In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about frustration! When it comes to school or completing projects, one of the most common emotions we feel is frustration. Callie talks all about how we can better navigate frustration and what our frustration means to ourselves. When we better understand why we are frustrated, we can solve problems more efficiently and better understand ourselves. Ultimately, frustration is a completely natural emotion, and this episode dives into the complexities of...

In this week’s episode, Callie introduces the idea and code switching and how it has impacted the formation of her identity. Because of code switching, it is difficult to create who you are to yourself and the type of person you want to be. How can we all encourage authenticity? Callie answers this question and questions like it, and also touches on similar topics so listeners can feel seen. Being your authentic self and developing your authenticity is hard, so Callie brings her most...

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about what happens when a passion (like a high school sport) ends. Whether you feel depressed or overwhelmed, Callie offers advice on how to feel better but also fill your time in a way that doesn’t make you feel burnt out. Callie touches on replacing a passion with another one or ways to feel less burnt out with all your free time, Callie talks about it all (while also talking about other things too).

In this week’s episode, Callie dives deep into burnout. She explains why it happens to students, especially recently with returning to school, and how we can combat it. Callie also describes why students are so burnout in many ways and how they can’t win, but why we can and the emotions attached to it. She says that we need to experience the hardships that comes with school to ultimately feel better, and that they create who we are as students.

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about apologizing and forgiveness. Callie works to break down how we think about forgiveness by explaining that in a lot of situations, we need to be able forgive ourselves and others in order to move on and make that relationship better. However, the way we are taught to forgive is flawed, and that we must decide how we forgive ourselves, and the implications it has on the people that apologize to us.

In this week’s episode, Callie discussed what we should do if we are the most egotistical smart person in the room, or if we aren’t and that behavior is making us feel bad about ourselves. Callie also dives into academic competition, self esteem, and the public school system to really show how our egos have been built up academically and why it might not be the best for us. Callie stresses the need to help others in the classroom who are struggling to break down our academic egos, or to focus...

In this week’s episode, Callie explains why it’s ok to be hard on yourself, why it’s ok to have high expectations, and how these things are kind of necessary for change and growth. By disagreeing with an existentialist idea, Callie states why it is important to first decide for yourself how you are going to be hard on yourself, and why high expectations are nuanced, not black and white as we like to think they are.

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about academic validation! She explains that it’s a tricky subject; academic validation itself can either help you are harm you academically. It can make you more competitive, thinking that your success is tied to others’ failure, and that that will make you feel better. While other failures might make you feel better, it won’t fulfill you. Academic success will always be an internal thing, and that we should move away from tying it to validating our...

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about getting in a funk and what you can do to get out of one! By explaining how she herself is going to get out of her current funk, Callie hopes to inspire listeners to find out what works best for for them. Callie also details what she hopes her new routine will be and what it will look like to show others the importance of restructuring your day. In addition to this, Callie compiles her research on what she found to be best beat ways to get yourself...

In this week’s episode, Callie discusses identity and how it comes from within yourself. Touching on self worth, self love, and acceptance as aspects of identity, Callie explains that they all come from within yourself and are dictated by you. Moreover, that they shouldn’t rely on other people, and should not be impacted by our reputation. They all depend on you. Callie posits that although our existence may seem insignificant in the moment, it is actually empowering. We are part of a bigger...

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about Happiness! In explaining what makes us happy and content, Callie connects the ideas of fulfillment and contentment to happiness, and why they are so important. She also discusses the value of finding things that we are passionate about, as well as trusting the process. ‘If we aren’t happy in some aspect of the process is it worth it?,’ Callie asks. Callie also touches on certain roadblocks that can make it hard to be happy, and sometimes we need to...

Welcome to Season Two of Open Ended! In this week’s episode, Callie talks about self sabotage. Whether it’s in yourself or others, self sabotage is everywhere. Callie touches on topics like self hatred, insecurities, and fear in this episode, and how it relates to self sabotage. In talking about her experience with self sabotage, Callie hopes listeners can feel more connected.

In this week’s episode, Callie answers the question: why do we hurt the people we love? By bringing in her own experience, Callie explains that we are all a bit broken, and we act certain ways towards others because we haven’t fully processed certain aspects of our lives. Because of this, certain people we love and are close to cause us to react with anger, frustration, or sadness when our insecurities are brought up. Callie ends the episode by talking about where she is now, and what she...

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about Social Media and it’s impact on our self esteem and Mental Health! Callie discusses recent changes to Docial Media, including the influx of positive content creators, the Kardashians, and even some brands that have become more inclusive. In addition to this, this episode also focuses in on comparison, value, and other topics through Social Media’s impact and changes it’s made. Callie also illustrates these issues by explains how Social Media is a...

In this week’s episode, Callie talks about going back to in person high school! In giving advice to incoming freshmen and high school students, Callie reminds listeners to keep an open mind and try to have a positive attitude. For those who are nervous about going back to school, Callie reassures listeners to also keep an open mind. While this episode is not very advice heavy, it provides some good advice and help for school!

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about conflict in friendships and what she’s learned (recently and from previous years) about friendships. Without giving specifics, Callie becomes vulnerable by opening up about boundaries and hurtful things she’s said in friendships that has led to conflict. However, Callie remains hopeful and optimistic by reminding listeners that we cannot dwell on the past and our past behavior, but that we can only learn from it. Callie also explains that these...

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about depression! Whether it is about how she has handled it, her experiences with depression, or basic advice, this episode has a little bit of everything concerning depression. Callie also talks about why depression is so tricky, and why glamorizing depression (and mental illness in general) isn’t such a good thing.

In this episode, Callie talks all about cancel culture! In discussing both the pros and cons of cancel culture, Callie discusses that society needs to create more a culture that encourages conversation and discussion to bring improvement and change. In giving specific examples, Callie illustrates her ideas about the topic and encourages people to talk about an issue, rather than being divided and polarized on one.

In this episode, Callie talks about what to do when you are on summer break and decreasing Social Media usage. She also explains that in the first few weeks of summer, Callie doesn’t do much and why she doesn’t want to do this anymore.

In this episode, Callie asks and answers the important question: Why are current teens so unmotivated when it comes to school, and why do we feel this way? Callie explains that it could be because of the decreasing interest in teens to learn certain subjects or see the importance (or lack thereof) these subjects. Callie then gives some advice on how to become motivated to do schoolwork again, in hopes of providing an action plan for listeners, not just an answer to the question.

In this episode, Callie talks all about pressure and productivity, how to rethink it, how to redefine it, and the best ways to cope with it too! Callie stresses that in decreasing the immense pressure you put on yourself, you can be more successful. She also talks a bit about failure as well. :)

In this week’s episode, Callie uses the brain dump method to talk about a myriad of topics. From finding a hobby that gives you joy away from technology, to what Callie plans to do with the podcast over the summer, to the value of catharsis, Callie covers many different topics in hopes of making an enjoyable episode this week!

In this episode, Callie talks all about Mental Health! Because May is Mental Health Awareness month, Callie discusses Mental Health to give reassurance to people struggling with mental health and some tips to better your mental health!

In this week’s episode, Callie talks all about being less stressed. While she doesn’t necessarily talk about why being less stressed is good for a person, Callie gives examples of ways she motivates stress. Callie also provides certain books, TV shows, and movies that she recommends for de-stressing.