Check-In with Stephanie 001

Ace introduces Stephanie Smith, LPC, MA, who shares a professional counselor’s insight into some of your secrets shared on Instagram and some of your favorite recent podcast episodes.   Stepahie shares such good life advice and perspective, you’ll walk away feeling like you just got yourself a free therapy session.

Our very first "Check-In" episode with Stephanie Smith, MA, LPC (www.discreetonlinecounseling.com)

Discreet Online Counseling Facebook Page: (www.facebook.com/stephaniediscreet)

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Secrets + Scandals 002:  Darlie Routier

Ace and Katelyn deliver an unapologetically biased defense of Darlie Routier, who was charged with the murder of her five-year-old son in 1996.  Listen in as they challenge the most popular theories about the case that landed Darlie on death row.

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Secret 021:  Youth Pastor PART TWO

Hurt people hurt people.  Years after a woman’s painful experience with her middle school boyfriend, she learns news that helps to clear up some of the confusion and hurt that followed her for years.

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Secret 021:  Youth Pastor PART ONE

Sexual experimentation in sixth grade leads to a dark and confusing place for a girl and her boyfriend.  Years later, their past continues to be a source of contention as their paths continue to cross and get mixed up in church politics.  Ace and today’s guest share real talk about sex and consent.

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Secret 000:  My Very First Secret

We all have ways to work out stress.  One woman regularly prank phone calls her gullible mother-in-law to let off a little steam.

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Secret 020: I Am A Sugar Baby

Need a new wardrobe?  How about new furniture for the house? Get yourself a sugar daddy!  As an aspiring sugar baby, Ace gets the inside scoop and learns some tricks of the trade from a woman who’s successfully navigated the sugar baby role for years to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Secret 019:  I Am an Avondale Quad

In 1998, a set of quadruplets received national attention when they were subjected to severe abuse at the hands of their mother. One quadruplet talks with Ace about the way growing up in the national publicity affected her upbringing, and the way it has impacted her own experience of pregnancy and motherhood.

AZ Central, Avondale Quads: From birth and abuse to a new beginning: https://youtu.be/2xzNlyVoi-8

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Secret 018: I Am an Ex Web Cam Girl

“Don’t be afraid to be the squirt queen!”  Ace has a light hearted chat with a former web cam girl, who spills all the juicy details about her year-long experience in front of the camera.

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Secret 017:  My Mom Has Munchausen PART TWO

The shocking background shared in PART ONE comes to an emotional peak as Ace and his guest discuss the lasting effects and failed attempts at calling out her mother’s deeply troubling and damaging lies.

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Secret 017:  My Mom Has Munchausen PART ONE

Two sisters grow up with medical dependencies and frequent hospital visits for illnesses they do not have because of their mother’s lies and psychological manipulation.  One of these daughters talks with Ace about the disillusionment and loneliness she experienced growing up as the victim of a mother with Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

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I would love you forever if you would leave a 5 Star Review– anything less, I am too sensitive for. If you hate me or the podcast– please don’t tell me.