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Feeling hollowed out? Us too.
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 422

Feeling hollowed out? Us too.

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Therapists are at capacity, we're all at the end of our ropes, and it might get worse before it gets better. So let's talk about it.

Molly calls it fight-or-flight wearing off. Kai calls it rubber-band syndrome. It’s that special kind of burnout where you’ve been working so hard for so long, keeping it all together, that the second you take a breath, you’re instantly knocked on your butt. We know we’re not the only ones feeling that way — CVS is offering in-store therapy now! —and it might get worse before it gets better, so today we’re gonna talk about it. Plus: Amazon’s “oil company money,” Rice Krispies Treats and T-Pain’s DMs.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

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