Therapy For Real Life Podcast

Anna Lindberg Cedar is a licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years in community services, and she started this podcast in 2019 to break therapy concepts out of the therapy hour and into everyday life. The central focus is burnout prevention, which she approaches by adapting research-backed therapeutic strategies into practical self-care tips you can use in the moment. With 104 episodes, the catalog is focused and purposeful. The format alternates between solo educational episodes and guest interviews with neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and fellow therapists. Topics include depression management, crisis navigation, role burnout, and what Cedar calls "bio-mood hacking skills" that use simple behavioral science to shift your emotional state. Some episodes include guided exercises you can follow along with, which gives the show a more interactive feel than a typical listen-and-learn format. Cedar has burnout prevention practices in Minnesota and California and also runs Workshops For Real Life, which offers interactive self-care events using behavioral science. The podcast functions as a companion to that work. Listeners describe it as "a healthy snack" for mental health maintenance between formal therapy sessions, which is a pretty good summary of its value. The show's 4.4 star rating from 29 reviews reflects a smaller but appreciative audience. The most recent episodes date to 2023, so this one may not be actively producing new content, but the back catalog of burnout-focused, skill-based episodes remains useful and relevant for anyone managing the demands of modern life.