After Jamie discusses how transformative therapy has been for her OCD in one of our latest episodes, Rachel realizes she's living with paralyzing anxiety around parenting that she thought was part of the gig. Hint hint, it's not!

In this week’s episode, we discuss:

• How undiagnosed and untreated PPA/PPD can still linger years after giving birth.
• The different types of therapies Rachel will be using.
• How decision paralysis goes hand in hand with perfectionism.
• The importance of feeling ALL emotions.
• How we can be good parents without being anxious parents.
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While we don’t have any answers or advice in this episode, Rachel does share some experiences that will hopefully make you feel not so alone. If anxiety and depression are leading emotions in your life, please reach out to a specialist. As we're learning, you don’t have to live like this.

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Women are almost twice as likely to go to therapy than men. Jamie’s husband Connor joins this week to discuss just that, and…

- Compartmentalization and its hazards ⚠️

- The benefits Connor reaped from therapy

At the end of February, Jamie started therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

In this episode, we talk about Jamie's experience with ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy and…

1. The difference between generalized anxiety and OCD
2. The “label” of OCD and how it makes me feel
3. Different modalities of therapy and how very different they can be
4. The huge misconceptions our society has about what OCD “looks like”

"Recording this episode was a huge triumph for me. It is one large “exposure” — sharing my story that I was so deeply ashamed of for many years. My fear is that you’ll think I’m a crazy, dramatic, hypochondriac. And you might! That is your business. But my hope… is that you won’t."

With love and uncertainty,

Jamie

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We are not medical professionals, so, as always, please consult with your doctor regarding your medical needs.

This week's episode couldn't be timed better. After multiple signs from the universe in the form of snails and pottery teachers telling us our version of 'slow' is actually not slow at all, Rachel sits down with her mentor, Maggie Klein, to talk about the positive effects that going slow has had on her life.

Here's what we discuss:

• Why the tension of the unknown is a good thing.
• The difference between waiting for something to be perfect vs. going when you know.
• Saying no in a culture of yes.
• Why boxes and labels can box us in.
• The power of going slow to go fast.
• and more!

• How accepting the "bad" stuff has helped me become more open to the "good" stuff
• How negative feelings are part of life
• Why avoiding them can be really detrimental to our overall mental health
• Claire's fear of snakes and how Rachel handles it

In this week’s episode, we discuss the idea that aiming for normal is cutting ourselves short. The very definition of normal even includes the word “average.” 

We've spent a large chunk of our youth trying to fit in while being molded by society to fit into the status quo. So what happens when you're finally free and and wonder who you even are?

We answer that & more...

*uncover why our 20's and 30's feel so freaking awkward

*why finding your own breed of weirdos may be the best thing for your mental health

*how Taylor Swift taught us to be unapologetically yourself

*how doing the things that scare us can help us gain confidence

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Thank you!

-Rachel & Jamie

This week's episode was recorded shortly after news broke of the Covenant School Shooting tragedy. Not mentioning it while recording this week wasn't an option but talking about it also felt too raw. It took reading a poem by Langston Hughes for it to all click....

HOPE.

Hope began to take shape as this week’s topic, inspired by the person who posted it, Suleika Jaouad.

As you’ll hear in this week’s episode, Suleika was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at the tender age of 22 — and beat it by 27. She wrote a book about her experience, Between Two Kingdoms and she also gave a TED talk about her recovery — which has been viewed almost 5 million times.

In her TED talk, she says…

“You can be held hostage by the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, and allow to hijack your remaining days — or — you can find a way forward.”

Finding our way forward is an expression of hope. It’s in having all the facts, and all the reasons we should be scared — and doing it anyway.

This episode was hard to record in many ways, we were both crying at certain points. But we — hope — that it encourages you, dear listener, to find your way forward.

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From experience, we know that talking about our struggles helps us realize we aren’t alone in them. We’ve opened up the door to the conversation about mental health and thanks to the courage of Gloria White, she’s opening up the door to talk about grief. 

In this episode we talk about:

*How grieving the loss of someone can occur even before they die.

*How to offer support & love to someone going through a loss.

*The power of laughter as the best medicine.

*There's no right way to grieve or timeline for it to be over.

Check out our substack for more on grief & our IG for (funny!) mental health jokes.

A big thanks to Gloria for courageously sharing her story. Here's her IG (she's one of our favorite follows) to keep up to date on her latest stand-up.

As always, sending you a big hug. <3

We’re fully aware that this is now our second podcast episode dedicated to Elizabeth Gilbert, the first was discussing her view of purpose while on Kate Bowler’s Podcast, but we now firmly believe that whatever this woman is serving up, we’re taking.

The main point of her book, Big Magic, is the belief that ideas are mystical beings, waiting for a human to be present enough to accept them and bring it to life.

Each chapter answers the question you’re asking yourself from the previous chapter and in the end, you feel inspired to create. 

The permission to create *anything* feels so freeing. Once you peel away the fear, self-doubt and expectations, you realize finding a creative outlet that brings you pure, unadulterated joy may be the greatest gift we can give ourself.

In this episode, we discuss:

*Elizabeth’s belief on how ideas work.

*How Big Magic played a role in the creation of this podcast.

*How to live a creative life without it dictating your purpose and/or career

*Discounting the notion that there are “creatives” and “non-creatives when it come to people”

*Ultimately, the reason WHY we should create (i.e. not money, not recognition, but joy!).

Make sure to follow along at OneFryShort.Substack.com and @OneFryShortPod on Instagram. Thanks!

-Jamie & Rachel

In this week's episode, we share the advice we read that reframed the way we look at happiness.

It seems like society is constantly selling us ways to be happy but what if, instead, we just felt the emotions that were appropriate for that moment?

What if happiness wasn't the north star of emotions, rather just a feeling amongst others that you feel and let go? Let's dive in.