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Function, not perfection.
Hosted by occupational therapist and executive coach Vanessa Gorelkin, Real over Ideal cuts through the noise to bring you practical strategies for life in a stressful world.
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Relapse and Recovery
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Life Skills Toolbox: Body Doubling
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Fear of being Perceived
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May 28, 2026 |
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The Second Wind Phenomenon
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May 21, 2026 |
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Doubt as a super power: Motivational Interviewing
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May 14, 2026 |
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Is Internal Family Systems Bullsh*t ?
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May 07, 2026 |
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How to Handle a Panic Attack like a boss
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Chihuaha Effect
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Self-Esteem Episode
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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The Motivation Secret
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Body positivity or dangerous trend? Part 2 with Pam Moore
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Texts to a Therapist: Volume I
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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ADHD Tool Kit: The Nightwatchman Hypothesis
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Good Bodies—with Pam Moore
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Remember when the world shut down?
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Understanding Disappointment: Neuroscience & Resilience
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Ultimate Deep Dive into Apple TV's Severance (and Plur1bus): with Allen Stare
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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ADHD Toolkit: The Default Mode Network
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The Secret Sabotage of Perfection
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Taboos: Coping with Pet Grief with Diana Magallon Romero
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Yin and Yang: Balance for Neurodivergents and Normals
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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To Mask or Not to Mask: that is the question (for neurodivergent people)
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Taboos: Bringing Grief into the conversation with Diana Magallón Romero
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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The Comfort and Danger of Denial
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Loneliness- A self care guide
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Save the crash out: DBT is here
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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About the time I recorded with Kate Moryoussef of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Chronic Pain and your brain
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Taylor Swift's 'Eldest Daughter' with Pam Moore
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Good Vibes Brain Bank- Bank some Happy
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Borderline Personality Disorder and the Internet Mob
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Accessibility Matters- Shame is so '87
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Are We Doomed?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Breakfast Club, The Barnum Effect and How Not to be a Sucker
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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ADHD Toolkit: Tracy Otsuka's Pearls of Wisdom for Women with ADHD
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Aging: GLP-1s, Skincare, & Self-Acceptance
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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ADHD Toolkit: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and your brain
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? Tips and Support
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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ARFID: The 'New' ? Eating Disorder
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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ADHD Toolkit: Time Blindness, Executive Function & Strategies to help
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Can We Rescue the Relationship with Jessica Cook, Family Therapist
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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ADHD Toolkit: Undiagnosed ADHD in Women: How Back-to-School Stress Brings Challenges to Light
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Intuitive Eating - A Guided Mindfulness Exercise
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Intuitive Eating & Living: A conversation with Pam Moore
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Should you Fire your Therapist? Red Flags & Next Steps
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE! Summertime Blues-- When sunshine is far from a cure-all
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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My beef with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Toxic Bosses & Unhinged Workplaces: Survival Strategies
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Bed Rotting- the antidote: Executive Function Solutions
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Self-Harm: Help for Emotional Dysregulation
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Coping With Regret: Real Strategies for Healing & Resilience
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Revenge Bedtime Procrastination: when your trouble sleeping isn't classic insomnia
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Real Over Ideal meets ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Is ChatGpt your new therapist?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Internal family systems & how it can help with ADHD
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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The Diddy Trial- Protecting your Nervous System
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Anger Management: Coping skills from a therapist
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May 29, 2025 |
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'Stranger Things,' a Stephen King book recommendation- horror as coping
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May 29, 2025 |
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If you try this, you won't die
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May 22, 2025 |
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Trailer- Real over Ideal
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May 11, 2025 |