In this episode, Laura and Bridget dive into the world of intrusive thoughts and fantasies...the unsettling images, urges, and daydreams that slip in (mostly) uninvited. They share stories from their own lives and practices, from postpartum spirals and highway what-ifs to everyday brushes with mortality, and unpack why our minds come up with these scenarios in the first place.

The conversation explores the difference between intrusive and intentional fantasies, how shame can make them heavier, and why saying the unspeakable out loud can actually help loosen its grip. They wander through sex, grief, chronic illness, and even social media fights, tracing how fantasies sometimes hold our unprocessed fears, our need for control, or simply the energy that has nowhere else to go.

Equal parts candid and compassionate, this episode reframes intrusive fantasies not as proof of brokenness, but as the mind’s ingenious ( and maybe unnerving?) way of working things out.