Cross the Exes

We wrap up our first season with this banger: thanks to Anshuma Kshetrapal -- a trained mental health professional (and so much more as you'll find out). In this conversation with her, we speak to her about about Dramatherapy, Creative Movement Therapy, and a lot more. She also addresses some of our audience questions. We hope you treat yourself to some of her incredible insights and find them as helpful as we did. It was our absolute pleasure to be in dialogue with her. 

In this episode, you witness the rawness with which we talk about our mental health and our relationship with our issues over the past years. We talk about anxiety, depression, therapy, and more. We feel strongly about this, and even though this was difficult for us to record, we hope it gives you hope. This is part 1 of a series of episodes and we invite questions for you to ask a mental health professional who will join us in the next episode and hopefully answer some of your questions. 

Phew, that last episode was a doozy! So for this one we lean back a little bit and discuss something easy and happy like our favourite shows. Of course, we immediately crumble into impassioned fanatics that blabber on with details no one cares about, but we TRIED to be calm and relaxed, and that should count. Right?

In this episode, we given in and talk about the comments we've been receiving the most -- about our friendship, history of dating, and more. Since it's a special episode (can't believe we're at 10!), we opened up about this subject and hope you enjoy it. This episode's Exes and Ohs is intense and heartfelt as we read out your stories about your relationship with your bodies.

In this episode, we get real raw and honest about our relationship with our bodies. We talk about the shockingly snide remarks on our bodies made by people around us, body-dysmorphia, fat-shaming, and a lot more. A huge shoutout to everybody who wrote to us with their stories for our Exes and Ohs segment!

If you want to make god laugh, tell him about your plans. If you want to make an audience laugh, talk to your ex on a podcast about how life refuses to turn out the way you thought it would. In this episode we discuss how some things turned out just the way we thought, others not so much, but it was quite a ride. Also we read some amazing Exes and Ohs submissions that are way nicer than we deserve.

In this episode we talk about the times we've surprised ourselves with our own passion, abilities, and more. At a time when it's easy to lose hope in the world AND ourselves, it is important to remind yourself of the times that made you go, 'Did I really do that?!' The Exes and Ohs segment in this episode is hands down our favourite so far; we read your stories of hope and the things you'll do post pandemic. The bottom line is: we're all in class 12 now. Listen now to know what we mean!

In this episode, we talk about all the things we're most looking forward to in a post-Covid world. We fight the urge to let these wishes drag us down because we must believe that the post-Covid world is waiting for us like we are for it -- with arms wide open! We also read some of your excellent stories for our Exes and Ohs segment and let's just say one of them involves a pocket knife. 

In this episode, we pick and discuss the most embarrassing details of our respective childhoods, stripping away the last vestiges of our credibility as an intelligent, thought-provoking podcast. We also read out fantastic user submissions that make us want to do better as hosts! We won't, but we want to, and that should count. Listen and send us your own embarrassing stories at crosstheexes@gmail.com

In this episode we ask the question most of us have asked ourselves: "What happened to our reading habits?". The answer may shock you, so if you manage to find one, let us know. Meanwhile, listen to us discuss theories involving escapism and closure that seem to make sense, surprisingly. Also we discuss your Exes and Ohs submissions that make us feel bad about our own ability to structure our thoughts. Fun times!

In light of recent (truthful) accusations hurled at millennials by younger generations, we talk about growing old and the (possibly) hopeless struggle to stay cool. Aanchal goes off to get pizza in the middle and Ananya tries (and fails) to stay interesting on his own. Plus, we read the most beautiful responses in our Exes and Ohs segment!

In this episode, we discuss the different ways in which we find hope in dark and confusing times which may or may not be occurring right now. Anthony Bourdain comes up and the words "cauldron of hormones" are used. Also we read your wonderful submissions in the Exes and Ohs segment!

In the very first episode, we travel back in time to when we decided the name of the podcast by forsaking democracy. We also discuss the incredible lies that our parents told us when we were young, uncover some deep-seated childhood traumas and try not to think about the you-know-what virus.

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