It’s no secret that we are in a loneliness epidemic. “What is loneliness, and how do I know if this is the feeling I’m experiencing?” In this episode we validate the increase in loneliness post-pandemic, and how as a society we are attempting to find our way back to connection, both inward and with others. We deconstruct the definition of loneliness, the difference between loneliness and social isolation, loneliness and singlehood, the ACT approach to coping with loneliness, what gets in the way of healthy connection, and methods to overcome these barriers. Dr. Nina and Dr. Carissa reflect on their friendship at the beginning of the episode, which began in graduate school, as well as their take on life-purpose work.  Dr. Carissa Gustafson is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist based in Los Angeles, CA, as well as an Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Clinical Supervisor at Pepperdine University. She specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Her mission is to help people find liberation from suffering and reclaim their lives.Connect with Dr. Nina InstagramWebsiteConnect with Dr. CarissaWebsiteReclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 weeksInstagramJump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay interviews the incredible Mauri Konell, Founder of The Girls Empowerment Experience, who vulnerably shares her own journey of overcoming an eating disorder, substance abuse, codependency, and perfectionism to building her own business, meeting the love of her life, and becoming a mother. Turning her pain into purpose, she now empowers young girls and women to take hold of their mental health by teaching them self-compassion and love, confidence, and how to listen to themselves. In this episode she dives into her journey out of rock bottom to finding herself, discovering self-love, her passions, and her worth, and setting up for a new, stronger healthier version of herself when love did come knocking at her door. Connect with MauriInstagramGirls EmpowermentConnect with LindseyInstagramWebsiteLinkedInJump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we “practice being ourselves” on a date, we’re more likely to be vulnerable, to have fun, and to take the encounter with a new person for what it is–an opportunity to connect–instead of carrying a bagful of expectations into the date. Sex/love addiction coach Sean Cardinalli bullshits about being present and authentic while dating with his best friend and fellow traveler in 12 Step recovery, Allen Herring 3, who has a Masters in Cultural Studies from the University of New Mexico and is loquacious af.Connect with SeanInstagramTwitterLinkedInFacebookConnect with AllenInstagramJump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us have forgotten how to fall, take chances and live out loud. We make excuses and say that we are too old, too busy, and don’t have enough time or money to fulfill our dreams but often what we are is afraid. Unfulfilled dreams lead to a stale and stagnant existence. In this episode, Ashley and Lair Torrent share personal stories about their relationship with fear and what happened when each of them dared to try. Connect with Ashley and LairAshley's InstagramLair's InstagramNot Your Mama's Therapy PodcastJump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay interviews the incredible Mauri Konell, Founder of The Girls Empowerment Experience, who vulnerably shares her own journey of overcoming an eating disorder, substance abuse, codependency, and perfectionism to building her own business, meeting the love of her life, and becoming a mother. Turning her pain into purpose, she now empowers young girls and women to take hold of their mental health by teaching them self-compassion and love, confidence, and how to listen to themselves. In this episode, she shares about the early days of trauma and self-destruction that hit a painful rock bottom.Connect with MauriInstagramGirls EmpowermentConnect with LindseyInstagramWebsiteLinkedInJump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many headlines in the new year read “set resolutions” or “stay on track with your progress.” In this episode, we are going to take the opposite approach to achieve our 2023 goals. Dr. Nina explores the barrier to achieving our goals, and the pressure we feel to do what everyone else is doing, and offers some tips on how to listen to our inner compass instead, in order to take our power back. Topics covered: clearing your physical space, welcoming “in-the-moment” experiences, staying open to wonder, editing and reviewing close relationships, and the importance of celebrating your 2022 accomplishments. Songs referenced: Affirmation song - Doggyland I’m so excited - Pointer Sisters Pursuit of happiness - Kid Cudi  Vivir mi vida - Marc Anthony  Age of worry, Live at Electric Lady - Yebba Connect with Dr. Nina www.instagram.com/drninapolynewww.drninapolyne.com Jump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this first episode of a short series led by Lindsay Burke, she deconstructs relationship dynamics with more challenging, covertly abusive