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Brilliant Minds?
We're off the clock, late diagnosed therapists who love to talk all things mental health, neurodivergence, and any rabbit trail along the way.
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GUEST EPISODE: The Dream Queen?
Olivia and Andrea sit down with Emilia, the "Benjamin Button of therapists," for an honest and funny conversation about early-career life in therapy. Olivia…
Brilliant Minds?Algorithms & Pink Handcuffs
This week we talk about how our algorithms are catching us off guard, by sending us either very niche items or throwing us into really deep rabbit holes. Spent…
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What are Therapy Buzzwords?
This weeks episode is all about Therapy buzzwords! Come along with us as we talk about all things therapy words, jargon etc. The words we like, don't like and…
Brilliant Minds?Movie passions & Grandma again?
Grandmas at it again, but so is Olivias child. We discuss all things wierd and wacky in this episode, and end up hyper fixating (as usual) on our special…
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Unhinged Client Stories? Therapists Read Reddit Stories
In this episode, Olivia and Andrea share hilarious and bizarre client stories from their therapy practices, exploring the wildest things they've encountered in…
Brilliant Minds?Trail Randos & Gym Randos?
This weeks rabbit trail we just absulotly trash on the wierd randos we run into over the last few weeks. Cause...WHAT? Lets bring that shame back yall. JK!…
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Are WE that unhinged? Therapists Read Reddit Stories
On this weeks episode we explore reading eachother reddit stories, and man this was fun, we will have to do this once a month or so because we had to much fun…
Brilliant Minds?Chicken Banana & The Sea
In this weeks episode we travel through time exploring pas dreams but we also discuss the PASSION Andrea definitely DOES NOT have for the Song chicken banana!…
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Is Documentation THAT hard?
In this episode, we break down why documentation is such a challenge for so many clinicians, from fear of doing it wrong to the lack of standardization across…
Brilliant Minds?Buns & Cake Toppers?
This week Andrea holds in some funny content, and realizes how hard it is to hide things from Olivia all week long. OR multiple weeks. But we have so much fun…
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Should I go to therapy?
There are so many reasons, and pathways to therapy. In this weeks episode we explore the in's and outs of why you should go to therapy. And note there is never…
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GUEST EPISODE: ADHD mixed with College?
This week we bring you a guest! Andrew!! Andrew shares his journey of being neurodivergent in an educational system that often feels like psychological…
Brilliant Minds?Pizza Hut & Skillet Cookies
ANDDDD we're back for another episode of rabbit trail. This one is quite food heavy, but honestly when is it not? And also, tell us in the comments if you…
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Is your therapist cringe?
We might have to do a full episode on straight up red flags, but this week we talk about things WE THINK are cringe in the therapist world! Anything from…
Brilliant Minds?Girl Scouts & Full Circle Moments
As always a rabbit trail episode that is unhinged and oddly we kept it all within the same/similar realms! PROUD OF US! Well in this episode we talk lots about…
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We got fired? ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
This week's episode is very special to us! Not only did we get to record the episode in THE FLESH, we also got to talk about why we created Brilliant Minds…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Havard Beets & Cherry Pie
We really hit the motherhood of chaos, per usual in this episode. We talk about childhood memories surrounding food and how we have so many of them! We also…
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Is it therapy? or is it Cake?
This week discuss the concept of therapy look-alikes! What do we mean? We mean things that act like therapy but aren't. Some of which are GOOD! and some of…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Sentimental Items & Death to batteries
These rabbit trails are continuing to be unhinged and so much fun! We love bringing up topics we might not normally talk about as therapist and allow y'all…
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Are we spies?
This week we talk about something so fun! How weird it is to be a therapist. We know we talk A LOT about being wierd therapist prevention. HOWEVER we don't…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Go Go Coffee & Meeting Strangers
Trigger warning, we talk about bikini baristas in this episode! Wasn't sure if that was "explicit" or not LOL! In this weeks Rabbit trail we hit all the topics…
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Different or Diagnosable?
