Unsupervised

Relationship Experts Walk The Talk: [UPDATE] "Messers" Figs and Teale are flying solo from the Target drive-up to give you a quick life and podcast update.

January 5, 2023
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Unsupervised

Relationship Experts Walk The Talk: [UPDATE] "Messers" Figs and Teale are flying solo from the Target drive-up to give you a quick life and podcast update.

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Relationship Experts Walk The Talk is a deep dive into the struggles, cycles, and joys of relationship from couple and counselors Figs and Teale. Learn how to repair conflict and understand each other through their personal therapy sessions, storytelling, and expertise as couples therapists.

In "Unsupervised," Figs and Teale describe their new podcast episode process: exploring their relationship without a therapist and answering listeners' burning questions about navigating love, life, and therapy.

To submit a question for Figs and Teale to answer, email figs@empathi.com or leave a comment on YouTube, Instagram, or Apple Podcasts.

If you or someone you love are struggling in your relationship, visit empathi.com for quizzes, courses, and consultations.

Transcript

Speaker 1: And then I feel really alone with everything that I do.

Speaker 2: Because I have no money.

Speaker 2: I almost thought I'm an alcoholic.

Speaker 2: No, no successful relationships in my life.

Speaker 2: I'm so confused.

Speaker 1: Let me be purposeful.

Speaker 1: Did you get hurt too?

Speaker 1: You commute to me.

Speaker 1: Hello.

Speaker 1: Hello.

Speaker 1: We're in the Target, what do you call it?

Speaker 1: What is this?

Speaker 1: Drive-up.

Speaker 1: The drive-up.

Speaker 1: I'm so old.

Speaker 1: These are new terms.

Speaker 2: I'm a millennial, so I know what...

Speaker 1: Drive-up zone.

Speaker 2: I know what the terms are.

Speaker 1: Okay, you're just watching yourself.

Speaker 2: What's not to watch?

Speaker 1: I'm in a yellow t-shirt.

Speaker 1: You can't have me in yellow.

Speaker 2: Get closer to me.

Speaker 2: Commute to me.

Speaker 2: Commute to me, exactly.

Speaker 2: So we just wanted to update all of our amazing supports and fans and listeners.

Speaker 1: And watchers.

Speaker 2: And watchers.

Speaker 1: Especially the next-door neighbor that watches.

Speaker 1: Watches me.

Speaker 2: I watch them.

Speaker 1: You watch them.

Speaker 2: I watch them watch you.

Speaker 1: That is kind of kinky.

Speaker 2: That is super kinky.

Speaker 2: I like it.

Speaker 2: Okay.

Speaker 1: Well, what's the update?

Speaker 2: The update is, you know, we stopped working with our couples therapist.

Speaker 2: And we are moving on.

Speaker 2: Flying solo.

Speaker 2: Flying north.

Speaker 1: Flying a couple without a couples therapist.

Speaker 2: We're flying home to each other.

Speaker 2: Exactly.

Speaker 2: On our own.

Speaker 1: Yeah.

Speaker 2: Unsupervised.

Speaker 1: Not a good idea.

Speaker 2: Except for by you guys.

Speaker 1: Not a good idea, us being unsupervised.

Speaker 1: Which, by the way, yeah, so we stopped seeing the couples therapist.

Speaker 1: What I was going to say is, you know what's so weird?

Speaker 1: Like, our daughter, Grace.

Speaker 1: Right?

Speaker 1: She's really upset about how her class has a bad reputation.

Speaker 1: Right?

Speaker 1: That her class is really, like, full of people that are loud.

Speaker 2: Messing.

Speaker 2: She thinks there's the good third grade class and that they're the bad third grade class.

Speaker 1: I have to keep reminding her.

Speaker 1: Like, who do you think your parents were when they were in school?

Speaker 1: Right?

Speaker 1: Like, we were probably the bad ones.

Speaker 1: Right?

Speaker 1: The loud ones.

Speaker 1: The messers.

Speaker 1: Do you say messers?

Speaker 2: No.

Speaker 1: Messers?

Speaker 2: No.

Speaker 2: But you say it so convincingly.

Speaker 1: Making a mess.

Speaker 2: Making a mess.

Speaker 2: Yeah, we were the messers.

Speaker 1: We were the messers.

Speaker 1: So I have no idea where Grace came from.

Speaker 2: That she doesn't want to be a messer.

Speaker 2: Or that...

Speaker 1: Be associated with messers.

Speaker 1: Which I'm like, what the hell?

Speaker 1: What the heck?

Speaker 2: That is everything.

Speaker 1: It is.

Speaker 2: That is us.

Speaker 1: It is us.

Speaker 2: That is us.

Speaker 1: So yeah, no couple therapy anymore.

Speaker 1: So we're flying solo.

Speaker 1: And we just stopped making the videos.

Speaker 1: Right?

Speaker 1: And the podcast.

Speaker 1: Just because it was, like, ridiculous.

Speaker 1: Like, work.

Speaker 1: Right?

Speaker 1: Like, doing the therapy session.

Speaker 1: Watching the therapy session.

Speaker 1: Working out what was valuable to share.

Speaker 1: Editing it.

Speaker 1: Producing it.

Speaker 1: Sending it out to everybody.

Speaker 1: So we do want to do the podcast again.

Speaker 1: Which we're doing in the Target drive up.

Speaker 1: I got it.

Speaker 1: Just about.

Speaker 1: Right now.

Speaker 1: But we're just going to do it like this.

Speaker 1: Where we're going to answer some of your questions.

Speaker 1: And share with you what's going on in our relationship.

Speaker 1: For better or worse.

Speaker 1: Depending on the moment.

Speaker 2: We might have some guests.

Speaker 1: Well, I hope we are going to have some guests.

Speaker 1: But that's it.

Speaker 1: Yeah.

Speaker 1: We're going to, like, just kind of make it easier for us to get these relationship little tips and updates out to you.

Speaker 1: Where we don't get bogged down with editing and producing stuff.

Speaker 2: It's so exciting, guys.

Speaker 2: And so send us your questions.

Speaker 2: Send us your juicy.

Speaker 1: Real life questions.

Speaker 2: Questions.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker 1: Awesome.

Speaker 1: I can't believe you did this where I'm in a yellow t-shirt.

Speaker 1: Remember you told me I'm not allowed to ever wear this.

Speaker 1: Might as well be naked.

Speaker 2: Ooh.

Speaker 1: Okay.

Speaker 2: I like this new flying solo thing.

Speaker 1: We can do audio only while I'm naked.

Speaker 1: But not video naked.

Speaker 2: Wow.

Speaker 1: Okay.

Speaker 2: Okay.

Speaker 2: I'm feeling vulnerable for you.

Speaker 1: More to come.

Speaker 2: Boom.

Speaker 2: Drop the mic.

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