Hot Mess Help Desk is back for Season 2. College stress, mental health, fitness, safety, careers, and everything in between—we’ve got something for everybody. With a guest every episode, two counselor hosts break down the chaos, bust myths, and normalize the spiral with humor, honesty, and real coping skills. New episodes every other week. Same mess, better tools.

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In this season finale of Hot Mess Help Desk, your campus counselors look back at the biggest themes of the semester — what worked, what didn’t, and what we’re all still figuring out. They’ll unpack lessons on balance, boundaries, burnout, and why “doing your best” sometimes just means showing up in sweatpants.

Whether you crushed it, crawled through it, or landed somewhere in the middle, this episode is your reminder that surviving is thriving, and every messy moment still counts as progress.

Takeaway: You made it through. Celebrate the wins, learn from the chaos, and remember — growth doesn’t have to look perfect to be real.

Reaching out for help doesn’t mean you’re failing — it means you’re human. In this episode, Mya and Lainie unpack how to recognize when it’s time to get support, what counseling actually looks like (and what it isn’t), and why you don’t need to wait for a crisis to start building your team. They break down how support can show up in friends, professors, and campus counselors—and how having a plan before things get tough makes all the difference.

Takeaway: You don’t have to do college alone. Asking for help is one of the strongest things you can do.