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Emotional Physics

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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every 7 days
Average duration
37 minutes
Episodes
29
Years Active
2025
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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?

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 puni…

00:39:08  |   Thu 04 Sep 2025

"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 Rebekah 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…

00:36:08  |   Thu 28 Aug 2025
Re-Release: Cheating Part 2!

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 …

00:37:36  |   Thu 21 Aug 2025
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

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 …

00:32:25  |   Thu 14 Aug 2025
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!

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…

00:38:38  |   Thu 31 Jul 2025
How To Ease Into Kink: From talking about talking about it, to getting a dominatrix action figure in your own likeness

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 …

00:41:12  |   Thu 24 Jul 2025
All My Friends Hate It When I'm In A Relationship! Jumping into the basket of romance without overturning the lettuce display of friendship

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 s…

00:38:26  |   Thu 17 Jul 2025
Bonus Episode: An unsupervised early conversation on non-monogamy and queerness

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 conv…

00:35:12  |   Thu 10 Jul 2025
Topping In The Apocalypse:  Atopcalypse?  Apocatop?

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 …

00:40:22  |   Thu 03 Jul 2025
Whose Business Is This? How, when and why to share sensitive information with new partners

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 s…

00:32:56  |   Thu 26 Jun 2025
Who's Doing What and What's Doing to Who?  All about threesomes and how we can prepare for and execute them well.

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 imp…

00:39:01  |   Thu 19 Jun 2025
Once You Hit Magma You Can Text Them Back: How to navigate blooming into new love while grieving old love?

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 epi…

00:35:31  |   Thu 12 Jun 2025
Lonely vs. Alone: How can we carry our seasons of single-hood with grace and panache?

Lonely vs. Alone: How can we carry our seasons of single-hood with grace and panache?

In this episode, Tink and Gillian answer a question from a listener who is choosing a single life right now, but is wondering how to sit wisely with loneliness when it arises.  We discuss aloneness v…

00:35:56  |   Thu 05 Jun 2025
Dating In The Wild: How do you connect with cuties in real life?

Dating In The Wild: How do you connect with cuties in real life?

In this episode Tink schools Gillian, and our listening community, on how on earth she seems to have such an easy time meeting cute sweeties in real life.  Gillian identifies some things that have te…

00:41:40  |   Thu 29 May 2025
Fightin' Words: How can we level up the fighting style to make our relationships powerful cauldrons of growth and maturation?

Fightin' Words: How can we level up the fighting style to make our relationships powerful cauldrons of growth and maturation?

In this episode we address fighting, a big topic as far as both listener questions and our couples therapy practices.  We discuss ways that we actually are in favor of fighting at times, and note tha…

00:43:24  |   Thu 22 May 2025
Mountain Dew Donuts and Fiat Flamingos: Why partners embarrass us sometimes and how we can handle it

Mountain Dew Donuts and Fiat Flamingos: Why partners embarrass us sometimes and how we can handle it

In this episode, we take a look at the theme of embarrassment in relationships, based on several listener questions on the topic including:

1. How can I get my partner to stop being so embarrassing?

2.…

00:33:46  |   Thu 15 May 2025
Help I Have A Huge Crush On My Friend!

Help I Have A Huge Crush On My Friend!

In this week's episode we discuss the universally human and hurts-so-good phenomenon of pining after someone who is already our friend.  We have gotten several different questions on this topic and W…

00:40:49  |   Thu 08 May 2025
Why romance can make us all a bit harebrained and how to let it in without wrecking your life

Why romance can make us all a bit harebrained and how to let it in without wrecking your life

In this episode we answer a listener question from someone who finds themselves avoiding their romantic longings out of fear that love might, once again, wreck the many awesome things going on in the…

00:39:19  |   Thu 01 May 2025
You Can't Say That About My Mom: Why in-law conversations so often go south and what to do instead

You Can't Say That About My Mom: Why in-law conversations so often go south and what to do instead

In this episode Gillian and Tink answer a listener question about discussing within a partnership things about each others' family patterns that we don't want to repeat in our present-day dynamic.  R…

00:42:05  |   Thu 24 Apr 2025
When Is It Time To Leave a Relationship?

When Is It Time To Leave a Relationship?

Today Tink and Gillian answer a listener question about how to determine when a relationship needs to end?  How do we figure this out for ourselves?  And when would we how would we ever reflect to cl…

00:40:28  |   Thu 17 Apr 2025
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