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Cracked UpCouple’s Therapy is not a DaycareRandi and Angelica are joined by couples therapist, Ellen Usatin. While Ellen utilizes a variety of tools in her therapist tool kit, she finds EFT to be her goto. Ellen walks Randi and Angelica through what EFT is, what type of issues generally bring couples to therapy and how to make the most out of therapy as a couple. 2024-09-0558 minCracked UpSex, Cat Ladies and Living in a Man's WorldIn this episode, Randi and Angelica explore the intersection of sex, independence, and societal expectations, with a focus on sex positivity and the pervasive influence of patriarchy on women's sexual identities. They take a critical look at the stereotype of the “cat lady,” challenging the misconceptions that surround single, independent women, and how these labels are often rooted in patriarchal views. The discussion also delves into how misinformation and societal pressures shape and sometimes distort women's sexual experiences and autonomy. Through open and honest conversation, Randi and Angelica aim to empower listeners to embrace a more liberated and self-defined unde...2024-08-091h 06Cracked UpMarriage, infidelity and staying connectedRandi and Angelica are joined by a man of the heart, Dr. Michael Meir. He is a cardiologist turned therapist who is passionate about working with couples through the most challenges of impasses, including infidelity. Dr. Meir explains how so much of our struggles with connection can be overcome with one simple question.2024-07-1953 minCracked UpThis man can change your life, if you choose.Something most of us are seeking more of in life is happiness. How do we get there? Is it the work we do, goals we achieve, a destination to travel to? How do we become happy? According to our guest today it all begins with a single mind shift, and he’s here to give it to us. We are joined by Alain Emmanuel, LPC, The Happiness Coach.2024-07-0556 minCracked UpManly Men Are FeministsTake a scroll down any platform and you’ll get a taste of what we are talking about today. The rise of the Misogynistic thought leader. Harrison Butker is a prime example. Randi and Angelica are joined by Ryan, a man’s man who is proud to support the independence and passions of his female partner. Ryan shares his insight on why there is a rise of this dangerous, female disempowering messaging, and how he has come to realize that manly men should be doing the opposite.2024-06-0744 minCracked UpAre you trying to piss me off, or is it just a defense mechanism?Projection, denial, rationalization, do these sound like how your ex used to argue with you? Well it's not just narcissists who have these tools in their kit. We all do them. These are our defense mechanisms. Randi walks Angelica through what they are, why they exist and surprisingly how some are there to help us live a healthier life.2024-05-2346 minCracked UpSelf Growth, Relationships, and BoundariesIf you’re listening to this pod, you’re most likely on your own journey of healing and self growth. There’s no denying the path is hard, sometimes dark and surely lonely. Randi and Angelica talk through how to navigate relationships through your healing journey and tools that have worked for them in navigating the darker moments. 2024-05-0941 minCracked UpADHD and Women Part TwoOk, ok, we admit it, we got a little "ADHD" on the last episode. Now we're back with Magnet Program Coordinator, Writer, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse, Brynne Delaney Calleran, to bring it back to the basics. We're talking what ADHD is really, how it appears differently based on gender and nurture, and how to advocate for yourself if you suspect you have it. 2024-05-0341 minCracked UpADHD and Women Part OneMagnet Program Coordinator, Writer, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse, Brynne Delaney Calleran, joins Randi and Angelica to talk about ADHD and the gender discrepancy when seeking diagnosis. Through sharing her personal journey, not being diagnosed until her 30s, Brynn highlights the misunderstanding of what ADHD looks like and the different ways it generally shows up in males and females. Brynne is such a wealth of knowledge on the subject that this is part one of two on ADHD and women. Part two will be released next week. 2024-04-261h 07Cracked UpAwaken your inner child and learn to live in joyInner Child work has come up a lot in every episode. This popular therapeutic tool allows us to get to the root of our trauma wounds. Randi walks Angelica through what exactly it is and how to utilize it in order to live in joy. 2024-04-1842 minCracked UpLets correct our self-talkSelf deprecation, we've all done it, and as women we use it to connect and create community. Unfortunately, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Randi and Angelica discuss the commonly used social tool and ways we can dismantle it in order to transform our lives.2024-04-0447 minCracked UpHow to live and how to love with a chronic illnessRandi and Angelica are joined by therapist Jamie Klein, who specializes in helping women with chronic illness navigate life. Whether it’s Lupus, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, having a chronic illness can be a daunting life sentence. Jamie helps reshape and restore our minds around it. 2024-03-2844 minCracked UpGinger Dean says bye bye to the “nice girl”Licensed psychotherapist and founder of Loving me after we, Ginger Dean, is leading women to self empowerment. And it all starts with saying bye bye to the “nice girl” society has conditioned women to be. With her hit coaching practice, Ginger focuses her efforts to help women heal from toxic relationships to become the best versions of themselves.
