Emotional Physics
Rebekah Tinker and Gillian Boudreau
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Join psychotherapists and best friends Gillian Boudreau and Rebekah Tinker as they map out a pathway for healthy modern romance, unpack the universal and somatic principles of human emotion, and throw some gossip and jokes in the mix. All guided by questions from listeners like you!
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S1E36 Bye For Now: What does taking a break from a relationship really mean?
Oh, y'all. This is our last episode until we don't know when, so that Tink can go have her baby and meet whatever new parts of herself arise in the process! It has been so meaningful to Tink and…
S1E35 The Elusive Secure Attachment - How can we get it if we were never shown it?
Today is the second to last episode of this iteration of the Emotional Physics podcast before we go on a hiatus to welcome Tink's baby! Omgeeeee!Speaking of parenting and families, we answer a…
S1E34 Kink Matching - How to navigate the venn diagram of our most specific desires?
Hello listeners! This is our second to last episode of the current season, before we go on baby hiatus! Hiaby? Biatus? Anyway. We answer a listener question on how to handle it when kink…
S1E33 The Capacity To Be Alone
This week we share a MASSIVE LIFE UPDATE for the Emotional Physics family! We also answer a listener question about tolerating alone-ness after a breakup long enough to feel its benefits, rather…
S1E32 The Weak Hinge: Good Boy Syndrome and the related misconception that women were born to calendar
In this week's episode, we answer a question on the "weak hinge" in polyamory relationships. We found ourselves passionately discussing a research study on interpersonal synchrony which drove us into…
In many respects the opposite of an episode
Hi friends, today is just a quick note to announce that we are moving to an every other week release schedule, so that we can keep bringing you the high quality content you deserve while also keeping…
S1E31 What Makes for Good Sex? An exploration of generational context, expectations, and M&Ms
In this week's episode, we answer a two-part listener question - for one, is sex always at the heart of things people are working through in couples therapy, and for two, if sex is so important why…
S1E30 Is My Partner Trying To Help Me, or Control Me? How relationships can foster healthy growth without drifting into manipulation or abuse
Well we found ourselves pretty fired up in this week's episode! Here we respond to a listener question on the type of partner change it's appropriate or helpful to ask for. We end up grappling…
S1E29 What's The Deal With Couples Therapy? Or: If therapists are such good map makers why can't Gillian chart a course from water to glass?
In today's episode, Gillian and Rebekah respond to a listener question from someone feeling alarmed that they have been asked to go to couples therapy by a partner, worrying that this might be a…
S1E28 "How Can I End Things Ethically After I've Acted so Boyfriendy?" Or: A kiss is not a contract, but it's very nice.
This week Gillian and Tink answer a listener question from someone looking for a way to end a relationship skillfully and kindly, especially after the vibe may have communicated long-term intent. We…
S1E27 Re-Release: Cheating Part 2!
This episode was originally released in March 2025, however Gillian basically just posted it wrong and it landed in people's feeds weird and as such it got missed by many. We are off from recording…
S1E26 Hurry Up And Be OK So I Can Be Ok! A survival-brain explanation of codependency, and the ways we can heal our relationships from it
Tink and Gilly are *back!* For now. We actually will be away once more next week because summer is nuts but THIS WEEK we discuss codependent dynamics in relationships and what to do about them. If…
S1E25 Micro-Breakups: On relationships that seem to end just as soon as they have really begun, and how to remain CUNTY throughout. Featuring music by Lambrini Girls!
In this week's episode, Tink and Gilly catch up on relationship experiences present and past. Gilly shares her love for the relational freedom anthem of 2025, Lambrini Girls' song Cuntology 101, and…
S1E24 How To Ease Into Kink: From talking about talking about it, to getting a dominatrix action figure in your own likeness
Today's episode addresses a listener question on how to consider what kink might have to offer them, particularly after a shame-based history around sex from a strict religious upbringing. We bring…
S1E23 All My Friends Hate It When I'm In A Relationship! Jumping into the basket of romance without overturning the lettuce display of friendship
In this week's episode, we catch each other and you the listeners up on our travels over the last few weeks, including an exploration of the high concentration of ex-partners cluttering the grocery…
S1E22 Bonus Episode: An unsupervised early conversation on non-monogamy and queerness
We are both on vacation this week, so we took our cues from you, our listeners! Before we got our producer and started recording for real, we spent about a year meeting each week, recording our…
S1E21 Topping In The Apocalypse: Atopcalypse? Apocatop?
This week Tink and Gillian answer a listener question on the pressure on tops (those who tend to lead, or "do" the action in sexual engagement while bottoms might tend to submit to, allow or receive…
S1E20 Whose Business Is This? How, when and why to share sensitive information with new partners
This week Gillian and Tink answer a listener question about how to navigate disclosing things like mental health diagnoses, trauma histories, health information, or anything else that we might feel…
S1E19 Who's Doing What and What's Doing to Who? All about threesomes and how we can prepare for and execute them well.
Today's show answers a listener question specific to how monogamous coupled-up folks can best prepare for, talk about and have fun with threesomes! We discuss how common this fantasy is, and how…
S1E18 Once You Hit Magma You Can Text Them Back: How to navigate blooming into new love while grieving old love?
In this episode Tink and Gillian dive into one of our favorite topics which wierdly enough is actually grief! But before you fear that this episode will be a huge downer, take heart because this…
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