Empaths Anonymous

As you know (or may not know – in that case, go listen to the previous episode!) from the recent announcement, Danie and Crystina are enjoying some much needed rest. While they take a short break from the podcast, enjoy this replay of one of our best episodes where we chat all things female friendship with Danielle Bayard Jackson!

Danielle is a women’s relational health educator who speaks nationally about the science of women’s platonic connections. She is the director of the Women’s Relational Health Institute and is also the author of Fighting for Our Friendships : The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women’s Relationships.

Danielle shares her insight weekly on The Friend Forward Podcast, has several viral videos on social media, and has written for Insider and Harvard Business Review.

You can learn more about Danielle and her work by visiting www.betterfemalefriendships.com.

In this friend love episode, we dive into:

• Building relational resilience
• Why conflict in friendship doesn't = a bad friend or friendship
• Friendship goals + platonic intimacy
• How to ADORE your gal pals!
• How having fulfilling friendships directly ties to your happiness and physical health

00:00 Intro + Welcome to the special Galentine's Friendship episode!

01:42 What's In Your Cup!?

07:29 Introducing Danielle Bayard Jackson

11:22 What's in Danielle's Cup?

14:05 Female friendships - it's not just girl drama!

16:47 Friendship dissolution

17:58 Addressing and healing the friendship wound

23:10 Healing in community

28:55 Nurturing friendships using the ADORE method

32:38 Big girlfriend groups - how many people REALLY have them and are they realistic?

39:17 Why intention matters in friendships

43:51 Adopting the mindset of being a connector

47:23 Friendship for BIPOC women

56:11 How Danielle is honoring herself this Black History Month

59:33 Empaths closing thoughts and reflections

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In this week's EA meeting, Danie and Crystina reflect on the challenges of balancing personal well-being with their passion for community and building the podcast. We discuss burnout, mental health struggles, and the importance of setting boundaries while remaining true to their mission. Sadly, Empaths Anonymoys will be going on a hiatus to preserve our mental health and return refreshed. As empaths, the need for self-care is even greater, especially for maintaining community and personal wellness.

In the meantime, follow us on TikTok where we will be sharing fun and vulnerable videos or commentary on pop culture and YouTube where we will be releasing Empaths React videos. 

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:32 What's in Your Cup?

01:09 Mental Health Check-In

03:19 Crystina's Struggle with OCD

05:44 Why we're taking a break for our friendship

08:01 Balancing Personal and Community Needs

15:41 Real-Time Growth and Healing

20:01 Conclusion and Farewell

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Get in, Feelers – We're going to the Cosmic Zone! In this week's EA meeting join us for a juicy astrology chat with Madi Murphy, an intuitive astrologer and founder of CosmicRx. We dive into:

• Madi's journey coming home to herself and building a spiritual business on her terms
• How to embody ANY of the 12 archetypes, not just your sun sign!
•  Tapping into the first key, Why Not Me!? (represented by Aries) and why many creatives and entrepreneurs struggle with this energy
• Looking in the mirror to have love for all the zodiac signs: what it means when a certain astrological sign may rub you the wrong way!
• Witnessing Pluto in Aquarius and the crumbling of oppressive systems: how to take part in the Cosmic Revolution
• Friendship astrology and how to use your 11th house to call in your soul family

Connect with Madi:

• Buy In The Cosmic Zone
• Follow Madi on Instagram
• Tune in to CosmicRx Radio
• Work with Madi or book her for a reading!

A message from a podcast we love:

Prioritize your wellness with Wednesday Wellness Debrief! Host Brittany Biggett-Heeren delivers educational, nurturing conversations each Wednesday designed to support you in optimizing your fitness and navigating every aspect of maternal health. We delve into critical discussions on accessible healthcare, fostering strong mental health, and understanding how politics shapes our well-being. Listen here today: https://open.spotify.com/show/1fH0C2uq3cE5oEEoQz42y8

Episode outline:

00:00 Intro + What's In Your Cup!?

