Totally Mental

This week we’re unpacking how money affects mental health, our own money stories & the generational differences from our parents that add to the conversation around money for Millennials & Gen Z. Enjoy!

Small Things Helping Our Mental Health:
SodaStream

Stats:
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-cost-of-living-compared-to-gen-x-baby-boomers-2018-5

https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/money-and-mental-health-facts/

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PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
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It can be so easy to compare our day-to-day lives to the highlight reels of social media to the point that normal, daily life actually feels like we’re doing something wrong. In this episode, we break down being with the blah & normalizing normal life. Enjoy!

The Needle List Article

Small Things Helping Our Mental Health:
SodaStream
Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

We grew up hearing the jingle, “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage!” While we know life doesn’t work like this, that programming can still feel like it’s controlling our subconscious minds. It can feel like those end results are the most important purposes of life. On the flip side, if your life has taken the proverbial love, marriage, baby course, you may feel like the life society told us would deliver ultimate happiness & peace just isn’t the entire story. We’re unpacking it all in today’s episode. Enjoy! 

Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

We all know exercise is good for our mental and physical health, but there’s a lot beneath the surface of exercise worth exploring. Today we’re sharing how we were raised to see exercise, our up and down relationships with it, how we relate to it today and what we do to support our mental health with exercise.

Small Things That Help
Amazon Kindle (Was $50 on Prime Day and Black Friday!)

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
Nike Run Club App
Nike Training Club App

Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

This week we’re talking about conflict in friendships! Research shows that our female friendships have more of an impact on our overall life satisfaction than our romantic relationships, which means the feelings we have attached to them can feel more significant than even those of our long-term partners, and that they take work! We share what conflict has looked like in our friendships, including our own. We also break down ways to navigate conflict, how to bring up your feelings, and hear the other person’s POV. This episode is rebranding conflict in friendship as a whole because it truly can be an incredible way to move two people closer together if you approach it the right way. Cheers!

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:
How To Get Over A Friendship Breakup Article (stats about the importance of friendship)
The Friendship Expert on Tik Tok
How to Handle Conflict With a Friend Article

Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

Our society has created two distinct categories: social/normal drinker and alcoholic. The reality is, a lot of us will find ourselves somewhere between the two extremes. Unfortunately because of the way alcohol is promoted and celebrated, it’s easy to internalize the negative effects of it as inherent problems that we embody rather than direct results of the drug. On the other hand, alcohol isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s important to understand the why when we consume it. In this episode, we’re unpacking the gray space of learning about our own relationships to alcohol, how it affects anxiety and depression, hanxiety, the impact of taking time away, and more. 

Since Em started examining her relationship with alcohol more closely, these resources have been a huge help to her and some were mentioned in the episode:

Instagram Accounts

@noboozebabes

@shestayssober

@asobergirlsguide

@theretiredpartygirl

Apps

The Reframe App

Books

The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

Quit Like a Woman

The Naked Mind

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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

We spend so much of our lives working that it’s inevitable for our mental health to be affected for better or worse. Traditional office environments, remote freelance roles, business ownership, contractor work or anything in between can all impact our mental health differently. This week we’re covering how we show up in our different work environments, how those environments influence our mental health, crying in bathroom stalls, dealing with deadlines, finances, difficult people & more.

Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Email: [email protected]

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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

It’s Valentine's week so we’re chatting about Valentines, Galentines & the grey shades between. Love is so much more than just the romantic kind & we’re excited to celebrate the different ways we give & receive love this year!

In this episode we’re covering how much pressure society puts on being in a romantic relationship, celebrating the relationship you have with yourself, different ways to celebrate all the relationships in your life, how the holiday has looked and felt so different for us throughout the year and a lot of love & relationship gnar we're shreddin'

Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

Group vacations can be the most fun but still stir up some uncomfy feelings when it comes to traveling and group dynamics. We recently got back from a girl’s trip to celebrate Hannah’s graduation so we’re covering topics like feelings of anxiety or irritability when things are "supposed to be fun", taking space away when in a group setting, feeling anxious traveling with a new group, accepting and speaking your needs in a new setting & also, how damn good it feels to be with a group of incredible women.

Mentioned in the Episode:
Splitwise for divvying up expenses after a trip!


Resources We Love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

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Website: totallymentalpod.com
Email: [email protected]

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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling

Pandemic life has thrown many of us into working from home, so this week we sat down with Amanda Serra about the ups and downs, and ins and outs of it all. Amanda is the Design Director of BSPK Marketing & Communications, an incredibly talented graphic designer (she’s the genius behind all of our branding),  and creator extraordinaire. She’s bringing you the candid reality of how she manages working from home, productivity, and career fulfillment.

We cover:
– The effects of working from home on mental health
– Setting a schedule to stay productive working at home
– Separating herself mentally from work when she’s “off the clock”
– Work from home fatigue

Tools mentioned in the episode:
Task management tool: asana.com
Picker wheel for task prioritizing: pickerwheel.com

Resources we love:
PsychologyToday.com - like Hinge for therapists!
211.org - any resource you might need in your area.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for 24/7, free, confidential counseling when you are in crisis (whatever feels like a crisis to you).

Connect With Us:
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Website: totallymentalpod.com
Email: [email protected]

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Website: totallymentalpod.com
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Resources We Love:
Dial or Text 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Lifeline
PsychologyToday.com - to find a therapist you like.
Crisis Textline: Text 741-741 anytime for free, confidential counseling