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Displaying episodes 31 - 60 of 101 in total
72. ROGD Parenting, Cult Recovery, Psychedelic Therapy, & Mindfulness with Alan Michael
Today we embark on a profound journey exploring the challenges of parenting a child experiencing Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD). Alan and I delve into the emotion...
70. Navy Veteran and Med Student Tells All: How Far Has Institutional Capture Gone in 2023? with Sarah
Today, anonymity presents a unique opportunity to hear a medical student and Navy veteran's perspective on how institutional capture has impacted the military and medi...
69. Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans: Gigi & Josie
When your child says they are trans, where can you go for guidance, support, or advocacy? How do families navigate current trends in the counseling and medical fields ...
68. How Jessica Pin Fought to Protect Women From Medical Ignorance
Brace yourself! This week we are discussing female anatomy, the pressures that women face to change their bodies, personal trauma, and what it takes to change the cult...
67. Dating After Abuse: Rediscovering Inner Trust with Dina McMillan
Dating in the modern world has changed drastically with dating apps, swipe culture, loosened norms, a cultural divide, and a political ideology coloring the landscape ...
66. James Lindsay on Psychological Warfare
In a world of deception, how can we accurately discern what is true, real, good, and right? I had the pleasure of consulting one of America’s sharpest modern intellect...
65. Conservative Patients in Therapy with Soad Tabrizi
With Conservatives being largely ostracized in contemporary American culture, where can they go to solve personal issues? As a therapist, it’s important to me that peo...
64. Tonic Herbalism and Holistic Health with DJ and Jenny Ankenbrandt
My old friends forage for medicinal mushrooms and mineral resins, and concoct customized herbal tinctures for their clients. Today, I had the delight of interviewing t...
63. Rewiring Your Brain Through the Break Method with Bizzie Gold
Is therapy dead? Can it be revived? How can we move forward? What are the virtues and pitfalls of alternatives to therapy, like coaching or wellness related practices?...
62. To Suffer Well: Detransition, Psychedelics, and Faith, with Torren Danowski
As we discuss often on this podcast, “gender affirming care” can appeal to trauma survivors as an enticing way out of pain. Some of these people go through the entire ...
61. A Gender-Critical Meet-Cute: Zach and Cynthia of the Paradox Institute
Is it possible to fall in love over the internet? Today I welcome two very special guests about to welcome their first baby, whose love story began on Twitter. This wa...
60. Informed Consent & Maternity Care with Kallie Fell
In a recent past episode of this podcast, we discussed issues related to fertility care. But what about maternity care? In this week’s episode, Kallie Fell and I discu...
59. Cat Cattinson on Reclaiming Her Voice After Detransition
Cat Cattinson is a detransitioned woman who was featured in our documentary, Affirmation Generation. Cat shares her experience in reclaiming her singing voice after re...
58. Remembering Death with Josh Slocum
What happens when we die? Do we go to a great beyond somewhere? Are we punished for what we’ve done wrong? Many religions have tried to tackle this problem for as long...
57. The Antidote to Critical Therapy with Dr. Carole Sherwood
Has Critical Social Justice completely captured clinical psychology? So many people seek out therapy in hopes of improving their lives and the lives of those around th...
56. Meghan Murphy on A New Way of Being
How does life transform after questioning everything you thought you knew about the world? As we grow into adulthood and consider the axioms we live by, we are sometim...
55. Modern Culture Discounts the Therapeutic Process with Tessa Jacques, LMFT
How does discomfort drive the therapeutic process? Is it required to successfully navigate our uniquely difficult stations of life? This week, I am joined by Tessa Jac...
54. Simon Esler on Cut: Daughters of the West
I’ve spoken with many guests about the harms of marketing invasive, experimental, life-altering procedures to children in the name of so-called “gender affirmation.” B...
53. Awakening Beyond Transition with Laura Becker
What is the overarching perspective of a detransitioner as they move through their awakening journey? This week I am joined by Laura Becker, a detransitioner turned in...
52. Surrogacy: Liberation or Exploitation? with Jennifer Lahl
In recent years, surrogacy has become a staple in the medical field with little regard or thought of the impact surrogacy has on the human reproductive and evolutionar...
51. Wokeness Versus the Counseling Profession with Christine Sefein
Does woke ideology in psychotherapy education damage the field of professional counseling? Therapists are being evaluated more and more on the fundamental axioms that ...
50. The Battle Against Discrimination in Psychotherapy with Amy Gallagher
Is Christianity responsible for racism? According to Amy Gallagher in her fight against the UK’s NHS, the answer is no. Two years ago, Amy Gallagher was told she was u...
49. Medically Necessary Suicide? Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) with Darshan Maharaja
Canada is front and center of the growing controversy around its expansion of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) policy as heated debates on the euthanization of c...
48. ROGD Parents: Save Your Sanity with StoicMom
In their desperation to protect their children from lifelong medicalization, parents of trans-identifying youth are often at risk of losing sleep, jobs, and even marri...
47. The Scapegoated Body: Transition Regret in Psychotherapy with Bob Withers
If you appreciate conversations about detransition, you’re not going to want to miss this episode. Today we are graced by an elder psychotherapist who has been helping...
46. Empowered Humanity Theory with Jason Littlefield
Once upon a time, Jason loved his job facilitating social and emotional learning in public schools. Then, in 2017, a new ideological framework began to take root in sc...
45. Real Talk with The Truthful Therapist: Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, LCSW
Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, aka The Truthful Therapist, empowers parents with the knowledge necessary to navigate the world of therapy infected by the deceptively-named so...
44. Understanding Autism in Today’s Culture War with Teva Johnstone, MSW
What impact does an identity-focused culture have on children with autism? Teva Johnstone is a licensed clinical social worker in California who works as a parenting c...
43. Why Men Fear Women, with Avrum Weiss, PhD
Conflict in intimate relationships is a problem as old as time. While men are often perceived as the more privileged of the sexes, their lifespans are actually getting...
42. Cancelled: Life After Social Death, with Sasha White
Many listeners in their 30’s and beyond fear losing their well-established careers, reputations, or livelihoods should they risk speaking out over controversial issues...