Nuance Needed

• 78: Our Self Care and Self Sabotage Patterns

  Happy anniversary to us! After a year of this podcast, we’re getting real about how we're surviving the chaos of content creation, life changes, and our own brains. In this episode we dive into our best coping skills and our worse self sabotage behaviors, how we break out of them and our best tips for how you can start engaging in real and effective self care today! If you’d like to support the show one of the best things you can do is leave us a review and share the pod! THANK YOU! We have some incredible BONUS episodes on our SUBSTACK! nuanceneeded.substack.com To learn more about therapy reach out to Therapy for Women Center, therapyforwomencenter.com. We have therapists licensed in 42 states across the country and have offices if you are local to the Philadelphia area. Want to join the conversation? You can email us [email protected] or LEAVE US A MESSAGE at 813-444-8683. We’d love to hear what you think!

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• 77: The Reality of Caregiving: How Sam's Experience Shaped Her Life

  What does it mean to love someone and resent them at the same time? In this episode, Sam shares what it's been like to grow up alongside her brother Alex, who has a severe disability, and how thirty-two years of caregiving has shaped every part of who she is. In conversation, we tackle: * Growing up as the oldest daughter when your brother needs 24/7 care * The anxiety of being a kid who felt she couldn't stay after school because she needed to be home * The isolation of hearing "you're a saint" when you're trying to share how hard things really are * How caregiving pulled Sam into therapy as a career - and the resentment that came with realizing it * What it means to grieve a relationship with a sibling who's still alive * The moment Sam realized she could hate her brother sometimes - and that was okay * The unexpected moments of joy and connection that exist alongside the exhaustion This is a conversation about the full spectrum of caregiving - the love, the burden, the funny moments, the grief, and everything in between. Sam's vulnerability in sharing her story offers a window into an experience that touches so many families but rarely gets discussed with this level of honesty. If you’d like to support the show one of the best things you can do is leave us a review and share the pod! THANK YOU! We have some incredible BONUS episodes on our SUBSTACK! nuanceneeded.substack.com To learn more about therapy reach out to Therapy for Women Center, therapyforwomencenter.com. We have therapists licensed in 42 states across the country and have offices if you are local to the Philadelphia area. Want to join the conversation? You can email us [email protected] or LEAVE US A MESSAGE at 813-444-8683. We’d love to hear what you think!

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• 76: The Critical Thinking Crisis Started in Schools with Dr. Jennifer Weber

  What if the mental health crisis starts with how we learned to read? Dr. Jennifer Weber reveals the shocking connections between educational practices and our collective inability to process information or sit with discomfort. In conversation, Amanda and Jennifer discuss: * Why teaching kids to guess instead of read has massively contributed to how we show up online * The death of internal dialogue—and what it means for self-reflection * Why most adults only know 5 emotion words (hint: it's about reading comprehension) * The simple "pause" that breaks algorithmic conditioning * How classroom reinforcement schedules mirror social media engagement * Why patience is a critical thinking skill, not just a virtue * The connection between reading fiction and emotional intelligence * What parents can actually do at home (spoiler: it starts with curiosity) * Why banning AI won't work—and what we should teach instead This episode bridges the gap between education policy and personal mental health in ways that will change how you think about both thinking and feeling. Perfect for parents, educators, and anyone trying to understand why everything feels so overwhelming right now Dr. Jennifer Weber is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and educator who co-founded KIT Educational Consulting. Her work focuses on how reinforcement systems shape not only classroom behavior, but also how we think, process information, and navigate our digital world. Her substack is incredible! We are really working on trying to the grow the podcast so we can get advertisers, if you’d like to support the show one of the best things you can do is leave us a review and share the pod! THANK YOU! We have some incredible BONUS episodes on our SUBSTACK! nuanceneeded.substack.com To learn more about therapy reach out to Therapy for Women Center, therapyforwomencenter.com. We have therapists licensed in 42 states across the country and have offices if you are local to the Philadelphia area. Want to join the conversation? Or offer us a correction? You can email us [email protected] or LEAVE US A MESSAGE at 813-444-8683. We’d love to hear what you think!

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• 75: Ultimate Trauma Episode: Everything You Want to Know

  We've all seen the posts: "That's trauma." But the truth is less straightforward. Today we're unpacking the complex reality of trauma—what it actually is, how it differs from PTSD, and why understanding the nuance matters for your healing. In conversation, we tackle: * Why trauma and PTSD aren't the same thing (only 6% of people who experience trauma develop PTSD) * The crucial differences between big T and little T trauma—and why both matter * How vicarious trauma from social media is real but different from direct trauma * Why your support system might be the biggest factor in whether something becomes traumatic * The difference between processing, intellectualizing, and ruminating (and why you need to know) * How parasocial relationships are blurring the lines between secondary and vicarious trauma * Why sitting with pain is different from dwelling in it * Sam's powerful story from 5+ years in a Level 1 trauma ER and what secondary trauma really looks like * How to build new neural pathways when trauma has you stuck on the same highway * The hope: why the solution is the same regardless of your entry point Content Note: This episode contains discussion of medical trauma, death, and emergency situations. We share real experiences to illustrate important concepts about secondary trauma and healing. Please take care of yourself while listening. We are running a fall special get 45% off our annual paid substack subscription through the end of October. Use this link-- https://nuanceneeded.substack.com/subscribe?coupon=ceee7102&utm_content=173199122 To learn more about therapy reach out to Therapy for Women Center, therapyforwomencenter.com. We have therapists licensed in 42 states across the country and have offices if you are local to the Philadelphia area. Want to join the conversation? Or offer us a correction? You can email us [email protected] or LEAVE US A MESSAGE at 813-444-8683. We’d love to hear what you think!

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• 74: When to Stay, When to Go, & How to Know (Sam's Moving!!)

  We started talking about building community but ended up discussing personal transitions, knowing when to make big changes, and trusting yourself through those decisions. In conversation, we explore: * Sam's announcement: she’s moving just one year in Florida * How everyone’s a critic these days, and its easy to critique, but being in community and doing other hard things requires being vulnerable and actually showing up * "Which option feels most expansive?" - the question that changed Sam's decision-making * The difference between forcing something to work and being in the wrong place * "Throwing your hat over the wall" - why committing before you're ready creates momentum * When your inner knowing conflicts with what you think you "should" want * The radical acceptance needed to say "I've done enough trying here" * Building self-trust by doing things that require trust We are really working on trying to the grow the podcast so we can get advertisers, if you’d like to support the show one of the best things you can do is leave us a review and share the pod! THANK YOU! We have some incredible BONUS episodes on our SUBSTACK! nuanceneeded.substack.com To learn more about therapy reach out to Therapy for Women Center, therapyforwomencenter.com. We have therapists licensed in 42 states across the country and have offices if you are local to the Philadelphia area. Want to join the conversation? Or offer us a correction? You can email us [email protected] or LEAVE US A MESSAGE at 813-444-8683. We’d love to hear what you think!

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