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Q & A part two! This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen continue to answer your questions, this time about setting boundaries in relationships and at work. Em and Jen give their insight about guilt trips and the functions behind them, highly critical parents, how to continue to set boundaries when receiving pushback, what to do when a loved one is in a bad relationship, anxiety regarding leaving a job, tying worth to our career path, and so much more!

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The Q & A episodes are back! This week on ShrinkChicks, Em and Jen bring back their question and answer format episode. The theme today is life transitions and how to navigate them. Emmalee and Jen answer your questions about marriage and wedding advice, what to do when you have a lot on your plate (think: new job, new city, new relationship status), the identity crisis that many women experience when having their first child, society's expectations surrounding grief, being single in your mid-20's and so much more! 

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This week on ShrinkChicks we give you some much needed comic relief from our guest: comedian Jared Freid! Jared is co-host of the U Up? Podcast, co-host of The Betchelor Podcast, host of the JTrain Podcast, and has a hysterical and relatable Instagram presence (@jaredfreid). Emmalee and Jen talk with Jared all about dating and relationships from a male's perspective. They ask Jared your questions re: ghosting, first dates, expectations in relationships, dating app fatigue, and sex. Tune in to have a laugh and hear what he thinks about the phrase "if he wanted to, he would."

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On today’s episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen introduce you all to Nikki, their ShrinkChicks producer and Head of Operations of The Therapy Group! She talks about how she got her job (hint: she was a listener who DM’ed Em and Jen), the steps she took to make a major career shift, the biggest surprise about working for Emmalee and Jen, imposter syndrome, her fear of public speaking, what she’s calling BS on, and so much more! Tune in to hear her story!

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Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen have the pleasure of sitting down with Terry Real, an internationally recognized Couples & Family Therapist, speaker, and best selling author. Terry has worked with thousands of women and men, parents and non-parents, to help them create the connection they desire in their relationships. Emmalee and Jen talk with Terry about honesty and how important it is to speak up in our romantic relationships, vulnerability and how to encourage our husbands, boyfriends, partners to share their emotions, why women are the ones who initiate divorce 75% of the time, and that it’s okay (and often smart) to take a break during a disagreement.

To access Terry's online course, Staying in Love, go to terryreal.com & you can also text your email address to 415-813-1025 to opt in for more from Terry!

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This week on ShrinkChicks, we cover one of our most requested topics: Emmalee interviews Jen about her decision to be childfree. She asks Jen all of your questions including how she knew she didn't want kids, the way she brought it up to her now husband, the initial reactions of her family, in-laws and friends, and how she plans to handle things when she's elderly. They discuss why having doubts is okay and inevitable, the fear of regret, society's expectations of women, and the different stories of shaming Jen has received over the years. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

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Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen explore the differences between our personal and professional selves. They talk about starting their business, imposter syndrome, authenticity in the workplace, different work environments, and how therapists are taught to be a blank slate. Emmalee and Jen share the fears they both had when deciding to start The Therapy Group and the story of when they got their first call from a potential client. Dear Em & Jen answers the question: Any tips on dealing with my significant other's toxic family? Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

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On this week’s episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen give us a glimpse into the communication skills we didn’t learn in school. We are ALL sometimes bad communicators, even two couples therapists. They highlight a portion of their Making The Most Of Your Marriage e-course: communication. Em and Jen take us through 15 different types of “bad” communication tactics that can appear in our relationships like: passive aggression, hopelessness, denial, and sarcasm. They give us real life examples of when these characteristics appear in their own romantic relationships and which ones are most common for each of them. On Dear Em & Jen, they give their best break-up advice. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

To access the Making The Most of Your Marriage e-course for communication and more, visit the link and use the code TALKITOUT for $50 off the original price! thetherapygroup.mykajabi.com

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Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are joined by the amazing Erica Smith, M.Ed., sex educator and creator of the Purity Culture Dropout Program. Erica educates us all on purity culture and what it looks like in our world today. They discuss Erica's path to becoming a sex educator and the work she does to help her clients recover from the effects of purity culture. They cover topics like dress codes in schools, abstinence only sex education and why it doesn't work, how abortion became a central part of American politics, and so much more. Tune in to find out what Erica is calling BS on and why Emmalee got sent home from middle school during Home Ec class. 

The various resources (and then some!) that Erica mentioned in today's episode:

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Spoiler alert: there’s no magic trick. After a few weeks of guests, today's episode of ShrinkChicks is just with Em and Jen! They give us an update on their lives and some things they've been facing, personally. They discuss how the world is on fire! And with that, the false sense of control that we can feel when we take in information, the emotion of fear and how it's been ever present over the past year and a half, and how to cope with the uncertainty. Dear Em & Jen asks the question: how do I shut off my brain so that I can just relax? Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

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