Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

We share listener responses to the question, “Which stage of change are you in?” Tangents include Lauren’s quest for a therapist, Christina’s shaved head, and what changing your outfit four times says about your mental health. Enjoy!Thank you to everyone who answered this poll! See below for ways you can join the next conversation:* Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe

We spill our psychological backstories and discuss how our families’ approaches to mental health shaped us. Tangents include spiritual warfare, conspiring cousins, and Lauren’s true calling. Enjoy!Content warning for self harm.Pickle poll due 3/14: How did your family view mental health growing up? How does it affect you today?* Leave us a voice message on www.speakpipe.com/pic

We share and discuss listener responses to the question “How does money affect your mental health?” Tangents include Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Lauren’s confession, Christina’s trauma, and Dave Ramsey. Enjoy!Thank you to everyone who answered this poll! See below for ways you can join the next conversation:* Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/picklesandvodka*

Change is the one thing we can always count on—so why is it so uncomfortable? This week, we discuss the six stages of change and ask ourselves when a change is truly necessary. Tangents include ADHD, vanity plates, Christina’s new treatment program, and Lauren’s science knowledge. Enjoy!Pickle poll: Which stage of change do you see yourself in today? What would it take to get

The queers take over on this special episode recorded in July with two of Christina’s friends. Topics include our relationships with drugs, gender, body image, and…fire? Enjoy!Content warning for substance use, weight (some numbers), and suicide.We’ll be back next week with our regular program! In the meantime, connect with us in the following ways:* Leave us a voice message

We share listener responses to the question “Do you make New Year’s resolutions?” Tangents include dads and politics, habit trackers, trusting yourself, and sad salad. Enjoy!Thank you to everyone who answered this poll! See below for ways you can join the next conversation:* Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/picklesandvodka* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles and

Lauren makes us talk about money and the result is rich in discomfort. (See what we did there?) Tangents include moms and body dysmorphia, OCD, horse girls on a budget, and whether money can really buy happiness. Enjoy!Content warning for weight discussion in the intro (no numbers).* Leave us a voice message on www.speakpipe.com/picklesandvodka* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles a

We share listener responses to the question, “Do you consider yourself a people pleaser?” Tangents include relapse denial, revealing eating disorders to significant others, neurodivergence, compulsory heterosexuality, and our roller skate vision. Enjoy!Thank you to everyone who answered this poll! See below for ways you can join the next conversation:* Leave us a voice message

Somehow we survived 2024! On this special episode, we break down the last year and shake our heads at our past selves. Tangents include Lauren’s relationship development, Christina’s “writing” retreat, fear of dating, and a question for our listeners. Enjoy! Content warning for mentions of suicide.* Leave us a voice message on Speakpipe!* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles

Vikki returns to give us a glimpse into her secret life as a moderator for an eating disorder forum in the early 2000s. Tangents include Pro-Ana, the benefits and limitations of internet communities, grieving people you’ve never met, and how to make a personal impact.Content warning for suicide and descriptions of eating disordered behavior (no numbers).* Leave us a voice message