00:21 Meet the Hosts and Special Guest

06:22 Introducing Madi Murphy and Her Book

10:55 Madi Murphy's Journey to CosmicRx

15:05 Using Astrology as a Tool for Personal Growth

37:22 Social Change and Cosmic Rebellion

43:04 Astrology's Role in Personal and Social Transformation

50:17 Friendship Compatibility in Astrology

56:52 Understanding your Chiron to Tap Into Your Healer Energy

01:02:14 Calling In Aligned Community With Your 11th House

01:05:38 How to Find Madi

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This week we are recapping The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3, episodes one and two with our new friends, Demon Trash!

Demon Trash consists of two cousins whose only talents include doomscrolling and obsessing over fictional men. They can be found yapping on the Demon Trash Podcast about their current bad habits and hyperfixations, or reacting to movies and TV shows on their main channel where they are currently watching The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3. It's Carol and Avery AKA Papa Trash and Baby Demon.

We explore so many mental health themes, including:

-Belly’s people pleasing tendencies

-The constant co-dependency among Belly and Jeremiah

-Lack of accountability (from EVERYONE!)

-How no one is properly grieving Susannah

-Childhood traumas affecting each character in their young adulthood

-Conrad finally choosing therapy

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Let us know if you think Jeremiah is going to come unraveled this season! And are we all collectively rooting for Conrad’s mental health journey?! We look forward to watching the rest of this season with you guys!

Share your hot takes with us in a review or comment (if you're listening on Spotify)!

00:00:00 Intro & What’s In Your Cup?!

00:05:55 Introducing Carol (Papa Trash) and Avery (Baby Demon) from Demon Trash & What’s In Their Cup

00:10:40 We are all having a nostalgic summer + Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah

00:15:05 Conrad is in therapy but is he being honest?!

00:21:30 Relating to the characters of The Summer I Turned Pretty

00:30:35 Jeremiah is a CHEATER and doesn’t understand conflict resolution

00:40:00 Processing heartbreak with Carol AKA Papa Trash

00:49:56 My beloved Steven was in a CAR CRASH + the toxicity has to stop… Taylor you can be vulnerable 

00:54:29 The godforsaken Jellyfish proposal… SPARE ME

01:07:00 Where you can find Demon Trash on socials and saying goodbye!

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Happy Wednesday, Feelers! We have a special guest to continue our Tits Out Summer Series – Ashley Chatman!

Ashley Chatman is the founder of Fit Body by Ashley, a wellness brand that helps women feel strong, confident, and energized through fun, dance-based workouts. With a background in dance and a passion for helping women enjoy movement, Ashley is redefining what it means to get fit—making it approachable, joyful, and sustainable. She’s helped hundreds of women lose weight, stay consistent, and fall in love with fitness again—all from the comfort of their homes.

In this week’s EA meeting, we chat about:

-The birth of FitBodyByAshley

-Releasing stored trauma through dance

-Dance as a modality to move through grief

-Cultivating parasocial relationships through dance videos

-Supporting BIPOC communities through dance fitness

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Youtube

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TikTok

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro & What's In Your Cup, Sister??

00:04:51 Happy Girl Club & Creating Community in Temecula

00:13:09 El Chingon & The Love Island USA Watch Party Viral TikTok Moment

00:17:25 Introducing Ashley Chatman, Founder of FitBodyByAshley

00:20:43 How Ashley Created FitBodyByAshley

00:25:00 Cultivating an Online Community Through Dance Fitness

00:30:11 Dance as a Celebration of BIPOC Cultures

00:42:43 Experiencing Grief as an Empath and Dancing Through Emotions

00:51:27 Everyone Can Dance! How To Dance When You're Intimidated

00:56:23 Where to Find FitBodyByAshley Online and Saying Goodbye

Crystina’s Coconut Cooler:

1/2 can (4oz) of Sparkling Coconut Water with Yuzu (Trader Joe’s)

Splash of coconut water (we love C20 brand)

Splash of Pineapple Juice

Lime Zest

Lime to Garnish

*You can add any kind of alcohol if you prefer this as a cocktail!

