Recovered-ish

Hi friends, this is going to be the final episode of Recovered-ish. Unfortunately, life is pulling me in a lot of directions right now and the podcast is just not getting the reach it needs in order for me to monetize it and pay for the help I need in order to make it sustainable. There are also some other things going on in my life behind the scenes that you can listen to learn if you are curious.

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Suzanne Wayre of "The Sober Mom Life" podcast is here and we discuss all things motherhood and sobriety. Suzanne shares about her challenges with postpartum anxiety and OCD and the pressure to enjoy every moment. We discuss mommy wine culture and how alcohol makes it harder to be a parent. We also discuss our different experiences with motherhood, how Suanne pivoted from a regular mom influencer to a sober mom influencer and the ch...

Trigger warning: birth trauma & suicidal thoughts.

Today my friend and fellow therapist, Natalie Siegel discuss the intersection of motherhood and diet culture. We explore the pressures and expectations placed on pregnant women and new mothers, as well as the impact of social media and wellness culture. We highlight the importance of listening to one's intuition and rejecting external narratives that may not align with individua...

Is social media making us anti social? Jake Ernst, a therapist specializing in working with teens and adolescents, joins me on the podcast today to discuss the impact of social media and disinformation on young people. He highlights the shift from play-based childhoods to phone-based childhoods and the reorientation of norms influenced by internet culture. We also explore the challenges of living two realities: online and offline, ...

Are you trying to improve your relationship with food and body image but confused about all the conflicting information about it online? You aren’t alone. This week, my friend and Registered Dietician, Sam Previte is on the podcast to discuss the challenges of navigating social media and misinformation surrounding intuitive eating. We have a very nuanced conversation about the rise of weight loss medications like Ozempic and the im...

I chat with licensed therapist Amber Bezinger, LPC to chat about anxiety, social media and the internet. We chat about the impact of social media on children, the importance of open conversations with kids, breaking gender stereotypes, and the power of the internet. Amber shares about her own experience as a mom and how that impacts how she views things as well.

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Are you doing or thinking about doing a dry or damp January?! This episode is for you! I talk all about the difference between dry and damp January, how to actually do it and the mindset and approach to Dry January that I recommend. I emphasize the importance of being mindful and curious about one's drinking habits. I share a bit about my own story and some of the pitfalls of treating dry January like a diet. I also discuss how al...

We are GOING there today with a hotly requested topic! Why is everyone a toxic narcissist these days? Are there really that many of them? What's the difference between lying and gaslighting? Are these terms being overused?

Today I have a narcissist expert, Britt Frank, LSCSW on it unpack all of it! Strap in because it is a very nuanced episode! We discuss various aspects of narcissism and gaslighting, the difference between gaslight...

Have you ever struggled with having a different sex drive in a relationship? In this episode sex therapist, Lauren Fogel Mersy, a sex therapist, joins me to chat all about this and her new book on this topic! We discuss what sex therapy is, the pressure of sexual expectations and the stigma surrounding discussions about sex, and the importance of quality over quantity in sexual experiences. We also discuss the impact of sociocultur...

If you struggle with self-sabotage and want to learn how to lean into pleasure and recover from perfectionism, this convo is for you! Katherine Schafler and I discuss, how to stop punishing oneself, the difficulty of feeling joy, pleasure and selfishness, the culture's treatment of women's pleasure, selfishness and attending to oneself, the illusion of balance, guilt and shame, understanding your values, and different kinds of hel...

If you struggle with shame and are trying not to pass it on to your children, this is the episode for you! This week I chat with therapist, Maggie Nick LCSW about her experience as a "good girl" the shame that came with that and how this led her on a quest to reparent herself and teach other parents how to break the cycle with their children. In this episode we share about our own shame experiences, how this led to addictions and o...

Taylor Swift is TIME Magazine's person of the year and I (obviously) have a lot of thoughts! I discuss the lessons I think we can learn from Taylor in her impressive career and how I (and she) thinks she is having a breakthrough moment in being able to realize what is important and not worry about what others think of her. This is a pretty vulnerable podcast for me where I share my recent struggles as someone who has a podcast, a m...

Are you an introvert dealing with overwhelm during the holidays? Well, I am back for part 2 of the holiday survival guide! In this episode I answer all your questions! Specifically, I get into three listener questions: 1. How to deal with people asking you invasive questions during the holidays (especially in her case around being single). 2. How to deal with being introverted when you have a large family and have to go to events t...

Now that we are officially in the holiday season, I figured I would give you all my best holiday tips! In this jam-packed episode, I discuss holiday loneliness (how it is more common that you realize and what to do about), how to decide if you should go to an event or gathering or skip it, how to cope if you do decide to go, ways to change the topic or cope when you are spending time with people you hate, how to set boundaries duri...

Feeling grief over Matthew Perry's death? Me too! Many of you wrote in and asked me about this. So, today I chat all about why we (especially Millennials) love FRIENDS so much (hint, it is kind of one of the last shows that captured 90s nostalgia even well into 2004 when it ended), why we bond with movie, TV, book and other characters, the psychological research and hidden benefits of parasocial relationships, in addition to the dr...

The new Britney Spears memoir is out and I invite back fellow therapist Sam Dalton to breakdown our thoughts. We discuss the intergenerational trauma that we observe as therapists and how it extends a few generations in this case and how that impacts individuals later. We discuss how the media picked Britney apart and often called her stupid or crazy and we discuss her behavior through the lens of trauma, fame, exploitation and sex...

Can't stop listening to 1989 Taylor's Version? Me either! I chat all about the mental health aspects of this new album, specifically the bonus tracks with fellow therapist and Swiftie, Sam Dalton, LCSW. Sam and I discuss our general thoughts about 1989 and why we think it is such a powerful album, our reactions to the song Slut!, and why Say Don't Go is for all of us with anxious attachment. We also use the songs to discuss friends...

You have you ever felt grief over things besides death? I chat with the legendary Nora McInerny this week all about grief and how we can live and cope with it in our lives. Nora shares about her experience with grief, how her husband died of cancer and how that ultimately led to creating a career out of talking about difficult things most of us would rather not. We discuss the trend on TikTok where individuals grieve and cry public...

WTF does processing your emotions actually mean? Today I am breaking it all down. I start by explaining how emotions were formed as part of our evolutionary process, what meta emotions are, how judging your emotions prevents you from processing them and what the new research about emotions tells us. I then walk you through step by step EXACTLY how to process your emotions starting at 13 minutes into the episode. I go over my signat...