Why Don't We Talk About This?

About Why Don't We Talk About This?

You already know that there are a bunch of things people talk about in pockets or completely avoid. Things that may be controversial or uncomfortable but we need to get them off our chest. During "Why Don’t We Talk About This?", licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist, Paula McMillan-Perez speaks with folks whose learned experiences and/or professions give way to a diverse knowledge of topics that we just aren't talking about...but should be!

Publisher

Paula McMillan-Perez, LCSW

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Oct 2022

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

182 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   Talking about Compassion Fatigue with Natasha D'Arcangelo, QS, LMHC, LPC

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode, licensed therapist Natasha D'Arcangelo shares how her work with nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic led her to specialize in compassion fatigue. She and Paula explore why compassion fatigue differs from burnout and why caregivers may feel depleted after supporting others. Natasha discusses common signs and shares practical, evidence-informed approaches to address them. She also reminds us that struggling doesn’t mean we are broken, and workplaces have a respo...

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Talking about Self-Sabotage as Self-Protection

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Paula explores how perfectionism, procrastination, and avoidance contribute to self-sabotage by offering temporary relief while keeping us from what we want. With warmth, humor, and honest personal reflections, she invites you to get curious about what’s underneath the pattern by exploring the themes that contribute to the negative self-talk associated with this frame of self-protection. Paula shares how to identify, reflect, and move in a direction that supp...

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Talking about Turning Human Behavior into Life Science

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sarah shares how her personal experience with depression and anxiety led her on a journey to study neuroscience, psychology, and human behavior. This led her to imagine a more practical way to teach children about being human. She discusses with Paula how becoming a parent motivated her to speak up and develop a 13-lesson curriculum that revisits core ideas while connecting them to students’ changing lives. Paula and Sarah explore why emotional learning is of...

Who has been a guest on Why Don't We Talk About This?

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jenn Lederer
• Keisha
• Satori Shakoor
• Sandra N Crespo

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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

Quality

80

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71