A continuation from last week’s convo, the girls chat further with Trauma Therapist Alix Sugarman. Do you Netflix and chill foreverrrrrr when you get married? What voice in our head are we dismissing on a daily basis when it comes to dating? Amber gets credit for being a respectful dater, and we discuss (for better or worse) how our choices in relationships correlate with the comfort found in the experiences of our past. We talk about suppressed memories… should we be digging them up? Let’s find out! 

New vocab for this week: Steady Eddy: noun. informal. A guy who is just as vanilla as he is white bread. 

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FIND ALIX ONLINE:

http://www.sugarmantherapy.com/

Instagram: @traumaremedy

…and her podcast is coming soon!

ABOUT ALIX:

Alix Sugarman is a thought leader in the realm of cutting edge trauma treatment. As a licensed and board certified creative arts therapist and master practitioner in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, she specializes in helping trauma survivors overcome images and physical sensations associated with adverse experiences. She has spent over a decade studying and offering experiential approaches to mental health treatment. Her approach is rooted in the belief that we all have a tremendous capacity to heal ourselves through learning and practicing a mind-body approach to healing.  It is her belief that the most profound barriers in our healing are typically the cornerstones through which we discover our own resilience.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Brene Brown’s podcast Unlocking Us: https://brenebrown.com/unlockingus/

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Angie can’t help herself from immediately sharing the life lessons she found on @motivated.mindset while scrolling through the gram in bed on a Saturday morning…  

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Angie helps Amber get out of her ghosting habit and actually pull the rip cord on a short-term relationship. Will she call? Text? Or chicken out? Meanwhile, it seems that Angie’s still (not so secretly) in love with Easter Man… 

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Trauma Therapist Alix Sugarman Zooms in to chat about finding her voice as a therapist and to weigh in on some of the girls’ ‘I’m fine’ moments. They normalize some of the hardships we all struggle with on the reg, and Alix gives the girls tools and insight about how to be good friends and listeners. Alix also provides some tools for checking in with ourselves and our bodies when trauma and painful memories come up. Is it normal to bring up past traumatic experiences all the time, even though they’re not technically still bothering you? Do we as women need to challenge the subconscious programming about how we present ourselves in this world? Tune in to find out!  

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FIND ALIX ONLINE:

http://www.sugarmantherapy.com/

Instagram: @traumaremedy

…and her podcast is coming soon!

ABOUT ALIX:

Alix Sugarman is a thought leader in the realm of cutting edge trauma treatment. As a licensed and board certified creative arts therapist and master practitioner in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, she specializes in helping trauma survivors overcome images and physical sensations associated with adverse experiences. She has spent over a decade studying and offering experiential approaches to mental health treatment. Her approach is rooted in the belief that we all have a tremendous capacity to heal ourselves through learning and practicing a mind-body approach to healing.  It is her belief that the most profound barriers in our healing are typically the cornerstones through which we discover our own resilience.

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Follow along on the gram: @ihaveastorypodcast

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Amber helps Angie take her dating app game coast to coast and tells how she slides into DMs most effectively....and a special shout-out to Idaho for being a hidden gem of a state. 

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In the most random episode ever (sorry not sorry), the girls talk about using their movie marathons as excuses to get out of “marathon dates” and phone calls. Angie tells about jumping on the Vanderpump Rules train and reminisces about her restaurant drama days… and the (oldie but goodie?) show gives her hope for the crazy kind of love. Amber believes in herself and knows that she is setting a higher standard for her dates and guys, but her dreams of being able to pull off a hat are dead. They tell about having to get some thick skin to hang with certain toothless bullies and that well, sometimes you gotta ditch your champagne and get outta there (only if the bottle is under $7 though). The girls also discuss how to handle out of town gentlemen visitors… and is Angie going to make them sleep in the guest room?? 

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The girls continue their conversation from last week, discussing how the quarantine has turned into the new “holiday,” bringing back all the zombies (the guys who were once just ghosting but are now resurrecting from the dead)… but they also reveal their own zombie habits. In more pressing matters, Angie’s been single for like seven years and needs a date... so we recap the dates of 2020 and discuss the annoying popularity (or skillful act) of using social media and still not texting back. The girls debate what’s actually the right way to let a new relationship fizzle out... do we all turn into ghosts??? 

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Amber goes on a date with Pilot following social distancing protocols (but with mimosas too), while the girls try to help her with starting her Bumble convos with the other contenders. Celine shares that she LITERALLY got taken out of the microwave, and she tells the tales of the boys who have ghosted and are now resurrecting from the dead in quarantine - turning into full-blown zombies. 

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The girls chat with their friends Eric and Ryan to get the guys’ perspectives about dating in the ‘big city but small town’ of Nashville… Is chivalry dead in a world with endless options of Insta-famous hotties and non-committal musicians? How can we make convo at Target… or at the gym, when everyone has earbuds in?! Eric and Ryan share the love stories of their parents’ and grandparents’ meeting too (awwwwww right!?!?). You don’t want to miss this one! 

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Follow Eric VanHouten: @ericvanhouten | Spotify | YouTube

Follow Ryan Cooney: @ryanacooney | Spotify (throwback!!)

We didn’t get to talk about Ryan’s secret secondary Instagram account Gormay Gary, but he was mentioned, so #yourewelcome: @gormaygary… follow because Gary’s hilarious.

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Please excuse the Zoom audio quality… quarantine is hard. 

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I HAVE A STORY FOR YOU:

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The girls and their guy friend Casey McKibben swap stories about first dates in helicopters, best first impressions and catfishes, why you should always FaceTime before meeting someone (because you have no idea the eyebrow situation you are walking into), how they feel about traveling with ‘just friends’ of the opposite sex, and why tootsie pops are not good flower substitutes. 

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Check out Casey McKibben (and slide into those DMs): @caseyatthewheel (andddd YES!! Since we recorded this episode, Casey has started a personal IG! GROUNDBREAKING!!). The girls are now screening dates for Casey. Leave a voicemail if interested at (629) 777-6097.

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Please excuse the Zoom audio quality… quarantine is hard. 

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I HAVE A STORY FOR YOU:

Follow along on the gram: @ihaveastorypodcast

Tweet us: @ihaveastorypod

Leave us a voicemail: (629) 777-6097

Check out our Spotify music playlists!

Show Hosts: Angie Griffith, Amber Jackson

Show Producer: Angie Griffith

Content Director: Amber Jackson

For business or collaboration inquiries, please email us at [email protected].