Best Celeste The Therapist Podcasts (2025)

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EP 513 Turning Pain into Purpose: Reframing Your Life 29:26

25m ago29:26

29:26

Welcome to another episode of "Celeste the Therapist Podcast"! I'm Celeste, a therapist from Boston, and if you're new here, thank you for tuning in. For our longtime listeners, I appreciate your continued support. On this podcast, I delve into the challenges we face in life and provide insights on how to navigate them. Whether you're here to shift…

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First Love Mixtape: Side A (Encore) 21:06

7h ago21:06

21:06

This episode of “Modern Love” features Lisa Selin Davis’s essay “What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love.” She writes about how the song “I’ll Be Your Mirror” became the soundtrack to her summer romance with a floppy-haired “rocker kid” who inadvertently helped her find healing. Then, we hear from some members of the “Modern Love” team about the songs t…

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Friends for 16 Years. Lovers for One Night. 39:43

7d ago39:43

39:43

Elizabeth and Jeff were best friends. They did everything together, from early-morning runs to late-night karaoke sessions. They came up with secret code names for each other and went on undercover missions in their neighborhood. They fought, and made up, and fought some more. Beneath their playful dynamic, an attraction was growing between them, b…

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Why Boys and Men Are Floundering, According to Relationship Therapist Terry Real 37:15

13d ago37:15

37:15

A session with Terry Real, a marriage and family therapist, can get uncomfortable. He’s known to mirror and amplify the emotions of his clients, sometimes cursing and nearly yelling, often in an attempt to get men in touch with the emotions they’re not used to honoring. Real says men are often pushed to shut off their expression of vulnerability wh…

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EP 512 Balancing Emotions and Logic: The Power of Intentional Living 24:41

5d ago24:41

24:41

In this episode of Celeste the Therapist podcast, Celeste, a Boston-based therapist, delves into the challenges we face in our wellness journey and offers practical advice on how to tackle them. She emphasizes the importance of taking the first step towards change and how it can set the momentum for continued progress. Celeste also highlights the v…

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A Mother’s Fierce, Extravagant Love (Encore) 22:18

21d ago22:18

22:18

In honor of Mother’s Day this week, we revisit the story of one mom who went to extraordinary lengths to make sure her daughter always felt her love, even after she was gone. Each time Genevieve Kingston reached a milestone — a birthday, her first period, high school graduation, she’d reach into the box her mom had packed for her and pull out the n…

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Miranda July Knew Exactly What She Was Doing 36:17

28d ago36:17

36:17

It’s been almost a year since Miranda July released her hit novel, “All Fours.” The novel features a woman in her mid-40s who heads out on a solo road trip across the country, only to stop at a roadside motel 30 minutes from her home. She winds up staying there for three weeks, exploring and questioning what she actually wants and needs out of midl…

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EP 511 The Hidden Connection: How Fear Impacts Your Immune System 32:39

20d ago32:39

32:39

In this episode of Celeste, the Therapist Podcast, host Celeste discusses the critical connection between fear and the immune system, shedding light on how many of us live in survival mode without understanding its impact on our bodies. Celeste aims to break down complex concepts into simple, relatable terms, drawing from her experiences as a thera…

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You’re Probably Thinking About Boundaries All Wrong 39:29

1M ago39:29

39:29

KC Davis is a therapist and author known for her practical, empathetic advice on dealing with clutter, even when you are feeling like too much of a mess yourself to take care of the mess in your home. Her TikTok videos on the subject have been viewed millions of times. But lately, Davis has been talking and writing about our relationships not just …

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EP 510 Challenging Limiting Beliefs: A Path to Personal Growth 32:17

27d ago32:17

32:17

In this episode of Celeste, a therapist podcast, host Celeste, a Boston-based therapist, delves into the topic of challenging limiting beliefs. She discusses how pervasive these beliefs can be and how they often hinder personal growth and self-recognition. Celeste emphasizes the importance of changing one's inner dialogue to see the greatness withi…

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EP 509 From Survival to Peace: Understanding and Healing Your System 22:25

1M ago22:25

22:25

Welcome back to another episode of Celeste, the therapist podcast. In today's episode, Celeste dives into the journey from survival mode to finding peace, emphasizing the importance of understanding your system. She explores why we experience certain feelings and behaviors, and provides actionable insights on how to foster change, regardless of you…

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Gen X? More Like Gen Sex. 37:29

1M ago37:29

37:29

Mireille Silcoff recently wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine titled “Why Gen X Women Are Having the Best Sex.” At a time of life when many women describe feeling less visible and less desirable, Silcoff said, her life instead “exploded in a detonation of sex confetti.” On today’s episode, Silcoff shares the juicy back story to her pop…

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Episode 508 Overcoming Overwhelm: The Power of Planning and Mindfulness 22:11

