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Drive-Thru Therapy: The Real Sessions
by Therapist Tala
This is Drive Thru Therapy: The Real Sessions — real talk, no BS, a little heart, a lot of truth. I’m Tala, a therapist who’s seen it all, and I’m here to make therapy actually useful for your everyday life. We’ll get into relationships, mental health, life’s messes, and all the stuff people usually avoid — honest, unfiltered, and sometimes funny. Pull up, tune in, and let’s get real.
Episodes
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The Psychology of Trust Issues
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Drive Through Therapy, we explore how trauma and painful experiences shape the way we see others, why emotional walls are built, and how healing begins when we learn to see beyond the filter of fear.
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How Fear of Abandonment Secretly Runs Your Life
Send us Fan Mail Fear of abandonment isn't always obvious. It often shows up in the small, everyday choices we make—staying quiet instead of speaking up, people-pleasing, avoiding conflict, or hiding parts of ourselves to keep others close. In this episode of Drive Thru Therapy, we explore how…
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The REAL Reason People Cheat
Send us Fan Mail We all think we know why people cheat—but the real reasons are a lot more complicated. In this episode of Drive Thru Therapy, we break down the psychology behind infidelity, from emotional disconnection to insecurity and everything in between.
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When Reality Doesn't Match the Romance
Send us Fan Mail Are you dating a person—or the idea of one? This episode explores how early romantic programming shapes our expectations and the tension between fantasy and the reality of a partner.
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Waiting to Be Chosen in Relationships
Send us Fan Mail Why do we stay in relationships that never quite decide us? In this episode, we explore how early emotional programming, attachment patterns, and cultural narratives teach us to wait—to hope that clarity, commitment, or reassurance will eventually arrive. We unpack the quiet ways...
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What "Healing" Really Means
Send us Fan Mail This episode uncovers the raw, often unseen sides of healing—the moments of discomfort, growth, and self-reflection that happen away from public view. It challenges the polished idea of “being healed” and reveals healing as something deeply personal, nonlinear, and real.
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The Lifetime Benefits of Therapy
Send us Fan Mail Therapy changes everything — not overnight, but for life. Let’s talk about why the work you do in therapy keeps paying off long after you leave the room.
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The Dark Side of Moodiness
Send us Fan Mail "The Dark Side of Moodiness" explores what happens when our emotional tides turn into storms. In this episode, we dive deep into the psychology of mood swings, how they shape our relationships and decision-making, and what it means to live with intense emotional highs and lows....
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The Victim Mindset
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into self-victim mentality—what it is, how it subtly shows up in our lives, and why it keeps us stuck. We’ll explore practical ways to shift from feeling powerless to taking control of your story.
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Can Exes be Friends?
Send us Fan Mail We’ve all heard the question: Can you really stay friends with someone you once loved? In this episode, we dig deep into the emotional, psychological, and practical sides of post-breakup friendships. From the benefits of keeping a connection to the pitfalls that can make things...
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The Compulsively Opinionated Habit
Send us Fan Mail Why do we feel the urge to have—and share—an opinion about everything? In this episode, we dive into the compulsive nature of opinions: the endless mental chatter, the need to be “right,” and the social pressure to weigh in. What drives this habit, and how does it shape our...
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10 Gaslighting Tactics You Mistook for Parenting
Send us Fan Mail What if the rules, lectures, and “life lessons” you grew up with weren’t actually love—but manipulation? In this episode, we unpack 10 common parenting behaviors that are often praised as discipline or guidance, but in reality, gaslight a child into doubting their feelings,...
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Unseen, Unbroken: The Psychology of Single Mothers
Send us Fan Mail Single mothers walk a path that’s often overlooked but deeply felt. In this episode, we honor the unseen labor, the emotional weight, and the quiet victories of single motherhood. We unpack the psychological truths behind the mask of “strength” and challenge the silent…
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Comfortably Unhealthy: Normalizing Dysfunction in Relationships
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the subtle ways dysfunction becomes normalized in relationships. From toxic communication patterns to unhealthy emotional dynamics, we delve into how these behaviors can become ingrained over time and be seen as "just how things are." Through real-life...
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Modern Dating Red Flags: Am I Being used as Someone's "Line up/ Backup plan" for Attention?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will explore the early signs in dating someone who may have a "line up" of other people that this person is "dating" or using for attention. This episode will help you identify whether you are part of a line up and how to make sure you are not wasting your…
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Understanding Childhood Trauma Response in Adulthood
Send us Fan Mail If you have ever asked yourself about how childhood trauma may have impacted you or another person, this is the episode the uncovers the road to understanding and healing childhood trauma.
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4 Ways We Resist Self-Transformation/ Change
Send us Fan Mail The resistance to making self-change is a constant theme for all therapists. As a therapist, I am always interest in assessing some of the barriers to change and ways to help for the buy in for change. We will explore 4 thinking patterns that interfere with self-transformation. I...
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6 Strategies in Building Resiliency and Conquering Depression
Send us Fan Mail If you've tried many things to relieve depressive symptoms and have been disappointed, this episode is for you. In this episode we explore the truth about depression and ways to relieve it.
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Our Hidden Addiction to Approval Seeking
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are going to identify how our hidden programming for approval seeking impacts our most important connection and relationship with ourselves.
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Character Alignment: The Core of Self-Transformation
Send us Fan Mail This is the episode that defines an individual's change. Character is everything.
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The Harsh Truth About Anxiety and How to Heal It
Send us Fan Mail This is the most important episode you might hear about anxiety. No short term temporary fixes
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How to Forgive Others: The Practical Shortcut
Send us Fan Mail This is the episode that will help on tremendously supercharging our ability to forgive. Forgiveness is a great indicator of healing. It plays a large role in healing and movement forward so it must be faced and resolved to improve quality of life.
