In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sit down with Todd Baratz, LMHC, a certified sex therapist, licensed individual and couples psychotherapist, co-host of the Our Diagnonsense Podcast, and writer who specializes in relationships and sex. We talk about relationships, his philosophy that “you aren’t fucked up - our culture is,” and his first book, How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind which is available now! Todd is one of our favorite people and we had so much fun during this conversation. We know you’re going to have so many take-aways and love this conversation with him, as well!

What You’ll Gain from this Episode:

✨ The complex reality of therapeutic support on social media, it’s influence on current societal trends, and the need to hold space for the inevitable lack of nuance that exists in the digital world

✨ An emphasis on the importance of understanding the complexities and meanings behind behaviors, rejecting black-and-white thinking, and taking personal responsibility to recognize the influence of social norms on your own personal development

✨ How our relationship structures are evolving in ways that offer less dogma and more authenticity in our healing, and how that’s begun to shift the societal “normal” away from staying in unhealthy relationships

✨The necessity for therapists to check in with their countertransference and not be too quick to look for a solution when “stuck” is a necessary stage of their own personal development

🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy

Connect with Todd:

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Order Todd’s New Book Here

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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we talk about a conversation we’ve been hearing around celibacy as a form of activism and a way to shift the often challenging landscape of modern dating and traditional gender dynamics.

Some Takeaways from this episode:

✨ How a recent controversy around the new Bumble ad-campaign has a seemingly tone-deaf message toward women in 2024

✨ The 4B Feminist movement happening in South Korea advocating for non-hetero relationships, hetero-celibacy, and child-less lives, and how the awareness of it is shaping conversations around relationship dynamics worldwide

✨ How there seems to be a disconnect between cis men and women and how they experience what is happening in heterosexual relationship dynamics

✨ We share insights from a historian about the concept of incels and what the evolution of masculinity will look like in a post-patriarchal culture

🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy

If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!

Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community

Connect with Vanessa:

• Instagram: @vanessasbennett
• TikTok: @thecodayoda
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631

Connect with Dené:

• Instagram: @dene.logan
• TikTok: @denelogan

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In this Q&A episode, someone wrote in to ask: as I’m starting to do recovery work around codependency, I find that I sometimes swing into hyper-independence. How do I find a middle ground?

We talked about:

✨What it looks like to move out of the space of enmeshment into a differentiated sense of self.

✨Realizing that we staying present with ourselves is a practice that we all have to continuously come back to.

✨The evolution of relationships that are co-created by the people involved instead of looking to society to define what’s “normal.”

✨Understanding the distinction between attachment and intimacy and how we can fall into patterns of self-abandonment

🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy

If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!

Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community

Connect with Vanessa:

• Instagram: @vanessasbennett
• TikTok: @thecodayoda
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631

Connect with Dené:

• Instagram: @dene.logan
• TikTok: @denelogan

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