This week, Stef is fresh out of empathy and has thoughts. From performative empathy and mental health buzzwords to dating delusion, fuckboy art therapy, and why reality TV continues to butcher therapy… we’re covering it all.

Also: the thought well has no bottom, single girlies are nodding and crying, and yes—she’s framing a “take care” text in gold.

You’ve been warned.

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This week Stef talks about what it actually means to let yourself heal, grow, and change — and the difference between wanting that and actually allowing it.

From a surprisingly calm yoga moment, to a midday meditation that shouldn’t have worked (but did), to taking herself on an artist date that led somewhere unexpected, Stef reflects on rest, resistance, and why maybe everything in life doesn’t have to be so hard.

Also included: a chaotic internal monologue at a coffee shop, Stef getting herself involved in yet another public bit, and proof that sometimes the circus in your mind really is just… circusing.

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This week, Stef talks about friendship, yoga class chaos, feeling unexpectedly supported by community, and why birthdays can bring up way more grief than people realize. From hot yoga circus brain to The Artist’s Way resentment to missing the people who used to make birthdays feel easier, this episode is funny, reflective, and a little all over the place in the best way.

If you’ve ever felt deeply loved and deeply sad at the exact same time, this one’s for you.

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Content note: This episode includes discussion of opioid addiction and mentions specific substances. If you're in recovery, please be mindful while listening.

Stef is back in yoga after a month-long back injury and immediately spirals into several important topics: OCD brain loops, addiction recovery lore, and why addicts love a loophole but absolutely hate a lesson.

This week she’s unpacking what it’s like to live with a brain that refuses to let things go, the strange logic of the addicted mind, and why humor might actually be one of the most powerful coping skills we have.

Plus: a float tank experiment, advocating for therapists in a yoga class, and Stef realizing that sometimes healing just looks like learning to laugh at your own chaos.

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Stef is back with another week of absolutely necessary self-reflection (unfortunately triggered in public). This episode includes a roller-skating reality check, the snowboarding lore that confirms some hobbies should have stayed in childhood, and a deep dive into Love Is Blind that is very much about reality TV and absolutely not Stef projecting her own dating history.

If you’ve ever committed to the bit a little too hard… this one’s for you.

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Stef is back with guest Leslie Howard (yoga teacher, hospice volunteer, and all-around death-positive human) for a conversation about end-of-life awareness that’s somehow calming instead of terrifying.

They talk about Shavasana as more than just the nap at the end of yoga, why death suddenly turns into a logistical panic when we avoid talking about it, what people actually care about near the end of life, and why grief isn’t linear — it’s wavy, messy, and deeply human.

Also: a gentle reminder you might need today — we are nature. And sometimes the whole point is just zooming back into your actual life.

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Stef is back unpacking addiction, reality TV chaos, and the very confident belief that next time… she’ll follow the D.A.R.E. theory we all know and love, and just say "no". From Housewives spirals to early-2000s lore under a very 2026 lens, this one is part cultural commentary, part personal spiral, and fully self-aware as always. If you’ve ever side-eyed your past self, fallen down a Bravo rabbit hole, or needed a reminder to zoom back into your real life — this one’s for you.

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Stef is back and we’re embarrassed. From an unnecessary car tow to (moderately privileged) problems, Stef is back for another week where her self-awareness keeps growing whether she asked for it or not. This episode is about spiraling, trying to be a responsible adult, and learning to laugh with life when control fully slips through your fingers. If you’ve ever made a situation worse just trying to do the “right” thing, welcome.

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Stef had a rough week. So naturally, she tried to practice self-care… and ended up in a massage situation that truly cannot be explained.

This episode covers:

• why resting feels impossible as an adult

• the urgent need for more gold stars and positive reinforcement

• how to be kinder to yourself when you feel like you’re doing everything and still falling behind

If you’re overwhelmed or burnt out, this is your reminder: you’re doing a really f*cking good job.

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This week on My Therapist Said, Stef is officially back from reading deprivation and processing what happens when you remove distractions, sit with your thoughts, and then immediately return to Southern Charm.

Thoughtful, unfiltered, and run very much like a bit — this episode is for the single people, the quietly tired people, and anyone who’s ever wondered if life would be easier with a partner… but still wouldn’t trade their peace.

New episodes every Friday.
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