Her Cringe Clinic

My New Year’s resolution is to live with one loose screw 🌑✨This is Her Cringe Clinic — Season 2, inspired by Abraxas: the union of opposites—light and shadow, creation and destruction, good and evil. In this episode, I talk about:why growth can feel like you’re “making a mistake”how experimenting with the full spectrum of yourself helps you find what’s truewhy “failure” might not be a problem… b...

When everything is falling apart, something inside you is trying to awaken. This episode explores fear, shadow work, the dark night of the soul, and what it means to become the creator of your own life — the Übermensch. Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we stare into our shadows and learn to accept what we find with love 🌑✨In this episode, we explore:✨ What Übermensch actually means (beyond...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we stare into our shadows and learn to accept what we find with love 🌑✨In this episode, we talk about the one thing we all own but can never change — our past. And the dreams we carried for years that never came true. If you’ve been grieving old visions of who you were supposed to be, or feel like you’re in a “waiting period” of life, this one’s for you. I ex...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we stare into our shadows and learn to accept what we find with love 🌑✨Are you exhausted from a workplace that feels “normal” on the outside but quietly kills your soul? Do you keep doubting yourself even though something feels deeply wrong? In this episode of Her Cringe Clinic, Dr. Joo breaks down why high-performing, ethical, sensitive people (“the shiny on...

Vogue literally said it’s embarrassing to have a boyfriend in 2025.Philosophers say love is dead. And dating apps? A graveyard of narcissistic “closeness.”In this episode of Her Cringe Clinic, I unpack why philosophers argue love is dying, how modern dating flattens intimacy into options, and why real love demands courage, boundaries, and a kind of death/rebirth of the self 🌑✨We dive into two se...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we stare into our shadows and learn to accept what we find with love 🌑✨Friendship breakups are real — and they hurt differently. In this episode of Her Cringe Clinic, Dr. Joo normalizes friendship breakups, shows why we must invest in our friendships (not just romance), and dives into the dynamics of the jealous/toxic friend who copies you, puts you down, and...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we free our cringe to heal from our habit of hiding and learn to live more authentically 💭✨This week, Dr. Joo explores loneliness — not as something to escape, but as a doorway back to the self. What if being alone isn’t the problem, but the path toward finding your truest frequency? In this episode:💛 Why loneliness isn’t about being alone — it’s about stand...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we stare into our shadows and learn to accept what we find with love 🌑✨This week, Dr. Joo reflects on the difference between being alive and simply appearing alive. Are you growing like a real rose — fragile, radiant, and always changing — or have you become a paper rose, safe and unbothered, but lifeless inside? In this episode:🌱 Why fearing death often mea...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic — where we stare into our shadows and learn to accept what we find with love💌This week, Dr. Joo explores the psychology of friendship, how the collective unconscious shapes who we attract, and why true friendship is the foundation of a healthy, authentic life (where friends serve as mirrors to help you grow)In this episode:🌿 Jung’s idea of the persona and collective...

🎭 Are you adaptable, or do you have a trauma response of people pleasing? In this episode of Her Cringe Clinic, we’ll talk about:🌱 Why adaptability is both a survival skill and a shadow we may hide behind🌱 Jung’s concept of the persona/the social mask🌱 How fawning (people-pleasing) can be a trauma response that shows up in daily life🌱 Why cringe might be the doorway to authenticity🌱 A gentle...

Welcome to Her Cringe Clinic, a podcast about the parts of us we hide in the dark — and the process of accepting them in the light. 🌑✨I’m Dr. Seohyun Joo, a licensed clinical psychologist who recently quit her 9–5 after a decade in grad school to confront my biggest fear: being seen. This show is my experiment in shadow work, self-discovery, and reclaiming lost dreams.🎧 Each week, I’ll offer yo...