Your Mental Breakdown

Doug and Meredith are joined by Rebecca to break down the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. We get some history of this Carl Jung inspired psychological test for how people experience the world. Rebecca uses Mer and Doug's test results to show how you can understand and apply it to your own life. Take the recommended test yourself in the links below. What's your type? Let us know! IG: @your.mental.breakdown, FB: @your.mental.breakdown.podcast Mentioned in this episode:Meredith LevyDoug FriedmanYMB on Social Media:  The Facebook Group     Instagram Take the recommended Myers Briggs Type Indicator quiz here or here Find Rebecca here:  Instagram

Meredith swims a mile then she and Doug talk about Justice League. And the superhero talk continues with Drew taking to a Superman analogy - balancing the daily grind of a day job with using his own time to focus on his passions. Drew shows vulnerability with his girlfriend. He and Doug explore ways to relieve stress and be mindful other than his go to of smoking weed. Meredith and Doug talk about shutting down your laptop computer to unconsciously send a message to our minds to shut down and stop running in high stress mode.

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Brene Brown on Empathy

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Meredith swims a mile then she and Doug talk about Justice League. And the superhero talk continues with Drew taking to a Superman analogy - balancing the daily grind of a day job with using his own time to focus on his passions. Drew shows vulnerability with his girlfriend. He and Doug explore ways to relieve stress and be mindful other than his go to of smoking weed. Meredith and Doug talk about shutting down your laptop computer to unconsciously send a message to our minds to shut down and stop running in high stress mode.

Mentioned in this episode: 

Your Mental Breakdown - The Facebook Group 

Meredith Levy

Doug Friedman

Pig-Pen

Simpsons - 5 O’Clock Shadow 

Brene Brown on Empathy

Meredith loves daylight saving time! Restaurants and movie theatres are opening up in LA now, but Doug is still trying to hide out like a mountain man. In Drew's therapy session he talks about feeling burnt out and tired from his job. He is also using this time to define his boundaries and let people know when things aren't right or fair. He and Doug talk about two examples of Drew standing up for himself - one work-related, and a personal one that triggered a familiar feeling of distrust and disappointment that he's historically felt with his Mom. Drew is working on radically accepting his mother for who she is, while dealing with her tendency to not be present or emotionally available.

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The Head and The Heart

The Vow

Grey's Anatomy

Bridgerton

Doug Friedman

Meredith Levy

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Meredith loves daylight saving time! Restaurants and movie theatres are opening up in LA now, but Doug is still trying to hide out like a mountain man. In Drew’s therapy session he talks about feeling burnt out and tired from his job. He is also using this time to define his boundaries and let people know when things aren’t right or fair. He and Doug talk about two examples of Drew standing up for himself - one work-related, and a personal one that triggered a familiar feeling of distrust and disappointment that he’s historically felt with his Mom. Drew is working on radically accepting his mother for who she is, while dealing with her tendency to not be present or emotionally available. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

Your Mental Breakdown - The Facebook Group 

Meredith Levy

Doug Friedman

The Head and The Heart 

The Vow 

Grey’s Anatomy 

Bridgerton

Meredith and Doug discuss their take on working with clients that have different political views and ideologies than their own. It's a great jumping-off point for this week's session. Drew is trying to be the bridge for people in his life dealing with racial injustice and prejudice. Drew talks about compartmentalizing when feeling overwhelmed and anxious. He and Doug use a house analogy to visualize how to store the different compartments of issues in his life. Doug plays the "High, Low, and Oddity" game with both Drew and Meredith to verbalize the range of our experiences in day-to-day life instead of just highlighting one aspect.

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Coming To America 2

David Bowie

Doug Friedman

Meredith Levy

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Meredith and Doug discuss their take on working with clients that have different political views and ideologies than their own. It’s a great jumping-off point for this week’s session. Drew is trying to be the bridge for people in his life dealing with racial injustice and prejudice. Drew talks about compartmentalizing when feeling overwhelmed and anxious. He and Doug use a house analogy to visualize how to store the different compartments of issues in his life. Doug plays the “High, Low, and Oddity” game with both Drew and Meredith to verbalize the range of our experiences in day-to-day life instead of just highlighting one aspect. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

Your Mental Breakdown - The Facebook Group 

Meredith Levy

Doug Friedman

Coming To America 2

YMB On Tik Tok 

David Bowie

Doug is back in LA and missing the mountains. Meredith realizes it may be time for all of us to get a car wash (especially Doug!). In the session, Drew and Doug get into a heavy conversation as Drew details how a party with his new girlfriend went way wrong. Drew shows major growth by choosing when to have and not have a "tough conversation" with people. Drew acknowledged that the fight at the party triggered past trauma and feelings of being unsafe. Drew is able to have some real talks with his girlfriend about boundaries while the caution flags are already starting to fly.

Doug Friedman

Meredith Levy

YMB Webpage

Join Us on Social Media:

YMB The Facebook Group

YMB on Instagram

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Doug is back in LA and missing the mountains. Meredith realizes it may be time for all of us to get a car wash (especially Doug!). In the session, Drew and Doug get into a heavy conversation as Drew details how a party with his new girlfriend went way wrong. Drew shows major growth by choosing when to have and not have a “tough conversation” with people. Drew acknowledged that the fight at the party triggered past trauma and feelings of being unsafe. Drew is able to have some real talks with his girlfriend about boundaries while the caution flags are already starting to fly. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

Your Mental Breakdown - The Facebook Group 

Meredith Levy

Doug Friedman

The podcast hits the one-year mark this week… and it's a twofer! Two sessions in one episode as life in the podcast timeline is starting to go virtual in the very beginning of the pandemic. Doug and Drew pack a lot into these two shorter sessions. In Session 1, Drew gets home from the funeral and is feeling sick and alone yet enjoying more independence and finding purpose in helping to produce millions of masks. In Session 2, we hear the big news about Drew's dating life. Doug highlights that this can be a healing relationship for him in terms of getting the experience and positive reinforcement for being himself authentically.

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