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This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a family reunion recap, as Dr. Naomi gives Jordana some much-appreciated praise for her parenting skills and they compare their families' laid-back approach to raising kids. This week’s Overshare comes from a listener who can't decide whether moving to a new city would be an exciting fresh start or just another way of running from her problems. Next, a Betchicist email raises the question of why maintaining friendships becomes so difficult once everyone has kids, and whether spontaneous plans might be the answer. Dr. Naomi offers an Intention to a listener navigating the heartbreaking experience of slowly losing her mother to early-onset Alzheimer's. Then, the hosts get 2nd-hand triggered by a sister-in-law who sends out a 50-item gift registry for her six-month-old baby (yes, six months). The last Trigger sparks a debate as to whether we should all give sweet Aunt Ruth a pass for taking photos during the wedding ceremony despite an explicit no-photo rule for guests.

This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a family reunion recap, as Dr. Naomi gives Jordana some much-appreciated praise for her parenting skills and they compare their families' laid-back approach to raising kids. This week’s Overshare comes from a listener who can't decide whether moving to a new city would be an exciting fresh start or just another way of running from her problems. Next, a Betchicist email raises the question of why maintaining friendships becomes so difficult once everyone has kids, and whether spontaneous plans might be the answer. Dr. Naomi offers an Intention to a listener navigating the heartbreaking experience of slowly losing her mother to early-onset Alzheimer's. Then, the hosts get 2nd-hand triggered by a sister-in-law who sends out a 50-item gift registry for her six-month-old baby (yes, six months). The last Trigger sparks a debate as to whether we should all give sweet Aunt Ruth a pass for taking photos during the wedding ceremony despite an explicit no-photo rule for guests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content Warning: This episode includes a discussion of the tragic accidental death of a young child involving a car seat. We encourage listeners to take care while listening. For those caring for young children, we urge you to stay informed and follow proper car seat safety guidelines. This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a conversation about the challenges of maintaining family bonds when everyone lives far apart, and the pressure of keeping family traditions alive. This week’s Overshare comes from a mother who shares the heartbreaking loss of her toddler in a preventable car seat accident, and how she’s turned her grief into a mission to educate other parents. She urges parents and caretakers to follow proper car seat safety practices and to make sure to use all buckles. Next, a Betchicist email raises the question of whether a big paycheck is worth sacrificing your work-life balance, especially when your boss is also your father-in-law. Dr. Naomi offers an Intention to a listener whose mother-in-law's hoarding habits have taken over her home. Finally, they’re Triggered by a painfully tone-deaf friend who responds to someone's fears about her father's health with an unsolicited death story, and a coworker who can't stop criticizing a listener's career choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Calm the Fck Down, Jordana shares how an unexpected act of kindness from her neighbors left her pleasantly surprised and inspired to pay it forward. A listener's heartwarming story about growing up with a village opens up a discussion about what it really takes to build a supportive community. Next, they revisit a listener struggling with her brother's hurtful behavior and unpack the grief that comes with accepting a relationship for what it is, rather than what you wish it could be. Finally, a bride-to-be wonders whether she's justified in feeling hurt when four of her five closest friends RSVP no to her destination wedding, despite her years of showing up for their biggest milestones. When does friendship become a little too one-sided?

This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a conversation about the growing trend of family estrangement and whether cutting off a family member has become a little too easy. This week’s Overshare comes from a listener struggling with the emotional and physical toll of caring for her chronically ill husband, while secretly having an affair. Next, a Betchisist wonders if she’s being a bridezilla after her friend schedules her wedding just two weeks before hers, then plans a honeymoon that conveniently conflicts with her big day. Dr. Naomi offers an Intention to a listener whose fear of losing her aging parents is getting in the way of enjoying the time she has with them. The first Triggered comes from a soon-to-be mom who isn't thrilled about her in-laws potentially bringing an extra guest to Thanksgiving just days after she gives birth. Finally, they weigh in on whether a mysterious late-night birthday invitation sent exclusively to a listener’s husband is creepy, or if she's reading a little too much into it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi discuss consent, binge-drinking culture, and why we need to do a better job teaching men how to navigate sexual boundaries. Then, an Oversharer's dilemma opens up the conversation as to whether it should be assumed that grandparents would uproot their lives for their grandchildren. This week’s Betchicist comes from a listener whose sister cut her off for four years and is suddenly back in her life. Next, an intention email brings up the uniquely powerful force that is mom guilt. The first Triggered comes from a newly pregnant listener whose mom wasted no time turning her pregnancy into a conversation about weight loss. Finally, they weigh in on whether it’s tone-deaf to brag about your baby’s growth chart to a friend who’s been struggling with her own baby’s size. Content Warning: This episode includes a discussion of sexual assault, including topics of consent and sexual misconduct. We encourage listeners to take care while listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Calm the F*ck Down, Jordana and Dr. Naomi start with a surprising family-history discovery that has them thinking about ancestry, generational trauma, and what it means to leave a legacy. Then, a doctor writes in to offer some perspective on why medical test results hit your patient portal before your doctor has a chance to call. Next, they debate the surprisingly intimate act of giving someone a nickname they didn’t ask for. Finally, former CTFD guest Madison is back with an update: her mom ignored yet another boundary and posted her wedding photos before she could, leaving Jordana and Dr. Naomi to ask whether some people simply can’t be trusted with the group chat, or the camera roll.