1M ago22:11

22:11

In this episode of Celeste, a therapist podcast, Celeste, a dedicated therapist from Boston, explores the concept of feeling stuck and the transformative power of planning. She discusses the emotional barriers that keep us from moving forward and offers practical strategies to create effective plans to overcome these obstacles. Celeste emphasizes t…

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Let Yourself Rage With Poet Laureate Ada Limón 34:35

2M ago34:35

34:35

As U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has had a far-reaching impact. She has visited readers and writers across the country, installed poems at majestic sites in national parks, and she even wrote a poem that’s engraved inside a NASA spacecraft on its way to Jupiter. Today on the show, though, our host Anna Martin talks with Limón about something more p…

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My Brother Has Schizophrenia. This Is How I Love Him. 35:57

2M ago35:57

35:57

Growing up, Jamie Shandro was interested in science, while her younger brother, Tim, liked art. When they were in their twenties, they both landed in Seattle: Jamie for medical school and Tim for art school. They were closer than ever. But as Jamie was finishing up a rotation in psychiatry, Tim started behaving strangely. In this episode of Modern …

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EP 507 Understanding Life Challenges: Don't Take It Personally 22:21

2M ago22:21

22:21

Practice Self-Compassion and Recognize That Everyone Has Their Own Battles In the episode, Celeste emphasizes the importance of practicing self-compassion and recognizing that everyone has their own battles. This practice is crucial for maintaining healthy relationships and mental well-being. Call to Action: Follow Celeste on all social media platf…

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I Got Addicted to Love and Came Out the Other Side 34:42

2M ago34:42

34:42

If you know one thing about Orville Peck, it’s probably that he wears a mask. The country musician has long kept himself shrouded in mystery, shielding his face from the public and revealing few details about his past. His music, however, is full of emotional honesty and vulnerability — he told the Modern Love podcast that most of his lyrics are ab…

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EP 506 The Mind-Body Connection: How Food Impacts Mental Health 30:33

2M ago30:33

30:33

In this episode of Celeste the Therapist podcast, Celeste returns after her first-ever month-long break since starting the podcast in 2018. She discusses the importance of taking breaks and how it felt strange to be away from podcasting. The main topic of the episode focuses on the connection between the mind and food, inspired by the recent collab…

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How I Decentered Men and Learned to Center Myself 32:26

2M ago32:26

32:26

Natasha Rothwell plays characters who are constantly trying to improve and to better understand their desires. This season on “The White Lotus,” Rothwell, an Emmy-nominated actress, is back playing Belinda, a striving spa manager with dreams of becoming her own boss. Ambitions like these are relatable to Rothwell, who created and starred in her own…

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How to Get Talking Again, With Lucy Dacus of boygenius 35:27

3M ago35:27

35:27

On her fourth solo album, “Forever Is a Feeling” (out March 28), Lucy Dacus contemplates the fears and delights that go along with falling hard for someone. The song “Best Guess” celebrates the leap of faith involved in committing to a partner with the knowledge that both of you will change over time. And in another track called “Talk,” a couple re…

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If You Want This Kind of Love, Don’t Expect It to Be Easy 40:58

3M ago40:58

40:58

When Samaiya Mushtaq was growing up, she imagined marrying a kind Muslim man, and at 21, she did. But while studying to become a psychiatrist in medical school, she realized her husband couldn’t meet her emotional needs — something she deeply craved. Despite the shame she felt, she got a divorce. In this episode, Mushtaq shares the twists and turns…

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Carrie Coon on What Being Worthy of Love Really Means 35:29

3M ago35:29

35:29

In the movie “His Three Daughters,” Carrie Coon’s character, Katie, has rigid ideas about who her sisters are and what they’re capable of. When the women reunite to care for their dying father, those ideas become a barrier to true connection and care for each other. In this episode, Coon reads the Modern Love essay “A Family Label, Ungarbled” by Ha…

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Why Gossiping Could Help Your Love Life 30:06

3M ago30:06

30:06

For Kelsey McKinney, the author of the new book, “You Didn’t Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip,” spreading a good story occupied a morally gray zone throughout her childhood. McKinney, who is also the former host of the podcast, “Normal Gossip,” talks with Modern Love’s Anna Martin about navigating the ups and downs of gossiping in h…

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Ep 505 Cultivating Awareness: The Key to Personal Change 26:04

3M ago26:04

26:04

Host: Celeste, The Therapist Summary: In this episode, Celeste, a seasoned therapist from Boston with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, delves into the crucial role of awareness in personal transformation. She explains how becoming mindful of your behaviors can be the first step towards meaningful change, regardless of your ba…

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How to Fall (and Stay) in Love 51:04

4M ago51:04

51:04

The Modern Love team asked you to share with us the moment you knew you were falling in love, and you delivered. Your stories took us to so many places — dinner dates, subway rides, sunsets, concerts — and showed us the many shapes of love. There were so many that we could not list them all. In this episode, we listen back to your voice messages. T…

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