Couch Tales: Why We Do What We Do!!!

Anna Lea
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Welcome! You’ve just landed on Couch Tales: Why We Do What We Do—the podcast where we dive into the funny, sometimes not-so-funny, but always relatable things we do in our relationships. Whether it’s with our romantic partners, our parents, our kids, our siblings, or—most importantly—the relationship we have with ourselves, we’re here to unpack the why behind it all💥 Ever wonder why you yell at the wrong person or keep texting that ex? Or why family reunions are emotional Olympics? Or why your inner voice sounds suspiciously like your mom? I’m your host, Anna-Lea, lets dive in!💥

  1. 06/28/2025

    Electra Complex 2 #117 Becoming The Woman He could Love

    Video Link: https://youtu.be/gdP-xsz2fuMElectra Complex 2 is a powerful exploration of identity distortion, emotional over-functioning, and the quiet pain of becoming the woman your father could love—rather than the one you truly are. In this soul-stirring episode, we unpack the hidden layers of the Electra Complex 2, moving beyond longing into the subtle shaping of self that many women experience in silence. Through real stories like Elise’s, Electra Complex 2 invites you to remove the mask of perfection, reclaim your truth, and begin healing from the performance-based love you learned to survive.@CouchTalesOfficial#ElectraComplex2 #HealingTheFatherWound #InnerChildHealing #EmotionalRebirth #FeminineHealing #TherapyTalks #ShadowWork #MentalHealthAwareness #UnmaskYourself #PodcastReels #SpiritualAwakening #WomensStories #TikTokTherapy #ReparentingYourself #AuthenticityOverApproval #YouAreNotAlone✅ TO SHOP GO TO https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlxKutHCsYSFscqgMKvga?si=SD2M_8cTS0KYi_oaN84mOg ✅ EMAIL: TalesFromTheCouch2@gmail.com https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products

    5 min

  2. 06/12/2025

    Emotional OffLoading #140

    Video Link https://youtu.be/ambTsNuwVFc Ever feel exhausted after someone vents to you—like they’re lighter, but you’re drowning? That’s not weakness. That’s emotional theft. In this episode of CouchTales, we uncover the hidden danger of emotional offloading—and why 80% of empaths never realize it’s happening. If you’re a sensitive soul, a helper, a healer... this could change your life. Learn how to stop absorbing other people’s pain, set powerful emotional boundaries, and finally feel light again. #EmotionalDumping #EmpathBurnout #EmotionalBoundaries #SensitivePerson #EnergyProtection #CouchTales #HealingJourney✅ TO SHOP GO TO https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlxKutHCsYSFscqgMKvga?si=SD2M_8cTS0KYi_oaN84mOg ✅ EMAIL: TalesFromTheCouch2@gmail.com https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products

    5 min

  3. 06/11/2025

    The Electra Complex 1, Daddy Issues #116

    Video link: https://youtu.be/j_UVYWzklyEWhat is the Elektra Complex, and how does it explain modern “daddy issues” in women? In Elektra Complex AKA "Daddy Issues" #1, we break down the psychology behind father wounds, emotional abandonment, and the hidden patterns that influence women’s romantic choices today. From Carl Jung’s theory to real-life stories like Ava’s, Elektra Complex AKA "Daddy Issues" #1 explores how unresolved grief from childhood can lead to attraction toward emotionally unavailable men. Whether you’re searching for the signs of the Elektra Complex, understanding how daddy issues affect relationships, or looking to heal from your past, Elektra Complex AKA "Daddy Issues" #1 is a powerful deep dive into the myth, the mind, and the journey back to self-worth. #ElektraComplex #DaddyIssuesExplained #WhatIsTheElektraComplex #FatherWoundHealing #AttachmentTheory #PsychologyOfRelationships #CarlJung #FreudianTheory #EmotionalAbandonment #InnerChildHealing #MentalHealthAwareness #PatternsInLove

    6 min

  4. 06/05/2025

    Struggle Switch 1 - Your Perspective is the Problem #120

    Video link: https://youtu.be/v5D92MfE8gg Why do I spiral emotionally even when nothing’s “wrong”? Why do I panic about panic, or feel ashamed just for feeling? In this episode of CouchTales, you’ll learn about the psychological concept called the Struggle Switch—and how Einstein’s theory of relativity holds the key to emotional peace. You’ll discover that your panic, rage, or shutdown isn’t a flaw—it’s a signal seen from the wrong angle. If you’re ready to stop fighting your feelings and start seeing them differently, this episode will help you reclaim your emotional power.Your Struggle Isn’t the Problem—Your Perspective Is. The Therapist-Backed Truth About the Struggle Switch, Einstein, and Emotional Chaos, #StruggleSwitch #TherapistExplains #EinsteinWisdom #EmotionalOverwhelm #PanicResponse #MentalHealthPodcast #PerspectiveShift #ACTTherapy #EmotionalHealing #CouchTales #MindBodyConnection #NervousSystemHealing #EmotionsAsMessengers #TraumaInformedHealing #ReframeYourStruggle✅ TO SHOP GO TO https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlxKutHCsYSFscqgMKvga?si=SD2M_8cTS0KYi_oaN84mOg ✅ EMAIL: TalesFromTheCouch2@gmail.com https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products

