With the holidays comes plenty of stress. Things like perfection, pinterest-perfect tablescapes and... family discussions about politics come to mind. Join us for a quickie episode where we discuss all things Thanksgiving.

Being in the pit, is well, the pits. This week’s episode of One Fry Short is all about our experience in the deep, dark hole of depression, what it’s like when we’re in there, what our friends/loved ones can do for us while we’re in there and how we *attempt* to get out. Enjoy?

Whew, this is a heavy one! What starts with a conversation about ambition evolves to how we as women have a complicated with ambition when considering or having children. We touch on the imbalance of child rearing, the crisis of women leaving the workforce, Rachel's personal experience with this and what we can all do to help.

*The changing of seasons

*The pressure to make vacations absolutely perfect

*The anxiety around getting sick

*The voice inside our head isn’t really us

*What cacophony means

*The stories we tell ourselves

*Rachel names our “moment of hope” as a “Upper” because the rest of our conversation is a real, well, downer.

*Jamie’s small epiphany about her mental illness.

*How to tell important people in your life that you’re struggling. *Why Rachel was nervous to tell her family she was taking meds. *How isolation can play a huge part in compounding depression. *Getting to the core of mental illness is like a jigsaw puzzle.

*How to gently ask friends and family if they are OK - and how to support them if they aren’t.

Welcome to One Fry Short...ya know, of a happy meal.