Teach Me How To Adult

Teach Me How To Adult

Adulting isn't easy, but we got you. Teach Me How To Adult is a smart, unfiltered podcast on everything you never learned growing up, because let’s be honest, no one prepared us for this. Between landing your dream job, crushing your love life, learning to invest, mastering your mindset and figuring out how to be happy along the way, there’s a lot to navigate. Join host Gillian Berner every week for expert interviews and game-changing advice on how we can all live our best lives. There’s more than one way to adult, and it is not always linear. So follow along as we figure it out together.

Episodes

June 25, 2025 15 mins

I’ve been thinking a lot about prioritizing lately, mostly because I’ve been shifting the way I prioritize things in my life the last few months. My priorities desperately needed to change so that work wasn’t always #1, and I wasn’t always chasing an endless to-do list of busywork.

Because “when you prioritize the important over the urgent, you don’t just get more done, you get the right things done. And that’s the difference betwee...

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How do you know when it's time to hire a team, and how do you decide who that first hire should be? Hiring the right people and spotting red flags in the hiring process can make or break your business, so we're throwing it back to this leadership advice from Kelly Roach on fool-proof tips for hiring...

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Ready to rewire your brain and transform your habits? This re-released (now in video form!) episode features neuroscientist Nicole Vignola, the internet's favorite brain optimization expert, sharing evidence-based strategies for breaking bad habits, building positive routines, and leveraging neuroplasticity for lasting change.

Stay tuned for the science behind neuroplasticity and an inspirational look into how your brain's ability t...

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Why do some people have anxious or avoidant attachment styles, while others are totally secure? A lot of it comes down to our formative years in childhood, as early as infancy — but we aren't stuck in those patterns forever. If you're working on cultivating a secure attachment style in your relations...

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Hot take: Burnout isn’t always about doing too much… sometimes, it’s about doing too little of what actually matters. This week, we’re diving into a little-known root cause of burnout that can change how we prevent it and recover from it: a lack of meaning, connection, and energizing.

While the usual advice focuses on rest and reducing your workload, we’re exploring the lesser-known side of burnout — the one that creeps in when your...

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If you're an over-achiever with a strong dose of self-sabotaging tendencies (like perfectionism), your relationship with success is probably complicated. Add in the anxiety that comes with impostor syndrome, and it's a recipe for the never-ending pursuit of more achievement and validation. To help break...

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There’s a missing link in our mental health routines, and it has everything to do with our HRV (heart rate variability) and the emotional alignment of our mind and heart.

In this week’s quickie, we’re diving into the science of heart coherence — a powerful physiological state that can regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and help you reconnect to your emotional intuition. This isn’t just a woo-woo idea… it’s backed by decade...

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What you eat has a huge impact on your mood, energy and hormones. Here to advise on how our nutrition and eating habits affect hormonal imbalances and metabolism, we have Amber Romaniuk.

Amber is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, with 10 years experience helping women create body con...

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Feeling isolated in our over-optimized digital world? You're not alone. There’s a loneliness epidemic, so we’re throwing it back to this solo episode that tackles why modern convenience is sabotaging our social connections, meeting off apps and IRL, and how you can create community.

We cover evidence-based strategies to overcome loneliness, build meaningful friendships, and create lasting social connections that can improve your men...

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Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. 

We're throwing it back to helpful advice on healthy living from supplement queen Siff Haider, who reveals her grounding morning routine for peak mental and physical wellness, the supplements that make her feel at her best, and the building blocks of healthy habits that she swears by.

Siff is the co-f...

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What if we're approaching mental health all wrong? A revolutionary new therapy is debunking popular therapy narratives and changing how we treat anxiety and overthinking.

We’re continuing our Mental Health Awareness Month series with this introduction to Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), a groundbreaking new approach to treating anxiety, overthinking, OCD, depression, panic attacks, and more, without the usual coping strategies and traum...

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The body keeps the score, and after years of cognitive therapy work and intellectualizing, I became totally disconnected from how my body was carrying stress and anxiety. 

So for Mental Health Awareness Month, we're throwing it back to this deep dive with trauma therapist Simone Saunders on the powerful connection between mind and body healing. We cover how unprocessed trauma physically manifests and evidence-based somatic therapy t...

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Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. 

In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're throwing it back to this helpful advice from Whitney Goodman on how to show up for your friends and loved ones when they are struggling with mental health, grief and loss — without the unhelpful platitudes and empty offers. 

Whitney is a psychotherapi...

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One of the most powerful (and underused) tools for emotional healing is creative self-expression. In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're diving into the powerful intersection of creativity, art, relationships, and mindset — and how you can use your unique voice to alchemize pain and struggle.

This episode is for anyone looking to improve their emotional resilience, self-awareness, and connection to others through the heal...

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Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. 

May is mental health awareness week, so we’re diving into mental wellbeing and anxiety, and how to stop it from holding you back. Tune in as we throw it back to Dr. Lauren Cook’s “anxiety hierarchy” framework that helps you measure your level of anxiety when faced with challenges, so we can face our...

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Money stress is everywhere right now — rising interest rates, the cost of living crisis, inflation, layoffs, and a looming recession — we’re all feeling it. But the truth is, even in financially prosperous times, money can be a point of shame, anxiety, guilt, and avoidance for a lot of us. Your money history and money story shape your financial security throughout your life — but you can rewrite that story and heal your money minds...

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Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. 

The majority of our communication is non-verbal... that means our body language is doing all the talking. So we’re throwing it back to some game-changing advice from negotiation expert, Fotini Iconomopoulos, breaking down how you can leverage your body language to influence and negotiate better — at...

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This episode is for anyone who's tired of outdated dating “rules” that don’t reflect who they are and how we actually connect in 2025. I’ve recently dipped my toe back into the dating world, and the amount of toxic “rules” and overly-perscriptive advice floating around online is wild.

So today, I’m sharing my hot takes and unconventional dating perspectives to prioritize authenticity, connection, and your dating goals — without all ...

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Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed. 

In honour of earth day, we're taking a look at the cost of fast fashion, our consumption habits, and how we can become more sustainable consumers.

We're throwing it back to this perspective-shifting advice on overconsumption with Conni Jespersen, as she explains the impact of overconsumption on our c...

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There’s a lot going on in the job market right now, with a looming recession, mass layoffs, and AI changing the way we work. Whether you’re stuck under a micromanaging boss, navigating office drama, dealing with return-to-office mandates, or questioning your entire career path… it’s a lot.

But we gotchu. Back by popular demand, we’re joined by Emily Durham—aka Emily the Recruiter—career coach, content creator, and host of The Straig...

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