The Therapist and the Wildcard
The Therapist & The Wildcard is a mental health podcast hosted by The Wildcard, alongside The Therapist, where real conversations meet professional insight—and nothing is off-limits. Together, they dive into therapy, grief, healing, relationships, emotional chaos, and the moments that make you laugh, cry, or ask, “Is this normal?”
Some episodes go deep. Some go sideways. Most do both.
The Wildcard brings the unfiltered conversation, lived experience, and humor people are usually afraid to say out loud, while The Therapist grounds the conversation with clinical knowledge, compassion, and perspective—without killing the vibe.
This podcast isn’t about having it all figured out. It’s about talking through the mess, naming the hard stuff, and finding meaning (and humor) along the way.
If you’ve ever laughed through pain, questioned your own reactions, or wanted therapy talk without the therapy voice—welcome. You’re in the right place.
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Episodes
30 episodes
Episode 30 - Sharing the Weight of Grief-Part 3
Every grief story is different, but every story deserves to be heard.In Part 3 of this special multi-part episode, we’re joined by two members of our grief support group who courageously share the stories of the people they love, the losses...
Episode 29 - Sharing the Weight of Grief-Part 2
Every grief story is different, but every story deserves to be heard.In Part 2 of this special multi-part episode, we’re joined by two members of our grief support group who courageously share the stories of the people they love, the losses...
Episode 28 - Sharing the Weight of Grief-Part 1
Every grief story is different, but every story deserves to be heard.In Part 1 of this special multi-part episode, we’re joined by two members of our grief support group who courageously share the stories of the people they love, the losses...
Episode 27 - Can Someone Just Decide for Me?
Have you ever spent 20 minutes deciding what to order for dinner, only to end up with the same thing you always get? In this episode, Jen and Vit talk about why decision-making can feel so overwhelming, especially after grief, trauma, or major ...
Episode 26 - Looking at Grief From Another Angle
What happens when we stop trying to define grief and start describing it?In this episode, Jen brings a series of thought-provoking prompts, and together we explore grief through metaphors and personal reflection. Sometimes grief feels im...
Episode 25 - Joy and Grief Can Sit Together
For this episode, Jen and Vit talk about something many grieving people struggle with: the idea that joy and grief can exist at the same time. After a significant loss, moments of happiness can bring unexpected guilt, as if laughing, celebratin...
Episode 23 - The Third Wheel Club Nobody Wants to Join
When you lose your spouse, you don't just lose the person you love—you lose the person who put you first.In this episode, Jen and Vit talk about the complicated reality of becoming the "single friend" after widowhood. We discuss what it...
Episode 23 - When Grief Collides
During one of the grief group sessions Vit runs, someone unexpected walked through the door… the manager from the hotel where Chris died. She came to the group because she was grieving a loss of her own, not realizing Vit was the one leading it...
Episode 22 - Avoiding or Actually Busy?
This week on The Therapist and The Wildcard, we talk about being actually busy vs just avoiding life, making plans and instantly wanting to cancel them, and why adulthood looked so much easier when we were kids. We also get nostalgic about grow...
Episode 21 - 2nd Time Around
This week we talk about Chris’ second birthday not being here and our second wedding anniversary without him.Last year felt like survival mode.This year felt different—still painful, still emotional, but not as impossible to carry.
Episode 20 - You asked… We Answered-Part 2
You asked… and the therapist and the wildcard delivered. Jen and Vit answer your questions with a mix of professional insight and unfiltered honesty—covering mental health, life, and everything in between.The Therapist & The Wildcar...
Episode 19 - You asked… We Answered-Part 1
You asked… and the therapist and the wildcard delivered. Jen and Vit answer your questions with a mix of professional insight and unfiltered honesty—covering mental health, life, and everything in between.The Therapist & The Wildcar...
Episode 18 - 18 months of Grief
Grief doesn’t end-it changes. In this episode, Vit opens up about approaching the 18-month mark since the loss of her husband and reflects on what this stage of grief can feel like. The conversation explores how grief evolves over time, why com...
Episode 17 - The Expectations Stayed
Grief changes you. Your priorities shift. Your tolerance for things changes. The way you see the world is different.But one of the hardest parts? Everyone else still expects the same version of you they had before the loss.In this...
Episode 16 - Suicide, Support, and Survival
In this episode, you hear an honest and vulnerable conversation about suicide and what it’s like to reach a point where living feels impossible. Vit shares a deeply personal chapter of her life, opening up about a time when she didn’t want to l...
Episode 15 - Mental Health Stigma: Until It Happened to Me
Mental health can be easy to misunderstand when it hasn’t touched your life directly. In this episode, Jen and Vit discuss stigma, assumptions, and how Vit’s perspective shifted once mental health became personal. Together, they unpack how live...
Episode 14 - The Power of One Therapist
This episode centers on the life-changing impact of therapy. Vit opens up about how Jen saved her life, and together they discuss why being a therapist matters—not just clinically, but personally and profoundly. It’s a conversation about trust,...
Episode 13 - Finding Community After Loss
In this episode, Vit shares what it was like finding her community after losing Chris—and how different that journey looked from what she expected. Together, Jen and Vit talk about the realities of grief, shifting relationships, and learning to...
Episode 12 - Pulling Back the Curtain: Just Questions, Just Us
What happens when we stop overthinking and just ask the questions? In this episode, Jen and Vit ditch the structure and answer questions that reveal our personalities, values, quirks, and the moments that shaped us. It’s unscripted, re...
Episode 11 - Say It Back While You Can
In this episode, Vit shares why the words “I love you” are deeply important to her. For Vit, saying those words isn’t casual or automatic—it’s intentional, meaningful, and rooted in the understanding that life is short and time is never guarant...
Episode 10 - Cancer, and the Life I Didn’t Get to Have
At 36 years old, her life took a turn she never saw coming.In this episode, she shares her journey with endometrial cancer—how she found out, the shock of the diagnosis, and what it meant to face a hysterectomy and the reality of not being ...
My Life with Contamination OCD
In this episode, we dive into contamination OCD — not the watered-down version, but the reality of living with it.Vit talks openly about the fear, avoidance, compulsions, and mental toll that come with contamination OCD. This is a raw, hone...
Learning How to Be Home Again
This episode focuses on the experience of going home after loss.Vit shares what it was like to move back into her house without Chris after staying with her brother, and how grief and OCD collided during that time. From safety, routines, an...
What It’s Like to Be There — With Kara Part2
This episode continues the conversation with Kara and focuses on the aftermath — the funeral, the days that followed, and what it’s really like to be the friend of someone grieving deeply.We talk about showing up when there are no right ...
What It’s Like to Be There — With Kara part 1
In this episode, Vit is joined by her best friend Kara to talk about the month leading up to Chris’s death and the day everything changed — from the perspective of someone standing beside it all.This conversation is about what it’s like to ...