Unpolished Therapy

In today's episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen turn the spotlight on special guest, Dr. Howard A. Silver who just so happens to be Rachel's revered Dad! Dr. Silver [unpolishedly] shares his thoughts on the importance of having a positive perspective, how parenting has changed over the years and how he defines the secret sauce to having success both professionally and personally. His honesty...

This week as Rachel audaciously makes her 49th trip around the sun she shares how she leveraged juice cleanses and laser facials in an attempt to help maintain her fountain of youth. Dr. Boca capitalizes on this moment flexing her advice muscles as she singlehandedly breaks down not just the wreckage of aging, but Rachel herself by challenging her to go well beyond the skin's surface and "cleanse"...

Technology has never been a friend to both the 'Audacious' and the 'Advice' gals but today Rachel takes her frustrations to the next unpolished level as she rants to Dr. Boca about the challenges she continues to face with WiFi, iCloud Settings & Storage, Passwords and her American Express credit card declines, just to name a few! Dr. Boca is gonna need more than just her mic to help break dow...

It's been twenty years since the World Trade Center Towers were struck by terrorists on September 11, 2001. In today's episode Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen are still remembering and never forgetting as they are joined by special guest Whitney Michaels. Whitney and her husband Evan founded A Little Hope, Inc. a ground breaking not for profit charitable foundation as a personal response to the W...

NEW MONTH! NEW SEASON! Today is September 1, 2021 so the first thing Rachel Silver-Cohen and Dr. Boca must address is the good luck expression of "RABBIT, RABBIT" but apparently Dr. Boca never got the memo on this ancient superstition! As the season begins, Dr. Boca shares her unpolished frustration about the chaos of carpool, Covid and middle school clothes while Rachel Silver-Cohen sits back and...

In today's episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen sit down with Dr. Amy Botwinick, a well-known dynamo in the divorce and life transition world to discuss the unpolished ins and outs of the business of divorce and the whole gamut of emotions that ensue as a result. Dr. Botwinick specializes in helping others manage the ultimate question that can come up in a marriage: Should I Stay or Should I...

Not many cheat death, but if anyone can, Rachel Silver-Cohen's dear friend from college certainly takes the prize. In today's episode Dr. Boca and Rachel are humbled to have Sherwin Zanjanian, alive and well as their guest to share his harrowing story after suffering an aortic dissection which almost took his life at the age of 48. While Dr. Gianluca Terragrosso and his team at St. Luke's Hospital...

OFF TO COLLEGE: The Kids Are Ready To Fly The Coop Though The Parents Are Thrown For An Unpolished Loop!

Sometimes you just have to say, "That's ANNOYING!!!" In today's episode it seems Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen do just that as they vent out recent nuances that push them to the point of being unpolishedly provoked! For more information go to www.unpolishedtherapy.com Subscribe, Rate & Review wherever you download podcasts. Email at unpolishedtherapy@gmail.com Follow on social media: @Unpol...

The steamy, sexy, salacious series on Netflix has become the summer's new obsession everyone is talking about it! On today's episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen are no different as they ditch the couch, grab the mic and spill the unpolished tea on the show's erotic and titillating details! Emphasis on the word, TIT. Tune in for all the sizzle and spice! Follow us on social media @UnpolishedT...

When the daily ups and downs of life find us out of breath from running a constant rat race in an effort keep going and going and going we wish we could slow down and enjoy some well deserved peace and quiet. Well...... BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR... IT MAY COME TRUE: SUMMER HAS ARRIVED!! In today's episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen take stock of just how deafening the silence can be now...

In today's episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen ditch the couch, grab the mics and break down the wreckage both figuratively and literally about the tragic building collapse of Champlain Towers in our neighboring town of Surfside, Florida because, well, how could we not? For more information on supporting the rescue mission and/or donations for the victims of Surfside follow the links below:...

In today's episode the dynamic duo of "audacious and advice" take turns sharing their own rants of recent parental unpolishedness as it relates to the entitlement of children in today's generation! Dr. Boca unpolishedly admits, "Shame On Me! Shame On Me! I Know Better," while Rachel Silver-Cohen gets candid about wanting to wring the necks of her two little princes who are seemingly living The Lif...

