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OKAY-ISH episodes
- Navigating Perfectionism
This week Maryellen talks all about perfectionism:
- What is perfectionism?
- Black and white, extremist thinking
- Personal stories: college, first jobs, soccer
- Fixed mindset and growth mindset
- Connecting self worth to performance
Be sure to check out Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture by Caroline Dooner.
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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19 min - Supporting Someone with Anxiety
This week Maryellen chats all about supporting someone with anxiety:
- Difference between the emotional brain and logical brain
- Letting them know they don’t need their anxiety
- Letting them know their anxiety is not what makes them who they are
- Anxiety is based on the past and future, not the present
- Hard for people struggling with anxiety to focus on the present and be mindful – try to bring them down to the present
- Not our job to know when someone is anxious – but we can take some hints
- Don’t engage with the anxious thoughts, wait until it calms down
- Anxiety never shows up to the party alone – what else are they struggling with?
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
19 min - Love, Lust, Sex...and Mommy Issues?
This week Maryellen chats codependency, love, lust, sex, and mommy issues...
- Why are men are congratulated when they hook up with a lot of people, but women are shamed?
- Why is lust so exciting?
- The socio-biological view of sex
- Passionate vs. companionate love
- Attachment styles: come from our mothers and show up in our romantic relationships
- Why do people cheat?
- Codependent relationships
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
24 min - The Pros and Cons of Diagnosing
This week Maryellen breaks down the pros and cons of diagnosing in the mental health community. She discusses:
- How diagnosing works
- The DSM
- Reasons why mental health clinicians diagnose
- Adjustment disorders
- Overlapping symptoms
- Self-diagnosing
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
22 min - Dating, Narcissists, and D*cks with Stacy Perry
This week Maryellen and dating coach Stacy Perry discuss:
- What a dating coach is
- Listener questions from last week’s episode on narcissism
- Why we date people who are narcissistic
- Confidence in dating
- Ghosting
- Dating apps and advice
- How to not be a d*ck to yourself
To keep up with Stacy, follow her on Facebook and Instagram @stacyperrycoaching and visit stacyperrycoaching.com
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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40 min - My First Date with a Narcissist
This week Maryellen breaks down narcissism:
- What it really means
- Differences between being narcissistic and having narcissistic personality disorder
- A popular example of narcissistic personality disorder in pop culture
- Manipulation and gaslighting (and her frustration with the culture of calling people narcissists and gaslighters)
- Importance of setting boundaries, keeping yourself safe, and reaching out for help if you feel someone is abusing you
Plus, tune in next week when Maryellen is joined by a dating coach to dive into this topic even more.
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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23 min - No More Crying in Target
Let’s talk about stress, baby! This week Maryellen:
- Defines stress
- Explains the evolutionary stress response
- Highlights the information stress gives us
- Explains what stress does to the body
- Discusses the 3 phases of stress: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion (crying in Target)
- Emphasizes the power of believing you will get through it
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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18 min - The Pros & Cons of Social Comparison
This week Maryellen chats:
- Social comparison and social comparison theory
- Social media and highlight reels
- Benefits of comparison
- Cons of comparison
- Setting boundaries
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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23 min - True or False: Psychology Edition
This week Maryellen fact-checks 10 common assumptions...
- 1: People only use 10% of their brain
- 2: Inkblot tests reveal a lot about people’s personalities
- 3: People with schizophrenia have multiple personalities
- 4: Hypnosis can be used to retrieve suppressed memories
- 5: Some people are right brained, some are left brained
- 6: Opposites attract
- 7: Eye witness testimonies work
- 8: Mentally ill people are dangerous
- 9: Mentally ill people never recover
- 10: It’s bad to talk about suicide if you’re worried a person is suicidal
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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22 min - F*ck Hustle Culture
This week Maryellen chats:
- Hustle culture
- Associating your value with your productivity
- Toxic positivity
- New segment: Unspirational! Where she changes up famous “inspirational” quotes...
If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!
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About OKAY-ISH
From the publisher's feed
Sometimes, we're not thriving and girl-bossing our way through life... we are just trying to make it through the day as best as we can. OKAY-ISH is all about getting honest when it comes…
to mental health, therapy, and the shit show we call life. Host and mental health counselor Maryellen Dance is on a mission, not to help you be perfect, but to get you feeling okay-ish. You're in for honest, raw, and emotional insights from a licensed specialist, as she covers topics ranging from co-dependancy and narcissism, to anxiety, sex, media, and more. Plus, she gets real about being a therapist, dating as a therapist, and "turning the therapist off" when it's time to unwind. Join us every Monday! You're not going to want to miss it... those cancellation fees are no joke.