Cultivating Self-Acceptance through Parts Work with Celine Redfield, LMFT

If you struggle with a mean inner critic, then this episode is for you, buddy. Unfortunately, it won’t offer a magic solution or quick fix to ridding yourself of that inner voice, but it will help explain what the fuck is going on and offer a pathway to a life filled with greater self-acceptance, self-compassion, […]

Healing Trauma through Expressive Writing with Dr. Stacey Hettes

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No matter how much we cognitively “know” about how trauma works, none of us are immune from the grip it can have on our capacity to deal with life. Thankfully, there are ways out, and writing is one of them. Dr. Stacey Hettes knows this firsthand. In spite of her PhD in neuroscience and decades […]

How Trauma Disrupts Our Capacity for Joy with Dr. Stephanie Goldsmith, PhD

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We all have trauma, y’all. It just might not be Trauma with a capital T. Instead, many/most of us are just wandering around on this journey of life getting hijacked by our little-t trauma responses without even knowing it!  That’s why I brought in a globally-renowned trauma expert to talk to us about how trauma […]

If You Can’t Love Yourself, How Can You Trust That Others Do?

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Despite what Instagram and TikTok and the rest of the internet might say, cultivating self-love is fucking hard to do. Being able to look yourself in the mirror and say, “damn. I’m awesome!” and then a) not cringe and b) actually mean it? That takes a lot of fucking work and patience. But it is […]

WTF Is Settling is Bullsh*t?

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Hello, dear reader. Welcome to Settling Is Bullshit – a blog of sweary life advice for humans trying to get better at adulting. Read on to learn more about what we’re doing here.

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