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Ginger Dean is a psychotherapist and founder of Loving Me After We. Her specialty is helping women overcomeheartbreak, increase self-love and confidence after a toxic relationship so they can become the bes...2024-03-211h 20Cracked UpAn OG of MarriageRandi and Angelica are joined by family friend, Lori Ann Polidoro. Four grown kids, multiple shared business with her partner and 44 years married, Lori explains why "forgetting" has been the key to her "sticking it out". Randi and Angelica ponder how marriage can fit into todays dating landscape. 2024-03-0835 minCracked UpYou're not crazy."You're too sensitive", "that never happened", "you're crazy", just a few key tactics used in "gaslighting". This overused, misused term needs some clearing up along with "love-bombing" and some other tools used in covert abuse. Randi and Angelica take a trip down memory lane to share their experience being put in the "crazy" box, and how they've both found a way out. 2024-02-2942 minCracked UpSex, Shame and Self WorthJoin Randi and Angelica as they talk through women as sexual beings who, GASP!, enjoy sex, the shame society places on females who embrace their sexuality and how this all ties into self worth. 2024-02-2243 minCracked UpArielle Kebbel talks body image, suicide and equine therapyActor, producer and mental health advocate Arielle Kebbel sits down with Randi and Angelica to talk through her personal mental health journey. Arielle shares her early struggles with body image, her experience with suicide and how her love for horses has become a tool in her passion to help others.2024-02-1433 minCracked UpMaureen Shea talks how to use vulnerability to find your inner fighter2 time world champion boxer, Maureen Shea, dominates the boxing ring with her decisive masculine energy. Considered the Real Million Dollar Baby, Maureen is no stranger to fighting through adversity. However, she is clear that it’s her ability to tap into her vulnerable feminine energy that has gifted her the greatest growth and success this life has to offer. As a trauma surviver, Maureen has maintained an open mind, trying a variety of therapy modalities to help break her through emotional blocks and rising to be the best she can be. 2024-02-0749 minCracked UpCBT to empower your lifeCBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, is a powerful tool to create the life you want. But it all starts from within. Randi walks Angelica through the concept and exercises that can be used to shift the mind to overcome anxiety, depression and other self imposed limitations.2024-01-2441 minCracked UpAli from Finding Mr. Height has some hard truths about datingJoin Randi and Angelica as they talk through the modern dating landscape with dating guru Ali Jackson from Finding Mr. Height. The ladies talk about a need to shift our mindsets around dating in order to date more authentically, and how this has raised the bar for us all. Ali offers insight and tips on how to step into this new world without fear.
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Ali Jackson is an NYC-based dating & relationship coach who’s been there, in the trenches, looking for her person. She’s learned to own her needs, embr...2024-01-1754 minCracked UpExploring Attachment StylesIf you've struggled in a romantic relationship, there's a high probability someone broke down your issues through Attachment Theory. Knowing your own attachment style is an excellent tool when navigating all relationships in life. Randi Talks Angelica through what Attachment Theory is, how to define your own and how to use this knowledge when living life.
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE PARTICIPANTS’ RECOLLECTIONS, STORIES AND INFORMATION AS TOLD TO HOST AND BY HOST DURING RECORDED CONVERSATION. ANY INFORMATION DISCLOSED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS RELATED TO THE PARTICIPANTS (BUT NOT A PART OF THIS PROGRAM) IS...2024-01-0549 minCracked UpMental Health and Marginalized CommunitiesRandi and Angelica are joined by Dr. Candice Crawford, who’s passion is to provide mental health support to marginalized communities and people of color. The three women talk through the factors that act as barriers to holistic mental health care, including insurance, implicit bias and lack of first hand experience to bridge the gap between cultural differences.
