My Therapist Said

Stef spirals from a humbling yoga class (sometimes you’re a bad bitch, other days you’re not) into a bigger conversation about judgment, trauma, and why the internet is so quick to decide who’s right and who’s wrong. She gets into what it actually means to hold a neutral lens without excusing harmful behavior, why having access to every answer (hi, ChatGPT) is lowkey overwhelming, and how we’ve co...

What does it actually look like to care… without carrying everything? This episode lives in the space between burnout and self-compassion—where being deeply empathetic starts to feel heavy, and learning how to pull that energy back inward becomes necessary. Stef reflects on boundaries, emotional responsibility, and the quiet shift from over-functioning to choosing yourself. From being “fresh out o...

This week, Stef is fresh out of empathy and has thoughts. From performative empathy and mental health buzzwords to dating delusion, fuckboy art therapy, and why reality TV continues to butcher therapy… we’re covering it all. Also: the thought well has no bottom, single girlies are nodding and crying, and yes—she’s framing a “take care” text in gold. You’ve been warned. Follow along on IG & Tik...

This week Stef talks about what it actually means to let yourself heal, grow, and change — and the difference between wanting that and actually allowing it. From a surprisingly calm yoga moment, to a midday meditation that shouldn’t have worked (but did), to taking herself on an artist date that led somewhere unexpected, Stef reflects on rest, resistance, and why maybe everything in life doesn’t h...

This week, Stef talks about friendship, yoga class chaos, feeling unexpectedly supported by community, and why birthdays can bring up way more grief than people realize. From hot yoga circus brain to The Artist’s Way resentment to missing the people who used to make birthdays feel easier, this episode is funny, reflective, and a little all over the place in the best way. If you’ve ever felt deeply...

Content note: This episode includes discussion of opioid addiction and mentions specific substances. If you're in recovery, please be mindful while listening. Stef is back in yoga after a month-long back injury and immediately spirals into several important topics: OCD brain loops, addiction recovery lore, and why addicts love a loophole but absolutely hate a lesson. This week she’s unpacking...

Stef is back with another week of absolutely necessary self-reflection (unfortunately triggered in public). This episode includes a roller-skating reality check, the snowboarding lore that confirms some hobbies should have stayed in childhood, and a deep dive into Love Is Blind that is very much about reality TV and absolutely not Stef projecting her own dating history. If you’ve ever committed to...

Stef is back with guest Leslie Howard (yoga teacher, hospice volunteer, and all-around death-positive human) for a conversation about end-of-life awareness that’s somehow calming instead of terrifying. They talk about Shavasana as more than just the nap at the end of yoga, why death suddenly turns into a logistical panic when we avoid talking about it, what people actually care about near the end...

Stef is back unpacking addiction, reality TV chaos, and the very confident belief that next time… she’ll follow the D.A.R.E. theory we all know and love, and just say "no". From Housewives spirals to early-2000s lore under a very 2026 lens, this one is part cultural commentary, part personal spiral, and fully self-aware as always. If you’ve ever side-eyed your past self, fallen down a Br...

Stef is back and we’re embarrassed. From an unnecessary car tow to (moderately privileged) problems, Stef is back for another week where her self-awareness keeps growing whether she asked for it or not. This episode is about spiraling, trying to be a responsible adult, and learning to laugh with life when control fully slips through your fingers. If you’ve ever made a situation worse just trying t...

Stef had a rough week. So naturally, she tried to practice self-care… and ended up in a massage situation that truly cannot be explained. This episode covers: why resting feels impossible as an adult the urgent need for more gold stars and positive reinforcement how to be kinder to yourself when you feel like you’re doing everything and still falling behind If you’re overwhelmed or burnt out, this...

