Honest Women

Join Andrea and Jess for HOT TAKE THURSDAY, where we answer listener questions in a completely unedited and unfiltered way. We may not be right, but we have an opinion!WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH YOU!!Whether you want your own question answered on Hot Take Thursday, want to discuss the latest Honest Women episode, or just want a place where you can be real with other people and talk about life honestly... the best place to do that is our BRAND NEW FACEBOOK GROUP!  Join here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/honestwomenpodcastcommunityAnd if you have a real-world scenario you want us to discuss, a bug in your bonnet about something going on in the world, or just want to say hello, and you don't have facebook, please email us: hello@honestwomenpodcast.comFollow Honest Women Podcast on IG: @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica on IG: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea on IG: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer:Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

An overwhelming amount of our listeners have asked about one topic. Friendship. Today, we have an honest conversation about the challenges of making new friends and nurturing the friendships we do have.Takeaways from the Episode:Making and maintaining friendships can be challenging in the modern world due to more factors than you would think.Individualism and the pressure to find a perfect fit friend can hinder the formation of new friendships.The workplace and technology have changed the dynamics of friendships, making it harder (if not impossible) to connect on a deeper level.Navigating the complexities of adult friendships requires managing drama, differing parenting styles, finding common ground....know wonder we are tired!Building new friendships as adults takes time and effort, with around 200 hours needed to develop a strong bond....WHOA! Let's all stop criticizing and judging each other, instead maybe we could work to support and uplift one another; who's with us?!Would you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?Work with Andrea: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica: https://www.jlhutchison.com/Connect with Us:Join the HONEST WOMEN PODCAST CommunityFollow Honest Women Podcast @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

Dear Honest Women: Everything about my life has changed since having a baby, but it seems like nothing has changed for my husband - he's back to work (and golf!) after a few short weeks. How can I tell him he needs to step up and be a better dad?Join Andrea and Jess for HOT TAKE THURSDAY, where we answer listener questions in a completely unedited and unfiltered way. We may not be right, but we have an opinion!Want alllll of our opinions on the role that dads play? Check out this episode:The Secret to Successful Fatherhood: Insights from Honest Women (June 18, 2024)Would you like coaching from Andrea Burkly or Jessica Hutchison?Work with Andrea, specializing in postpartum and couples work: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica, specializing in sudden & traumatic loss, grief, and couples work: https://www.jlhutchison.com/WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH YOU!!Whether you want your own question answered on Hot Take Thursday, want to discuss the latest Honest Women episode, or just want a place where you can be real with other people and talk about life honestly... the best place to do that is our BRAND NEW FACEBOOK GROUP! Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/honestwomenpodcastcommunityAnd if you have a real-world scenario you want us to discuss, a bug in your bonnet about something going on in the world, or just want to say hello, and you don't have facebook, please email us: hello@honestwomenpodcast.comFollow Honest Women Podcast on IG: @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica on IG: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea on IG: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer:Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

After more than a year, the Honest Women are turning the focus on DADS (it's about damn time!). And while they are not actually featured on today's show, the Honest Men were interviewed for this episode... and they have a lot to say on the changing roles that Dads play over the course of their lives.(Want us to actually feature our husbands on the show?? Let us know by leaving us a 5 star rating and a review that says "Bring on the Honest Men!")Join us as we get honest about: how the expectations placed on dads have never been higherhow the roles that dads play change over timehow to be a successful dad during pregnancy and early postpartumhow to be a successful dad as your kids get olderhow vital open conversation about roles and expectations are to the health of your marriage during the parenting yearsthe unique ways that fathers impact their children's self-esteem and successthe ways that women can open the door to their husbands to have a deeper conversation about fatherhoodPlus, Jessica surprises her husband with another 6 a.m. questioning sesh; Andrea starts a campaign to get the Honest Men to actually come on the show; and we break down basically every marriage problem you will ever have in a 1-minute overview of the EFT cycle. Don't say we never did nothing for ya!Like this episode? Check out this one: START HERE if You Want to Talk About Money in Marriage (Without Fighting!) (April 16, 2024) - because you need to hear the last time Jessica woke her husband up at 6:00 am to get some insight for the pod!Would you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?Work with Andrea: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica: https://www.jlhutchison.com/Connect with Us:Join the HONEST WOMEN PODCAST CommunityFollow Honest Women Podcast @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

