SELFWIFE

***Editor's note: every time I gesture towards the table in this episode, there is a very annoying sound that happens that I could not hear until I started editing. I am so sorry. Me, the table and the mic are going to...

topics include but are not limited to: the fundamentalist religion to abuse pipeline Ballerina Farm Nara Smith the tradwife and the selfwife the danger and stupidity of The Strong-Willed Child by James Dobson lots of...

SELFWIFE episode 30 is about the importance of learning and prioritizing ~the basics~ late in life if you were never taught them in your formative years, including some of my current favorite basics that make me feel...

**CW- child abuse, sexual assault, body dysmorphia and disordered eating are discussed** Telling you some stories about how the male gaze was made the center of my life by my m*m since toddlerhood, what that's led to in...

this episode is for the folks whose families hinder instead of help them // topics include: how to stay motivated, how to allow yourself to create if you don't come from creative people, the two dudes who made me...

Will I ever not get sick to my stomach about marketing my work? Other topics discussed: Anxiety! Alcohol! Contrast! Leaving my phone outside overnight and having deep realizations! Just listen to the episode...

topics discussed: getting an agent in LA auditioning the commercial i booked being called a blank canvas BEING a blank canvas unlearning being a blank canvas allowing new (old) inspiration in thoughts on tori amos stop...

Topics Discussed: Making my first Happy List at age 31 New therapist Creating small avenues to joy Being a reformed pick me The impact of your primary caretakers putting your needs last What we can learn from...

On episode 24 of SELFWIFE, I'm joined by my lifelong friend Coleen who grew up in the same very small, very strange, very fundamentalist Christian church that I did. In this ep we remember the good, the bad and the...

a term i've coined for a phenomenon i've noticed that tricks vulnerable people into remaining in dangerous situations- - - - SELFWIFE is produced, hosted, edited and mixed by Ani Easton Baker. Show artwork by Jesse...

Diary episode - on: loss, lessons, deconstruction, building standards late in life, getting better at boundaries, not knowing what's next, sitting in the pain and through it all - prioritizing oneself, telling the...

Day after day, we watch mass death and destruction in the name of religion. Tale as old as time. Islam, Judaism and Christianity are the three, main, Abrahamic Religions and that got me thinking, what would I think of...

as Israeli airstrikes continue to surge in Gaza, i'm seeing jokes about a new draft pop up all over the internet and i wondered all day about what that would look like these days. then i took the opportunity to ask my...

9 different things i've been practicing every day, for a little over a year now, to regulate and heal my nervous system 𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘- - - - SELFWIFE is produced, hosted, edited and mixed by Ani Easton Baker. Show artwork...

more James Dobson intel and related realizations / the time my mom threatened to kill my cat for biting her / the time my mom tried to humiliate me out of being suicidal / men like Ru****l Br**d and why they are so...