Welcome back friend! This week Monica throws together her first Friendsgiving, and it's giving "at least I tried" energy. In her efforts to meet everyone else's needs, she is thwarted when the gang gets locked out of her apartment and all her hard work goes up in flames. Literally. This episode also features Ross's persistent distain for Susan, Joey's new fame as the face of venereal disease, and Rachel missing her flight to Vail for her family ski trip. In the end, the gang realizes the most important thing is friendship and being together.

Therapy wise, we get into themes of:

-family abandonment

-setting boundaries as a way to avoid resentment

-Ross's risk of self sabotage

-how acceptance and commitment therapy and/or narrative therapy could aid in overcoming unwanted feelings and unhelpful beliefs.

Tune in and let's chat. Enjoy!

Welcome to Friends With Your Therapist where we talk about Season 1 Episode 8, The One Where Nana Dies Twice. Naturally, we're going to talk about death and grief. Honestly, we should have spent the entire episode debriefing on death and dying. There's so much to unpack and we only explore the tip of the iceberg. But Nana didn't die twice just for us to sulk the whole time. She wouldn't have wanted that. So, we also have to talk about generational transmission of traits (for better and worse). And, of course, I couldn't escape without saying something about Chandler's perceived sexual orientation. Now, what does it say about me if I *didn't* think he was gay when I first met him? We'll have to unpack that in another episode.

Now, enough spoilers! Have a listen and enjoy some time to yourself, with your favorite podcast-therapist-friend who talks extensively about "Friends". Enjoy!

Welcome back to Friends With Your Therapist, Season 1 Episode 7, The One With the Blackout. In this episode, New York City has a blackout that traps Chandler in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre. Meanwhile, the gang gathers at Monica's. Ross tries to gain the courage to ask out Rachel but is thwarted by a cat, who we learn belongs to Rachel's next love interest, Paolo. Sorry, Ross (but also not sorry).

We dive into embarrassment and the science of attraction. Fair warning, this episode may inspire you to smell your partner's (or prospective partner's) gym clothes. And I may be soft launching we use AI to it's full potential to make an album in the style of Phoebe. I'm not sure we give her song writing enough credit.

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