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Chasing Life

Chasing Life presents The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chasing Life is taking a short break and will be back with new episodes next month. In the meantime, we want to highlight some amazing work from CNN. This week, The Assignment with Audie Cornish. This podcast knows the fiery twitter threads and endless news notifications never capture the full story. Each week host Audie Cornish pulls listeners out of their digital echo chambers to hear from the people who live the headlines. This week, just in time for Mental Health Awareness month, she dives into “therapy speak” with two psychologists, Dr. Arianna Brandolini and Dr. Luana Marques. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, it's Sanjay. The team is really hard at work on the next season of Chasing Life.

0:05.6

So I thought I would use this space to highlight some of the amazing work happening with our colleagues.

0:11.1

Since its mental health awareness month, I wanted to share a really fascinating conversation I heard that was recently featured on another CNN podcast.

0:20.4

It's called the Assignment with Audit Cornish. It's all about how widespread use of quote therapy speak.

0:27.8

Both online and in real life has become a normal part of our daily discourse.

0:32.9

As the conversation reveals, this can increase access to resources, but at the same time can be a poor substitute for treatment.

0:42.8

I highly recommend that you subscribe to the assignment. New episodes come out on Thursdays.

0:48.4

I'm going to be back soon. Thanks so much for listening. And for now, here's Audi.

0:55.5

Like all good stories these days, this one starts with a viral TikTok.

0:59.6

I've noticed you've been withdrawn and haven't wanted to hang out recently. What's going on?

1:04.9

That's Dr. Ariana Brandolini, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and trauma-related disorders.

1:13.2

I've treasured our season of friendship, but we're moving in different directions in life.

1:18.4

Now back in January, she posted this TikTok, intending to give people guidance on a difficult topic.

1:24.2

The friendship breakup. I don't have a capacity to invest in our friendship any longer.

1:29.8

The internet backlash was swift and brutal.

1:33.5

Commenters call Dr. Ariana Cruel, uncaring and disingenuous. The Huffington Post said her approach is

1:43.3

quote, a trash move. I mean, basically if we're using internet language, she was roasted for using therapy speak.

1:53.1

I'm being 100% serious when I say this. I would rather the friendship end by that friend

1:59.6

almost killing me. I would literally prefer that than to have this conversation.

2:05.5

Only a psychopath would say these things. These are nightmarish things to say.

2:10.6

Now Dr. Ariana didn't intend for her video to be taken literally. She says she was trying to

2:16.5

provide a few terms and phrases for anyone struggling to end a friendship, and that social media did

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