I Probably Should Love Myself By Now

What's all this hype about manifesting, anyway? You hear Instagram influencers from California talk about it all the time...so what does it mean? Olivia and her friend Avery Markle would also like to contribute to this annoying discourse and discuss how to effectively manifest a desire, what it means to detach from that desire, and how to keep your vibration high while you're waiting for your manifestation to happen. Also, PSA: you can't manifest bad things to happen to other people. This isn't voodoo.

If Facebook is the Walmart of social media, Instagram is definitely Target. Twitter, on the other hand, is in a league of its own. In the first episode of Season 2, listen to Olivia and Becca read their old tweets, reminisce about their Finsta posts, describe their favorite vines, worry about their Tik Tok addictions, and discuss how to use social media as a tool to cultivate self-love.

After whittling down hours’ worth of hilarious footage from Season 1, here is the somewhat appropriate 13-minute bloopers and extras reel. Listen on to find out what made Avery cry in science class, what happened to Olivia at a Barnes and Noble, why Eric feels like he’s married to his mom, why Candace can’t stop laughing, and more.

Help! Does it make me gay if I want to kiss someone of the same gender? What if I want to do more than just kiss them? And what if I accidentally lead them on for three years because I’m sexually and emotionally confused? In this episode, Olivia and her girlfriend Candace drink a bottle of Bacardi while they talk about their gay awakenings, their coming out stories, LGBT stereotypes perpetuated by the media and how to help oneself or a friend who is struggling to accept their sexual orientation.

Why is depression so rude? Why does it convince us that we are unworthy of love? Why does it cause us to isolate ourselves and only consume Oreos for eight days straight? In this episode, Olivia and her sister Isabel explore these questions and discuss how to best help yourself or a loved one who is battling depression. It gets better, as long as you find a good therapist who doesn’t tell you that the reason why you’re profoundly sad is because your house is being haunted by demons.

Are all gay people going to hell? Are we ALL going to hell? Are we all in hell right now? We don’t know. All we know is that you should probably balance your chakras, manifest a better reality for yourself and learn how to meditate or something. Meditation is like weeding a garden but your brain is the hoe and you don’t sweat nearly as much.

In Part 2 of this episode, Olivia interviews two friends, Natalie and Kate, who are at different points in their eating disorder recovery. Both women speak about the origins of their eating disorders, what continues to trigger them, and how they’ve used healthy coping mechanisms to deal with the dark thoughts in their heads. Kate’s poetry chapbook, Homesick Season, can be purchased on www.kateleddy.com

Did you know that eating disorders have the second highest mortality rate of any mental health disorder, surpassed only by opioid addiction? Or that 1 in 5 people who die from anorexia commit suicide? Join Olivia and Veronica as they discuss Olivia’s seven-year long battle with anorexia, explore the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating, define the concept of pretty, and investigate how to silence the voice in your head telling you that you aren’t enough. Eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes, and if you are suffering, you deserve to seek help. You are worth it, you are enough, you are beautiful, and you are not alone.

Why do drunk boys whip off their shirts at parties? Why do we stand on tables and sing Gold Digger when we’re inebriated? Or put beach balls in freezers at frat parties? Or climb walls like we’re spiders? Or tell girls we’d go gay for them? And what are the brain chemicals involved when you take a drink? Listen on to find out!

What the heck is toner? Why are there chemicals in face masks that are also in potato chips? Do you need to shave for someone to love you? And can someone please explain what’s so great about bath bombs besides the pretty ladies who sell them at Lush? Because we have no idea. All we know is that you probably shouldn’t pee in the bath. Or the shower. Or swimming pools. But we have some secrets.