Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and Dené

In this live coaching session with Carly, we talk about the complexities of dating after a divorce. We explore the challenges of meeting someone online during a pandemic, learning to trust ourselves after we’ve experienced a betrayal, how we can make mindful dating a practice for getting to know ourselves better as we get to know others, and how “the loop” going on in our head can be an indication...

Mary Beth LaRue is a mama, a yoga teacher, a writer, and the creator of Embodied by MB, embodiment based offerings which includes virtual yoga classes, a slow flow teacher training, and an online program of small group coaching for women. Her writing and teachings offer such profound insights for all of us attempting to stay present with ourselves through the pain of uncertainty. Trust us, her per...

In this live coaching session with Elle, we dive into a very real challenge all of us inevitably face at some point in adulthood. We explore how to stay grounded in the truth of who we’re growing into, as we go back to where we came from. We touch on themes like meeting ourselves with compassion when we miss the mark, being aware of the trap of black and white thinking, offensive forms of communic...

Melanie Hersch is a psychotherapist turned dating coach who teaches singles how to rewire the unconscious patterns that have been preventing them from having the love they want. Her unique approach blends psychology, spirituality, and energetics to help her clients increase their self esteem, know their worth, and easily attract healthy love into their lives! We talked to Melanie about challenging...

In this powerful follow-up coaching session with Jim, we hear about some of the twists his singlehood journey has taken since our last conversation. We talk about codependent tendencies as a form of addiction, how our feelings of ambivalence can be an invitation to surrender, and that the feeling we’ve taken a backslide is actually a fundamental aspect of our growth. If you want to go back and ref...

If you’ve ever been curious to learn more about astrology, this episode breaks it all down. Mildred Murillo (known to us as Milly) is an Astrologer and Spiritual Coach whose study and knowledge of astrology is based on a Jungian, person-centered approach. She believes that astrology is about guiding her clients to discover the divine wisdom and strength that is within them. We talk with Milly abou...

In this live coaching session with Hazel, we talk about how scary it can feel to embrace the power we hold within ourselves, integrating the lessons we’ve learned after a breakup into how we show up in relationships moving forward, and questioning whose voice we’re hearing in our heads once we realize we’ve been the ones holding ourselves back. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as m...

Vanessa and Dené sit down to talk about some of the most difficult realities parents have faced in the last year. They discuss the trouble with parenting as a course correction for what we longed for in childhood, how to cope with parenting burnout during a pandemic, and identifying where we are in terms of our stress levels so that we can give ourselves a break before we reach our breaking point....

Taune Lyons is an integrative therapist, writer, and coach in the San Francisco, Bay Area. She specializes in intentional relating, sexuality, unraveling our conditioning, and the integration of painful or potent experiences. Taune also teaches one of the most sought after classes in TAT LAB with a focus on attachment styles. We talk with Taune about how we start to reclaim the aspects of ourselve...

In this live coaching session with Katie, we talk about how to differentiate between venting and the deeper talking (ie processing) that we do to initiate and continue growth. We also normalize feeling like you’ve outgrown your therapist and discuss how we can tap into a sense of joy and aliveness during these turbulent times. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, plea...

Cheaper than Therapy is back for Season 2! We are thrilled to kick off our new season with Dr. Nicole LePera aka “The Holistic Psychologist.” Nicole was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University and the New School for Social Research and studied at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. She is a holistic psychologist whose work addresses the connection between the mind, body and sou...

In the season 1 finale, Vanessa and Dené reflect back on their greatest takeaways from starting a podcast in the year 2020. They acknowledge the opportunities for growth this year has presented - both individually and collectively, and express how moving it’s been to process the highs and lows with this growing podcast community. Cheaper than Therapy returns for season 2 on January 6, 2021. We’re...

In this live coaching session, we talk with Deb about dating with a new set of tools on your tool belt. We normalize waiting for the other shoe to drop when we enter a new relationship, the importance of using past tense language when referring to behaviors we’re working to outgrow, and slowing ourselves down to pause and question our automatic responses. If you love the conversations we’re bringi...

Amanda E. White is a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen. She specializes in teaching women how to set boundaries, engage in real self-care, and work through shame. She is the founder of "Therapy for Women Center" based in Philadelphia but now serving clients across the country. She is forthright in her recovery from an addiction and eating disorder...

In this live coaching session, we talk with Jim about how to know if we’re a little too closed off as we start dating again after a divorce. We explore dispelling the myth that men don’t require emotional connection for sex to be fulfilling, how to clearly state the speed at which we’d like a relationship to proceed, and that sometimes our work is about differentiating our triggers from someone el...

Katherine Winter-Sellery is a 3x TEDx Speaker, a parenting coach, and mom of two. For over 20 years, she has been helping families thrive by using a guidance approach to parenting called Conscious Parenting. We talk with Kathryn about how parents can model moving through difficulty without making their children responsible for holding it, the truths we don’t speak in an attempt to avoid hurting th...

In this live coaching session, we talk with Joan about navigating the execution phase of needing to make a big change. We dive into the distinction between doing the internal exploration required to understand what it is we really want, and then how we start to stay present for what comes up when we’re challenged to take action and step into this new sense of self. If you love the conversations we...

Amy Young is a transformational thought leader and coach supporting wide awake women in accessing their innate Feminine Power. She does this through a process of Patriarchal De-Programming she calls "The Undoing." We talk with Amy about how 2020 has served as a catalyst for deep questioning, how much our growth requires self-responsibility, holding our younger selves with compassion for what we di...

In this live coaching session, we talk with Kate about feeling the difficulty of hard choices, even when we know they’re the right ones. We discuss rediscovering ourselves after the end of a marriage, how putting words to what we’re feeling gives our children permission to do the same, and that although telling the truth may be the harder choice at times, it always feels better than pretty picture...

Jen Kluczkowski is a NYC-based wife, mama, teacher, student, speaker, listener, mentor, consultant, and advocate for Earth passionate about helping people and companies increase their awareness and positive impact, while reshaping what leadership looks and feels like through her company, MINDFRESH. We sit down to talk to Jen about how forgiving ourselves when our regimented self care practices sli...

In this live coaching session with Anna, we talk about learning to care for ourselves when our role in the family has always been to care for everyone else. We strategize ways to sit in the discomfort that comes up when we attempt to break out of codependent family patterns and recognize that sometimes in doing so we can model for everyone else how to do what’s hard. If you love the conversations...

Mark Groves specializes in the art of translating human connection by challenging belief systems that hold us back from one another and by offering a new perspective on what it means to love courageously. We talk with Mark about how painful experiences like a breakup can be an invitation to expansion, curiosity as the remedy for our deepest divisions, the allure of the codependent dance, and how u...

In this live coaching session with Jordan, we talk about what it’s like being in a new relationship with someone as they’re navigating a divorce. We explore why sometimes it can be helpful to slow down the pace not only to allow space for healing after the end of a marriage, but to give both people some clarity on what feels true about moving forward. If you love the conversations we’re bringing y...

Brandon G. Alexander is a dynamic speaker, a thought leader, and a man on a mission to support men and boys in the discussion of what it means to be a modern day gentleman. We talk with Brandon about outdated gender expectations making it difficult for men and women to connect, why men often shut down after attempting to be vulnerable, and how we start to formulate a "Happily Ever After" that take...

Dené and Vanessa sit down together to process some of the emotional fatigue that 2020 has left us experiencing on a collective level. They talk about sitting in the discomfort of the liminal spaces of becoming, how we might start to step outside of our echo chambers to find common ground, and how meeting fear with compassion might be the greatest lesson for us to take away from this time. If you l...