Coping

This week, we're coping a little differently ! Following our AI takeover spiral a few weeks ago, we thought it only fair to balance things out with a timely celebration of what it really means to be human.In this special bonus episode of Coping, we're sharing highlights from our live conversation with crafty queen, artist and author Martina Calvi. We sat down with Martina a few weeks ago to kick off the global tour for her new book, The Art of Snail Mail (out now!) at Coping Studio in an event made possible thanks to Pinterest Australia.In this episode we hear from Martina, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson on all things creativity, connection, the analogue revival, and our enduring love affair with nostalgia, reflecting on all the things technology can never replace.☆ Huge thanks to Pinterest Australia for supporting Coping and helping more people step away from the doomscroll and back into their creativity. ☆Follow Martina Calvi on Pinterest and InstagramRead Martina Calvi’s new book The Art Of Snail MailTired Of AI, People Are Committing To The Analogue Lifestyle In 2026 by Ramishah Maruf, CNN BusinessWhy Are Young People So Nostalgic for a Time They Never Lived In? by Sik on SubstackNostalgia: Past, Present, and Future Sedikides, Wildschut, Arndt and Routledge, in Current Directions in Psychological SciencePersonal vs. Historical Nostalgia: A Division Of Emotions, by Chris Marchegiani Curtin Business SchoolWe’re Not Addicted To Nostalgia We’re Just Escaping The Internet, by Hannah Charlton, Roe MagazineWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on Instagram and Pinterest. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It seems everyone around us is moving through life at exactly the “right” pace: getting engaged, having babies, buying houses, building careers, finding purpose. Meanwhile, we’re left wondering, are we running late to our own lives?This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson muse on ‘feeling behind’ after rediscovering an article Alice wrote at 25 about comparison culture and the anxiety around reaching success by a certain age, revisiting the question through older (hopefully slightly wiser) eyes. In a conversation about ambition, timelines, and growing up, they explore the social clock and the psychology of comparison, the arbitrary milestones and social expectations we measure ourselves by, and the people who found their way on their own terms.☆ Want to stop guessing what your chart is trying to tell you? Get a personalised reading from real astrologers on CHANI – the #1 app for manifestation, meaning, and self‑discovery. ☆The 27 Club: A Brief History, Rolling StoneSocial Clock: Age Norms, Age Constraints, and Adult Socialization by Bernice Neugarten, Joan Moore, John Lowe in University of Chicago PressAustralia's Fertility Taboo, TasIVF ReportA Theory Of Social Comparison Processes by Leon FestingerLottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative?When Every Day Is A High School Reunion: Social Media Comparisons and Self Esteem's by Claire Midgley, Sabrina Thai, Penelope Lockwood, Chloe Kovacheff, Elizabeth Page-GouldDealing With Post-Trail Depression by Annie Mueller, Psychology TodayThe Hedonic Treadmill by Dan Pilat and Dr. Sekoul Krastev, Decision LabWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on Instagram and Pinterest. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you Type A or Type B? (Justice for Type C !)Maybe the label you’ve given yourself feels grounding (and that’s okay!). Maybe it’s limiting – something you’ve been trying to shake off..? Or maybe you’ve turned a label into a sort of playbook, a personality shorthand we were never really meant to rely on.This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dive into self‑imposed labels – dissecting the logic of Myers-Briggs and comparing their own Enneagram results as they unpack the universal urge to categorise ourselves. And can you ever truly shake off a label once it’s been culturally assigned… sometimes en masse? (Raygun made peace with hers two years post-Olympics – and you probably would too with Sammy Sex in your corner).TikTok’s Obsessed With “Type A” and “Type B” Personality Types - Here’s Why by Keyaira Boone, CosmopolitanThe Carl Jung Quote You’ll Love Based on Your Myers-Briggs Personality by Susan Storm, Psychology JunkeeWhy Myers-Briggs Is Totally Useless - But Wildly Popular by Anna North, New York TimesTo Promote Inclusivity, Stay Away From Personality Assessments by Quinisha Jackson-Wright, New York TimesMindfulness by Dr Ellen LangerThank You For Smoking: How Big Tobacco Created the ‘Type A’ Personality MythUncertainty-identity theory Hogg, M.A, in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 39Schema Theory in Psychology by Charlotte Nickerson, Simply Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin HardyAll I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot by Lucinda Froomes PriceThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonUntold: Raygun Breaking Badly, NetflixWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the daily