Mia Freedman

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7,600 appearances 60 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 2d ago

Mia Freedman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Mamamia Out Loud · Why We All Quit Therapy & When The Internet Says ‘Leave Him’ · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

But the kind of therapy I've been voice-verified

Doing for the last probably 10 years on and off is more that self-actualization. voice-verified

It's going, I've got this thing that I'm stuck with this thing, or I've got this pattern, or there's this thing I want to understand about myself. voice-verified

And I guess you could say that's the most self self-indulgent form of therapy. voice-verified

It's the let it's the least crucial form of therapy, but it can be the most beneficial. voice-verified

So it can help you understand if, for example, you're always dating. voice-verified

the wrong guys or you're always this or you do whatever. voice-verified

It can help you do that. voice-verified

But what I found and the reason that I left this therapist, which I went to because I was experiencing voice-verified

um some PTSD after some cancellations and it was really impacting my life and it had impacted my life for a long time. voice-verified

So yeah, it wasn't a crisis, but it was just a thing I needed to get sorted. voice-verified

And I went and saw her sort of every week for quite a long time. voice-verified

But then other issues overtook my life and the self-actualization, like the talking and the sort of trying to understand and voice-verified

it it just wasn't a priority. voice-verified

And she's and and the point of this this what Clara writes in in this um essay is that so many people are just jumping straight to the top and just wanting to optimize themselves. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And then you end up with a really lopsided pyramid. voice-verified

Um and it's also a it's a real um privilege to be able to just go and voice-verified

Talk about yourself and optimize yourself and it's a bit back to Jemima Kirk. voice-verified

Well Are people thinking about themselves too much? voice-verified

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