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Michael is a business owner and father of two. He discusses his struggles throughout school, trying to get into an ivy league school, and exactly how far he'll go to prove himself or accomplish what he wants. He also talks about fatherhood and living in the shadow of his own father, and how that affected him. @FriendRequestPod JustinsFriendReques@gmail.com

Jordan is a special education teacher, father of two kids, and childhood best friend of your host. He talks about the long and drawn out Rom-Com story of meeting his wife, his struggles with alcohol in college, and how one math class changed his career trajectory. @FriendRequestPod JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com

Kristen is a fun-loving nerd who discusses a multitude of things, from being a podcaster, herself, to growing up with religion and opening up her mind in college. She talks about getting married before living together and the effects of dirty socks and not putting the seat down. Kristen also talks about how her pastor father got her into nerd culture as a kid. @smith_k10 @friendrequestpod JustinsF...

What is grief? How long is too long to be grieving? How can you be supportive to someone that is grieving? These questions and more will be answered in this month's bonus episode with resident therapist and licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, Jenny Helms. We also discuss why the current pandemic has us all grieving and what that looks like. @FriendRequestPod @JennyAnnHelms JustinsFrie...

Katie is an author and owner of Teranga Market. Our discussion spans the spectrum of topics, from religion and diversity, to depression, creativity, and self-validation. Katie's book, Teranaga: A Story of Belonging is available on paperback and eBook through Amazon right now. Link below! Katie's book: https://amzn.to/36T5SEv Jenny Helms, LCMFT answers listeners questions in Ask a Therapist @Friend...

Hillary discusses everything from 10 years of sobriety to training to be a triathlete. She discusses finding her career, surprising herself with an interest in cheerleading, and how she is transitioning into a whole foods life. Follow her for more @wholefoodhill Ask a Therapist: How do we admit our beliefs were wrong, both to ourselves and to others online? Jenny Helms, LCMFT answers and offers so...

This week, Kate discusses her relationship with her parents, discovering her father is a pedophile, why she identifies at pansexual, and how she got so open about sexuality that she ended up working in the field. Ask a Therapist: Dealing with Projecting with Jenny Helms, LCMFT @FriendRequestPod @JennyAnnHelms JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com

This month's bonus episode hits January's most popular topic: New Year's Resolutions. Therapist Jenny Helms goes over healthy methods of setting goals and how to have the right support system in place to be successful. @FriendRequestPod @JennyAnnHelms

From Indiana to Texas to Michigan to New York to Los Angeles, Derek has been just about everywhere throughout his life and has stories to fill all of the locations, including his parents nearly becoming paralyzed to coming out of the closet to how he ended up working in the music business. Jenny Helms, LCMFT, answers listen question: How to break the trauma bond. @FriendRequestPod @JennyAnnHelms

If you've ever questioned whether or not you have an unhealthy relationship with sex, porn, video games, social media, or any other "bad habit", then this episode is for you! @FriendRequestPod @JennyAnnHelms JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com

Emily discusses everything from her trauma-riddled childhood to our experience with home birth and finding her path. She also speaks about this with the confidence and maturity of someone who has gone through the therapy and done the work. A truly inspiring interview. @FriendRequestPod

Aaron Bridgewater is the front man for As They Sleep. He discusses growing up in a good home and getting into trouble as a teenager. Aaron also talks about the early days of joining a band, getting signed, and touring. He talks about fatherhood, raising a daughter as a metalhead dad, and what it's like to have two grown kids. Jenny Helms, LCMFT answers listener questions about her job in this week...

Pam is amazing and our discussion runs the gambit from spirituality and childhood trauma, to Personal Finance and finding your path. Pam is an incredibly talented photo-realist artist and an amazing individual who has clearly done the work. Ask a Therapist with Jenny Helms, LCMFT: How does insurance work for family and couples sessions? @FriendRequestPod @JennyAnnHelms JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.c...

From outwardly recognizing her privilege growing up in an upper class affluent area, to recognizing the re-gentrification of Detroit, Sarah is very present in a great interview. She also discusses an ADHD diagnosis at four years old and being medicated for most of her life. Sarah also talks about photography, what inspires her, and how her family dynamic has helped and hindered her. Ask a Therapis...

With the holidays almost here, this month's bonus episode is all about Family Systems. Whether it's how you react and respond to your family, or how they react and respond to you, resident therapist Jenny Helms gives advice on how to communicate, set boundaries, and find balance. Jenny also calls out Justin on a number of his own issues with his family. Enjoy this episode and have a safe holiday....

Natalie is a classically trained pianist with an undergraduate from Julliard. She discusses her upbringing in upper-class Chicago and some of the mental health issues that developed from there, including her active struggle with an eating disorder. Natalie also talks about her literary music series. After the interview Jenny Helms, LCMFT answers listener's questions on night time anxiety. @pianist...

Garrett discusses how education has always come easy to him and how finding a life in law didn't appeal to him to later in life. He discusses the role of religion in his life, as well as his thoughts on modern politics and the role history plays in them. Jenny Helms, LCMFT answers listener questions about how to overcome your parents' toxic parenting and be your own kind of parent. @FriendRequestP...

In this amazing interview, Katie goes through the intricacies of her family tree and discusses all the trauma she has experienced, as well as how and why she takes on the mother role with all of her relationships. Q&A with Jenny Helms, LCMFT after the episode. Ask your questions to JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com @JennyAnnHelms @FriendRequestPod

Justin discusses Eating Disorders with Jenny Helms, LCMFT. They cover and define bulemia nervosa, anorexia, and other forms of restrictive eating. Justin asks questions about fasting and diets. @jennyannhelms @FriendRequestPod JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com

Joanie, former America's Next Top Model contestant, and home renovation TV personality, rekindles a friendship with Justin and discusses her upbringing in a broken home in Pittsburgh, the highs and lows of living in Los Angeles in your 20's and how all of these lessons led to her realization that she was depressed, as well as how she handled that through EMDR, therapy, and medication. Ask a Therap...

Alex is a former co-worker who discusses his struggles with alcohol, his year in jail, and what some of the ramifications are for his poor decisions over the years. Alex and Justin also nerd out of guitar and talk about what it's like working in a grocery store in the age of COVID. After the interview, Jenny Helms, LMFT joins us to answer your listen questions! Social: @FriendRequestPod Email: Jus...

Jeanie is a former high school psychology teacher who takes some time out of her retirement to discuss the road she traveled to teach in a field there were barely classes available for in the 1980s and 1990s. Jeanie also discusses her marriages, divorces, and her views on the current social issues in America. Social: @FriendRequestPod Patreon.com/friendrequestpod Bravus Brewing Code: FRIENDREQUEST

This week, Aaron discusses his opiate addiction and recovery, including the methods and stepping stones that helped him achieve sobriety. He also gives his take on what the real cost of COVID is on the restaurant industry, and what his recent promotion at his Zen center means to him. Enjoy! Social: @FriendRequestPod Email: JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com

Jenny Helms, a licensed marriage and family therapist, specializing in trauma and eating disorders, joins Friend Request to discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, their effect on physical and mental health, and how to battle trauma from infancy to adulthood. Jenny is the founder of Soma Therapy and can be found across social media @jennyannhelms Friend Request social: @FriendRequestPod Ju...

Ryan discusses how Star Wars has interconnected much of his life and has helped him define his roles in media. He also talks about being a cameraman on the front lines of the BLM protests and how different political views have created rifts within his family. Social: @FriendRequestPod Email: JustinsFriendRequest@gmail.com