Not Allowed to Die

In this episode Mariska and I take you through how I have been coping with physical (aka somatic) manifestations of anxiety and ways to reason through them.

This episode is being released on election day 2024 and we know we will likely have several days to several weeks of uncertainty ahead of us. In this episode Mariska and I discuss some concrete techniques of dealing with all sorts of uncertainty you may be facing in your life.

In this episode Mariska and I discuss and recommend the incredible documentary Will and Harper on Netflix.

We wish every person who had questions about Trans people would watch this. Warning it will trigger a lot of feelings, many of them sad and distressing, but very much worth a watch.

This one can be much more triggering so make sure you are in a good mind state when/if you watch it.

and

Stutz:

This is just an incredible doc about the power of therapy and relationship when it is done correctly.

and finally for some silly fun we recommend The Spitballers Podcast:

In this episode Mariska and I discuss the challenge of advocating for issues you care about when that will lead to potentially revealing your political bias to clients. How to think about making sure clients still feel safe with you if they do not agree with your political world view. As the episode title makes clear, Mariska and I are concerned about Trump and the impact of MAGA meanness on society. We feel that this is not just a political issue but a mental health issue, but we also feel uneasy about taking such an open stance knowing that it will alienate some people.

In this episode Mariska and I break down some of the hidden benefits of self sabotage and putting ourselves in a position where things may explode.

In this episode Mariska and I break down some thoughts from a conversation I had with two young clinicians during their supervision about how to handle it when a client is sharing their story in explicit detail.

In this episode Mariska and I vent our frustrations about the street harassment and difficulty with accepting no for an answer that many of our female clients have been dealing with lately.

Mariska and I debate whether or not to let clients believe in a flat earth world.

In this episode Mariska and I explore why one of my clients keeps unblocking and reconnecting with the guy who assaulted her.

In this episode Mariska and I explore if I am addicted to fantasy football and when people have an unhealthy connection to objects or even the ways they view themselves.