242 episodes
Selfie Kristen Howerton
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- Health & Fitness
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3.2 • 10 Ratings
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Let’s talk self-care and mental health. Kristen Howerton, writer and psychotherapist, is joined by her longtime pal Matthias Roberts, psychotherapist, side-eye aficionado, and dog dad, as they tackle the tricky and often elusive aspects of caring for ourselves. Their weekly conversations explore questions like: Can self-care be for everyone? How do I get enough sleep? What aspects of my personality make self-care tricky? And what’s in this face mask? From the silly to the serious, Kristen and Matthias are taking a vulnerable and often humorous look at body, mind and spirit . . . all while looking at the distractions and defenses that keep us from caring for ourselves like we should. Like that 6pm deadline butting up against 6:30pm soccer practice.
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Caleb Wilde: WHAT A MORTICIAN CAN TEACH US ABOUT LIVING
Can embracing our mortality help us living more fully? Caleb Wilde, author of Confessions of a Funeral Director, shares with us some of his insights about facing death and what we can learn from loss. Check out his latest book All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak: A Funeral Director on Life, Death, and the Hereafter.
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Karen Walrond on Cultivating Healthy Friendships
We chat with author Karen Walrond on how to cultivate friendships and create healthy boundaries. Check out Karen Walrond’s podcast Make Light and her book The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy.
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Dr. Nisha Jackson on Avoiding Burnout
Stress can wreak havoc on every aspect of our health. We talk with Dr. Nisha Jackson about burnout, what it can do to our body, and how to avoid it.
In this episode we also talked about:
Brilliant Burnout
Atomic Habits
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CHRISTINE KOH ON INTROVERSION AND SELF-CARE
Kristen and Christine put on their therapist hats to talk about introversion and self-care. Christine Koh is a former music and brain neuroscientist turned author and blogger. She co-hosts the Edit Your Life Podcast and co-wrote the book Minimalist Parenting.
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SELF-CARE AS A TRANS PERSON: AN INTERVIEW WITH CASEY BROWN
Casey Brown shares vulnerably about the realities of self-care as a trans person, from being misgendered to the struggle of public bathrooms, as well as some of the unique learnings about skincare, shaving, and more as they began hormone therapy last year. We learned a lot from Casey and hope you will give a listen to understand more about the realities of trans people and how to be an ally.
In this episode we talked about:
Birch Box for Men
Sprezza Box
MeUndies
Self-harm rates among trans people
George
Red: A Crayon Story
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LATASHA MORRISON ON RACIAL JUSTICE AND MOVING FROM OUTRAGE TO ACTION
We are chatting with Latasha Morrison, author of Be the Bridge, about racial justice, and specifically about Ahmaud Arbery and how we can take our outrage and push towards action.
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Customer Reviews
Meh
I used to really enjoy this podcast when it was Sarah and Kristen alone talking about self care and everyday life and the occasional guest. Since Sarah has stepped back there is a guest on every podcast and most of them are uninteresting. The reason I listened was the relatability of Sarah and Kristen and not for random doctors to tell me about Botox. It’s a shame as I loved the old format.
Great listening and a fanastic community
A super enjoyable podcast with informative and easy-going convos on self-care in all its forms (from serious to frivolous, free to fancy), along with regular spots with a therapy focus, guest interviews etc. Kristen, Roo and team are just charming - real lives, real families, real stuff. Much humour interspersed with the serious stuff.
Disappointing
Had to turn it off after 20 minutes of talk about juice diets and plastic surgery. To say that this is meant to be a podcast about self care it sure seems to focus on how to change yourself rather than how to love yourself. We really should be looking at why we feel we need to spend money and time to achieve smaller pores on our face, or why we need to get on the next fad diet to change our body shape so that we are accepted by society. Just so depressing.