130: Rerun - Not Everything is About You: The Bean Soup Theory
In this episode, we're tackling the internet phenomenon that's ruining actual discourse: the bean soup theory, aka "what about me-ism."* The viral bean soup recipe that broke the internet—and why peop...
15 Syys 51min
129: Oreo Gate and the Anxious Parent Problem
What starts as our reaction to a lunchbox dispute turns into a conversation about how much of the world you're allowed to rearrange so you never have to be uncomfortable. In conversation, we tackle: T...
8 Syys 38min
128: The Friction is the Point: Stop Trying to Optimize Yourself Out of Life
What if the thing making your life harder isn’t a sign that something is wrong — but proof that you’re actually doing something that matters? We’re talking about our obsession with eliminating frictio...
1 Syys 51min
127: Anxiety, Intuition & the Pressure to Make the Perfect Choice
Are you actually listening to your intuition—or is your anxiety just screaming louder? Amanda and Sam get into the messy reality of telling the difference, especially when trauma, intrusive thoughts, ...
25 Elo 33min
126: Are we allowed to talk about Ariana Grande?
We're not talking about Ariana Grande's body. We're talking about the environment that's renormalizing the single biggest trigger for an eating disorder and what a public figure does or doesn't owe th...
18 Elo 49min
125: The Internet Is Fake. Now What? (AI influencers)
This week we get into AI avatars, fake doctors, and why we're all grieving the internet we used to have.In conversation, we tackle:The New York Times expose on AI "doctors" with fake diplomas on the w...
11 Elo 51min
124: The Red Flag Industrial Complex with Todd Baratz
Therapy speak is taking over everything including dating. This week therapist Todd Baratz joins us to talk about how anxiety got rebranded as discernment — and why knowing every term hasn't made a sin...
4 Elo 47min
123: What If Fixing Your Pain Is Making It Worse? (Amanda's Chronic Pain Story, Pt. 2)
What if everything you're doing to fix your pain is making it worse? In part two of Amanda's chronic pain story, she gets into the years of massages, dry needling, and stretching that were actively br...
28 Heinä 38min
