Backseat Shrinks
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsWith nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this weekly podcast.
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Ep 41 : CISsy Stepson
January 31, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBHilah and Jessie acknowledge that they make a lot of stupid, false statements - but for two shrinks whose office is the backseat of a car- what do you expect? Jessie has a crazy ketamine experience and traveled to the deepest level of her subconscious- which happens to be subterranean alien catacombs formed out of black rock, where the bodies of her trauma are literally buried. Check please! They help a listener who may, or may not, totally dislike her 22 year old stepson who stops by the ...
Ep 40 : The Devil You Know - Love & Sex Addiction
January 24, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBDisclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Hilah's dreams are fueling her writing, and ketamine treatments are fueling Jessie's anxiety and causing rageful PTSD episodes. If you've ever wondered about male mastrubation and blow jobs, this is the episode for you, so put your bib on! Hilah & Jessie help a listener who slept with a fellow member of her Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) gro...
Ep 39 : Single Parenthood, Sobriety, and MIA Friends
January 17, 2022 15:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBHilah's still drunk from the night before, but manages to trudge through this recording by eating fifteen different meals. Jessie's ketamine treatments are making her smarter and less relatable. In spite of these differences, they both agree - the dark void that is death totally chills them the fuck out- and people who have Near Death Experiences agree that it is superior to the fluorescent, relentless insanity that is life! They counsel a listener who is dealing with radio silence from a ...
Ep 38: My Wife's Just Not That Into Me
January 10, 2022 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBHilah starts the New Year off with climate anxiety and rude fever dreams. Jessie describes her first at-home Ketamine Treatment and the random neuroplasticity exercises she's doing(ish) - plus she meet someone who has ALSO had a transliminal event! They discuss harsh moms, inner-child wounds, Sudarshan Kriya meditation, miscarriages, and if Jessie should become a therapist with no physical or emotional boundaries. Finally, they offer counsel to a listener whose wife has lost interest in sex...
Ep 37: There Were No Spirit Guides
January 03, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBHilah tells about her experience paying a psychic therapist to reveal a bunch of stuff she already knows about herself and how it ended up super depressing and sent her back to her old counselor. They talk about the dangers of overdoing it on talk therapy without also figuring out ways to cope and deal and become more resilient. Hilah is still considering getting another Akashic reading from the first person she talked with (ep 31) and Jessie's had enough of the nonsense but still believes i...
Ep 36: In The Mud Shrunken Heads Minisode
December 27, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBHilah shares what she's learned from The Awakened Brain, a book by Lisa Miller, Phd. They help a listener who has been accused of being a gossip after sharing some inflammatory information about an acquaintance. Jessie establishes what constitutes malicious gossip and Hilah points out the societal merits of gossip and also the Neanderthal origin story of gossip and how we all learned that mud isn't great for our digestive system. Sorry if this isn't a great description- Jessie isn't quite...
Ep 36: In The Mud Shrunken Heads Minisode
December 27, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBHilah shares what she's learned from The Awakened Brain, a book by Lisa Miller, Phd. They help a listener who has been accused of being a gossip after sharing some inflammatory information about an acquaintance. Jessie establishes what constitutes malicious gossip and Hilah points out the societal merits of gossip and also the Neanderthal origin story of gossip and how we all learned that mud isn't great for our digestive system. Sorry if this isn't a great description- Jessie isn't quite...
Shrunken Heads Minisode - 36: In The Mud
December 27, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBHilah shares what she's learned from The Awakened Brain, a book by Lisa Miller, Phd. They help a listener who has been accused of being a gossip after sharing some inflammatory information about an acquaintance. Jessie establishes what constitutes malicious gossip and Hilah points out the societal merits of gossip and also the Neanderthal origin story of gossip and how we all learned that mud isn't great for our digestive system. Sorry if this isn't a great description- Jessie isn't quite...
