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Hosted by Kari Rusnak · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 19 episodes
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Both Sides of the Couch is where therapist and human meet. Hosted by Kari Rusnak, a licensed therapist living with chronic illness, the podcast explores the messy, honest overlap between helping others and healing yourself. Through personal reflections, stories, and thoughtful conversations, Kari invites listeners to slow down, think deeply, and feel a little less alone, on both sides of the couch.
Kari Rusnak hosts Both Sides of the Couch, a education show with 19 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail When we think about pet therapy, we often picture the comforting moments: the cuddles, companionship, emotional support, and unconditional love. But what happens when the pet you adopt comes with anxiety
Send us Fan Mail What if the expectation for women to shave their body hair was never about hygiene, beauty, or personal preference but about shame, capitalism, and whose gaze we've been taught to perform for? In this ep
Send us Fan Mail In this Small Thoughts, Big Feelings mini, Kari reflects on noise sensitivity. From vertigo triggered by sound to the sudden anger that comes with repeating yourself or speaking louder, this episode expl
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I explain why I don’t offer free consultation calls and why that decision is grounded in ethics, safety, and respect for therapeutic labor. I unpack the myth of the “quick 15-minute call
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari reflects on a small, ordinary moment that sparked a much bigger realization about imbalance in relationships. Through the lens of a therapist, a chronical
Send us Fan Mail In this mini episode, Kari shares a funny moment about an HSA statement that turns into a reflection on invisible labor, chronic illness, and why some parts of life are hard to explain even to the people
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 13, Kari explores a deeply familiar tension for people living with chronic illness: being told “don’t overdo it.” While often well-intentioned, Kari explains how this phrase can feel controlli
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 12, Kari explores the therapy of nature and how time outdoors can support people living with chronic illness, pain, fatigue, and nervous system dysregulation. Kari begins the episode by reflec
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 11, Kari explores a major but surprisingly under discussed scientific breakthrough: the creation of a cellular atlas of the human ovary, recognized as one of the most important discoveries of
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kari says she wants to shine light on an uncomfortable but very real issue in the mental health field: sexual harassment toward therapists. She explains that although it’s shockingly com
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari explores the surprising fear and guilt that can surface when chronic illness symptoms finally ease. After years of struggle, she’s experiencing real relie
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kari challenges the deeply ingrained belief that our worth is tied to productivity, a mindset rooted in internalized capitalism, where value is measured by hustle, output, and efficiency
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari pulls back the curtain on the business behind therapist directories, from her own experience leaving Psychology Today to uncovering what really happened w
Send us Fan Mail In the very first episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari, a therapist, writer, and human navigating chronic illness, introduces the heart behind her new podcast: bridging her professional insight with
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari explores one of her favorite topics, boundaries, through both a therapist’s and a chronically ill person’s lens. She reflects on how the body sometimes en
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari gets honest about imperfection, the kind therapists aren’t always allowed to show. She explores what it means to make mistakes in the therapy room, how sh
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari unpacks the often sneaky onset of burnout, not just as a therapist, but as a human living with chronic illness. She shares how her definition of “enough”
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari opens up about the unseen emotional and physical toll of holding space for others while managing her own chronic illness. She shares how, early in her pri
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Both Sides of the Couch, Kari dives into a rarely discussed topic: what happens when the therapist has to cancel. From both the professional and human sides, she explores the guilt, bo
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Both Sides of the Couch is hosted by Kari Rusnak. The show is categorised under education (self improvement) and has published 19 episodes.
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