A Little Help For Our Friends
A LITTLE HELP FOR OUR FRIENDS is a mental health podcast hosted by Jacqueline Trumbull (Bachelor alum, Ph.D student) and Dr. Kibby McMahon (psychologist, Intent FitHouse owner). The podcast sheds light on the psychological issues your loved ones could be struggling with and provides scientifically-informed perspectives on various mental health topics. As two Duke University clinical psychology Ph.D. trainees, Jacqueline and Kibby are learning along with you and share insights from their training on the relational nature of mental health. They mix evidence-based learning with their own personal examples and stories from their listeners. Episodes are a range of conversations between Kibby & Jacqueline themselves, as well as with featured guests including Bachelor Nation members such as Zac Clark speaking on addiction recovery, Ben Higgins on loneliness, and Jenna Cooper on cyberbullying, as well as therapists & doctors such as sleep specialist Dr. Jade Wu, amongst many others. Additional topics covered on the podcast have included fertility, gaslighting, depression, mental health & veterans, mindfulness, and much more. Season two is currently airing with new episodes each Wednesday. For more information, check out www.ALittleHelpForOurFriends.com
Episodes
117 episodes
Season 4 Wrap up: From feeling lost to...a little less lost
Well, this year has been trying, to say the least. From losing a beloved pet, coping with cancer, and career transitions, we open up about the challenges we've had to overcome throughout season 4. In this episode, we recap the season and reflec...
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Season 4
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Episode 117
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49:15
Interview with Dr. Erin Berenz: Navigating sexual assault, trauma, and healing
The #MeToo movement raised awareness of just how common sexual assault really is. Unwanted sexual contact can have devastating consequences on the victim's life through trauma symptoms that show up at work, at home, and in love. In this episode...
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Season 4
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Episode 116
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56:45
Interview with Dr. Marcus Rodriguez: Expert strategies for strengthening parent-teen relationships
These days, the only thing harder than being a teen is parenting one. How do we even raise healthy adolescents and teens when they have the world literally at their fingertips and vapes look like harmless toys?? For this episode, we welcome bac...
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Season 4
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Episode 115
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1:11:51
Entitlement: Its Impact on Narcissism, Careers, and Relationships
You deserve to have your dreams come true, to get what you want out of life, to always be treated like a queen!...or do you? In this episode, we talk about entitlement, the tendency to think you will get special treatment or resources no matter...
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Season 4
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Episode 114
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1:07:47
Dating Borderline Personality Disorder
Love can feel "dysregulated" even in the best relationships with intense infatuation, disappointments, intimacy, and heartbreak. However, dating someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD) means these ups and downs can get extreme. In th...
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Season 4
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Episode 113
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1:03:27
To Parent or Not to Parent? Exploring the Child-free Life
Choosing to become a parent is one of the most important and impactful decisions one could make. But how on earth do we make such an important decision without really knowing how it'll turn out? In this episode, we discuss what the pros and con...
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Season 4
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Episode 112
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49:39
Interview with Dr. Matt Scult: How to Master Stress
When did saying "I'm so stressed" become the norm? Stress seems to be a given for anyone out there adulting so it's hard to know when it becomes a problem and what to do about it. In this episode, we talk about stress with
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Season 4
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Episode 111
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57:45
Parasocial Relationships: Connecting to the Stars
When our levels of Netflix binges get so intense, we end up spending more time with our favorite characters or celebrities than anyone else in our lives. The connections we have to these stars is called parasocial relationships. In thi...
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Season 4
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Episode 110
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58:30
Escaping the Trap: Unveiling the Reality of Narcissistic Abuse
Relationships with narcissists can be thrilling, consuming, and completely devastating. Narcissists try to fill the void of their own insecurities by controlling or exploiting their loved ones, creating patterns of narcissistic abuse. In this e...
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Season 4
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Episode 109
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1:02:03
Living with Multiple Personalities: Meet the Parts!
For this second episode on dissociative identity disorder (DID; commonly known as "multiple personality disorder"), we welcome back patient Molly to meet some of her other personalities! In our last episode, Molly and her therapist Dr. Caitlin ...
