Veritas Views: AITA edition

About Veritas Views: AITA edition

This weekly podcast comes to you from Veritas Psychology Partners (https://www.veritaspp.com), Dr. Dan Kessler and Dr. Gayle MacBride. Each episode features unrehearsed, real-time conversations as your host (Michael MacBride, https://www.michaelmacbride.com) brings scenarios from the internet, the mailbag, and current psychology headlines. Kessler and MacBride respond with candid clinical insight, humor, and practical takeaways on sleep, anxiety, trauma, relationships, leadership, and high-functioning stress—plus a rotating bonus segment at the end.

Publisher

Veritas Psychology Partners

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Feb 2024

Latest episode

22 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

118 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Apr 2026

   Season 3 Finale: AITA, Say Anything Grand Gestures, Sleep Fights, and the Leadership Lie of Always On

   🛑 This Season 3 finale starts with a special AITA, moves into movie-style grand gestures that would never work in therapy, wrestles with a conflict that looks like it’s about sleep but may really be about the relationship, and closes with a leadership myth too many people still wear like a badge of honor.💡 What happens when romance, resentment, exhaustion, and work identity all get tangled together?What You’ll Learn:✔️ Why some AITA conflicts are really about deeper values, not just the surface dispute✔️ What Say Anything gets right and wrong about grand romantic gestures✔️ Why “always on” is not the same thing as leadership, loyalty, or love🌱 Sometimes the real issue is not the gesture, the schedule, or the sleep problem. It is the meaning people attach to them.📅 Need support? Veritas Psychology Partners offers telehealth in 43 states, including New York. Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/scheduleMeet the Team:🧠 Dr. Dan Kessler: https://www.veritaspp.com/dnk🌿 Dr. Gayle MacBride: https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm🎙️ Kelley: https://kbvoiceovers.com🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.comAbout our experts:Dr. Dan Kessler is a psychologist at Veritas Psychology Partners who specializes in sleep, anxiety, men’s issues, relationships, and practical, evidence-based strategies for change.Dr. Gayle MacBride is a psychologist at Veritas Psychology Partners who specializes in sleep, women’s mental health, PTSD, depression, and emotionally intelligent care for high-achieving adults.👍 Like, comment, and subscribe. And since this is our Season 3 finale, Dan and Gayle would love your feedback on the season, the segments, and what you’d like to hear next.#AITA #SayAnything #LeadershipLie #SleepHealth #Relationships #VeritasPP #VeritasPsychologyPartners #VPP #MacBride #Kessler

2. 

   15 Apr 2026

   Were Ross and Rachel on a Break, Baby Sleep vs. Renovations, and What ADHD Research Suggests

   🛑 Pop culture loves a technicality, neighbors do not always share the same reality, and ADHD headlines can get way ahead of what the research actually shows. 💡 What gets lost when people turn complicated relationship, parenting, and science questions into clean little slogans? What You’ll Learn: ✔️ Why the Ross and Rachel “on a break” debate still matters as a lesson in assumptions, meaning, and emotional impact ✔️ How to think about competing needs when one family wants quiet for a baby and another needs to renovate their home ✔️ What the ADHD biotypes research actually suggests, and why “ADHD is really 3 different things” is too simple 🌱 Clean answers are tempting, but real life usually needs more nuance than the headline, the argument, or the technical point can hold. 📅 Need support? Veritas Psychology Partners offers telehealth in 43 states, including New York. Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/schedule Meet the Team: 🧠 Dr. Dan Kessler: https://www.veritaspp.com/dnk 🌿 Dr. Gayle MacBride: https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm 🎙️ Kelley: https://kbvoiceovers.com 🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.com About our experts: Dr. Dan Kessler is a psychologist at Veritas Psychology Partners who specializes in sleep, anxiety, men’s issues, relationships, and practical, evidence-based strategies for change. Dr. Gayle MacBride is a psychologist at Veritas Psychology Partners who specializes in sleep, women’s mental health, PTSD, depression, and emotionally intelligent care for high-achieving adults. 👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations about relationships, parenting, leadership, mental health, pop culture, and the psychology behind how people oversimplify complex problems. #FriendsTVShow #ADHDResearch #AITA #Relationships #MentalHealth #VeritasPP #VeritasPsychologyPartners #VPP #MacBride #Kessler

3. 

   8 Apr 2026

   Why Social Plans Feel Exhausting, Gift Drama Between Exes, and the Danger of Fast Agreement

   🛑 Sometimes making plans feels harder than going, fairness gets complicated fast after divorce, and quick agreement in a room is not always the good sign it seems to be. 💡 Why do some of the smoothest-looking interactions carry the most hidden tension underneath? What You’ll Learn: ✔️ Why social planning can feel draining even when you usually enjoy the activity once you get there ✔️ What an ex-spouse gift dispute reveals about fairness, co-parenting, and emotional math between households ✔️ Why fast agreement at work can signal avoidance, hierarchy, confusion, or fear instead of real alignment 🌱 Ease is not always the same thing as health. Sometimes the quietest moment is the one carrying the most unspoken stress. 📅 Need support? Veritas Psychology Partners offers telehealth in 43 states, including New York. Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/schedule Meet the Team: 🧠 Dr. Dan Kessler: https://www.veritaspp.com/dnk 🌿 Dr. Gayle MacBride: https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm 🎙️ Kelley: https://kbvoiceovers.com 🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.com About our experts: Dr. Dan Kessler is a psychologist at Veritas Psychology Partners who specializes in sleep, anxiety, men’s issues, relationships, and practical, evidence-based strategies for change. Dr. Gayle MacBride is a psychologist at Veritas Psychology Partners who specializes in sleep, women’s mental health, PTSD, depression, and emotionally intelligent care for high-achieving adults. 👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations about psychology, leadership, co-parenting, social energy, and the hidden mechanics behind everyday conflict. #SocialAnxiety #LeadershipLie #Coparenting #AITA #Psychology #VeritasPP #VeritasPsychologyPartners #VPP #MacBride #Kessler

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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