Podcast
Good to Talk
Hosted by Jeremiah Simmons and E Ward · EN
Conversations between a therapist and artist about the good flow of life. Good to Talk is a podcast produced by Jeremiah Simmons and E Ward. The hope of these Good to Talks is to build community around shared interests and helpful conversations.This content is not intended to act in place of professional medical advice, to diagnose, or to treat. If you are having an emergency please dial 911.
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Change: A New Year
Jan 2001:00:11Tap to summarizeIn these new Season 6 episodes, Jeremiah and E are trying something new. Here we are discussing change in a slightly more free-flowing style, straying from our usual structured, outlined conversation format.As always, thank you for listening along with us. If you'd like to know more about the podcast or if you'd like to connect with us, please visit our website at https://goodtotalk.co. Also, for more rich media content, check out our sister project Good To Self at https://goodtoself.co.
Transcribe →Holidays and Family Expectations: Episode 100!
Dec 2400:49:32Tap to summarizeHappy holidays from Jeremiah and E! In this, our 100th episode, we are discussing how our family dynamics keenly shape some of our experiences and emotions around the holidays. We are so pleased and grateful to have been able share 100 episodes with you and we can't wait to push into what's next!We wish you all a merry and joyful end to 2025 and as always, thank you for listening along with us.If you'd like to know more about the podcast or if you'd like to connect with us, please visit our website at https://goodtotalk.co. Also, for more rich media content, check out our sister project Good To Self at https://goodtoself.co or our new enneagram beta site https://enneagram.wiki
Transcribe →Thanksgiving 2025: Practicing Gratitude in Uncertain Times
Nov 2501:08:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss thanksgiving traditions and how to remain thankful amidst an increasingly complicated world. Here we chat through remembering what grounds us and helps us remain steady in times of change, making space for receiving as a means of growing our gratitude, and returning to our communities the gifts of peace and gratitude we most prize.We wish you all a loving and safe thanksgiving full of joy and as always, thank you for listening along with us. If you'd like to know more about the podcast or if you'd like to connect with us, please visit our website at https://goodtotalk.co. Also, for more rich media content, check out our sister project Good To Self at https://goodtoself.co.
Transcribe →Adult Friendships
Nov 1200:52:27Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss adult friendships. Between meeting, making, and keeping friends navigating relationships as we age can be an immensely rewarding and potentially challenging place of life. This episode is broken down into three sections: Defining and accepting the seasons of friendship, staying intentional, and letting go when necessary.As always, thank you for listening along with us. If you'd like to know more about the podcast or if you'd like to connect with us, please visit our website at https://goodtotalk.co. Also, for more rich media content, check out our sister project Good To Self at https://goodtoself.co.
Transcribe →Existential Dread Revisited: Self Care in Chaos
Oct 2100:49:35Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E are revisiting episode 58 from Season 3 about existential dread. Here, we discuss combatting dread by setting aside intentional time for checking in with our emotions and bodies. Hope can be found by centering inside ourselves and finding gratitude.As always, thank you for listening along with us. If you'd like to know more about the podcast or if you'd like to connect with us, please visit our website at https://goodtotalk.co. Also, for more rich media content, check out our sister project Good To Self at https://goodtoself.co.
Transcribe →Emotional Regulation
Sep 3001:01:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss emotional regulation. Here we discuss checking in with ourselves in awareness, labeling our emotions, and differentiating between reacting and responding.As always, thank you to everyone who listens along with us.If you'd like more information about Good To Talk or its hosts, please visit: https://goodtotalk.coTo check out our sister project, Good To Self, please visit: https://goodtoself.co
Transcribe →Making Time: Prioritizing Self
Sep 900:54:27Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss the importance of creating space in our lives for ourselves. Though life can often feel busy and stressful, we can ask ourselves several questions to help guide how we spend our limited time.Where do you feel the noise of busyness pressing in most strongly?What belief about rest keeps you from pausing?How could you begin to resist the pull of busyness this week?Where in your life do you feel most absent?What relationship or moment is asking for your full presence?How could you create a boundary that allows you to give your attention more freely?Where in your life do you most need to move from scattered to centeredWhat simple practice could become an anchor for you this week?How might slowing down change the way you show up with others?As always, thank you to everyone who listens along with us.If you'd like more information about Good To Talk or its hosts, please visit: https://goodtotalk.coTo check out our sister project, Good To Self, please visit: https://goodtoself.co
Transcribe →Happy Holidays: Rest and Reflection
Dec 10, 202400:50:58Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss what it means to find moments of intentional introspection amidst the busyness of the holiday season. Thank you to everyone who listens along with us. We wish everyone a happy holiday and hope you can find time to reflect on the things in your life that bring you joy.If you'd like more information about Good to Talk or its hosts, please visit: https://goodtotalk.co
Transcribe →Practicing Thankfulness
Nov 26, 202400:50:23Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E discuss thankfulness. Gratitude is a quiet rebellion in a world that often calls us to face and feel the stress that surrounds us. We can foster thankfulness through awareness, intentionality, and acts of expression.Thank you to everyone who listens along with us. We wish everyone a happy thanksgiving holiday and hope you can find time to reflect on the things in your life that bring you a sense of gratitude.If you'd like more information about Good to Talk or its hosts, please visit: https://goodtotalk.co
Transcribe →Default Behaviors: Overcoming
Nov 23, 202400:54:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jeremiah and E are exploring our default behaviors and stress responses and how they don't always serve us well in our everyday lives. Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn can be helpful automatic responses for emergencies, but sometimes they aren't well suited for our more casual everyday interactions with friends, family, coworkers, etc. When feeling threatened, often it can be helpful to instead pause and think, then speak or act, rather than letting autopilot take control and leaping into a stress response headfirst. Here we combine these ideas with Shane Parrish's social, ego, emotional, and inertia defaults. (Part 2)As always, thank you to everyone who listens along with us.If you'd like more information about Good to Talk or its hosts, please visit: https://goodtotalk.co
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