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

In a much more empathetic episode, the girls chat about how masculinity hurts American men, and how men can repair it. See? We like men, sometimes!

References:

Hidden Brain: The Lonely American Man

Men Have No Friends And Women Bear The Burden: Melanie Hamlett

The Jackie and Laurie Show

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The gals talk about how a German terrorist organization became synonymous with frequency illusion, Laura diagnoses herself with ADHD while recording, and we discuss the strange religion that is the TikTok algorithm.

REFERENCES:

Stop Caretaking the Borderline Or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get on with Life- by Margalis Fjelstad

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.Laura and Virginia talk about the history of men saying women aren't funny, including Freud, Christopher Hitchens, and Virginia's latest Tiktok troll, Arthur Greebler. On the way, we talk Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Amy Schumer.

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.Virginia wants to know the clinical definition of codependent, and is surprised to find out it's her. Laura takes her through the history of the term, and the meanings it has taken on. Virginia discusses why she's named after a U.S. state. There's lots of family lore in this ep- sorry, family. Hopefully it'll be interesting to non-family members as well!

References: Codependent No More- Melody Beattie

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.The girls would like to let you know that NO fictional characters were harmed in the making of this episode. They do discuss the mental problems that Wolverine, Randle McMurphy, and Sherlock Holmes have. There's a lot of Wolverine talk so this ep is unusually horny. Also, we learn for once and for all, who's more f'cked up- Batman or the Joker?

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.For your Halloween comedown, the sisters talk about the likely psychiatric diagnoses of their favorite fictional characters. Was the Crazy Ex Girlfriend really mentally ill? What's going on with Trading Places' Duke Brothers? Can we diagnose Derek from the Good Place? And most importantly, what the heck is Yoda? Virginia shares her theories and Laura reviews them, based on the DSM-V.

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The girls talk about their own experiences with (cis, hetero) marriage, what they liked about it, what they disliked about it, and some more things they disliked about it. There's a discussion on the history of marriage and the relationship between marriage and women's rights.If you're a man, please don't message us about your hurt feelings. Tell your therapist or your pastor.

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It's a clickbait article headline- Are Comedians Depressed? After seventeen years in the world of standup, Virginia thinks she knows the answer. The girls talk about the unhappy ends of comics like Belushi, Farley, Steven Brody Stevens, the inspirational beacon that is Maria Bamford, and then they crap on the Sherman Community Players in Sherman, Texas.

References:Sure, I'll Join Your Cult- Maria Bamford

SURE THING- Austin Show

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.In this episode, the sisters talk about why we believe in soulmates and ghosts, Plato, watching Love at First Sight and Love Is Blind, the wandering uterus, and the new religion, the Holy Algorithm.

References:Plato's Symposium

Love At First Sight

Love Is Blind

Twin Flames podcast

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We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text.In this episode, the sisters talk about how a fake psychological disorder can plague so many celebrities, like Russell Brand and Charlie Sheen. On the way, they crap on Better Help, flashers, Picture Pages, and My Strange Addiction.

Referenced: "Why Does He Do That?" By Lundy Bancroft

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