Coping

Coping Inc.
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The podcast about why life feels like this. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.

  1. Coping With Risk

    7 hr ago

    Coping With Risk

    Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, of Skywalkers Netflix documentary fame, climbed the Empire State Building without ropes, got engaged at the summit as the world watched on, and claimed it was all in service of a message about peace and love.  This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson unpack why we’re so drawn to the daredevils among us (the biology, the psychology, the myth-making) and how our relationship with risk continues to evolve – shaped by context, age, and even the generation we grew up in.  ☆ Flavour up your Dry July with ⁠Angostura Bitters⁠.  We’ll see you at the bar this month with a lemon lime n Angostura bitters in hand, our go-to non-alc choice (it’s a literal Aussie icon). ☆ Climbers Get Engaged Atop Empire State Building. Then They Get Arrested. By Andy Newman, Maia Coleman and Chelsia Rose Marcius, The New York Times Skywalkers: A Love Story documentary, Netflix Free Solo documentary, Disney+  The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber by J.B. MacKinnon, Nautilus The Morbid Curiosity of Watching a Daredevil Risk His Life⁠ by R. Douglas Fields, Psychology Today ⁠An integrative framework for mapping the psychological landscape of risk perception⁠ by Sarah C. Jenkins, Robert F. Lachlan and Magda Osman, Scientific Reports ⁠Coast Guard says Titan submersible deaths were preventable and faults company's CEO⁠, by Victoria Hansen, NPR  Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster documentary, Netflix Gen Z’s Great Retreat from Risk by Arthur Brooks, The Free Press Finding Nemo (yes, really), Disney+ Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    35 min
  2. Coping With Decision Fatigue

    6 Jul

    Coping With Decision Fatigue

    From the daily choices that drain us (what to eat, what to wear, which tab to close), to the big existential questions we procrastinate on out of sheer overwhelm (Alice Griffin: “who am I”, etc.) we’ve never been more exhausted by our own decision‑making. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson pull apart the paradox of choice in the age of infinite options: Elyse Myers’ viral video resurfacing as decision fatigue in action, maximisers vs satisficers (tag yourself), and what actually happens when we try to remove every friction from our lives. So which choices genuinely deserve our energy and where can we opt out?  ☆ Flavour up your Dry July with Angostura Bitters.  We’ll see you at the bar this month with a lemon lime n Angostura bitters in hand, our go-to non-alc choice (it’s a literal Aussie icon). ☆ Elyse Myer’s video on outsmarting decision fatigue How High Performers Overcome Decision Fatigue by Marlynn Wei, Psychology Today Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? by John Tierney, New York Times The Paradox Of Choice by Barry Schwartz When Choice is Demotivating: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing? by Sheena S. Iyengar and Mark R. Lepper, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology The Mom Who Runs A Household With AI Agents by Lane Brown, The Cut  Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    42 min
  3. Coping With Failure

    29 Jun

    Coping With Failure

    In a culture obsessed with comeback arcs and self‑improvement, we’ve turned failure into something it was never meant to be: productive, meaningful, and always redeemable. But real life is messier. Some flops teach us, some flops just hurt, and some flops become lore… (if you were in the audience at Bongo’s Bingo, pls come forward). This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dissect ‘the flop’ in the age of AI, hyper‑curation, and personal branding – from Lizzo and her new album BITCH all the way to Grand Designs (trust us), we explore why some people choose to reclaim their failures and others own them as lessons.  ☆ Are you a creative looking for support? Visit the Support Act Creative Industries Hub or call the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline on 1800 959 500 for a free and confidential chat (and remember, you don't have to be in crisis to call). Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually gets it and can hear you out. ☆ Lizzo’s New Album Didn’t Even Chart. What Happened? by Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone Lizzo In The Age Of Backlash, by Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker When Rebecca Was 13 She Was Mocked Over Her Viral Video. Now The Joke’s On The Haters, by John Bailey, The Age Hilary Duff Does Viral ‘With Love’ Dance at First Concert in 10 Years, Entertainment Tonight Not Learning From Failure – The Biggest Failure Of All study by Lauren Eskreis-Winkler and Ayelet Fishbach, Psychological Science How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast  Grand Designs’ Most Infamous Lighthouse Disaster, Channel 4 ⁠How Olivia Rodrigo’s Love Songs Became a Breakup Album⁠, Popcast from The New York Times  Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    31 min
  4. Coping With Intuition

