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Are people becoming MORE narcissistic? Dr. Stephanie Sarkis is a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience specia...
17/03/2025

Are people becoming MORE narcissistic?

Dr. Stephanie Sarkis is a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience specializing in ADHD, anxiety, & narcissistic abuse.

She’s the author of Healing from Toxic Relationships: 10 Essential Steps to Recover from Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Emotional Abuse.

In episode 283 you'll hear:

👉The reason for lack of research on narcissism
👉Bad brain wiring vs trauma response
👉Narcissism vs self-care
👉How to prevent narcissistic behavior within ourselves

https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

What is the connection between UFOs, Religion & purgatory?Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka is a Professor of Religious History at...
10/03/2025

What is the connection between UFOs, Religion & purgatory?

Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka is a Professor of Religious History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her book, American Cosmic, documents her journey of how her purgatory research lead her to UFO culture.

In episode 282 [REMASTERED], you'll hear:

👉The connection between tech, religion & UFOs
👉Her path from purgatory to UFOs
👉Technological synchronicities
👉Why some Christians get upset about alien theory
👉Will aliens save humanity?

https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

07/03/2025

Do the children of have the right to be forgotten?

Should they be protected by labor laws?

Is it ok for regular people to post about their kids?

These questions with the author of Hate Follow, Erin Quinn Kong in Ep 281 linktr.ee/meredithforreal

The world of family influencers is one we all know, but what are the impacts of on the children of these influencers whe...
03/03/2025

The world of family influencers is one we all know, but what are the impacts of on the children of these influencers when they come of age?

Erin Quinn Kong is a longtime magazine editor & the author of the fictional novel called Hate Follow about a teenage daughter of a family influencer who sues her mother.

In episode 281 you'll hear:

👉Legislation that allows kids of family influencers to sue their parents
👉How influencer kids & child actors are different
👉Parasocial relationships
👉The evolving repercussions of everyday people posting kid content.

Listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

Lopaka Kapanui died when he was 7 years old & the near death experience opened up some special abilities.When he told hi...
24/02/2025

Lopaka Kapanui died when he was 7 years old & the near death experience opened up some special abilities.

When he told his mother, she helped him develop his new gifts in accordance to the Hawaiian tradition of mediumship, noho.

He now celebrates over 25 years of owning & operating Hawaii’s only locally-owned ghost tour company, Mysteries Of Honolulu

In episode 280 [REMASTERED], you'll hear:

👉The tie between mediumship & Hawaiian culture
👉His personal journey of running away & running back to his ancestral roots
👉The role intention & permission play with the living & the dead
👉Pele & a pizza

Listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

Who is at risk for non-consensual explicit imagery?Sophie Compton & Reuben Hamlyn are the directors of Another Body, a d...
17/02/2025

Who is at risk for non-consensual explicit imagery?

Sophie Compton & Reuben Hamlyn are the directors of Another Body, a documentary highlighting an engineering student's experience becoming a victim of what most call deepfake p**n.

In episode 279, you'll hear:

👉How can this be legal?
👉The origin of deep fake AI
👉Who the perpetrators are & what motivates them
👉Why withdrawing from the internet entirely could cause more damage
👉How to talk to young people about these risks

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

"Death is hard and sad ... but it doesn't have to be as hard and as sad as we make it."Dr. Sarah Kerr, PhD - The Centre ...
10/02/2025

"Death is hard and sad ... but it doesn't have to be as hard and as sad as we make it."

Dr. Sarah Kerr, PhD - The Centre for Sacred Deathcare is a Death Doula & the founder of The Centre for Sacred Death Care.

We dive into the why & how of incorporating death into our life.

In episode 278, you'll hear:

👉Conversational onramps to death conversations (including kids)
👉The difference between death the moment & death the process
👉How to find death rituals that feel authentic
👉The power of naming what's true
👉What a death doula does

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

Some people can barely stand living with their spouse.Imagine living with your ex.And his new wife.And your two teenager...
03/02/2025

Some people can barely stand living with their spouse.

Imagine living with your ex.

And his new wife.

And your two teenagers.

That is the story of Suzanne Vickberg, a psychologist & corporate problem solver.

