What Would My Shrink Say?

Nick Wignall & Todd Sewell•whatwouldmyshrinksay.com

Health & Fitness

Mental Health

Education

Self-Improvement

A podcast about all the questions you wish your therapist would give a straight answer to.

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Episodes

Coloring Books for Anxiety?

Nick and Todd discuss the usefulness of adult coloring books for anxiety.

Sep 28, 2021•16 min

Doing Nothing Is a Better Option Than You Think

Nick and Todd discuss why doing nothing is often the best option you can choose.

Sep 21, 2021•10 min

How to Get Over Resentment

Nick and Todd discuss how to get over resentment.

Sep 14, 2021•15 min

How to Forgive Yourself for Past Mistakes

Nick and Todd discuss how to forgive yourself.

Sep 07, 2021•18 min

How to Get More Motivated

Nick and Todd discuss the tricky psychology of motivation and how to get more of it.

Sep 01, 2021•16 min

Resignation vs Acceptance

Nick and Todd discuss resignation vs acceptance.

Aug 24, 2021•13 min

Emotional Curiosity

Nick and Todd discuss emotional curiosity.

Aug 17, 2021•16 min

Do we attract certain 'types'?

Nick and Todd discuss whether people attract specific 'types' or not.

Aug 11, 2021•15 min

Social Anxiety

Nick and Todd discuss social anxiety.

Aug 03, 2021•15 min

How helpful are your expectations, really?

Nick and Todd talk about expectations.

Jul 27, 2021•19 min

How to Spot Emotional Immaturity

Nick and Todd discuss how to spot the signs of emotional immaturity.

Jul 20, 2021•21 min

How to Deal with Other People's Bad Moods

Nick and Todd discuss helpful ways to deal with other people's bad moods.

Jul 13, 2021•15 min

Are You Aversively or Appetitively Motivated?

Nick and Todd discuss whether it's better to be appetitively or aversively motived?

Jul 06, 2021•16 min

Processing Painful Memories

Nick and Todd discuss processing difficult emotions.

Jun 29, 2021•13 min

Overthinking and the Law of Diminishing Returns

Nick and Todd chat about overthinking and its relationship to the law of diminishing returns.

Jun 25, 2021•12 min

Why We Avoid Difficult Choices

Nick and Todd take on why we avoid difficult choices and the consequences that often result.

Jun 22, 2021•15 min

Catastrophizing

Nick and Todd discuss catastrophizing.

Jun 18, 2021•15 min

How to Deal with Rigid People

Nick and Todd discuss how to deal with rigid people.

Jun 15, 2021•17 min

Health Anxiety

Nick and Todd discuss health anxiety.

Jun 11, 2021•20 min

Self-Experimentation

Nick and Todd discuss the benefits of self-experimentation.

Jun 08, 2021•17 min

What Your Emotions DON'T Mean

Nick and Todd discuss common misconceptions about emotions and what they do and don't mean.

Jun 04, 2021•14 min

Can You Learn to Love Something You Hate?

Nick and Todd discuss the extent to which we can learn to love things we hate.

Jun 01, 2021•14 min

Addiction to Thinking

Nick and Todd discuss the idea of an addiction to thinking.

May 28, 2021•17 min

Is Procrastination Just a Values Problem?

Nick and Todd discuss the possibility that procrastination is essentially a values problem.

May 25, 2021•20 min

The Right Way to Have a Panic Attack

Nick and Todd discuss what people get wrong in their approach to panic attacks and why the right way to handle them is counterintuitive.

May 21, 2021•12 min

Is Venting Your Problems Helpful?

Nick and Todd discuss whether is a good idea to vent your problems to other people.

May 18, 2021•15 min

How to Deal with Feeling Worthless

Nick and Todd discuss worthlessness and how to deal with it.

May 14, 2021•17 min

The 5 Love Languages

Nick has strong feelings about the 5 Love Languages.

May 11, 2021•17 min

The Right Way to Manage Intrusive Thoughts

Nick and Todd discuss how to deal with negative intrusive thoughts in a healthy way.

May 07, 2021•17 min

The Busyness Trap

Nick and Todd discuss the Busyness Trap.

May 04, 2021•22 min

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