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE PARTICIPANTS’ RECOLLECTIONS, STORIES AND INFORMATION AS TOLD TO HOST AND BY HOST DURING RECORDED CONVERSATION. ANY INFORMATION DISCLOSED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS RELATED TO THE PARTICIPANTS (BUT NOT A PART OF THIS...2023-12-2245 minCracked UpWhat unconsciously drives dating, the loneliness of divorce and narcissismRandi and Angelica are joined by Randi’s former colleague, William Perez. A student of psychoanalysis, Will teaches us how to utilize the therapeutic tool to define our own unconscious drives when dating. He also gives us a run through on narcissism as a spectrum, and explains how he overcame the loneliness of divorce. Join us as the three debate, who’s therapy session is this?
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE PARTICIPANTS’ RECOLLECTIONS, STORIES AND INFORMATION AS TOLD TO HOST AND BY HOST DURING RECORDED CONVERSATION. ANY INFORMATION DISCLOSED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS RELATED TO THE...2023-12-081h 12Cracked UpAddiction, treatment, ketamine therapy and the philosophical quest to understand it allRandi and Angelica are joined by Dr. Leonardo Vando, a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Addiction Psychiatrist. The ladies are swarming with questions. Is addiction a brain disease? Is medicated assisted treatment a solve all? How do we treat mental health with psychedelics? What is Ketamine good for, and how does it actually work? What came first, the chicken or the egg? Dr. Vando offers his ideologies and opinions formed over 15 of experience working in the field.
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE PARTICIPANTS’ RECOLLECTIONS, STORIES AND INFORMATION AS TOLD TO HOST AND BY HO...2023-11-291h 12Cracked UpAddiction, recovery and his experience as a POC in White AmericaTerry Singletary joins Randi and Angelica to tell the story of his wounded warrior. Now a CASAC certified recovery advocate, Terry is devoted to teaching, living and being sobriety. However, it took a long road to get here. Having to battle with codependency, his otherness as the only black kid in his community growing-up, and self worth issues, Terry holds nothing back to show the road to recovery may not be pretty, but is worth it.
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE PARTICIPANTS’ RECOLLECTIONS, STORIES AND INFORMATION AS TOLD TO HOST AND BY HO...2023-11-2452 minCracked UpUsing attachment theory to date more mindfullyAvoidant and anxious and secure, oh my. How the hell do any of us survive any type of relationship with all this going on? On this episode, Randi and Angelica focus on Attachment Theory. They discuss its origin, the four attachment styles and how to use your ability to self identify in order to navigate any relationship.
2023-11-1649 minCracked UpMeagan Hester talks PMDD, postpartum and childhood traumaJoin Randi and Angelica this week as they chat with Meagan Hester, celebrity makeup artist, special effects artist and co-host of What’s your ETA?. Meagan holds nothing back, as she shares her personal journey through childhood trauma, facing the dark shadows trauma can manifest and how she continues to do the work to be the best human she can be. Through this episode we learn that trauma runs deep and is all in the family. Some topics discussed are mental health, childhood trauma, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and postpartum depression.
THIS PROGRAM IS CO...2023-11-0840 minCracked UpRelationship, marriage and kids…but why?Join Randi and Angelica as they explore the big “Why” of relationships, marriage and the choice to have children. Societal pressures have us all working toward goals that we can and should question. This episode is all about the multifaceted ways we can do so. Specifically, they address how traditional gender roles have skewed the expectations of partnership and the challenges that these roles bring to partnership today. Some topics covered are being single, the reason for marriage and children, codependency, trauma bonds and sex on the first date.
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED SOLELY OF T...2023-11-0258 minCracked UpJust three sex positive women talking pleasure, boundaries and consentRandi and Angelica are joined by sex therapist, Praia Westerband-Otero. These three ladies dive deep into understanding the world of sex therapy. Exploring topics such as Kink, BDSM, erectile disfunction, pelvic floor issues, choking and desire discrepancy. Because sometimes you’re gonna want it, sometimes you won’t. Every relationship goes through it. Praia enlightens Randi and Angelica, as they ask the questions necessary to get to a more comprehensive understanding of sex therapy and why we all can benefit from exploring our sexual health more openly. Communication and consent are everything, it seems, when exploring all there is to e...2023-10-2459 minCracked UpWe're all a little Cracked Up and beautifulJoin Randi Corrigan and Angelica Hester as they tell us their personal journey of how they came to create the Cracked Up series. Sharing their own experiences of the BIG T (Trauma), and some tools they used to pull themselves through, we get a snapshot of what this series is about and how it will flow moving forward. Interviewing new guest regularly as well as hitting new mental health topics weekly, nothing is off limit as these two women bring their authentic selves to explore the mad mad world we live in today.
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