Episode 51: FOMO, Comparison, and the BS of Societal Timelines (feat. Dr. Kevin Gillilland, PsyD) 🕰️⏳

This Is Fine!

Mood: therapy, mental health focused, upbeat, validating

WELCOME BACK! It’s been a (longer than anticipated) minute since we’ve last chatted, but This Is Fine! Podcast is back in action after Dominique moved to Paris (salut de la France, tout le monde!).

Perhaps over this past summer (and start to autumn) you felt a little bit of FOMO, or got jealous of someone’s vacation updates on TikTok and Instagram. Maybe you haven’t gotten promoted yet, or saw that everyone in your age group has begun to buy a house. Have you gone to one too many baby showers and thought, this is not where I thought I’d be at [age redacted] years old?!

Don't worry, we called the therapist for you. Dr. Kevin Gilliland, PsyD, our trusted on-call (literally) clinical psychologist is here to talk about the BS of the ‘societal timeline’ (the milestones you’re ‘supposed’ to meet, and when)... plus the idea of FOMO, comparison, and searching for what we really want in life. Sound good? Prepare for some validation.

You can find more of Dr. Gilliland on his podcast, Struggle Well, Live Well, Worry Less (on Spotify and Apple), and our own episodes 27, 24 and 2.

Resource mentioned in episode: Word of the year PDF (Unravel Your Year by Susannah Conway)

We’ll be back soon with updates from Paris! What do you want to hear next? How did you like today’s episode? Send us a note at [e-mail]. You can hear more from Dominique on Instagram and TikTok at @dommymichelle.

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