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You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist — 221 episodes

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222. Unprofessional Conduct: The Vague Phrase That Can End Your License | Diana Lutfi

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221. Ryan Rogers: Gas Station Opioids, Faith-Based Recovery, and Honest Therapy

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220. The Corporate Vibe Shift: Tanya de Grunwald on Why This Isn't Working

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219. Why ROGD Teens Tune Out Parents' Warnings — and the Alter-Casting Fix

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218. Why Your Teen Thinks in Extremes — And What You Can Do About It

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217. "Gender Identity" as a Shell: What the Alter Ego Does for Your Child & How to Help Them Desist

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216. Creating Conditions for Desistance: A Parent's Guide to ROGD Recovery

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215. Disenfranchised Dad, ROGD Kid: When Fathers Get Sidelined in Their Own Family

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214. Too Buddhist, Not Self-Hating Enough: Counseling Whistleblower Suzannah Alexander

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213. History Unfolding: Gender Ideology as Civilizational Warfare with Matt Osborne

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212. The Most Dangerous Moment: The 30 Seconds That Determine Whether Your Child Opens Up Again

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211. Mia Hughes: Trans as an Extreme Overvalued Belief — Cracking the Code

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210. Why Gender-Referred Youth Went From Bad to Worse: A Psychological Lens on the Finnish Study

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209. When Schools Keep Secrets: Parental Rights, Teachers & the Supreme Court | Dean Broyles

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208. How Sweet, Sensitive Boys Enter the Porn-Addiction-to-Transgender Pipeline | Shane Cole

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207. Parents' Rights vs. School Secrecy: Laura Powell on Mirabelli v. Bonta at the Supreme Court

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206. The Intersex Lie: Róisín Michaux on How Queer Theory Hijacked a Rare Medical Condition

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205. The Trifecta of Social Contagion: What Every Parent Needs to Know | my conversation with Dennison Joyce

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204. Why Young Men Are Struggling and What Therapists Are Getting Wrong with Ryan Malphrus

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203. Rumination vs. Healthy Introspection: The Case for Moral Formation in Therapy with Dean Abbott

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202. Label Mania: How Diagnosing Every Kid Is Backfiring on a Generation with Will Dobud

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201. Sacrificial Lambs: How Queer Theory Infiltrated K-12 Public Schools with Anita Bartholomew

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200. First Detransition Lawsuit Victory: Inside the Varian v. Einhorn Trial with Benjamin Ryan

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199. A Psychiatrist's Guide to Political Anxiety and Medication Myths with Dr. Michael Ziffra

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198. Should Christians Use Psychedelics? Four Perspectives | Christianity & Psychedelics Roundtable

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197. Interlude: My husband broke his arm. Enjoy beautiful nature sounds from Hawaii. (See notes)

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196. Unconscious Group Dynamics and the Psychology of Scapegoating with Brant Elwood

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195. The Medical Mafia: How the AMA Manufactures Consensus on Gender Care with Dr. Travis Morrell

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194. Cancelled From Cancer Care: Social Worker Tammy Weitzman Fired Over DEI

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193. Father God Gives Good Gifts: Healing Through Faith with Pastor and Therapist, Chris Legg

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192. Inside Detrans.AI: The Tool Revealing Why People Leave Trans Identity | Peter James Steven

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191. Insurance Fraud Enables Medical Abuse of “Trans” Kids: Dr. Eithan Haim Blows the Whistle Again

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190. Overcoming Climate Anxiety: A Former Activist's Perspective with Lucy Biggers

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189. Healing a Profession in Crisis: Kathleen Mills on Breaking Free from Psychology's Woke Matrix

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188. Coming to Jesus: Spiritual Revival and the End of Seeking with Will Spencer

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187. Why Spotify Is Failing Independent Podcasters Like Me: a Public Service Announcement

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186. Preventing School Shootings: Jonathan Cogburn on the Conservative Case for School Counseling

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185. Why Autistic Teens Fall for “Trans” and What They Need Instead with Simon Amaya Price

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184. The Best ROGD Parenting Advice a Robot Can Give: Meet RepairBot, a Groundbreaking AI Tool

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183. Men Out of Women’s Prisons: Retired Judge Elspeth Cypher Fights to Protect Female Interests