    22 Jun

    Coping With Intuition

    In her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Olivia Rodrigo sings, “It’s feminine intuition, ’cause I always had a vision of us standing like this”, and Jannah couldn’t agree more. (Alice has notes).  We live in the most information‑heavy moment in human history, yet we’ve never felt less certain. So this week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson turn inward to examine intuition itself: Olivia Rodrigo’s album and the wave of intuition content it’s spawned, the gut feelings that felt like more than coincidence, and the booming psychic‑industrial complex attempting to sell our “inner knowing” back to us at scale. The irony being that the more we try to outsource intuition, the less we’re able to trust our own. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: your clothes are trying to kill you (they’re not), and the skincare being marketed to three-year-olds.  ☆ Fancy doing more IRL? Butter's for you. Find, join or start plans with people who love the same things as you (without the awkwardness!) Download Butter (search “Butter” on the App Store and Google Play) and give them a follow on IG @joinbutter and TikTok @join.butter ☆   The Ritual newsletter, KIC Cosmeticorexia: How Girls Are Falling Down A Skincare Rabbit Hole by Ruth Clegg, BBC drop dead by Olivia Rodrigo  ‘It’s Feminine Intuition’: Predictions For OR3, Ell Heeps, Varsity My Secret Addiction by Julie Gordon, Maclean's Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman  The Power of Intuition by Gary A. Klein Recognition Memory, Familiarity, and Déjà vu Experiences by Anne M. Cleary Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés  Is 2026 the year of the witch? by Madeleine Woon The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    39 min
  5. Coping With Our Phones

    15 Jun

    Coping With Our Phones

    We all know the endless research on the negative effects of our phones. And yet, we keep picking them up. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dig into the so-called solutions – dumb phones, no‑phone policies, two‑device lifestyles – and ask whether any of them are actually helping us break compulsive habits, or just giving us new ways to aestheticise restraint. Plus, because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’re calling for justice for beta blockers on the set of the Summer House Reunion, and yes, witchcraft is in (more on that soon).  ☆ Save the date: the Glitter Gel Pen Book Club will be joining us at the Coping Studio on 25 June for the launch of ⁠our Silent Reading Sessions⁠ (and coming back monthly!). ☆ Watch: ⁠Summer House Reunion Part 3⁠ (essential viewing!!)  ⁠Is 2026 the Year of the Witch?⁠ By Madeleine Woon, Russh ⁠My Most Capable Clients Are Becoming Prisoners Of Their Smartphones, But There Is A Way Out⁠ by Carly Dober, The Guardian ⁠What I Saw At The Phoebe Bridges No-Phones MSG Show (To The Best Of My Recollection)⁠ by Erin Somers, GQ ⁠Fujifilm Forecast Trends Report 2026⁠ ⁠The Flip Phone Cleanse⁠ by Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic  ⁠Do I Look Ridiculous Carrying Two Phones?⁠ by Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    42 min
  6. Coping With Frugality

