Real Over Ideal

By Vanessa Gorelkin

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Episodes: 60

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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.



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