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In this episode, Patrick Casale talks with Caryn Zaner, PsyD, founder of Therapy for the Apocalypse and Felt Not Fixed, about what it means to run a business—and a life—rooted in values, authenticity, and a commitment to community, especially while navigating the challenges of a capitalist system that isn’t designed for equity or collective care.

Here are 3 key takeaways:

1. Embrace Value Alignment, Even When It’s Hard: If your business decisions don’t feel authentic or congruent with your values, it’s nearly impossible to stay motivated or feel good about your work. It’s okay to leave “money on the table” if it means staying true to yourself.
2. Community and Accessible Care Matter: Healing happens in relationships, not isolation. The use of equitable sliding scales and group therapy can make care more accessible and build genuine community in and out of the therapy room.
3. Rejection is Part of Advocacy: Practice advocating for yourself, even if it feels “annoying.” Not everyone will be your people—and that’s by design. Standing up for what truly matters means you’ll attract your “right fit” clients and repel those who aren’t aligned. That’s how you create real impact.

Let’s dare to be a bit more “annoying”—and a lot more authentic—in our work and our lives.

More about Caryn:

Caryn Zaner, PsyD, is a psychologist who runs Therapy for the Apocalypse (a private therapy practice) and Felt Not Fixed (a coaching and consulting project still finding its shape).

In their clinical work, they offer virtual services for Oregon-based clients, specializing in group therapy and therapeutic intensives for people navigating identity transitions, relational and attachment trauma, and existential distress. Their approach integrates Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFiT), existential-humanistic principles, and relational process work, informed by liberational and feminist psychologies.

Through Felt Not Fixed, Caryn offers coaching, consulting, and facilitation for people and teams who want to live and work in closer alignment with their values. This branch of their work centers on emotional authenticity, community connection, and creative experimentation.

Across both spaces, Caryn helps people move from intellectual understanding to felt experience and from isolation to real contact.

Offer:

Check out Felt Not Fixed, a coaching and consulting space for values-driven humans, practitioners, and teams. It’s where Caryn (will) host evolving offerings like Values Clarity Sessions, Improv-based Perfectionism Recovery Workshops, and community-oriented groups on emotional processing and queer belonging.

For Oregon residents seeking therapy, Caryn offers group therapy and therapeutic intensives rooted in relational and existential-humanistic work.

• Website: carynzanerpsyd.com
• Felt Not Fixed Coaching: feltnotfixed.podia.com
• Instagrams: @therapy.for.the.apocalypse and @felt.not.fixed

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