Mental load, resentment, workplace escalation, and missing sex ed: A lot of adult conflict comes down to three things: uneven load, unclear norms, and missing language. This episode hits all three.

In this episode:
🧩 Microdoses of Dysfunction:
Your partner is brilliant at work, but can’t seem to handle groceries, cooking, and day-to-day logistics. Is it weaponized incompetence, executive dysfunction, anxiety, or a skills gap?

⚖️ AITA (classic format):
A new coworker complains about everything and routes it through HR. The OP speaks up. We break down accountability, morale, and what “constructive” looks like in office culture.

🧠 Research Round-Up:
Gaps in early sex education and how they echo into adult relationships: consent language, boundaries, arousal, shame, and communication skills people never learned.

📬 We want your feedback + submissions.
Send your AITA posts, “Unpack That Text” messages, “You’re Not Crazy, But…” questions, and topic ideas through our mailbag.

📅 Need support or want to book a session with one of our psychologists?
Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/schedule

Meet the Team:
🎙️ Dr. Dan Kessler → https://www.veritaspp.com/dkn
🎙️ Dr. Gayle MacBride → https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm
🎙️ Kelley Buttrick (voice talent) → https://kbvoiceovers.com
🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.com

🔎 About our experts:
Dr. Daniel Kessler, PsyD, LP, DBSM is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. He focuses on men’s issues, CBT-I for persistent insomnia and sleep, anxiety/overthinking and performance stress, and relationship repair and intimacy concerns, with a directive, practical style designed for measurable outcomes.

Dr. Gayle MacBride, PhD, LP is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. Her work centers on CBT-I and behavioral sleep medicine, anxiety and emotional overload in high-achieving women, trauma recovery, and couples therapy (Gottman Method) plus Discernment Counseling, grounded in evidence-based, usable strategies.

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The unspoken rules of work, leadership, and emotions: So many people are trying to follow rules nobody taught them: what counts as “professional,” how to handle language feedback, and whether leaders are allowed to show emotion at all.

In this episode:
🎬 That Would Never Work in Therapy:
A scene from Good Will Hunting and what real therapy would require instead: pacing, consent, boundaries, and clinical ethics.

⚖️ AITA (classic format):
Is “fat fingered” offensive office language? We unpack intent vs impact and how workplace norms evolve.

🧠 Leadership Lie:
“Good leaders don’t cry.” Is that strength, suppression, or something else? We talk about emotional responsibility, containment, and how to repair after an emotional moment.

📬 We want your feedback + submissions.
Send your AITA posts, “Unpack That Text” messages, “You’re Not Crazy, But…” questions, and topic ideas through our mailbag.

📅 Need support or want to book a session with one of our psychologists?
Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/schedule

Meet the Team:🎙️ Dr. Dan Kessler → https://www.veritaspp.com/dkn
🎙️ Dr. Gayle MacBride → https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm
🎙️ Kelley Buttrick (voice talent) → https://kbvoiceovers.com
🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.com

🔎 About our experts:
Dr. Daniel Kessler, PsyD, LP, DBSM is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. He focuses on men’s issues, CBT-I for persistent insomnia and sleep, anxiety/overthinking and performance stress, and relationship repair and intimacy concerns, with a directive, practical style designed for measurable outcomes.

Dr. Gayle MacBride, PhD, LP is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. Her work centers on CBT-I and behavioral sleep medicine, anxiety and emotional overload in high-achieving women, trauma recovery, and couples therapy (Gottman Method) plus Discernment Counseling, grounded in evidence-based, usable strategies.

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Uncertainty spirals and the stories our brain writes: A vague text. A sudden meeting request. A family security dilemma. Same nervous system response: your brain hates missing information and will invent a threat to fill the gap.

In this episode:
💬 Unpack That Text: “Can we talk later.”
Why three words can hijack your whole day, and how to stop your mind from sprinting to worst-case scenarios.

⚖️ AITA (classic format):
A rental property, aging parents, and a marriage argument about beneficiaries, security, and loyalty.

🛋️ Confessions From the Couch:
A supervisor says, “I want to see you in my office before the end of the day,” and your body reacts like it’s an emergency. We break down the anxiety mechanics and the skills therapists use too.

📬 We want your feedback + submissions.
Send your AITA posts, “Unpack That Text” messages, “You’re Not Crazy, But…” questions, and topic ideas through our mailbag.

📅 Need support or want to book a session with one of our psychologists?
Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/schedule

Meet the Team:
🎙️ Dr. Dan Kessler → https://www.veritaspp.com/dkn
🎙️ Dr. Gayle MacBride → https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm
🎙️ Kelley Buttrick (voice talent) → https://kbvoiceovers.com
🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.com

🔎 About our experts:
Dr. Daniel Kessler, PsyD, LP, DBSM is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. He focuses on men’s issues, CBT-I for persistent insomnia and sleep, anxiety/overthinking and performance stress, and relationship repair and intimacy concerns, with a directive, practical style designed for measurable outcomes.

Dr. Gayle MacBride, PhD, LP is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. Her work centers on CBT-I and behavioral sleep medicine, anxiety and emotional overload in high-achieving women, trauma recovery, and couples therapy (Gottman Method) plus Discernment Counseling, grounded in evidence-based, usable strategies.

👍 Like, 💬 Comment, 🔔 Subscribe — and don’t forget to turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.

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