In this live coaching session, we sat down with Steven to talk about the issues of betrayal and differing levels of desire within a marriage. We explore: how our attachment wounds inevitably start to play out in our adult relationships and how understanding our codependent tendencies becomes the first step we take toward our own healing why the people in our lives often start taking us for granted if we’re not treating ourselves with love and respect first the importance of maintaining a sense o...
Nov 16, 2022•39 min•Ep. 121
Danielle LaPorte is a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100—a group that, in Oprah Winfrey’s words, “is uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters.” The former director of a future studies think tank in Washington, DC, where she managed a team creating global scenarios. She now speaks about the intelligence of the heart. Her most recent book, How To Be Loving… when your heart is breaking open and the world is waking up, is also an audiobook + eBook, with a companion de...
Nov 09, 2022•53 min•Ep. 120
In this solo episode, Vanessa and Dené hit record on one of their conversations during a recent trip they took to Hawaii. They explore: how each of them has defined their own relationship to spirituality why it might not be helpful to demand perfectionism of ourselves and others when attempting to understand our cultural differences how the work of spiritual seeking is ultimately about staying in the space of curiosity and remembering that each of us are always doing the best that we can with ou...
Nov 02, 2022•46 min•Ep. 119
Jeremie Lotemo is a poet, writer, and coach who utilizes his insights on relational dynamics to help men live from their deepest core. Through his writing, his podcast, 1:1 coaching and building community, Jeremie supports others in the integration of their deepest shadows. We sat down with Jeremie to discuss: 1. The invisible initiation society puts young boys through, where they are socialized to sever their authenticity in an attempt to maintain a sense of acceptance and connection to other m...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 118
Cheaper than Therapy is back for Season 3! In this solo episode, Vanessa and Dené talk about what they’ve been up to during the podcast’s hiatus and some of the patterns they’ve noticed coming up lately in conversations. They discuss: 1. What it feels like to be witnessing a massive reclaiming of the feminine energy that the current patriarchal structure of society has conditioned us to suppress. 2. What it means to shift from the practice of looking outside of ourselves for answers to beginning...
Oct 19, 2022•44 min•Ep. 117
Shaun Galanos is an internationally recognized love coach, podcast host, and speaker on a mission to help people have better, more loving relationships. We sat down with Shaun to talk all things dating – the stigmas, what it’s like to date right now, emotional availability, and intimacy. He also shares how he himself struggled to form healthy relationships – always finding it easy to give great advice to friends, but realizing he needed to do some work to ‘walk his own talk.’ Shaun does such a g...
Aug 10, 2022•54 min•Ep. 116
Tricia Huffman is a podcast host, speaker, and founder of Your Joyologist. She specialized in working with those in the public eye to keep them in integrity with who they want to be while also enjoying their life. Tricia empowers others through her social media, her Claim It! Podcast show, Your Joyologist product line, and Own Your Awesome daily inspiration app. We sat down with Tricia to discuss her journey to walking away from the word ‘should,’ tangible ways to harness the power of our intuit...
Jul 31, 2022•55 min•Ep. 115
In this episode, Dené drops in on a TAT Lab session on codepency led by Vanessa. We discuss the differentiation between intentions and outcomes, the codependent survival strategy of making ourselves and our needs smaller to maintain connections, the importance of not deciding for others which truths they can tolerate hearing, and asking ourselves, “what do I imagine it would feel like if I actually felt like I was heard? We loved having the opportunity to bring our TAT LAB community in on one of...
Jul 21, 2022•49 min•Ep. 114
Bryan Reeves is a former US Air Force Captain turned life coach, author, podcast host, and blogger with over 30 million readers. Since 2014, he has been coaching couples and men to help them discover and live out their dreams. His new book “Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)”, discusses men’s challenges with intimacy and boundaries and thriving in intimate relationships. We talked with Bryan about what happens in a society where we look to our intimate relationships to be the containers in whic...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 113
In this solo episode, we hit record on a passionate conversation we were having based on some questions we received from all of you. We dove into the question, “what do I do if my partner no longer finds me attractive”, to unpack the social and cultural pressures placed on what monogamy “should” be. We love having conversations about various ways of breaking out of codependent paradigms and cultivating relationships that not only support our growth - but are in alignment with our authentic value...