Ep 35: Workplace Bitch
December 20, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBHilah and Jessie carefully consider a young woman's problem with a loudmouth, jealous coworker. Hilah inexplicably goes off on a tangent about butthole/mouth development in utero. Then they circle back to the Q of the D and offer a helpful script for a gentle but necessary confrontation. It may or may not require some light lying, manipulation and subliminal insults. Finally, they demand you rate and review this podcast (5 stars) and tell your friends how much you love it. About Backseat Sh...
Shrunken Heads Minisode 34: Bulimia, EFT, and Mindfulness
December 13, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB* Trigger warning: Discussion of disordered eating Jessie and Hilah help a listener who is worried that visiting her family for the holidays will trigger her bulimia. Hilah reveals her own past with disordered eating and Jessie relates her experience in Narcotics Anonymous and the notion of relapse as an erasure of progress. They offer tools that are backed by data (mindful eating, meditation) and some that have more limited research (Emotional Freedom Technique), and advise the writer to g...
Shrunken Heads Minisode - 33: Lawless FANGering
December 06, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this minisode Hilah and Jessie discuss lawless Texas towns and the witches that cook questionable meth in them. They help a listener whose teenage daughter is giving some nasty tude over the fact that he won't allow her girlfriend to sleep over. They decide that, in spite of his caution, there is likely still some fingering going on (not FANGering, which is a totally different form of vampire fingering) . Also will they go public with their COVID lies? Ehhhh- they'd have to do it in the h...
Ep 33: Lawless FANGering
December 06, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this minisode Hilah and Jessie discuss lawless Texas towns and the witches that cook questionable meth in them. They help a listener whose teenage daughter is giving some nasty tude over the fact that he won't allow her girlfriend to sleep over. They decide that, in spite of his caution, there is likely still some fingering going on (not FANGering, which is a totally different form of vampire fingering) . Also will they go public with their COVID lies? Ehhhh- they'd have to do it in the h...
Ep 32: A Klepto Comes Clean
November 29, 2021 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBHilah and Jessie reminisce about their acting days, alcohol-fueled bad behavior, and pet peeves that lack origins. A successful, married mother of two writes in, admitting that her decades-long battle with Kleptomania has gotten out of control. Jessie and Hilah discuss the understudied impulse-control disorder and therapuetic modalities that may help treat it, as well as medications that could potentially offer relief. Wise quotes are bandied about. They also give some great stealing tips ...
Ep 32: A Klepto Comes Clean
November 29, 2021 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBHilah and Jessie reminisce about their acting days, alcohol-fueled bad behavior, and pet peeves that lack origins. A successful, married mother of two writes in, admitting that her decades-long battle with Kleptomania has gotten out of control. Jessie and Hilah discuss the understudied impulse-control disorder and therapuetic modalities that may help treat it, as well as medications that could potentially offer relief. Wise quotes are bandied about. They also give some great stealing tips ...
Ep 31: Two Q's One D
November 22, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBHilah got her Akashic Records read and found out that she may have been a traumatized plant doctor in another life. Clearly she was a persecuted witch. They discuss why Jessie's ancestor was accused of being a sorceress by Puritans in New England during the 1600's. Hilah's reading reminds Jessie of a psychic who knew something very personal about her sex life. Jessie reveals she will be extending her ketamine treatments with an at-home service- for some reason Hilah thinks this means the dru...
Ep 30: The Horriful World of Genetic Sexual Attraction
November 15, 2021 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBJessie is four ketamine-sessions deep, and gives an update on its effects. Hilah opens up a conversation on the concept of "shadow self", often credited to Jung but truly an idea that's old as hell. They uncover some truths about themselves and Jessie recounts a dream in which she was a prostitute with zero work ethic. They decide that self-reflection and shadow-work is hard for fragile egos. Speaking of shadowy shit: A listener admits she is in love with her cousin! Is this a case of (the ...