choices that drain us (what to eat, what to wear, which tab to close), to the big existential questions we procrastinate on out of sheer overwhelm (Alice Griffin: “who am I”, etc.) we’ve never been more exhausted by our own decision‑making.This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson pull apart the paradox of choice in the age of infinite options: Elyse Myers’ viral video resurfacing as decision fatigue in action, maximisers vs satisficers (tag yourself), and what actually happens when we try to remove every friction from our lives. So which choices genuinely deserve our energy and where can we opt out? ☆ Flavour up your Dry July with Angostura Bitters. We’ll see you at the bar this month with a lemon lime n Angostura bitters in hand, our go-to non-alc choice (it’s a literal Aussie icon). ☆Elyse Myer’s video on outsmarting decision fatigueHow High Performers Overcome Decision Fatigue by Marlynn Wei, Psychology TodayDo You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? by John Tierney, New York TimesThe Paradox Of Choice by Barry SchwartzWhen Choice is Demotivating: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing? by Sheena S. Iyengar and Mark R. Lepper, Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyThe Mom Who Runs A Household With AI Agents by Lane Brown, The Cut Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Olivia Rodrigo sings, “It’s feminine intuition, ’cause I always had a vision of us standing like this”, and Jannah couldn’t agree more. (Alice has notes). We live in the most information‑heavy moment in human history, yet we’ve never felt less certain. So this week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson turn inward to examine intuition itself: Olivia Rodrigo’s album and the wave of intuition content it’s spawned, the gut feelings that felt like more than coincidence, and the booming psychic‑industrial complex attempting to sell our “inner knowing” back to us at scale. The irony being that the more we try to outsource intuition, the less we’re able to trust our own.And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: your clothes are trying to kill you (they’re not), and the skincare being marketed to three-year-olds. ☆ Fancy doing more IRL? Butter's for you. Find, join or start plans with people who love the same things as you (without the awkwardness!) Download Butter (search “Butter” on the App Store and Google Play) and give them a follow on IG @joinbutter and TikTok @join.butter ☆ The Ritual newsletter, KICCosmeticorexia: How Girls Are Falling Down A Skincare Rabbit Hole by Ruth Clegg, BBCdrop dead by Olivia Rodrigo ‘It’s Feminine Intuition’: Predictions For OR3, Ell Heeps, VarsityMy Secret Addiction by Julie Gordon, Maclean'sThinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Power of Intuition by Gary A. KleinRecognition Memory, Familiarity, and Déjà vu Experiences by Anne M. ClearyWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Is 2026 the year of the witch? by Madeleine WoonThe Gifts of Imperfection by Brené BrownWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re in a cost‑of‑living crisis (but you knew that already). While being frugal isn’t a choice for most of us, it’s seen influencers take a hard pivot to de-influencing, underconsumption core, frugal chic, and month-long spending freezes. Somehow not buying things has become a trend of its own and, inevitably, an industry.This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson share their favourite case studies of frugality – from Bradley on a Budget to Hollywood’s infamous poverty cosplays to the influencers thrifting their way through fashion week voxpops. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’ve got a man on the inside of an IRL wellness challenge, plus the rise of parasite cleanses (DON’T try at home).Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Laher.co⁠⁠⁠⁠, or explore the⁠⁠⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠⁠⁠ online. Influencers Push Parasite Cleanses, But Doctors Say To Steer Clear by Sarah Boden, NPRBradley On A Budget on TikTokBradley On A Budget Interview by Jessica Coacci, Fortune Homeless by Dior by Bridget Foley, WWD Watch: Tyra Banks goes ‘homeless’ for a day Watch: 1000 People See For The First Time, MrBeastRead: Maid and Class by Stephanie LandWatch: Maid on Netflix How To Be ‘Frugally Chic’ by Mia McGrath on SubstackWatch: Daily Telegraph interviews Australian Fashion Week influencersJaclyn Hill Was Losing Views, But Maybe It’s Overconsumption That’s Finally Out Of Style by Rebecca Cohen, NBC NewsThe Cost-of-living Crisis In Australia, Salvation ArmyRead: Karl Marx and the Marxist SchoolWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve never analysed our friendships more – doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of “meaningful connections”. But in a world defined by overwork, isolation, algorithms, and convenience culture, is all this discourse actually bringing us closer… or just giving us new ways to spiral?This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are unpacking the rise of friendship anxiety and the limits of the tools meant to soothe it, ultimately discovering that the real issue is structural: a world that engineered community out, then sold it back to us as a subscription.And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: the DIY labs closing the loop on longevity testing, and Kylie Jenner’s new hydration drink that makes you “glow from within” (sigh). Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at⁠ ⁠Laher.co⁠⁠, or explore the⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠ online. ⁠Women Are Lonelier Than Ever. It’s Putting Their Health At Risk⁠ by Kellie Scott, ABC News⁠The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships – and Rebuilt My Inner Circle⁠ by Isabelle Eyman, Camille StylesWatch: ⁠Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcast⁠⁠Loneliness – It’s Not Only You⁠, Conversations Podcast, ABCWatch: ⁠Lana on TikTok⁠⁠How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Loneliness⁠ by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross⁠Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Won’t Solve⁠ by Jessica Grose, New York Times⁠Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?⁠ by Jamie Ducharme, TIMEWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ambition used to mean climbing that corporate ladder. Then it meant girlbossing. Then it meant quitting your job to find yourself. Now? It’s… complicated.This week, we’re tracing the messy, contradictory legacy of female ambition. And with ambition discourse everywhere – Emma Grede interviews, Diary of a CEO soundbites, Vogue rebrands – we’re asking what "success" looks like if you’re no longer willing to sacrifice your entire life for it.Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson share their own shifting ambitions within this context: the craving for purpose, the fear of being consumed by work, and the cultural noise that tells us to both lean in and log off forever.And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: the Japanese headspa experience that (unfortunately) will change your life, and the journal worth flying to Paris for (disclaimer: cost of flights not included in purchase). ⁠I'm Rooting for Female Founders' Comebacks - And The End of Branding Women⁠, by ⁠Leslie Feinzaig⁠, FortuneMy Job Was My Life⁠. Then I Got Fired⁠ by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Cut⁠What Comes After Ambition? by Ann Friedman⁠, ElleWatch: ⁠Girlboss⁠, Netflix⁠Who Is The Girlboss Now?⁠ by ⁠Michelle Santiago Cortés⁠, The Cut⁠The Big, Controversial Business of The Wing, Explained⁠, by Anna North and Chavie Lieber, Vox⁠The Girlboss Didn't Die...She Can't Afford To⁠ by Charlotte Mair, The Digress Listen: ⁠Emma Grede on Style-ish podcast⁠⁠Hailey Bieber Is Writing Her Own Story With Rhode⁠ by Lucy Feldman, TIME⁠The Foremost Expert on Happiness Thinks Ambition Is Making You Miserable⁠ by Shalene Gupta, Fast CompanyWant to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever hit post and instantly fantasised about faking your own death and starting a new life on a remote island with no wifi? No, bc same.This week, we’re diving into vulnerability hangovers – why we’re all out here narrating our inner worlds to the internet, and what Future Us (20 years older, hopefully wiser) will think of the digital breadcrumbs we’ve left behind.Join Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we track our culture of self-disclosure from the personal‑essay boom, Substack confessionals, TikTok trauma‑dumping, all the way to Lena Dunham’s Famesick – the decade‑long case study in what happens when radical transparency becomes your brand. Because if confession has become a commodity, is there a secret we won’t eventually turn into content?And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: the fever dream that is run club at Coachella and the Notion templates rabbithole where good intentions go to die.Read: Daring Greatly for Brene Brown’s definition of vulnerability hangovers Alice’s (vulnerable!) interview on Little Things podcastDisclosing information on the self is intrinsically rewarding by Diana Tamir and Jason Mitchell On Falling In and Out of Love with My Dad by Natasha Rose Chenier, JezebelMy Gynecologist Found a Ball of Cat Hair in My Vagina by Michelle Barrow, XOJaneThe First Person Industrial Complex by Laura Bennett, SlateThe Personal Essay Boom Is Over by Jia Tolentino, The New YorkerI Am Not Your Therapist by Sophie DiBenedetto, De Paulia Watch: TikTok storytime exampleWatch: TikTok trauma candy salad exampleRead: Famesick by Lena DunhamLena Dunham Returns To The Confessional by Scaachi Koul, SlateWhy Did Bad Things Happen to Lena Dunham? She's Still Trying To Figure It Out, New York TimesCan AI Bring the Dead Back to Life? (2024) by Areesha Lodhi, Al Jazeera How Social Media Data Are Being Used to Research Mourning by Julia Muller Spiti, Ellen Davies, Paul McLiesh, and Janet Kelly Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content.Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠. Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠copinginc.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.