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182. From Estrangement to Advocacy: Lynn Chadwick on Parental Identity After Your Child Transitions

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181. From Ayahuasca to Christ: Will Spencer on Escaping the Serpent's Deception

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180. After Charlie Kirk: Embracing Moral Courage and Healthy Conflict with Jonathan Cogburn, LMFT

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179. Hounded: Jenny Lindsay Speaks Out About the Women Who Have Been Harmed in the Gender Wars

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178. Understanding Interpersonal Narcissism and Envy in the Workplace with Dr. Nathalie Martinek

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177. Emotional Maturity and Masculine Mentorship | Dr. Christian Conte and Jake Wiskerchen, LMFT

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176. Making Amends: Formerly “Trans” Lesbian Mother Jessi Harris on Survival, Family, & Forgiveness

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175. Practical Strategies for Supporting Parents in Gender Distress Cases | The Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard

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174. Trans: When Coping Mechanism Becomes Identity, by Maia Poet

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173. Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: How Parents Can Repair ROGD | Stephanie Winn on Inciteful Sisters

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172. Resistance Radio with Derrick Jensen

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171. When Affirmation Goes Too Far | Navigating the Blended Family Experience | Jeremiah Wallace

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170. Critical Therapy Antidote | The Harms of Gender Affirming Care | Jaco Van Zyl, Christine Sefein

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169. Virtuous Leaders with Dr. Johann D'Souza: Stephanie Winn, Protecting Children from Trans Activists

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168. Family Therapy in the Age of Estrangement with Lisa Mustard, LMFT

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167. Reality Therapy with Ryan Rogers: ROGD Repair and How Therapy is Failing Us

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166. Adult Human Female: Maya Forstater on the Recent UK Supreme Court Ruling

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165. The Dark Side of School Mental Health Services: What Parents Need to Know with Deb Fillman

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164. Courageously Confronting Autogynephilic Compulsions, with Steve Palmer

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163. The Hidden Costs of Reproductive Technology: Samantha DeLoach on Egg Donation, Surrogacy & IVF

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162. Compassion and Consequences: Dr. Christian Conte on Parenting, Masculinity, & Emotional Mastery

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161. The HHS Review: Gender Medicine Under Scrutiny | Legal Expert Glenna Goldis Explains

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160. A Family Court Nightmare: Jeff Younger’s Harrowing Crusade to Save His Son

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159. Detrans Grandma: Identity Crisis and Self Discovery After Postmenopausal Testosterone Use

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158. Illness Identity and the Capture of Psychiatry with Dr. Kristopher Kaliebe

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157. Anti-Feminist Therapy? Dr. Hannah Spier on How Ideals of Independence Fail Women in Practice

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156. Not Man Enough to Be a Woman: How William Allen Detransitioned After 30 Years

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155. The Wrong Kind of Student: Arnold Cantu on Academic Freedom and the Capture of Social Work

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154. Uncomfortable Truths About “Trans”: A Conversation with Filmmaker Travis Brown

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153. Understanding Identity and Personhood Through a Catholic Lens with Dr. Greg Bottaro

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152. The Catholic Blueprint of the Human Psyche with Dr. Gregory Bottaro

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151. Revisiting Race Relations: Letters in Black and White with Winkfield Twyman & Jennifer Richmond

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150. When Treatment Worsens Trauma: Detransitioner Levi Hayes on Filing a Board Complaint

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149. Sissy Hypnosis Pornography: What Parents of Boys Need to Know with Shane Cole

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148. Executive Orders Decoded: Attorney Glenna Goldis Explains Impacts on American Families

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147. Supporting Wives and Girlfriends of Autogynephilic Men: Is Healthy Relating Possible?

