Lately, Kelsey's been thinking a lot about what, statistically, makes one society or country "happier" than another. Enter: Divija Bhasin. A totally STACKED psychologist based in New Delhi, INDIA!! You probably have seen her tiktoks or REELS under her moniker @awkwardgoat3. So, what are our perceptions of mental health around the world and how are we wrong? What can we learn from other cultures to implement into our own? Stay tuned to find out on this special INTERNATIONAL episode of the pod! FO...
Nov 29, 2021•38 min
WHAT A WEEK MY CONFIDANTES!!!! As you can tell, its FREAKIN WEDNESDAY!!!!! and NOT MONDAY!!! Kelsey walks ya'll through the disaster that has been recording this weeks podcast then updates you on all of the fun that was attending the psychedelics conference in vegas to learn more about MDMA AND KETAMINE THERAPY!!! And then lovely Kap Slap gives us his review of a conference he attended with NFT NYC and talks why web3 and the metaverse (NOT FACEBOOK'S META) are worth paying attention to! BUY KELS...
Nov 17, 2021•49 min
Most of you know Kelsey lives with chronic facial pain...Most of you know the limited depths of the pain she lives with...only what she shows you on instagram. HOWEVER!! With this help of her new friend and TN warrior JESSICA DOBBS, Kelsey finally opens up more about the condition that's plagued her life for the last five years. Jessica also tells us about the amazing TN community she's set up, GETTING ON MY NERVES 5k and how she wants EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WORLD to know what trigeminal neu...
Nov 08, 2021•47 min
While Kelsey has struggled with disordered eating (the more as she gets older it seems!!), she never fully felt comfortable talking about the subject of eating disorders and disordered eating without help from an expert. Cue: Francesca Eats Roses!! As a ED coach and recovery expert, Francesca takes us confidantes through an emobodied and mindful conversation about ED and recovery. She also tells us about how she is healing ED through the use of plant medicine. And we all know Kelsey LOVES talkin...
Nov 01, 2021•51 min
After a fast friendship over their "fucked-up-ery", Kelsey and Lauren sit down to chat the mental health struggles they've faced and realize how it has shaped them into the (dare I say) BAD BITCHES that they are today!! WATCH SEASON 2 OF CRAFTOPIA ON HBO MAX NOW!!! FOLLOW LAUREN: https://www.instagram.com/laurdiy/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/c/LaurDIY https://www.youtube.com/c/laurDIYvlogs https://shop.wildtil9.com/products/wild-til-9-black-blanket https://www.youtube.com/c/WildTil9 BUY KELSEY...
Oct 25, 2021•54 min
CEO of viral instagram account THE DOGIST , TedX speaker, mental health advocate, and TEAMMATE of Dr. Waffle the psychiatric service dog KATE SPEER sits down to chat how her personal struggles lead her to DOG advocacy behind her wildest dreams! Can dogs smell your hallucinations?! Can you train YOUR dog to be a psychiatric service dog? All of these questions answered and more in this MENTAL HEALTH MONTH SPECIAL! LINKS & FOLLOW KATE!: http://katespeer.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kate_speer...
Oct 18, 2021•58 min
TALK ABOUT A PANICKY EPISODE!! Besides the content itsself...kelsey's camera (NEW IPHONE 13!!!!!) totally glitched out on her so she apologies for only having audio this week!!! This week we dive into: -What IS a panic attack? -What are REALISTIC things you can do to help yourself through one -What is dissociative anxiety? -Why are breathing exercising so annoying????BUT HELFPUL!?! Happy mental health month <3 BUY KELSEY'S BOOK! AND SENSITIVE MERCH! OUT NOW! BOOK: https://shopc.at/dfp MERCH: ...
