Yup to Therapy + Hell Nah to Anxiety - with Natalie Rodriguez

05/19/21 • 34 min

On generalized anxiety + cognitive behavioral therapy. So like... how would you describe your relationship to your therapist (or mentor or coach)? BFF-ish? Best-friend-adjacent? That's how Natalie Rodriguez (she/her) would describe hers. 9 years. The length of time Natalie has managed sleep-destroying generalized anxiety. Also the length of time Natalie has spent building a trusting and supportive relationship with her therapist - using the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) methodology. Ready to relate to this episode like you wouldn't goddamn believe?
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LGBTQ+ Family Relationships + Shit - with Ariana Vergara-Johnson - REMIX

A mother, a daughter, and a fiancé. When it comes to fluctuating family units, first generation Peruvian-American Ariana Vergara-Johnson (she/her/ella) has been through it. Months before her scheduled wedding to partner Natalie, Ariana receives two extreme tidbits of news: A) coronavirus and B) her mother's sudden shift and subsequent disapproval of Ariana's orientation and pending nuptials. Oh hell no, to say the least.
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Bye Bye Binaries - with Joseph Baca

Gender + grief + saying bye to a therapist.
Joseph Baca (he/she/they) identifies as a queer, non-binary, demiboy. Unsure of any of those terms? Joseph is more than thrilled to explain. Was this thrill + level of comfort with their queerness always the case? Not exactly. Not in recent political climates of yore... After losing a close friend to suicide and reluctantly parting ties with his therapist, Joseph is looking at the world from a new lens. One that isn't down with the oppression of the gender binary... or any binary for that matter.
TW: death by suicide
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