Not Your Doctor Podcast

Rachel and Laurel dig in and talk money in this week’s pod. Our listeners have questions about everything from gel nail habits to the hidden costs of food allergies to different spending patterns between partners. And they spill on the sanity (or lack thereof) of their own spending.

Is your sex drive “normal”? Are you wondering when and how to bring up STIs in a new relationship? Experiencing physical limitations to getting it on? Tara and Laurel tackle questions related to relations between two (or one, or more) consenting adults. We’re not your doctors, but we certainly have opinions.

Are you a good friend? In this week’s episode, listeners ask how the f* do you make friends when you move to a new city, whether competition in friendship is ever healthy, and does loneliness impact your longevity? Spoiler: yes it does. The docs also detail what it’s like to maintain (or neglect?) their own friendships while working 80 hour weeks.

Laurel and Rachel offer suggestions to a listener in finance who is checking their email during funerals, a teacher contemplating a permanent maternity leave, and a student athlete wondering if they should hang up their Nikes in this week’s episode on Burnout. And just how close are the docs themselves to calling it quits?

Rachel is getting a puppy, Tara’s switching to surgery and Laurel is languishing on stay-cacation. We’re also talking tough news, difficult diagnoses, and how to prep for a breakup. Tune in as the docs shed some light on approaching difficult conversations both in and out of the hospital. 

On this episode, Tara and Laurel gab about the great outdoors. We hear from a listener who is wondering whether she should leave the city to start a family, and another one who is in need of sun-exposed relationship advice. Further digressions involve Lyme disease and whether we should ditch our sunrise alarm clocks or our jobs.

Tara has been welding knives, Rachel has been stealing dogs, and Laurel has enrolled herself in twelve different book clubs so naturally the girly-docs are using today to talk about mental health. Not comprehensively, don’t be silly, but this week we’re answering your questions about personality clashes, draining friendships and recieving emotional support from Chat GPT. Send more questions our way at notyourdoctorpod@gmail.com

Tara and Laurel discuss the startling similarities between Hinge dates and finding a new healthcare provider. Are doctors secretly judging your sex life? Does bad bedside manner actually make you worse off? When should you call it quits and start from square one? The docs delve into listener questions about starting with a new provider.