Guilt After Growth, Staying Steady When You Cry Easily & Avoiding Anger (Couch Talks)
Feeling Things with Amy & Kat
Nashville Podcast Network
4.9 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
First up is an email from a husband, who’s on the other side of early therapy and discovering something not talked about enough: the guilt and regret that can show up after self-awareness. Amy and Kat talk through the emotional J-curve of growth, why feeling worse can actually mean you’re healing, and how to hold accountability without getting stuck in shame. The second email is from an empathetic mom navigating a high-conflict co-parenting situation and the fear of going back to court. She asks the question so many people silently carry: How do I stay steady when I cry under pressure? Kat gives tips on how to ground yourself when your nervous system wants to take over. Also, discussed in this episode is avoiding the feeling of anger, book recommendations (Theo of Golden) and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | This reminder, even though we are answering your questions on couch talks, |
| 0:06.3 | this podcast does not serve as a replacement or a substitute for any actual mental health services. |
| 0:09.5 | One of two, please. |
| 0:13.2 | If you ever have feelings that you just want some, maybe and cat got you covered like an arm, |
| 0:19.4 | brough, ladies and fellas, we just follow in a spirit where it tells us. |
| 0:24.6 | From the real stuff to the chill stuff and the in between. |
| 0:29.5 | Sometimes the best thing you can do is just stops and feel things. |
| 0:35.2 | This is Feeling Things with Amy and Kat. |
| 0:37.6 | Happy Thursday. |
| 0:38.6 | Welcome to Couch Talks, our Q&A episode to the Feeling Things podcast. |
| 0:42.8 | I'm Amy. |
| 0:43.4 | And I'm Kat. |
| 0:44.2 | And today's email is, well, should we say his name? |
| 0:47.9 | Keep him anonymous. |
| 0:48.9 | He didn't say to not say his name, but when people don't give us. |
| 0:53.5 | Yeah, okay. |
| 0:53.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:54.4 | We'll just call an A. |
| 0:56.0 | So just if you're writing in, if you want to be anonymous, make sure to clarify that. And if you don't care, sometimes you're like, I don't care, use my name, go for it, tell the world. It just helps us know, but we'll always err on the side of caution. Hey, Amy and Kat, my wife is a big fan of your show and |
| 1:11.3 | introduced me to it shortly after we separated four months ago. I've been in therapy since then as well. |
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