Couch Time with Cat, Wimberley, TX (2026)

10/12/2026

Friends!!!

You’ve been carrying a story you’ve never told anyone the whole truth of.

Not because you don’t trust them. Because you’re not sure where it’s safe to even begin. You’ve been editing yourself for so long, you forgot you were doing it.

So this week on Couch Time with Cat, I sit down with author and singer-songwriter and my friend, Brooklyn James to talk about writing your story and creating your life — and it cracked something open.

Brooklyn turned her own experience of leaving an abusive home into a novel, an original soundtrack, and a life spent helping other people find the words for what happened to them. She knows what it costs to stay quiet, and what it opens up when you finally don’t.

You’ll walk away with a different way to think about the story you’ve been sitting on — and permission to tell it at the pace your nervous system can actually handle, to the person who’s earned it first.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL?si=a46aae6d32f54b5b

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894

I’m Catia, Cat! from Bright Light MFT and I created Couch Time so that mental wellness can be accessible and we can all find a place to connect. Find more at catiaholm.com.

Thank you so much for being here and supporting the show! I appreciate you!!

10/05/2026

Friends!!! You are so tired of being defined by the worst chapter of your story.

You tell it so well by now — the fall, the rock bottom, the thing you survived.

You've turned your pain into your personality, because at least it's something people recognize.

But somewhere along the way, the wound became the whole story.

And you're exhausted carrying it like it's still happening.

So this week on Couch Time with Cat I sit down with Justin Furstenfeld, frontman and lead singer of Blue October, to talk about addiction, identity, and what comes after the healing starts — and it cracked something open. Justin's spent years turning his own recovery into music millions of people have leaned on, and this conversation goes past the lyrics into what actually changed.

You'll walk away understanding why "stop building your identity around the wound" isn't a cute phrase — it's permission to let the rest of your story exist too.

Listen now!

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-addiction-to-healing-with-justin-furstenfeld/id1824544734?i=1000793165257

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Dj6hEUvQqmICgSF0uSTni?si=3IAQJIjiSkWs6hVK-AHGLQ

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/episode/from-addiction-to-healing-with-justin-furstenfeld-frontman-and-lead-singer-of-blue-october-346917080

I'm Catia, Cat! from Bright Light Marriage and Family Therapy — and I created Couch Time so that mental wellness can be accessible and we can all find a place to connect. Find more at catiaholm.com.

Thank you so much for being here and supporting the show! I appreciate you!!

09/28/2026

Friends!!!

In some towns, everybody knows your name — and still nobody asks how you're really doing.

You learn to carry it quietly. The stress of an economy with one industry. The exhaustion nobody names because there's no one nearby trained to name it. The idea that struggling is just what living out here costs, so why bring it up.

That's not resilience. That's just distance from help, dressed up as strength.

So this week on Couch Time with Cat, I sit down with Julia Cruz, LPC, on our episode - Rural Mental Health, Real Stakes — and it cracked something open. Julia's spent over 13 years doing this work in the Texas Panhandle itself, so she's not theorizing about small towns. She's naming what she's watched happen in them.

You'll walk away understanding why "normal" out here can actually mean chronic stress hiding in plain sight — plus a simple grounding breath you can use the next time your body knows something's wrong before your mind admits it.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rural-mental-health-real-stakes-with-julia-cruz-lpc/id1824544734?i=1000791953336

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZIyHvJ4ivdBvaS7X1nmea?si=2c0c9203868645de

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

I'm Catia, Cat! from Bright Light MFT — and I created Couch Time so that mental wellness can be accessible and we can all find a place to connect. Find more at catiaholm.com.

Thank you so much for being here and supporting the show! I appreciate you!!

09/21/2026

Friends!!!

You've told a chatbot things you haven't told anyone else. Not because it understands you. Because it doesn't ask anything back.

There's a version of you that types it all into a text box at 1am — the fight, the fear, the thing you can't stop thinking about — and something answers. Calm. Immediate. No waiting room. No co-pay.

It feels like relief.

Sometimes it is relief.