Ep 29: The Sperm Collector
November 09, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBJessie's first ketamine session sends her to Alien catacombs before pulling a "Honey-I-Shrunk-The-Kids" scenario. Typical. For some odd reason Hilah assumes ketamine treatment is done in the nude. Typical. They share alarming anecdotes surrounding the bizarre things people do with semen, and help a listener whose sister is faking a pregnancy. They explain why mass emails are bound to piss people off. Jessie compares a relationship to a volcano, and a baby to a pile of bricks. Hilah suspects ...
Ep 28: Moms I'd Like to F*ck
November 02, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBHilah and Jessie toy with the idea of making bank by becoming right-wing talk show hosts. They brainstorm great uses for an empty plastic bag and a scrap of paper and then face the fact that they are perhaps exploiting their own hardships for the podcast. Hilah emphatically disagrees with the notion that “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes to gift-giving so you’ll want to listen to this one before gifting season begins! A discussion on MILFs and DILFs leads into the question of the...
Ep 27: Sex Math
October 28, 2021 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBHilah and Jessie talk about drugs and relive the glory days of their "raving 20s". Jessie's compulsive foot-picking puts her at risk of getting involuntarily committed. A woman writes in questioning whether or not to break up with her boyfriend before she leaves the state for a few months, or try and make it work long-distance. It seems to be a problematic dynamic with many red flags waving in the wind, so listen closely as Hilah and Jessie capture and dissect them all. They emphasize the im...
Ep 26: Invisible Lies
October 18, 2021 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBJessie and Hilah bond over a disgusting discussion of tonsil stones and mask breath. Hilah doubts Jessie's ability to self-sabotage. NEVER doubt her ability to self-sabotage. Hilah's therapist becomes her makeshift secretary; they discuss the emotional logistics of forgiving someone who is dying, and neglect versus abuse. A listener asks for advice on how to help his spouse, who is extremely depressed and won't get help. Jessie offers a glimpse into how depression distorts reality and manipu...
Ep 25: She's Made of Plastic, It's Fantastic!
October 12, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBJessie discusses the details of her upcoming Ketamine Treatment, and Hilah shares the seemingly unlimited demands her therapist is willing to meet regarding her dad. They ponder a listener's question regarding her sister, who is assuming the intrepid identity of a living barbie doll. Can extreme body modification be harmless and, in a way, valuable? Or, is it a drastic way to dissociate, and divorce yourself from what you perceive to be a lackluster identity? Does body dysmorphia have any...
Ep 24: A Creepy Little Urine Story
October 07, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBHilah and Jessie help an adult male listener who got accidentally peed on during a sexy sleepover. Then Hilah shares embarrassing stories about herself and other people with blackout pee pee problems. And of course, the topics of bed-shitting and bed-bleeding comes up. Jessie threatens to poop on Hilah's bed. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and...
Ep 23: Thin Mint Water Conspiracy
September 30, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBJessie and Hilah's partnership is threatened when Jessie's depression tests Hilah's need for structure. Luckily they're both evolved as fuck and use tips from the strangely titled book, Nonviolent Communication, and the pod is saved! Jessie gives an update on augmenting her antidepressants. Hilah struggles to give Jessie a meaningful compliment but eventually pulls through. They create a new conspiracy theory based on false information about flouride's connection to Q-Annon.They share an upd...
Ep 23: Thin Mint Water Conspiracy
September 30, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBJessie and Hilah's partnership is threatened when Jessie's depression tests Hilah's need for structure. Luckily they're both evolved as fuck and use tips from the strangely titled book, Nonviolent Communication, and the pod is saved! Jessie gives an update on augmenting her antidepressants. Hilah struggles to give Jessie a meaningful compliment but eventually pulls through. They create a new conspiracy theory based on false information about flouride's connection to Q-Annon.They share an upd...
