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Just Two Therapists with ADHD Mar 03, 2025

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are covering a long awaited episode topic: ADHD. They share about their ADHD diagnoses, when they were diagnosed, and their different experiences living with ADHD. Emmalee and Jen discuss the difference between men and women with ADHD including the age of diagnosis and presentation, shame that can arise from ADHD, what masking is and why we do it, emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, the benefits of ADHD, how to navigate a partnership when one person has ADHD and the other does not, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 5:30 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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Green Flags: The Underrated Signs of a Healthy Partnership Feb 24, 2025

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are sharing their thoughts on green flags in relationships and the signs of a healthy partnership. They discuss both green flags when first dating and green flags within the relationship once it is established. Em and Jen answer your questions about the feeling of unfamiliarity that can occur when dating someone with green flags, how to tell if someone is on their “best behavior” at the beginning or if that’s actually who they are, the transition out of the honeymoon phase, growing and changing together, the difference between codependency and emotional green flags, and so much more. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 13 minutes to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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Balancing Family Dynamics AND Your Relationship Feb 17, 2025

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all about balancing family dynamics along with your relationship with your significant other. They're also discussing this from YOUR perspective and the balance that your significant other strikes between you and their family of origin. They cover topics like the natural insecurity in the in-law relationship and why it can be harder to set boundaries, speak up, etc., expectations we have about our in-laws, their thoughts on the phrase "blood deals with blood," what to do when your partner prioritizes their family over you, the term "family blindness," and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 8:55 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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Is it Me? Recognizing Your Patterns in Your Relationship Feb 10, 2025

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering your questions about how to recognize your own patterns in your relationships. The episode starts off with some big news from Emmalee! Then, Em and Jen talk about the insight, awareness, and action needed in order to understand the patterns within your relationship. They discuss why we seek familiarity from our childhood in romantic relationships, the connection between childhood family dynamics and adult relationship patterns, the "spark" (is it real?), healthy love, fear of intimacy, the over-functioner/under-functioner dynamic in relationships, and so much more! Tune in to learn how to gain insight, awareness, and action for yourself! PS: Fast forward to around 11:05 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Feb 03, 2025

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are so excited to sit down with Alegra Kastens, LMFT! Alegra is the founder of the Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders. She specializes both in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) AND has her own lived experience with OCD. Alegra gives us all a greater understanding of what OCD looks like and the different ways it can present. The episode begins with Alegra's story of her onset and journey with OCD. Alegra, Em, and Jen discuss intrusive thoughts and the shame that can arise from them, the difference between intrusive thoughts vs. ruminating vs. OCD, and some different types of OCD, including Relationship OCD, Postpartum OCD, and "Just Right" OCD. Alegra shares the definitions of ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic and which of the two OCD falls under. The episode ends with the things Alegra is calling BS on! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content.

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What is High Functioning Codependency? Jan 27, 2025

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are thrilled to be joined by the one and only Terri Cole, licensed psychotherapist, author, speaker, and global expert in relationships and empowerment! Terri is here to share her infinite wisdom and tell us all about her new book Too Much. Too Much focuses on the concept that Terri coined called High Functioning Codependency (HFC). Terri explains what HFC looks like, where it begins, and who it tends to affect. She discusses its traits and behaviors like feeling responsible for the emotions of others, the desire to control others' outcomes, and the idea of "auto-accommodating." Terri sheds light on the costs of being an HFC and shares her personal experience with it. She gives us all the tangible tips on how to begin to break the cycle. You do not want to miss this one! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content.

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How Do I Build Self-Trust? Jan 20, 2025

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering your questions about self-trust and holding yourself accountable in a compassionate way. The episode begins by addressing the "shoulds" that can come with the start of the New Year and shame vs. self-compassion when it comes to setting goals. Em and Jen discuss self-trust, where it stems from, and how to work on strengthening it. They answer questions about decision making & the "right" decision, fear of regret, external validation, and a process for setting boundaries with yourself. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 5:35 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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When Birth Doesn't Go as Planned Jan 13, 2025

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down with one of their dear friends, Kayleigh Summers, LCSW. Kayleigh, aka The Birth Trauma Mama, shares her vulnerable birth trauma story and details how the experience led her to where she is today. Kayleigh discusses topics like toxic positivity when it comes to trauma, why “getting over it” is not the goal, others invalidating birth trauma, mistreatment from providers, why provider-to-patient communication matters so much, the definition of trauma, supporting a loved one who went through a traumatic birth, baby’s birthday after birth trauma, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: There is no intro for today's episode - join us right away for the content!

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Questions You’re Too Scared To Ask Your Therapist Jan 06, 2025

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking through your questions and confessions that you're too scared to ask and tell your therapist! They cover topics like asking your therapist what your diagnosis is, processing the fear of judgment in therapy, and what is "too personal" of a question to ask your therapist (such as, do they have a toxic MIL, too?). Em and Jen discuss looking up your therapist online and share the motivations for doing so, how to ask for what you need in session if your therapist is going in a direction you dislike, what it means to you to know your therapist is an imperfect person, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 3:30 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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Rewind: Inner Child Work & Wounds Dec 23, 2024

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The holidays are upon us, and Emmalee and Jen are taking a break from a new episode to spend time with their loved ones and recharge for the New Year! This week, they wanted to re-release the episode Inner Child Work & Wounds as this time of year can bring up a LOT. The episode begins with Emmalee and Jen explaining what inner child work actually entails. They discuss inner child wounds and how we can begin to heal them, signs you might want to start doing this work, paying attention to your triggers, and what it means to re-parent your inner child. Emmalee and Jen share about the inner child work they've personally done and answer your questions. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 4:15 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.

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