What We Think About Us

What is success? How do we define this for ourselves? How do we avoid defining success by societal influences that don’t actually resonate with us? For this episode, Liz and I dove into some of these questions. It was lovely to hear the ways in which Liz has reframed what success means to her in both her personal and creative life. However, she shares that it’s not always easy to remain in alignme...

For this episode, Zach and I talked about self care. Zach shares his experiences with what self care looks like during depression seasons, his thoughts on how to ensure self care doesn’t become selfish, and tactics for balancing self care for oneself and care for others in relationships. I really appreciated Zach’s vulnerability and took away incredibly useful tools and concepts from what he said....

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of suicide. This week I spoke with Molly about fear. I really enjoyed hearing Molly talk about her resolve to face fear; diving into the reasons behind this resolve was inspiring. I also felt honored to hear her talk about a few particularly intense interactions with fear and how they have impacted her. Support the show ✨ For WWTAU updates check out @ wwtaupodcast on Ins...

In this episode, my dear friend Payton and I discuss advice.  What's the best way to give advice? What conditions improve the probability that advice will be received well? What is helpful and hurtful language in the overall advisory process?  It was so exciting to dive into this topic and experience a lot of learning in real time.  Enjoy! :) Support the show ✨ For WWTAU updates check out @...

This week I spoke with my friend Joshua about apologizing and forgiveness. I really appreciated how thoughtful and vulnerable Joshua was while discussing this topic.  During the interview he shares his opinion on how to apologize well, his thoughts on the popular phrase “forgive and forget” as well as his personal experience with attempting to forgive and build back trust. I really hope you enjoy...

This week I had the privilege of speaking with my friend Amber about flirting and dating. Amber is an LA native, an actress and most importantly, a very kind person. I really enjoyed our conversation and appreciated Amber’s openness while talking about gender dynamics within flirting, expectations within dating, and also some of her specific experiences in the romantic relationship sphere. Amber i...

Hello and welcome to What We Think About Us. This week we’re talking about perfectionism vs. preparation. When is preparation good and when is it actually perfectionism in disguise, keeping you from doing something, keeping you from taking a leap? The idea of finding the balance between these two things and just knowing when to prep and when to jump has been on my mind a lot lately so it was reall...

Hello and welcome to What We Think About Us. This week I spoke with my friend Anders about birthdays. He’s so well spoken and so insightful so it was really fun and interesting to talk with him about birthdays: expectations around birthdays, the thought process he experiences when it comes to aging (and how covid changed a lot of that) as well as how he is hoping to grow and change in the year ahe...

Hello and welcome back to WWTAU. This week I spoke with my friend Dayna about gossip and venting. In our conversation, Dayna gives their thoughts on what is and isn’t gossip, when gossip is negative vs actually maybe sometimes positive, and what are good boundaries for venting or receiving venting. Dayna provided some really great examples of challenging communication moments in their life and sha...

Today I am talking with my older sister, Claire, about friendship. This was really fun for me to do because Claire and I are very close but we’re also very different, so a lot of her answers surprised me and opened up a lot of new ideas for me.  Claire talked about how she has made her friends, what she values in a friendship, her advice on confrontation and ending friendships, etc., etc. I learne...

This week I spoke with my friend Kayla about confidence & insecurity. In our conversation, Kayla discusses beauty standards, improv acting, relationships, gifted programs for children, breathing exercises for social anxiety, etc. etc. Honestly, it was just wise words after wise words from someone who has taken a lot of intentional time to get to know themselves and grow. It was so great and tr...

I am technically Gen Z but not really Gen Z.  I’m 26 so I’m a "zillenial", but my younger sister, Rachel, is definitely Gen Z, definitely trendy, and very cool. :) So today I got to talk with her about the very trendy topic of romanticizing your life. What does this look like? Why is this popular? And what are some good ways to do this: to make our lives feel more romantic. Rachel also t...

For this episode I got to speak with my friend Julia about habits. It was so interesting speaking with Julia because at the beginning, you’ll hear that she doesn’t think of herself as someone who has good habits or very many good habits, which is totally fine, but the more we talked, at least for me, I was noticing that she is someone who seems to have really great balance in her life, in her acti...

Today I am talking with my friend Preston about creativity. Preston is one of those people who is literally good at everything; however, he primarily expresses his creativity via music and improv. Preston shares a bit about his creative process, his mindset for when discouragement or burnout arrive, his opinion on the discourse around copying vs. inspiration, how to give and receive negative feedb...

In this episode, Jordyn and I talk about bravery. We discuss the ways in which bravery can look different for different people, the difference between bravery and recklessness, the connection between bravery and vulnerability, and how bravery, or lack thereof, can affect our relationships. Jordyn also shares stories from her life where she had to be or chose to be brave: being a performer, startin...

This week I got to speak with my good friend Eyeru about mental health. I had originally reached out to Eyeru asking if she would be willing to talk about self-care and she graciously said “I actually think I would have more to say about mental health. Let’s talk about that.” Which I love! It’s really just so generous. Mental health is such an important topic but I think I felt sort of hesitant to...