We’ll see you next week for a BONUS episode!

What are we listening to these days?:

We're excited to share a trailer for The Grad School Femtoring Podcast, hosted by Dr. Yvette Martinez-Vu. This award-winning show supports first-gen BIPOC students and professionals in navigating grad school, careers, and productivity in sustainable, values-aligned ways. Give it a listen and grab Yvette’s free Sustainable Productivity Playbook plus curated podcast playlist here: https://creative-trailblazer-5062.kit.com/29b17bb6a4

Nosey AF: conversations about art, activism, and social change.
Hosted by artist and filmmaker Stephanie Graham, this podcast features stories, laughs, and creative practices from filmmakers, artists, and activists. If you’re into hearing how artists create, navigate the world, and find joy in art and culture—you’ll feel right at home here.

Listen on Apple Podcasts

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In this week's EA meeting we are diving into the world of dating and relationships with the internet's favorite "give it to me straight" dating expert – Sabrina Zohar!

Sabrina Zohar is a dynamic entrepreneur and dating coach renowned for her transformative podcast, The Sabrina Zohar Show. With a clear, no-nonsense approach to relationship advice, each episode features practical tips backed by board-certified and licensed psychologists, aimed at helping listeners improve their dating lives by fostering self-worth and personal growth.

In this modern dating convo we chat about:

💞 Emotional regulation for empaths

💞 Recognizing your patterns in dating

💞 Attracting healthy partners without dropping your standards

💞 Love Island USA: examining attachment styles and toxic patterns in pop culture

Find Sabrina: 

• Website
• Instagram
• The Sabrina Zohar Show

Check out Drafted Events and maybe we'll see you in the single's section! 😉 https://draftedevents.com/
https://www.instagram.com/draftedevents/?hl=en

We hope you enjoyed a short message from a fellow Latina podcast we love! Check out Grad School Femtoring: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grad-school-femtoring-inclusive-grad-school-stories/id1483841274

Show outline:

00:00 Sick nasty? Crystina is stuck in 2003

00:10 Welcome to Empaths Anonymous

00:55 What's In Your Cup!?

02:08 Cultural Commentary on Relationships

05:40 Deep Dive into Mormon Wives

09:09 Drafted Events Shoutout and Experience

11:35 Introducing Guest Sabrina Zohar

12:20 Empath or Cop Out!?

34:23 Grieving Old Versions of Yourself and Setting Boundaries

39:36 Embracing Compassion and Self-Acceptance in Dating

43:49 Identifying Patterns in Relationships

51:45 Getting Sabrina's Love Island Hot Takes

01:03:36 Thanks for Listening!

We're excited to share a trailer for The Grad School Femtoring Podcast, hosted by Dr. Yvette Martinez-Vu. This award-winning show supports first-gen BIPOC students and professionals in navigating grad school, careers, and productivity in sustainable, values-aligned ways. Give it a listen and grab Yvette’s free Sustainable Productivity Playbook plus curated podcast playlist here: https://creative-trailblazer-5062.kit.com/29b17bb6a4

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Hey, Feelers! 

WE’VE MADE IT TO 50 EPISODES! We are so beyond grateful for our community of like-minded feelers and are inspired to continue because of you.

In this week’s EA meeting, we are chatting all things inner teen, what having a tits out summer is all about, Y2K and Early 2000s Nostalgia and Resurgences, and of course all things pop culture all through the lens of being a highly sensitive or empathic person.

We hope you enjoy this episode and please share with us if you answered any of the prompts for yourself below:

• What did your inner teenager need but didn’t get? How can you support your inner teen now?
• What choices were made for you by others that went against what you wanted to do? In what ways are you showing up for yourself today?
• What are 3 life lessons you learned later in life that you wished your inner teen knew?