In episode 277 [REMASTERED], you'll hear:

👉The evolution of their unique arrangement
👉The new wife dynamic
👉Sh*t stirrers
👉Bringing home dates
👉Using board room strategies to solve relationship problems

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

So if aliens are real, who could they be?Dr. Michael Masters is a professor of biological anthropology at Montana Tech U...
27/01/2025

So if aliens are real, who could they be?

Dr. Michael Masters is a professor of biological anthropology at Montana Tech University.

Part of his research draws on anthropology, astronomy, physics & astrobiology to investigate UFO phenomenon...

specifically the premise that aliens may be our human descendants, returning from the future to visit & study their own hominin evolutionary past.

In episode 276 [REMASTERED] you'll hear:

👉Why time travel isn't like Back to the Future
👉The possibility that UFOs could be time machines
👉Why this is more than just an entertaining thought experiment
👉Free will vs feel will
👉Ancient alien theory
👉The most commonly seen aliens (not what you think)!

Find Meredith for Real: the curious introvert wherever you listen to podcasts or click the link: https://linktr.ee/meredithforreal

Imagine being among Facebook's 1st 250 employees.That kind of money would equal overflowing happiness...right?In this di...
20/01/2025

Imagine being among Facebook's 1st 250 employees.

That kind of money would equal overflowing happiness...right?

In this discussion with Paul Ollinger, you'll hear what it was like to skyrocket his net worth only to leave Facebook to pursue stand-up comedy.

In episode 275 we cover:

◼What it was like to leave Facebook
◼Recipes for misery
◼The game of if only
◼Fe**shizing wealth
◼The joy of driving a Saturn

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

It's the most common of fe**shes, but why?And what's it like to have one?You'll find out in this episode with three gues...
13/01/2025

It's the most common of fe**shes, but why?

And what's it like to have one?

You'll find out in this episode with three guests & one fantastic conversation!

🦶Dr. Carol Queen from Good Vibrations , a s*x educator

🦶Nicole, whose partner has a foot fe**sh (she doesn’t)

🦶Ramon, a man who has a foot fe**sh along with his wife and who are the hosts of the Foot Fe**sh Podcast

In episode 274 we cover:

◼The difference between a fe**sh & a kin
◼How to tell your partner what turns you on
◼What it's like to have a foot fe**sh
◼What it's like to be with someone with one
◼How people get them

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

07/01/2025

I asked Beth Lambert of Documenting Hope , if it's true that the total load of toxins is contributing to higher rates of autism, why wasn't there an epidemic of autism rates before we had sewer systems etc?

Her answer blew me away.

Ep 273: https://linktr.ee/meredithforreal

Are we allowed to talk about Autism?Beth Lambert is the founder & Executive Director of Documenting Hope  a non-profit r...
06/01/2025

Are we allowed to talk about Autism?

Beth Lambert is the founder & Executive Director of Documenting Hope a non-profit research organization.

Over the last 15 years, they have collaborated with physicians, parents, scientists, & health organizations to examine the cumulative impact of environmental stressors in order to re-think the way we approach children’s health.

In this episode, she shares her research findings & what has worked for other parents as we ask the questions, why and what now when it comes to autism.

In episode 273 we cover:

◼Are we over diagnosing or better diagnosing?
◼Is it genetic?
◼The path of causality
◼Moving from anti-vax to pro solution
◼At-home tests that can help you make changes that actually make a difference

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

❓Is it possible to be a victim, but break free from victimhood?Dima Ghawi grew up in a small Christian community in Amma...
30/12/2024

❓Is it possible to be a victim, but break free from victimhood?

Dima Ghawi grew up in a small Christian community in Amman, Jordan, the daughter of a man with an unpredictable temper & a mother who felt a decent marriage proposal for her daughter would be an opportunity out.

In this episode, she shares how her dream suitor turned into a nightmare situation that included death threats from her father, a brave escape & a braver rebuilding of self.

In episode 272:

◼Being calibrated to chaos
◼Toxic masculinity vs toxic femininity
◼How depression as an unexpected messenger
◼Forgiveness, but not what you think

Click to listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/MEREDITHFORREAL

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