This week the therapists weigh in on their relationships with their mothers....cue scary music!

They wonder how they’re like them, different from them and how they’ve been generally influenced by their mothers. 

Listen in this week as the therapists answer a listener’s question:

How do you know when to leave a relationship?

Pam and Iona discuss the reasons for having left or stayed in their own relationships through the years, then dive into some literature that can help guide the decision whether to stay or to go.

This week, as a special thanksgiving episode, the therapists dish and dive about loneliness.

Pam and Iona discuss the difference between being alone and being lonely and reminisce about times in their lives when they’ve felt lonely. They dive into the literature and learn that there’s a difference between being  alone and feeling lonely.

They’re not the same! Listen in and learn.

This week Pam and Iona weigh in on dreams.

Listen in as they share some of the more exciting, reoccurring  and cryptic dreams they’ve had over the years. Then they dive into the literature about dreams and share some of the most interesting psychological ways to interpret dreams.

Do dreams really come from the unconscious, bringing with them valuable insight into our psyches, or are they just random, meaningless movies we get to watch while we sleep? Listen in and learn! 

This week the therapists dish and dive about couples counselling.

Both of them have attended and benefitted from couples counselling over the years but also understand that sadly, it can be quite stigmatized in our society. They dive into the literature and understand why it’s been such a stigma, both socially and culturally, and offer some ideas to help you get over these obstacles so that you can have your best and most loving relationship.

This week the therapists dish and dive about some of  the impulses they have and what they do with them.

It seems that  both therapists have some pretty dark impulses in their relationships and aren’t always sure how to proceed. As they dive into the literature, they learn why these  impulses are both useful and informative.

Learn how to work with your impulses in a safe and productive way.

This week the therapists dish on the kindness of strangers as they remember the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Within the darkness that unfolded, there were many stories of human connection, vulnerability and love. One particular story is the Gander, Newfoundland story in which a small town opened their hearts, resources  and wallets to almost 7,000 stranded passengers from around the world. Listen  in and learn why those acts of kindness have both emotional and physical benefits for us all and what can get in the way. Love even when it’s foolish to do so.

It’s back to school time and this week the therapists dish and dive about the anxiety they experience around this time of year.

Why, even as adults, do we experience back to school jitters and anxiety? Well, the literature shows that we’re not alone. Listen in and learn how you can ride through the early days of September with less anxiety and more joy! 

This week the therapists look at how and why we get more stuck in our negative emotions and experiences than in our positive ones.

Pam and Iona both have a tendency toward negative bias- recalling and ruminating about negative experiences more so than the joyful ones. Through their dive into the literature, they learn why this is adaptive yet shortsighted and unbalanced.

Listen in and learn how you can have a more joyful life. 

Listen in this week as the therapists wonder if therapy is helpful after all.

They discuss the different types of therapy models out there and determine just how useful each one is. Listen in so you can make informed choices about your own therapy!