Disclaimer and TW: this episode was recorded before the recent events in Bondi. If you have been impacted you may like to skip this episode due to themes discussed.  Welcome back to another episode psychology sisters and misters!  We get vulnerable in our pit and peaks this week! It is a little longer so if you would like to skip to the juicy part of the episode - start at approximately 17:00 minutes  We are also talking all things overwhelm and we dive deeper into what it is and why we feel it.  In this episode we unpack: What does it mean to be overwhelmed and how do ..read more

Hello and welcome back to another episode featuring our marvellous Maddie!! We are noticing that a lot of people are struggling with an identity crisis earlier in life. This can look like: -This can be a painful struggle of internal conflicts and existential crisis  -It can feel like chronic unfulfillment even though you seemingly have everything -Things that used to give you joy no longer do -Urgent need for drastic big life changes  -Re-evaluating your life  -Feeling restless and anxious  -Boredom or discontent; desiring a stronger sense of purpose in life -Entering a ..read more

Happy Thursday lovely listeners - strap yourselves in!  We are back with the marvellous Maddie to deep dive into the hidden impact of stressors building up and savage self-care!! But first! What is our pit and peak? What is the 411!? The wonderful Maddie shares a delightful up-chuck story of Alfie, her fur baby.  Aimee shares the chaotic reflections of a busy mind and body in her week that was! Kat shares another journey involving our favourite combination - self-deprecation and dessert!! We explore:  What are micro stressors? How does this impact us? What is the compounding ..read more

Hello and welcome back to another episode! Psychology is often about relationships and how we navigate them! We have Maddie joining us to deep dive into normal doubts in relationship Vs ROCD  We look to our partners to be everything for us nowadays and this can be an incredibly burden on the relationship and leave us feeling chronically dissatisfied.  It is very normal to have doubts and questions around our relationships.  But when does this turn into something more chronic?   What is ROCD? It is a theme of OCD that focuses on and causes incessant disruption of ..read more

Hello and welcome back to another episode! Why are we talking about the blahs?  Let us paint you a picture.  You feel different. Tired.  You’re not exactly sad or distressed, but you couldn’t describe yourself as thriving either.  Anhedonia refers to the reduced ability to experience pleasure, it’s not burnout, still had energy. Its not depression. We just felt blah. You have all of the things that you want and you’re doing all the things you “should” do but you just don’t get to experience joy.   We are talking about the middle ground or the grey area of mental ..read more

Hello and welcome back to another episode! Psychology is often about relationships and how we navigate them! We have Maddie joining us to deep dive into normal doubts in relationship Vs ROCD  We look to our partners to be everything for us nowadays and this can be an incredibly burden on the relationship and leave us feeling chronically dissatisfied.  It is very normal to have doubts and questions around our relationships.  But when does this turn into something more chronic?   What is ROCD? It is a theme of OCD that focuses on and causes incessant disruption of ..read more

Hello and welcome back to another episode! Why are we talking about the blahs?  Let us paint you a picture.  You feel different. Tired.  You’re not exactly sad or distressed, but you couldn’t describe yourself as thriving either.  Anhedonia refers to the reduced ability to experience pleasure, it’s not burnout, still had energy. Its not depression. We just felt blah. You have all of the things that you want and you’re doing all the things you “should” do but you just don’t get to experience joy.   We are talking about the middle ground or the grey area of mental ..read more

Happy Thursday lovely listeners! We are back in your ears to deep dive into the universal pain of rejection.  Why are we talking about rejection?  Because it is a universal pain and it causes absolute havoc on us. Our biology and the biology of our nervous system is modulated by the people in our lives. When we fear rejection, we run the danger of becoming people pleasers and abandoning ourselves.   Being repeatedly rejected as a child can lead to a belief that you’re inadequate. And these false beliefs add to the pain of being rejected and can become a self-fulfilling proph ..read more

Happy Thursday lovely listeners - strap yourselves in! We are back with the marvellous Maddie to deep dive into core beliefs. We explore: What are core beliefs? How do we develop them? How do they impact our relationships? What does attachment theory have to do with them? Can we change limiting core beliefs? Join us to find out We hope you enjoy :) Aimee, Kat and Maddie Maddie's resource: https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Improving-Self-Esteem/Improving-Self-Esteem---08---Developing-Balanced-Core-Beliefs.pdf You can find more of us here: 6 -week anxiety cou ..read more

Gooooooood mooooorrrrrnnniiinnngggg lovely listeners! Thank you for joining us on this chilly old Thursday - welcome back to another episode. What is the good girl syndrome? ‘Be quiet, sit still, don’t take up space and look pretty’ – the good girl narrative often makes women feel guilty for being human.  In this episode we explore how:  •  getting approval from other people follows girls from childhood to adulthood •  the good girl syndrome teaches girls/ women from a young age to sacrifice their own wants for others  •  embodying the “good girl” complex dis ..read more