You Seem Fine Podcast

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Podcast by Hannah Shahabi and Roland Scheppske

You Seem Fine Podcast

Hannah Shahabi, LPC and Roland Scheppske, LPC are two millennial therapists living in Virginia. Hannah and Roland have often found themselves having lengthy conversations with one another and developing hot takes about different therapy topics. It was in these discussions that the two of them realized a lot of ways that they mentally envisioned these aspects, were through the specific lens of a millennial (i.e. those born between the years of 1981-1996). With the fun spin these life experiences give to their hot takes, both Hannah and Roland decided that being able to express these thoughts and appeal to others, who often find themselves in a “I’m fine, this is fine” mentality, would not only be fun, but also beneficial. Specifically, for listeners to be inspired to seek out and achieve betterment in their own therapy journey. The You Seem Fine podcast provides an inside look on how Hannah and Roland conduct therapy around that topic. as well as how they handle that personally in a segment called “Behind the Couch and Under the Cushion”. As a fun bonus, Hannah and Roland lean into their Swiftie side by sharing their Taylor Swift lyric of the week at the start of each episode during the “I Don’t Need Therapy, I Have Taylor Swift” segment. *THIS PODCAST IS NOT A SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACEMENT FOR THERAPY CONDUCTED WITH A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL.*
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Latest episodes

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30 May 2025

Where in the World is the Messy Millennial?

Carmen Sandiego, who? She's got nothing on Hannah Shahabi and all the stamps in her passport! The podcast turns up the heat and has our resident messy millennial in the hot seat not only to get some further insight in who she is and how she got here, but also some deeper and more personal hot takes that aren't part of our regularly scheduled program. Whether it's Hannah's niche love of working with the Overwhelmed Achiever, her take on Emotional Intelligence vs. Maturity, or perhaps one you all can imagine make's Roland bounce in his seat a little: the chronic nature of societal trauma---it's time to TRULY get to know Hannah Shahabi, LPC.

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16 May 2025

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

In the immortal, yet possibly problematic, words of Kate Moss, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels". Diet culture, what healthy means, and the perception & need to be skinny by any means necessary has been a trope and trend for decades. This week, Hannah and Roland discuss the mental health around diet culture alongside Metabolic Health & Fitness Coach Taylor Trost (@fitnfoodwithtaylor on Instagram). Particularly, they discuss the uprising trend of Semaglutides, commonly known as Ozempic, what it does to the body, the brain, and some controversial research going on in the field of physical & mental health. What's the good, the bad, and the ugly of it all? Well they're here to give you the skinny on it.

TW: This Episode discusses eating disorders, ozempic trends, and emotional health related topics.

00:00- Opening

00:12- Legal Disclosure

00:42- Personal Intro (Hannah)

00:53- Personal Intro (Roland)

01:08- I Don't Need Therapy, I Have Taylor Swift

01:20- Hannah's Swiftie Song

02:35- Hannah's Explanation

05:08- Roland's Swiftie Song

05:40- Roland's Explanation

07:27- Hot Take Intro

07:33- Diet Culture

07:46- Taylor's Intro

08:48- Taylor's Hot Take

09:06- Diet Trends

10:40- What is Ozempic?

11:53- Side Effects

13:25- Coaching & Ozempic

15:05- A Plan in Place

17:05- Hannah's Hot Take

18:24- Perpetuating "Skinny Girl" Trope

19:34- Redefining Health

20:15- Eating Disorders

24:10- Self Worth & Value

24:38- Roland's Hot Take

26:05- Semaglutide & Depression

29:13- Obesity is now a Disease?!

33:10- Where to find Taylor!?

34:07- Behind the Couch & Under the Cushion

34:15- Behind the Couch (Roland)

35:15- Physical + Mental + Emotional

36:25- Voice & Verbiage

38:00- Comfortability in PME

38:20- Behind the Couch (Hannah)

39:00- Disordered Eating vs Eating Disorders

40:00- Meaning Making & Redefinition

41:10- Desperation for Change

41:55- Autonomy & Age & Control

42:40- Under the Cushion (Roland)

43:11- Control of Self vs Control of World

43:40- "Pride" in Skinny

44:26- Remembering to Enjoy Things

45:11- Under the Cushion (Hannah)

45:53- "Earning" Junk Food

46:18- Clean Plate Mentality

47:23- Mindful Eating

48:08- Autoimmune Disease

49:32- Doctors/Medical Shame

53:48- Mindfulness & Health

55:24- Outro

*THIS PODCAST IS NOT A SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACEMENT FOR THERAPY CONDUCTED WITH A LICSENED PROFESSIONAL*

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02 May 2025

What's Your Sign?