    8 Jun

    Coping With Frugality

    We’re in a cost‑of‑living crisis (but you knew that already). While being frugal isn’t a choice for most of us, it’s seen influencers take a hard pivot to de-influencing, underconsumption core, frugal chic, and month-long spending freezes. Somehow not buying things has become a trend of its own and, inevitably, an industry. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson share their favourite case studies of frugality – from Bradley on a Budget to Hollywood’s infamous poverty cosplays to the influencers thrifting their way through fashion week voxpops.  And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’ve got a man on the inside of an IRL wellness challenge, plus the rise of parasite cleanses (DON’T try at home). Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Laher.co⁠⁠⁠⁠, or explore the⁠⁠⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠⁠⁠ online.  Influencers Push Parasite Cleanses, But Doctors Say To Steer Clear by Sarah Boden, NPR Bradley On A Budget on TikTok Bradley On A Budget Interview by Jessica Coacci, Fortune  Homeless by Dior by Bridget Foley, WWD  Watch: Tyra Banks goes ‘homeless’ for a day  Watch: 1000 People See For The First Time, MrBeast Read: Maid and Class by Stephanie Land Watch: Maid on Netflix  How To Be ‘Frugally Chic’ by Mia McGrath on Substack Watch: Daily Telegraph interviews Australian Fashion Week influencers Jaclyn Hill Was Losing Views, But Maybe It’s Overconsumption That’s Finally Out Of Style by Rebecca Cohen, NBC News The Cost-of-living Crisis In Australia, Salvation Army Read: Karl Marx and the Marxist School Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    41 min
  7. Coping With Pleasure

    1 Jun

    Coping With Pleasure

    Xochitl González might just smoke again. Writing in The Cut, Xochitl captures the absurdity of organising our lives around a “future self” who, these days, may never materialise. How naïve of us. Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson follow that nihilistic thread into the architecture of pleasure: when joy must be mindful, intentional, functional, and net‑positive to qualify, what exactly qualifies. Maybe the thing worth interrogating isn’t nicotine or sugar or screen time, but the way pleasure itself has been moralised into something that requires a defence. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’re deeping the Enhanced Games (international conspiracy?), and embracing the sticker star charts of your cosy productivity dreams. Episode image: Getty (sourced via The Cut) Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at⁠⁠ ⁠Laher.co⁠⁠⁠, or explore the⁠⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠⁠ online. The Enhanced Games Is Here. But Forget The ‘Sport’ – It Has Something It Wants To Sell You by Matt Slater, New York Times I Mean, Why Shouldn’t We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again? by Xochitl González, The Cut Why We Should All Embrace Nihilism by Gemma Parker, The Guardian  Miley Cyrus’s Latest Beauty Muse? Glastonbury-Era Kate Moss by Ranyechi Udwmezue, British Vogue Watch: Fran Lebowitz in Pretend It’s A City, Netflix Read: Pleasure Activism by Adrian Maree Brown  The Narcotic Pleasures of Cleantok by Jessica Grose, New York Times Epicurus, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    41 min
  8. Coping With Friendship Anxiety

    25 May

    Coping With Friendship Anxiety

    We’ve never analysed our friendships more – doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of “meaningful connections”. But in a world defined by overwork, isolation, and convenience culture, is all this discourse actually bringing us closer… or just giving us new ways to spiral? This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are unpacking the rise of friendship anxiety and the limits of the tools meant to soothe it, ultimately discovering that the real issue is structural: a world that engineered community out, then sold it back to us as a subscription. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: the DIY labs closing the loop on longevity testing, and Kylie Jenner’s new hydration drink that makes you “glow from within” (sigh).  Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at⁠ ⁠Laher.co⁠⁠, or explore the⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠ online. ⁠Women Are Lonelier Than Ever. It’s Putting Their Health At Risk⁠ by Kellie Scott, ABC News ⁠The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships – and Rebuilt My Inner Circle⁠ by Isabelle Eyman, Camille Styles Watch: ⁠Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcast⁠ ⁠Loneliness – It’s Not Only You⁠, Conversations Podcast, ABC Watch: ⁠Lana on TikTok⁠ ⁠How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Loneliness⁠ by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross ⁠Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Won’t Solve⁠ by Jessica Grose, New York Times ⁠Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?⁠ by Jamie Ducharme, TIME Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

    43 min
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The podcast about why life feels like this. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.

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