Jonathan Haidt (height), author of The Anxious Generation has quite literally been EVERYWHERE. As mental health professionals, we are cheering loudly from the sidelines; however as mothers, we have struggled to identify where we begin. Today we have an honest conversation about what we are doing with all of this information to ensure a happy, safe and healthy summer for ourselves and our children.  Listen to Learn More About:The Youth Mental Health Crisis...There is more to it than you think!Factors Leading to the crisis dating back to the 1990s, think missing children on milk cartons and 24-hour news cycles telling us to fear anything and everything.Jonathan Haidt’s proposed solutions, including honest conversation about if these are doable, and how we plan to implement them.Personal reflections and challenges faced by Andrea and Jessica.Helpful Links and Resources:The Anxious Generation: For ParentsLet Grow ProgramThe Anxious Generation ResearchWould you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?Work with Andrea: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica: https://www.jlhutchison.com/Connect with Us:Join the HONEST WOMEN PODCAST CommunityFollow Honest Women Podcast @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

"Every time I share my view on a 'hot topic,' like what schools are teaching about gender and sexuality, I immediately get shut down and called names. HELP!"Join Andrea and Jessica for HOT TAKE THURSDAY, where we answer listener questions in a completely unedited and unfiltered way. We may not be right, but we have an opinion!Want a deeper dive conversation on this pervasive feeling that the end of the world - or at least the end of humanity and civility - is coming? Check out:Apocalypse Now? How to Stay Sane When Everything Feels UncertainWE WANT TO CONNECT WITH YOU!! Whether you want your own question answered on Hot Take Thursday, want to discuss the latest Honest Women episode, or just want a place where you can be real with other people and talk about life honestly... the best place to do that is our BRAND NEW FACEBOOK GROUP! Join here: Honest Women Podcast CommunityAnd if you have a real-world scenario you want us to discuss, a bug in your bonnet about something going on in the world, or just want to say hello, and you don't have facebook, please email us: hello@honestwomenpodcast.comFollow Honest Women Podcast on IG: @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica on IG: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea on IG: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comWould you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?Work with Andrea: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica: https://www.jlhutchison.com/Honest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

Humans have worried about the end of the world since… probably the beginning of the world. But lately? It seems like people are worried more than ever. Today, we get honest about the existential anxiety that is plaguing our daily lives. Whether you think that humanity is going to hell in a hand basket, you fear that the world is literally going down in flames, or you wonder why everyone around you is so keyed up, this honest conversation is for you. Listen as we get honest about:How a sense of doom - about the end of the world, or the trajectory of humanity - is part of the zeitgeist of the last few yearsHow the fear of the end of the world is fueled by a sense of powerlessness and the constant exposure to micro stressorsThe fact that this is not our first rodeo! "There have been numerous predictions about the end of the world, but none have proven true." (LOL)How fear is a normal human response to uncertainty... and fear makes it hard to have rational thoughtsHow focusing on what you can control, taking actions that align with your values, engaging with other humans in real life, and being intentional with your time will help you regain a sense of security and peace, no matter the stress in the worldPlus, Jessica simply cannot stop singing; Andrea blames Earth Day for her existential dread; and the fact that we recorded this episode a few weeks ago becomes abundantly clear because we are currently SWARMED by cicadas. #cicadapocalypseWould you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?Work with Andrea: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica: https://www.jlhutchison.com/Connect with Us:Join the HONEST WOMEN PODCAST CommunityFollow Honest Women Podcast @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

We hear it everyday in our offices: after a client shares the things they are struggling with, they inevitably say "But so many other people have it worse than I do... I should just suck it up and be more grateful."<cue the record scratch> Today we get honest about the fact that this is NOT true! You can have the house and the partner and the kids and the van... and the things that are hard in your life STILL count.We hope you enjoy listening to this OG episode of Honest Women - it's literally the first one we ever recorded, and it's still one of our favorites!If you liked this, you might also like this oldie but goodie, especially as we head into the summer: Facing Our Body Insecurities (During Swimsuit Season!): How the Pressure to Look a Certain Way, Effortlessly, Impacts Us All (May 31, 2023)Would you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?Work with Andrea, offering individual and couples coaching specializing in pregnancy, postpartum, and the transition to parenthood: https://www.andreaburkly.com/Work with Jessica, offering individual and couples coaching specializing in grief and sudden and traumatic loss: https://www.jlhutchison.com/Connect with Us:Join the HONEST WOMEN PODCAST CommunityFollow Honest Women Podcast @honestwomenpodcastFollow Jessica: @jlhutchisonlcpcFollow Andrea: @andreaburklyLearn more about the Honest Women Podcast: www.honestwomenpodcast.comHonest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.