Send us a text The holidays often highlight the invisible labor women carry—managing everyone’s happiness, absorbing tension, keeping the peace, and pretending everything’s fine. But what if this season could feel lighter, more honest, and less about obligation? In this episode, Lurah Patrick, a graduate-student therapist at Her Time Therapy, joins Meagan to talk about the deeper emotional weight of the holidays: guilt, grief, boundaries, and the pressure to perform. Together, they explore ho...
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Send us a text The holidays often highlight the invisible labor women carry—managing everyone’s happiness, absorbing tension, keeping the peace, and pretending everything’s fine. But what if this season could feel lighter, more honest, and less about obligation? In this episode, Lurah Patrick, a graduate-student therapist at Her Time Therapy, joins Meagan to talk about the deeper emotional weight of the holidays: guilt, grief, boundaries, and the pressure to perform. Together, they explore ho...
Beyond Happily Ever After: How Feminist Romantasy Rewrites Healing
Her Time to Talk: Women’s Mental Health
21 minutes
3 months ago
Beyond Happily Ever After: How Feminist Romantasy Rewrites Healing
In this episode of Her Time to Talk, we explore a deceptively simple yet revolutionary tool for women's mental health: reading fiction for pleasure. Meagan shares why fantasy romance books, often dismissed as “just smut,” can actually serve as profound vehicles for healing, resilience building, empathy, and self-discovery. Drawing from her background as both a therapist and former English teacher, Meagan breaks down the modern feminine hero’s journey and what makes these stories so impactful—...
Her Time to Talk: Women’s Mental Health
Send us a text The holidays often highlight the invisible labor women carry—managing everyone’s happiness, absorbing tension, keeping the peace, and pretending everything’s fine. But what if this season could feel lighter, more honest, and less about obligation? In this episode, Lurah Patrick, a graduate-student therapist at Her Time Therapy, joins Meagan to talk about the deeper emotional weight of the holidays: guilt, grief, boundaries, and the pressure to perform. Together, they explore ho...