Ep 22: Dirty, Lying Kid
September 21, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBWhen does a child's lie cross the line from harmless to pathological? Hilah and Jessie disagree in this "shrunken heads" episode of Backseat Shrinks. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 21: Goblin Sunset
September 09, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBHilah and Jessie advise a listener who fears her little brother has become not just a bully, but a sexist bully. So they bully her into spying on him to gather more intel. Then they talk about their turn-offs and how their fathers formed their ideas about masculinity. They touch briefly on Texas' new anti-abortion bill. Finally, Jessie wants to move somewhere cold (such as an ice cream factory) and Hilah comes up with the best name for a nail polish ever invented. References: Podcast Epis...
Ep 20: My Wife Thinks She's Allergic to My B.O.
August 31, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBA listener's wife is having a strange reaction to COVID isolation- including claiming to be allergic to a myriad of foods AND his body odor. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 20: My Wife Thinks She's Allergic to My B.O.
August 31, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBA listener's wife is having a strange reaction to COVID isolation- including claiming to be allergic to a myriad of foods AND his body odor. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 19: Help! I Have a Micropenis
August 24, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBHilah's chillin' like a villain while Jessie's over here with an existential brick in her head, like whoa. It's bad yo -- but not bad enough to stop shrinking people! Like a young man with a micropenis who needs advice on preparing his sexual partners. Then they discuss labiaplasty, and how to remain cool while getting consent on dates. This advice podcast is rounded out with an explanation of the "dip'n'sniff" and way too much talking about spooge and jizz. TBH this is a pretty explicit pod...
Ep 18: Poop Panic Attack
August 06, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBHilah and Jessie offer vastly different advice for a woman who faked a panic attack in order to avoid taking a huge shit at her new boyfriend's place. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 17: Regretful Boob Job
August 04, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MBHilah and Jessie help a woman who regrets the breast augmentation surgery her ex-boyfriend persuaded her into getting. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 16: Breaking Up with Your Pod Partners
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBHilah talks about trying out Lexapro for anxiety, then Hilah and Jessie advise a parent who can’t figure out how to shake off a clingy family after “podding” together for the past 18 months. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 16: Breaking Up with Your Pod Partners
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBHilah talks about trying out Lexapro for anxiety, then Hilah and Jessie advise a parent who can’t figure out how to shake off a clingy family after “podding” together for the past 18 months. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 15: Is My Father-in-Law a Perv?
July 30, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.87 MBHilah and Jessie advise an expectant mother who doesn't want her daughter around her leering father-in-law. Book recommendation: The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 14: Reverse Sexual Harassment
July 28, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.4 MBHilah and Jessie help a dude who is being sexually harassed at work by an older woman, but doesn't want to make waves. You don't have to take that trash, dude! About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send your questions to [email protected]
Ep 13: Trashbag Full of Porn
July 26, 2021 05:00 - 11 minutes - 8 MBIn this shrunken episode, Hilah and Jessie help a listener cope with her boyfriend's antique porn magazine collection.
Ep 12: "Maybe the dictionary will sponsor us?"
July 20, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBHilah and Jessie discuss how to properly help a stranger who is in danger, and why people usually don't do it. They advise a listener whose boyfriend won't touch her outside of sex, and another who feels white hot guilt after banging. Chicken murder! Dead babies coming back to life! Gross PDA! Mastrubation! Oprah! Dictionaries! Newborn baby dies, comes back to life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYp7KICCaso
Ep 11: Sometimes it's Okay to Blackmail Someone
July 13, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBPutting out fires left, right, and center! Hilah and Jessie discuss grief and respond to a listener who asks if they should go to their ex-father-in-law's funeral, and another who has discovered his wife is not only cheating on him, but also using her employer's money to fund the affair. Finally, they address a listener who is ready to marry her boyfriend, but is worried about how their religious differences will affect their relationship. They give advice on how to reframe the future to inf...
Ep 10: Transliminal Altered Realities, Part 2
June 22, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBShift your reality y'all! Jessie and Hilah discuss how science explains the theory that reality is a hologram. They go over the U.S. military and government's interest in parapsychological phenomena as it pertains to psychic espionage and how it led to a study and assessment on "The Gateway Experience" in 1983, conducted by The Monroe Institute. The veracity of remote viewing and controlled alteration of consciousness. Plus they get their first hate mail and Hilah reveals her lucid dreami...
