I’m 16, standing in my aunt’s kitchen on Thanksgiving, trying to convince myself that a marshmallow is a threat. Everyone else is laughing in the dining room, and I’m over here negotiating with a casserole like it controls my entire future. That’s when it hit me: this isn’t discipline anymore. This is fear dressed up as focus.

This episode follows Devin, a 16-year-old wrestler whose “discipline” slowly turns into an unhealthy obsession with food, weight, and performance. What begins as a simple request to cut six pounds becomes a months-long battle with body image, self-worth, and the pressure to succeed at all costs.

Through Thanksgiving moments, late-night spiral thinking, and one terrifyingly honest conversation with his coach, Devin learns that winning isn’t worth it if it costs your relationship with yourself. We explore identity, diet culture, high-school athletics, and the mental skills that help teens rebuild a healthy relationship with food and their bodies.

By the end, listeners walk away with compassion, clarity, and the reminder that your body is supposed to be your teammate—not your opponent.

If your “best friends” are the reason your stomach drops every time your phone buzzes, this episode is for you. 221 unread messages, one toxic group chat, and the moment Maria finally chooses herself over being “included.”

In this episode, we follow Maria, an 18-year-old senior in San Antonio, through one of the hardest moves you can make in high school: leaving the friend group that’s been slowly tearing you down. What starts as late-night FaceTimes and “main character energy” turns into backhanded comments, secret plans, and group chat jokes that land like punches.

Over Black Friday, Maria hits her breaking point, calls out the dynamic, and gets labeled “dramatic” and “the problem” for finally speaking up. With help from her older brother and a beat-up journal, she makes the terrifying choice to leave the chat, set real boundaries, and rebuild her circle with people who actually see her.

This episode is a guide for anyone stuck in a toxic friend group, learning that no is a full sentence, and that temporary loneliness is better than permanently feeling like you’re not enough.

If overthinking was an Olympic sport, Gen Z would take the gold—but all we get is anxiety and insomnia. This episode is the cool-down routine your brain's been begging for.

Freshman year. Private school. Family pressure. Sammy's life feels like a never-ending marathon of mental gymnastics, and he’s not alone. In this episode, we follow Sammy through the Overthinking Olympics—those 2:00 AM spiral sessions where your brain won't shut up about everything from forgotten homework to your entire self-worth. Through honest storytelling, laugh-out-loud moments, and the kind of advice that actually lands, we unpack the toll overthinking takes on young minds and how cool-down routines, breathing tricks, and honest conversations can start to bring peace.

For any teen who's tired of being tired, this is your reminder that mental skills aren't soft skills—they're survival skills. You don't have to control every thought. You just have to stop letting them control you.