Oct 11, 2021•31 min
So we've all been watching Nine Perfect Strangers on Hulu right??? It turns out that show is littered with a bunch of hollywood bologna..but there ARE REAL RETREATS OUT THERE that are doing the work to help people in mental and PHYSICAL PAIN!! Thats right! There are more to this magic medicine than the things you see on TV or the horror stories you hear from your burning man friend...And no one knows better to speak about the relationship to chronic pain and mushrooms like Jessica, the founder a...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min
AHHHH THE SAD SEASON IS COMING!!! Seriously...S-A-D (seasonal affective disorder/depression) AKA why we get sadder when it gets darker. Kelsey talks all her tips tricks and schemes to getting AHEAD of your SAD this year! SEND YOUR RESUME TO Kelsey@swapskis.co FIND NEW MERCH AT KELSEYDARRAGH.COM BUY KELSEY'S BOOK! AND SENSITIVE MERCH! OUT NOW! BOOK: https://shopc.at/dfp MERCH: https://shopcatalog.com/shop/tag/kelsey-darragh-collection/ Follow Kelsey & Keep Up with her life! https://linktr.ee/...
Sep 27, 2021•39 min
upcharging, price negotiations against your health, discharging you when they know you're still sick...CHRISTY PRN IS REVEALING THE SECRETS THAT HOSPITALS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNO!!! Her tiktoks have gone MEGA VIRAL for pulling the curtain back to reveal the dirty secrets about the one place we're supposed to go when we need help the most...and what you can do about it!!! FOLLOW CHRISTY ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@christyprn?lang=en RESOLVEMEDICALBILLS.com BUY KELSEY'...
Sep 20, 2021•51 min
Kelsey hasn't smoked THC since college when she smoked a gravity bong and was high for 3 days and having constant panic attacks...so what could go wrong when she tries it again 10 years later in a safe environment of her own home with loved ones for her chronic pain..APPARENTLY A LOT! Kelsey and Kap Slap talk about what they did to get through it and how the last few days have been on a cross country RV trip with Kelsey's family! BUY KELSEY'S BOOK! AND SENSITIVE MERCH! OUT NOW! BOOK: https://sho...
Sep 13, 2021•38 min
HAPPY...whatever heck monday holiday it is?? HOPE YOU ARE ALL RELAXING!!! Speaking of relaxing, Kelsey gives us an update on what exactly she's doing with her microdosing journey and how she got here: -from being terrified of psychidelics to eating them for breakfast -what they've done so far -the decision to stop SSRI's and why -the plan moving forward.. OH YEAH AND SHE SHAVED OFF ALL HER HAIR (and we promise, it has nothing to do with the microdosing) <3 BUY KELSEY'S BOOK! AND SENSITIVE MER...
Sep 06, 2021•42 min
2 pals...2 chairs...2 much ABNORMALLY CLOSE CONVO!! Zach Kornfeld of GUILTY PLEASURES pod joins Kelsey to walk and talk through the answers off a scandalous couples poll that Kelsey asked her instagram followers last week...questions like -Do you know your partners most intimate trauma in detail? -Have you seen your partners poop? -Do you know what porn your partner watches? -Do you have sex dreams about an ex? ....all so they can play a game of catan. FOLLOW ZACH ON GUILTY PLEASURES PODCAST! BU...
Aug 30, 2021•48 min
AS IF KELSEY WASNT GOING TO GET IN ONE MORE WITCHY EPISODE BEFORE LEO SEASON WAS OVER!! AS IF!! Kelsey and her fav self-love empowerment witch, podcast host, and FELLOW COMEDIAN LEAH KNAUER (@leahknauer) joins us (ON THE COUCH BABY) to talk oracle deck reading, tarot cards, and how to listen to the messages coming from your higher self! THIS IS A FUN ONE YALL!!!! FOLLOW LEAH: https://linktr.ee/leahknauer GET LEAH'S AMAZING DECK that kelsey uses on her TikTok LIVE STREAMS DAILY! https://www.leahk...
Aug 23, 2021•54 min
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE!! 31!!! WOW! How has a YEAR flown by?? Well, we actually all know the answer to that...it was that whole global pandemic thing that's still happening...ANY WHO!!! Kelsey an her lover the DK aka @KAPSLAP aka Jared her boyfriend...talk : -Birthday Presents -Traveling internationally in a covid world -The the vaccine and straw-man arguments -Moving to another country for a year And be sure to follow @ConfidentlyPod this week as we are doing so many birthday giveaways!!! BUY ...
