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This week Maryellen talks all about various financial topics:  How to take a step back from financial feelings to make good decisions  Normalizing money decisions  Helping yourself become better prepared for uncertainties  The different forms of financial abuse  How problem debt and mental health are connected   Relationship patterns with your money  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! Follow Tara on Instagram @taramariemurphy. 

TW: self-harm, psychiatric emergencies  This week Maryellen talks all about psychiatric emergencies:  Why psychiatric emergencies are important to talk about  The mental hygiene law  The importance of safety relating to psychiatric emergencies  The problem with current resources   Systemic issues within health care  If you need assistance locating long-term mental health resources, talking through a problem, or exploring mental health treatment options, call 211 to speak with someone who can help. Additional resources include the help hotline: 1-800-273-TALK or suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Always call 911 first if you or someone you love may be a danger to themselves or others. If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen talks all about trauma:  What is trauma informed care?  The mental health movement  Dissociation due to trauma  EMDR trauma treatment   Structural dissociation theory  How sleep helps us process trauma    If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen talks all about happiness:  What is happiness?  What does happiness look like?  Comparison having a direct effect on our happiness  The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky How our outlook affects our happiness  Toxic positivity  How we’re doing happiness wrong    How we’re really bad at predicting our own happiness  Be sure to check out The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky.  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen talks all about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial:  What is an abusive relationship?  How watching this triggers people and what to do about it  We will never know what really happened  What Borderline Personality Disorder looks like   What Histrionic Personality Disorder looks like   Is this an abusive relationship?  Men can be victims of abuse, and this abuse can sometimes look different   Can a relationship be abusive to both parties?   If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!   

The week Maryellen talks all about boundaries:   How boundaries first came about   Definition of boundaries   Types of boundaries: physical, emotional, sexual, financial, etc  Knowing when to set a boundary  How to set a boundary  What to look at before you set boundaries    If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

Emily and Stephanie are the hosts of Cycle Chats, a podcast that destigmatizes what it means to be a woman. In addition to sharing some hilariously honest couch confessionals, they join Maryellen for part 2 of their conversation where they destigmatize and discuss a wide-range of topics, including:  Differences between men and women   Men and mental health  Social media and mental health  Toxic positivity   Listen to Cycle Chats where ever you listen to podcasts, check them out on Instagram @cyclechats and visit www.cyclechats.com  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

Emily and Stephanie are the hosts of Cycle Chats, a podcast that destigmatizes what it means to be a woman. They join Maryellen today to destigmatize and discuss a wide-range of topics, including:  mental health  self-care  anxiety  traditional gender roles  Johnny Depp and Amber Heard  some people are just assholes (not necessarily gaslighting you, a narcissist, or a sociopath)  the importance of awareness If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to tune in to part 2 next week. Listen to Cycle Chats where ever you listen to podcasts, check them out on Instagram @cyclechats and visit www.cyclechats.com  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen breaks down the toxicity of diet culture:  What is toxic diet culture?  How do you lose weight in a healthy way?  Why diet culture is so bad?  Serotonin/gut health misinformation  Be sure to check out Maryellen’s other similar episode: Never Tell a Woman She Looks Pregnant & Other Things Not to Say to People.  Plus, be sure to check out Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture and The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy by Caroline Dooner.  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen talks all about perfectionism:  What is perfectionism?  Black and white, extremist thinking   Personal stories: college, first jobs, soccer   Fixed mindset and growth mindset   Connecting self worth to performance   Be sure to check out Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture by Caroline Dooner.  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen chats all about supporting someone with anxiety:  Difference between the emotional brain and logical brain    Letting them know they don’t need their anxiety   Letting them know their anxiety is not what makes them who they are  Anxiety is based on the past and future, not the present   Hard for people struggling with anxiety to focus on the present and be mindful – try to bring them down to the present   Not our job to know when someone is anxious – but we can take some hints   Don’t engage with the anxious thoughts, wait until it calms down   Anxiety never shows up to the party alone – what else are they struggling with?  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! 

This week Maryellen chats codependency, love, lust, sex, and mommy issues...  Why are men are congratulated when they hook up with a lot of people, but women are shamed?  Why is lust so exciting?  The socio-biological view of sex  Passionate vs. companionate love   Attachment styles: come from our mothers and show up in our romantic relationships  Why do people cheat?  Codependent relationships  If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com!