Mind In View

Do you ever wonder whether you should walk away from a situation or stick it out? Do you question whether your "chickening-out" or making a healthy choice for yourself? These decision points can feel stressful, and sometimes its hard to know even our own motivations! In this episode, Thea and Kate discuss intentional decision making in difficult situations (micro and macro), and examine the differences between fear and intentionality in choices around our work/relationships/social obligations.

Do you ever see some old classmate's social media, or find a picture of an ex and realize that you are holding onto negative feelings? Even though it doesn't hurt anyone but you? Thea and Kate explore why we might hold tight to old hurts, and discuss ways to release negativity that's keeping us from being our most joyful selves.

Do you ever see some old classmate's social media, or find a picture of an ex and realize that you are holding onto negative feelings? Even though it doesn't hurt anyone but you? Thea and Kate explore why we might hold tight to old hurts, and discuss ways to release negativity that's keeping us from being our most joyful selves.

No one likes to feel uncertain, unsteady, unmoored. And yet these days it's a pretty universal state of being--plans are being put into question, health and safety concerns are once again top of mind, and we are just really freaking exhausted of living like this. Thea and Kate explore their own frustrations and worries, and discuss ways to center ourselves and live in the moment, informed by personal experiences with OCD treatment and its call for surrender.

You've likely heard some of the media stories lately around a certain ultra-famous pop star's conservatorship woes, but do you know what exactly all that means? Thea and Kate were curious about how these legal arrangements work, especially in the context of mental illness. So they brought in an expert, Dr. Jacob Appel--a bioethicist, psychiatrist, lawyer, and accomplished author, among his myriad titles--to answer their questions.

Being a parent is full of tough moments, hard decisions, and worry about somehow messing up your kid. Can you imagine how much harder it gets when your child is diagnosed with a debilitating anxiety disorder? Annabelle was just 7 years old when she began to experience severe OCD. Her mother, Becky, sits down with Thea and Kate in this episode to tell their family's story of tenacity, bravery, and mental health advocacy.

Whether you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist, reality can pack a tough punch, especially when you're expecting one thing and get another. In this episode, Thea and Kate explore the various lenses (rose-colored and otherwise) through which they see the world, including how they process expectations in their own experiences and relationships. i

Money is one of those things that we all kind of have to have a relationship with in order to live in the world...but we don't really talk about it. And the thing is, cash flow (or lack thereof) and decisions about spending, saving, and earning can really take a toll on our mental health. Thea and Kate explore their own relationships with dollars and cents, and discover that often our issues come free of charge.

Brush and floss? Check. Work out three times a week? Check. Put a quarter in the piggy bank? Check. How often do you sit down and think about your habits? Probably....never. And yet they inform so much of how we experience the world. In this episode, Thea and Kate explore their own habits and examine what kinds of strategies make new ones more likely to stick.

Is there anything more complicated and dynamic than our sense of identity? When confronted with interpretations of ourselves that don't line up, that can be confusing or even traumatizing. In this episode, we pick up where the last one left off, and explore why the Enneagram results made Thea feel seen and Kate feel misunderstood. Then we dive further into what identity means to us, and how we define it for ourselves....personality assessments be damned.