Baggage Check: Mental Health Talk and Advice Dr. Andrea Bonior

We've talked some about relationship violence and emotional abuse (check out our recent episode with Dr. Carolyn West!), and Dr. Andrea has written a lot about controlling behaviors. But what about those subtle relationship behaviors that might not necessarily spell doom, that you should keep an eye on? Perhaps those things that it's easy for us to convince ourselves are nothing, and yet they can most definitely turn into something?
Join us today as we dig in.
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Here's more on Dr. Andrea Bonior and her book Detox Your Thoughts.
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Credits: Beautiful cover art by Danielle Merity, exquisitely lounge-y original music by Jordan Cooper

We talk a lot about anxiety on Baggage Check, and how all of us struggle with it to some extent. Today we're focusing on how to know that maybe it's gotten to the point where it's problematic. How do you know when it's time to seek help? What everyday behaviors might be hiding anxiety beneath? For some surprising ways that excessive stress might affect your behavior to a really hurtful extent, tune in to today's Baggage Check.
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Here's more on Dr. Andrea Bonior and her book Detox Your Thoughts.
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Credits: Beautiful cover art by Danielle Merity, exquisitely lounge-y original music by Jordan Cooper

Today, as always, we want to shine a light in the darkness-- and so we're going where civil, "polite" discussions often don't.
We're talking about the traumatic, tragic shame of accidentally killing someone.
Dr. Maryann Gray is the founder of The Hyacinth Fellowship, a support network for those who are living in the darkness of having unintentionally caused death or serious injury. Having traveled that path with a heartbreaking accident of her own, it took her decades to recover-- but she's offering hope for those who are ready to break the silence.
Join us for a sensitive, compassionate, and sometimes difficult but ultimately enlightening conversation.
Check out The Hyacinth Fellowship here.
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Here's more on Dr. Andrea Bonior and her book Detox Your Thoughts.
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Credits: Beautiful cover art by Danielle Merity, exquisitely lounge-y original music by Jordan Cooper

We've talked about how the truest, deepest forms of happiness and well-being don't necessarily come just from pleasure, comfort, or ease. They come from a deeper sense of meaning-- which is often very connected to your sense of purpose.
But how can we think about our sense of purpose? What can we ask ourselves to help us find it? And is all hope lost if we have absolutely no clue what that sense of purpose could be? (Nope, all is not lost. But you knew that already.)
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Here's more on Dr. Andrea Bonior and her book Detox Your Thoughts.
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Credits: Beautiful cover art by Danielle Merity, exquisitely lounge-y original music by Jordan Cooper

Do men and women have the same depression symptoms? Certainly, there's much overlap. But there are often times when our classic visual of what depression looks like tends to miss men altogether. And there are ways that their most common symptoms might not look like depression at first glance at all.
Join us today to talk about all things depression-- and especially to bust some stereotypes of how it comes across.
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Here's more on Dr. Andrea Bonior and her book Detox Your Thoughts.
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Credits: Beautiful cover art by Danielle Merity, exquisitely lounge-y original music by Jordan Cooper

Today we're taking a listener question-- and wrestling with the common but potentially heartbreaking dilemma of what happens when an otherwise happy and committed couple differs about whether or not to have children. Is there any hope?
Let's dig deep about parenting ambivalence, in today's Baggage Check.
Follow Baggage Check on Instagram @baggagecheckpodcast and get sneak peeks of upcoming episodes, give your take on guests and show topics, gawk at the very good boy Buster the Dog, and send us your questions!
Here's more on Dr. Andrea Bonior and her book Detox Your Thoughts.
Here's more on this podcast, which somehow you already found (thank you!)
Credits: Beautiful cover art by Danielle Merity, exquisitely lounge-y original music by Jordan Cooper