Paula Lieben Lernen

Paula Lambert

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Love stories with the defenses left in.

The gist

Paula Lieben Lernen centers on long, personal conversations about love in its difficult forms: parents, partners, exes, longing, resentment, and repair. Guests bring lived stories, and the recurring voice keeps pressing toward motive, consequence, boundaries, and what a person can still choose next.

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About Paula Lieben Lernen

Paula Lieben Lernen is a German relationship interview show where private history becomes the map for present love. The conversations are close. Guests arrive with a problem that sounds familiar, then the episode follows it into the older room behind it. A regular parent call may become a story about duty, distance, and the right to step away. A perfectionism spiral may reveal burnout, body awareness, and the terror of consequences. The show is not tidy self-help. It is more interested in the moment when someone hears their own pattern out loud. Paula’s recurring presence gives the episodes their shape: warm enough for confession, direct enough to interrupt avoidance, and plain-spoken enough to keep big feelings from becoming vague. Guests are not treated as cases. They are people with contradictions, loyalties, anger, humor, and half-finished conclusions. Recent episodes move through village life, estranged parents, grief, depression, dating rules, fear of abandonment, therapy, sobriety, and the work of naming a need before it turns into self-protection. There are light breaks. There are also hard turns. A throwaway joke about emojis can sit near a serious question about why someone keeps choosing distance. That mix is part of the appeal. The show trusts that love is not only romance, and that family, work, friendship, bodies, and old wounds all enter the room. It is emotionally literate without sounding clinical. It can be blunt without becoming cold. For listeners drawn to relationship stories with consequence, Paula Lieben Lernen offers something slower and more exposed than quick dating commentary. It asks what happened, what it cost, and what a person might do differently without pretending that insight makes everything easy.

Made for: For German-speaking listeners drawn to candid relationship conversations, family-system fallout, dating ambivalence, and emotionally direct interviews. It especially suits people who prefer lived stories over polished advice.

What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its patient pressure: guests are allowed to wander, joke, resist, and revise themselves, while the conversation keeps returning to the emotional pattern underneath. It feels closer to a searching kitchen-table reckoning than a scripted relationship program.

In their own words

Das Leben hält Beziehungen aller Art bereit. Tiefe und wahre, schöne und lustige, aber auch anstrengende und herausfordernde Beziehungen, die einen an die Grenzen bringen. Ist gar nicht so einfach das mit diesem „lieben lernen“… Gemeinsam mit Paula sprechen ihre Gäste über alle möglichen Arten von Beziehungen und finden Wege und Lösungen, wie man mit neuen Situationen umgeht.

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Winking emojis sit beside the relationship patterns you keep repeating, and Paula makes room for both.

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  • candid guest conversations connecting your present-day relationships to what you learned at home
  • space to examine why safety can feel stranger than the people who hurt you
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Episodes

  1. 1

    344 - Vulvapflege für Fortgeschrittene

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  2. 2

    382 - Das große Allein

    ·54m
  3. 3

    380 - Liebe für Runaways

    ·56m
  4. 4

    379 - Oh, Oklahoma!

    ·51m
  5. 5

    378 - Mommy dearest

    ·1h 5m
  6. 6

    378 - Köpfchen, übernehmen Sie!

    ·59m
  7. 7

    377 - Sturm im Kopf

    ·54m
  8. 8

    376 - Single as fuck

    ·1h 8m
  9. 9

    375 - Die Angst vor der Angst

    ·55m
  10. 10

    374 - Loslassen bedeutet nicht, dass man fällt

    ·1h 1m
  11. 11

    373 - Willst du ihn oder willst du, dass er dich will?

    ·1h 9m
  12. 12

    372 - Ein frischer Anfang

    ·23m
  13. 13

    371 - Weihnachten macht ehrlich

    ·30m
  14. 14

    370 - Das Monster im Keller

    ·53m
  15. 15

    369 - Kontrolle und Vorurteil

    ·1h 3m
  16. 16

    368 - Ein Stück vom Glück

    ·59m
  17. 17

    367 - Der Tod und das Mädchen

    ·48m
  18. 18

    366 - Mamagraphie

    ·1h 3m
  19. 19

    365 - Ab ins Nest

    ·1h 13m
  20. 20

    364 - Über den Wolken

    ·1h 5m
  21. 21

    363 - Ein Schlüsselanhänger fürs Herz

    ·54m
  22. 22

    362 - Darf’s ein bisschen weniger sein?

    ·56m
  23. 23

    361 - Die längste Situationship der Welt

    ·52m
  24. 24

    360 - Wie schüchtern kann man dem Leben gegenüber sein?

    ·53m
  25. 25

    359 - Ein bewegendes Wiedersehen

    ·58m
  26. 26

    358 - Deep Talk in der Sauna

    ·1h 3m
  27. 27

    357 - Eine Affäre zum Verlieben

    ·46m
  28. 28

    356 - Das Projekt

    ·1h 4m
  29. 29

    355 - Der bunte Vogel muss endlich fliegen

    ·1h 5m
  30. 30

    354 - Wissen ist nicht Fühlen

    ·1h 1m
  31. 31

    353 - Susan Sideropoulos - Das Wunder der Gleichzeitigkeit

    ·51m
  32. 32

    352 - Schützt die Kinder!

    ·50m
  33. 33

    351 - Herumgekommen, aber wenig gekommen

    ·52m
  34. 34

    350 - Eine Affäre zum vergessen

    ·59m
  35. 35

    349 - Im Dunklen durch die Menopause

    ·46m
  36. 36

    348 - Wenn Freundschaft Plus ein Minus ist

    ·1h
  37. 37

    347 - Let`s talk about sex!

