Traumorama

Faith can be a very beautiful and meaningful tool to help guide you through life. Alternatively, organized religion can be used as a weapon to justify bigotry and hate. In this episode Alex and Liz discuss some unhinged experiences with the latter.

We were all born and now we have to deal with it. Whether you love birthdays, hate them, or get the concept but have never been given the emotional freedom to enjoy yourself, this episode was recorded. It is what it is, so get some cake and balloons and reminisce with us!

Today Alex and Liz are discussing the most awkward exchange! When you are newly single and you have that pile of electronics and body hair to ransom for your favorite scarf! We're talking about the post breakup stuff exchange. Ugh.

Things have gotten out of hand and we think it might help to bring back old school bullying. It's a learning tool. Don't be a ding dong. As always, don't take our advice. We don't know what we're doing and our lives are exhausting, but we look good doing it?

Our precious friend of the pod, B. Clark, asks the deep question. Would Alex and Liz's moms have been friends which leads to a breakdown of the mother's relationship styles. Oof.

You know how to know when you're in love? Neither do we, but that hasn't stopped us from making unsolicited recommendations for how you should romance that special someone. Whether Valentine's Day is an important time to express your love through homemade tattos or your brother's birthday, we're here for it!

Alex and Liz talk about New Years Eves of yore and how they handle seasonal bummers. Also, the positives of New Years Resolutions! It doesn't always have to make you better!

We've watched these movies and we liked some of them!

The holiday season is here. Time to break out your favorite coping mechanism and shop local!

In this episode we explore our past Thanksgivings, which were generally filled with misgivings. Ope! Also, we skim the surface of Liz's unhealthy preoccupation with Chet Hanx.

We're so Thankful for you all that we're putting out a bonus episode this week! Whether you call it Skanksgiving or Blackout Wednesday, most of yall have lived through the debauchery that is the night before Thanksgiving! We are recounting Liz's worst Thanksgiving Eve and recommending that our listeners avoid going to bathrooms with strangers! Good Luck!

Alex was sick and unable to record this week, so we have a solo Liz episode. The theme is what to do when a very specific personal tragedy takes place, because when your brother murders your mom it can be pretty overwhelming... Anyway, we hope this never has to be of help, but if it is we're super sorry!

This episode we chat about our best Halloween Costumes and our fave Halloween Candy! Also, a quick search of the internet informed me that the color indigo has not formally been removed from the rainbow spectrum, but it is on thin ice! Also, rainblo gum came in packs of ten. Oops! As always, if you'd like to request bad advice, email us at traumoramapod@gmail.com! Happy Halloween!

Virginia wants to know the best worst way to start implementing familial boundaries. Well, healthy boundaries can be really hard, so we recommend high calorie boundaries. In our experience, it doesn't really matter anyway! As always, we are not mental health professionals. We do not recommend following our bad advice!

Anyone can be a father, but it takes a real man to be a dad? Well, Caitlin's pops is being a real ding dong and we give her some horrible tools to help her help him help himself. To be clear, we are not mental health professionals and we do not recommend any of the advice we give. Our advice is for entertainment purposes only!

Today we give bad advice to a listener who deserved better from her cheating ex. What's the best course of action when you gave someone so much emotionally and physically, but also monetarily? You can't always get back the affection you gave, but occasionally you can get back the cash they owe you. As always, our advice is for entertainment purposes only. We are not mental health professio...

In this episode we were bereft of advice requests, so we decided to relive some past trauma and give the 23 year old versions of Alex and Liz concerningly awful advice. There's drama, intrigue, violence, and (as always) weird mom stuff. If you would like to submit a request for bad advice, feel free email us at traumoramapod@gmail.com! As always, we are not mental health professionals and any...

Today we take a listener request for bad advice and, boy, do we deliver! Additionally, here's a bit of good advice! If you are struggling with your mental health and are in crisis in North America, you can dial 988 for the mental health crisis hotline.

Some call it nostalgia, others call it neglect. Reminisce the childhood summers that contributed to the hot garbage we became. If you are interested in receiving bad advice from two former train wrecks, email your questions to traumoramapod@gmail.com and follow us on instagram @traumorama! We can't wait to see what painful memories your questions will drum up!

Story Time! Liz and Alex give a little lore into how they became such mediocre people capable of giving bad life advice! From our parents and siblings severe mental health issues and our personal true crime identities to our current hyperfixations that get us through the day. We're doing our best! Just a reminder that these are our lived experiences and we are not mental health professionals....

A new podcast for bad advice from two mediocre people!