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146. Raising Young Renaissance Men: Maxim Smith on The Preparation, an Alternative to College

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145. Putting Children’s Needs Before Adults’ Desires with Katy Faust

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144. Scapegoat or Sacrifice? Nina Paley Reframes Group Dynamics & Cancel Culture

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143. How Harrison Tinsley Saved His Son: A Harrowing Battle with Gender Lunacy

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142. Year in Review: 2024 Reflections and 2025 Aspirations

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141. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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140. Gender Dysphoria as a Mind-Body Problem: A Psychoanalytic Perspective with Jaco van Zyl

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139. The ROGD Repair Scholarship Program: Supporting Parents of Trans-Identified Youth

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138. United States v. Skrmetti: Detransitioners Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case with Diana Lutfi

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137. The Crisis in Pediatric Care: Dr. Nikki Johnson on Medical Ethics & Patient Advocacy

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136. The Future of Free Speech in the Counseling Profession with James Esses

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135. Even Worse Than We Thought: The Woke Takeover of Counseling Psych Grad School | Ryan Rogers

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134. Antisemitism and Mental Health with Malka Shaw, LCSW

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133. How to Find a Good Doctor: Dr. Andrew Zywiec on the Capture of the Medical Profession

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132. Colluding with Madness? Dr. Jillian Spencer on the Psychology of Gender-Affirming Clinicians

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131. “Is JK Rowling Transphobic?” Critical Thinking and its Consequences, with Warren Smith

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130. Queers for Palestine? The Paradoxes of Woke Sadomasochism with Maral Salmassi

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129. Behind the Looking Glass: Vaishnavi Sundar on Trans Widows + Women's Issues in India and Beyond

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128. The Trifecta of Social Contagion: ROGD, Cluster B & Wokeness with Josh Slocum | Disaffected

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127. Indoctrination in Education: Anita Bartholomew Exposes Shocking K-12 Curriculum

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126. The Kids Aren’t Alright: Parenting, Failure to Launch & Gender Distress with Laura Wiley Haynes

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125. The Antidepressant & Hormonal Contraceptive to Gender Dysphoria Pipeline with Taylor Murphy

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124. ROGD Repair: a New, Game-Changing Resource for Concerned Parents of Trans-Identified Youth

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123. Identity-Based OCD: Dr. Elliot Kaminetzky on Trans & the Fear of Living Inauthentically

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122. Understanding the Criminal Mind: Audra Worlow on Predators, Psychopaths, & Child Protection

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121. Helping Parents of ROGD Kids: Emotional Support + Practical Tools with Jane Wise

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120. Our Boobies, Our Selves: Amy Sousa on Breast Cancer, Mastectomies, & Sex Trait Modification

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119. Is it a Fetish? MaryCate Delvey Listens to Trans People in Their Own Words to Find Out

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118. “Gender Affirming” Therapy: Unpacking the Lies, with Whistleblower Tamara Pietzke, LCSW

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117. Detransition, Marriage, Psychedelics and Spirituality with Valerie and LaRell Herbert

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116. Independence Therapy: Dr. Camilo Ortiz Treats Kids’ Anxiety Through Freedom + Responsibility

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115. Black Fatherhood in America Today with Adam B Coleman, Michael DC Bowen & Jeremiah Wallace

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114. Breast-Binding in a Bomb Shelter? Maia Poet on Surviving War in the Middle East and Within

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113. Mental Fitness & Emotional Resilience with Jake Wiskerchen, Zander Keig & Jason Littlefield

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112. How to Communicate Concerns About Gender Clinics: Sidewalk Steve on Skills Activists Need

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111. Healing Detransition & Dissociation: Can Therapy Help? Bob Withers, Nicolas Blooms, & Layton

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110. The Nature of the Beast of Gender Ideology + Grace as the Antidote in a World of Pain

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109. ROGD Survival Guide: Strategic Advice for Concerned Parents of Trans-Identified Youth

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108. #Babygate 2024: The Heretical Notion That Mothers Matter | Amy Sousa, Laura Haynes, & Robin Atkins

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107. Exposing Gender Malpractice: Mia Hughes on the WPATH Files, Medical Ethics, & Informed Consent

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106. Earth Day with Derrick Jensen: on Ecological Grief and Reconnecting with Our Wild Nature

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105. Young Men Crying for Help: Dr. Joseph Burgo on Shame, Narcissism, Autism & Autogynephilia

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104. Why I Stopped Doing Therapy and Switched to Consulting (For Now) - a Solo Interlude

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103. Truth, Hope, & Mental Health | Michael DC Bowen, Pamela Garfield-Jaeger & Soad Tabrizi

