Hilah and Jessie acknowledge that they make a lot of stupid, false statements - but for two shrinks whose office is the backseat of a car- what do you expect? Jessie has a crazy ketamine experience and traveled to the deepest level of her subconscious- which happens to be subterranean alien catacombs formed out of black rock, where the bodies of he…

Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Hilah's dreams are fueling her writing, and ketamine treatments are fueling Jessie's anxiety and causing rageful PTSD episodes. If you've ever wondered about male mastrubation and blow jobs, this is the epis…

Hilah's still drunk from the night before, but manages to trudge through this recording by eating fifteen different meals. Jessie's ketamine treatments are making her smarter and less relatable. In spite of these differences, they both agree - the dark void that is death totally chills them the fuck out- and people who have Near Death Experiences a…

Hilah starts the New Year off with climate anxiety and rude fever dreams. Jessie describes her first at-home Ketamine Treatment and the random neuroplasticity exercises she's doing(ish) - plus she meet someone who has ALSO had a transliminal event! They discuss harsh moms, inner-child wounds, Sudarshan Kriya meditation, miscarriages, and if Jessie …

Hilah tells about her experience paying a psychic therapist to reveal a bunch of stuff she already knows about herself and how it ended up super depressing and sent her back to her old counselor. They talk about the dangers of overdoing it on talk therapy without also figuring out ways to cope and deal and become more resilient. Hilah is still cons…

Hilah shares what she's learned from The Awakened Brain, a book by Lisa Miller, Phd. They help a listener who has been accused of being a gossip after sharing some inflammatory information about an acquaintance. Jessie establishes what constitutes malicious gossip and Hilah points out the societal merits of gossip and also the Neanderthal origin st…

Hilah and Jessie carefully consider a young woman's problem with a loudmouth, jealous coworker. Hilah inexplicably goes off on a tangent about butthole/mouth development in utero. Then they circle back to the Q of the D and offer a helpful script for a gentle but necessary confrontation. It may or may not require some light lying, manipulation and …

* Trigger warning: Discussion of disordered eating Jessie and Hilah help a listener who is worried that visiting her family for the holidays will trigger her bulimia. Hilah reveals her own past with disordered eating and Jessie relates her experience in Narcotics Anonymous and the notion of relapse as an erasure of progress. They offer tools that a…

In this minisode Hilah and Jessie discuss lawless Texas towns and the witches that cook questionable meth in them. They help a listener whose teenage daughter is giving some nasty tude over the fact that he won't allow her girlfriend to sleep over. They decide that, in spite of his caution, there is likely still some fingering going on (not FANGeri…

Hilah and Jessie reminisce about their acting days, alcohol-fueled bad behavior, and pet peeves that lack origins. A successful, married mother of two writes in, admitting that her decades-long battle with Kleptomania has gotten out of control. Jessie and Hilah discuss the understudied impulse-control disorder and therapuetic modalities that may he…

Hilah got her Akashic Records read and found out that she may have been a traumatized plant doctor in another life. Clearly she was a persecuted witch. They discuss why Jessie's ancestor was accused of being a sorceress by Puritans in New England during the 1600's. Hilah's reading reminds Jessie of a psychic who knew something very personal about h…

Jessie is four ketamine-sessions deep, and gives an update on its effects. Hilah opens up a conversation on the concept of "shadow self", often credited to Jung but truly an idea that's old as hell. They uncover some truths about themselves and Jessie recounts a dream in which she was a prostitute with zero work ethic. They decide that self-reflect…

Jessie's first ketamine session sends her to Alien catacombs before pulling a "Honey-I-Shrunk-The-Kids" scenario. Typical. For some odd reason Hilah assumes ketamine treatment is done in the nude. Typical. They share alarming anecdotes surrounding the bizarre things people do with semen, and help a listener whose sister is faking a pregnancy. They …

Hilah and Jessie toy with the idea of making bank by becoming right-wing talk show hosts. They brainstorm great uses for an empty plastic bag and a scrap of paper and then face the fact that they are perhaps exploiting their own hardships for the podcast. Hilah emphatically disagrees with the notion that “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes…

Hilah and Jessie talk about drugs and relive the glory days of their "raving 20s". Jessie's compulsive foot-picking puts her at risk of getting involuntarily committed. A woman writes in questioning whether or not to break up with her boyfriend before she leaves the state for a few months, or try and make it work long-distance. It seems to be a pro…

Jessie and Hilah bond over a disgusting discussion of tonsil stones and mask breath. Hilah doubts Jessie's ability to self-sabotage. NEVER doubt her ability to self-sabotage. Hilah's therapist becomes her makeshift secretary; they discuss the emotional logistics of forgiving someone who is dying, and neglect versus abuse. A listener asks for advice…

Jessie discusses the details of her upcoming Ketamine Treatment, and Hilah shares the seemingly unlimited demands her therapist is willing to meet regarding her dad. They ponder a listener's question regarding her sister, who is assuming the intrepid identity of a living barbie doll. Can extreme body modification be harmless and, in a way, valuable…

Hilah and Jessie help an adult male listener who got accidentally peed on during a sexy sleepover. Then Hilah shares embarrassing stories about herself and other people with blackout pee pee problems. And of course, the topics of bed-shitting and bed-bleeding comes up. Jessie threatens to poop on Hilah's bed. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a cre…

Jessie and Hilah's partnership is threatened when Jessie's depression tests Hilah's need for structure. Luckily they're both evolved as fuck and use tips from the strangely titled book, Nonviolent Communication, and the pod is saved! Jessie gives an update on augmenting her antidepressants. Hilah struggles to give Jessie a meaningful compliment but…

