This is the final broadcast of Radical Advice as I move on to other kinds of audio work at the station and put this particular project to rest. It seemed like a good idea to focus on the incredible community that is BFF.fm by talking with DJ's who have become part of my support system, both creatively and emotionally. Thank you for listening and pa…

find Zara at zarazimbardo.com Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 13′08″ Home With You by FKA Twigs on Magdalene (Young Turks) 20′35″ Every Planet We Reach Is Dead by Gorillaz on Demon Days (Parlophone UK) 25′20″ Moon (The Slips Remix) by Bjork on bastards (One Little Indian Records/Wellhart) 31′16″ Marching the Hate …

Psychotherapist, podcaster, and business coach, Annie Schuessler, is closing her practice after being a therapist for 20 years. She joined me to talk about ending Radical Advice and navigating complex identities and needs as therapists and humans. And we answer a life question about whether to keep dating someone who's ambivalent. Find Annie and he…

Find Rochelle at www.rochellegreenhagen.com Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 7′57″ The Middle by Jimmy Eat World on Bleed American (DMG) 40′43″ Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage on Garbage (20th Anniversary Edition/Remastered) (Almo Sounds) 76′07″ Island of Doom by Agnes on Myopia (Deutsche Grammophon) 118′18″ Fl…

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 66′53″ Good Scare by TORRES on Good Scare (Merge 2019) 115′57″ Free by Cat Power on You Are Free (Matador) Check out the full archives on the website.

Abby Volk Neuberg is a psychotherapist in San Francisco specializing in sex therapy. We talk about what that is and address a listener question about threesomes. We also discuss a listener question about addressing trauma using a technique called EMDR. Find Abby at www.counselorsf.com Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playli…

Therapist and analyst Molly Merson joins me to talk about both the tension and the cohesion between social/climate justice and psychoanalysis. And we discuss a listener question about how therapists cope with the trauma of the people they work with. Find Molly at https://www.mollymerson.com/ Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.…

This broadcast might convert you to Satanism and that's ok. Meant to subvert arbitrary authority and help people get in touch with their inner wisdom, Satanism is very compatible with psychotherapy and activism. My interview with therapist, martial artist, and Satanist 😈 Yeldar Zhurgenov is interspersed with a spooky, moody Halloween playlist made …

San Francisco freelance reporter and writer, Nuala Bishari, joins me to discuss burnout, especially as a news journalist. And I announce the impending end of Radical Advice. I also answer a listener life question about the various ways one might experience therapy. Find Nuala on Twitter @thebestnuala Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a …

This broadcast features segments of a prerecorded conversation with fellow radio producers, Chelsea, Emily, and Lilia. We go in depth about the intense and therapeutic process of making "This Shadow" for KCRW's 24 Hour Radio Race. Yes, we're happy to have won an honorable mention, but it was so much more than that. Listen to "This Shadow" and the o…

Christine joins via video chat from Seattle where it's dreary and gray like it should be in October. We discuss her new life as an official Doctor of Psychology and settling back into her home town that's changed so much since she left. We talk about the impacts and big question marks around the gentrification/housing crisis. And we discuss a liste…

San Francisco based DBT therapist Marielle Berg talks about how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) works as well as her other specialization: food and body image issues. And we answer a listener question about identifying feelings. Find Marielle at www.bayareadbtcc.com, www.cookierevolution.org and find her two podcasts, It's Just a Cookie and The …

I take the reigns solo for most of the show, talking about how the past effects us now and answer a question about reparenting. Later in the show, my childhood friend Julene joins me via video chat to talk about childhood experiences that she's had to overcome as an adult. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 4′11″ any…

Butterfly Williams is a performance artist, Black public intellectual and community activist. In this broadcast we talk about his band OLOKUN, studying psychology, identity politics, and social justice/healing. We answer a question from a listener who has the money, but is scared to quit their terrible job. Find Butterfly at www.iruke.org and www.o…

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (and Lily's former supervisor) Elaine Chan-Scherer talks about polyvagal theory and the nervous system in the age of Trump. Additionally we discuss a listener question about social anxiety and another about how to figure out our lives when we're young. Find Elaine at www.4614california.com Enjoying the show? Please s…

I get really grumpy when it’s too warm for me so instead of making a nice show about summertime and chilling at the beach or whatever, I want to talk about climate anxiety. Hey, you don’t listen to this show because you don’t want to feel anything, do you? In the first hour or so I’ll talk about this and share my playlist of climate anxiety songs -…

lilysunmft.com Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 11′40″ Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Major, Op. 9,2 by Chopin on Piano Dreams - Originals and Classices (PianoDreams) 33′07″ Weary by Solange on A Seat at the Table (Saint Records/Columbia) 63′09″ Dulce Mal by The Chamanas on Dulce Mal (571231 Records DK) 95′13″ Bang On by…

Oakland based painter Cate White joined me to discuss her transition into being an artist and unpack the complications of being a white woman painting black subjects. We also answer a listener question about workplace communication and the biggest question of all, "What happens when we die?" Find her online and see her exhibition at Mills College A…

Today Radical Advice celebrates 100 broadcasts! Fellow BFF radio host, Beatrix Gravesguard of Astral Projection Radio Hour, helps Lily talk through the past, present, and future of the show and the world she created it in response to. And in the second hour, Lily plays music and reads out your thoughtful, touching responses to the survey she sent o…

Nurse in training and bartender/server Natalie Galatzer joins me to talk about the emotional ups and downs of living with a disabling injury the past several months and dealing with the unknowns. We talk about how people are helpful and not helpful. And we explore a complex, uncomfortable question from a listener who was accused of sexual assault. …