Take Out Therapy

About Take Out Therapy

Feeling like life’s a bit… much? Take Out Therapy is the podcast that feels like chatting with a friend—who also happens to be a therapist. Hosted by Rebecca Hunter, MSW, this show gets real about the messy stuff: stress, overwhelm, and that inner voice that just won’t quit. It’s your weekly dose of practical advice and shared humanity, designed to help empathic high-achievers tackle life with less angst and more ease. Learn how to finally set boundaries without guilt, quiet your inner critic, and build the emotional resilience you’ve been craving. Expect relatable stories, laugh-out-loud moments, and actionable tools you can actually use—because who has time for fluff? Start with a fan-favorite episode! Highly Sensitive People Are Gifted & Challenged With Empathy and Overthinking https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-out-therapy/id1481635658?i=1000713772648 or... Manage Your Anger Without It Hijacking Your Life: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-out-therapy/id1481635658?i=1000704864319

Publisher

Rebecca Hunter, MSW

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Aug 2019

Latest episode

6 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

91 of 306 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Final Lesson On How To Maintain & Improve Your Mental Health

   Rebecca Hunter MSW discusses the three core teachings of emotional processing, presence, and self-compassion as the podcast ends, offering listeners a grounding reminder for healing and emotional balance.

2. 

   26 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Help And Hope For Highly Sensitive People In Turbulent Times

   The APP has arrived! https://studio.com/apps/rebecca (https://studio.com/apps/rebecca) If you like the podcast, you will love the Everyday Calm app. It is a daily program that teaches simple skills to reduce stress and anxiety in a few minutes a day. GET IT! (https://studio.com/apps/rebecca) Feeling overwhelmed, heartbroken, or emotionally raw by everything happening right now? In this mini episode, Rebecca speaks directly to highly sensitive, compassionate people who are carrying so much information, emotion, and uncertainty in these turbulent times. You’ll hear why feeling deeply is not a weakness, how grief and hope can exist at the same time, and where real, sustainable hope actually lives when the world feels unstable. Listen now for a grounding reminder that you don’t have to fix everything to stay human and that small, intentional acts still matter more than you think. Rebecca Hunter helps busy people reduce anxiety, stop overthinking, and build emotional balance. Get the Everyday Calm app (https://studio.com/apps/rebecca) for daily stress relief tools that take only a few minutes a day. Try the free class (https://www.takeouttherapy.com/overthinking) to understand and interrupt overthinking. Book a consultation call (https://calendly.com/rebeccahuntermsw/consultation) if you want straightforward, personal support. Book a session (https://calendly.com/rebeccahuntermsw/coaching-session) to get focused, therapist informed guidance with zero long term commitment. Get the BRICK (https://www.getbrick.app/REBECCA86173) to stop your cell phone addiction. Take Out Therapy is a podcast for people who want to reduce anxiety, recover from burnout, and live more authentically with topics ranging from mindfulness and emotional intelligence to emotional resilience and anxiety relief; discover actionable tips for managing stress, cultivating inner peace, overcoming overwhelm, setting boundaries, and mastering emotional regulation, all while supporting empathic high-achievers on their journey toward self-compassion, work-life balance, and freedom from overthinking and people-pleasing habits.

3. 

   19 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Get Out Of Overwhelm In 2 Minutes Flat! Stop Overthinking Spirals Using Neuroscience

   The APP has arrived! https://studio.com/apps/rebecca (https://studio.com/apps/rebecca) If you like the podcast, you will love the Everyday Calm app. It is a daily program that teaches simple skills to reduce stress and anxiety in a few minutes a day. GET IT! (https://studio.com/apps/rebecca) Racing thoughts are not a personal failure. They are a nervous system overload signal. In today’s Take Out Therapy Mini Session, I share a simple two minute, body based practice that helps slow mental speed when your system is taking in too much at once. No complicated strategies. No fixing. Just a practical way to reduce pressure, narrow your focus, and give your brain a chance to settle so spirals do not take over your day. I'm here for ya! Rebecca Hunter helps busy people reduce anxiety, stop overthinking, and build emotional balance. Get the Everyday Calm app (https://studio.com/apps/rebecca) for daily stress relief tools that take only a few minutes a day. Try the free class (https://www.takeouttherapy.com/overthinking) to understand and interrupt overthinking. Book a consultation call (https://calendly.com/rebeccahuntermsw/consultation) if you want straightforward, personal support. Book a session (https://calendly.com/rebeccahuntermsw/coaching-session) to get focused, therapist informed guidance with zero long term commitment. Get the BRICK (https://www.getbrick.app/REBECCA86173) to stop your cell phone addiction. Take Out Therapy is a podcast for people who want to reduce anxiety, recover from burnout, and live more authentically with topics ranging from mindfulness and emotional intelligence to emotional resilience and anxiety relief; discover actionable tips for managing stress, cultivating inner peace, overcoming overwhelm, setting boundaries, and mastering emotional regulation, all while supporting empathic high-achievers on their journey toward self-compassion, work-life balance, and freedom from overthinking and people-pleasing habits.

Inside a recent episode

The Final Lesson On How To Maintain & Improve Your Mental Health

Published 6 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It is the foundation of your mental health. Your mental health is absolutely and directly tied to how you treat yourself in relationship. We form so many coping strategies when we grow up based on what we have to navigate and to deal with but when we become adults, it's our responsibility to then come into an adult relationship with oneself because for lack of a better way to put it, you're stuck with your self -friend and if you can't stand your own company, you're gonna have a really tough time. Self -criticism has already been researched and proven to not be motivating. Self -compassion is not indulgent or pampering of oneself, it is a stabilizing skill and practice that can be used throughout the course of your entire life. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

16,083

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

347 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

84 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

53

Social presence

91

YouTube

76

Engagement

99

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