What does it mean to be "too much"? With Therapist Anna Hollaender-Bird

This Is Too Much

In this episode, Andrea and her first guest, therapist Anna Hollaender-Bird, dive head first into what it means to be "too much". Like listening in on a conversation between two friends, we get insight into their experience as Latina women navigating their respective industries, families, and environments.
In this Episode we talk about:

• What does feeling like “too much" mean from a psychological point of view
• The association between doing "too much" and what Anna calls being a “high achiever"
• The dichotomy of being perceived as successful and simultaneously feeling shame or embarrassment around everything you are
• The link b/w identifying as “to much” and being a perfectionist
• Assumptions we make around others based on their looks
• The psychological imprint you operate from as the children of immigrants
• Overcompensating for insecurities through social media
• “Fantasy Selves”
• The correlation between self-imposed pressure and societal expectation
• Is there such a thing as a middle ground? AKA “just enough” versus “too much”
• The pro’s and con’s of perceived external beauty
• What your internal dialogue and self talk says about you
• Confronting our shadows and insecurities through healthy mature conversation
• Extremes in movie representation
• The struggles of any self-imposed career title
• Authentic Self
• What does embracing and acting authentically look like?

People mentioned in this Podcast:
YouTuber Christina Mychas
Actress Barbara Mori
Speaker and Author Brené Brown
More about Anna and how to contact her:
Anna is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) specializing in working with women, creatives, high-achievers, and people with difficult romantic relationships and/or difficult relationships with their parents. Anna aims to make coming to therapy a safe and warm experience. She’s integrative in her therapeutic approach using traditional “talk therapy,” EMDR therapy, and performance psychology techniques to help people heal and achieve peak performance. Her education includes the University of Southern California (USC) and Antioch University.

Anna’s career highlights include being a public speaker on the topic of mental health at universities such as UCLA and & UC Berkeley and her clinical work at the renowned Reconnect Trauma Treatment Center in the Pacific Palisades.

Currently, Anna is seeing adults based in California online for therapy. She also runs a group for adults about dealing with your difficult parent. Check out her website for more information at talkwithanna.com/entertainment-industry
Anna has rolling client openings.
You can always reach out to her for a free 15-minute consultation consultation at: www.talkwithanna.com/schedule/