This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are so excited to sit down with Alegra Kastens, LMFT! Alegra is the founder of the Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders. She specializes both in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) AND has her own lived experience with OCD. Alegra gives us all a greater understanding of what OCD looks like and the different ways it can present. The episode begins with Alegra's story of her onset and journey with OCD. Alegra, Em, and Jen discuss intrusive thoughts and the shame that can arise from them, the difference between intrusive thoughts vs. ruminating vs. OCD, and some different types of OCD, including Relationship OCD, Postpartum OCD, and "Just Right" OCD. Alegra shares the definitions of ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic and which of the two OCD falls under. The episode ends with the things Alegra is calling BS on! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content.

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are thrilled to be joined by the one and only Terri Cole, licensed psychotherapist, author, speaker, and global expert in relationships and empowerment! Terri is here to share her infinite wisdom and tell us all about her new book Too Much. Too Much focuses on the concept that Terri coined called High Functioning Codependency (HFC). Terri explains what HFC looks like, where it begins, and who it tends to affect. She discusses its traits and behaviors like feeling responsible for the emotions of others, the desire to control others' outcomes, and the idea of "auto-accommodating." Terri sheds light on the costs of being an HFC and shares her personal experience with it. She gives us all the tangible tips on how to begin to break the cycle. You do not want to miss this one! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content.

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering your questions about self-trust and holding yourself accountable in a compassionate way. The episode begins by addressing the "shoulds" that can come with the start of the New Year and shame vs. self-compassion when it comes to setting goals. Em and Jen discuss self-trust, where it stems from, and how to work on strengthening it. They answer questions about decision making & the "right" decision, fear of regret, external validation, and a process for setting boundaries with yourself. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 5:35 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down with one of their dear friends, Kayleigh Summers, LCSW. Kayleigh, aka The Birth Trauma Mama, shares her vulnerable birth trauma story and details how the experience led her to where she is today. Kayleigh discusses topics like toxic positivity when it comes to trauma, why “getting over it” is not the goal, others invalidating birth trauma, mistreatment from providers, why provider-to-patient communication matters so much, the definition of trauma, supporting a loved one who went through a traumatic birth, baby’s birthday after birth trauma, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content!

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking through your questions and confessions that you're too scared to ask and tell your therapist! They cover topics like asking your therapist what your diagnosis is, processing the fear of judgment in therapy, and what is "too personal" of a question to ask your therapist (such as, do they have a toxic MIL, too?). Em and Jen discuss looking up your therapist online and share the motivations for doing so, how to ask for what you need in session if your therapist is going in a direction you dislike, what it means to you to know your therapist is an imperfect person, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 3:30 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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The holidays are upon us, and Emmalee and Jen are taking a break from a new episode to spend time with their loved ones and recharge for the New Year! This week, they wanted to re-release the episode Inner Child Work & Wounds as this time of year can bring up a LOT. The episode begins with Emmalee and Jen explaining what inner child work actually entails. They discuss inner child wounds and how we can begin to heal them, signs you might want to start doing this work, paying attention to your triggers, and what it means to re-parent your inner child. Emmalee and Jen share about the inner child work they've personally done and answer your questions. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 4:15 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are sharing the second part of their two-part series, where they answer your questions about how to survive the holidays this season! They discuss how to bring back childhood and holiday joy, what to do if your kid doesn’t react positively when given a present, the mental load of the holidays, transitioning from your family of origin to the creation of your own family, handling events with family members you’re low or no contact with, how to keep connecting with your partner during the busy season and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 7:15 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are sharing part one of a two-part series where they answer your questions about how to survive the holidays this season! They discuss how to protect your peace, regressing when you’re home for the holidays, navigating splitting the holidays with your partner’s family, building up your distress tolerance when it comes to disappointing others, holidays highlighting complex family dynamics, handling political differences/conversations, that it is impossible to make everyone happy, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 3:30 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are joined by the incredible Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, an internal medicine physician, a leading voice in healthcare, founder and board president of End Well, and host of the Before We Go podcast (@beforewegopodcast)! Shoshana shares her personal story of grief, anticipatory grief, and dealing with her own mortality. Emmalee, Jen, and Shoshana discuss the guilt that surfaced when Shoshana was trying to take care of herself while a loved one was ill, supporting others while you’re grieving yourself, different people grieving differently, why talking about grief can reduce anxiety, and so much more! You don't want to miss this one! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content!

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are re-sharing one of their favorite episodes while they take a little Thanksgiving break. This time of year is filled with decisions, both big and small, and Em and Jen are validating the various challenges that can come when making decisions. They talk through what makes us freeze when faced with a decision, analysis paralysis that comes with an abundance of choices, the fear of regret, external validation, how people pleasing can be a hurdle, and the ability to see things from all sides. Emmalee and Jen pose questions for introspection into your decision making process and answer your questions about disagreeing with your partner on a big life decision, making a job change, leaving your comfort zone, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 5 minutes to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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