    ·42m
  38. 38

    346 - Liebe ist ein Zirkus

    ·58m
  39. 39

    343 - Are you the one?

    ·55m
  40. 40

    342 - Mutters kalter Schatten

    ·53m
  41. 41

    341 - Gottes Werk & Esthers Beitrag

    ·54m
  42. 42

    340 - Die Vater Wunde

    ·1h 2m
  43. 43

    339 - Rausch und Realität!

    ·1h 4m
  44. 44

    338 - Die Wut muss raus

    ·52m
  45. 45

    337 - Lovebombing Deluxe

    ·54m
  46. 46

    336 - Die mit Senna Gamour

    ·56m
  47. 47

    335 - Eine Liebe wie Bridget Jones

    ·27m
  48. 48

    334 - Das Bambus-Prinzip

    ·57m
  49. 49

    333 - Ein unsichtbares Leben

    ·47m
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    332 - Toxische Fesseln

    ·51m
  51. 51

    331 - Heulsuse

    ·54m
  52. 52

    330 - Trotzdem geblieben

    ·52m
  53. 53

    329 - Schmerzgrenze

    ·46m
  54. 54

    328 - Single in Dauerschleife

    ·49m
  55. 55

    327 - Gefangen im Selbstzweifel

    ·57m
  56. 56

    316 - Immer wieder Sonntags

    ·47m
  57. 57

    326 - Die Scham muss die Seiten wechseln

    ·59m
  58. 58

    325 - Vier Brüste, wieder vereint

    ·47m
  59. 59

    324 - Zu schön um wahr zu sein

    ·47m
  60. 60

    323 - Knappes Entkommen

    ·53m
  61. 61

    322 - Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht!

    ·54m
  62. 62

    321 - Die Spießer-Rebellion

    ·45m
  63. 63

    320 - Episode 1 (Teil 2)

    ·35m
  64. 64

    319 - Episode 1

    ·32m
  65. 65

    318 - Ick-Game

    ·31m
  66. 66

    317 - Die Vergangenheit erwacht

    ·58m
  67. 67

    315 - Unter den Teppich gekehrt

    ·49m
  68. 68

    314 - Schwarzes Schaf

    ·54m
  69. 69

    313 - Nein zum Jein

    ·50m
  70. 70

    312 - Scham und Schweigen

    ·54m
  71. 71

    311 - Wut und Minderwertigkeit

    ·50m
  72. 72

    310 - Booty Call - Beziehung

    ·44m
  73. 73

    309 - Eine Affäre zu viel

    ·44m
  74. 74

    308 - Red Flag Alert

    ·45m
  75. 75

    307 - Was an Fragen übrig blieb (Teil 2)

    ·32m
  76. 76

    306 - Was an Fragen übrig blieb

    ·32m
  77. 77

    305 - Panagiota Petridou und die Liebe

    ·55m
  78. 78

    304 - Endstation Liebe

    ·56m
  79. 79

    303 - Kleine Schritte, große Wirkung

    ·50m
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    302 - Date oder Bewerbungsgespräch?

    ·53m
  81. 81

    301 - 31, Jungfrau, ledig, sucht

    ·49m
  82. 82

    300 - Ein fantastischer Tag zum Schlussmachen

    ·39m
  83. 83

    299 - Der Groot aller Problemhaufen

    ·51m
  84. 84

    298 - Tanz auf Eierschalen

    ·54m
  85. 85

    297 - Von allen begehrt, von keinem geliebt

    ·52m
  86. 86

    296 - Das Tor bleibt zu!

    ·45m
  87. 87

    295 - Trial and Error

    ·52m
  88. 88

    294 - Schicksalsschläge im Schnellkochtopf

    ·53m
  89. 89

    293 - Grenzen aus Sand

    ·49m
  90. 90

    292 - Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert!

    ·40m
  91. 91

    291 - Schluss machen, aber wie?

    ·56m
  92. 92

    290 - Kindische Eltern

    ·46m
  93. 93

    289 - Dating-Burnout

    ·57m
  94. 94

    288 - Bin ich zu viel?

    ·56m
  95. 95

    287 - Im Rausch der Impulse

    ·53m
  96. 96

    345 - Die Schwierigkeit des Hier und Jetzt

    Hidden gem

    Host Paula interviews guest Anne about a nine-year on-off relationship — four breakups in total — with a coworker who has an alcohol problem and, as Anne eventually comes to see, no relationship with himself.

    ·55m·4 clips
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    383 - Immer wieder aufgestanden

    Hidden gem

    Paula interviews Miriam Höller — stuntwoman and Germany's Next Topmodel 2010 contestant — about love, loss, and resilience in the ten years since her partner Hannes died in a helicopter crash.

    ·1h 2m·4 clips
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    381 - Perfektion und Dasein

    Guest Edda joins host Paula on 'Paula Lieben Lernen' to discuss perfectionism, over-responsibility, and a near-third burnout driven by a chronic inability to let others bear consequences.

    ·57m·4 clips
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    385 - Das Dating Paradoxon

    Paula (host) and guest Janne discuss what Janne calls the 'dating paradox': she knows that not approaching or initiating contact with men damages her dating life, yet she continues to do it anyway.

    ·59m·4 clips
  100. 100

    384 - Ich liebe meine Eltern nicht

    Guest Susi joins host Paula on 'Paula Lieben Lernen' to discuss decades of emotional damage from a controlling mother who imposed rigid contact rules—mandatory Tuesday-11am calls—and eventually locked Susi out of the family home at age 16 after Susi revealed her mother's long-running affair.

    ·59m·4 clips