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“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth they can accept about themselves without running away.” Fact or cap? This week, Carlie & Lex explore if truth is the key to personal growth and discuss the relationship between truth, self-acceptance, and personal growth.

Do you find yourself staying up late when you know you need to be asleep? Pushing yourself past your bedtime begrudgingly? In this episode of Carlie’s Couch, we discuss the revenge bedtime procrastination and rebellion phenomena and how fighting sleep is not just for kids. Watch this episode on YouTube! Follow us on TikTok

Holding everything in is killing you, so let’s release that anger. Anger isn't a "bad" or "negative" emotion, in fact it's a healthy and necessary one. What does it mean? How can we better process and manage it? This week on Carlie's Couch, we explore healthy ways to release and regulate anger, chronic anger, and how to get to the bottom of what's upsetting you. Watch this episode on Youtube! Foll...

Is being delusional the solution? We think it could be! This week on Carlie’s Couch, Carlie & Lex explore the intentional use and mindset shift in being delulu, and discuss ways you can use to change your life and manifest in life, business/career, and love. Watch this episode on YouTube

Closed mouths still need food. How do you show up for people in your life? How do they show up for you? In this episode of Carlie’s Couch, we rethink how we show up for people in our life who have trouble expressing direct needs or might not even know what they need in the moment, whether it be stress, grief, Watch this episode on YouTube

“You should be with someone who loves you more than you love them,” or should you? This week, Carlie & Lex discuss this age old proverb, equality of love in relationships, and dissect the validity of it. Watch this episode on YouTube

Meetings don’t have to be terrible! Running efficient meetings is a skill that can be honed. This week, Carlie & Lex share tips and tricks to improve the quality and efficiency of your meetings. Watch this episode on YouTube

Do you never let yourself get too excited about things? Or act like you don’t care that much when you really do? This week, Carlie and Lex explore how approaching everything casually is a defense mechanism, why we should be okay with failing and disappointment, and how to stop holding yourself back and overcome that pattern. Watch this episode on YouTube!

There is so much beauty in getting older if we allow ourselves to be present with and celebrate it. This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the beauty of aging and share responses from people in their 20s to 70s of their favorite part of getting older. What’s the best part of getting older to you? Watch this episode on YouTube!

What better week to discuss confrontation? Most people shy away from confrontation, but it can be a tool to improve your relationships and life. This week on Carlie’s Couch, we discuss the importance of confrontation, when you should speak up, and how to get better at it. Watch this episode on YouTube!

Always feel like you’re doing too much and/or others aren’t doing enough? This week, Carlie and Lex explore the invisible burden of mental workload in our lives, how to recognize your capacity, and to better set yourself up for balance and success in relationships and life.

Feeling stuck? Ready for the next thing? Trying to get back to you or reinvent yourself? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the adventure to discover, or rediscover yourself, and provide a practical guide to lead the way on your adventure to finding yourself. Watch this episode on YouTube!

What would happen if you completely disconnected from the outside world? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we discuss Lexi’s recent silent retreat, the why, what she learned, and how the act of silence can be a conduit to a deeper connection with yourself, or not. Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/0Rf7ypPUOWM?si=4I0KuYJYDEVsvbiU

“We cannot shame ourselves into change, we can only love ourselves into evolution.” A mindset reframe is necessary to truly change and transform, so how do we do that? And in a way that builds us up? This week on Carlie’s Couch, Carlie & Lex explore the framework for lasting change and evolution in our lives.

In this episode of Carlie’s Couch, Carlie and Lex discuss their thoughts on a few of Robert Greene’s 48 Laws of Power. Law 8. Make Other People Come to You—Use Bait if Necessary Law 17. Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability Law 34. Be Royal in Your Own Fashion: Act like a King to Be Treated Like One Law 24. Play the Perfect Courtier Law 9. Win through actions, not t...

How can we stay in alignment with our goals and set our future selves up for success? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we discuss how we can prioritize long-term satisfaction instead of instant gratification. Watch this episode on Youtube

Let your life inspire your work. This week on Carlie’s Couch, self-taught mixed media artist Tyvette Symone joins us to discuss her new solo art exhibit, Reflections of the Human Condition . Each of the pieces featured explore a symbolic representation of symptoms from her personal journey with Bipolar I. She often explores the symptoms of mental illness intimately in her art and aims to inspire a...

Not everyone who is “nice” is actually nice. This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the motives behind always being the good guy/girl/person, check ourselves on our motives, and give some tips on how to notice these not-nice people in our lives. Watch this Youtube!

Are you gatekeeping yourself from success? You just might be and not even know it. This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the depths of shame, discovering how it affects our lives and is the culprit behind many of our bad habits. Watch this on YouTube!

Get 20% off your Carlie’s Couch mug with code DAYONES In today’s society, productivity is everything. We are pressed to find ways to get everything done in a finite amount of time; and are always researching the hacks, tactics, and diagnoses that will help us to be more productive. This week on Carlie’s Couch, we discuss productivity as a personal matter; and recognize that each individual may hav...

We are often our own worst critics, but that comes at a cost. Good news is, we don’t have to be. This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore why we do beat ourselves up and explore ways to stop, and think through some better habits to practice in place of. Watch us on YouTube!

Is romance a lost art? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the current state of romance and how to reignite that romantic flame in our lives and relationships. Happy Valentine’s Day y’all! Watch this episode on YouTube! Follow on Instagram Follow on TikTok Follow on Twitter Like on Facebook And Lex + Carlie limited edition mugs are still on sale!

It’s not your partner’s job to turn you on, it’s yours. Do you know how to please yourself? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we explore the importance of knowing how to please yourself first, and we discuss how to better experience and understand your sexual desires to be a more desirable individual. Watch this episode on YouTube!

“Comparison is the thief of joy” and can often make you miserable, but does it have to? What can we gain from seeing others win, succeed, and have things? This week on Carlie’s Couch, we discuss how to use comparison constructively when it comes up in our lives. Watch this episode on YouTube!

What would your life look like if you went all in? How can we give 100% to what matters the most? This week, we explore what it would look like to go all in in your life and how to make a plan that brings out your best self. Watch this episode on YouTube