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Jun 2025
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923: Gym Rat, Airplane Survival, & Love ...

Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
About this episode

Today we hear about an incident Susie had at the gym with a man claiming a machine she was using, and she wonders if other women have experienced something similar. We find out why young people are increasingly believing in love at first sight. And Susie explains why therapy culture might be leading to childlessness. Tons of great mental health content in this episode!

Jump straight to the action you're looking for:

5:00 Susie's new worst enemy at the gym.

11:00 Plane crash with only one survivor! How is this possible?!

12:14 Sarah explains the plot of Final Destination.

13:56 Survivor Guilt, Mental Health, Sarah's EMDR Passion.

15:41 What allowed plan crash survivor to cheat death?

16:51 Do You Believe In Love at First Sight?

17:50 Sarah & Susie's love fest, touching, emotional cry fest.

20:57 Study shows a surprisingly high increase in people's belief in love at first sight

21:59 What could have caused a 30% increase in people's belief in love at first sight? What happened?

24:57 British Lesbian dating reality show, "I Kissed A Girl"

27:34 What to consider, what is love? and what is first sight?

28:22 Mutual Positive Projection, Twin flames, and society's hope for love.

34:36 Could it be that our shifting and often skewed societal expectation of love is what causes this statistical change?

35:40 Improve your financial understanding, management and organization with Susie's favorite app. Rocket Money.

39:37 The connection between childlessness and therapy culture. New York Times article discussion.

43:47 Emotional regulation is what therapy tries to teach you. Looking at the lives of monks is a great example.

46:18 Pain times resistance equals suffering.

47:33 Going no contact with parents.

54:29 Therapy content creators are influencing what society considers as being actual "trauma".

55:56 How to live life through our deep down wise mind?

Thank you Brainiacs!

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