Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads

Barbara Parker joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for a powerful conversation about healthy boundaries, self-worth, emotional safety, perfectionism, and healing after betrayal and toxic relationships. Learn how protecting your peace, rebuilding your identity, and choosing “good enough” over perfection can create stronger relationships and lasting emotional wellness.

Binge-eating coach Amber Abila joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to break down food addiction, binge eating, emotional eating, and why willpower alone isn’t the answer. Learn how mindset shifts, self-compassion, and practical habit-change tools can help you rebuild trust with food and create a healthier relationship with eating.

In Part 2, Mandi Lynne joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to explore survival mode, boundaries, mental health diagnoses, self-worth, and what it means to start living before healing feels complete. Mandi shares the philosophy behind ONE | Life and reminds us that trauma recovery is not about waiting to become a finished version of yourself before allowing joy, connection, and purpose back in.

Mandi Lynne joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to talk about childhood trauma, shame, self-worth, perfectionism, anxiety, OCD, and the complicated process of healing what happened early in life. In Part 1, Mandi shares how therapy, EMDR, self-compassion, and new perspectives helped her begin breaking the shame cycle and rebuilding her relationship with herself.

In Part 2, Rocio Aquino and Angel Orengo talk with G-Rex and Dirty Skittles about generational trauma, self-love, letting go, emotional healing, and choosing joy over outside expectations. Their conversation explores how breaking inherited patterns, reclaiming personal power, and living intentionally can create lasting change for yourself and the people you love.

Rocio Aquino and Angel Orengo join G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to explore forgiveness, trauma healing, self-awareness, and the personal transformation behind The Orchid: The Secret Code of Modern Goddesses. This powerful mental health conversation offers practical insight into releasing shame, understanding old wounds, and choosing a more intentional path forward.

Author David Meyer joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for a candid conversation about burnout, anxiety, creative pressure, and using humor to protect your mental health. From self-care and overthinking to empathy, resilience, and making art without waiting for confidence, this episode offers relatable insight for anyone feeling five minutes from a meltdown.

Justin Shaw joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to share how he moved through addiction, PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, and religious trauma by embracing shadow work, spiritual healing, and emotional awareness. This powerful mental health conversation explores how to stop reacting from old wounds, reclaim your identity, and create lasting emotional freedom without dogma or toxic positivity.

In Part 2, Diandra Ford-Wing joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for an honest discussion about workplace mental health, FMLA, burnout leave, toxic leadership, and the challenges employees face when returning to work after a crisis. Together, they examine grief in the workplace, emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and the need for more compassionate, human-centered leadership.

In Part 1 of our Season 19 opener, Diandra Ford-Wing joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to share her powerful journey through grief, workplace burnout, depression, and surviving a suicide attempt. This emotional mental health conversation explores therapy, losing a parent, bereavement support, and how storytelling through her novel Red Bird became a path toward healing.