When does a child's lie cross the line from harmless to pathological? Hilah and Jessie disagree in this "shrunken heads" episode of Backseat Shrinks. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this …

Hilah and Jessie advise a listener who fears her little brother has become not just a bully, but a sexist bully. So they bully her into spying on him to gather more intel. Then they talk about their turn-offs and how their fathers formed their ideas about masculinity. They touch briefly on Texas' new anti-abortion bill. Finally, Jessie wants to mov…

A listener's wife is having a strange reaction to COVID isolation- including claiming to be allergic to a myriad of foods AND his body odor. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic t…

Hilah's chillin' like a villain while Jessie's over here with an existential brick in her head, like whoa. It's bad yo -- but not bad enough to stop shrinking people! Like a young man with a micropenis who needs advice on preparing his sexual partners. Then they discuss labiaplasty, and how to remain cool while getting consent on dates. This advice…

Hilah and Jessie offer vastly different advice for a woman who faked a panic attack in order to avoid taking a huge shit at her new boyfriend's place. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this…

Hilah and Jessie help a woman who regrets the breast augmentation surgery her ex-boyfriend persuaded her into getting. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom" in this comedic therapy podcast. Send y…

Hilah talks about trying out Lexapro for anxiety, then Hilah and Jessie advise a parent who can’t figure out how to shake off a clingy family after “podding” together for the past 18 months. About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners wit…

Hilah and Jessie advise an expectant mother who doesn't want her daughter around her leering father-in-law. Book recommendation: The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and w…

Hilah and Jessie help a dude who is being sexually harassed at work by an older woman, but doesn't want to make waves. You don't have to take that trash, dude! About Backseat Shrinks: With nary a credential in sight, longtime friends Hilah Johnson and Jessie Tilton therapize each other and give advice to listeners with "hilarious insight and wisdom…

In this shrunken episode, Hilah and Jessie help a listener cope with her boyfriend's antique porn magazine collection.By Hilah Johnson & Jessie Tilton

Hilah and Jessie discuss how to properly help a stranger who is in danger, and why people usually don't do it. They advise a listener whose boyfriend won't touch her outside of sex, and another who feels white hot guilt after banging. Chicken murder! Dead babies coming back to life! Gross PDA! Mastrubation! Oprah! Dictionaries! Newborn baby dies, c…

Putting out fires left, right, and center! Hilah and Jessie discuss grief and respond to a listener who asks if they should go to their ex-father-in-law's funeral, and another who has discovered his wife is not only cheating on him, but also using her employer's money to fund the affair. Finally, they address a listener who is ready to marry her bo…

Shift your reality y'all! Jessie and Hilah discuss how science explains the theory that reality is a hologram. They go over the U.S. military and government's interest in parapsychological phenomena as it pertains to psychic espionage and how it led to a study and assessment on "The Gateway Experience" in 1983, conducted by The Monroe Institute. Th…

Jessie recounts a transliminal event she experienced when she was 9 years old. Don’t know what that is? Why it’s important? Then listen up! Because it’s pretty bizarre and tells us a lot about the human brain and how the reality we experience may not be real at all. They also discuss aliens and Hilah keeps insisting Jessie was abducted but she wasn…

Hilah describes a bizarre boundary exercise from her therapist, then Jessie and Hilah advise a listener about friend fights and share tips for how to have a productive argument. Jessie comes out as a bad/cherry-picking feminist. A conversation about gossip goes nowhere.By Hilah Johnson & Jessie Tilton

Hilah and Jessie field a listener question on difficult life passages, the dangers of Ambien, treatment resistant depression, ketamine treatment, and serotonin syndrome. Jessie quotes Bob Dylan and Hilah thinks Dylan is the same person as John Denver. References: Libby Zion’s death by Serotonin Syndrome: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_Zion_L…

Hilah and Jessie dispel the myth that introverts & extroverts exist (thanks alot, Jung) and how humans use labels to fuel their ego's need for identity. Jessie discusses her opinions on AA and reveals a bit of the toxic Narcotics Anonymous group that convinced her to find her own keychains. Hilah shocks everyone with her ageist disdain for whiny el…

Hilah and Jessie debate farts vs. burps and discuss when to tell someone they're being cheated on. Ectopic heartbeat anxiety caused by Hilah's clockwork-orange-nightmare-scapes. Jessie diagnoses a listener with "pseudologia fantastica". Hilah analyzes the emotional work of having a child, and which information they should be exposed to. In a surpri…

Hilah comes to terms with being a temporary loser, Jessie confesses her trichotillomania and gives some book recommendations for no reason. They discuss staying friends with exes and give some advice to two listeners regarding their ex-partners.By Hilah Johnson & Jessie Tilton

Jessie diagnoses Hilah, shares creative writing techniques, psilocybin mushrooms, recurring dreams, bidding farewell to earth, virtue signaling yard signs, how to flirt post #metoo, sub/dom fetishes, and Hilah's very sweet stalker.By Hilah Johnson & Jessie Tilton

Hilah and Jessie issue apologies to their moms and discuss egomaniacal & sleepy therapists, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Brainspotting Therapy (BSP), and a problematic relationship that resulted in criminal activity and sexual predation. *Trigger Warning: this episode contains discussions about sexual assault and pedophilia…

Hilah and Jessie advise a listener to medicate to motivate , discuss their own toxic traits, parents, secretly loving lockdown, the glorification of success, financial dysfunction, MyPillow. No helpful advice was given in this episode.By Hilah