Ep 9: Transliminal Altered Realities, Part 1
June 15, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBJessie recounts a transliminal event she experienced when she was 9 years old. Don’t know what that is? Why it’s important? Then listen up! Because it’s pretty bizarre and tells us a lot about the human brain and how the reality we experience may not be real at all. They also discuss aliens and Hilah keeps insisting Jessie was abducted but she wasn’t. LINKS: Funny Tik-Tok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdNrbDJn/ “The Transliminal Brain at Rest: Baseline EEG, Unusual Experiences, and Access to Un...
Ep 8: A Night at The Cheesecake Factory
June 08, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBHilah describes a bizarre boundary exercise from her therapist, then Jessie and Hilah advise a listener about friend fights and share tips for how to have a productive argument. Jessie comes out as a bad/cherry-picking feminist. A conversation about gossip goes nowhere.
Ep 7: He Not Busy Being Born is Busy Dying
June 01, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBHilah and Jessie field a listener question on difficult life passages, the dangers of Ambien, treatment resistant depression, ketamine treatment, and serotonin syndrome. Jessie quotes Bob Dylan and Hilah thinks Dylan is the same person as John Denver. References: Libby Zion’s death by Serotonin Syndrome: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_Zion_Law Serotonin Syndrome: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin_syndrome “It’s Alright Ma (I’m only Bleeding)” https://open.spotify.com/...
Ep 6: Biological Meat Sacks
May 25, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBHilah and Jessie dispel the myth that introverts & extroverts exist (thanks alot, Jung) and how humans use labels to fuel their ego's need for identity. Jessie discusses her opinions on AA and reveals a bit of the toxic Narcotics Anonymous group that convinced her to find her own keychains. Hilah shocks everyone with her ageist disdain for whiny elders! Meanwhile, Demi Lovato's froyo nightmare leads to a discussion about the reality of triggers and how to navigate them. The origin story of ...
Ep 5: "Just waitin' for my turn to talk"
May 18, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBHilah and Jessie debate farts vs. burps and discuss when to tell someone they're being cheated on. Ectopic heartbeat anxiety caused by Hilah's clockwork-orange-nightmare-scapes. Jessie diagnoses a listener with "pseudologia fantastica". Hilah analyzes the emotional work of having a child, and which information they should be exposed to. In a surprise twist it's revealed that gnomes were real! in unrelated news: Jessie is available for garden gnome work!
Ep 4: Colored Bandanas Disguise
May 11, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBHilah comes to terms with being a temporary loser, Jessie confesses her trichotillomania and gives some book recommendations for no reason. They discuss staying friends with exes and give some advice to two listeners regarding their ex-partners.
Ep 3 : "Shit, I have to burn a lot of poems tonight."
April 01, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBJessie diagnoses Hilah, shares creative writing techniques, psilocybin mushrooms, recurring dreams, bidding farewell to earth, virtue signaling yard signs, how to flirt post #metoo, sub/dom fetishes, and Hilah's very sweet stalker.
Ep1: "They didn't have socks, they just had sonic wrappers"
April 01, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBHilah and Jessie advise a listener to medicate to motivate , discuss their own toxic traits, parents, secretly loving lockdown, the glorification of success, financial dysfunction, MyPillow. No helpful advice was given in this episode.
Ep 2: "If you're coastin', you're goin' downhill."
April 01, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBHilah and Jessie issue apologies to their moms and discuss egomaniacal & sleepy therapists, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Brainspotting Therapy (BSP), and a problematic relationship that resulted in criminal activity and sexual predation. *Trigger Warning: this episode contains discussions about sexual assault and pedophilia. **If you or someone you know is the victim of sexual exploitation or abuse, call your local sheriff's office to report it. Here are some or...