Relationship OCD doesn’t look like fear — it looks like doubt, over-thinking, and the constant urge to “figure out” your partner and your feelings.

In this deeply personal episode, I sit down with rOCD coach Samara to talk about how relationship OCD shows up in loving partnerships, why reassurance and analysis make it worse, and how nervous system regulation and IFS can support real healing.

We also explore how isolating and lonely rOCD can feel when no one else truly understands what you’re going through — and why you’re not broken for experiencing it.

This conversation is raw, honest, and for anyone who has ever loved someone and been terrified at the same time.

Putting Relationship OCD to Words with Coach Samara Lane

In this episode of Something’s Brewing, I sit down with holistic healer Ann Smets for a conversation that feels both deeply personal and profoundly necessary.

This one is for anyone who has ever felt confused by their own body—when symptoms don’t neatly fit into a diagnosis, when emotions feel tangled and overwhelming, and when stress quietly but powerfully reshapes the way the body functions.

We explore how emotional struggles don’t just live in the mind—they imprint themselves on the nervous system, the gut, the heart, the breath. How chronic stress can become a kind of drug: altering physiology, disrupting regulation, and convincing us that survival mode is “normal.”

Ann brings grounded wisdom to the often hard-to-understand relationship between emotional pain and physical symptoms. Together, we talk about:

 * How unprocessed emotions manifest physically
 * Why stress isn’t just mental—it’s biochemical
 * The body’s intelligence when words fall short
 * Holistic healing as a return to safety, not something to “fix”
 * Why slowing down can feel terrifying when you’ve lived in control and hyper-vigilance

This episode isn’t about quick answers or spiritual bypassing. It’s about listening—to the body, to patterns, to signals we’ve learned to ignore because they didn’t make logical sense.

If you’ve ever wondered why healing feels nonlinear, why regulation can feel unsafe, or why your body reacts before your mind catches up—this conversation is for you.

Because sometimes what’s brewing isn’t a breakdown.
It’s the body asking, finally, to be heard.

Soul Healing with Ann Smets

Listen in as Max shares his journey from navigating burnout in the corporate world to creating a more intentional life leading transformational retreats in Costa Rica. In this episode, we explore the breaking points that sparked change, the lessons learned along the way, and what it truly means to redefine success, purpose, and wellbeing. This is an honest conversation about burnout, healing, and building a life that aligns with who you are—not just what you do.

Getting Out of Life's Way with Max Schneider

When it comes to mental wellbeing, or wellbeing in general, work life balance becomes imperative. How do you maintain work life balance when organizations have metrics and deadlines to hit, and how do you navigate that in a global environment? Fascinating conversations about boundaries, how we distract ourselves, and what speaking up can do for you.

Conversation with Michelle Edwards About Work Life Balance/Integration

Listen in as Autumn Lucas shares her story with trauma and how it lives in the body, causing severe conditions to heal from in a holistic way.  From digestive disruption to muscle tension, sleep issues to chronic pain—your body remembers, even when your mind doesn’t.

We’ll talk about:

 * How the nervous system holds onto stress
 * The unexpected ways trauma shows up physically
 * Practical tools for regulation and release

Plus, Zevia in hand, we share personal reflections, insight, and a few moments of laughter along the way. Because healing is never a flat line.

Somatic Sips : Zevia, When It All Bubbles Up

☕ In this Something’s Brewing episode, I sit down with Sarah Fox, who shares a powerful journey from experiencing homelessness as a child to becoming the CEO of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, a nonprofit dedicated to ending it. With lived experience at the core of her leadership, Sarah opens up about the challenges of survival, the pivotal moments that shifted her path, and how those experiences fuel her mission today. I have witnessed the daily drive that Sarah has, losing sleep over this mission, and was humbled by the true nature of what we all fail to see on the day-to-day.

We explored the realities of homelessness, the mental health challenges and stigma that surround it, and the urgent need for systemic change. This conversation is not only about resilience—it’s about turning pain into purpose and building hope for others still searching for stability. Having lived this life herself, Sarah’s mission is deeply personal—and her dedication is nothing short of extraordinary. Every day, she leads with empathy and determination, fighting to house as many people as she can. Her favorite moments are seeing someone’s face light up as they hold the key to their new home for the very first time.

You won’t want to miss this episode. Reach out to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) to see how you can support their work—and don’t forget to listen, comment, and share to help spread the message.

https://cceh.org/

Beyond Shelter: A CEO’s Story

Join us as Nick shares his health wake up call and how he redefined what wellness meant to him for long term gain.

Conversations with Sales Exec Nick Kuoma

Michael Galvin shares his personal experience with mental health growing up where feelings were not talked about. This, he has found, has bled into his work life where there is fear of judgement, shame, and risk of impact on his role if he shares his struggles. We talk about whether these changes have to come from ground up or we continue to wait for leaders to change culture. Listen in and enjoy!

"Unspoken Struggles: Breaking Mental Health Stigmas at Work"

Welcome Liz Collins to the show! Liz and I chat about her journey from being laid off from a large retail company and how that one moment and one question of "Do you want to be here" was the catalyst to her most fulfilling journey yet as a CEO and founder of her own company! 

Liz Collins: From Lay Off to CEO

Sitting down with Paul Stonick, a seasoned creative executive and leader who turns strategy, design, and emerging tech into business results by helping teams harness AI not as a threat to creativity, but as a companion species. Together, we talked about Paul's journey through successful work but also mental decline during COVID and how he overcome what his wife described as his "soul being sucked out of him."

 Paul is a speaker, coach, and advisor who helps people and companies lead what’s next, with confidence, culture, and craft. Describes himself on LinkedIn as “Equal Parts Punk + Pinstripe”. Paul is a founding cohort member of Punks & Pinstripes -- “a private network of badass transformation executives”.

Water, Punk, and Design with Paul Stonick

The podcast where your favorite drink meets your favorite kind of conversation-coffee talk. Hosted by Laura Joseph, this show pours into the real and raw experiences behind mental health, wellbeing, and what it truly means to be human — both in and outside of work. 

Each episode invites honest dialogue with guests who aren’t afraid to show up as they are, share their stories, and explore what helps them feel grounded, whole, and well. 

So grab your coffee, tea, matcha, or mocktail — and join us as we fill our cups one connection, one conversation at a time.

Come as you are, leave inspired. 

Laura Joseph

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