Jazzmyn just crossed into a new season: fully licensed, supervision behind her, and discovering something that shouldn't be surprising but is—her life has gotten exponentially better the moment she stopped trying to fit her entire identity into her work as a therapist.

This solo episode is real, unfiltered reflection on what happens after licensure, why so many therapists burn out before they even get there, and the permission slip everyone in the profession needs to hear.

The conversation covers the invisible cost of the internship and associate years—the survival mode that becomes normalized, the pressure to prove yourself constantly, the way therapists try to embody every single one of their values through their work alone. It touches on reclaiming the parts of yourself that grad school put on pause: friendships, volunteering, spirituality, creativity, just being human.

Jazzmyn shares a vulnerable moment about reconnecting with a friend from a Christian camp where she was closeted, and how being invited back to serve—this time as her full self—became a healing full circle. She talks about how having a life outside work actually makes her a better therapist, how the pressure to perform dissolved the moment supervision ended, and how having capacity for fun changes everything.

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When the Wall Street Journal published an article blaming therapists for the rise of family estrangement, Jazzmyn knew the narrative was incomplete. In this deeply personal solo episode, she walks through her own story of cutting her father off at 16—a choice made without therapy, without language, without permission. She talks about what estrangement actually feels like, why the media gets it wrong, and what changed when she finally learned to trust herself. This is a conversation about survival, self-trust, guilt, and what healing looks like on the other side of a choice that society still views as taboo.

This isn't a how-to guide on estrangement. It's a permission letter to people who are sitting with guilt, shame, or confusion about their own family relationships. It's a middle finger to narratives that oversimplify one of the hardest choices a person can make. And it's a testament to what happens when you trust yourself, even when nobody else gets it.

The media narrative around estrangement is incomplete because it doesn't center the people actually living it. It doesn't ask: What had to happen for you to make this choice? It doesn't sit with the weight of it.

This episode does.

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Shame doesn't just feel bad—it convinces us it's the truth about who we are. In this conversation, Jazz sits down with therapist and clinical supervisor Dr. Jennifer Kaufman Walker to unpack how shame operates as tunnel vision, why vulnerability dismantles it, and how reframing your story reclaims your self-worth.

When you allow yourself to be visible—even (especially) in the parts you're ashamed of—you realize something: you're not alone, and your shame isn't your character. This is the work that transforms both therapy clients and content creators building audiences in the silence.

Jennie shares what it looks like to watch shame fizzle away in real time, and Jazz explores how consistency and self-disclosure are the antidotes to the isolation shame creates. Because the things you think are unique to you? They're not. And the moment you let them be seen, everything shifts.

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And if you’re craving clarity around your brand, message, or how you’re showing up publicly, The Visibility Studio is my 90-minute marketing mentorship session designed to help you cut through the noise and build a strategy that actually feels like you.

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When therapists decide to build a visible brand, they face a unique pressure: be professional, but not too human. Be an advocate, but not too loud. Stefanie from My Therapist Said is done playing small—and she's inviting every therapist listening to do the same.

In this conversation, Jazzy and Stefanie talk openly about the systems keeping therapists stuck: unpaid internships that normalize financial struggle, $55K salaries after full licensure, and a field culture that judges therapists for building personal brands while simultaneously wondering why there's no community. They also dig into the real reason therapists struggle to show up online—and it's not just imposter syndrome.

But here's where it gets good: Stefanie is pivoting her entire approach to advocacy by leaning into what actually makes her powerful—her humor. Instead of coming "hot" into every conversation about pay equity and burnout, she's learning to advocate with comedy, to humanize therapists through dark humor and real talk, and to trust that her voice (not her credentials) is what builds authority.

Check out "My Therapist Said" Podcast

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In this solo episode, Jazzmyn breaks down why YAP content (aka talking-head, unscripted takes) has become the internet's new visibility currency, and why that pressure is creating a marketplace where everyone's chasing engagement without necessarily embodying what they're selling. She gets honest about the three-year journey it took her to go from avoiding her own face on Instagram to confidently sharing takes in real time — and why that timeline isn't a flaw, it's the actual work.

This episode digs into the two things that actually hold people back from making consistent YAP content: not giving yourself the time and space to develop a real point of view, and not having the self-trust to stand behind an opinion once it's out in the world. Jazzmyn talks through her own identity shifts — from hiding behind a logo profile picture and an LLC name, to separating her work as a therapist from her work as a content creator, to sitting with the grief of outgrowing an old online identity.

She also gets real about what visibility actually costs: the hate comments, the misunderstandings, the moments where people project onto you who they think you are. And why growing at your own pace — instead of chasing every trend — is what builds a personal brand with actual longevity.

If you've been telling yourself you're "behind" because you're not yapping on camera yet, this episode is the reframe you need.

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Mentioned in This Episode:

• Grace Abbott's Substack, How to Go Freelance
• Chelsea Riffe's podcast, Notes From the New World
• Emma Chamberlain's appearance on Emma Grede's Aspire

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This week is a first for the show — I'm sharing an episode I guested on with my friend Nina Badzin, host of Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. We sat down to talk about the biggest misconceptions around adult friendship, drawing from my work as a therapist and honestly? This conversation left me thinking differently about my own friendships too.

We cover why depth has nothing to do with how often you talk to someone, why "no new friends" might actually be holding you back, why history with someone isn't automatically a reason to keep them around, and why friendship should never feel like pushing a boulder up a hill. If you've ever felt guilty for losing touch with old friends, or wondered why a friend group feels harder than it should — this one's for you.

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Jazzmyn welcomes back licensed therapist and business strategist Caitlan Siegenthaler for a raw, nuanced conversation about what it actually means to be visible without burning yourself out or performing for an algorithm. A year and a half after their first conversation, Caitlan shares how her own IFS (Internal Family Systems) and human design work has reshaped the way she creates — moving from urgency and "feeding the algorithm" toward a more seasonal, nervous-system-informed approach to showing up online.

This episode is a masterclass in the difference between vulnerability that regulates you and vulnerability that depletes you — and why the timing of what you share matters just as much as the content itself.

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What happens when the very thing you're building starts to feel like too much? In this solo check-in episode, Jazzmyn gets honest about the season she didn't talk about — the creative ruts, the quiet depression, the FOMO that hit different, and the moment she realized that posting more wasn't the problem. Giving herself the ick was.

This episode is a permission slip to slow down without stopping, to feel the discomfort of growth without calling it failure, and to ask the question most creators are too afraid to ask: Is this inner voice actually mine?

Because here's the truth nobody puts on their content calendar — sometimes burnout isn't about doing too much. It's about outgrowing everything you built and not having language for it yet. Jazzmyn unpacks what that reckoning looked like for her this summer: the clinical depression she's navigated for years, the friendships that reminded her what reciprocity actually feels like, the Cannes Lions FOMO she refused to let just be FOMO, and the content trends she's officially done tolerating.

If you've been in a season that felt heavy, unclear, or like your content just wasn't it anymore — this one is for you.

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If this conversation sparked something for you and you’re ready for deeper support, I work with high-achieving women, creatives, and founders through individual therapy—supporting you in building a life and relationships that feel steady, connected, and aligned.
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