    6 min

  5. 05/29/2025

    How What We Don’t Remember Before Age 5 Still Shapes Our Love and Fear#114

    Video Link: https://youtu.be/0qSku_7vOh0 How does childhood trauma affect adult relationships? Can early experiences you don’t remember cause anxiety, fear of abandonment, or intimacy issues? If you’ve ever wondered why, you overreact emotionally, attract emotionally unavailable partners, or struggle to feel safe in love, this episode explains why. How What We Don’t Remember Before Age 5 Still Shapes Our Love and Fear answers these questions by exploring the science behind implicit memory, attachment theory, and emotional imprints from infancy. How What We Don’t Remember Before Age 5 Still Shapes Our Love and Fear blends Freud’s early insights with modern neuroscience to reveal how your nervous system remembers what your mind forgot. Whether you’re exploring how early childhood trauma affects adult love or looking to heal emotional patterns, don’t miss How What We Don’t Remember Before Age 5 Still Shapes Our Love and Fear—because forgotten doesn’t mean unfelt.#earlychildhoodtrauma #attachmentissues #whyamIanxious #HowChildhoodTraumaAffectsRelationships #emotionalhealing #implicitmemory #loveandfear #childhoodwounds #Couchtales #mentalhealthpodcast #psychologyexplainedSCRIPT EDITED FOR SPACE:" They said, , no one remembers what happens before the age of five, so it doesn't matter. But that's a lie because what you don't remember still runs your life. . How does your childhood trauma affect adult relationships? Can early experiences you don't remember cause anxiety, fear of abandonment, or even intimacy issues.You don't remember the night you cried and no one came, but now you panic when someone doesn't text back. You don't remember the way your parents argued, but now your heart races. Every time you hear someone's raised voice you don't remember being left alone in a crib too long.But now love feels like abandonment. You don't remember it, but your nervous system does, and it's been scripting your relationships ever since. You don't remember being in the womb either, and yet here you are shaped by its rhythm. Miraculously, you don't remember the first time you had a fever. You don't remember the first time you had a fright.You don't remember your first desperate cry that no one answered, but your body does, your nervous system does and your relationships do. And by the end of this episode, you'll never again dismiss those early years because they are the blueprint for why you love the way you do, why you fear abandonment, and why you keep repeating the same emotional patterns.Welcome back, beautiful soul. This is Couch Tales. I'm your host, Anna Lea. And today we're going back all the way back to the years. People love to dismiss ages zero to five. So let's look at this myth. Freud was one of the first to say it plainly, quote, the child is the father of the man. And he didn't mean biologically, he meant psychologically..." @COUCHTALESOFFICIAL ✅ TO SHOP GO TO https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products ✅ EMAIL: TalesFromTheCouch2@gmail.com https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products

    6 min

  6. 05/22/2025

    Meet Ava! He Pulled Away After Getting Close - Do This (Don't Chase Him) #113

    video linkhttps://youtu.be/Ox3xtAbljoA https://youtu.be/C6xaF5LqSz0 He Pulled Away After Getting Close? Do This (Don’t Chase Him) — Discover what to do when a man pulls away after getting close, how to respond when he pulls back emotionally, and what to say when he distances himself without warning. These long-tail relationship strategies are exactly what high-value women use to shift the dynamic—without chasing. He Pulled Away After Getting Close? Do This (Don’t Chase Him) is your emotional reset. In this viral episode of Couch Tales, we reveal what to do when men pull back once they feel like they have you, through Ava’s transformation from anxious energy to calm confidence. She didn’t beg—she became a mystery. And when you stop performing for love, you stop being forgotten. Learn how to mirror his effort, master the art of selective availability, and protect your peace. He Pulled Away After Getting Close? Do This (Don’t Chase Him) isn't about manipulation—it's about reclaiming your value. Your silence speaks volumes. Your detachment is the strategy. #HePulledAway #WhenMenPullBack #DatingAdviceForWomen #WhatToDoWhenMenPullBack #HighValueWoman #RelationshipDetachment #SelfWorth #FeminineEnergy #AvoidantAttachment #SituationshipHealing #CouchTales #ModernLoveStrategy 📌 Suggested For: Women who are tired of ghosting, emotional unavailability, inconsistent affection, or feeling like they have to earn love from avoidant men. 👇 Watch now to stop chasing and start choosing. The power shift begins with your silence. PARTIAL SCRIPT DUE TO SPACE:" You clicked here because you felt it that slow fade when he pulled back the moment he felt like he had you. You are not crazy. It's a pattern. But Ava, she didn't chase HIM. She shifted. And by the end of this episode, so will you. Because when you stop performing for love, you stop being forgotten. Your mystery isn't playing games. It's honoring your complexity at the distance that he seems to require. Ava mastered this rhythm.The moment you stop chasing ghosts is the moment they turn around to see where the heck you went.He pulled away, you noticed, and now you think you have to try harder to win him back? No. No. Listen to me. Listen closely. He didn't pull away because he believed that you lost value. He pulled away because he believed that all of your value was already given to him.Your worth isn't on sale when he exits. Your magic isn't diminished by his absence. This is where most women overcorrect, but Ava, she didn't CHASE HIM and neither will you. When someone starts pulling back, we panic.So what's the Machiavellian truth? Every time you try to prove your place, you make it easier for him to forget why he pursued you in the first place. And Ava, she felt that pulled to Overcorrect when Jake pulled away, but she didn't. She didn't take the bait. Not this time. She remembered the one who chases is always the one who loses.So here's what Ava did. This is how she DID NOT CHASE HIM, SHE shifted from anxiety to authority. She stopped performing for his return. She stopped initiating check-ins. She stopped trying to feel safe in the silence and instead. She became the silence. Not to punish him. Not to manipulate him, but because her energy is expensive, her availability has to be earned, and her time isn't a consolation prize..." ✅@COUCHTALESOFFICIAL @CouchTales-b4t #CouchTalesAnnaLea #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #mindfulness #relationships #emotionalhealth #psychology #psychologytips #RelationshipPsychology #DopamineBoost #EvolutionaryPsychology #RelationshipTips #CouchTales #Connection #RelationshipAdvice #HumanBehavior #effectivecommunication ⁠ ✅⁠WWW.TalesFromTheCouch2.com ⁠✅TO SHOP GO TO ⁠ https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products