Thank you all for your patience as we took a little break last week for a vacation and to rebalance! We are excited to be talking more about ADHD and the trend…
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Marketing as a therapist?
This week we take a step back and talk about an interesting topic, marketing as a therapist. Now as a reminder. We are NOT marketing specialist. We are 100%…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Coral Island & Therapists drinks
We cover so many topics this week!!! ESPECIALLY in the first 10 min of this episode. This week we touch on a few things, heres the list so you can know! ~Coral…
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AI in therapy?
This week we touch on a topic we have lots of varying questions still on. We talk about the presence of AI in the therapy field. From AI note takers to AI…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Breakfast Charcuterie and Giraffe parents?
You thought last weeks episode was nutso? Welp. Welcome to the latest rabbit trail. We touch so many unhinged topics and can you guess which one makes Andrea…
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Looking for a therapist?
This week Andrea and Olivia explore the experience of looking for a therapist and what it means to be ready to be done with therapists. We discuss all the…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Cursive or naw?
In this rabbit trail episode Olivia and Andrea uncover some...interesting? opinions about writing, and signatures and running. Lots of question marks in this…
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Self Care and Burnout?
Over the last few weeks the topics of self care and burn out have popped in our minds, so we decided to dedicate a whole episode to it today! We are excited to…
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Millenial Hipster?
On this weeks episode we welcome Stevie as our guest! Stevie is our favorite first child, AKA male therapist and if you know anything about us, that means A…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Coffee glory holes and make up tutorials?
Lets go down one of our more unhinged rabbit trails. On this weeks episode, we discuss Andrea's adventure to "A Hole" Coffee shop in Austin, TX...yes a coffee…
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Scorpio Queen?
In this week’s episode, we sat down with our dear friend and fellow therapist, Norma, for a deep dive that was equal parts profound and hilarious. We…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Hot Air and Hot Dogs
We made a second rabbit trail epsiode, and we apolize in advance for the unhingedness of this one. We talk about everything from seeing so many poly…
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Diagnosing?
Welcome to another enlightening episode of "Brilliant Minds" where we dive deep into the intricacies of mental health. In this episode, hosts Olivia and Andrea…
Brilliant Minds?Rabbit Trail: Colors and Vibes
In this inaugural Rabbit Trail episode, Olivia and Andrea dive into a chaotic yet enlightening discussion about 3D printing, coding, and the mysteries of…
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Theories and Approaches?
On this weeks episode Andrea and Olivia discuss more hot takes! They're just full of them aren't they. This time its about how we think about theories and…
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Going Private Practice?
On this weeks episode we go a little business-y on you. we talk about our motivation for going private practice, what we think others might like to know about…
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Goals?
In this episode of Brilliant Minds?, Andrea and Olivia discuss their goals for the podcast and their professional lives, including plans for community…
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ADHD Icks?
In this episode, Olivia and Andrea explore the silly and unique (or not so unique) challenges and experiences of individuals with ADHD and neurodivergence…
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WE have ADHD?
A few of you wanted to know about our Neurodivergence journey and story! So we share a little bit about that in this weeks episode. This is something we…
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Therapy Icks?
In this weeks episode we see how many times we can fit in the word wiener casually! But also, we talk about icks in the field of therapy, have some laughs, and…
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Why?
We made a second episode! GO US! We figured we would spend a little time to tell you a little bit about our why! Why are we making a podcast, Olivia makes a…
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Intros?
Welcome to our very first episode! ✨ Glad you've found us. 🩷 This quick trailer is all about who we are.. and to give you a taste of whats to come. Think of it…
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Join us in the field?
In this episode we explore both the pros and cons of being a therapist. We dive into misconceptions about the profession, the emotional toll it can take, and…
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Supervision?
In today’s episode, we dig into what supervision really looks like in the counseling world — the good, the hard, and the genuinely meaningful parts of…