The Sex Recession: Why Everyone's Too Stressed for Intimacy
Why are couples having less sex? Two LMFTs explain how stress shuts down desire, responsive vs. spontaneous desire, mismatched libidos, and how to reconnect.
Emotional Flooding: Why You Shut Down Mid-Argument
Do you go blank or shut down during conflict? Two therapists explain emotional flooding, how it differs from stonewalling, and how to take a healthy break.
Why AI Can't Replace Human Connection
Using AI for emotional support or relationship advice? A therapist and addiction expert explains what it misses and how to build healthier tech habits.
Mother-Daughter Relationships: Why Are They So Complicated?
Why can one comment from your mom ruin your week? Two LMFTs explore mother-daughter relationships, approval, guilt, and boundaries that actually hold.
What Does It Mean to Practice Radical Acceptance?
Radical acceptance is not giving up. Two therapists explain this DBT skill, how it differs from settling, and how to accept what you can't change.
How to Cope With Emotionally Immature Family Relationships
Practical ways to protect your peace with emotionally immature parents and in-laws: share less, lower expectations, and set boundaries as a couple.
Navigating Mental Health Struggles in a Relationship
How do you support a partner with mental health struggles without overfunctioning? Two LMFTs on fairness, expectations, guilt, and your own needs.
Jealousy in Romantic Relationships & Beyond
Why does jealousy hit so hard, and why does checking your partner's ex make it worse? Two LMFTs explain attachment, reassurance, and real security.
When Is It Time to Say Enough in a Relationship?
How do you know when it's time to leave or stay and fight for a relationship? Two LMFTs explain discernment counseling and the line before self-erosion.
Why Therapy Works: Real Wins From the ShrinkChicks Community
Does therapy really work? Em and Jen share real wins from the ShrinkChicks community, from boundaries to self-acceptance, and why the fit matters.
Navigating Conversations Through Relationship Milestones
Prenups, kids, money, career changes: two LMFTs explain how to have hard conversations at every relationship milestone as teammates, not opponents.
How to Argue Without Ruining Your Relationship
How to fight fair: ground rules to set before conflict, the 20-minute break, repair attempts, leaving the past out, and repairing in front of kids.
Insecurities: Why They Keep You Stuck (and How to Move Forward)
Everyone has insecurities, but they can quietly shape your relationships and career. Two LMFTs explain where they come from and how to move forward.
Sibling Relationships in Adulthood: Closeness, Conflict, and Boundaries
Why do siblings experience the same parents so differently? Two family therapists on golden child dynamics, family roles, and repairing adult sibling bonds.
Are You Settling or Just Compromising in Your Relationship?
Settling vs. compromise: two couples therapists explain how to tell them apart, what unspoken relationship contracts are, and what to do if you settled.
How Our Assumptions Keep Us Stuck
Always assume people are mad at you? Two therapists explain mind reading, confirmation bias, and where these assumptions come from, plus how to stop.
When Life Doesn't Look the Way You Thought It Would
When life does not look how you pictured it: two therapists on expectations vs. reality with in-laws, weddings, friendships, jobs, and birthdays.
How to Build Adult Friendships
Why is making friends as an adult so hard? Two therapists explain proximity, how many hours friendship takes, exclusion, and where to meet people.
Feeling Lonely in a Relationship and How to Fix It
Feeling lonely in a relationship is more common than you think. Two couples therapists explain why it happens and practical ways to reconnect.
Kids or Childfree: How to Decide What's Right for You with Keltie Maguire
On the fence about having kids? Clarity coach Keltie Maguire explains how to tell fear from desire, talk to a partner, and think about regret.