Jul 06, 2022•41 min•Ep. 112
This week we’re welcoming Kristi Born and Rainier Wylde who are partners in both life and in podcasts as cohosts of the Love Like Hell podcast. Kristi is a Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked extensively with families, couples, and adolescents in a variety of contexts to bring peace of mind and decrease suffering. Rainier is a teacher, guide, and writer who works with men and women around the world to discover their unacknowledged shadow and forge an intimate union with their masculine ...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 111
In this live coaching session, we sit down for our first-ever couples coaching session with Gloria and Jay to talk about their struggles with navigating parenting and vulnerability in the midst of a developing relationship. We talk with them about the value in modeling acceptance of our imperfections for our children, the fears that inevitably come to the surface when we’ve found someone to love, normalizing the challenges of parenting adolescents - who feel ambivalent in their need for you, but...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 110
Jamie Graber is a coach, mind shifter, energy mover, crystal lover, meditator, author, yogi, speaker, teacher, and mother who helps others live their best life through conversation and meditation. We sat down with Jamie to talk about how her path has unfolded throughout her life and how we can connect with our humanness by remembering we’re all struggling with the same thing: self-worth, and how to nourish ourselves in authentic ways. You can connect with Jamie through her website organicallyjam...
Jun 15, 2022•52 min•Ep. 247
In this live coaching session, we sit down with Kay to talk about control and her struggles and frustrations with letting go of it both at home and at work. We talk with Kay about navigating martyr syndrome, exploring the payoff we’re taking away from our codependent tendencies, the opportunities for growth we rob others of when we don’t let them fall and playing the tape through on the worst-case scenario in our head. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety o...
Jun 09, 2022•34 min•Ep. 108
Janelle Hardy is a writer, artist, host of the Personal Mythmaking Podcast, and the creator and teacher of an online transformational memoir-writing course called, “The Art of Personal Mythmaking.” She has been a trauma-informed bodyworker for over 13 years and has integrated her expertise to support people in their creative healing work. We sat down with Janelle to learn more about her origin story, how she has navigated pivots throughout her personal and professional lives, the trials and trib...
May 27, 2022•48 min•Ep. 107
In this live coaching session, we sit down with Liz about her recent separation and her struggles with co-parenting and navigating her family’s new reality. We talk about reframing our narratives around what a family ‘should’ look and operate like, challenging ourselves to ask what love would say when we start to feel fear come to the surface, holding the complexity of grief and multiple truths existing about our situation at one time, and knowing that our lives are what we decide they are. Inte...
May 19, 2022•30 min•Ep. 106
Kute Blackson is a transformational speaker, teacher, national bestselling author, and host of the SoulTalk with Kute Blackson podcast. His mission is simple: To awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically, and fulfill their true life’s purpose. We sat down with Kute to hear more about the unique gifts he developed through his childhood, his experience of individuation and learning to trust his intuition at an early age, the rarely explored aspects of ...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 101
In this live coaching session, we sit down with Bethany to talk about navigating the vulnerability that inevitably comes up when we attempt to allow ourselves to be seen by another in a romantic relationship. We explore the concept of talking to our inner child like we would talk to our own children, differentiating what is our to self soothing work and what is useful to bring to our partner for support, the importance of communicating vulnerably - even when it’s hard, and the point of relations...
May 04, 2022•40 min•Ep. 104
Allison Chawla is a psychotherapist, writer, life coach, mother, and spiritual counselor. In addition to many years of clinical training and a Master’s in Social Work and Psychotherapy from Fordham University, she has spent over a decade training in eastern philosophies of healing–cultivating a diverse set of skills that influence the change-focused, empathetic, and unique approach that she provides to her clients. We sat down with Allison to discuss the struggles therapists found guiding their ...
Apr 27, 2022•48 min•Ep. 101
In this live coaching session, we sit down with Marie to discuss how she is navigating the liminal space of midlife. We explore the challenges of maintaining a social life as a co-parenting mother, how to be okay with defining ourselves for ourselves, embracing the seekers path and learning to drown out the noise when we feel misunderstood by society, and looking at what might be considered “failures” as vital information about how to move forward. Interested in joining a live virtual group clas...
