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Seen: Living With The Schizophrenias
Meet the guests:
- Esmé Weijun Wang, a writer, speaker and the author of "The Collected Schizophrenias," talks about navigating medical stigma and th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Guided: Practicing Intimacy & Sex With A Surrogate
Anita first learned about surrogate partner therapy from the 2012 movie "The Sessions," and her curiosity was piqued. It's a widely misunderstood and…
2 years, 3 months ago
Plucked: The Calm And Chaos Of A Hair-Pulling Disorder (Revisited)
Anita agrees to a suggestion posed by a listener: Explore why the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania is so taboo. She talks with an artist who st…
2 years, 3 months ago
Inked: Rewriting Your Body’s Story With Art
Anita has no tattoos but plenty of admiration for the art form that gives us new ways to experience our bodies. She talks with a heavily-tattooed sch…
2 years, 3 months ago
Dominated: Getting Kinky With BDSM
Anita discovers just how wrong “Fifty Shades of Grey” was about BDSM. A dominatrix and community leader introduce her to kink spaces rooted in commun…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mourned: Life After Losing A Parent
Anita has heard one resounding truth from her friends who lost a parent in early adulthood: That death was the biggest thing that has ever happened t…
2 years, 4 months ago
Reconstructed: Building New Definitions Of Masculinity
Fifteen years ago Anita took Women's Studies 101 on a whim … and to this day, she still doesn't have an answer to the question: what is masculinity? …
2 years, 4 months ago
Unfriended: When Your BFF Breaks Your Heart (Revisited)
Anita got friend dumped for the first time in 6th grade, and she's still not over it. She talks to folks about the distinct pain of a platonic breaku…
2 years, 4 months ago
Co-Worked: The Good, Bad & Ambivalent Of The Office Bestie (Revisited)
Anita wouldn't have made it through her 20s without her work friends. But now that she's a manager and working in a hybrid office, she's noticed that…
2 years, 4 months ago
Uncoupled: Thank U, Next (Revisited)
Anita has no qualms about being an armchair therapist for friends going through a breakup. But sometimes she wonders how her advice aligns with what …
2 years, 5 months ago