Let's Talk About It With Taylor Nolan

Taylor invites good friend and Bachelor family member Vanessa Grimaldi on to discuss break-ups, both public and private. Taylor and Vanessa bonded in their season of The Bachelor, where Vanessa got engaged to Nick Viall. Both women are now single and have experienced a break-up in the public eye. The two discuss how to cope during and after a romantic relationship ends, and how break-ups can honestly be a bitch.

Brandi Cyrus dives into her recent journey of self-exploration as she discovers her Enneagram type: Type 9, The Peacemaker. The two discuss what being a “cool girl” looks like and how to unpack your authentic self, especially in dating.

Taylor and Kitt explore how our thoughts can be disturbed by our fears. In Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly, she identifies three ways we most commonly protect ourselves from vulnerability: foreboding joy, perfectionism, and numbing.  We dig into these vulnerability shields and discuss how we can embrace vulnerability and increase our experiences of love and joy in life.  

Consent can be a tricky topic, and being that not everyone agrees on what consent looks like we have to talk about it!  Adriana Díaz, the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Peer Health Exchange, lends us her knowledge on what enthusiastic consent is and how to engage in a more fulfilling sexual experience.  Join us in defining what consent looks like for you and learn how to communicate it with others! 

What can we do with people we don’t understand or feel we can’t relate to? Move in closer! Taylor gets to know the misunderstood Bachelor member Caila Quinn, as more than just a beautiful happy bubbly face. A vulnerable, authentic and relatable Caila opens up about her struggle with anxiety, the role pressure has played in her life, and how she’s learned to cope with it all.

Bachelor family member, Olivia Caridi comes on to discuss forgiveness.  Like any relationship, Taylor and Olivia have had some ups and downs in their friendship.  They share how they came to forgive each other and are able to embrace their relationship today as friends, neighbors, and of course BACHELOR FAMILY.  As Bachelor “villains”, the ladies also discuss their process in forgiving how being on The Bachelor has changed their lives.  

Founder & CEO of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, Johanna, spreads hope in what recovery can look like for eating disorders. Taylor and Johanna take a deeper look at how Binge-Eating disorder, today’s most common eating disorder, displays itself and how eating disorders are also present with men.

Suicide is not inevitable for anyone. By starting the conversation, providing support, and directing help, we can prevent suicides and save lives. 4 years ago, Eric Hodgdon lost his 15-year old daughter Zoi to suicide and since then he has been fighting for his family, all of Zoi’s friends and others to find their pathway back to better days – to become resilient and thrive in life as he is now.

What does it truly mean to be masculine? How do we judge the masculinity of men? Bachelor member Diggy Moreland joins Kitt in sharing his experiences in dating and relationships where he has been stereotyped and judged against the stereotypes of masculinity, and how to get to a place of being comfortable and confident in who you are.

Inpatient treatment is typically associated with substance abuse or being totally “insane”, and we are here to dispel those myths. YouTube blogger and good friend Alexa Losey shares how entering inpatient treatment at a hospital impacted her anxiety, depression, and daily suicidal thoughts. 

One in four adult men in the U.S. will become a victim of domestic violence during his lifetime (CDC).  Co-host Kitt Bender joins this episode as a guest to share his experience in an abusive relationship.  Anyone can find themselves in an abusive relationship, regardless of gender, age, religious beliefs, socioeconomic status, etc.  Taylor and Kitt walk through how abusive relationships can impact your self-worth and how to gain the "balls" or courage to be assertive in your relationships.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects about 2.3% of the American population. It is often misunderstood, yet used frequently in our day to day language. Taylor invites teacher and writer Emily Byrnes on to share her story of struggle and treatment with OCD.

Taylor invites good friend Raven Gates to share her story with domestic violence. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime (NCADV). Things get emotional as both women reflect on the abusive relationships they’ve been in, what the warning signs were, and how these relationships impact their current relationships. Keep on moving, keep climbing, keep the faith baby, its all about the climb.

How long do you wait when getting to know someone to disclose that you’re in a relationship?  At some point it becomes misleading, but at what point?  Taylor shares some personal stories where she felt deceived and where she was accused of being deceitful for her non disclosure.  Kitt and Taylor look back at their friendship and figure out where the line of interest was drawn.

Upon Taylor’s 12 year anniversary of her scoliosis surgery she invites fellow therapist and friend Amira Whitehill on to discuss their journeys with scoliosis. The two discuss treatment options for scoliosis, and life pre and post spinal fusion.