What Would My Shrink Say?

By Nick Wignall & Todd Sewell

Education

What's What Would My Shrink Say? about?

A podcast about all the questions you wish your therapist would give a straight answer to.

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What Would My Shrink Say? episodes:

06.08.2022
Rules about emotions and behavior?
Duyen and Todd discuss the assumptions and rules we put on what emotions we should feel and what we are capable of when we feel them.
05.31.2022
How to Respond to Passive-Aggressive Behavior
Duyen and Todd discuss productive ways to respond when you suspect someone is being passive-aggressive.
05.24.2022
Connectedness and Independence
Duyen and Todd discuss balancing the needs of independence and connection in relationships.
05.17.2022
Are my kids going to inherit my issues?
Duyen and Todd discuss how children may be impacted by the behaviors and habits of their parents.
05.10.2022
Do you Deserve it?
Duyen and Todd discuss the concept of deserving; Do you deserve more? Do you not deserve what you have?
05.03.2022
Imposter Syndrome: Are you really that good?
Duyen and Todd discuss the anxiety that comes from the idea that you're gonna be found out!
04.26.2022
How's that Social Media working for you?
Duyen and Todd discuss the pitfalls and benefits of Social Media and how to improve your online experience.
04.19.2022
How Indecision Kills Your Confidence
Duyen and Todd discuss the impact or perseverating on your overall confidence.
04.12.2022
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Duyen and Todd discuss the consequences of presuming things will not go well.
04.05.2022
Making Assertive Requests In Your Relationships
Duyen and Todd discuss the advantages of assertive requests in relationships; pointers and pitfalls.
03.29.2022
Motivation-what it is and what it isn't
Duyen and Todd discuss the concept of Motivation and how to think of it more functionally.
03.22.2022
That's just who I am
Duyen and Todd discuss the how our shortcomings and struggles often become part of our identity.
03.15.2022
Do you expereince FOMO?
Duyen and Todd discuss the Fear Of Missing Out, and how comparisons impact how you experience life.
03.10.2022
The Need for Closure
Todd and Duyen discuss the concept of "needing closure".
02.17.2022
Has your therapist expereinced what you're going through?
Todd and Duyen discuss a common question clients have- Have you been through this?
02.08.2022
Help, Boundaries cause Massive Guilt
Todd and Duyen discuss the process of managing your guilt after you have respected your boundaries!
02.01.2022
Productivity Anxiety
Todd and Duyen discuss the strategy of keeping busy to avoid __________.
01.28.2022
How Shame and Guilt Hide Learning
Todd and Duyen discuss how patterns of Shame and Guilt may keep us stuck.
01.21.2022
Update!
Despite some changes, new episodes are on the way!
12.14.2021
How to Let Go of Long-Term Relationships
Nick and Todd discuss healthy ways to let go of long-term relationships.
12.07.2021
Judgementalness
Nick and Todd discuss the psychology behind the mental habit of judging.
11.30.2021
How to Cope with Other People's Anxiety
Nick and Todd discuss effective ways to handle other people's anxiety.
11.23.2021
Why Do I Feel So Needy?
Nick and Todd discuss neediness: what is, why it happens, and what to do about it.
11.16.2021
The Emotional Benefits of Boredom
Nick and Todd discuss how boredom can be extremely useful from an emotional and mental health perspective.
11.09.2021
Overwhelm
Nick and Todd discuss the ins and out of being overwhelmed.
11.02.2021
Do I Really Need to Be Emotionally Available?
Nick and Todd discuss emotional availability: what is it, what's the point, and how to cultivate it.
10.26.2021
Reassurance-Seeking
Nick and Todd discuss why reassurance-seeking is such a bad habit to get into and what to do about it if you are.
10.19.2021
Worry Much?
Nick and Todd discuss worry and its effect on our experiences, or lack thereof.
10.13.2021
Why Some Habits Are So Hard to Change
Nick and Todd discuss the difficulties of changing habits and developing better patterns.
10.05.2021
Excessive Apologizing
Nick and Todd discuss why excessive apologizing is a bit, well... excessive.
09.28.2021
Coloring Books for Anxiety?
Nick and Todd discuss the usefulness of adult coloring books for anxiety.
09.21.2021
Doing Nothing Is a Better Option Than You Think
Nick and Todd discuss why doing nothing is often the best option you can choose.
09.14.2021
How to Get Over Resentment
Nick and Todd discuss how to get over resentment.
09.07.2021
How to Forgive Yourself for Past Mistakes
Nick and Todd discuss how to forgive yourself.
09.01.2021
How to Get More Motivated
Nick and Todd discuss the tricky psychology of motivation and how to get more of it.
08.24.2021
Resignation vs Acceptance
Nick and Todd discuss resignation vs acceptance.
08.17.2021
Emotional Curiosity
Nick and Todd discuss emotional curiosity.
08.11.2021
Do we attract certain 'types'?
Nick and Todd discuss whether people attract specific 'types' or not.
08.03.2021
Social Anxiety
Nick and Todd discuss social anxiety.
07.27.2021
How helpful are your expectations, really?
Nick and Todd talk about expectations.
07.20.2021
How to Spot Emotional Immaturity
Nick and Todd discuss how to spot the signs of emotional immaturity.
07.13.2021
How to Deal with Other People's Bad Moods
Nick and Todd discuss helpful ways to deal with other people's bad moods.
07.06.2021
Are You Aversively or Appetitively Motivated?
Nick and Todd discuss whether it's better to be appetitively or aversively motived?
06.29.2021
Processing Painful Memories
Nick and Todd discuss processing difficult emotions.
06.25.2021
Overthinking and the Law of Diminishing Returns
Nick and Todd chat about overthinking and its relationship to the law of diminishing returns.
06.22.2021
Why We Avoid Difficult Choices
Nick and Todd take on why we avoid difficult choices and the consequences that often result.
06.18.2021
Catastrophizing
Nick and Todd discuss catastrophizing.
06.15.2021
How to Deal with Rigid People
Nick and Todd discuss how to deal with rigid people.
06.11.2021
Health Anxiety
Nick and Todd discuss health anxiety.
06.08.2021
Self-Experimentation
Nick and Todd discuss the benefits of self-experimentation.

