Rewind: How to Respond and Not React
ShrinkChicks
Jennifer Chaiken, LMFT and Emmalee Bierly, LMFT
4.9 • 755 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On today's rewind episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen discuss what it actually looks like to respond, not react. They discuss the practice of responding and not reacting, identifying and understanding your personal triggers, responding vs. reacting with others AND with yourself, why romantic relationships typically trigger us the most, and working toward not absorbing other people’s energy/mood. The episode ends with a Dear Em & Jen about being caught between a parent and a partner. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 7:15 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content.
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| 0:06.0 | slightly chaotic decisions strung together like, sure, let's buy the mic. Okay, I guess we're |
| 0:10.9 | doing this. And wait, are people actually going to listen to this? That was very much us when we |
| 0:15.8 | started the podcast. And honestly, when we co-founded our therapy practice too, there were so many moments of figuring |
| 0:21.7 | out as we went, wearing 10 hats and Googling things at midnight like, how do you even run a business? |
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| 1:48.1 | shrink chicks. We're taking the week off from a new episode to practice what we preach and allow |
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