Ever caught yourself wondering what the point of life is — while unloading the dishwasher? Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much, Apparently, we (Carly and Alice — two therapists, overthinkers, and recovering existential spirallers) explore what it’s like to live with a brain that won’t stop zooming out to ask, what’s the point?

We talk about curiosity, meaning, mortality, free will, and the chaos of trying to do the laundry when your mind is contemplating the universe. It’s part philosophy chat, part therapy session, and part gentle reminder that maybe we don’t need all the answers to live meaningfully.

This time we talked about:

🎙️ We’ve felt this thing too (and we still do): having existential crises mid-dishwasher unload, questioning reality mid-email, and overthinking the meaning of everything (including birds).

👀 What it looks like in real life: living as an observer instead of a participant, zooming out until life feels absurd, and longing for connection in a world that seems chaotic.

🧠 Why our brains do it: curiosity, sensitivity, metacognition (thinking about thinking), and that human awareness of our own mortality.

🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: philosophical spirals, nihilism, late-night dread, or searching for purpose in sunsets, science, or spirituality.

🧰 Coping mechanisms: therapy, humour, humanism, small joys, and accepting that maybe the point is to live anyway.

🌱 How to make peace with it: we might never find one big meaning — but we can still find the little ones.

Thanks for listening

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👩‍💻 Carly Radford:

→ Website: www.carlyradford.com

→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:

→ Website: www.alicetew.com

→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com

🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we’re here for it.

Disclaimer: This podcast isn’t therapy, and it’s not a substitute for professional support. If you’re struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or support service near you.

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Ever felt like you’re too overwhelmed, too overstimulated or too burnt out to enjoy something that’s meant to be magical?Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much Apparently, we (Carly and Alice — two therapists and recovering perfectionists with squishy brains) get real about sensory overload, festive pressure, and why so many sensitive or neurodivergent humans quietly fall apart during December.

We unpack our own resistance, spiral in real-time about supermarkets and Christmas markets, and share what it’s like to want a cosy, joyful season while also being desperate for silence, space, and absolutely no more flashing lights.

This time we talked about:

🎙️ We’ve felt this thing too (and we still do):Hello crowds, blaring music, intense smells, frantic shoppers, and the pressure to be “festive enough”.

👀 What it looks like in real life:Christmas markets that feel like chaos, supermarket sprints, gift-giving panic, sensory hangovers, food stress, social fatigue.

🧠 Why our brains do it:Neurodivergent sensory processing, nervous system overwhelm, masking, emotional labour, pressure to perform festive joy, December burnout.

🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up:Snappiness, headaches, shutdowns, avoidance, irritability, overstimulation, guilt, and the urge to hibernate until January.

🧰 Coping mechanisms:Online shopping, sensory breaks, simplifying traditions, boundaries with events, regulating routines, choosing comfort over expectations.

🌱 How to make peace with it:Honouring your nervous system is more important than performing festive cheer.

Thanks for listening💛💜🩷🩵🧡

💬 New episodes every Monday.🎧 Follow now to join the conversation.

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→ Instagram: @toomuchapparently

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→ YouTube: Too Much, Apparently

→ Website: www.toomuchapparently.com

👩‍💻 Carly Radford:

→ Website: www.carlyradford.com

→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:

→ Website: www.alicetew.com

→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com 🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we’re here for it.

Disclaimer: Just a quick note to say this podcast isn’t therapy, and it’s not a substitute for professional support. We’re here to share ideas and experiences, but if you’re struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or a support service near you.

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Ever felt like you’re too smart to be struggling? Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much, Apparently, we (Carly and Alice — two therapists and recovering perfectionists with squishy brains) unpack why intellect doesn’t protect you from emotional pain, and why being “high functioning” often means hiding distress really well.

We explore the tension between looking capable on the outside and quietly falling apart on the inside — and the shame that creeps in when your life looks fine but feels impossible.

This time we talked about:

🎙️ We’ve felt this thing too (and we still do): being praised for coping, hiding exhaustion behind achievement, and feeling like a fraud for struggling.

👀 What it looks like in real life: clean houses on Instagram, messy kitchens offline, and high achievers who secretly can’t cope.

🧠 Why our brains do it: perfectionism, masking, trauma, rejection sensitivity, and social conditioning that equates success with worth.

🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: overworking, comparing, self-criticism, and chasing the next “fix” of validation.