Aug 16, 2021•39 min
BIG TRAUMA! LITTLE TRAUMA!!! PTSD AND COMPLEX PTSD!! All things our society has been talking about lately...and if you didn't notice...WE'VE ALL KINDA GONE THROUGH A BIG COLLECTIVE TRAUMA RECENTLY HAVENT WE?! Kati Morton, LMFT and youtube's RESIDENT THERAPY QUEEN, stops by to talk all things t-word, treatments, recognition, including her new book TRAUMATIZED which you can pre-order now. Out September 9th! FOLLOW KATI: @KatiMorton Kati's Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzBYOHyEEzlkRdDOSo...
Aug 09, 2021•51 min
HEY UPPER EAST SIDERS AND FOLLOWERS!! OMG Kelsey has waited her entire life to geek over Gossip Girl and she was lucky enough to sit down with Amos Mac, writer on THEEE NEW GOSSIP GIRL reboot on HBOMax! Not only do Amos and Kelsey talk all new things GG like fashion, lingo, and representation in the show - but all the amazing work Amos is doing outside of writing for the most memorable characters of our generation! Most notably: NO ORDINARY MAN the documentary feature co-written by Amos about th...
Aug 02, 2021•41 min
A virtual reality headset that floats you into a beach in space which helps you no longer feel pain or be addicted to opioids....sounds super futuristic right?? WRONG! IT'S HERE NOW! and it's called FLOWLY!!!! WHAAAA?! I know, right?! Kelsey sits with the founder of the Flowly app, Celine Tien to chat exactly how this lady-founder went from Hollywood child-star to entrepreneur and medical field badass. FOLLOW CELINE & FLOWLY: https://www.flowly.world/ https://www.instagram.com/virtuallycelin...
Jul 26, 2021•53 min
Yall know Kelsey's been getting into that manifest-y witchy shit as part of self-care and healing this last year and THIS EPISODE ONLY PROVES THAT SHE'S ON THE RIGHT PATH as astrologist, host of Starts Like You podcast, and author, Aliza Kelly (fellow Leo), CONFIRMS that Kelsey is indeed a PSYCHIC!!! Want to find your coven? Trust your intuition? Follow your journey in a more authentic, grounded way? WELL, CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS AND GIVE THIS WEEK'S POD A LISTEN! And let us know what witchy shit yo...
Jul 19, 2021•43 min
Did you see what I did there??? Kitchen Confidential has been one of Kelsey's favorite books for forEVER so what kinda convo could possibly come up when she interviews her FAMOUS CHEF FRIEND MATTHEW FRANCIS?! I hope you're appetite for conversation is ready.... Matthew's Social Handles: Instagram/Tiktok: @matthewfrancisj DinnerViews: @dinnerviews PRAX Book Series: @praxseries Matthew's Youtube Channel: https://cutt.ly/nmhVXR1 DinnerViews Playlist: https://cutt.ly/FmhVZdp BuzzFeed Tasty Playlist:...
Jul 13, 2021•46 min
What does it mean to be a "good girl"? And how does one become conditioned to being a "good" girl? Mojo Molfino has identified 5 myths all women are taught to subscribe to: following the rules, always having harmony, being logical, projecting perfection, and always be willing to sacrifice... But as we know, ain't NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT SHIT!! By thinking in the "good girl" perspective, we take away our own agency and voices as badass bitches. So how do we break the cycles?...take a listen and ...
Jul 05, 2021•40 min
You've seen her ALL OVER social media teaching the ways of the stars and zodiacs to all her followers on Cosmic REVOLUTION and Cosmic RX - MADI MURPHY (@iammadimurphy) teaches empowerment, spirituality, and most importantly teaches YOU how to be a cosmic BADDIE!!! Join her cosmic FIT club - a high vibe community for coaching and healing! Expect some witchy shit like energy detoxes, full moon breathwork, and MOARRR!!!! **DEFINITELY SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY TEXT AFFIRMATIONS!!*** FOLLOW MADI( and che...
