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On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down with the one and only Kaitlyn Bristowe! They hear all about Kaitlyn's inner child work retreat experience: her fears before going, what it was like while she was there, what surprised her, and coming back to reality after it was over. Emmalee, Jen, and Kaitlyn discuss what led her to pursue the retreat, why healing doesn't have an ultimate destination, and the people in our lives who aren't doing the work. Kaitlyn calls some BS on relationships through the lens of social media and tells us her #1 takeaway from the retreat. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Kaitlyn's Podcast Off the Vine Kaitlyn's wine Spade & Sparrows Kaitlyn's Instagram SHRINKCHICKS MERCH Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks ! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order! Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/shrinkchicks Headspace: For a limited time, you can try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to Headspace.com/shrinkchicks30

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen answer your burning questions about attraction in relationships ebbing and flowing. They normalize this and also get into the difference between attraction coming and going vs. no longer being interested. Em and Jen share the many different factors that influence both attraction and sexual desire, if it's okay to discuss these feelings with our partner, how long these periods of time may last, how to work on rekindling attraction, comparing ourselves to other couples, and a Dear Em & Jen about the right person, wrong time. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Book mentioned in today's episode: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski  SHRINKCHICKS MERCH Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks ! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order! Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/shrinkchicks Headspace: For a limited time, you can try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to Headspace.com/shrinkchicks30

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all about control: why it feels so good, where the desire for control can come from, and how to start releasing it. They answer your questions about letting go of perfectionism when it has been a helpful skill, working past what things are "supposed to" be or look like, trusting other people to take the lead, fears behind releasing control, and if control is just an illusion. They then answer a Dear Em & Jen about adjusting goals and your life path after getting into a relationship. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks ! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order! Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/shrinkchicks Headspace: For a limited time, you can try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to Headspace.com/shrinkchicks30

This week, Em & Jen are joined by the incredible Daniella Pierson! Daniella is the co-founder of Wondermind (with Selena Gomez and her Mom, Mandy Teefey) and the founder/CEO of The Newsette, a women-focused media company and creative agency dedicated to spotlighting diverse voices. Daniella, Emmalee, and Jen discuss the pushback and hardships she endured when starting her own company: The Newsette, the most embarrassing moment of career, being a successful entrepreneur while also dealing with OCD, ADHD, depression, co-founding Wondermind with Selena Gomez & Mandy Teefey, Daniella’s advice on separating your identity from your career, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order! Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/shrinkchicks Headspace: For a limited time, you can try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to Headspace.com/shrinkchicks30

On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen give a nod to Taylor Swift and focus on the topic: "it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me" or in other words, what if I'm the problem? They discuss some signs to look inward about certain patterns of behavior, releasing control, how to work on challenging your thoughts and not letting them take over, cutting people off and avoidance, the struggle of keeping promises to yourself, and why boundaries are not personal. Plus a great example from their new favorite show, Shrinking! They then answer a Dear Em & Jen question about finding the right therapist for you! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Book mentioned in the episode about challenging thoughts: Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns  Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks ! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order!

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are validating the various challenges that can come when making decisions - both big and small. They talk through what makes us freeze when making decisions, the abundance of choices we have these days, regret, people pleasing, the ability to see things from all sides, different fears behind making decisions, questions for introspection into your decision-making process, and working to make decisions without external validation. They answer your questions about disagreeing with your partner on a big life decision, making a job change, leaving your comfort zone, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks ! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order!

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen tell us about their origin story! How they met, why they decided to start a private practice, their lack of a business plan, the mistakes they made along the way, and some of the hardships they faced together. Then they are joined by the co-hosts of the HERself Podcast, business coaches Amy Kiefer and Abby Green! The four of them sit down to discuss going into business with a friend. They address topics like hard conversations to have before starting a business, how a business partnership is quite similar to a marriage, conflict styles and resolving conflicts, how to avoid resentment, questions to ponder if you're considering this, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! HERself Podcast HERself Instagram HERself website Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/ShrinkChicks to join Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift! Pretty Litter: Go to prettylitter.com/shrinkchicks to save 20% on your first order! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks !

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen help us approach a topic many of us avoid: having hard conversations. Whether with a family member, partner, friend, or coworker, confrontation is challenging! Em and Jen discuss where to start when having these conversations (and their #1 tips in doing so), how each of them approaches hard conversations in their lives, and the importance of speaking up when something is bothering you. They then answer your questions like: how to find the right time, how to not avoid them, how to break up with your therapist, how to talk about the hesitancy of having children with your spouse, and how to be okay without an immediate resolution. Dear Em & Jen addresses a listener question about moving in with a partner and some hard conversations to have beforehand. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! The Farmer's Dog: Get 50% off your first box of fresh, healthy food plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/shrinkchicks!

This week on ShrinkChicks, we are taking you back to our most popular episode of 2022: WTF is Radical Acceptance? Something Em & Jen are asked every time they do a Q&A is: "how do I not feel x, y, or z emotion?" Radical acceptance is a skill that they do a deep dive into in this episode, to help us work towards accepting unpleasant emotions rather than avoiding them. Emmalee and Jen explain the term "Radical Acceptance" which comes from a therapeutic modality called DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). They discuss the difference between radical acceptance and invalidating our feelings, where to start with working toward acceptance, building up our distress tolerances, how many of us were taught to resist our emotions, instances where radical acceptance is not appropriate, why it takes time, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! The article referenced in the episode. Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks65 and use code shrinkchicks65 for 65% off plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/ShrinkChicks to join Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift!

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen share their experiences of taking an intentional break from social media. They discuss how the break affected each of them and their relationships with social media in general. They then go on to answer your questions about the reality of a social media break, the FOMO that can stop you from taking a break, comparison on social media, accepting that you may miss something while you're off, how social media affects you physically and emotionally, social media as part of your job and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks21 and use code shrinkchicks21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/ShrinkChicks to join Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift!

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen explain WTF Inner Child work actually entails! They discuss inner child wounds vs. the work we can do to heal them, signs you might want to start doing this work, paying attention to our triggers, and what it means to reparent your inner child. They talk about how we all adapted to our environments as children and how some of the survival tactics we used back then might not be serving us now. Emmalee and Jen share the inner child work they've personally done, as well as answer your questions about where to begin with this work in both the short and long-term. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only $5 at apostrophe.com/SHRINKCHICKS when you use our code SHRINKCHICKS HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks21 and use code shrinkchicks21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping!  ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/ShrinkChicks to join Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift!

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all things stress: stress about being stressed, stress management, stress reduction, and the different kinds of stress. They share the skills we can work on to manage our stress, talk about their first experiences with stress, explain how they handle stress now, and dive into why certain kinds of stress are not always bad (hint: procrastination). Emmalee and Jen answer your questions about work/life stress, how to notice stress, and explaining stress to a partner. Plus, a Dear Em & Jen about stress and anxiety when dating and repeatedly getting the "ick." Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks21 and use code shrinkchicks21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping!  Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK!

Welcome back to Season 4 of ShrinkChicks! On today's episode, Emmalee and Jen sit down with Tori Dunlap, the amazing woman behind the social media accounts HerFirst100k! Tori is a globally-recognized personal finance educator, podcast host, social media star, and author. They start off the conversation by learning about Tori’s story and how she got started as a financial educator. Emmalee and Jen then ask Tori your questions about guilt and shame surrounding finances and debt, why it can be so hard to talk about money, financial mindsets that have been ingrained in us from a surprisingly young age, Tori’s top two tips for being smart with money, what she's calling BS on, breaking free from generational mindsets around money, and so much more! Tori's new book that hit stands last week! :  https://www.amazon.com/Financial-Feminist-Overcome-Patriarchys-Bullsh/dp/0063260263 Tori's Website & Instagram Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/shrinkchicks21 and use code shrinkchicks21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping!  Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

