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Send us Fan Mail You can be exhausted and still feel unable to stop. That’s the tension we sit in today: the weird, body-level discomfort that shows up the moment we try to rest, like we’re doing something wrong even whe

Hosted by Vanessa Walker and Angela Trapp · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 77 episodes
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Send us Fan Mail You can be exhausted and still feel unable to stop. That’s the tension we sit in today: the weird, body-level discomfort that shows up the moment we try to rest, like we’re doing something wrong even whe

Send us Fan Mail One small critical comment can feel bigger than your entire track record, and it can follow you into the shower, your commute, and right up to the moment you fall asleep. We get real about that experienc

Send us Fan Mail “Do you have to do that right here?” sounds like a normal question, but it can quietly fail the moment someone answers it literally. That tiny gap between what we *mean* and what we *say* is where relati

Send us Fan Mail Fear can make smart people do strange things. It can keep us quiet in rooms where we should speak, push us into chasing goals we don’t even want, and turn other humans into threats instead of neighbors.

Send us Fan Mail Fear is not just a feeling, it’s a full-body survival response, and your brain doesn’t always know the difference between a broken bone and a broken heart. We talk honestly about what that means for real

Send us Fan Mail Boys barking at girls during a middle school PE unit sounds absurd until you hear it from a sixth grader who had to live through it. That moment is the starting point for a bigger conversation about the

Send us Fan Mail What if the right number of friends isn’t more, it’s fewer—and deeper? We dig into how friendship shifts from childhood ease to adult intention, and what it really takes to keep the people who matter clo

Send us Fan Mail Want a calmer mind and a clearer path without adding another hour-long ritual to your day? We sat down with returning guest Jasmine Bailey, author of Healthy by Design, to unpack STOP—a four-part, one-mi

Send us Fan Mail A new year starts with joy and service and quickly opens into a frank, human look at AI: where it helps, where it harms, and how we keep our voice intact. We get real about the moments you feel the machi

Send us Fan Mail A new year, a hard pivot: we talk frankly about why so many boys and men feel unseen, and how that vacuum gets filled by voices that promise strength but sell division. A Netflix story about a 13-year-ol

Send us Fan Mail We unpack time poverty, the invisible squeeze that steals discretionary hours and erodes health, and map the cultural and structural drivers that push it hardest onto women. We share practical tools to b

Send us Fan Mail The temperature is rising, and not just in the headlines. We’re feeling the squeeze of creeping authoritarian habits—self-censorship, apathy, and the slow erosion of institutions we once took for granted

Send us Fan Mail The question "What do you do?" has become America's default conversation starter, but guest Lorna Owens believes we're asking the wrong question. "You are not your job," she states emphatically during th

Send us Fan Mail Angela and Vanessa explore why humans struggle with feelings of perpetual dissatisfaction despite living with unprecedented comfort and abundance. We dive into the evolutionary psychology behind our rest

Send us Fan Mail Vanessa and Angela discuss a recent Walker family vacation and the subsequent shift in Vanessa's perspective after seeing the contrast of simple island life and the extravagance of the Icon of the Seas,

Send us Fan Mail Angela and Vanessa are joined by Vanessa's 11-year-old daughter Selma to give an update on her ADHD journey. We first listened to Selma in October 2022 when she described her personal experiences with be

Send us Fan Mail Angela and Vanessa discuss the various changes women can experience before, during and after menopause. They also talk about the societal expectations and lack of general understanding of what 50% of the

Send us Fan Mail Angela and Vanessa are joined by special guest Dr. Beatrice Tetteh, a pediatrician who has dedicated her life to helping children regardless of their ability to pay. She services many children who are on

Send us Fan Mail Vanessa and Angela debunk the top 10 medical myths that everyone grew up with. Listen and find out what myths you have heard and why they might not be true.

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Life on Ten, Angela and Vanessa discuss the serious ramifications of the appointment of RFK Jr. as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. A battle of science and pseu
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