Jun 28, 2021•46 min
Sequoia Holmes and Jordan Coley have some real shit to say about challenging negative stereotypes and monolith constructions of Black stereotypes in culture and society! And they have no problem exploring the diversity of WHY while making you laugh along the way. In our current world, there is so much exploitative Black pain and this podcast gives a much-needed relief and release for guests, comedians and its listeners. So, do black people really love Paramore??? TAKE A LISTEN AND FIND OUT WHY B...
Jun 21, 2021•50 min
She's the MONEY MONEY MONEY GIRL you've been seeing all over your social media!! Tori Dunlap is a money expert who is fighting the patriarchy by making YOU rich - no gatekeeping, no scams - just good advice for all of us who never were taught how to handle money well or given a ride to some biz school cause our dad works on wallstreet! Tori is a FORCE not only on social media but in the BANKS and on the NEWS battling men twice her age on why their advice is sexist and unrealistic! We love a lady...
Jun 14, 2021•50 min
@streetlifetothesweet life on TikTok has taken the dog world by storm with working a job during the day and taking breaks to rescue countless wild dogs roaming the streets of Texas and giving them a real chance at life! Sam Zimmer tells us all about getting involved in the world of rehabbing man's best friend and why we all need to stop SHOPPING and start ADOPTING!!! FOLLOW SAM AND DONATE TO THE CAUSE: https://www.instagram.com/streetlifetothesweetlife/?hl=en https://www.streetlifetothesweetlife...
Jun 07, 2021•45 min
TRIGGER WARNING: mental health month will include sensitive conversations each episode not limited to su*cide, anxiety, depression, ED, OCD and ADHD conversations. Its the last week of a beautiful informative and EMOTIONAL mental health month baby!! Rounding us out with a fascinating convo is Tina Ethridge, an ADHD coach and someone who was once misdiagnosed as bipolar because of the crossovers of ADHD symptoms. We learn a TON in this episode so take notes because you might just recognize some t...
May 31, 2021•55 min
TRIGGER WARNING: mental health month will include sensitive conversations each episode not limited to su*cide, anxiety, depression, ED, OCD and ADHD conversations. okay listen, I know how most of us think of Psychiatrists (the ones that can prescribe meds!): An old white dude sitting across from you with a clipboard while you lie down revealing your deepest traumas and then you pay $250 for 30 mins of his time and you're out the door with some pills...right?? Well Dr. Kali & Dr. Jessi are BR...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min
TRIGGER WARNING: mental health month will include sensitive conversations each episode not limited to su*cide, anxiety, depression, ED, OCD and ADHD conversations. OCD is a very real disorder and symptom for so many people that shows up in so many different ways. Not one OCD looks alike! You already know our Queen & Hoes Throughout History Confidante, JAZZMYNE ROBBINS aka JazzmyneJay, who so awesomely came to hang and share her OCD experience with us. Everything from diagnosis to treatment a...
May 17, 2021•49 min
TRIGGER WARNING: mental health month will include sensitive conversations each episode not limited to su*cide, anxiety, depression, ED, OCD and ADHD conversations. Psychosis, mania, and running a successful business...what do these things all have in common?? Find out about the intersection of successful entrepreneurship and the bipolar spectrum on this week's Mental Health Month episode with none other than Scout Sobel!! CHECK OUT SCOUT'S AGENCY: Female-Focused PR Agency "We get women as guests...
May 10, 2021•45 min
imagine getting to peak behind the curtains of what your therapist is thinking, feeling, AND HOW THEY SPEND THEIR DAY WHEN THEY DONT EXIST IN A TINY ROOM WITH YOU!?!?! Absolute TikTok STARS and licensed therapists, and hosts of ANXIOUS LIKE YOU podcast, Micheline (@Micheline.Maalouf) and Nadia (@evolveandbloom) are the ones revealing ALL THOSE SECRETS!!! (spoiler alert: they are totally just humans like us...but boy, we learned a lot on this one!!!) Anxious Like You podcast: https://podcasts.app...
May 03, 2021•50 min
