Welcome to Very Real. A podcast where 2 friends chat about life, love, anxiety and bath towels. Join hosts Dr. Jenny Bennett and Regina Very Modesto as they do the one thing that 2 middle aged white women are best at: talk incessantly about shit. From politics to parenthood, they strive to understand how to make sense of, and be a positive force for this crazy fucked up world.
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Deep in the throws of summer - Gina and Jenny soak the last of the summer sun up.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina talk about what it means to live a BRAT summer in your 40sDe către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina recollect what it was like to have 10 days of alone time in your own house while your family is gone.
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Healthy Weight Loss - What Does This Mean?
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Jenny and Gina talk about the potential health impacts of losing weight, fat shaming in the medical community and what it means to lose weight for your health and not just for appearanceDe către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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The Energy Of Giving Too Many Shits
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Jenny and Gina talk about the energy of caring, and how that can be exhausting given the context for individual people.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina discuss the different types of fun - and how they can turn stressful fun into just plain fun.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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The Childhood We Wished We Had
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Jenny and Gina discuss what it means to give their kids the childhood they never had - and if that even matters in the long run.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Gina expresses her concerns over the changing economyDe către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Let's Talk About Sex! And Bodies! And All Things Uncomfortable
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In this episode Gina and Jenny talk about the uncomfortable conversations and how we should be having more of them - especially with our kids.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina talk on how to connect with yourself in mid-life amongst the ongoing chaos.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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To Drink or Not to Drink: That is the question
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Jenny and Gina review how things are going with sober curiosity and just how things continue to be challenging in the last few months.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina talk about what it's like living with someone with ADHD and how that impacts communications with the ones we love.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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When Depression Sneaks Up on You
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina review the symptoms of depression, and how it can sneak up on you, especially when anxiety is involved.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina talk about the fast pace of life and how there is always something.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina talk about the recent loss of a friend to suicide.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny talks about her frustrations with co-miseration and the struggles with having to do continuous work on yourself.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Oppositional Defiance and Criticism Sensitivity
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In this episode, Gina and Jenny discuss oppositional defiance and what it means, how we use it to classify others and what it really means to a person that might have it.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Sober-Curious: Experimenting with a Month of Sobriety
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In this episode, Jenny talks through her month of sobriety in December - what she learned and how facing her anxiety head on was the best and worst experienceDe către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Self Help Shorts Episode 2: Raising a Kid Who Can and The Way of Integrity
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In this conversation, Jenny and Regina discuss their Thanksgiving experiences and the challenges they faced with their families. They also review the following self-help books: Raising a Kid Who Can The Way of Integrity Despite their different approaches to reading and self-help books, they both recognize the importance of resilience in their own l…
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To Be Coached, or Not to Be Coached - That is the Question
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Jenny and Gina discuss their experiences with business coaches and whether or not they are a good idea or merely just an MLM scheme.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Human Design: The Breakdown of the Non-MLM Personality Test
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In this episode, Gina, Jenny and Cheryl break down their Human Design readings and try to interpret their individual inner workings. For more information on Cheryl's new podcast: We're Doing this Right? Right!? More information on Human Design: https://www.myhumandesign.com/
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Where Gina tries to figure out what the hell Jenny is actually going through now that she's had a week to think about it.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny answers the question: "What the fuck is going on with you?" And how it's hard to explain transformations on an internal levelDe către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Self Help Shorts Episode 1: How to Keep House While Drowning & The Tools
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In this new series, Gina and Jenny will read and summarize a self help book every week and then break it down so you don't have to read it yourself This week, they go through the following books: - How to Keep House While drowning - The Tools: 5 tools to help you find courage, creativity, and willpower - and inspire you to live life in forward moti…
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Putting Ourselves Back Together Again
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What happens when we fall apart and have to put the pieces back together again? In this episode, Gina and Jenny explore how they have gotten through their most difficult life experiences and how they are using the tools they have now to help rebuild themselves as stronger and healthier individuals.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Gina and Jenny review the ins and outs of asking for help - when you would do it, why it's hard, and what to do when you don't get the help you wanted to begin with. Referenced in this podcast, the link to human design charting: https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/
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Gina and Jenny walk through the differences between Empathy and Sympathy and what that means to them and how they can work on having more Empathy in their lives. References made to the following in this episode: - Brene Brown Sympathy vs EmpathyDe către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Season 2 Premiere! Keeping it Accountable
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Can you believe its already been a year? In their Season 2 Premiere, Jenny and Gina discuss accountability - for themselves, and for their friends and family. How is it that we work with bad behaviors in the ones we love, as well as check our own behaviors around others.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina recount and experience at the doctors that is all to common for people - shame, dismissal, and the feeling of being passed off.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina talk about how hard healing is, how doing the things that are healthy for us seem impossible, and why coping mechanisms are needed sometimes.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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This week, Jenny and Gina take a look back over the last several decades of their lives - where they have come, what they are now and how their insides are starting to match their outsides.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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This week, Gina and Jenny recount on more lighter subjects after reading The Book of Delights. They recount the things in their week that delighted them and what that meant to them.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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What Would It Take To Relax? (Corrected Audio!)
