Hello and Welcome! We’re progressive intersectional feminists exploring psychology and social justice. Our podcast is co-hosted by psychologists Cindy Ariel and Julie Mayer. We’re happy to have you join us as we muddle through our world of social injustice – shining the light on issues that need attention and working together in whatever ways we can. Social justice includes working toward healthy communities that are free and safe from homo/transphobia, racism, sexism, poverty, deportation, and incarceration. We’d love to inspire you to get involved and help us to spread awareness, acceptance, and optimism.
Whether you want to learn about the intersection of psychology and social justice, understand intersectional feminism, get more involved in promoting social justice, or just feel a little more optimistic day to day, you will get a lot out of listening to our inspiring podcasts. We drop a new episode every Tuesday! Typically we air interviews with people on the ground actively working for social justice, people from the field of psychology with a social justice passion, and/or people from a marginalized group directly impacted by important mental health and social justice issues.
It can be difficult to stay optimistic given today’s social, economic, and political landscape. As seasoned psychologists (and moms) we feel a responsibility to promote social justice. As experienced clinicians, authors, and speakers we know the power of telling personal stories, and the power of listening to them. We highlight diverse voices and ideas to promote understanding and action.
Come on in. Have a seat on the couch and get comfortable. Join us in our quest to learn about social justice issues and what people are doing to address the multitude of challenges in our communities.
You can learn more about us here. And listen to our original podcast promo.
Shrinks After Hours
On the last Tuesday of every month, we get a little more informal and have After Hours conversations over drinks. Last year, our second year of podcasting, we initiated this new feature of our regular show. Our goal was to have intersectional conversations, explore differences and similarities, and even tackle some hard issues arising along the way.
It was always a ton of fun to work with Dr. Holly Sawyer and Allison Gibbs, LCSW – they also helped us to brainstorm the name of the feature (Shrinks After Hours), and Holly’s son’s beats were played at the beginning and end of every podcast during our 2nd season. We enjoyed our time with these two wonderful, professional women; we learned a great deal from each of them, respect them highly, and will miss them. Both Holly and Allison have decided to move on to their own important work, and we have decided that in this time, we have important work to do as well.
We’re now going to use Shrinks After Hours as a way to focus on our blind spots, our entitlements, our white privilege … and work on being the best anti-racist progressive allies we can be. We’re going to delve into understanding as well as we can from the perspective of African American women and other People of Color. Through our own After Hours conversations, we hope to help each other and hopefully our listeners, to expand all of our perspectives as we move forward.
We recorded a year’s worth of episodes with Allison Gibbs, LCSW, of Therapy Concierge, LLC and/or Dr. Holly Sawyer of Life First Therapy, LLC. As Shrinks After Hours, we talked about race, religion, and whatever else we thought was important to examine, explore and share on our journey to bring understanding, connection, and positivity into all of our spaces.