    12 min

  7. 05/17/2025

    When Your 20 Something Kid Doesn't Follow the Script #48

    Is your 20-something child not following the traditional life script? In this episode, we explore the challenges and emotions parents face when their children choose unconventional paths—whether it's taking time off to travel, pursuing a creative career, or avoiding the typical school-job-marriage-kids trajectory. From the parent's perspective, we dive into how to navigate these generational shifts, overcome the fear of uncertainty, and understand that there’s no one-size-fits-all route to success. Stick around until the end for a breakthrough moment that might just change how you view your child's journey! Subscribe for more insights into relationships, personal growth, and the psychology of parenting in today's world. #ParentingInYour20s #NonTraditionalPath #ParentingChallenges #UnconventionalLife #20SomethingJourney #CognitiveFlexibility #PersonalGrowth #ParentingAdvice #RelationshipPsychology #LifeBeyondTheScript #ParentingTips #CouchTales #GenerationGap #LifeSuccess #FollowYourOwnPath @COUCHTALESOFFICIAL @CouchTales-b4t #CouchTalesAnnaLea #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #mindfulness #relationships #emotionalhealth #psychology #psychologytips TO SHOP GO TO ⁠ https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products ⁠WWW.TalesFromTheCouch2.com https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlxKutHCsYSFscqgMKvga?si=SD2M_8cTS0KYi_oaN84mOg EMAIL: TalesFromTheCouch2@gmail.com

    6 min

  8. 05/12/2025

    Anxiety's Secret Weakness? #54

    Video Link to this episode: https://youtu.be/mV6S_V7qDM0 This episode of Couch Tales, discover the secret anxiety hack that no one talks about but can change everything. If you’ve ever felt trapped by overthinking, anticipatory anxiety, or worst-case scenarios, you’re not alone. In this video, host Aaliyah reveals a powerful, science-backed trick that can help rewire your anxious brain and stop the spiral. Learn how naming, reframing, and even timing your anxiety can make it work for you instead of against you. Whether it’s a panic attack at the grocery store or social anxiety at a dinner party, these simple yet effective strategies can transform the way you experience anxiety. Don’t miss out on this game-changing episode! #AnxietyHack #MentalHealth #CouchTales #Overthinking #SelfImprovement #AnxietyRelief #PersonalGrowth #MindsetMatters #RewireYourBrain #CognitiveReframing@COUCHTALESOFFICIAL @CouchTales-b4t #CouchTalesAnnaLea #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #mindfulness #relationships #emotionalhealth #psychology #psychologytips TO SHOP GO TO ⁠ https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products ⁠WWW.TalesFromTheCouch2.com https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlxKutHCsYSFscqgMKvga?si=SD2M_8cTS0KYi_oaN84mOg EMAIL: TalesFromTheCouch2@gmail.com https://www.talesfromthecouch2.com/category/all-products

    8 min
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Welcome! You’ve just landed on Couch Tales: Why We Do What We Do—the podcast where we dive into the funny, sometimes not-so-funny, but always relatable things we do in our relationships. Whether it’s with our romantic partners, our parents, our kids, our siblings, or—most importantly—the relationship we have with ourselves, we’re here to unpack the why behind it all💥 Ever wonder why you yell at the wrong person or keep texting that ex? Or why family reunions are emotional Olympics? Or why your inner voice sounds suspiciously like your mom? I’m your host, Anna-Lea, lets dive in!💥

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