs. Sign number 5 i got crush on celebrity like Peter Andre and Zac Efron And corbin bleu and Jessie j and Vansssa Hudgens and Heather peace who plays Eve unwin eastedners Sign number 6 i can't stop thinking about it Sign number 7 i can't stop looking girls in shops Sign number 8 This is very very big i keep on watching lesbians kissing on KZbin from eastenders and corontion street and normal lesbians kissing. Please can you help me please Does this class as bisexual yes or no

[@palexanderrice]

I personally dont believe that youre capable of slowing down and thats ok. Some people just live like that

[@almagriss]

I got lost, who is she marrying? 🙉

[@yosoysoya7944]

not Mak or Ashley :D, a partner that is a private person and therefore not on the internet

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

Day # 1029462 of asking for a HousePlant tour!!!🪴🫶🏻✨🪴 A new home is the absolute perfect time for it too😜