The holidays are a beautiful and celebratory time of year, but they can also be chaotic, stressful, and heavy. This week, Carlie and Lex explore practices and tips to take care of yourself and protect your peace from exhaustion and burnout, familial stress, grief, loneliness, and overspending.

More love, more life, more birthday blues? Our birthdays are a reminder to celebrate the gift of life we’ve been given. This week as we celebrate Carlie’s birthday on the Couch, Carlie & Lex reflect on the range of emotions, reflections, and even the birthday depression that can set in around our solar rotations. We might even discuss some great ways to celebrate yours! Tune in and celebrate with us.

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An often celebrated and revered personality trait, hyperindependence is actually a trauma response. This week, Carlie and Lex dive into the impact hyperindependence can have on your life and relationships, ways to recognize it in your own life, and steps to help heal through it.

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We all think we are logical and operating from a very informed and intentional place, but all of us are operating under biases that inform our lives, perception, and decision-making. This week, Carlie and Lexi dive into 3 of the most common biases, how to recognize them in your life, and how they might be impacting your life and relationships: confirmation bias, sunk cost fallacy, and the actor-observer bias.

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We’ve all heard of and experienced triggers, but what are glimmers? This week, Carlie & Lex explore glimmers—tiny moments of joy and connection that bring calm and positivity to your day. Introduced through Polyvagal Theory, glimmers help regulate your nervous system, cultivate optimism, and build resilience. Tune in as we share how to notice, savor, and create these micro-moments of light in your life!

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When is what you’re working on “good enough” to share? How do you navigate the frustration of your art not living up to your vision? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we unpack the gap between talent and taste, exploring why it exists, how to embrace imperfection, and why releasing work into the world—even before it feels perfect—is crucial for growth. Tune in to discover how letting go of perfectionism can fuel progress and creativity.

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In this week’s episode of Carlie’s Couch, we break down a simple, actionable 5-step process to help you stop putting things off and start taking action. Tune in to learn why we procrastinate, the impact it has on us, and how these steps can help you feel lighter, more accomplished, and confident in tackling even your toughest tasks.

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This week on Carlie’s Couch, we dive into the powerful and often overlooked practice of truly feeling your emotions instead of overthinking them. If you've ever felt stuck in your head, questioning and analyzing every feeling, this episode offers a fresh, actionable approach. Join us as we break down a 3-step process to help you rewire your emotional habits, let go of the mental spiral, and create more freedom in how you experience life. Whether you're dealing with stress, self-doubt, or just want to understand yourself better, this episode gives you practical tools to start feeling instead of overthinking.

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In this episode of Carlie’s Couch, we explore the subtle ways insecurity shows up in our behaviors, from perfectionism and hypersensitivity to clinging and competition. Carlie and Lex dig explore “sneaky signs” of insecurity along with their personal reflections and tips for recognizing and addressing them. Tune in and get ready to embrace self-awareness, build confidence, and shift toward a growth mindset.

Here’s the article that sparked this episode: https://www.rd.com/list/signs-youre-actually-insecure/

Our society is focused on doing, achieving, goals, hustle, and making it happen, which can lead to stress, overwhelm, and feeling unfulfilled. We never stop to enjoy the moment and can miss out on ourselves. What if there was a way to achieve more and be intentional and present enough to actually enjoy it? Good news is, there is! This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the mindsets of being vs doing and how we can practice a better approach of being while doing in our everyday life.

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