Call Your Therapist

Have you ever felt that gut-wrenching moment when a friend or significant other asked you for space? Have you ever been the one to ask for space but got slapped in the face with a world of insecurities rather than met warmth and a listening ear? Sharing what we need in relationships is hard but it doesn't always have to be.
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Max and Justin are back after a scary trip to the hospital for Max and they discuss what people often feel while facing a life threatening moment or near death experience. Is it gratitude? Regret? Or is it something else? 

Max & Justin are back after taking a month away from the mics. They discuss what we find in relationships to be challenging when sharing needs within partnerships. Are we actually committed to the person we've chosen? Do we understand our partner's definition of commitment so we can accommodate their needs? As we navigate the early infatuation stage, we transition into the differentiation stage. This is where the real work in the relationship begins. 

Dr. Max & Justin's tenth episode takes a more casual and personal approach to what depression is and what it means to lose connection with ourselves, others and our environment. Celebrate the tenth episode by liking, commenting or even subscribing to this series! The social engagement is what keeps this series going and not only that, purposeful dialogue is what matters and that's the very reason this podcast was started in the first place. 

Dr. Max and Justin breakdown everything that depression isn't in order to understand this powerful and emotionally driven human response to grief. The creator Justin mentions is @itsme.lisap (Lisa Pontius) on Instagram, if you'd like to follow a heartwarming account navigating a woman's journey after the loss of her husband. 

Everything we think we know about mental health is most likely incorrect. Especially if we are gathering too much verbiage from the old school game of telephone we know today as social media. Even the occasional self-help book can steer us away from core and definitive meanings in the world of psychology. Humans often take words that sound like they apply to them and tend to self-diagnose, often changing the integrity of what a word means, such as ANXIETY. Is it something you have or just something you feel? Both? Let's break it down as Dr. Max defines what the word actually means. It could be the key to fixing those anxious moments a lot of us feel from day to day. 

There's so much to be discussed in the arena of friendships but this second part is a conversation around loneliness and why we feel it and how to navigate the fact of being physiologically alone and the emotional pull that loneliness can have on our emotions. Growing a discernment for understanding the difference can make or break a downward spiral of reactions that may or may not be unnecessary within ourselves. 

Max and Justin discuss the topic of friendship. Why is it more difficult for adults to make friends in comparison to children? Why do couples struggle to have friendships outside of their relationships? Do men and women have the same criteria in making friends? Maybe it's lack of effort and maybe it's fear but there's been a shift in our modern world in how people approach friendship so it's time to break it down for better understanding. 

There's a quote we found that pretty much sums up this episode in one sentence: "Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting." — Joyce Meyer 

Breakups. We've all had one that felt like a life-altering experience but how many of us have sat and really thought about the way we navigate life after?  Max helps simplify this stage in three parts that can become a helpful tool to cope with identifying what one might be feeling after a separation. Processing life after grieving the loss of a relationship can be one of the most difficult times in our lives so this is just the start of our conversation around this topic. Stick around because we will certainly be back for more on the subject of divorce and breakups.