Therapy Roulette

Michele wants you to check out Therapy Roulette on YouTube so you can see how awkward she is in person. Video interviews are published every Monday.

Today’s guest is Amanda Day, a Reiki Master and intuitive medium. Amanda shares her experience of raising two young children during the pandemic and how communication issues led her and her husband to seek out couples counseling. She opens up about her childhood trauma, PTSD, and the steps she’s taken to find inner peace and happiness. She discusses spiritual healing surrounding chakras, tarot, astrology, ditching toxic work environments, and how we have the capability to alter our life trajectories. The ladies discuss how society has a stigma against intuitive practices like psychic readings and Amanda tells us about Schumann resonances.

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Michele vents about how she’s finally getting enough sleep and how she’s trying to transform from a night owl into a morning person to carve out more time for herself. She talks about the book What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam. 

Today’s guest is Dr. Russell Ledet, a scientist, medical student, and cofounder of the 15 White Coats, an organization that raises funds for students of color to apply to medical school. Dr. Ledet tells us how he grew up poor with little opportunity, which inspired him to join the Navy. His wife later convinced him to go to college, and we went on to get a PhD from NYU in molecular oncology and now pursue his medical degree and MBA at Tulane University. He shares his story about working as a security guard at a hospital- the same hospital where he now wears scrubs and a white coat as a med student. Dr. Ledet talks about his desire to lead a life of impact and to pursue what he’s most passionate about to set a strong example for his children. 

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Lately, Michele is experiencing bad depression, but better anxiety. Yay? She tells us how her DBT lessons, meditation, and couples counseling are going.

Today’s guest is Hannah Fairchild, a singer-songwriter and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Hannah talks about socializing over the internet and making new friends in the gaming, art, and music communities, including Dungeons & Dragons. She reminisces on the Before Times when she could experience New York City with everything open. She tells us how hard it’s been to pursue her dream of a music career. The ladies swap horror stories of working in the service industry and criticize gender double standards.

Hannah shares what it was like growing up in Minnesota, getting bullied as a kid, and how moving to New York helped her feel like she fit in. They discuss why older millennials were late to destigmatize therapy, not wanting a therapist to find out your secrets, struggling to be creative, audio engineering, piano lessons, and juggling creative pursuits. Hannah also tells us about her tarot card ritual. 

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Michele shares some mental health tips for frontline workers. Today’s guest is Emily, a dietitian at a hospital in Los Angeles. Emily moved from New York to LA in the middle of the pandemic to help her girlfriend open a restaurant that serves Latin American / Asian fusion empanadas and because LA is a nicer place to quarantine. Emily explains how she became a registered dietitian, how it’s different from calling yourself a nutritionist, and the rewarding components of her job, including helping people learn how to eat a healthy diet. 

She shares her experience of being an essential worker during this stressful time, catching the ‘rona, getting the Covid vaccine, and the satisfaction of having a doctor listen to you. The ladies also discuss the preventative aspects of therapy and how Emily probably had a bad therapist once. 

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Michele spills about her latest therapy session and how she’s doing with anxiety and depression. She might start a political career someday or she might find a writing agent in Hollywood. Or both!

Today’s guest is Harrison Thompson, a cognitive behavioral therapist who specializes in relationships. Harrison talks about running a therapy practice in the Bahamas, seeking therapy for himself, the rewards of helping challenging clients, parenting a new baby, being a good husband and partner for his family, being present, and the pillars of being your best self in a relationship. 

He and Michele also discuss how the pandemic has disrupted navigating relationships and how we now have to micromanage displaying love and affection. He talks about mental health stigmas in the Bahamas surrounding counseling and how he first started his therapy career with a series of online comedy skits!

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Michele tells us why she wanted to start a podcast in the first place and how she’s been doing with her New Year’s resolutions, breaking big goals into more bite-size pieces.

Today’s guest is Shadia Sepehrnia, a writer and director based in LA. Michele and Shadia discuss how the lack of socializing is driving them insane, even though they’re both introverts. Shadia talks about being a TV and film nerd growing up. They discuss the Pixar movie Soul, the questionable reality of 90 Day Fiancé, and the rom-com Love Life. They discuss stereotypical characters of romantic comedies who're obsessed with dating to find a soulmate. Michele talks about how she has trouble relaxing and watching TV. They discuss the documentary the Social Dilemma and problems surrounding social media. Shadia tells us about how art history influences her filmmaking and the ladies discuss where they’re finding books to read lately.

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Michele shares that she met with a brand new therapist. She also finished reading the book How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky.

Today Michele talks to her mom, Sue Baci, who shares her experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Sue talks about learning skills to maintain good emotional health, mindfulness, how to compromise, and how she stayed calm during a family emergency. She explains how to avoid “catastrophic thinking,” including anxiety about dwelling the past or in the “what ifs.” They talk about the frustration and difficulty that comes along with diagnosing mental illness.

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Michele reveals that she’s going to couples therapy with her boyfriend. AND she’s using insurance to pay for it, now that she no longer prescribes to the myth of “the permanent record.”

This week’s guest is Anastasia Washington (@anastasiawash), a podcaster, actress, and comedian. She tells us about her anxiety disorder, finding her therapist soulmate, growing up a child actor, being typecast as the “quirky best friend,” and accepting that she wants to be the main character in her own life, dammit! Anastasia shares her experience of being biracial in LA, having an identity crisis over it, and writing a one-woman show called 50 Shades of Mixed. She also shares tips for overcoming writer’s block. 

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Michele (@michelebacicomedy) talks about the riots on the US Capitol and the hypocrisy behind it. She’s also seeing a new therapist soon!

This week’s guest is Kay Mollica (@quemollica), a Brooklyn based comedian and voice over artist. Kay talks about going to art school and the ladies bond over going to New York state colleges. Kay tells us that she loves to gab, and that’s why therapy works so well for her.

Kay shares that she wanted to get into comedy since she was a teenager. She talks about writing for Reductress, embracing the cheesiness of improv, and how her coach called her out for never choosing to play vulnerable characters. She’s currently directing Moxie, a virtual sketch lab, which is a space for women, trans, and non-binary people to write comedy. Kay and Michele discuss the “crazy ex-girlfriend” stereotype.

Kay tells us why she’s obsessed with Nate: A One Man Show by Natalie Palamides and that she’s been watching intuitive eating videos on Tik Tok lately.

Also, the comic who has a bit about free printing who Michele references is Sheng Wang @shengwangtime.

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Michele (@michelebacicomedy) tells us her resolutions for the new year, which teeter between totally realistic, bite-size goals and seemingly impossible dreams. She reflects on the good things that have happened to her in 2020 and what she’s grateful for.

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