Welcome to Very Real. A podcast where 2 friends chat about life, love, anxiety and bath towels. Join hosts Dr. Jenny Bennett and Regina Very Modesto as they do the one thing that 2 middle aged white women are best at: talk incessantly about shit. From politics to parenthood, they strive to understand how to make sense of, and be a positive force for this crazy fucked up world.
In this episode Gina and Jenny talk about the uncomfortable conversations and how we should be having more of them - especially with our kids.
Jenny and Gina talk on how to connect with yourself in mid-life amongst the ongoing chaos.
Jenny and Gina review how things are going with sober curiosity and just how things continue to be challenging in the last few months.
In this episode, Jenny and Gina talk about what it's like living with someone with ADHD and how that impacts communications with the ones we love.
In this episode, Jenny and Gina review the symptoms of depression, and how it can sneak up on you, especially when anxiety is involved.
In this episode, Jenny and Gina talk about the fast pace of life and how there is always something.
Jenny and Gina talk about the recent loss of a friend to suicide.
Jenny talks about her frustrations with co-miseration and the struggles with having to do continuous work on yourself.
In this episode, Gina and Jenny discuss oppositional defiance and what it means, how we use it to classify others and what it really means to a person that might have it.
In this episode, Jenny talks through her month of sobriety in December - what she learned and how facing her anxiety head on was the best and worst experience
In this conversation, Jenny and Regina discuss their Thanksgiving experiences and the challenges they faced with their families. They also review the following self-help books:
Raising a Kid Who Can
The Way of Integrity
Despite their different approaches to reading and self-help books, they both recognize the importance of resilience in their own lives and in parenting. They explore the concept of living with inte...
Jenny and Gina discuss their experiences with business coaches and whether or not they are a good idea or merely just an MLM scheme.
In this episode, Gina, Jenny and Cheryl break down their Human Design readings and try to interpret their individual inner workings.
For more information on Cheryl's new podcast: We're Doing this Right? Right!?
More information on Human Design: https://www.myhumandesign.com/
Where Gina tries to figure out what the hell Jenny is actually going through now that she's had a week to think about it.
Jenny answers the question: "What the fuck is going on with you?" And how it's hard to explain transformations on an internal level
In this new series, Gina and Jenny will read and summarize a self help book every week and then break it down so you don't have to read it yourself
This week, they go through the following books:
- How to Keep House While drowning
- The Tools: 5 tools to help you find courage, creativity, and willpower - and inspire you to live life in forward motion
What happens when we fall apart and have to put the pieces back together again?
In this episode, Gina and Jenny explore how they have gotten through their most difficult life experiences and how they are using the tools they have now to help rebuild themselves as stronger and healthier individuals.
In this episode, Gina and Jenny review the ins and outs of asking for help - when you would do it, why it's hard, and what to do when you don't get the help you wanted to begin with.
Referenced in this podcast, the link to human design charting: https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/
Gina and Jenny walk through the differences between Empathy and Sympathy and what that means to them and how they can work on having more Empathy in their lives.
References made to the following in this episode:
- Brene Brown Sympathy vs Empathy
Can you believe its already been a year? In their Season 2 Premiere, Jenny and Gina discuss accountability - for themselves, and for their friends and family. How is it that we work with bad behaviors in the ones we love, as well as check our own behaviors around others.
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