In this episode Rachel Silver-Cohen is packing up and unpolishedly movin' out... again! Dr. Boca helps break down the wreckage of unpolished emotions which tend to surface when in the midst of making moves to transition from one chapter of life to the next. Rachel Silver-Cohen might be changing her home address but she can still be found on the corner of audacity of advice where Dr. Boca meets her...

The days are long but the years fly by, right? Today's episode covers a battery of unpolished topics including Dr. Boca feeling,"fine" which we all know kinda means not that fine! Rachel Silver-Cohen audaciously dives in with her trusty co-host to tackle the tough talk of languishing through the days with a sense of stagnation and emptiness while still craving feelings of feeling "more." In an eff...

Ok fine, so we're a little late on honoring the mothers, motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society seeing as though Mother's Day was last week! That said, in today's episode while we certainly do express belated well wishes to those who fall into the traditional role of "mother" we're pivoting a bit by taking the sesh in an unpolished direction! Inspired by an article in t...

How the hell have we gotten through 26 episodes of Unpolished Therapy not discussing the wreckage of divorce? Today Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen begin to scratch the unpolished surface with audaciousness and advice to break down this taboo topic! Both hosts share personal stories in an effort to unpack their unpolished baggage with the hopes of helping others who may have similar luggage weigh...

Season 3 officially kicks off as Dr. Boca surprises Rachel Silver-Cohen in an effort to attack her unpolished anxiety by way of meditation modalities! With their very first unpolished guest, Dr. Boca introduces her longtime supervisee turned professional colleague, licensed clinical psychologist and integrative wellness coach Dr. Tanie Miller Kabala, Ph. D. Dr. Kabala is passionate about using med...

The struggle is real and so is anxiety, especially UNPOLISHED anxiety! Whether Covid-19 is to blame for the heightened anxious state of many or it's just the impetus that's brought generalized anxiety to the surface, it's an unruly topic that needs to be addressed! In today's episode Dr. Boca helps breakdown the anxiety wreckage while Rachel Silver-Cohen shares her very own anxiety riddled breakdo...

"Cancel Culture" seems to be today's current climate if what you say aloud doesn't conform with societal norms. While there's a huge risk if you "Say [Unpolishedly] Anything," Dr. Boca & Rachel Silver-Cohen aren't afraid to speak up and tackle the tough talk. In the finale episode of Season 2, we say exactly what's on our unpolished minds as it relates to the phenomenon of cancel culture in th...

Hey Brother! Hey Sister! From the moment we are born, the sibling seeds are deeply planted in the foundation of family. Some seeds are firmly rooted and grow into best friendship and camaraderie while others forming on less fertile ground have more unpolished weather patterns to contend with. In this episode, Dr. Boca & Rachel Silver-Cohen examine the fascinating albeit unpolished dynamics bet...

When it comes to Perimenopause, it certainly seems as if we've hit the unpolished "pause" button! The only thing consistent about Perimenopause is the erratic inconsistencies of not just the "flowing" and going of eggs releasing in our bodies but let us not forget the concerning symptoms when you jump on this female rollercoaster of an unpolished ride! In this episode, Dr. Boca & Rachel Silver...

If Seinfeld was a show about nothing, today's podcast might as well be an episode of Seinfeld! Were we just not as prepared for this episode as we've been in the past, or are we just that unpolished to record a podcast about basically NOTHING? Tune in and find out what Dr. Boca & Rachel Silver-Cohen are chatting about this week! It could be something, or it could very well be absolutely NOTHIN...

As parents (and people) we MUST stay informed and continue to educate ourselves (and our children)on the dangers of tampered opioids sold on the streets. The number of accidental deaths due to drugs laced with Fentanyl and other poisonous synthetics is staggering. In today's episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen have a sobering discussion about every parent's worst nightmare. Drug experimentat...

So many of us suffer with body image issues even if we know “intellectually” we are pretty damn PHAT! In today’s episode, Dr. Boca and Rachel Silver-Cohen open up and share their own unpolished perceptions of body image in an effort to help others learn how to love themselves no matter what! Our self worth tastes just as delicious as pizza and pasta so we must remember to repeat on the daily the u...