Toxic Waste of Time

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Hiking. Ever feel like affirmations are just dumb? Does a bubble bath really fix everything? Katie and Ivy explore the toxic potential of Self Care. 

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie talk about the detrimental effects of toxic positivity Icebreaker: Professional Wrestling TW: Depression, death, funerals, repressed emotion Thanks for traveling back in time to check out the early episodes of the Podcast Formerly Known as Bad Boss Detox! Since Ivy and Katie fully detoxed from our toxic work experiences, and moved on, we changed the name and the gene...

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Water Bottles. With another Toxic TV Throwback, Ivy and Katie analyze "Read No Evil" from Season 3 of The Facts of Life. This 1982 episode explores book banning, and with an issue like that, we're bound to get a little spicy!

Send us Fan Mail Our friend Mikey D is back with more wisdom on what to do when a formerly toxic person reappears in your life. We'll break down the 5 R's of a true apology, how to tell when YOU might be the toxic one! Icebreaker: Bugs TW: Insects, spiders, bedbugs, mental illness

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Cilantro. Katie and Ivy get deep with our research on Generational Trauma. (aka Intergenerational Trauma, Ancestral Trauma) Could the scars of past generations still exist in you? We'll find out, and make our unscientific determination of whether or not this could be toxic! 

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: The Olympics. In part two on this topic, Ivy and Katie talk about the complex web of toxicity surrounding the religious/political divide in the US, and our own thoughts on how to navigate it. Trigger Warnings: religious trauma, abuse, political violence

Send us Fan Mail Icebreaker: Storms. In episode 1 of Season 3, Ivy and Katie discuss their relationships with religion and politics in part one of two on this topic. It's complicated. Or is it?  Trigger Warnings: Religious trauma, indoctrination

Send us Fan Mail In the season 2 finale, Ivy and Katie talk about what might be one of the most toxic relationship types we've seen so far: the Frenemy. Hopefully this is one we can all agree to just cut loose and move on from! Icebreaker: Furries.

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie have had varied experiences in school, with teachers, students, and their kids' teachers. In this episode, we'll talk about some of the most toxicity in teaching, and shout out some of the teachers who shaped our lives in the best ways. 

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy analyze our relationship with a vintage WB classic, Charmed! Ivy's never seen it, and Katie's a developing superfan. But is it toxic?  Icebreaker: Marijuana TOPICS: Charmed, Vintage TV, TV Shows, TV Drama, Witches, Occult, Magic, Magick, Wicca, Toxic relationships

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy have two very different body types,  but the similarities in their body image struggles are closer than you might think.  Icebreaker: Baking Topics: Body Image, eating disorders, bulimia, anorexia, social media, women's magazines, thinspo, fitspo, baking, shopping, clothing, clothing sizes Resources:  nationaleatingdisorders.org   https://nbcc.org/resources/nccs...

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie speak with voice actor, author, and podcast host of The Soul Goals, Dawn Cunningham, about our own relationships with our mothers, and how that might affect our own parenting. 

Send us Fan Mail Continuing our discussion of the two part opener of season 2 of The Facts of Life, Ivy and Katie think about the toxicity present in this show and how it relates to TV today.  TRIGGER WARNING: Racism, Sexual Assault, abortion, suicide

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie talk about one of Ivy's favorite shows growing up, The Facts of Life. But Katie's never seen it! How does the show age?  Like fine wine? Like a school milk carton left in a locker over winter break?  Icebreaker: Haunted Houses. TRIGGER WARNING: Racism, age gap dating, abortion

Send us Fan Mail Katie shares some of her highlights (or lowlights) from her slog through online dating. Some of the worst offenders are put on blast (anonymously), and Katie recounts all that she learned about herself and the dating process.  Icebreaker: Caffeine

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy have very different dating histories. Ivy met her man "as a child" as she often says, and Katie waded through the online dating swamp for nearly 15 years before she finally found the right guy. Katie explains what that experience was like in this two part episode. Icebreaker: Sports

Send us Fan Mail Are you new to the area, and you're looking to make new friends as an adult? It's insanely difficult and awkward! Katie and Ivy talk about their experiences making friends online, and offer some more delightful advice on how to go about finding friends online, safely!

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ivy and Katie discuss going "no contact" with family members. It seems to be an occurrence that's growing in frequency, which is not great...but when there's no other option, do you owe it to yourself? Is it toxic to ghost a family member? 

Send us Fan Mail With everyone so quick to point out the bad in people and spotting red flags, Katie and Ivy decide to chat about the green flags in relationships. We will go over the ridiculous 8 possible flags and laugh about the lack of flags in the past. Hear about the flags we saw, or didn't see, and decide if this episode was non-toxic, toxic-ish, or if it was just a toxic waste of time...

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy continue our conversation about humans' relationships with AI, including AI induced psychosis, chatbots, creativity and copyright. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions about psychosis, self-harm, and suicide.  Sound effects provided by Zapsplat.

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Ivy talk about humans' relationships with AI, including AI induced psychosis, chatbots, creativity and copyright. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions about psychosis, self-harm, and suicide.  Sound effects provided by Zapsplat.

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ivy and Katie continue their conversation about toxic relationships in media, focusing on music, musicals, and social media. 

Send us Fan Mail Ivy and Katie had some messed up conceptions of what relationships were supposed to be when they were young. They mostly blame the media...In this episode, they call out some of the books, movies, and TV shows that had a major impact on what we thought to expect from future relationships. Spoiler: TV isn't real! 

Send us Fan Mail From our first crushes in Teen Beat, to Beatlemania and Stan, Ivy and Katie discuss what a parasocial relationship is, and how they can be both beneficial and harmful to us. But are they toxic? And how do we know when we need to come back to Earth?

Send us Fan Mail In this lighthearted episode, we chat about our relationships to animals of all kinds. Whether they offer us emotional support, or they bite the shit out of us...or both, pet ownership has increased dramatically post pandemic. And we can see why!