Apr 21, 2022•34 min•Ep. 98
We feel so lucky to have not one, but two incredible guests that we treasure so deeply. We’re thrilled to bring back two of our favorite guests, Mildred Murillo and Ashley Torrent. Milly is an astrologer and spiritual coach who believes astrology is about guiding her clients to discover the divine wisdom and strength that is within them. Ashley is a psychospiritual counselor, intuitive medium, and teacher who believes that we are all mediums, psychics, empaths, and energy healers—we all have thi...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 101
It’s the 100th episode of Cheaper Than Therapy! We are humbled by this journey and deeply grateful for all of you who have walked alongside us, listening in and engaging with us every week. We hope the podcast has served as a consistent, safe space for you - as much as it has for us - during a time as a collective we’ve experienced so much turbulence across every aspect of life. For this milestone episode, we sit down to explore a topic that is coming up a lot for us and so many of the women we ...
Apr 06, 2022•43 min•Ep. 100
Michael Anthony is a transformational coach and the founder of Think Unbroken, a community committed to the support and growth of Trauma Warriors. We sat down to talk with Michael about his incredible journey of overcoming adversity through deep, dedicated work and healing. We explore the importance of consistently taking daily action steps toward building the life you want for yourself, going directly toward the thing that keeps you up at night, making the commitment to only doing what you want...
Mar 30, 2022•51 min•Ep. 99
In this solo episode, we discuss some of our perspectives on parenting. We explore the possibility that feeling a sense of ownership of our children is a bit of an outdated paradigm, leaning into a more spiritual perspective of parenting which acknowledges the role our children can play in being their parent’s teachers, and that our job as parents may be more about honoring the Truth of who our children are instead of attempting to mold them into who we feel they’re supposed to be. Interested in...
Mar 24, 2022•51 min•Ep. 95
In this live coaching session, we talk with Claire about her self-discovery following the end of a 13 year relationship. We discuss navigating the various forms of grief that come from the loss of a relationship, the dance between taking personal responsibility and allowing yourself to feel all of the feelings that need to be felt and reframing the end of a relationship as an opportunity to regain parts of ourselves that we may have lost. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us?...
Mar 16, 2022•26 min•Ep. 97
Krista Berlincourt is the CEO & Co-Founder of Kenshō Health, a company focused on bettering the lives of people by making wellness experts accessible. She is an internationally accredited coach and author who explores the wide world of shame, grief, joy, and all of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual things that make us human. We sat down with Krista to hear about her journey to becoming a CEO & co-founder, and how the realization that your life has been out of alignment can o...
Mar 09, 2022•54 min•Ep. 96
In this live coaching session, we talk with Ashlyn about the journey of self-discovery she’s been on following her divorce. We discuss how impactful safe friendships can be in the process of reprogramming and reparenting ourselves, why all emotions are welcome, and having big emotions doesn’t mean we’re not fine (they’re actually just an indication that we’re human), how to approach our interactions while dating as an opportunity to learn more about ourselves, and the importance of modeling for ...
Feb 23, 2022•28 min•Ep. 95
Sasha Cuff is a Relational Somatic Practitioner who has spent the last 25 years studying trauma and trauma resolution of all types, along with exploring a multitude of healing modalities and cultural perspectives on wellness. Sasha is deeply committed to his own shadow work and helping others in an embodied way. We sit down with Sasha to discuss his work in somatic therapy and the fact that what we are experiencing psychologically is often a symptom of our biology. We talk about the physiologica...
Feb 16, 2022•58 min•Ep. 94
In this live coaching session, we talk with Olanna about the impact of social media on our romantic relationships. We dig into navigating the inevitable activations and how we might see them as an invitations to notice the narratives they bring up, how we bring our partners into the messy side of our inner work, the fears and historic wounds that social platforms can often bring to the surface, and how we balance vulnerability with holding respect for the autonomy and individual process of our p...
Feb 09, 2022•33 min•Ep. 93
Debra Silverman is an astrologer, teacher, psychotherapist, and author. Over the past 40 years, she has helped thousands of people—individuals, families, and couples—achieve emotional health and wisdom. We sit down with Debra to discuss the deep connection between astrology, psychology, and the transitional period we’re experiencing on a collective level. We discuss the freedom and balance that comes from observing ourselves and our astrological charts, how our social structures are facing criti...
Feb 03, 2022•57 min•Ep. 1