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102. Propaganda Myths of the Gender Cult; Resources for Parents & Educators, with Justine Deterling

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101. Making Meaning, Finding Wisdom: Kim O, Matt Osborne, & Benjamin the Dream Wizard

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100. How to Rescue Your Child From the Gender Cult: Gabrielle Clark on Desistance Coaching

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99. Is Therapeutic Neutrality a Thing of the Past? with Christine Sefein and David Teachout

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98. Trans to Detrans: A Graphic Novel Journey from Self-Hate to Self-Compassion, with Nicolas Blooms

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97. Healthcare Ethics & Philosophy with Jennifer Lahl, Karen King, & Jake Wiskerchen

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96. From Cult to Gender Clinic: Misdiagnosis, Detransition & Healing — Layton, part 2

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95. Transing the Gay Away? Cults, Actual Conversion Therapy, & Dissociation: part 1 with Layton

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94. Conquering OCD & Behavioral Addiction: the Power of Mindset, with Dr. Johann D’Souza

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93. "I Was a Drug Pusher": Sara Stockton Exposes Therapists’ Roles in the Gender Industry

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92. A Male Detransitioner Rediscovers His Faith: Austin Unbridled on Transformation and Spirituality

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91. Helen Joyce Returns: Why Sex Matters in Life and Law

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90. New Year’s Reflections: Lessons From A Year and a Half of Podcasting, and What’s Ahead for 2024

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89. A Christmas Song for Weary Hearts: Snow by Sleeping at Last

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88. Puberty is a Human Right: Disorders of Sexual Development vs Puberty Blockers with James Linehan

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87. Heather Heying on What Makes Us Human: Culture, Consciousness, Campfire, and Chesterton’s Fences

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86. Gender Clinics, Journalism, and “Conversion Therapy” Bans Around the World, with Bernard Lane

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85. Mass Delusional Psychosis: Dr. Mark McDonald on How Fear is Destroying America

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84. Leonard Sax, MD: How Sex Differences Impact Brains, Behaviors, and Child Development

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83. Autogynephilia: an Overlooked Source of Transgender Identification? With Phil Illy

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82. Jamie Reed Confronts Gender Malpractice: on Courage, Whistleblowing, and Detrans Medical Records

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81. The State of Psychedelic Therapy in 2023: Karen King on Ketamine, MDMA, & Institutional Capture

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80. From Shame to Resilience: Healing the Inner Child, with Kim O

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79. Unmasking the Hidden Struggles of Motherhood: Samantha Green, LMHC on Perinatal Mental Health

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78. Surviving the Sex Trade: Andrea Heinz on Healing, Hope, and the Fight Against Exploitation

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77. Peter Boghossian on Civil Discourse, ROGD Hostage Negotiation and Other Impossible Conversations

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76. ADHD: Nature or Nurture? Under-Diagnosed or Over? Gender-Specific or Not? With Ryan Wexelblatt

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75. Navigating the Blended Family Experience: Jeremiah Wallace on Step-Parenting

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74. Bioethics & Faith: Samantha Stephenson on Reclaiming Sanctity in a Hypermodern World

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73. Psychiatry and its Discontents: Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring on Reclaiming Mental Health from Meds

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72. ROGD Parenting, Cult Recovery, Psychedelic Therapy, & Mindfulness with Alan Michael

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70. Navy Veteran and Med Student Tells All: How Far Has Institutional Capture Gone in 2023? with Sarah

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69. Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans: Gigi & Josie

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68. How Jessica Pin Fought to Protect Women From Medical Ignorance

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67. Dating After Abuse: Rediscovering Inner Trust with Dina McMillan

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66. James Lindsay on Psychological Warfare

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65. Conservative Patients in Therapy with Soad Tabrizi

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64. Tonic Herbalism and Holistic Health with DJ and Jenny Ankenbrandt

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63. Rewiring Your Brain Through the Break Method with Bizzie Gold

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62. To Suffer Well: Detransition, Psychedelics, and Faith, with Torren Danowski

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61. A Gender-Critical Meet-Cute: Zach and Cynthia of the Paradox Institute

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60. Informed Consent & Maternity Care with Kallie Fell

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59. Cat Cattinson on Reclaiming Her Voice After Detransition