This week on My Therapist Said, Stef is officially back from reading deprivation and processing what happens when you remove distractions, sit with your thoughts, and then immediately return to Southern Charm. Thoughtful, unfiltered, and run very much like a bit — this episode is for the single people, the quietly tired people, and anyone who’s ever wondered if life would be easier with a partner…...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef drops a midweek episode because sitting alone with her thoughts for 7 days proved… ambitious. From a float tank mishap that somehow leads to clarity, to reading deprivation, to Bubs causing absolute chaos at Pet Food Express, this episode is a study in anxiety, self-awareness, and nervous systems doing the most. Follow along on IG & TikTok: ⁠@mytherapistsa...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef reflects on reading deprivation, childhood patterns, selective hearing (looking at you, Bubs), and the ways we stay the same — even as we grow. With stories about loving a shortcut and working through big ideas in real time, this episode explores whether people really change, or just find new ways to be themselves. Thoughtful, funny, and very human. Follow alo...

This week on My Therapist Said, Stef gets fully humbled by a brutal hot yoga class, admits meditation has been a straight-up circus lately, and shares a quick dating-app moment that reminded her why she hates the apps. She then zooms out into a bigger thought: is mental health care so undervalued because we don’t actually believe people can change? Stef connects the dots between insurance, power,...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef talks losing her car keys, spiraling immediately, and the thin line between “positive self-talk” and fully roasting yourself. From radical honesty to the beauty (and discomfort) of being alone with your thoughts, this episode explores how too much alone time creates self-awareness. And a funny reminder that being alone can make you honest, sometimes painfully...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef reflects on 2025 and records a very honest New Year’s Day episode about growth, burnout, boundaries, and choosing herself. She talks dating disappointment, being seen as “a lot”, therapist advocacy, unpaid labor in mental health, and what it actually looks like to stop flattening yourself for other people. A reflective, grounding episode about closing one chap...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef talks New Year’s pressure and the very humbling realization that confidence does not make you good at everything. Featuring the chaotic story of getting scuba certified while wildly claustrophobic — tight wetsuit, scary rope to the bottom of the ocean, public crying, and somehow still walking away with a certificate. A funny, grounding reminder that being huma...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef reflects on traditions, expectations, and what happens when you finally stop doing things just because you’re “supposed to.” She talks about why the holidays can feel heavy, how traditions can quietly turn into obligations, and why choosing yourself doesn’t mean you’re cold, selfish, or wrong — it just means you’re honest. There’s vulnerability, humor, grief,...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef spirals (lightly), laughs (a lot), and breaks down everything from why New York reality TV is doomed by people who’ve seen too much… to why men should not be designing buttons, packaging, or literally anything. We talk boredom as a biological threat, adaptability as a double-edged sword, reality TV chaos, community, grief, and why the right kind of “lore” can...

This week on My Therapist Said , Stef breaks down why insurance companies are unwell, why car dealerships are giving “we don’t respect women,” and how yoga can be just as much for the lore as it is relaxing. A slightly unhinged yet still full-of-care, very Stef episode. Hoodies are live — link in bio. Follow along on IG & TikTok: @mytherapistsaidpod — New episodes every Friday.

Welcome back to My Therapist Said ! This week, Stef unpacks a sick-week spiral, a sensory-deprivation meltdown, and why she thinks the DOE cutting loan access for social workers is a massive system failure. We talk pay, privilege, representation, community, and the new FOE hoodies, the $98 statement piece that doesn’t shrink itself to make anyone comfortable. If the price upsets you... let it. Hoo...

Burned out but chit-chattin'! This episode, Stef talks about taking a week off from therapy work (because admin and insurance disrespect are insane), the emotional labor of small talk at beauty appointments, messy thoughts on Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and mental health on TV, and her hot take on “enabling” in addiction based on her work with people who have addiction and those who have been...

Welcome back to My Therapist Said ! In this episode, Stef recaps her first-ever rage-room adventure after tax chaos sent her spiraling, why breaking a windshield with a crowbar actually helped, and her ongoing war with people who leave during Shavasana. We also dig into therapist burnout, the importance of community, and the lore behind that viral yoga video. And of course... Bubs’ nightly tuck-in...

Stef is back with a Selling Sunset recap full of chaos—leather fireplaces, $30K shrubs, and men who “don’t eat vegetables”—before diving into something real: positive self-talk and how we speak to and about ourselves and how that can make or break your healing journey. Follow along on IG & TikTok: ⁠@mytherapistsaidpod⁠ New episodes every Friday. 🎧