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Season 4
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Episode 108
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1:35:39
Living with Multiple Personalities: A Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Ever wonder what it's like to live with multiple personalities? Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a rare condition that involves having at least two separate identities (also called "alters" or "parts") that can think and feel independent...
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Season 4
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Episode 107
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1:18:04
Interview with Evan Katz: Dating tips for smart, strong, successful women
"I have everything but the guy" is a common struggle for successful women these days. As we've discussed in previous episodes, dating is already difficult and can be even more so for strong, independent women. In this episode, the expert dating...
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Season 4
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Episode 106
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1:09:07
The Big C: Living and Loving with Cancer
Kibby has some unfortunate news to share: She has just been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. As much of a shock as it is, cancer rates are on the rise in younger adults and no one knows why. Such a devastating illness can turn someone's li...
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Season 4
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Episode 105
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1:10:56
Letting go of beliefs that hold you back
A new year, new you. For the start of 2024, many people want to leave behind unwanted parts of ourselves. Some beliefs can haunt us and hold us back, like "I'm not good enough", "I don't deserve love," or "there is no way I can quit eating thes...
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Season 4
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Episode 104
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1:04:25
Loving and Losing Pets
Famously considered "man's best friend," our pets can be one of our most important sources of emotional support and companionship. From cats and dogs to hamsters and goldfish, pets become part of our family and losing them can come with a deep ...
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Season 4
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Episode 103
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1:06:01
Interview with Marcus Rodriguez: Recovering from chronic invalidation
One of the biggest puzzles is why some people carry so much anger, pain, depression, or anxiety even though they haven't experienced a "real trauma." This might be a sign of chronic invalidation, when someone received consistent messag...
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Season 4
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Episode 102
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1:11:57
For Richer or Poorer: Fixing the Business Partner Relationship
It's an exciting time when entrepreneurs find the perfect business partner to co-found a new company. However, many don't realize that a staggering
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Season 4
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Episode 101
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53:04
Failing Successfully
This is our 100th episode of "A Little Help For Our Friends"! Of course, we celebrate this exciting milestone by reflecting on our successful failures. In this era, people are too afraid to put themselves out there and risk failure. However, we...
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Season 4
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Episode 100
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1:07:59
Season 3 Wrap Up
We wrap up season 3 reflecting on this doozy of a year. Around a year ago, Jacqueline and Kibby were coming back from Portugal where Jacqueline was breaking off an engagement and Kibby was gestating a huge baby. We talk about the lessons learne...
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Season 3
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Episode 99
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51:27
Interview with Jared Glenn: How to make men better!
In our last episode, we talked about how men are struggling these days with shifting gender roles, identity, and mental health. Now what? How can we help these men and, of course, the women who love them? Jared Glenn is our first returning gues...
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Season 3
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Episode 98
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1:14:41
The Fall of Man: Are Men...Getting Worse?
"Men are trash." "Why are all men such babies." "Ken in the new Barbie movie is insufferable...but also lowkey the best part of the movie." If you've said one one of the former statements, there's a reason for that. Men of this generation are e...
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Season 3
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Episode 97
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59:18
Interview with Emily Calandrelli: Encouraging women in STEM fields
Careers in STEM fields are notoriously challenging for women. Female engineers and scientists often struggle with imposter syndrome, self-doubt and burnout as a result of trying to make it in these male-dominated fields. Emily Calandrelli shatt...
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Season 3
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Episode 96
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50:20
Laziness!
Whether it's an occasional Netflix binge or one of the Seven Deadly Sins, laziness is often a poorly regarded quality. But what is it, anyway? In this episode, we search for a definition of laziness and explanations for why someone would be con...
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Season 3
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Episode 95
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1:02:06
Interview with Akili Interactive: Can we treat mental health with video games?
As helpful as traditional therapy can be, there simply aren't enough affordable therapists for everyone who needs mental health care. To address this growing problem, companies like Akili Interactive<...
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Season 3
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Episode 94
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59:45
Interview with Kendall Long: Bullying
Bullying is a widespread problem that can have a devastating, psychological impact on victims. With the explosion of social media and the internet, bullying can now happen both in public spaces and at our fingertips. Kendall Long is a fan favor...
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Season 3
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Episode 93
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1:02:43