Stef is back on this Friday episode to riff on the worldly impacts of mental health provider burnout, emotional exhaustion, and the strange pressure to keep functioning inside systems that clearly aren’t working. Somewhere between unpacking Bravo relationship dynamics, grieving roadkill on the side of the road, and passionately defending the importance of a structured hoodie, this episode turns into a conversation about what happens when someone narrates their actual inner world in real time. In true Stef fashion, this episode is just as chaotic as it is meaningful — and again, she’ll be done eventually.

Also featured: Bubsie makes an appearance as “the cutest dog in the whole world.”

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We are back baby!!

This week Stef talks about losing her mom, transitions, vulnerability, and the strange pressure humans put on themselves to constantly have answers for everything. What starts as a conversation about grieving slowly unfolds into a deeper reflection on therapy, dating, creativity, healing, and the quiet emotional currents that sit underneath everyday life.

Inspired in part by comedian, Alyssa Limperis talking about grief and collective loss, Stef explores the idea that maybe everyone is grieving something — and maybe part of being human is learning how to wonder a little longer before rushing toward certainty.

Also discussed: Bubs’ ongoing listening-ear allegations.

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Stef sits down with "party coach" Evan Cudworth for a conversation about connection, addiction, loneliness, identity, and what it means to actually have fun again. What starts as a conversation about partying turns into a deeper discussion around isolation vs. solitude, nostalgia, social anxiety, conscious partying, and learning how to reconnect with yourself and others in a world that feels increasingly draining.

Stef and Evan talk about loving every version of yourself, making peace with ghosts from past chapters, the way addiction can “move around,” and the importance of radical responsibility without shame. Together, they explore the overlap between therapy and coaching, the fear of uncertainty, and how curiosity, wonder, and human connection might be the things pulling us back to life again.

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Life is feeling a little... horror-movie-coded this week.

Stef talks about closing her private practice, burnout, risk tolerance, grief, embarrassment, and the strange identity crisis that happens when the thing you worked so hard to build suddenly ends. What starts as a conversation about therapist pay and insurance companies turns into a much bigger conversation about uncertainty, ambition, emotional labor, and the pressure to keep reinventing yourself when your nervous system is begging for stability.

Stef also spirals about hoodies, horror books with evil vibes, why therapists are always called “crazy” online, and the weird in-between space of addiction and recovery that we struggle to talk about honestly. A chaotic, vulnerable, funny, existential little Wednesday episode.

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Hi! Content warning: this episode includes discussion of stalking and nonconsensual sharing of intimate content. If you’re experiencing something similar, please seek legal support if it feels safe to do so. Take what you need and skip ahead if it’s not for you today.

What starts as a conversation about dating turns into one of the most honest episodes Stef has recorded yet. Stef talks about creating from low places, grief, fear, healing, men’s mental health, and the complicated reality of loving men while also being deeply hurt by them. Stef also opens up about a past experience with stalking, the lasting impact it had on dating and safety, and what it means to use humor, storytelling, and honesty to take power back.

This week, Stef is mixing it up a bit... we are breaking from the f***boys (sorry mom) and dedicating this episode to the good men. The men who listen. The men who show up. The men who help you move furniture, make eye contact when you’re hurting, and hold space without trying to fix everything.

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Some episodes feel more like a conversation than a podcast, and this is one of those. Stef gets honest about mental health, shame spirals, addiction, and the strange experience of trying to find balance while still being very human.

This episode dives into the consequences of avoidance, the pressure to “have it together,” and what it feels like to navigate addiction in the gray area instead of through black-and-white thinking — all while processing yoga meltdowns, tattoos, nervous-system crashes, and ghosting someone you actually cared about. Ouch Bubs!

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This week Stef is talking pent-up vibes, poor communication, and the very real urge to absolutely lose your mind instead of just… sending the text.

From a wild dressage documentary that somehow turns into attempted murder (yes, really), to the subtle art of dodging accountability in addiction conversations, to Stef crying on a hike because she had to tell a man she wasn’t into him—this episode is a little chaotic, a little self-aware, and very honest.

We get into why we don’t say what we mean, how avoidance follows you way longer than the hard conversation, and what it looks like to actually choose differently in real time.

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Hi! Content warning: this episode includes discussion of teenage drug use, specific substances, and overdose. Take what you need and skip ahead if it’s not for you today.

Stef dives in this week talking about what happens when you step outside your comfort zone… and immediately want to go back to your old routine. From switching up yoga classes to having a full-blown circus mindset at 5 a.m., this is what it actually feels like to try to change your life in real time.

Then it gets deeper. Stef shares a story she’s never told before and the uncomfortable question she had to ask herself about her past. Not the version that sounds better—but the honest one. The kind of honesty that shifts how you see yourself and, honestly, makes you feel free. This one’s about discomfort, patterns, and what happens when you stop avoiding the truth.

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Welcome back to the circus 🎪

This week we’re talking relationships, mental health, and the very real experience of falling in love with a man you met for 7 minutes…twice. Stef gets into how her brain works in dating (hi OCD, hi grief), why she tends to glamorize the unavailable, and what actually sits underneath all of that when you strip the jokes away.

We also have a full Kaiser pharmacy moment (you already know), a rant about Apple packaging because obviously, and a quick check-in on Bubs’ academic performance because…he’s going through something.

It’s a little unhinged, a little emotional, and very much just Stef figuring it out in real time.

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This week, Stef spirals (lovingly) through a few things that aren’t sitting right—starting with turning 34 and realizing people have a lot to say about it.

From why being young isn’t something to be sought after, to the very real habit of placing unfair expectations on people (and then wondering why it hurts), this episode is equal parts chaotic, honest, and self-aware. Also: Bubs is acting like he pays bills.

It all lands on one thing: knowing better doesn’t always mean you do better… and being honest about that anyway.

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