Why You Don't Need to Forgive to Find Peace
There's a person. You didn't have to think about it, they just arrived. And somebody once told you to forgive them, and you wanted to put a...
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In Your Right Mind with Monique Rhodes
This is a daily bite sized podcast teaching you how to be happier
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Before the Story Starts
You've never actually felt most of your feelings. You've had positions about them instead. If you can be in real distress at a dinner party...
When the Ground Disappears
There's a kind of terror that isn't about the bad news. It's about not knowing yet. If you're standing in your own life waiting for somebody...
You Say You're Fine. Then You Resent Them For Believing You
Somebody asked how you were this week and you said fine, and you said it beautifully, because you've had a lot of practice. Then later somet...
Snapping At People You Love? You're Not A Bad Person
You heard your own voice come out sharper than the situation deserved, and you've been quietly worried ever since that this is who you're be...
How Dolly Parton Made People Feel Bigger, Not Smaller
You know the people who walk into a room and everyone in it sits up a little straighter, and somewhere along the way you decided you're just...
Your Mother Has Never Said I Love You. Try This
There is a woman who has never once said "I love you." Not to her daughter, not to her granddaughter. If you have someone like that, you've...
Arguing With Someone In Your Head? How To Stop
You've had the same argument with your sister forty times and never once out loud. This usually gets filed under overthinking, and you've pr...
Awake at 3am Every Night? Deep Breathing Won't Fix It
You wake at three in the morning and your mind is already mid-sentence. Not a crisis. A conversation. You've probably decided this is insomn...
Why Nothing You've Tried For Anxiety Has Worked Yet
You've tried the apps. The breathing. Probably the medication. And you're still here. "I've tried everything and nothing works" usually gets...
I Teach Meditation. Here's When It Makes Anxiety Worse
There are moments when meditation will make your anxiety worse, and almost nobody in my field will say that out loud. If you've ever sat dow...
Why Your Mind Speeds Up The Second You Lie Down
Your mind was fine all day. Then you lie down, the light goes off, and it starts. If that's your eleven o'clock, this isn't a sleep problem...
Self-Care Isn't Selfish. Here's What It Actually Is.
You'd drive across a city at ten at night for someone you love, without a second's deliberation. Now try asking yourself for twenty minutes...
Why You Hide How Burnt Out You Actually Are
You've gotten so good at looking fine that people don't just believe you any more. They've stopped checking. This episode is about the exhau...
What To Do When Therapy Isn't An Option
You finally looked up therapists. Then you saw the price, did the maths against everyone else's needs, and quietly closed the laptop. This e...
What To Do When You're Too Anxious To Meditate
You sit down to meditate and you can't do it. Your mind won't slow, and sometimes you feel worse afterwards than you did before, so you quie...
My Life Is Good and I Still Can't Feel Happy
Your life looks fine on paper. You can list everything you're lucky to have, usually while lying awake at three in the morning. And you stil...
Why Nothing You've Tried Has Worked
If you've ever said "I've tried everything and nothing works," this one is for you. There's a reason the supplements, the apps, the journals...
The Fear of Finally Getting What You Want
This episode is about the strange anxiety that arrives not when life is hard, but when it starts to get genuinely good. If you've ever found...
When Did I Stop Knowing What I Want?
This episode is for anyone who has noticed a strange blankness where their own desires used to be — not depression, not burnout, just a quie...