What's What Would My Shrink Say? about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

What Would My Shrink Say? episodes:

Rules about emotions and behavior?

How to Respond to Passive-Aggressive Behavior

Connectedness and Independence

Are my kids going to inherit my issues?

Do you Deserve it?

Imposter Syndrome: Are you really that good?

How's that Social Media working for you?

How Indecision Kills Your Confidence

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Making Assertive Requests In Your Relationships

Motivation-what it is and what it isn't

That's just who I am

Do you expereince FOMO?

The Need for Closure

Has your therapist expereinced what you're going through?

Help, Boundaries cause Massive Guilt

Productivity Anxiety

How Shame and Guilt Hide Learning

Update!

How to Let Go of Long-Term Relationships

Judgementalness

How to Cope with Other People's Anxiety

Why Do I Feel So Needy?

The Emotional Benefits of Boredom

Overwhelm

Do I Really Need to Be Emotionally Available?

Reassurance-Seeking

Worry Much?

Why Some Habits Are So Hard to Change

Excessive Apologizing

Coloring Books for Anxiety?

Doing Nothing Is a Better Option Than You Think

How to Get Over Resentment

How to Forgive Yourself for Past Mistakes

How to Get More Motivated

Resignation vs Acceptance

Emotional Curiosity

Do we attract certain 'types'?

Social Anxiety

How helpful are your expectations, really?

How to Spot Emotional Immaturity

How to Deal with Other People's Bad Moods

Are You Aversively or Appetitively Motivated?

Processing Painful Memories

Overthinking and the Law of Diminishing Returns

Why We Avoid Difficult Choices

Catastrophizing

How to Deal with Rigid People

Health Anxiety

Self-Experimentation

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