Ethan: Space for a new baby

Ethan: Space for a new baby

Author: CBC November 6, 2018 Duration: 26:12
Hillary works with Ethan to imagine playing and connecting with his new baby. He's worked for years to process the terrifying experience of almost losing his wife during the birth of their first child.

There’s a unique intimacy in hearing someone else’s most private conversations, especially when they occur in a therapist’s office. Other People’s Problems, from CBC, removes that fourth wall entirely, inviting you into real, unscripted therapy sessions. This season, psychologist Dr. Hillary McBride focuses on a particularly profound frontier in mental health: the use of psychedelics in a controlled therapeutic setting. You’ll hear Dr. Hillary’s expert guidance as she supports clients through drug-assisted therapy, navigating deep-seated trauma and emotional blockages. The conversations are raw, vulnerable, and often surprising, capturing moments of breakthrough and introspection as they happen. It’s not just about the substances; it’s about the structured, compassionate process that facilitates healing. This podcast provides a rare look at how alternative therapeutic approaches can unlock new pathways for understanding and recovery. By listening, you gain a profound appreciation for the complexity of the human psyche and the courageous work of facing one’s own pain. Each episode is a journey into someone’s personal world, handled with remarkable care and clinical insight, making for compelling and deeply human audio.
Author: Language: en-ca Episodes: 56

Other People's Problems
Podcast Episodes
Patti: You don’t need to be perfect to be lovable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:47
A COVID scare in the kids’ group Patti manages wakes up the perfectionist inside her — the part of her that feels she needs to be perfect in order to deserve connection with others. She and Dr. Hillary trace this feeling…
Guided meditation: The shape of breathing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:26
As we wind down the season, Dr. Hillary McBride invites you to catch your breath and feel yourself in this particular moment. Imagining as you exhale that this breath could support you in the practice of letting go.
Kristin: Let yourself be excited about friendship [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:59
Kristin recognizes she feels isolated and alone, at least in part because she’s kept people at a distance to protect herself from getting hurt. Dr. Hillary uses her own relationship with Kristin to model friendship and t…
Vanessa: Surviving the fear that 'everyone leaves' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:13
Dr. Hillary needs to tell her longtime client Vanessa that she’s pregnant and that they'll soon need to take a break, when Hillary goes on maternity leave. This is hard to hear for Vanessa, who has been left, physically…
Hannah: Stop pleasing and start trusting connection [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:32
Hannah has found a range of ways to earn love and protect herself from getting hurt. In Dr. Hillary McBride’s words, she “has found a way to stay connected to people by figuring out who they want her to be, and then bein…
Ethan: A deep political rift in the family [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:23
Ethan’s parents have become committed to extreme right wing ideologies, which they keep pushing on Ethan. He has tried and failed to explain to them why their views are harmful. Now, in the midst of helping his wife deal…
Kristin: Sibling loss in early life [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:12
Kristin’s brother died when she was very young and she blamed herself, the way children sometimes do. She has carried that unresolved shame for decades. As the anniversary of his death stirs up hard feelings, Dr. Hillary…
Julia: Hiding away the hard parts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:04
As someone who has struggled with addiction and a bipolar diagnosis, Julia carefully hides away parts of herself. Dr. Hillary McBride helps her embrace her complexity, and reconcile it with her new identity as mom. “Your…
Guided meditation: "Feel life flowing through your feet” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:08
Slow down today and join Dr. Hillary for five minutes of mindfulness. This meditation, which she wrote, is intended to help you feel grounded and more at ease. (If you're too busy today, then you may want to play it twic…
Coming soon: Season 4 of Other People's Problems [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36
What does it mean to come out of isolation? In a year where we’ve needed it, this season is all about reconnecting with ourselves and one another. Dr. Hillary McBride helps her clients talk through a range of issues heig…