My Sister's A Therapist- Mental Health, Wellness, and Healing with Humor

What is moral injury? Who really invented improv comedy? And when is it OK to go to Target? We welcome the multitalented Lisa Kays to talk about all this and more!

References:

What is Moral Injury? Syracuse University 

Reframing Clinician Distress: Moral Injury Not Burnout: Dean, Dean, and Talbot

Moral Injury: @thelisakays

Moral Injury: Psychology Today

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How is the internet manipulating you? The truth will SHOCK you!

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In which the sisters argue over which of them is the biggest martyr, and what makes them want to climb off the cross. Do you have a martyr complex? Take the quiz below!

References:

What Is a Martyr Complex? Web MD

Why a Martyr Complex Doesn’t Serve You: Cleveland Clinic

Martyr Complex Test: Self-Sacrifice and Victim Patterns: Therapy Den

https://www.therapyden.com/tests/personality-identity/martyr-complex

When You're in a Relationship With a Martyr: Nancy Colier, LCSW

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In which we diagnose Taylor Swift, Darius Rucker, and Nico!

P.S. When Laura says "Bob Dylan," she sometimes means "Jackson Browne."

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Does your job suck, or are you just burnt out?

References:

Dayvee: Tik Tok

Psychology Today: Burnout Quiz  

Symptoms, Treatment, and Tips on How to Deal: Melinda Smith, M.A. and Sheldon Reid

12 Professions Most Prone to Burnout – How It Affects Mental Health, Relationships, and Family Life: Melinda Hart Penten

What Does Burnout Feel Like and How to Recover:

Joe Nemmers, LISW

Ways to bring yourself back from burnout: Martha Beck

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This week features Laura recovering memories about all the times she's been in limerence, battling Billy Bragg impressions, and information on how to get over a lasting crush that you just can't shake!

References:

This kind of obsessive attraction isn’t love- but it has a name 

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine- Gail Honeyman

Saturday Boy-Billy Bragg

Obsession-Animotion

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What makes us depressed and anxious, and why are women more depressed than men? We talk about how to feel happier, when we've been depressed, and there's also a heartfelt recommendation for the Thunder Down Under.

References:

What causes depression? Harvard Health Publishing

Depression in women: Understanding the gender gap: Mayo Clinic

The saddest countries in the world: Countries with the highest rates of depression: Paige Haeffele (2022)

Depression as a disease of modernity: explanations for increasing prevalence: Brandon H Hidaka 

The Age of Anxiety? Birth Cohort Change in Anxiety and Neuroticism, 1952-1993

 Jean M. Twenge Case Western Reserve University

Try identifying ‘Three Good Things’ each evening to boost happiness: Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

Unhinged Depression Cures: Tik Tok

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What is a pick-me, where do they come from, and how can we help them? Laura and Virginia compare shameful notes from their respective pick-me pasts.

References:

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire

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On being the black sheep of the family, how it makes you stronger, and how to recover. Also: Morrissey, family troubles, and making a name for Julie Sprankles!

References:

Black Sheep Origin: Patricia O’Connor and Stewart Kellerman

@wauvetalks

The Psychological Effects Of Being The Black Sheep In A Family: Edward Robinson

The Hidden Cost Of Being A Cycle Breaker: by Julie Sprankles

CYCLE BREAKER: WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW TO BECOME ONE: Laura K. Connell

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It's the black and gold/blue and white dress all over again! Why we can't trust our perception, how our brain does weird stuff to protect us, and what Aldous Huxley wrote about on mescaline. Also: Dueling William S. Burroughs impressions!

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