What Would My Shrink Say?: Recent Episodes
Nick Wignall & Todd Sewell
Duyen and Todd discuss the assumptions and rules we put on what emotions we should feel and what we are/aren't capable of when we feel them.
Duyen and Todd discuss productive ways to respond when you suspect someone is being passive-aggressive.
Duyen and Todd discuss balancing the needs of independence and connection in relationships.
Duyen and Todd discuss how children may be impacted by the behaviors and habits of their parents.
Duyen and Todd discuss the concept of deserving; Do you deserve more? Do you not deserve what you have?
Duyen and Todd discuss the anxiety that comes from the idea that you're gonna be found out!
Duyen and Todd discuss the pitfalls and benefits of Social Media and how to improve your online experience.
Duyen and Todd discuss the advantages of assertive requests in relationships; pointers and pitfalls.
Duyen and Todd discuss the concept of Motivation and how to think of it more functionally.
Duyen and Todd discuss the how our shortcomings and struggles often become part of our identity.
Duyen and Todd discuss the Fear Of Missing Out, and how comparisons impact how you experience life.
Todd and Duyen discuss the process of managing your guilt after you have respected your boundaries!
Nick and Todd discuss neediness: what is, why it happens, and what to do about it.
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Nick and Todd discuss how boredom can be extremely useful from an emotional and mental health perspective.
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Nick and Todd discuss the ins and out of being overwhelmed.
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Nick and Todd discuss emotional availability: what is it, what's the point, and how to cultivate it.
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Nick and Todd discuss why reassurance-seeking is such a bad habit to get into and what to do about it if you are.
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Nick and Todd discuss the difficulties of changing habits and developing better patterns.
Nick and Todd chat about overthinking and its relationship to the law of diminishing returns.
Nick and Todd take on why we avoid difficult choices and the consequences that often result.
Nick and Todd discuss common misconceptions about emotions and what they do and don't mean.
Nick and Todd discuss the possibility that procrastination is essentially a values problem.
Nick and Todd discuss what people get wrong in their approach to panic attacks and why the right way to handle them is counterintuitive.
Nick and Todd discuss the crucial difference between managing your stress and managing your stressors.
Nick and Todd discuss how to finally let go of painful feelings, memories, grudges, or beliefs.
Nick and Talk discuss how "legit" or not the Myers-Briggs personality inventory really is.
Todd asks Nick for some tips to help his client who wakes up in the middle of the night and can't fall back to sleep.
Nick and Todd discuss why some of us take things too personally + and some tips for doing it less.
Nick and Todd discuss thinking through whether it's time to end a serious relationship.
Nick and Todd answer a listener question about how to know if you're a narcissist or not; and if you are, can you change?
Nick and Todd answer a listener about how couples can get better at making major life decisions together.
Nick and Todd answer a listener's question about the challenges of living with adult children.
Nick and Todd discuss the critical difference between courage and confidence and why it matters for mental health.
Nick and Todd discuss unwanted intrusive thoughts—what they are, how they work, and how to handle them well.
Nick and Todd discuss whether or not therapy is really necessary anymore given the many resources and tools available online.
Nick and Todd discuss many parent's fear of passing on their own anxiety to their children.
Nick and Todd discuss Self-Sabotage, including what it is, why we do it, and how to stop.
Nick and Todd discuss the psychology behind curiosity and whether you can teach yourself to be more curious.
Nick and Todd tackle a reader question about how to forgive yourself after repeated mistakes.
Nick and Todd discuss practical tips for managing anxiety related to the coronavirus / covid-19 outbreak.
Nick tries to convince Todd that social media isn't completely evil by explaining his 3 Rules for Healthy Social Media Use.
Nick and Todd discuss the idea of mood dependency—basing decisions on how we feel rather than our values.
Nick and Todd discuss the extent to which they do or do not worry about their clients outside of therapy.
Nick and Todd discuss all the amazingly insightful things we (don't) read into people while we're people watching.