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58. Remembering Death with Josh Slocum

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57. The Antidote to Critical Therapy with Dr. Carole Sherwood

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56. Meghan Murphy on A New Way of Being

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55. Modern Culture Discounts the Therapeutic Process with Tessa Jacques, LMFT

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54. Simon Esler on Cut: Daughters of the West

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53. Awakening Beyond Transition with Laura Becker

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52. Surrogacy: Liberation or Exploitation? with Jennifer Lahl

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51. Wokeness Versus the Counseling Profession with Christine Sefein

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50. The Battle Against Discrimination in Psychotherapy with Amy Gallagher

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49. Medically Necessary Suicide? Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) with Darshan Maharaja

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48. ROGD Parents: Save Your Sanity with StoicMom

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47. The Scapegoated Body: Transition Regret in Psychotherapy with Bob Withers

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46. Empowered Humanity Theory with Jason Littlefield

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45. Real Talk with The Truthful Therapist: Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, LCSW

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44. Understanding Autism in Today’s Culture War with Teva Johnstone, MSW

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43. Why Men Fear Women, with Avrum Weiss, PhD

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42. Cancelled: Life After Social Death, with Sasha White

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41. Parental Rights with Alvin Lui from Courage is a Habit

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40. Early Childhood Development, Trauma, and Attachment, with Laura Wiley Haynes

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39. The Myth of the Magical Child, with Matt Osborne

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38. Trans Mental Health with Zander Keig, LCSW

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37. Reclaiming Your Mind: Recovering from Religious Abuse, with David Teachout, LMHC

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36. Is American Education Broken? with Deb Fillman

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35. Acting on Algorithms: Mental Shortcuts & the Absence of Deep Thought, with Xavier Bonilla

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34. Paved with Good Intentions: How Human Rights Got Hijacked, with Leor Sapir

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33. Therapists or Activists? The Ideological Capture of Counseling Education, with Leslie Elliott

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32. Building Great Marriages with Dovid Feldman, LPC

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31. Corinna Cohn: Post-Trans No Man's Land

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30. Surviving Gender Malpractice: Brian’s Detransition Story

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29. Corey Drayton: "Cancer Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"

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28. Gay, Disabled, & Gender Dysphoric: Jayme’s Story

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27. Robin Atkins, LMHC: Two Therapists Debate Abortion

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26. Mike Belcher: Is Marxism the New Opiate of the Masses?

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25. Ada Akpala: Challenging the Narrative

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24. Andrew Hartz, PhD: Counseling in a Cluster B Culture

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23. James Esses: Gender Updates Across the Pond

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22. Oliver Davies: Healing Through Detransition

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21. Marcus Evans: the Gender Crisis: a Psychodynamic Approach

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20. Dr. Roger McFillin: Mental Health in the Age of Misinformation

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19. Adam B. Coleman: Black Victim to Black Victor

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18. Gurwinder Bhogal: Hubris, Heuristics, and Human Error

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17. Lisa Swallow: Crossing Party Lines

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16. Michael DC Bowen: The Wisdom in World-bridging

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15. Benjamin the Dream Wizard: Dreamwork and the Edges of the Known

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14. Michelle Alleva: The Long Way Home - a detrans journey

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13. Jessie Mannisto: Brains & Bravery: Turning Breakdowns into Breakthroughs

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12. Jonas Rosen: Psychedelics and the Psyche

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11. Helen Joyce: Debunking the Myth of Conversion Therapy

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10. Jane Peterson, PhD: Soma, Systems, and the Social Brain

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9. Amy Sousa: Emotional Empowerment Through Embodied Awareness

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8. Helena Kerschner: Peaking Trans

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7. Cindy Ngar: Baking the Impossible

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6. Dirk Van Leeuwen: When Intelligence Becomes Taboo, What Wisdom Do We Lose?

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5. Dr. Rhoberta Shaler: Dealing with Difficult People

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4. Colin Wright: the Struggle Between Science and Society

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3. How Jennifer Helped Her Daughter Desist

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2. Jake Wiskerchen, LMFT: Demystifying Firearms and Other Taboo Topics in Mental Health

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1. Sarah Peyton: Consciousness, Compassion, and the Courage to Feel It All