Behavior Bitches Let’s F*cking Date with Serena F*cking Kerrigan
Serena Kerrigan, aka SFK, turned Let’s F*cking Date from a digital series into a bestselling card game, sold-out live shows, a Peacock series, and a community of over a million people. Her new book is out now to help you pimp your dating game. We get into which dates are potential, practice, or plot, dating…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches ABA for Everyday Parents with the Family Behaviorist Mandy Grass
Mandy Grass, aka The Family Behaviorist, joins us this episode to get honest about balancing your BCBA side and mom side, plus how spotting a function is a lot harder when you’re the variable. She breaks down explaining ABA to the parents she coaches, where to holds the line versus give in, and how to…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches Convict to Clinician: From Getting High to Helping Others Get Clean with Dr. Adi Jaffe
A former drug dealer turned psychologist, Dr. Adi Jaffe breaks down why addiction was never really about the drugs. We dig into his Unhooked Model, the real psychology behind shame and negative self-talk, and why most addiction treatment targets the wrong thing. From a SWAT arrest to a UCLA PhD, Adi shares the real story…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches Answers Are Overrated: How to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty with Elizabeth Weingarten
Why are we all so bad at sitting with uncertainty? Behavioral scientist and author Elizabeth Weingarten (How to Fall in Love With Questions) joins us to get into the psychology of uncertainty, decision making, and anxiety, and why we’d rather grab a fake easy answer than actually deal. She spills her own almost divorce story…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches Got ADHD? Call a BCBA with Nicole Stewart
Got ADHD? Call a BCBA. Nicole Stewart is a behavior analyst, special educator, and ADHD/emotional regulation expert who joins us to break down how neurodivergent brains actually work and why “just try harder” strategies never stick. We talk dopamine, the ADHD types nobody mentions, why screens hit different, shame and impulse control, family dinner blowups…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches Architecture Meets ABA with Ximena Valle
Behavior analysts talk about the environment. Ximena Valle designs it. Ximena Valle, AIA, LEED AP, founding principal of FIFTEEN Architecture + Design, joins Liat to break down what really goes into designing for neurodiverse communities, and it’s a lot more than ramps and sensory rooms. We talk spaces that make you feel like an animal…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches Explain ABA Like I’m 5 with Kendall Ryndak Samuel
Behavior analysts love their jargon. Kendall Ryndak Samuel, BCBA and creator of @the.behavior.influencer, says it’s time to knock it off. She and Liat dig into why our field does such a shitty job explaining itself, why big words just make us sound smart without actually helping anyone, and why the ethics code demands we use…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches Private Equity is a Joke with Johnny Hilbrant
We invited a PE guy onto the podcast. Please hold your tomatoes. Johnny Hilbrant, the internet’s favorite parody of the private equity finance bro, joins Liat to break down why “private equity” has become a dirty word in behavioral health, what PE actually is in plain English, and what the behavioral science of wealth, status,…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches How to Make Your Workplace Not Suck – Katie O’Malley
You think you’re a good listener. You’re not. Executive coach and TEDx speaker Katie O’Malley joins Liat to break down why most of us are performing listening instead of actually doing it, and what that’s costing us at work and in life. Katie shares her journey from burnout to betting on herself, why your workplace…
Read MoreBehavior Bitches The Mom Who Built an Adaptive Fashion Empire with Mindy Scheier
Mindy Scheier didn’t wait for the fashion industry to include her son; she changed it herself. The founder of Runway of Dreams joins us to talk about her work as a pioneer in the adaptive clothing space, the psychology of getting dressed, and why the group any of us could join at any moment deserves…
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