Podcast Episode for those Starting Therapy for the First Time or Those Wanting to Understand how the Therapeutic Relationship Works:

Therapist Uncensored 39: Getting What You Want From Therapy – The Essentials Of A Therapeutic Relationship

Podcast Episodes for those interested in Learning about Emotion Regulation/ Dealing with Big Intense Feelings:

Psychologist off the Clock: 309 The Language of Emotions with Karla McLaren

Brene Brown, Unlocking Us: Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski on Burnout and How to Complete the Stress Cycle

Therapist Uncensored 49:  Five Strategies to Manage Intense Emotions & Why Emotional Regulation Matters

Erasing Shame:  Healthy Ways to Release Painful & Toxic Emotions 

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 24: ALL THE FEELS: Can we experience our emotions—not as good or bad—but as information to guide us?

Therapist Uncensored Episode 8: Emotional Triggers – Why Your Buttons Get Pushed and What To Do About It

Why Does My Partner… Get So Emotional, Episode 17 

Podcast Episodes about Boundaries and/or Codependency/ Enmeshment/ Chronic People Pleasing: 

Therapist Uncensored Episode 81: How Good Boundaries Help Bring Us  Closer with Jules Taylor Schore 

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 124: How to Say No: Boundaries with Nedra Glover Tawwab

We Can Do Hard Things 143: How to Set & Hold Boundaries with Melissa Urban

Why Does My Partner… Tell Me What to Do Episode 8 

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 142 Codependence: How to Stop Controlling Others with Melody Beattie

Why Does My Partners… Mood Influence My Mood So Much Episode 64

We Can Do Hard Things 86. Jen Hatmaker: What We Win When We Lose It All

Dear Headspace Exploring Codependency, with Sam

Podcast Episodes for Understanding Shame and Using Self Compassion to Rewire Unhelpful Shame Pathways in your Brain:

Light Up The Couch: Talking About and Tackling Sexual Shame with ACT

Therapist Uncensored Episode 51: Conquer Shame by Understanding the Science Behind the Feeling, with Guest Expert Dr. Steve Finn

Therapists in the Wild Episode 32: Practicing Self Compassion 

Therapist Uncensored Episode 24: Building Grit through Self Compassion

Therapist Uncensored Episode 175: Harnessing Fierce Self Compassion to Speak Up and Claim Your Power with Dr Kristin Neff 

Podcast Episodes for Understanding Parts Work/ Internal Family Systems/ Working with your Inner Child:

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 170:  The Most Radical Way to Heal: Internal Family Systems with Dr. Becky Kennedy

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 131: How to Raise Untamed Kids with Dr. Becky Kennedy

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 130: Breaking Cycles and Reparenting Yourself with Dr Becky Kennedy 

Podcast Episodes for Understanding Attachment:

Therapist Uncensored Episode 5 TU05: How Attachment Impacts Adult Relationships – Attachment 101 Part 1

Therapist Uncensored Episode 6: How Attachment Impacts Adult Relationships (continued)- Attachment 101 Part 2

Therapist Uncensored Episode 59: Are You Cool, or Just Cut Off? Dismissing/Avoidant Styles of Relating in Adulthood

Therapist Uncensored Episode 60: Preoccupation in Relationships – Signs and Solutions to Anxious Attachment

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 169: Why We Love the Way We Love: Attachment Styles with Dr Becky Kennedy 

Podcast Episodes for Understanding Grief and Loss/ getting more comfortable with death and dying:

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 110: Why Grief – like Love – is Forever with Marisa Renee Lee

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 98: How to Live So We Can Die Peacefully with Death Doula Alua Arthur

Therapist Uncensored Episode 24: Grief and Our Body’s Wisdom on Surviving It With Candyce Ossefort-Russell

Dear Headspace Episode 4: Handling Loss with Eve 

If You’re interested in Learning about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills:

I recommend any of the episodes of Therapists in the Wild that speak to you. 

Miscellaenous Podcast Episodes I recommend:

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 179: How to Fix Our Loneliness with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 150: Couples Therapy: The Tools You Need with Dr. Orna Guralnik

We Can Do Hard Things Episode 139: No More Grind: How to Finally Rest with Tricia Hersey

We Can Do Hard Things Episode136: CARE-FRONTATIONS: Three Keys for Giving & Receiving Criticism

Therapist Uncensored  Episode 88: 6 Steps to Building Security & Self-Confidence You Can Do On Your Own

Therapy for Black Girls Episode 196: Understanding Complex PTSD

Therapist Uncensored Episode 133: Holding Your Own Part 1 through 5- Understanding Narcissism 

Therapist Uncensored Episode 105: Narcissism – What is Going on Under the Defense with Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley

Recommended Books for jumpstarting your therapy journey:

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT by Russ Harris

Mindful Self Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff

Language of Emotion by Karla Mclaren

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz