Cailin Bracken

Sunday Questions the Podcast

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A conversational advice column featuring compelling and lighthearted discussions about mental health, spirituality, relationships, personal growth, and wellness.

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Cailin Bracken

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Health

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Latest episode

Apr 20, 2025

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Episodes

Lessons on Love: Patterns, Precedents & Partnership 20.04.2025

In this episode of the Sunday Questions, Cailin shares her personal insights on relationships: what helps them grow, where things can get tricky, and how we learn about ourselves through them. She talks through 10 key lessons from her two-year relationship with Sam, touching on communication, admiration, and the quiet ways we shape dynamics over time. From emotional loans to setting healthy preced...

Writing, Purpose & Presence: Lilly Drury on Joy, Hard Work, and Building a Meaningful Life 13.04.2025

This week on Sunday Questions , Cailin is joined by friend, songwriter, and former division one lacrosse player Lilly Drury for a conversation on purpose, presence, and the quiet power of hard work. Conversations span from the role of writing as a lifelong practice and the importance of self-talk, to how we can reconcile suffering every day. Lilly shares why vulnerability builds connection, how ho...

Ask a Clinical Psychologist: Expert Mental Health Insights with Dr. Bradley Frank 30.03.2025

In this episode, Cailin sits down with Clinical Psychologist and author Bradley Frank, PhD, for a heartfelt and insightful Q&A on all things mental health and life guidance. From navigating grief and mending strained family relationships to embracing your authentic self in your 20s, we cover it all. Brad shares actionable advice and compassionate wisdom to help you heal, grow, and live unapolo...

Q&A: Relationships, OCD, and Combatting Codependence ft. Sam Frank 23.03.2025

In today's episode, Sam joins Cailin for part two of their previous episode - but today, they're answering questions from listeners on things ranging from rejection, to maintaining your independence in a relationship, to the impact of OCD on a relationship. Enjoy, and happy Sunday!

Difficult Moments in our 20s ft. Sam Frank 16.03.2025

In today's episode, Cailin is joined by her boyfriend, Sam, to discuss the phase of life and their relationship that they're in right now. They break down the most difficult conversations they've had throughout their relationship, and Sam shares the habits that he's built to support himself during a season of uncertainty. Disclaimer that the word "universe" might actually...

10 Lessons I've Learned in Corporate America 09.03.2025

In today's episode, Cailin discusses 10 lessons she's learned in corporate America. Topics include: leaving a role gracefully, how to get an interview, navigating difficult situations and uncomfortable conversations with coworkers, and how to advocate for yourself in the workplace.

We're Back! Life Updates & Q&A 02.03.2025

Today's episode includes life updates on Cailin's career and an exciting new pivot, next steps in moving & what she's been up to lately. Getting into a Q&A, we break down the mindset shifts, wellness habits, and personal growth strategies that actually help, instead of overwhelm in the new year. This episode is full of advice for people in their twenties and anyone who is inter...

Addiction, Recovery, Compulsive Perfectionism & Living Your Truth with Elizabeth Pearson 24.11.2024

What a treasure it is to be present to Elizabeth's wisdom and honesty in this hour. With great candor and compassion, Elizabeth shares stories that will touch every listener, regardless of whether or not they've experienced addiction. Conversation topics range from chronic perfectionism (to the point of embellishing truths for the sake of being "enough"), being honest with yourself about what you...

2024 NYC Marathon Episode: Fuel, Training, The Race & Everything in Between ft. Sam Frank 11.11.2024

On today's episode on Sunday Questions, Cailin and Sam recap their races at the 2024 TCS NYC Marathon last Sunday. This episode covers truly every detail of Cailin and Sam's training and race weekend, complete with listener questions covering everything from carb-loading to travel logistics.

Fiona Neville on the Futility of Comparison and Navigating Transitions with Authenticity 15.09.2024

On today's episode, Cailin is joined by dear friend, Fiona Neville - AKA @freetobefi, to discuss all things post-grad life. Though, the concepts in this episode are applicable at any time of life. Hear Cailin and Fiona discuss showing up as themselves in corporate settings, navigating cognitive dissonance in your career, value-based decision making, and how to stop treating ourselves like proj...

Sam Frank on Relationships, Long-Distance Dating, and Pursuing Your Career Goals 09.09.2024

On today's episode, Cailin has on her boyfriend & favorite person, Sam Frank, for his second unfiltered conversation on Sunday Questions. Topics include: how their relationship has changed since the last time Sam was on the podcast, what planning for the future looks like when you're in a serious relationship in your 20s, and Sam's advice on pursuing graduate studies. Digressions i...