This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a conversation about dating markets, moving for love, and whether successful women are narrowing their dating pools by looking for equally successful partners. This week’s Betchicist comes from a listener who can no longer stomach staying at her friend’s seriously messy apartment, but doesn’t know how to say something without hurting her feelings. Next, Dr. Naomi gives an Intention to a listener struggling to keep up with long-distance friendships and family without spending every weekend on the phone. Finally, they’re Triggered by a dad who seems to think his daughter getting married is the only milestone worth celebrating, and a partnered friend who makes a painfully tone-deaf comment about how grateful she is to be done with dating apps.

This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a conversation about dating markets, moving for love, and whether successful women are narrowing their dating pools by looking for equally successful partners. This week’s Betchicist comes from a listener who can no longer stomach staying at her friend’s seriously messy apartment, but doesn’t know how to say something without hurting her feelings. Next, Dr. Naomi gives an Intention to a listener struggling to keep up with long-distance friendships and family without spending every weekend on the phone. Finally, they’re Triggered by a dad who seems to think his daughter getting married is the only milestone worth celebrating, and a partnered friend who makes a painfully tone-deaf comment about how grateful she is to be done with dating apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Family knows exactly how to push your buttons, and this week, Jordana and Dr. Naomi are getting into what happens when those buttons have been pushed one too many times. In Overshare, a listener wonders if it’s finally time to set real boundaries with a brother whose “jokes” always seem to come at her expense. A Betchisist is struggling to watch her notoriously judgmental dad date someone who seems to break every rule he raised his daughters to follow. Then, an Intention goes out to a future mom who wants kids but is terrified that motherhood means saying goodbye to sleep forever. In Triggered, is your mother-in-law saying “we’re the same size” a compliment, a subtle dig, or are you the one making it weird? And another listener considers crossing Naomi off her baby-name list because she doesn’t want her daughter spending a lifetime correcting people’s pronunciation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Calm The F* Down, Jordana and Dr. Naomi sit down with a listener whose Triggered story about her dad rehoming his dog, only to get another one six months later, hit a much deeper nerve. Nicole opens up about growing up with a father who left when she was young, then went on to become a devoted stay-at-home dad to his second family, and how those old feelings of abandonment still show up in unexpected ways. They unpack what happens when a relationship is “fine” on the surface, but years of hurt and resentment have never actually been addressed. Is it worth reopening an old wound when you’re not sure you’ll get the validation you want?

This week on Oversharing, Dr. Naomi is getting a crash course in Texas homecoming culture as her family navigates their first season of elaborate “mums,” homecoming proposals, and all the teenage social dynamics that come with them. Then, a listener grieving the loss of her lifelong friend group wonders how to forgive herself and start over socially in her 30s, while a granddaughter who lost her mom finds herself unexpectedly promoted to “daughter” and questions how much responsibility she owes her aging grandmother. An Intention comes from a newly divorced listener learning who she is when she’s not being a wife, mom, employee, or looking for another relationship. In Triggered, a mother-in-law offers $20K toward a house, only to call her son “presumptuous” when he follows up on the offer. Finally, a listener receives the terrifying words “lymphoma suspected” in her medical results but hears nothing from her doctor for days. Can someone please fix the way medical results are delivered? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jordana and Dr. Naomi are tackling what happens when trust, attraction, and even your career suddenly feel a little shaky. First, an oversharing husband... that's right, a male listener, is trying to rebuild his marriage after financial betrayal and infidelity and wonders how long it takes to earn back trust. Then, a Betchisist with an otherwise amazing fiancé has one problem she can’t seem to shake: his deeply cringey dance moves are giving her the ick just in time for their wedding. An Intention seeker is struggling with post-wedding regret and asks how to forgive herself after enforcing her child-free wedding rule in a way she regretted. In Triggered, a listener questions whether a friend’s questionable use of the “service dog” loophole says something bigger about her character, and how much our friends’ moral choices should affect the way we see them. Finally, a new mom returns from maternity leave only to discover the men she trained may have taken over her responsibilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jordana and Dr. Naomi are tackling what happens when trust, attraction, and even your career suddenly feel a little shaky. First, an oversharing husband... that's right, a male listener, is trying to rebuild his marriage after financial betrayal and infidelity and wonders how long it takes to earn back trust. Then, a Betchisist with an otherwise amazing fiancé has one problem she can’t seem to shake: his deeply cringey dance moves are giving her the ick just in time for their wedding. An Intention seeker is struggling with post-wedding regret and asks how to forgive herself after enforcing her child-free wedding rule in a way she regretted. In Triggered, a listener questions whether a friend’s questionable use of the “service dog” loophole says something bigger about her character, and how much our friends’ moral choices should affect the way we see them. Finally, a new mom returns from maternity leave only to discover the men she trained may have taken over her responsibilities.

This week on CTFD, Jordana is shedding some shame after a stressful parenting moment leaves her questioning just how much can go wrong in a matter of seconds. She and Dr. Naomi talk about the spiral of imagining what could have happened, and why shame only makes those moments harder to move past. Then, a listener is struggling to tell her mom that her son won’t be attending the Christian school she runs because their values no longer completely align. How do you choose a different path from your parents without making them feel like you’re rejecting the way they raised you? Finally, a listener has secretly started seeing the ex who broke her heart and now she’s dreading telling the family who helped pick up the pieces. Jordana and Dr. Naomi unpack whether her fear of their reaction might actually be revealing some doubts of her own.