Open-Ended

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about Happiness! In explaining what makes us happy and content, Callie connects the ideas of fulfillment and contentment to happiness, and why they are so important. She also discusses the value of finding things that we are passionate about, as well as trusting the process. ‘If we aren’t happy in some aspect of the process is it worth it?,’ Callie asks. Callie also touches on certain roadblocks that can make it hard to be happy, and sometimes we need to experience the bad to fully realize and value the good. Positivity and happiness are stigmatized, which results in us doing what we are influenced to do, Callie implies. If you like listening to things about happiness, growth, and society/culture, this episode is for you!

Welcome to Season Two of Open Ended! In this week’s episode, Callie talks about self sabotage. Whether it’s in yourself or others, self sabotage is everywhere. Callie touches on topics like self hatred, insecurities, and fear in this episode, and how it relates to self sabotage. In talking about her experience with self sabotage, Callie hopes listeners can feel more connected.

In this week’s episode, Callie answers the question: why do we hurt the people we love? By bringing in her own experience, Callie explains that we are all a bit broken, and we act certain ways towards others because we haven’t fully processed certain aspects of our lives. Because of this, certain people we love and are close to cause us to react with anger, frustration, or sadness when our insecurities are brought up. Callie ends the episode by talking about where she is now, and what she plans to do in the future to be more cognizant when it comes to interacting with friends and family.

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about Social Media and it’s impact on our self esteem and Mental Health! Callie discusses recent changes to Social Media, including the influx of positive content creators, the Kardashians, and even some brands that have become more inclusive. In addition to this, this episode also focuses in on comparison, value, and other topics through Social Media’s impact and changes it’s made. Callie also illustrates these issues by explains how Social Media is a paradox that can harm or help young people.

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about going back to in person high school! In giving advice to incoming freshmen and high school students, Callie reminds listeners to keep an open mind and try to have a positive attitude. For those who are nervous about going back to school, Callie reassures listeners to also keep an open mind. While this episode is not very advice heavy, it provides some good advice and help for school!

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about conflict in friendships and what she’s learned (recently and from previous years) about friendships. Without giving specifics, Callie becomes vulnerable by opening up about boundaries and hurtful things she’s said in friendships that has led to conflict. However, Callie remains hopeful and optimistic by reminding listeners that we cannot dwell on the past and our past behavior, but that we can only learn from it. Callie also explains that these issues are always changing (as many things are) so she will continue to talk about what she’s learned through reflection! When I treat conflict as a learning experience and take accountability for my actions, that’s when the real work begins. :)

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about depression! Whether it is about how she has handled it, her experiences with depression, or basic advice, this episode has a little bit of everything concerning depression. Callie also talks about why depression is so tricky, and why glamorizing depression (and mental illness in general) isn’t such a good thing.

In this episode, Callie talks all about cancel culture! In discussing both the pros and cons of cancel culture, Callie discusses that society needs to create more a culture that encourages conversation and discussion to bring improvement and change. In giving specific examples, Callie illustrates her ideas about the topic and encourages people to talk about an issue, rather than being divided and polarized on one.

In this episode, Callie talks about what to do when you are on summer break and decreasing Social Media usage. She also explains that in the first few weeks of summer, Callie doesn’t do much and why she doesn’t want to do this anymore.

In this episode, Callie asks and answers the important question: Why are current teens so unmotivated when it comes to school, and why do we feel this way? Callie explains that it could be because of the decreasing interest in teens to learn certain subjects or see the importance (or lack thereof) these subjects. Callie then gives some advice on how to become motivated to do schoolwork again, in hopes of providing an action plan for listeners, not just an answer to the question.