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We are a therapist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner and we want to share a simplified view of these complex concepts that are often misunderstood, avoided, and even feared.
This is a podcast about being human, adapting to life, and learning from our unique experience.
We try to provide the answers to question: Why am I like this?
Update frequency:
every 24 days
Average audio length:
42 minutes
English
United States
44 episodes
since Dec. 13, 2023
episodic
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Depression can make you feel like you’re failing at life when you’re actually fighting a brain and nervous system state that steals energy, pleasure, and momentum. We unpack why the simplest tasks like showering, cooking, replying to a text can suddenly feel impossible, and why “I’ll do it when I f…
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Your brain can find a single awkward moment and treat it like the headline of your entire day. That’s negativity bias, and it’s not a character flaw, it’s a survival strategy that can get turned up by anxiety, perfectionism, and old learning from relationships and stress.We talk through what negati…
Your body flinches, fawns, or freezes before you can even name the feeling and then your brain shows up late asking, “What just happened?” We’re digging into that “good kid” pattern: the one where you become the peacemaker, the helper, the easy one, and later you wonder why you feel responsible for…
We talk about why the body can react before the brain, and how trauma gets stored as sensations and states instead of a clean story. We redefine trauma as overwhelm, connect it to adverse childhood experiences and chronic stress, and share ways to get grounded so you can respond with more choice. …
We break down how to choose the right kind of mental health support when you’re not sure where to start and you’re tired of guessing. We explain how therapy, medication management, and functional or integrative psychiatry can work together to reduce symptoms and get closer to root causes. • common…
We get personal about what it feels like to be sick, stressed, and dysregulated while still believing we have to keep performing. We unpack how the nervous system shapes our reactions and how self-compassion, repair, and a few practical tools can help us act more like the people we want to be. • th…
We unpack why OCD makes the brain feel stuck in a loop and why intrusive thoughts can create a real sense of impending doom. We explain what is happening in the brain and share practical steps for responding with more clarity and compassion. • defining obsessive compulsive disorder as obsessions pl…
We reframe ADHD in teens and young adults as a developmental nervous system issue rather than a character flaw, then unpack why independence can feel impossible when executive functioning lags. We share practical ways to reduce shame and power struggles while building autonomy, skills, and real rea…
We unpack why struggle feels like a verdict on who we are and show how to move from fixed beliefs to a growth mindset grounded in safety, regulation, and honest reframing. Lived stories, research touchpoints, and simple tools make learning feel safer than staying the same.• defining mindset as a le…
We map addiction across three lenses—brain changes, attachment trauma, and choice—and show how they fit together without shame. Practical tools, meds, and nervous system skills make healing doable, from habit loops to co-regulation to TMS.• defining addiction as impaired control despite harm• subst…
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