Traumaramadingdong is back with new co-hosts Gio Trimble LMFT, Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Supervisor, and CEO & Mika Revell LMFT in Training. We chat about AI, Jonathan's early catfishing expeditions, and muse about the impacts of tech on our mental health. 

Creativity is the nectar of the gods and also, incidentally, trauma central. In this episode, Remy and Jonathan get into the trauma and life-sustaining powers of arting, being an artist, and being around artists (a best and potentially worst-case scenario). They're joined by artist, mother, civil rights lawyer, and trauma survivor Aarthi Haig, and artist, mother, and founder and curator of Roaring Artist Gallery, Katie Bradford Osborne. 

Anger! Rage! Mad... feelings!! In this epi, Remy and Jonathan explore anger - from silencing anger, to expressing righteous anger, to throwing an ashtray at the wall when you can't have a coke (because how dare). They welcome therapist, witch, and activist Sam McIntyre Ethridge, aka Mac, to teach us about healing the effects of anger–and the effects of silencing anger–in ourselves and others. 

But honestly: Life is fucking insane. And for some people, it's insane from the second they exit the womb, and their adulthood is a fun maze of recreating the chaos they're comfortable with and trying to clean up the messes that are made in the process. In this epi, Remy talks about being raised amid chaos and (trying her very best to heal) the subsequent emotional chaos of adulthood, Jonathan talks about Chaos Theory and why the existence of an observer changes literally everything (physics!!), and special guest and friend of the pod Jessica Molnar comes on to talk about the chaos of being raised by a sociopath - PLUS, she made us all a V TITE ebook of affordable resources to help heal from the trauma of chaos (woot for Jessica!). 

This week on the pod: spiritual trauma. Turns out organized spirituality can do the exact opposite thing it's supposed to do! What a fucking bummer. In this epi, Remy goes deep on the relationship between the patriarchy and Judeo Christianity, Jonathan talks about his trauma as a preacher's son, and Chelsea Baier, special guest and friend of the pod, comes on to tell her stories of trauma in spiritual communities and about the path to healing through the holy (like, really holy) spirit.

The grind. We know it, we've all had to do it, we hate it the most. Bosses out there treating you like poop, cost of living going all crazy, that free economy guilt around not committing your entire life to being a workhorse. In this epi, Remy and Jonathan talk about capitalism and the grind, the patriarchy and the grind, and all the times Remy napped in a hidden work hallway to subvert the grind. They're joined by artist and public health expert Rita Patel to discuss her research on beauty and emotional embodiment as tools we can use in undermining grind culture.

TFW you need to stand up for yourself but instead you're a shaking, weeping ball of anxiety. Cool cool cool. In this episode, Remy and Jonathan talk about the trauma of speaking up - from shame trauma that prevents us from setting boundaries in our own lives, to the research that explains why femme folks are more likely to silence themselves. They're joined by psychotherapist Laura Bulchis who walks us through healthy ways of speaking up and explains how we heal from the trauma of being silenced.

Obsess much? In this episode, Remy and Jonathan talk about the bitch of an experience that is fixating. Remy goes deep on the relationship between fixation and validation addiction, Jonathan breaks down the Freudian philosophies behind obsession, and intuitive healer Jess Taylor leads us through *actual* healing work you can do in those anxiety-ridden moments when your obsession won't just shut the ef up. 

CHEATING THO. Not chill. Not cool. V traumatic. In this episode, Remy and Jonathan talk about why people cheat, cheating & the patriarchy, and what it means when we're cheated on. They're joined by trauma-informed therapist Julia Willinger who shares about the psychological research on cheating and walks us through reclaiming our trust after betrayal trauma. Plus, a cheating revenge story; you love to see it.

This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain with a drug/therapy/meditation regimen combo. In this episode, Remy and Jonathan look at drug-related trauma from multiple angles: within the family, within the culture, within the patriarchy, etc. PLUS, they end with a big reveal: their best-of, drug-involved sexcapades.