Dial Emma

Emma Reed Turrell•dial-emma.captivate.fm

If you’ve ever wished you had a therapist in your back pocket, Dial Emma is here. Each week, I’ll be answering your dilemmas with honesty, empathy, and a few therapeutic truth bombs to help you make sense of life’s stickiest moments. Got a tricky situation, emotional tangle, or just need a fresh perspective? I’d love to hear from you. Please do get in contact via my online webform here: forms.gle/gSE8Pa8HnqU2B2c59 For more trusted advice, please do give the show a follow on Instagram @dialemmapodcast (https://www.instagram.com/dialemmapodcast)

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S2, Ep 2 Best Friend Therapy: Fertility - What's the reality? How does the language impact us? How can we support each other?

TW: Miscarriage This week's episode is on a subject that's incredibly close to our hearts - fertility. We wanted to do it justice by sharing some very personal stories and so it feels important to say that, if you are going through a fertility journey right now and don't feel this is the episode for you, we see you and we will be here for you if you want to come back to it another time. If you do want to listen, we see you too, and you'll hear us talk openly about miscarriage, IVF and the realit...

Jul 24, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 2

S2, Ep1 Best Friend Therapy: People-Pleasing - Why do we do it? Is it really nice to be nice? How do we say no?

We're back! We're so happy to be coming to you with Season Two of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. And we have felt SO bad about having left you for so long. We've been worried that we'd let you down, or you wouldn't like us anymore. So we stayed up all night thinking about how to make it up to you, how to please you... hmmn. Hang on a minute, I see what we're doing here. So this one's for the people-pleasers, the people-pleasers in recove...

Jul 17, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 1

S1, Ep 8 Best Friend Therapy: Endings - Are they a bad thing? What's the difference between loss and change? How do we make meaning?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. Well, we've reached the final episode of season one (sob!) so it seemed only fitting to make this a conversation all about endings. But don't panic, because we also look at the beginnings that follow endings - including the beginning of season two of Best Friend Therapy, which will be here before you know it! We talk about the endings that arose through the pandemic, how friendshi...

May 15, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8

S1, Ep 7 Best Friend Therapy: Competition - What does winning mean? Why does it matter? Who are we really competing with?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. This episode is all about competition - how it can become a problem when it comes from a place of scarcity and how we can learn to develop an abundance mindset that allows us to reach our goals more securely and meaningfully. We look at competition through the lens of attachment theory and explore the difference between belonging and fitting in. Elizabeth takes a break from traini...

May 08, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 7

S1, Ep 6 Best Friend Therapy: Bodies - Is age just a number? How much does appearance matter? What part does social media play?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. TW: eating disorders This episode is all about bodies - how we can divorce our bodies from our minds if we're not careful, how we feel about our physical appearance and what getting older means for us. Covering areas such as fertility and menopause, social media and dress sizes, we share our relationships with our own bodies on a journey to befriending them, and hope that it can h...

May 01, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6

S1, Ep 5 Best Friend Therapy: Special Occasions - How do we feel about them? Who are they for? What's so special about them anyway?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. This week we're talking about special occasions - from the happiest day of your life to the most wonderful time of the year - and why they're not always what they're cracked up to be. Ironic, given that today is actually Emma's birthday (but don't mention it, will you?) Whether it's a wedding, Christmas Day, a birthday dinner, or simply a Sunday lunch, we talk about why special oc...

Apr 24, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5

S1, Ep 4 Best Friend Therapy: Imposter Syndrome - What is it? How does it show up? Are we the only ones who feel it?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. This week we're talking about Imposter Syndrome and why, if you've ever felt like the odd one out, you're in good company. Join us on an Inception-like head-scratcher as we experience Imposter Syndrome whilst talking about Imposter Syndrome in an attempt to make the episode "good enough", learn why tennis remains Elizabeth's Achilles heel and why Emma will never have a job as a pi...

Apr 17, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4

S1, Ep 3 Best Friend Therapy: Shoulds & Oughts - Why are we so tough on ourselves? Are we addicted to control? What if we let go?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. TW: miscarriage This week we're talking about shoulds and oughts and why we feel compelled to live our lives by some pretty tough rules at times. Elizabeth shares times in her life when structure has helped her to feel in control and Emma explains why criticism can sometimes be tough to take. Correction: Emma did not know that Tetrapak cartons were now widely recyclable. She *shou...

Apr 10, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3

S1, Ep 2 Best Friend Therapy: Relationship Games - What games do we play at work, in friendships and with partners? And why do we do it?

Welcome to this episode of Best Friend Therapy, where we chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. This week we're talking about games. Not Monopoly, as Elizabeth discovered, but the shortcuts we take in relationships to try and get our needs met, without even realising. Relationship games are the emotional sleight of hand we use to defend our vulnerability but they rarely get us what we want. Emma explains where games stem from and why they get in our way at work and with frie...

Apr 03, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2

S1, Ep 1 Best Friend Therapy: Boundaries - What are they? Do we need them? How do we say no?

Welcome to the FIRST EVER EPISODE of Best Friend Therapy! Each week we'll open the doors to our friendship and chat about what's on our minds, to get deeper in our minds. And today we're starting with a conversation about something we all need in our everyday lives - boundaries. We explore what boundaries mean to us, how to set them and how to say no. Elizabeth tells us why she says sorry all the time and Emma gives us practical ways to renegotiate relationships at home and at work. Thank you so...

Mar 27, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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