Shout out to anyone who plays an instrument, especially if you're COULOU.

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Hey feelers! In this weeks bonus episode we are bringing you another Empaths React! We want to address all the chatter online surrounding the Islanders this season – mostly Huda and all the hate she is receiving. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A FULL STEP BACK AND TOUCH SOME GRASS! We break down:

💞the fallout from the latest recoupling
💞Huda's crash out
💞What happens when an anxiously attached and avoidantly attached person get together (we're looking at you Huda and Jeremiah 👀)
💞and the complexities of online perceptions and parasocial relationships

00:00 Intro

00:21 Love Island Season 7 Episode 13: We need to reel it WAY back

01:31 Mental Health and Reality TV

03:50 Austin, Ace, and Charlie: The Complexity of Pre-conceived judgements

12:25 Huda and Jeremiah: A Deep Dive into Attachment Styles

15:08 Huda's Emotional Struggles and Potential Trauma Responses

23:17 Communication: These Islanders Need to Be SO For Real

28:22 The Impact of Public Opinion

30:26 Final Thoughts and Our Petition to Bring Charlie Back!!

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Hi feelers! This week we are honored to have a chat with our new friend, Katherine Bahena-Benitez. We chat about: 

🌈 Katherine's creative journey

🌈 How she uses empathy to support her work as a creative

🌈 Honoring her immigrant parents and indigenous roots

🌈 And how she has embraced queerness in the Latiné community

Stay in touch with Katherine to also learn more about their upcoming short film, La Tierra de Sueños – a short film about migration. There will be a fundraiser event in Los Angeles, CA this July. It’ll be an event to help raise funds, & to share space for healing & art.

Get tickets to see JOTA

Resources mentioned in intro:

• If you or your loved one need immediate help reach out to:
  The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights hotline
  • To report a raid call 1-844-363-1423
• United We Dream
• If you’d like to donate visit National Immigrant Justice Center

00:00 Intro
01:46 Addressing the ICE Raids
03:41 Resources for Immigrant Support
06:22 Katherine's Background and Artistic Journey
20:13 The Importance of Empathy and Self-Care
29:33 If You Don't Listen The Universe Will Get Your Attention
30:14 Embracing Queerness in the Latiné Community
31:40 Coming Out and Family Acceptance
34:54 Navigating Shame and Self-Acceptance
39:13 Reclaiming Identity Through Art
42:51 Upcoming Projects and Support
45:38 Indigenous Roots and Queerness
49:48 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans

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Hi Feelers – in this week's bonus episode we welcome you to Empaths React! This is where we will be recapping all our pop culture obsessions with you. This will be the first of many and we are planning on recapping Love Island all summer! We're giving you a little tease this week, but head over to our YouTube and subscribe for more content like this.

This week we dive into the FIRST WEEK of Love Island USA season 7. We go over all the cast mates with our first impressions, astrology, and some hot takes for some of the juicy drama that went down in the first four episodes of the season. Grab a snack and have a chat with us! 🍿🏝️

What are your current Love Island USA hot takes!? 🔥 Share them in the comments or slide into our DMs on Instagram or TikTok.

00:00 Welcome to Empaths React and What's In Your Cup!?
01:14 Chelley
03:04 Olandria
04:39 Huda
10:06 Bell-A (or Belledasha as the internet has so lovingly named her)
16:46 Cierra
20:00 Ace
21:40 Jeremiah
26:44 Nic
29:35 Taylor
33:41 Austin
36:31 Charlie
38:37 Are Jeremiah and Huda endgame!?
39:36 Unpacking the kissing challenge
40:35 Is Ace plotting to get between Huda and Jeremiah?
44:55 Should Chelley and Cierra get together?
45:59 Debriefing the State Your Case game and double standards
53:13 Huda GET YOUR LIFE, the mom convo, and Jeremiah's reaction
01:01:04 Our current forerunners
01:05:09 Wrapping up and stay tuned for more Empaths React!

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