Ep. 123: Why You've Lost the Desire for Sex and How to Find it Again

We went on an Insights from the Couch field trip to see the buzzy new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, and we have SO many thoughts. As two therapists and best friends, we couldn't stop talking about it. Is the Theranos founder a sociopath, a psychopath, a misunderstood genius, or a master manipulator? And how does someone who perpetrated such massive fraud still manage to leave people questioning what they believe? In this episode, we're unpacking the psychology of decep...

Can you really be hot at midlife? Hell yes! But what does that actually mean when you're in your 50s, your body is changing, and the reflection in the mirror doesn't always match the version of yourself you see in your head? This week, we're having a fun, honest, and sometimes hilarious conversation about beauty, aging, personal style, and what it really takes to look and feel your best in midlife. From plastic surgery and celebrity beauty standards to finding your signature style and embraci...

What happens when you’ve spent decades building a career, raising a family, achieving, producing, and checking all the boxes… and suddenly you’re staring down retirement? We spend years preparing financially for retirement, but most of us don’t spend nearly enough time preparing emotionally for what happens when the identity, structure, and purpose tied to work begin to shift. In this episode, we’re joined by Johanna Danaher, life and leadership coach and founder of Anchor to Aspire Coaching,...

Some days just feel heavy. You’re discouraged, comparing yourself to everyone around you, questioning your progress, and suddenly your brain has decided everything is terrible. We’ve both been there—and in this birthday episode, we’re talking about what actually helps us move through a bad day without pretending we’re fine or forcing ourselves into positivity. We also get into the very midlife realities of getting older, becoming more aware of time and mortality, figuring out what we want the...

Have you ever wondered why you keep choosing emotionally unavailable people, getting stuck in the same relationship patterns, or craving closeness while simultaneously being terrified of it? So much of what drives us in our adult relationships is happening beneath the surface—and often, the survival strategies that helped us as children become the unconscious patterns we repeat as adults. In this episode, we sit down with renowned psychoanalyst and bestselling author Dr. Galit Atlas to talk a...