🧰 Coping mechanisms: therapy, slowing down, compassion, redefining success, and learning to accept being ordinary.

🌱 How to make peace with it: you’re not broken for struggling — you’re human.

Thanks for listening

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💬 New episodes every Monday.

🎧 Follow now to join the conversation.

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🎙️ Podcast socials:

→ Instagram: @toomuchapparently

→ TikTok: @toomuchapparently

→ YouTube: Too Much, Apparently

→ Website: www.toomuchapparently.com

👩‍💻 Carly Radford:

→ Website: www.carlyradford.com

→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:

→ Website: www.alicetew.com

→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com

🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we’re here for it.

Disclaimer: Just a quick note to say this podcast isn’t therapy, and it’s not a substitute for professional support. We’re here to share ideas and experiences, but if you’re struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or a support service near you.

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Ever wondered if it’s too late to finally understand yourself?Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much, Apparently, we (Carly and Alice — two therapists, friends, and neurodivergent deep thinkers) talk about the emotional rollercoaster that follows a late autism or ADHD discovery — from the ohhh, that explains everything moment to the doubt, imposter syndrome, and slow acceptance that follow.

We unpack the mix of relief, grief, and validation that can arise when you start seeing yourself through a new lens — and how to navigate the noise around “overdiagnosis,” self-realisation, and belonging in a medicalised world that often misses the nuance.

This time we talked about:

• 🎙️ We’ve felt this too (and still do): The mix of relief, confusion, and grief after a late diagnosis or self-realisation.

• 👀 What it looks like in real life: The back-and-forth between “it makes sense” and “am I just making it up?”

• 🧠 Why our brains do it: Imposter syndrome, internalised stigma, and how the medical model shapes our stories.

• 🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: Self-diagnosis vs formal diagnosis, late discovery through your children, and navigating others’ scepticism.

• 🧰 Coping mechanisms: Self-compassion, research rabbit holes, trusted support, and permission to explore.

• 🌱 How to make peace with it: You haven’t wasted time — you’ve survived without a translation. Now you’re finally learning your language.

  
  

  Resources - Formal diagnosis vs self realisation study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12024047/pdf/behavsci-15-00420.pdf

  
  

Thanks for listening

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💬 New episodes every Monday.

🎧 Follow now to join the conversation.

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🎙️ Podcast socials:

→ Instagram: @toomuchapparently

→ TikTok: @toomuchapparently

→ YouTube: Too Much, Apparently

→ Website: www.toomuchapparently.com

👩‍💻 Carly Radford:

→ Website: www.carlyradford.com

→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:

→ Website: www.alicetew.com

→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com 🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we’re here for it.

Disclaimer: Just a quick note to say this podcast isn’t therapy, and it’s not a substitute for professional support. We’re here to share ideas and experiences, but if you’re struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or a support service near you.

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Ever felt like you're too tired to function when the clocks change? Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much, Apparently, we (Carly and Alice - two therapists and recovering perfectionists with squishy brains) get real about what happens when autumn hits, the dark nights arrive, and your entire personality becomes about blankets, hot drinks, and avoiding the outside world.

We unpack why fighting the seasons makes us miserable, celebrate the art of cosy hibernation, and give ourselves permission to slow down when the world expects us to maintain summer-level productivity.

This time we talked about:

• 🎙️ We've felt this thing too (and we still do): The pull to hibernate, mourning summer's end, and feeling "wrong" for needing more rest when it gets dark
• 👀 What it looks like in real life: Putting pajamas on at 5pm, losing all motivation after sunset, craving mashed potato and casseroles, and driving to friends' houses in your dressing gown
• 🧠 Why our brains do it: Seasonal energy shifts, our bodies being naturally connected to light cycles, the winter solstice and returning light, and how modern life ignores natural rhythms
• 🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: Some people barely notice seasonal changes while highly sensitive and neurodivergent people feel them intensely — from mood shifts to craving different foods to needing radically different social rhythms
• 🧰 Coping mechanisms: Survival plans, hygge practices, hibernation kits, crafting, fairy lights, tracking sunrise/sunset times, embracing pagan solstice rituals, and adjusting work schedules for winter
• 🌱 How to make peace with it: Stop trying to maintain summer productivity in winter, honor your body's natural need to slow down, find joy in seasonal rituals, and give yourself permission to hibernate

Thanks for listening 💛💜🩷🩵🧡

💬 New episodes every Monday.🎧 Follow now to join the conversation.

