ShrinkChicks

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen have the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Richard Schwartz, fellow psychotherapist and the creator of the therapeutic modality Internal Family Systems (IFS). Dick has written some of Em & Jen's favorite books to recommend to you all like  No Bad Parts  and  You are the One You’ve Been Waiting For , which was just re-released earlier this month! Dr. Schwa...

On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking about the need to be right and why it can be so hard to let this go. They start off the episode by sharing how each of them feels about being right in their relationships and also with one another. They expand on the importance of feeling heard and seen, why it can be easier to let arguments go with some people and not others, whe...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking about fear and resistance and what to do when they get in the way. They highlight the various responses we all can have to fear: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn and share which responses the two of them typically experience. Emmalee and Jen discuss the nuances that exist with fear and how fear can both help us and hurt us. They answer your questio...

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen dive into a topic that many were curious to hear about: finding joy in the day-to-day routine. They discuss how they each find joy in their day to day, tips for how to incorporate it, and the challenge of transitioning out of a chaotic period of life to a calmer one. Emmalee and Jen answer listener questions about minimizing the pressure to always do more...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are joined by one of their amazing clinicians from The Therapy Group,  Lauren Larkin,  LMHC, and they are talking all things dating! Lauren shares some of the work she does with her clients around dating, a specific exercise she uses, her own personal red flag/deal breaker story, and how she worked through it. Em, Jen, and Lauren answer your questions about d...

Emmalee and Jen often talk about intergenerational trauma/patterns and how to work on breaking those patterns in your adult life. This week on ShrinkChicks, they are talking about the other side of the coin: the things we want to  keep  from our families of origin, the really great things that are passed down. Em and Jen shift the focus from what we  don’t  want to take with us to what we  do . Th...

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are diving into the topic of comparison: why we compare, where it can come from, and the inevitability of it. They answer your questions about different kinds of comparison like body comparison, life stage comparison, career comparison, relationship comparison, and getting in touch with the feeling underneath it. They also cover competition betwe...

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen dig into the topic of external validation: why we want it, where the need/want comes from, and how to start internalizing it so we can give that validation to ourselves. They normalize the desire for it, help us to understand the function of it, discuss when seeking external validation can be risky, and how much is too much. Emmalee and Jen talk about how...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking about all things postpartum! The episode begins with Jen interviewing Em about her postpartum experience through listener questions. Emmalee shares her firsthand and vulnerable perspective on the transition into motherhood, and gives her insight into listener experiences. They are then joined by the wonderful Erica Djossa, fellow therapist and hos...

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down with the one and only Kaitlyn Bristowe! They hear all about Kaitlyn's inner child work retreat experience: her fears before going, what it was like while she was there, what surprised her, and coming back to reality after it was over. Emmalee, Jen, and Kaitlyn discuss what led her to pursue the retreat, why healing doesn't have an ultima...

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen answer your burning questions about attraction in relationships ebbing and flowing. They normalize this and also get into the difference between attraction coming and going vs. no longer being interested. Em and Jen share the many different factors that influence both attraction and sexual desire, if it's okay to discuss these feelings with our partner, h...

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all about control: why it feels so good, where the desire for control can come from, and how to start releasing it. They answer your questions about letting go of perfectionism when it has been a helpful skill, working past what things are "supposed to" be or look like, trusting other people to take the lead, fears behind releasing co...

This week, Em & Jen are joined by the incredible Daniella Pierson! Daniella is the co-founder of  Wondermind  (with Selena Gomez and her Mom, Mandy Teefey) and the founder/CEO of  The Newsette , a women-focused media company and creative agency dedicated to spotlighting diverse voices. Daniella, Emmalee, and Jen discuss the pushback and hardships she endured when starting her own company: The...

On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen give a nod to Taylor Swift and focus on the topic: "it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me" or in other words, what if  I'm  the problem? They discuss some signs to look inward about certain patterns of behavior, releasing control, how to work on challenging your thoughts and not letting them take over, cutting people off and avoidance, the st...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are validating the various challenges that can come when making decisions - both big and small. They talk through what makes us freeze when making decisions, the abundance of choices we have these days, regret, people pleasing, the ability to see things from all sides, different fears behind making decisions, questions for introspection into your decision-mak...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen tell us about their origin story! How they met, why they decided to start a private practice, their lack of a business plan, the mistakes they made along the way, and some of the hardships they faced together. Then they are joined by the co-hosts of the HERself Podcast, business coaches Amy Kiefer and Abby Green! The four of them sit down to discuss going int...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen help us approach a topic many of us avoid: having hard conversations. Whether with a family member, partner, friend, or coworker, confrontation is challenging! Em and Jen discuss where to start when having these conversations (and their #1 tips in doing so), how each of them approaches hard conversations in their lives, and the importance of speaking up when...

This week on ShrinkChicks, we are taking you back to our most popular episode of 2022: WTF is Radical Acceptance? Something Em & Jen are asked every time they do a Q&A is: "how do I not feel x, y, or z emotion?" Radical acceptance is a skill that they do a deep dive into in this episode, to help us work towards accepting unpleasant emotions rather than avoiding them. Emmalee and Jen explai...

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen share their experiences of taking an intentional break from social media. They discuss how the break affected each of them and their relationships with social media in general. They then go on to answer your questions about the reality of a social media break, the FOMO that can stop you from taking a break, comparison on social media, accepting t...

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen explain WTF Inner Child work actually entails! They discuss inner child wounds vs. the work we can do to heal them, signs you might want to start doing this work, paying attention to our triggers, and what it means to reparent your inner child. They talk about how we all adapted to our environments as children and how some of the survival tactics we used...

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all things stress: stress about being stressed, stress management, stress reduction, and the different kinds of stress. They share the skills we can work on to manage our stress, talk about their first experiences with stress, explain how they handle stress now, and dive into why certain kinds of stress are not always bad (hint: procrastination)....

Welcome back to Season 4 of ShrinkChicks! On today's episode, Emmalee and Jen sit down with Tori Dunlap, the amazing woman behind the social media accounts HerFirst100k! Tori is a globally-recognized personal finance educator, podcast host, social media star, and author. They start off the conversation by learning about Tori’s story and how she got started as a financial educator. Emmalee and Jen...

Today on ShrinkChicks, we are taking a break from a new episode to spend the holidays practicing what we preach, but didn't want to leave you all hanging! So we're re-releasing our most popular episode from this time last year: How to Set Boundaries with Your Mother-in-Law & More! In this episode, Emmalee and Jen dive into the topic of family dynamics and boundaries and how to navigate them du...

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering all of your family dynamics questions that can become especially pertinent over the Holiday season. They cover guilt trips from parents, competition between in-laws, feeling envy toward someone else's family, when people do not accept your boundaries, feeling like an "other" in your family, radical acceptance, grieving the relationships you...

*Content Warning: sexual trauma, abuse* On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are joined by the wonderful Dr. Holly Richmond who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist, Certified Sex Therapist, and author of the book  Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life . Holly sits down with Em and Jen to...