BYOB: Bring Your Own Baggage

if you are listening to this on 11/2 or 11/3, GO VOTE!!!  omg hello and welcome back! Today I'm joined by the incredible, Ana Tsiskarishvili (who I have been following on Instagram for 3 years now!!), to talk about anorexia. Ana goes through her journey with anorexia and explains how it's connected to her OCD. We also talk about how to help someone struggling with an eating disorder and...

oh hey there! Today I'm joined by the lovely, Rachel Greif, to talk about therapy 101 and starting meds. Rachel shares her experience with therapy and getting on meds, and we answer some questions from Instagram about therapy (plug, follow @bringyourownbaggage). Join us to talk about tips for starting therapy and also nightmares, Russian nesting dolls (and finding the "mega" therapi...

welcome back!! Today I have on the wonderful, Danny Niemann, to talk about mental health in the LGBTQA+ community. Danny shares his coming out story in addition to many nuggets of wisdom that honestly left me questioning my entire perspective of  life. Like. Wow. Join us to talk about mental health struggles specific to members of the LGBTQA+ community and learn some tips about how to deal with th...

hello!! Today I conduct my first virtual interview with the very talented, very knowledgeable, Emma Hitchcock (AKA my first-year roommate!!). Join us to talk about Emma's experience with anxiety and depression and learn some tips about how to manage that as a college student. We also talk about why you should slide into the DMs, disguising therapy as doctors appointments, and again, why you s...

*I apologize if the audio in this episode sounds a little wonky because we were wearing masks!!* Drumroll please... today I have my first BYOB guest, the AMAZING Sydney Cherry, on to talk about self-love. Specifically, the importance of self-love, how we practice self-love, and how you can practice self-love!! (how many times can I say self-love in one sentence). We also talk about the Justine and...

HELLO everyone and welcome to BYOB! In this episode I set the world record for most times a person says "you know" and "um" in 20 minutes. I also talk about my vision for this podcast and give a quick overview of my experience with mental health and the toll that going to college took on that. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to get some advice about how to begin your journ...