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Interpersonal relationships

  • An illustration featuring a masculine-appearing person with their head in their hands. They're wearing a gray hoodie and have red squiggly lines branching out and up from their upper body. To the left is a thought bubble with a heart with a question mark in it. To the right is a thought bubble with two praying hands in it. In the bottom righthand corner of the illustration is a thought bubble with a bottle of poison tipped over, a match and a house on fire.
    Breaking the cycle of obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Kaia Findlay
    OCD often goes misdiagnosed and misunderstood … and if left untreated, can impact platonic, intimate and familial relationships in challenging ways.
  • An illustration featuring a masculine-appearing person with their head in their hands. They're wearing a gray hoodie and have red squiggly lines branching out and up from their upper body. To the left is a thought bubble with a heart with a question mark in it. To the right is a thought bubble with two praying hands in it. In the bottom righthand corner of the illustration is a thought bubble with a bottle of poison tipped over, a match and a house on fire. In the bottom lefthand corner of the illustration is the word "Obsessed."
    Obsessed: Breaking The OCD Cycle (Revisited)
    Kaia Findlay
    Anita is no stranger to anxiety, but her spirals are mostly short lived. In this episode she meets folks who often get caught in loops of extreme worry and compulsions with little relief. A married couple shares how OCD put them in survival mode and a woman whose OCD symptoms began in kindergarten talks about learning how to open up about her experience in friendships and dating.
  • Three people sitting at a table looking at one person's phone. The person on the left has long dark hair up in a bun and light skin. The person in the middle has brown skin, very short hair and is sitting in front of a small cup of coffee. The person on the right has short black hair that is dyed blond with the roots showing and is showing everyone their phone.
    Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work Friendships
    Kaia Findlay
    The people you work with can drastically shape the experience of a job. And while the pandemic and hybrid work systems have changed how we interact with our colleagues, there are still common themes and conflicts experienced in employee relationships.
  • An illustration of an office. There's a man wearing a mask sitting at a computer behind a cubicle wall looking up to a man standing with his arms on the cubicle wall. The man who is standing is smiling and talking to the man behind the desk, who also appears to be smiling under his mask. The word "Co-Worked" is in the upper-left corner.
    Co-Worked: The Good, Bad & Ambivalent of the Office Bestie (Revisited)
    Kaia Findlay
    Anita wouldn't have made it through her 20s without her work friends. But now that she's a manager and working in a hybrid office, she's noticed that work friendships don't come as easily as they used to. A psychologist answers her burning workplace relationship questions and dives into the surprising amount of data about work besties. Plus, a Gen Z writer urges her to re-think the importance of work as a primary social hub.
  • An illustration featuring a masculine-appearing person with their head in their hands. They're wearing a gray hoodie and have red squiggly lines branching out and up from their upper body. To the left is a thought bubble with a heart with a question mark in it. To the right is a thought bubble with two praying hands in it. In the bottom righthand corner of the illustration is a thought bubble with a bottle of poison tipped over, a match and a house on fire. In the bottom lefthand corner of the illustration is the word "Obsessed."
    Obsessed: Breaking The OCD Cycle
    Kaia Findlay
    Anita is no stranger to anxiety, but her spirals are mostly short lived. In this episode she meets folks who often get caught in loops of extreme worry and compulsions with little relief. A married couple shares how OCD put them in survival mode and a woman whose OCD symptoms began in kindergarten talks about learning how to open up about her experience in friendships and dating.
  • An illustration of an office. There's a man wearing a mask sitting at a computer behind a cubicle wall looking up to a man standing with his arms on the cubicle wall. The man who is standing is smiling and talking to the man behind the desk, who also appears to be smiling under his mask. The word "Co-Worked" is in the upper-left corner.
    Co-Worked: The Good, Bad & Ambivalent Of The Office Bestie
    Kaia Findlay
    Anita wouldn't have made it through her 20s without her work friends. But now that she's a manager and working in a hybrid office, she's noticed that work friendships don't come as easily as they used to. A psychologist answers her burning workplace relationship questions and dives into the surprising amount of data about work besties. Plus, a Gen Z writer urges her to re-think the importance of work as a primary social hub.
  • Friedman and Sow leaned against eachother and laughing outside.
    Arts & Culture
    Embodied: A Love Letter To Friendship
    Josie Taris
    Friendships carry us through the high and lows of life. From celebrating our successes to helping salve the sting of rejection, the people we choose to…
  • Friedman and Sow leaned against eachother and laughing outside.
    Arts & Culture
    Embodied: A Love Letter To Friendship
    Josie Taris
    Friendships carry us through the high and lows of life. From celebrating our successes to helping salve the sting of rejection, the people we choose to…
  • Science & Technology
    Embodied: How Online Gaming Creates Real-Life Love
    Grant Holub-Moorman
    2.5 billion people around the world play video games. From Words With Friends to League of Legends, games are revolutionizing how we relate to one…
  • Science & Technology
    Embodied: How Online Gaming Creates Real-Life Love
    Grant Holub-Moorman
    2.5 billion people around the world play video games. From Words With Friends to League of Legends, games are revolutionizing how we relate to one…