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Our first post had issues with audio - here is the corrected version! In this episode, Jenny and Gina recount their trip together, what it would take to really relax, and how they can communicate that with the people that they love the most.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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White Woman Shame and Fragility (And How to be a Better Ally) - With Special Guest Emily Aneja
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This weeks special guest Emily Aneja talks with Gina and Jenny about her frustrations with white allyship, the challenges that people of color face when educating white people on issues of race and diversity, what it actually means to be an Ally and how we can all do better, even when we fuck up. Books mentioned in this podcast: White Women: Everyt…
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The Deep Dark Pit of Despair
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Jenny and Gina explore the feeling of despair, when it comes on, the things that drive it and how it can affect our daily lives.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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I'm Not the Problem, I Just Have ADHD
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In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina walk through Gina's new diagnosis of ADHD and what that means for Gina moving forward.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Super Duper Super Powers (with Cheryl Medeiros)
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The internet spends a lot of time talking about what our red flags, bad habits and toxic traits are. This week, we cut through that negativity and talk about super powers - what are they, how do they manifest and why should we be talking about them more.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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The Problem with Mom Guilt
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In this episode Gina and Jenny talk about the things they feel the most guilty about when it comes to their kids and partners and what that ultimately says about themselves.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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We Didn't Start the Fire (With Special Guest Hannah Hepner)
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Jenny and Gina bring in special guest Hannah Hepner to talk about forest fires: how they happen, why they are getting worse, and how we can advocate for better fire management.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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To Buy or Not to Buy - A House That Is
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Jenny and Gina unpack the most common questions about buying a house: when should you buy, how much money you need and if you should even do it at all.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Mother's Day....Meh (Or Why Jenny Hates Mother's Day)
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In this special early release - Jenny and Gina talk about Mother's day. What it was like for them as kids with their own mother's, and what it's like for them now as they are mothers. Trigger warning: we discuss childhood abuse and traumatic childhood events in this episode.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Internal Fat Phobia and Negative Self Talk
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Why can't we be as nice to ourselves as we are to others? Why do we have body positivity towards others but not to ourselves? This week, Jenny and Gina explore the concept of internal fat phobia, why it's hard to hold the same views for yourself as you do for others, and ways to help recognize when internal fat phobia is becoming a problem.…
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Just Say No - And Other Lessons From Vacation
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Gina and Jenny recount their vacations - how to say no, how not to let expectations get the best of you, and how to move forward knowing that information.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Catch Up: Where We're at in 2023
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Jenny and Gina catch up on where they are at, whether or not they are accomplishing their goals, and why it's stupid to have goals in the first place.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Gina recaps her trip back to Missouri, managing her father's cancer diagnosis, navigating the difficulties of toddlerdom, and all the other struggles along the way.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Just 2 Small Town Girls (With Jenny and Cheryl)
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In this special episode, Cheryl Medeiros fills in for Gina and Cheryl and Jenny recount their experience in growing up in a small town - what they liked, what they didn't, and how two people living 100 ft apart could have such wildly different lives.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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When Your Body Says "Fuck You" (With Special Guest Cheryl Medeiros)
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Cheryl Medeiros is back to tell her story about her challenging diagnosis at 25 years old, the loss of her first pregnancy, and dealing with her chronic illness for the past 13 years. Trigger warning: in this episode we talk about pregnancy loss and abortion.De către Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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This year, we have seen more illnesses going around than we have seen in many years. The internet likes to tell you what is best for your body to keep you healthy? But what things are worth it and which ones aren't? Jenny and Gina talk about their experiences with seasonal illness this year, what vitamins they have been thinking about taking, the b…
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Courtney's Got It: An Ode to Self-Sufficiency (With Special Guest Courtney Dill)
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What is the price for self-sufficiency? When we live up to being responsible all of the time, how does that affect our day to day lives? This week, Jenny and Gina chat with their friend Courtney, who is always there to help and take of things when the need arises. They discuss why it's hard to say no sometimes, why you can get trapped into being th…
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Working Hard or Hardly Working (With Special Guest - Cheryl Medeiros)
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Women are often expected to do it all - have kids, not have kids, work, not work, manage everyone's expectations and just chill the F out. But how can we possibly manage all of this? In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina invite their friend Cheryl Medeiros on to recount their stories of what it's like to try to have it all even when they know it's …
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