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Addiction to Anger
Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on understanding the "negative" person. Anger is a powerful emotion, let's explore the importance of understanding and working with it.
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How to Use Affirmations to Change Your Life
Send us Fan Mail This is the episode about how to use affirmations in a way that does not contradict your progress.
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Setting Emotional Boundaries in All Relationships
Send us Fan Mail This is the episode that will help with increasing emotional stability and finally healing our need to absorb the emotions of others.
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Couples Communication: Resetting My Reputation With My Partner
Send us Fan Mail This episode acts as a foundation for understanding how to build trust with partner through communication. This mostly addresses the Argumentative couple.
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How to Fail Beautifully
Send us Fan Mail This is one lesson we would have loved to learn but instead we have accepted a negative response to "failure." A negative response to failure is not the only option, let's find out how to build resiliency.
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Single Women: How to Heal from Past Toxic Relationships
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will explore the healing process for women in past toxic relationships and how to choose the and match the new healthy partner.
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Healing the Foundation in Adult Daughter -Toxic Mother Relationships
Send us Fan Mail This is the episode that can propel healing for any daughter that would like to experience freedom from toxic mother.
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The Most Discriminated.... (The Inner Child Episode)
Send us Fan Mail This is one of the most important episodes that will have an impact on our inner child, emotional well-being, and generational healing. Let's get started!
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Michelle: Am I Ready for a Healthy Relationship?
Send us Fan Mail We all question if we can be a match to a healthy new relationship if we have experienced traumatic childhoods or relationships in the past. Tonight, we will explore how to prevent spilling past issues into new relationship and end self-sabotage.
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Healing Social Anxiety: The Peaceful Self-Acceptance Approach
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the down to earth exploration of social anxiety. Let's find out what causes it and how we can transcend its threatening hold on our life.
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Self-Pity: Our Worst Enemy And Biggest Liar
Send us Fan Mail Join me in exploring the deception we can fall into when experiencing self-pity. The greatest lies we tell, are towards ourselves.
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Couples Communication: Gaslighting in Relationships
Send us Fan Mail Lets explore how gaslighting play out in relationships and how to spot a gas lighter.
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Inner Harmony In "Action"
Send us Fan Mail This episode is all about working towards a more stable environment of inner harmony. Let's get to work.
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What It Means To Be A Workaholic
Send us Fan Mail If you ever wondered about whether you or someone else is a workaholic, this episode will help set this straight. In this episode, we will learn what makes a workaholic, what are their motives and how to change and the reasons change might be needed. Lets work on this wonderful...
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Feelings 101
Send us Fan Mail The education many of us missed. Let's understand what emotions are and how to thrive in them. This is where it all started and what it all means.
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Couple's Communication: Protection Versus Connection
Send us Fan Mail This is an in-depth look on communication patterns in couples that are more protective and less connective.
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How to Change for Life
Send us Fan Mail This episode is the essential guide to starting up and maintaining the change you want to be. This is all about change for the Longterm, not a quick fix.
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The Self-Lovability Factor
Send us Fan Mail How important is self love? It's everything. Find out why our self- Lovability Factor is in every moment we live and how we view our world.
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It's Not Just Walking Away, It's Staying Away.
Send us Fan Mail Whether it is a toxic friendship, familial relations, or romantic relations, it's important to explore the hardest decision. It's not just about walking away; it's really about staying away that appears to be the most difficult of all. Let's explore once again the story of...
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Self-Limiting Beliefs
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year. It's time for the expansion of our consciousness :)
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The Psychology Behind "Friends with Benefits"
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered about who benefits from a friend with benefit situation? well, let's find out the psychology of this phenomenon and whether it solves for the Longterm.
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"Daddy Issues" in Men
Send us Fan Mail As promised, the time has come to investigate the impact of absent, abusive, or emotionally unavailable fathers on sons. May this bring about healing to many wounded sons and fathers.
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The "Strong" Person
Send us Fan Mail The is the episode on emotions the way we are programmed to view them. Does is benefit or hinder us today on our journey? Let's find out.
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How to Forgive Yourself
Send us Fan Mail I hope this episode brings you the relief you so deserve. Please listen to it as many times as you need to condition a new thought/ belief to support self -forgiveness.
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The Inconvenient Woman
Send us Fan Mail Please allow me to introduce you to the inconvenient women. This is the profile I developed in the past years of observing and working with women on work, relationship and attachment issues. I have identified certain patterns defining this woman. In this episode, the inconvenient...
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Why We Procrastinate and How to "Stop"
Send us Fan Mail In the area of self-improvement, procrastination is one of the most popular topics to address increasing productivity. Let's explore the reasons we procrastinate and how to mend this into a lifestyle choice.
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Mel: Adult Daughter Healing from Immature Mother
Send us Fan Mail This is the Story of Mel. We love you and thank you for your story.
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Guilt in Decision-Making
Send us Fan Mail This episode is to be used to repetitively help recondition how we understand and use guilt in the psyche.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is Drive Thru Therapy: The Real Sessions — real talk, no BS, a little heart, a lot of truth.
I’m Tala, a therapist who’s seen it all, and I’m here to make therapy actually useful for your everyday life.
We’ll get into relationships, mental health, life’s messes, and all the stuff people usually avoid — honest, unfiltered, and sometimes funny. Pull up, tune in, and let’s get real.
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Therapist Tala
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This is Drive Thru Therapy: The Real Sessions — real talk, no BS, a little heart, a lot of truth. I’m Tala, a therapist who’s seen it all, and I’m here to make therapy actually useful for your everyday life. We’ll get into relationships, mental health, life’s messes, and all the stuff people...
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