00:00- Opening 00:17- Legal Discloser 00:47- Personal Intro (Hannah) 00:58- Personal Intro (Roland) 01:12- I Don't Need Therapy, I Have Taylor Swift 01:23- Hannah's Swiftie Song 02:10- Hannah's Explanation 07:16- Roland's Swiftie Song 08:05- Roland's Explanation 12:01- Hot Take Intro 12:08- Religion Disclaimer 12:30- Horoscopes & Astrology 13:11- Hannah's Hot Take 13:28- Astrology is no different than Religion! 14:41- Explained the Unexplainable 15:50- Mirror & Self Reflection 17:01- Good vs Bad in Horoscopes 18:42- Woo Woo Comparisons 19:46- Religion vs Horoscopes 22:36- Roland's Mini-Hot Take 24:23- Roland's Hot Take 25:25- Extra Layer of who you are 26:00- Connection to power of self 26:28- Scorpio Bias 26:45- Millennial Want for Power of Self 27:25- 90's / 00's Surge 28:25- Crystal Comparison 29:12- Behind the Couch & Under the Cushion 29:20- Weird cut between Hot take #2 & BCUC 29:32- Behind the Couch (Hannah) 30:30- Validation & Comparison 30:41- Behind the Couch (Roland) 31:30- Test the Astrological Waters 32:35- Conduit for Processes/Sharing 35:30- Emotional Regulation 36:05- Under the Cushion 37:13- The Big 3 Explanation 38:49- The Little 3 Explanation 39:20- Hannah's Big 3 39:50- Roland's Big 3 40:47- Hannah's Little 3 41:01- Roland's Little 3 41:37- Under the Cushion (Hannah) 43:05- Under the Cushion (Roland) 43:45- Outro

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18 April 2025

Get in Loser! We're High Functioning

00:00- Opening 00:12- Legal Discloser 00:41- Personal Intro (Hannah) 00:53- Personal Intro (Roland) 01:08- I Don't Need Therapy, I Have Taylor Swift 01:19- Roland's Swiftie Song 01:36- Roland's Explanation 04:40- Hannah's Swiftie Song 07:11- Hannah's Explanation 10:57- Hot Take Intro 11:02- High Functioning Anxiety 11:12- Lily's Introduction! 12:38- Lily's Background 13:09- Weird cut???? 13:10- Lily's Hot Take 13:41- No one coined High Functioning?! 14:00- Isolation vs. Taking it Serious 14:55- Roland's Hot Take 15:58- Hannah's Hot Take 16:51- Reasons to "be" High Functioning 17:40- Autism Relation 18:44- Mental Health vs. Mental Health 18:56- Question to Lily 19:35- Corporate America~ 19:50- Symptoms of High Functioning Anxiety 20:53- Noticing the Symptoms 21:16- Charges of Anxiety 23:13- High Functioning is Managing 24:00- Lily's Ability to Recognize 25:42- Roland Calls Out Lily 26:23- Lily Got Caught! 26:39- Weird cut (when the video cut off w/ Lily) 26:57- Prioritization & Burnout 27:39- High Functioning Benefit 28:37- High Functioning Praise 29:48- Physical Anxiety Symptoms 31:00- Question #2 to Lily 31:48- Roland's Disdain 32:00- Double Edged Sword 33:30- Anxiety, Oh Crap... 34:32- Lily's Anxiety Hack 35:30- Question #3 to Lily 36:04- Lily Needs a PUSH 36:26- Unconditional Positive Regard 38:49- Behind the Couch & Under the Cushion 38:57- Behind the Couch (Hannah) 41:51- See One, Do One, Teach One 43:36- Behind the Couch (Roland) 44:56- Body Scans; Where do you carry anxiety? 46:24- Under the Cushion (Hannah) 47:55- Anxiety & Body/Immune Disease 50:50- Anxiety Spiral; Silence of the Lambs 54:30- Under the Cushion (Roland) 55:15- High Functioning equals smart? Good at anxiety?? 56:26- Pauses are everything 59:30- Outro

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04 April 2025

It's F.I.N.E.

00:00- Opening 00:17- Legal Disclosure 00:46- Personal Intro (Hannah) 00:58- Personal Intro (Roland) 01:12- I Don't Need Therapy, I have Taylor Swift 01:43- Roland's Swiftie Song 02:10- Roland's Explanation 03:29- Hannah's Swiftie Song 03:49- Hannah's Explanation 04:56- Hot Take Intro 05:03- What is Fine? 05:25- Definitions of Fine 06:20- Freaked Out, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional 07:51- Societal Norms Again~ 08:54- Hannah's Definition of Fine 10:10- Fine is Settling 11:16- Why quantify fine? 11:52- Radical Acceptance & DBT 12:24- How to get others to see "Fine?" 12:44- Body Work 13:18- Stereotypes & Tropes 14:15- Body Tells All 14:45- Fine = Avoidance 15:24- Conflict Resolution 17:25- Fine = Good ? 18:56- Perpetuating Fine 20:29- Can we redefine, fine? 20:59- Go back to the original 23:13- Conditioned to be good 23:32- Doing vs being 24:26- PAUSE- World has been saved 25:12- When is fine useful? 25:56- In the Interim 28:18- Be your best Steven Tyler 29:33- Behind the Couch & Under the Cushion 29:40- Behind the Couch (Hannah) 30:29- Emotion Work & Validation 31:00- Behind the Couch (Roland) 32:00- Strive to Thrive 33:20- Under the Cushion (Hannah) 34:25- Authenticity in Session 35:38- Genuine Fine vs Not 37:05- Under the Cushion (Roland) 38:17- Replacing Fine- Being Amenable 40:08- Fusing Fair & Fine together 40:38- Outro

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28 March 2025

Don't You Know That You're Toxic

During this week's episode of You Seem Fine, Hannah and Roland discuss the nuance of Toxic Positivity. The idea of toxicity or when something is toxic is when it is poisonous or harmful. Positivity is described as the practice of being or tendency to be positive or optimistic in attitude. The discussion touches on societal implications and expectations around positivity as well as how awareness is extremely important to understand the aforementioned nuance. Moreso, Hannah and Roland note the necessity of emotional intelligence and maturity in realizing when certain people or ideologies are no longer helpful or beneficial. I.e. Toxic.

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