🧡 CONNECT WITH US

🎙️ Podcast socials:→ Instagram: @toomuchapparently

→ TikTok: @toomuchapparently

→ YouTube: Too Much, Apparently

→ Website: www.toomuchapparently.com

👩‍💻 Carly Radford:→ Website: www.carlyradford.com→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:→ Website: www.alicetew.com→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com
🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we're here for it.

Disclaimer: Just a quick note to say this podcast isn't therapy, and it's not a substitute for professional support. We're here to share ideas and experiences, but if you're struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or a support service near you.

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Ever felt like you’re too quiet, too homey, or too introverted to be considered fun? Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much, Apparently, we (Carly and Alice — two therapists and recovering perfectionists with squishy brains) talk about the fear of being “boring,” why it hooks so deeply for sensitive and neurodivergent people, and how we can start reclaiming “boring” as peaceful, fulfilling, and ours.

We explore how Western culture glorifies loud, extroverted fun — and how those of us who prefer candles, crafts, and cozy nights in often end up questioning whether we’re missing something. Spoiler: we’re not.

This time we talked about:

🎙️ We’ve felt this thing too (and we still do): being told to “lighten up,” saying no to nights out, and wondering if we’re the “boring friend.”

👀 What it looks like in real life: comparing our quiet joy to others’ chaos, second-guessing how we’re perceived, and masking excitement in calmer forms.

🧠 Why our brains do it: social conditioning, rejection sensitivity, extrovert bias, and the survival drive to belong.

🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: people-pleasing, pretending to enjoy things, or withdrawing altogether.

🧰 Coping mechanisms: self-acceptance, curiosity, redefining fun, and surrounding ourselves with people who “get it.”

🌱 How to make peace with it: what’s fun to you is valid — joy doesn’t need to be loud to be real.

Thanks for listening

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💬 New episodes every Monday.

🎧 Follow now to join the conversation.

🧡 CONNECT WITH US

🎙️ Podcast socials:

→ Instagram: @toomuchapparently

→ TikTok: @toomuchapparently

→ YouTube: Too Much, Apparently

→ Website: www.toomuchapparently.com

👩‍💻 Carly Radford:

→ Website: www.carlyradford.com

→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:

→ Website: www.alicetew.com

→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com 🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we’re here for it.

Disclaimer: Just a quick note to say this podcast isn’t therapy, and it’s not a substitute for professional support. We’re here to share ideas and experiences, but if you’re struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or a support service near you.

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Ever felt like you’re too sensitive to handle the news without spiralling?Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much Apparently, we (Carly and Alice — two therapists and recovering perfectionists with squishy brains) get real about news anxiety, empathy fatigue, and the emotional cost of caring deeply in a world that never stops hurting.

We unpack what it’s like to feel everything — from helplessness to guilt to full-body compassion — and how to stay informed without losing hope, burning out, or switching off completely.

This time we talked about:
🎙️ We’ve felt this thing too (and we still do): Hello doomscrolling, overidentifying, and crying over the headlines
👀 What it looks like in real life: Avoiding the news, then bingeing it at 2am “to stay informed”
🧠 Why our brains do it: Empathy overload, hypervigilance, and the myth that caring means suffering
🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: Emotional exhaustion, guilt for switching off, or numbing out with distraction
🧰 Coping mechanisms: Grounding, boundaries, media breaks, and compassion with limits
🌱 How to make peace with it: You’re not broken for feeling too much — you’re just living in a world that asks too little of feeling.

Resources mentioned:

6 Ways to Support Your Mental Health

Social Change Ecosystem Map

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👩‍💻 Carly Radford:
→ Website: www.carlyradford.com→ Instagram: @the_sensitivity_therapist

👩🏻‍💻 Alice Tew:→ Website: www.alicetew.com→ Instagram: @reparentingwithalice

📩 Email us: toomuchapparently@gmail.com
🗓️ New episodes every Monday

This is a podcast that says: bring your too-muchness… we’re here for it.

Disclaimer: Just a quick note to say this podcast isn’t therapy, and it’s not a substitute for professional support. We’re here to share ideas and experiences, but if you’re struggling, please reach out to a mental health professional or a support service near you.

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