Nick and Todd discuss what it's really like being a therapist, what it takes to get there, and how to think about therapy as a possible career.
Nick and Todd discuss the complicated relationship between symptoms and "deeper issues."
Nick and Todd discuss whether or not it's frustrating to listen to people's problems all day long.
Nick and Todd discuss the distinction between pain and suffering and why it matters for mental health.
Nick and Todd discuss self-awareness—what it is and whether or not you can get more of it.
Nick and Todd round out the series on assertiveness by discussing common obstacles to becoming more assertive.
In the third part of our series on assertiveness, we discuss how to how to protect our values by learning to say no more effectively.
In the second part of our series on assertiveness we discuss how to assertively go after what's truly important, inclusing asking for what we want in relationships.
Nick and Todd kick of a series of episodes on assertiveness with a discussion of why clarifying your values is key to becoming more assertive.
Nick and Todd breakdown a listener question about whether therapists tend to overthink things.
Nick and Todd discuss the many ways they've been disillusioned since becoming psychologists.
Nick and Todd talk about how to know if you're actually making progress in therapy or not.
Nick and Todd take on the following question: If you could only offer one piece of advice for how people could improve their mental health, what would it be?
Nick and Todd chat about some of the surprising and unexpected benefits of being in therapy.
Nick and Todd discuss some top-secret information regarding what emotions really mean about us...
Nick and Todd discuss how and to what extent you can persuade someone you care about to get into therapy.
Nick and Todd discuss their best tricks for using their skills as therapists to get what they want in other areas of their life.
Todd and Nick discuss their best relationship advice given their experience as psychologists.
Nick and Todd chat about humor in therapy—when it goes well, and when it goes... not so well.
Nick, Todd, and special guest Dr. Duyen Vo Discuss what happens in therapy when there's a major difference of beliefs between therapist and client.
Nick and Todd talk parenting and whether or not their training and experience as psychologists and therapists helps (or hurts) them in their jobs as parents.
Nick and Todd swap anecdotes about the method behind their most annoying habits as therapists.
Nick and Todd weigh the pros and cons of using marijuana to "treat" mental health issues and emotional difficulties.
Nick and Todd each throw out a couple of counter-intuitive ideas they wish more people understood about psychology and how the mind works.
Nick and Todd trade stories about their most awkward and embarrassing moments in therapy sessions.
Nick and Todd debate the extent to which our job a therapist is to help people think less.
Nick and Todd look at the idea of complaining in therapy: Does it happen all the time? Is it hard to put up with after a while? And why do we complain at all?
Nick and Todd discuss what the difference between therapy and self-help is and the pros and cons of each.
Nick and Todd take on The Past, and whether a deep dive and exploration into our personal history is a necessary element in making changes in the present.
Nick and Todd try to come to terms with the fact that they may never have a normal conversation at a cocktail party after being asked what they do for a living.
One of the most common questions we get from folks who are skeptical of therapy and its supposed benefits is: What's so great about talking about my feelings? How's that gonna actually help me? And why should I pay someone to do it?! All good questions that we do our best to give straight answers to in this episode.
What should you do if you find yourself in therapy with a therapist who's strange, odd, or who makes your feel downright uncomfortable?
Nick and Todd do a deep dive (okay, semi-deep dive) on the nature of anger and why it's not quite what we think.
Sigmund Frued, the founding father of psychotherapy, has been much maligned for many of his strange theories of human psychology such as Penis Envy and Oedipal Complexes. At the same time he's often hailed as one of the greatest figures in psychology and arguably one of the greatest intellectuals of all time. So which is it? Nick and Todd hash it out.
When a psychologist meets someone new, do they instantly start analyzing that person's personality and peering into the depths of their soul?
Nick and Todd discuss the ins and outs of the therapist-client relationship and why grabbing drink with—or dating—your therapist is a pretty terrible idea. Even if they're really cool.