personalities that include narcissistic and character-disturbed traits. She dives into how we get sucked in, why we stay, how the dynamics are more nuanced and tricky than other forms of “abuse” and the overwhelm and hopelessness that can take over when in a relationship with someone like this, whether it’s a boss, intimate partner, parent or friend.Connect with LindseyInstagramWebsiteLinkedInJump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re feeling stuck or frustrated with your love life, chances are you are stuck in 1 (or more) of the 5 Dating Loops. In this episode, Damona gives the signs and symptoms of each dating loop and actionable advice on how to break the cycle of dating loops and find your person.LAST CALL for the Dating Accelerator Program. Drew Barrymore, Dan Savage, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Garcelle Beauvais and other celebrities endorse Damona's dating coaching methods. Now it's your turn to be coached on a personal level by Damona and her team, and enroll in the ONLY live round of this program this year.You’ll receive  10 audio/video lessons 10 LIVE group sessions with meditation, partner exercises, accountability and live Q&A every week  A personalizable dating workbook  BONUS downloadable meditation BONUS first date starter kit Option to book exclusive solo VIP coaching sessions (for enrolled students only) And more! Snag one of the last spaces at TheDatingSecret.com and get $50 off for listening to Single on Purpose with the code SOP50Find Damona on IG @DamonaHoffman and submit questions or subscribe to her weekly podcast, Dates & Mates,(http://datesandmates.com)Damona Hoffman is a certified dating coach & media personality. She’s a regular contributor to The Drew Barrymore Show, NPR, The Washington Post, The LA Times and more. Plus, she is the Official U.S. Dating Expert of OkCupid. Damona’s podcast Dates & Mates just launched its 10th season and recently received the award for The Best Podcast of the Year at The Black Podcasting Awards.Connect with DamonaInstagramTwitterDates & MatesJump into his private community below, forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, sex & kink educator/coach/intimacy coordinator Maria Two-Straps, and Erin Tillman, also fellow sex educator/coach/intimacy coordinator, chat about how being single can be the best time for you to explore your kinks! And how it can actually be a beautiful, explorative space for you to learn about yourself and learn how to confidently state your wants, needs, and deepest desires. Step into the podcast dungeon and explore your curiosities with Two-Straps and The Dating Advice Girl!Connect with Maria Two-Strapswww.sexandsquats.orghttps://www.instagram.com/_sexandsquats/Connect with Erin Tillmanwww.datingadvicegirl.comhttps://www.instagram.com/datingadvicegrl/Maria Two-Straps (she/her) is a firm believer that we can all change the world by simply strengthening our intimacy, our relationships, and having more orgasms. She is a Certified Sex/Kink educator, Certified Sex & Relationships Coach, and Certified Intimacy Coordinator who teaches courses online and at local LA dungeons + events. At the core of her work is an intersectional approach to bringing the “taboo” topics of life to the forefront and stirring the pot of our bullshit societal expectations. Catch her at www.sexandsquats.org and on IG @_sexandsquats.Erin Tillman, CSE (she/her) is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator, Certified Sex Educator, inclusive Dating & Consent Empowerment Coach, Consultant, Author, Speaker, and TV/Radio/Podcast Host based in LA. She is also the current Executive Director of sexuality nonprofit Sex-Positive Los Angeles. She is currently serving on the SAG-AFTRA Sexual Harassment committee. In 2021, Erin’s book, The Consent Guidebook was selected by AASECT (The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) to receive their 2021 General Audience Book Award. In 2018, Erin was awarded the Gender Equity Champion Award presented by the California National Organization for Women (California NOW). For over 10 years, she has been dedicated to empowering singles in all lifestyle and identity categories to have enjoyable dating lives, relationships, and partnerships through personal development and boundary-setting techniques.Jump into Single on Purpose private community below, forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, John explains his reframe of "break up" to "expired relationship" and why it's helpful. He tried to explain on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert Podcast but John mentioned the time he had sex with a plum when he was twelve, and of course, that topic got sidetracked. He assures that he will not talk about plums in this episode. Instead, go deeper into the reframing and how to get to acceptance, the first step in starting the healing journey after an expired relationship.  Jump into his private community below, forums, chats, live groups, and courses.Join the communitySingle on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space.Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices