116: You Can't Optimize Your Way Out of Being Human

What starts as our reaction to a lunchbox dispute turns into a conversation about how much of the world you're allowed to rearrange so you never have to be uncomfortable. In conversation, we tackle: T...

8 Sep 38min

What if the thing making your life harder isn’t a sign that something is wrong — but proof that you’re actually doing something that matters? We’re talking about our obsession with eliminating frictio...

1 Sep 51min

Are you actually listening to your intuition—or is your anxiety just screaming louder? Amanda and Sam get into the messy reality of telling the difference, especially when trauma, intrusive thoughts, ...

25 Aug 33min

We're not talking about Ariana Grande's body. We're talking about the environment that's renormalizing the single biggest trigger for an eating disorder and what a public figure does or doesn't owe th...

18 Aug 49min

This week we get into AI avatars, fake doctors, and why we're all grieving the internet we used to have.In conversation, we tackle:The New York Times expose on AI "doctors" with fake diplomas on the w...

11 Aug 51min

Therapy speak is taking over everything including dating. This week therapist Todd Baratz joins us to talk about how anxiety got rebranded as discernment — and why knowing every term hasn't made a sin...

4 Aug 47min

What if everything you're doing to fix your pain is making it worse? In part two of Amanda's chronic pain story, she gets into the years of massages, dry needling, and stretching that were actively br...

28 Juli 38min

"Your body's just preparing for labor." That's what doctors told Amanda while she was in liver failure. In this episode, Amanda finally shares part one of her chronic pain story — and it starts with a...

21 Juli 52min