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

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.More stories about stuff we used to put up with- also, who's the best Bond? What happened to Laura's Being John Malkovich nesting dolls? And who steals toilet paper from Wal-Mart?References:

Why Does He Do That? Lundy Bancroft

Psychology Today- 11 Reasons People Stay In Unhealthy Relationships-Roxy Zarrabi Psy. D.

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.Just a real b*tchfest- chatting about Beat Happening, Superman II and Robyn Hitchcock on the way- and why Virginia can never look David J in the eye again.Exes beware! Probably don't listen to this one.Learn from us, young people!

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.On the occasion of our Dad's birthday, we do an all-dad episode!PUT THE WHISKY DOWN!

References:

Pediatric Associates of Franklin: THE IMPORTANCE OF A FATHER IN A CHILD’S LIFE “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents”:Lindsay C. Gibson

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.The sisters discuss dreams, existential, REM, and Robyn Hitchcock.Laura talks big smack about Freudian dream analysis and the time she got yelled at.

References:

Scientific American:The Science Behind Dreaming -Sander Van Der Linden

Sleepwalking: What Is Somnambulism? Eric Suni and Nilong Vyas

Medical News Today: What does it mean when we dream?

Good Therapy: Dream Analysis

Helpful Professor: definition of existentialism

Dream Interpretation: Science or Pseudo-science?

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.We got to chat with LPC and LMFT Wendy Byrd about ketamine, the history of hallucinogenic therapy, and mental health. We do not want to have this much in common with Joe Rogan.

References:Wendy's Website: https://wendybyrd.com/Connected Heart Therapy:

https://connectedhearttherapy.com

The Past, Present, and Future of Using Ketamine To Treat Depression: Raleigh McElvery

Ketamine - A Brief History, its Uses, and Possible Future

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Have you ever felt like an impostor, or an imposter? Well, you're the same as Maya Angelou, it turns out. This episode is the first time the sisters really disagree on something!

References:The Decision Lab: IMPOSTOR SYNDROME

The Oxford Dictionary

Harvard Business Review: Stop Telling WomenThey Have Imposter Syndrome: Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey

Is it time to Embrace your Imposter Syndrome? : Duncan Green

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.Is being in a gifted and talented program helpful for children, or is it just another class separation? Is it really a farm for neurodivergent kids to run free and not annoy normal people? What's it like when one sister is gifted and talented and the other one has hit her head on stuff a lot? What horrible realization does Virginia come to about her X-Men fandom? And what's the deal with ermine fur, anyway? Find out here...

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.A man onstage convinces a woman to crow like a rooster whenever she hears someone say "Barbara Streisand." A young man in ancient Greece chants in the temple of the Oracle to receive visions of the future. Thousands of people sit on one woman's couch and get help with their addictions. It's all hypnosis....OR IS IT? Also, why does Laura think her fear of opossums is at all useful?

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In this episode, the ladies discuss whether the drive to achieve success, fame, money- all the things our society worships- is a sign of mental illness. On the way, we talk about what Jack Black is afraid of, what it's like to audition for reality television, and the things we do to impress our dead parents.

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Why do people lie? Who's the biggest liar on the show? What do Steve Rannazzisi and Brian Williams have in common? Virginia tells stories about comedians, and a real-life Muriel's Wedding.

References:Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Research Reveals the Most Common Reasons People Lie

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