I'm Not Crazy, Right?

If most women have a story like this, why are so many people still shocked? In this solo episode, Hillary talks about the reopened Cornell sexual assault case and why it hit so many women so hard. She opens up about her own experiences with sexual assault and harassment, and explains why survivors don't always recognize it right away, why it can take years to tell anyone, and how trauma affect...

Can you truly be in love with someone if they don't love you back? In this solo episode, Hillary Bautch dives into the psychology of love and whether being in love requires reciprocity. After finishing the book Into the Blue by Emma Brodie, she found herself questioning whether she's ever experienced that all-consuming, full-volume kind of love. She breaks down the difference between unreq...

Why do we brace for the other shoe to drop the moment something good happens? In this solo episode, Hillary breaks down why happiness can feel so hard to accept — from foreboding joy and cherophobia to negativity bias and imposter syndrome — and shares a conversation with a close friend that sparked the whole episode. She dives into the psychology behind self-sabotage, why we assume we don't d...

This week Hillary is joined by her dear friend Samantha Capaldi — certified sommelier and founder of the Sam Somm Wine Club — for a wildly unfiltered, tangent-filled chat (yes, there's a mid-episode outfit change). They get into: How Sam quit her cold-calling job at Yelp to become a sommelier with zero wine background Being a woman in the male-dominated wine world Learning to say no as a new b...

Ever start "cleaning your closet" and somehow end up sitting on the floor in a feather boa listening to old Avril Lavigne CDs, surrounded by stuff you forgot you owned? This week on I'm Not Crazy, Right?, Hillary sits down with Candace Evia, professional organizer and ADHD decluttering coach behind Simply Minimally Me, to talk about why traditional organizing advice fails ADHD brains...

Hillary shares her personal journey to being diagnosed with adult ADHD — from the terrifying post-COVID brain fog and cognitive symptoms that started it all, to the long, frustrating road of doctors, testing, and misdiagnosis before finally getting answers. She opens up about the everyday realities of living with ADHD that rarely get talked about: masking, hyperfixation, the "ADHD tax,"...

Why does one unanswered text send you into a full friendship-ending spiral? In this episode, Hillary unpacks the anxiety of thinking someone is mad at you, where that fear of rejection really comes from, and how to stop taking other people's boundaries personally. If you struggle with people-pleasing, overthinking friendships, or reading into silence, this one's for you. Tune in for new ep...

This week, host Hillary Bautch is joined by award-winning journalist Stefanie O'Connell, author of #TheAmbitionPenalty. They unpack why women get told they're not ambitious enough — from the double standards around traits like "assertive" and "independent," to "you're never quite right" bias in leadership, Queen Bee Syndrome, the unpaid "second shift&...

This week, Hillary sits down with Vallean J. — journalist, author (including her latest novel Her Worst Enemy ), and founder of the Young Readers Literacy Experience and the Dear Me Experience — to talk about the reflex so many women share: saying "sorry" for things that need zero apology. Enjoy! Tune in for new episodes every Thursday! Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Follow along on...

If you've ever been told "that's not a real thing" by a doctor... this one's for you. Hillary sits down with her work-wife-turned-real-life-bestie Addy for a vulnerable story that she's never shared publicly: her years-long fight to get diagnosed with endometriosis. From being put on the pill as a teenager to "fix" mystery pain, to collapsing and ending up in the ER, to a doctor finally saying six...

We grew up on Cinderella and boombox-outside-the-window rom-coms — love as a rescue mission, not a partnership. Then reality hit, and we were told to just lower our standards. But what if the standard was never the problem? This week Hillary breaks down why male characters written by women (hi, Garrett Graham 👀) aren't setting an unrealistic bar — they're proof the bar was reachable all a...

Have you ever been totally confident in a decision… until everyone around you started weighing in? Suddenly you're second-guessing yourself, outsourcing your choices to anyone who'll give an opinion, and wondering how you got here. This week, I'm joined by Fiona Simpson — corporate baddie by day, mindset coach and founder of Reflect Path by night — to talk about one of the most relatab...

If you grew up as a millennial woman, you probably remember the era of low-rise jeans, bodycon dresses, and crash diets that promised to help you lose 30 lbs in 30 days. But what happened if you weren't quite "plus size" — and weren't quite "straight size" either? You fell through the cracks. Literally. In this episode, Hillary gets personal about growing up mid-sized —...

Have you ever had a four hour phone call that started as a quick check-in and ended with you Googling the same random celebrity at the same time as your best friend — without either of you saying a word about it first? If you have a long distance bestie, you know exactly what that's like. And if you don't, you're about to wish you did. In this episode of I'm Not Crazy, Right? , hos...

Have you ever nodded along in a conversation about investing, budgeting, or retirement accounts — and then gone home and googled every single word? You're not alone. And you're definitely not crazy. In this episode of I'm Not Crazy, Right? , host Hillary Bautch is tackling one of the most universally felt but least talked about questions women have: why does managing money feel so over...

Remember when we were told that if we just hustled hard enough, wanted it badly enough, and leaned in far enough — we could have it all? And remember how that felt less like empowerment and more like exhaustion you weren't allowed to admit to? Yeah. We're talking about it. In this episode of I'm Not Crazy, Right? , host Hillary Bautch is making the case that girlboss culture didn't...

Have you ever said yes to something you desperately wanted to say no to — not because you wanted to go, but because the guilt of not going felt worse than the inconvenience of showing up? You're not alone. And you're definitely not crazy. In the very first episode of I'm Not Crazy, Right? , host Hillary Bautch is asking the question every woman has felt but rarely says out loud: why is...