Sunday Questions Season 2: Life Updates, Post-Grad, and Corporate America 01.09.2024

Welcome back to Sunday Questions for our second season! After 6 months away, Sunday Questions is back. In today's episode, Cailin discusses all things post-grad life, including where she's living, what she's doing, her relationship, and her qualms with corporate America.

Hannah Folau: Accepting Anxiety, Ted Talks, and College Athletics 17.03.2024

On this week's episode, Cailin sits down with Hannah Folau to talk about everything ranging from processing intrusive thoughts, to burnout, to finding purpose as a college athlete. Hannah is the host of the With Intention podcast, and an alumni of Georgetown University, where she played on the Women's Lacrosse team. She's now pursuing her Masters degree at Georgetown's Graduate Sch...

Ellie & Hannah Gerson: Breakups, Running, and Navigating your Twenties 03.03.2024

In today's episode, Cailin sits down with sisters Ellie and Hannah Gerson to talk through everything from postgrad life, or moving across the country, to navigating a heart-wrenching breakup. Ellie and Hannah are among the wisest, most honest guests that Sunday Questions has had the pleasure of welcoming - we know you'll love this one. Find Ellie & Hannah on tiktok, and if you're i...

Finding Your Happy, Healing from an Eating Disorder & College with Mary Rojack 25.02.2024

On today's episode, Mary Rojack (@livingwmary) joins Cailin for a conversation covering everything from eating disorder recovery, all the way to college sports, and making the decision to leave college for a semester to focus on your mental health. Cailin and Mary are, quite simply, cut from the same cloth and found so much mutual love and admiration for one another in this episode.

10 Lessons I've Learned in College 11.02.2024

In today's episode, as Cailin approaches her college graduation in just a few months, she shares 10 lessons she's learned during her time in college. Lessons range from finding humility in your education to learning what's best for you.

Identifying What You Want Out of Life, and Becoming Brave Enough to Work For it 28.01.2024

In today's episode, Cailin opens with a guiding question: "What the f*ck do I want out of 2024?" which leads into a conversation about what to do when your future lacks clarity, gaining perspective on the finite nature of life, writing your own hypothetical obituary, her post-grad perspectives, and finding joy & meaning in the life stage that you’re in right now.

75 best for you, accepting a funk & rules for 2024 20.01.2024

In the first episode of 2024, Cailin kicks us off with a conversation complete with the things she won't be doing this year, her own iteration of 75 hard that she's calling "75 best for you", and a brief life update in which she cries about change and the evolution of leaving her college sport behind. It's a new stage of life and it's a new stage of Sunday Questions :&#39...

INTIMACY: healing our relationships with vulnerability 10.12.2023

In today's episode, Cailin shares about her own relationship with intimacy, both physical and emotional, and the things she's learned from negative intimate experiences. Broken into three chapters: emotional, physical, and relationship intimacy. Included in this episode are conversations about feeling self conscious during intimate moments, overcoming emotional barriers, and finding valida...

SUNDAY SESSION: career advice, long distance tips, thanksgiving recap 04.12.2023

In today's advice session, Cailin gives a recap of her Thanksgiving break complete with advice on spending time with your significant other's family and resolutions to stop letting the behavior of random strangers determine our moods. This week's advice session covers a variety of things from long distance tips to our relationship with intimacy, all the way to career crises and LinkedI...

NYC Marathon Recap 19.11.2023

In today's episode, Cailin recaps the days leading up to the 2023 New York City Marathon, the race itself, and answers listener questions about training, racing logistics, gear, and general motivation.

5 Things Marathon Training Taught Me About Life 13.11.2023

In this episode, Cailin recounts the five lessons she learned from training for the 2023 New York City marathon. From transitioning to eating animal based protein for recovery, to overcoming limiting beliefs about hard work, and the importance of finding your "why."

This Week in 20-Something-Hood with Liam 29.10.2023

In today's episode, the creator of one of Cailin's favorite TikTok series "This Week in 20-Something-Hood" joins Sunday Questions to talk about his creative process, sobriety, the grief of losing a friend, vulnerability as a man, and the inspirations behind the content he's creating. This is not one to miss!

Experiencing Life in Full 15.10.2023

In today's episode, Cailin talks about the lessons she's learned over the past few weeks of experiencing life in full. The conversation spans hopes and dreams, appreciating where you are while you're there, coping with grief, finding community, and living alongside the paradoxes inherent in life.

"Gut Feelings" and Anxiety 24.09.2023

In today's episode, Cailin talks about how the pressure to interpret a "gut feeling" or "tap into your intuition" is unproductive for people who experience anxiety. In this conversation, Cailin covers learning to live alongside uncertainty in a relationship, the power of feelings, and why the term "gut feeling" has taken on an inaccurate, confusing definition.

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