30 episodes
My Sister's A Therapist Virginia Jones and Laura Ryan, LMFT
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5.0 • 56 Ratings
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A licensed therapist and a comedian, who are sisters, talk over mental health, pop culture psychology, and what's happening on TikTok. They'd really like to make a podcast without cusses in it, but that goes against who they are as people.
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Cycle Breaking, with guest Evelyn Vieira!
TRIGGER WARNING: SA, SUICIDE, TRAUMA
Evelyn Vieira is The Cycle Breaker Coach - helping parents break the cycle of codependency, abuse and family dysfunction.
She is also a Certified Trauma Support Specialist, Parent Coach and Positive Discipline Educator. She specializes in family dysfunction, toxic relationships and narcissistic abuse and recovery.
This week we cover such diverse subjects as:
Why is Thanksgiving bad for your mentals?
Who has the highest ACES score on the podcast?
Why do some mice hate cherry blossoms?
What if Jeff Foxworthy was a trauma coach?
And so much more!
References:
Center For Disease Control and Prevention: ACES
Washington Post: Study finds that fear can travel quickly through generations of mice DNA- By Meeri Kim
Purdue University News: Epigenetics offers puzzling twists and turns, but also possible cancer treatments
Holocaust Survivors and Their Children: A Search for Positive Effects-Fara Kaplan
Psychology Today: What is a Cycle-Breaker?: Sarah Epstein, LMFT
Bowen Center For The Study of the Family: Multigenerational Transmission Process
Cyclebreakerparenting.com -
Nostalgia, The Silent Killer
Two Gen-Xers talk about the dangers of nostalgia, Pop Tarts, A-Ha, and why they haven't had a Big Red float in thirty years.
Sources:
Fuentenebro; de Diego, F; Valiente, C (2014). "Nostalgia:
a conceptual history".
Psychology Today: The Psychology of Nostalgia: David Ludden, PhD
Why We Long For The Past: The Science Behind Nostalgia
19 Best Narrative Therapy Techniques & Worksheets- Courtney Ackerman -
Musical Genius and Mental Illness
Virginia leads this week's discussion of their favorite mentally ill musicians, and why the rate of mental illness and neurodivergence in musicians might be so high. We also cover why it sucks to go to famous people's parties, how a T-shirt made Daniel Johnston famous, and why Gary Numan feels safer in his car.
References:
2019 Study by Record Union
Songs in the Key of Z: Irwin Chusid
The Devil in Daniel Johnston -
Fantasy and Trauma
In this episode, Virginia and Laura talk about popular fantasy books and films and what services they provide for children (and adults) in need. On the way, they talk about why Black Widow and the Hulk never get together, how sexy Roald Dahl was, and why Virginia really can't stand Harry Potter.
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He's Just Not That Into You
Virginia has found a twenty-year-old dating advice book in a free little library and wants to talk about it! On the way, the girls discuss ghosting, Love is Blind, and why you should always put free books in an autoclave. EX BOYFRIENDS: FOR SURE DON'T LISTEN TO THIS ONE YOUR FEELINGS WILL BE HURT
References:
He's Just Not That Into You, By Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo
I Don‘t Care About Your Band, by Julie Klausner -
ATTACHED?
What does it mean to have an avoidant attachment style? What does an anxious person do? Why is Virginia a bad bet for relationships? An overview of attachment theory and its history, as well as a quiz at the end for who's avoidant, anxious, and secure?
References:
Attachment Theory In Psychology- Saul Mcleod, PhD
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment- Amir Levine, M.D., and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A.
Why Won't You Date Me?- Nicole Byer
Imprinting Psychology: Konrad Lorenz Theory
The Nature of Love: Harry Harlow
Customer Reviews
Beautiful big brained humans
This is such a good podcast. I love it so much and feel that all of the these episodes are very insightful for anyone who is curious about why people act the way they do. If you like science, comedy and pop culture all in one place, this is a dazzling new podcast. It is also fun to hear two sisters get along and do something cool together, i live for sisterhood and giggles. Keep on rocking!
So good very good
Very amazing and informative I love it so much I would love to meet Laura and Virginia these people should get an award
Didn’t give us a sticker
Just saw Virginia at a stand up show! She passed stickers out to the entire audience except for us, she genuinely had to go out of her way to avoid our table. We were the only Black people in an all white audience. This behavior was very *funny* and so was her set. Maybe her podcast is too. Five stars.