My Mental Health Fan Club Lily & Jenn

As a special unreleased episode from May, Jenn and Lily honor mental health awareness month! They're talkin' about Thinking Traps! These traps prevent us from seeing things as they are. Otherwise known as cognitive distortions, thinking traps are often deeply ingrained in our psyche that most of us aren't aware of. So let's FREE YOUR MIND from common thinking traps, learn some tools, try to find some positivity AND THE REST WILL FOLLOW!

Frustration and anger. It can be easy to go from zero to Limp Bizkit in seconds, but maybe discussing the difference between the two and learning how to manage in those moments can make us a classy and graceful Merideth Brooks adult contemporary song about acceptance and empowerment. 

If there were any smattering of words strung together by a melody that better suits this week's theme, we haven't found them. "What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I don't belong here." The imagery of Tom Yorke struggling through his teenage angst at a posh university, penning this smash hit song, which he would later come to despise because of its success, is poetic in itself. Imposter syndrome. It's a thing!  

Do you ever feel like a fraud in some aspects of your life? Are you unable to accept all of your accomplishments? Ever question if you deserve the accolades you are receiving? Check! Check! Check! If you've answered yes to all of the above, you too could be in a British rock band and write chart-topping melancholic hits.

Join us as we discuss imposter syndrome and share with you how to recognize it in yourself. Let's learn about ways of coping and keeping your mental health in one piece. 

The doctor's in the house! We've made it to Episode 10! In honor of our podcast milestone, we have a very special episode for you featuring our fantastic friend, Dr. Aviva. Dr. Aviva breaks down the notion of "pretending everything's fine" when it's really a dumpster fire behind a 711 in the middle of a Monday afternoon. That cute meme of a wide eyed dog sitting calmly in a room engulfed in flames is our spirit animal for the week. If anyone understands, it's him.

Burn baby burn, unless you’re burning the candle at both ends. Most of us don’t know we are running on empty until we have nothing left to give. This week we discuss the signs of burnout and ways to avoid it.

If TLC has taught us anything, we should never tolerate someone hanging out the passenger side of their best friend's ride, tryin' to holla; but what about our relationships with social media, friends, and even ourselves? How do we navigate the toxicity around us to fulfill our own mental health. This week, we take the 'Scrubs' to the curb.