Had a weird experience with religion, spirituality or a church? I interview my therapist and friend, Dani Brooks on her experience being in a church, enduring religious trauma and spiritual abuse. Dani shares what religious trauma and spiritual abuse is, signs and symptoms of it and dives into her own experience. We discuss issues with fundamentalist thinking, purity culture, and how enduring this experience can change you. We spend time discussing self trust and why it is so important you do not outsource your own beliefs and values and what you can do to regain trust with yourself if you have lost it through trauma or another similar experience. Please be mindful we do discuss religious trauma in this episode. Follow Dani Brooks on instagram from more resources @theholisticadvocateIf you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.I would love to connect with you, reach out to me on instagram and TikTok @therapyforwomen. To suggest a topic, buy my books, please visit www.amandaewhite.com.CALL INTO THE SHOW TO GET YOUR Qs ANSWERED: 813-444-8683

Do you feel like there is a gap between how old you think you are and your actual age? There's research why this is and I am breaking it all down in this episode. This week, I talk about a recent article in the cut entitled "The Pandemic Skip" by Katy Schneider. I share how I personally relates to the article which discusses how young adults in the pandmeic have lost a few years of their life and are coming out of it with this strange sense that they do not feel the age that they are. I discuss trends I have been seeing with my clients, how young women are specifically impacted by this because of our biological clocks and how research shows young women lost more friends in the pandemic compared to other demographics. I also use this article to have a broader discussion about how memories are formed, what the research says about how the pandemic has impacted our memories and why all of us feel like time during the pandemic was really fast but also really slow. Finally, I end the episode by answering listener questions. To book a therapy session, visit visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.For bonus episodes and exclusive Taylor Swift Therapy content, join my patreon www.patreon.com/recoveredishKeep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen. I would love to hear what you think about this episode and what you relate to! Tag me or share the podcast!Works cited: "The Pandemic Skip" https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay.html"Lost Time: Perception of Events Timeline Affected by COVID Pandemic" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231762/#:~:text=With%20increased%20life%20uncertainties%20during,pandemic%20%5B7%2C%208%5D.*Above is the article that compared loss of time similar to how people are impacted in prison*"The State of American Friendship: Change, Challenges and Loss" https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-State-of-American-Friendship.pdf?x91208"How The Pandemic Messed With Our Perception of Time" https://www.vox.com/science/23823507/pandemic-memory-time-perception-lockdown

For this special crossover episode of Recovered-ish I have friends and fellow sober podcasters Casey McGuire, Gillian Tietz and Suzanne Warye on the podcast! We discuss our own journeys getting sober, tips if you are questioning your drinking or looking to stop, what advice we would give people just starting out and so much more! To learn more about each of these ladies, be sure to check out their respective podcasts that are all about sobriety! To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch visit www.amandaewhite.com.If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.Join my patreon to support the show or get Taylor Swift Therapy & other bonus episodes www.patreon.com/recoveredishKeep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen.About the guestsGillian Tietz is the host of Sober Powered, a top 100 mental health podcast, and the founder of Sober Powered Media, a podcast network for mental health podcasts. Getting sober in 2019 inspired her to start her podcast, Sober Powered, where she utilizes her biochemistry background to teach others how alcohol affects the brain and why it’s so hard to stop drinking. She is a chemistry professor at a university in Boston. Podcast: https://www.soberpowered.com/listenInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sober.poweredCasey McGuire Davidson is a Life & Sobriety Coach and the host of the Top 100 Mental Health Podcast, The Hello Someday Podcast for Sober Curious Women. As an ex-red wine girl who spent 20 years climbing the corporate ladder while holding on tightly to her love of red wine, Casey’s passionate about helping busy women stop drinking and create lives they love without alcohol. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News and over 60 sobriety, motherhood and mental health podcasts and publications.LinksWebsite Hello Someday CoachingFree 30-Day Sober Guide Get The Free 30-Day Sober Guide To Quitting DrinkingThe Sobriety Starter Kit Course The Sobriety Starter KitPodcast The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenFree Masterclass Take A Break From Drinking With These 5 SecretsConnect with Casey on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober.Suzanne Warye (WEAR-eye) is a fashion and lifestyle influencer and the host of The Sober Mom Lie podcast, which has reached almost 500k downloads in just over a year. Suzanne provides a refreshing take on sobriety, offering women a softer place to land than rock bottom. She shares her full sober life on her website, My Kind of Sweet, while raising her 3 kids with her husband on the North Shore of Chicago. Links:https://mykindofsweet.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/mykindofsweet

Obsessed with Olivia's new album too? Same! More than just the music, this week I talk about how this album is a powerful outlet for women to deal with their anger. I discuss how Olivia managed to escape the Disney bad girl reputation and how she is giving herself and as a result, all of us, permission to feel our feelings, including anger, rage, embarrassment, jealousy and more! I talk at length about the song, "All American B*tch" and how it is an overarching theme of the album, what my favorite lines are and how it perfectly captures the double bind that women are placed in. I explore how women's anger is unique, how women (especially women of color) are not given space to feel angry and how we may end up suppressing it and harming ourselves. I also discuss the data of how women are angrier on average these days than men and why that is. Finally, I spend the last ten minutes of the episode answering listening questions about anger, how to deal with it in a healthy way, why you don't need to force yourself to be angry and the predisposition of anger. If you have a question you want answered be sure to CALL the hotline: 813-444-8683To get more Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and all other song breakdowns and bonus episodes, sign up for my patreon-- patreon.com/recoveredish If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch please visit www.amandaewhite.com. Keep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen. Research Linkshttps://www.apa.org/topics/anger/control#:~:text=Psychologists%20now%20say%20that%20this,angry%20with)%20resolve%20the%20situationhttps://news.asu.edu/20151027-study-shows-angry-men-gain-influence-and-angry-women-lose-influencehttps://www.midus.wisc.edu/findings/pdfs/2224.pdfhttps://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/women-are-getting-angrier_uk_63907f20e4b0214ec984a4fb

I chat with author and novelist Jamie Varon about how we can break free from our obsession with being the "best" and how we can start enjoy living our lives. I have been friends with Jamie for a while now and absolutely loved her book, Radically Content. So when her book went on to be a smash hit and essentially all her dreams came true, I needed to ask, "do you still stand by what you wrote in Radically Content? That dreams and success is great but it's the day to day living that fulfills us?" Her answer is yes,(much to. my disappointment as I hoped her success cured all her problems). While this convo may not be #relatable to everyone, I think it is so important as we can all fall into the trap of believing our everlasting happiness is right around the corner if we can just accomplish this next thing. Spoiler alert- that is not the case. In this conversation, we talk all about why this is, how she has stayed grounded in all the change that have happened in her life, the myth of "relatability" and how this term is often weaponized against women and how we (two content creators on the internet) deal with trolls, people who give us harsh feedback and more! Jamie Varon is a novelist, author, designer, digital course creator, executive producer, and creative consultant living in Calabasas, CA. Her debut novel, Main Character Energy, is out now with HarperCollins’ imprint, Park Row. Jamie is also the author or two nonfiction books, Radically Content and its journal companion. Radically Content is currently in progress to be adapted into a film. Learn more by checking out her website www.jamievaron.com If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch please visit www.amandaewhite.com. Keep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen. I would love to hear from you!

I chat all about Taylor Swift this week! I start by doing a breakdown of my experience and thoughts about the eras tour, going into the lessons from it (how we can embrace our cringe, give up "looking cool", reclaiming girlhood and not waiting to do thinks you love. I then go into thoughts about why I think Taylor Swift's music has such staying power for us, why her lyrics seem to touch so many of us and her unique ability to capture a moment in time in our lives. Around minute 20 I go into a breakdown of one of my favorite songs The Archer, I go line by line breaking down how I think it's a perfect example of anxiety about a new relationship and I tie it into other songs of Taylor's including New Romantics, Peace, You Belong with Me and more. I also discuss themes in this song of resentment, self reflection, insomnia, acting impulsively, self sabotage and more. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I loved recording it!If you want MORE Taylor Swift content and therapy breakdowns, join my patreon : www.patreon.com/recoveredishIf you are interested in Therapy at my practice visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com We also just launched our kids practice www.therapyforkidscenter.comKeep up with me and share your thoughts about this episode on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomenResources Mentioned : "How Emotions Are Made" by Lisa Feldman Barrett, "Not Drinking Tonight" by Amanda White. Order my book here

Content warning- Suicidal thoughts, self-harm, discussions of violent and/or disturbing thoughts. I chat with OCD specialist and licensed therapist Alegra Kastens. Alegra shares about her own experience with OCD, what happened and how she got into recovery and now specializes in helping clients with OCD and intrusive thoughts. We discuss what an intrusive thought is, our pet peeves with therapy Tiktok and instagram, what real OCD looks like and how stigmatized it still is, the best way to deal with intrusive thoughts, and the differences between OCD and anxiety. We also spent a lot of time discussing how we both believe you are NOT your thoughts and some of the issues with manifesting, affirmations "everything happens for a reason”, trusting your intuition and more when you have a mental health disorder. This is an action packed episode that is SO good, and we talk about some deep topics so please be mindful of your mental health. If you are someone with OCD, anxiety or has intrusive/scary thoughts, I think this episode will be really affirming and supportive for you. However, if hearing people talk about suicidal thoughts/ideation, upsetting thoughts etc hurts, please skip this episode. I would love to hear your thoughts after on Instagram @TherapyforWomen. If you think this would help someone you know please share and tag me so I can see and chime in! Please rate, share and review if you enjoy the podcast! Alegra is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who specializes in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Eating Disorders utilizing evidence-based treatments. She is the founder of The Center for OCD, Anxiety and Eating Disorders. Her passion for OCD treatment, education, and advocacy comes from her own personal experience with the disorder. She has been featured in numerous media outlets such as NBC news, Verywell Mind, Psychology Today and more. Follow her on instagram @AlegraKastens or check out her website www.alegrakastens.com To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch please visit www.amandaewhite.com.If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.Keep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen.

Amanda chats with skincare coach Olena Beley to dive into the psychology of skincare and how our obsession with having perfect skin is wrecking our mental health. Olena debunks the skin care myths that we see on social media! We go into why we are all so obsessed with skincare, why the trend of showing your "empties" isn't good for us, what social media marketing is making us do to our skin, what Olena’s biggest pet peeves are (hint: not everything is acne), why you probably need to use LESS products not more, and how to focus less on what your skin looks like and how to actually take care of this organ. Amanda shares about her current and past skincare issues and how she has been working on embracing her skin as it is. Olena calls out all the social media BS and false advertising she sees and teaches us how to reconnect with their skin.Olena Beley is a skincare consultant that helps women get their clear skin back through well-formulated skincare and supportive skincare habits. Her free content and services have transformed the skin of thousands of women worldwide, and she has been featured in publications such as Vogue and VeryWell Health. Learn more at www.olenabeley.com/glow. Would love to hear your thoughts after on Instagram @TherapyforWomen. If you think this would help someone you know please share and tag me so I can see and chime in! Please rate, share and review if you enjoy the podcast! To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch please visit www.amandaewhite.com.If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.Keep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen.

I discuss all or nothing thinking, what it looks like, why we tend to struggle with it and how it is a cognitive distortion that can keep us stuck. I share how I have struggled with it in the past and my tips for how you can add more nuance to your life. I also discuss how social media and the internet has been making us more polarized in recent years, which is a contributing factor to all or nothing thinking. Finally, I end the episode with a few listener questions, including: the connection between procrastination and black-and-white thinking, how to schedule yourself to avoid burning out and falling into under-functioning and who tends to struggle with this cognitive distortion most.Would love to hear your thoughts after on Instagram @TherapyforWomen. If you think this would help someone you know please share and tag me so I can see and chime in!To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch please visit www.amandaewhite.com.If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.Keep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen.

I chat with friendship expert Danielle Jackson to answer all your burning questions about female friendship as an adult. Danielle and I discuss "therapy speak" in friendships and Danielle gives language and suggestions for what to use instead. We talk about why it's difficult to make friends as an adult, pros and cons of a "friend group", unhealthy friendship expectations, the importance of acquaintances, why friendship breakups are popular and the differences between male and female friendships. This is a jam packed episode that you don't want to miss! Be sure to share, rate and review if you like it!Would love to hear your thoughts after on Instagram @TherapyforWomen. If you think this would help someone you know please share and tag me so I can see and chime in!About Danielle: Danielle Bayard Jackson is a female friendship coach and educator who speaks nationally about the science of women’s platonic connections. Her coaching business, Friend Forward, is dedicated to teaching women how to create and maintain better female friendships. Danielle’s expertise has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, Psychology Today, Wall Street Journal, FORTUNE Magazine, and Oprah Magazine, various talk shows and a host of other media outlets. A former high school teacher, Danielle now uses her teaching skills as an educator to coach women through common friendship conflicts. As a member of the American Sociological Association, she uses the latest research to create practical, tangible strategies to help women create more depth in their platonic relationships. As the resident friendship expert for the global app Bumble, Danielle shares her insight weekly on The Friend Forward Podcast, has several viral videos on TikTok, and recently signed a book deal to bring her practical, research-based strategies to the masses. You can learn more about Danielle and her work by visiting www.betterfemalefriendships.com.To suggest a topic, buy my books, or get in touch please visit www.amandaewhite.com.If you are interested in therapy or learning more about my practice, Therapy for Women Center, visit www.therapyforwomencenter.com. We currently serve 27 states virtually and have three physical office locations in the Philadelphia area.Keep up with me on instagram and TikTok by following @therapyforwomen.