Off the Wall: Trauma, Training, and Tangents

Season 2 is here! We are so excited to be back! And we’re starting exactly how we mean to go on: with a real-time conversation that was never supposed to be an episode, until we realized way too many women would probably relate. In this episode, we pick up where a WhatsApp voice note conversation left off. Kristin had been dealing with frustrating symptoms, normal labs, and the mental suffocation...

This episode feels like a highlight reel of everything we’ve explored this season: identity shifts, boundaries, hormones, resentment, growth, and being human in the middle of all of it. We’re closing out Season 1 by answering the questions you’ve been sending in that hit a little too close to home. From mom rage to perfectionism to fear vs intuition, and so much more…we hope this episode makes you...

In this episode of Off the Wall , we tackle one of the most loaded parenting topics out there: screens, phones, kids, and the pressure to “get it right.” You’ll hear: What the research consistently shows about screens and sleep (and where adults misinterpret it) How fast-paced digital content interacts with attention, impulsivity, and executive function How attachment, not control, determines whet...

Probably one of the biggest struggles many people face within the realm of acceptance..boundaries! Today we are talking about boundaries for “nice people”, the ones who say yes before their brain has any clue what just happened. Kristin shares what it’s like being a recovering people-pleaser, Vanessa admits she used to live in full-time club bouncer mode, and together we walk through a simple Boun...

In this episode, we discuss “holiday brain”...the very real shift that happens in December when routines loosen, discipline dips, and everything easily becomes a January problem. We unpack why your brain hits conservation mode during the holidays, why the “I’ll start in January” plan is a trap, and why falling off isn’t the issue… STAYING off is. We also share two simple reframes to help you stay...

In this episode, we pick up right at the part no one warns you about…where you’re trying to unlearn decades of survival mode, and you’re in limbo between your past and your future. We talk about how the brain rewires through what you pay attention to, why change feels painfully slow, and how something as small as ten seconds of calm can start shifting an entire nervous system.  We also open up abo...

What if the thing you THINK broke you… didn’t? Kristin grew up in emotional landmines (chaos, fear, unpredictability), and her brain wired itself for danger before she even knew what danger was.  Vanessa lived through her father’s murder and somehow wasn’t traumatized…until isolation years later rewired her for survival mode. Vanessa’s story flips everything: her father was murdered when she was f...