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Episodes
106 episodes
Five Practical Ways To Show Up For Kids And Partners
We share five practical ways to be emotionally available with your kids and your partner, based on what we see repeatedly in work with teens and couples. The goal is less turbulence at home by replacing fixing and defensiveness with listening, ...
How To Handle A Challenging Mother-In-Law With Respect And Boundaries
Mother-in-law conflict can hijack a marriage faster than almost anything, and it often starts with a misunderstanding about what’s really being threatened. I’m Dr. David from Head Shrink Inc., and I’m unpacking the emotional engine behind those...
Seasonal Affective Disorder Explained
Seasonal affective disorder can look like “winter just makes me miserable,” but it is a real, diagnosable pattern with practical treatment options. We break down what SAD feels like, why people miss it for years, and how light therapy and simpl...
The Subtle Signs Of Toxic Relationships And What To Do Next
We break down what “toxic” looks like in real relationships and why it can feel subtle until you notice the pattern. We lay out the behaviours that keep conflict unresolved and explain how we protect ourselves with clearer boundaries and lower ...
A Custody Evaluator Explains Why Reunification Can Go Wrong
Family court can turn your private life into a public argument, and the people asked to “sort it out” are often working inside messy rules and even messier incentives. We sit down with clinical social worker Erin Hillesso to unpack what custody...
What If “Being Nice” Is Hurting Your Child?
Your kid argues about rules, ignores chores, and acts like boundaries are the enemy, but what if the real problem is that the boundaries keep moving? We dig into one of the biggest parenting issues I see across family therapy: inconsistency. Wh...
Stop Waiting For A Better Relationship
You can be in a relationship that looks stable from the outside and still feel quietly stuck on the inside. That limbo is the focus here: you’ve been together a long time, you’re not particularly happy, but you’re not miserable enough to leave....
What If People Pleasing Is Fear In Disguise
People pleasing can sound harmless, even admirable, until you notice the cost: constant pressure to perform, fear of disappointing anyone, and a calendar full of commitments you secretly dread. I’m Doc David from Head Shrink Inc., and I’m unpac...
Five Practical Ways To Ease Into Fall
Fall arrives fast, so we walk through five concrete ways we make the seasonal transition feel calmer and more intentional. We focus on routines, daylight, connection, and the hard but freeing practice of letting one thing end. • Resett...
Twelve Dating Tips For Healthier Relationships Part Two
We finish part two of Doc David’s dating tips by naming the warning signs that quietly turn into painful marriage problems later. We focus on safety, honesty, attraction, and long term choices so you can date with clear boundaries and real conf...
Six Practical Dating Tips That Prevent Regret
We share six dating tips that help you spot problems early and make choices with clear eyes instead of pure emotion. We talk about friends, family patterns, outside perspective, and why self-respect is the backbone of lasting self-esteem. ...
How Emotional Intelligence Breaks The Blame Cycle In Relationships
The most toxic sentence in an argument might be only four words: “Well, you do.” When we answer a complaint with a counter-complaint, the conflict stops being about dishes, tone, schedules, or parenting and turns into a contest to prove who’s w...
Five Clear Signs Of Emotional Immaturity
A fragile ego can turn a simple conversation into a fight, a marriage into a minefield, or a parent-child relationship into years of resentment. We dig into five grounded signs of emotional immaturity that show up everywhere: at home, at work, ...
A Conversation About Forgiveness That Changes Families with Peter Anderson LMFT
We talk with LMFT Peter Anderson about the winding path that leads him from acting school and depression to seminary, languages, and a life in marriage and family therapy. We dig into forgiveness, boundaries, burnout, and why something as simpl...
Parasocial Relationships 101
We break down parasocial relationships and why they feel so real even when the connection is one-sided. We talk through the good, the bad, and the warning signs that show up when social media turns familiarity into dependence. • defini...
When Family Loyalty Becomes A Weapon
We sit down with John and Ashley to trace how a devout, image-driven family culture turns love into compliance and turns honest boundaries into “betrayal.” We unpack the slow build to estrangement, the smear campaign and legal threats that foll...
Alienated Mother reconciles with daughter
I had the opportunity to speak with Sunday. She was a single working mother raising her daughter. Sunday's mother began to interfere and created an Alienation situation for her. Listen in!
Why do I stay in the middle?
Some accuse me of taking sides (I try not to). I want people to understand why taking a side is generally not useful in my goal of trying to help people reconcile.
Hello, It's me again
I used to podcast all the time. I've been away unintentionally for a year. I thought I would get back into it so here we go again.
coparenting queens
Interviewed a mom and bio mom who are best friends. If you're divorced this is potentially a good goal to have.
Don't cut off your family
The election is over and now you want to cut your family off? Don't do it.
Enmeshed realtionships are not where it's at
Enmeshed parental relationships are not a good idea. Don't pressure your kids with your emotional turmoil
There is a battle taking place inside of you
Have you ever been able to name the internal struggle that goes on inside of you. There is a young self and adult self that battle one another.