Today on ShrinkChicks, we are taking a break from a new episode to spend the holidays practicing what we preach, but didn't want to leave you all hanging! So we're re-releasing our most popular episode from this time last year: How to Set Boundaries with Your Mother-in-Law & More! In this episode, Emmalee and Jen dive into the topic of family dynamics and boundaries and how to navigate them during the Holiday season. Specifically, they discuss the difference of dynamics in our family of origin vs. our in-laws/partner's family, the transition out of our family of origin, expectation setting, and family traditions and rules that may be different from what we’re used to. Emmalee and Jen finish the episode with some tangible examples of boundary setting by doing a role play. Hint: Jen is the mother-in-law. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering all of your family dynamics questions that can become especially pertinent over the Holiday season. They cover guilt trips from parents, competition between in-laws, feeling envy toward someone else's family, when people do not accept your boundaries, feeling like an "other" in your family, radical acceptance, grieving the relationships you hoped you would have, and so much more! Plus, a Dear Em & Jen about not inviting a close family member to your wedding. Tune in for some insight, awareness, and action on how to take care of yourself this Holiday season.  Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

*Content Warning: sexual trauma, abuse* On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are joined by the wonderful Dr. Holly Richmond who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist, Certified Sex Therapist, and author of the book Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life. Holly sits down with Em and Jen to answer your questions about processing and healing from sexual trauma. They discuss when the body keeping the score becomes hard to ignore, sharing a past sexual trauma in a new relationship, working toward separating the past from the present, the shame that can arise, our very, very broken system, libido in long-term relationships, getting out of our heads and into our bodies, reclaiming pleasure, and so much more (including one of the best 'Calling BS' responses Em and Jen have ever heard)! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Dr. Holly Richmond's website: drhollyrichmond.com @drhollyrichmond on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drhollyrichmond/ Dr. Holly Richmond’s book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684038421/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_23S5K0K1N40KRX45VKS1 National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): www.rainn.org Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking about the challenges that can come when people in our lives - a friend, partner, family member - are struggling with their mental health. They dive right into your feedback and answer your questions about ways to suggest therapy to someone who is unwilling to try and the nuances that can exist, having hard conversations, setting firm boundaries, the importance of self-regulation, what to do when someone we care for starts isolating themselves, how to provide support while also protecting your own mental health, and a Dear Em & Jen about having a reaction to a stoic partner's vulnerability. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

Today on ShrinkChicks, one of The Therapy Group's amazing clinicians, Vlada Rultenberg, LSW, is hosting and interviewing Emmalee and Jen! She is taking your questions, combined with a few of her own, and sitting down with Em & Jen to ask them anything and everything. We learn the one thing that people would be surprised to know about each of them, their mottos for life, when they realized they wanted to become therapists, if they ever wanted to quit, what careers they would want to be in if they weren't therapists, the long term objective of The Therapy Group and ShrinkChicks, their attachment styles, their favorite TV shows, the most impactful parts of their healing journeys so far, their inspirations, and so much more!  Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down with one of their amazing clinicians from The Therapy Group, Laura McCorry, LSW. Laura specializes in grief work with her clients and she shares the personal story with us behind why. Through her story, Laura validates the many and complex emotions that come with losing a loved one. Then, Emmalee, Jen, and Laura answer your questions including how to support friends/loved ones experiencing a loss, working towards forgiveness after a person has passed, how to handle anticipatory grief, how to differentiate healthy coping mechanisms vs. destructive ones, and so much more! We also hear what Laura is calling BS on, plus a shoutout to Taylor Swift. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! To work with Laura, fill out our contact form and request her as your preferred therapist. Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !

Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering your questions about silencing the outside noise and expectations to figure out what it is you really want when it comes to relationships, career path, having kids (or not), and other life decisions. They discuss how this relates to people pleasing, the difference between being a people pleaser and compromising, how to know when it's time to quit, getting in touch with your true wants and needs, societal and familial expectations, a Dear Em & Jen about wanting external approval of a new significant other, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: FIGS: Head to wearFIGS.com and use code SHRINK to get 15% off your first order! Calm: Go to calm.com/shrink for 40% off unlimited access to Calm’s entire library! Rocket Money: Go to rocketmoney.com/shrinkchicks to start cancelling your unused subscriptions today! Nutrafol: Go to nutrafol.com and use the promo code SHRINK to save fifteen dollars off your first month’s subscription plus free shipping! Dipsea: Sign up for an extended 30 day FREE trial when you go to dipseastories.com/shrink  Shopify: Go to shopify.com/shrinkchicks for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! ZocDoc: Go to zocdoc.com/shrink and download the ZocDoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today! MixSupps: Our listeners can get 20% off their first purchase at mixsupps.com/SHRINK !