Send us Fan Mail No contact gets talked about like a single decision, but we’ve seen it unfold as a long process of loneliness, repeated repair attempts, and a growing need for safety. Therapist Cecily Davis joins me to take a clear, compassionate look at parent-child estrangement between parents and adult children and what’s actually happening underneath the labels people argue about online. We dig into differentiation, the developmental work of becoming your own person outside the fa...
Send us Fan Mail Silence can feel like a threat when you have trained yourself to move fast, stay busy, and never stop thinking. We sit down with Sara Kassam, a DBT-certified therapist and group fitness leader, to unpack why “being present with yourself” is so often uncomfortable, and why that discomfort is not proof you are doing it wrong. A lot of us are not afraid of being alone, we are afraid of what our thoughts will say when the noise finally drops. We dig into how hustle culture, cons...
Send us Fan Mail Picking a therapist can feel like a high-stakes decision, especially when it is your child and you are handing them off behind a closed door. We sit down with Becca Buice, a therapist at Rise Therapy Center who works with children, teens, and adults, to talk about what “therapist fit” really means and why the therapeutic relationship is often the biggest predictor of change. If you have ever thought, “therapy didn’t work for us,” this conversation offers a different possibili...
Send us Fan Mail Therapy can feel mysterious until you name the real engine behind change: the relationship. We dig into why people walk away saying “Something felt off” even when the therapist has solid training, and what you should actually be looking for when you sit down across from a counselor. For us, it keeps coming back to being seen and heard by someone who feels like a real person. When you do not have to mask, you can finally bring the unfiltered truth into the room and start worki...
Send us Fan Mail Therapy is everywhere right now, but the most important question is easy to miss: does talking about our past actually change how we live in the present? We open the season by getting specific about what neuroscience is revealing about healing, including how therapy can help rewire the brain and regulate the nervous system, not just name old wounds. If you’ve ever been told you’re stuck with a “chemical imbalance” or doomed to repeat your family patterns, this conversation of...