Amy psychoanalyzes what happens mentally and emotionally when you feel ‘out of control’ and what perfectionism, OCD and anxiety all have in common. Tune in to learn why your environment may be contributing to these types of struggles!

Amy delivers you some life-changing advice about deodorant and victim-hood. She explains why personal accountability is essential to growth and how she navigates an extremely challenging relationship in her life with someone stuck in a victim mindset.

Amy tells you about her recent visit to a city, why parallel parking shouldn’t exist and why she’s had to cut back on her law & order watching. She talks about the obnoxious patterns you silently observe in others, who aren’t asking for help, that require a silent boundary over a verbal one!

Amy shares how she navigates asking for support herself and communicating her needs. She also tells you what needs to happen when giving support to others and how to set boundaries when someone attacks, blames or uses what they’ve done for against you to manipulate you into getting their way.

Amy discusses the biggest struggles people have setting boundaries & discourages you from offering unsolicited boundary advice to others. She gives her Tupperware lady example & provides you context and personal stories about setting boundaries with neighbors, strangers, friends, ending phone conversations and in making plans. Big boundary episode, tune in!

Amy recaps her Easter holiday with family reflecting on the chaotic and confusing forms of communication, the people pleasing, lack of boundaries, appeasing and neglectful behaviors. Tune in because today she’s not just talking about the elephant in the room; she’s naming it, petting it and riding it too!

Amy thinks it’ll be a fun idea to go through her Instagram DMs and respond in a podcast episode! She puts context to a lot of topics such as why over-sharing is a boundary issue and why you need to ask when you’re confused. Other topics covered are parental role reversal, listening to too many experts, clear communication, the questions she hates getting!

Amy gets a line of questioning from her old guy neighbor that ‘could be’ in appropriate. She dishes on the whole ‘spontaneity’ pronunciation saga and explains why demanding others change in order to make you more comfortable reflects your inability to regulate and validate yourself!

Amy has an important conversation with her mother that inspires today’s episode! She shares with you her thoughts on the importance of considering others feelings while not holding yourself responsible for them, thinking beyond yourself and looking at more than what meets the eye.

We all know she loves a Brit and in this episode Amy is fired up about the Royals! She gives her expert mental health perspective on the Royal controversy while discussing various larger topics on hand. Topics such as the harmful effects of invalidating & shaming others emotions, the difference between being solution-minded versus problem-focused, control/obedience, conditional love and the importance of mindfulness especially in relationships.