But relief and healing are not the same thing. And your nervous system knows the difference, even when the rest of you is too tired to notice.

So this week on Couch Time with Cat, I'm sitting with this one myself — no guest, just me and the question a lot of us are quietly asking: can an AI chatbot replace therapy? Because more of us are leaning on them than we're willing to say out loud.

You'll walk away understanding why a calm response from a machine can still leave you feeling more alone — and what it actually takes to use these tools without mistaking convenience for real connection.

Listen now!

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

I'm Catia, Cat! from Bright Light MFT — and I created Couch Time so that mental wellness can be accessible and we can all find a place to connect. Find more at catiaholm.com.

Thank you so much for being here and supporting the show! I appreciate you!!

09/14/2026

Friends!!!

Imagine this, you have been running on empty and calling it normal.

You wake up already behind. You push through the tired, the tight shoulders, the stomach that's been off for weeks. You tell yourself you'll rest when things calm down.

Things never calm down.

You have gotten so good at ignoring your body that you've forgotten it's been talking to you this whole time.

So this week on Couch Time with Cat, I sit down with Valerie Hemming from Salt and Light Wellness Spa to talk about holistic healing — nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and what happens when you finally slow down long enough to notice what your body's been trying to tell you. And it cracked something open.

You'll walk away understanding why "pushing through" isn't the same as healing, and permission to treat your body like it's actually part of the conversation — not just the thing that carries you from task to task.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:

Apple Podcasts

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holistic-healing-and-wellness-with-valerie-hemming/id1824544734?i%3D1000789382225&source=gmail&ust=1789471089440000&sa=E
Spotify

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL&source=gmail&ust=1789471089440000&sa=E

iHeartRadio

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/&source=gmail&ust=1789471089440000&sa=E

I'm Catia, Cat! from Bright Light Marriage and Family Therapy — and I created Couch Time so that mental wellness can be accessible and we can all find a place to connect. Find more at catiaholm.com.

Thank you so much for being here and supporting the show! I appreciate you!

09/07/2026

Friends!!!!!!!!!! hi!!!!!!!! 🛋️ You call it a "guilty pleasure." I call it Tuesday.

Let's just say the quiet part out loud: you watch reality TV, you love it, and somewhere along the way you started apologizing for that.

You mute it when someone walks in. You call it "trash" before anyone else can. You've built a whole disclaimer just to enjoy something that makes you happy. 😅

That's not taste. That's shame wearing a cute outfit.

So this week on Couch Time, I sat down with therapist and self-proclaimed Bravo-holic Jessica Gottschalk to talk about the real benefits of reality TV — and honestly? It cracked something open. 🎉

Jessica's been in the therapy world since 2011 and now co-owns OG Counseling Group in Houston, where she helps people with anxiety, people-pleasing, and the exhausting art of being "fine" all the time. She's also been watching Bravo since 2006. She brings the clinical lens and the group chat energy — which is exactly why this conversation works.

We got into:

🍿 Why those parasocial relationships with reality stars are actual comfort, not a red flag
🍿 How watching drama unfold is emotional rehearsal for your own conflicts
🍿 Why fandom builds real community — hello, group chats and recap podcasts
🍿 Ditching the shame and just calling it what it is: pleasure, pleasure
🍿 The real difference between resting... and numbing out
🍿 What rupture and repair on reality TV can teach us about our own relationships

You'll walk away from this one with actual permission — to enjoy your show, skip the disclaimer, and stop performing a personality that doesn't even like the things you like. 💫

🎧 Press play if you're tired of shrinking your joy to fit someone else's idea of "productive."

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:
🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL
📻 iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

Connect with Jessica at ogcounselinggroup.com or on IG 💛

I'm Catia, Cat! from Bright Light MFT — and I built this couch for conversations exactly like this one. Want to work together or just say hi? Visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. 📲

Come as you are. Leave a little lighter. 🛋️✨

09/01/2026

Hi friends!!!!!!!!!!!! This week's topic is near and dear to me. Maybe it is to you too. OCD.

You've stopped telling people what's actually in your head.

Not because it's dangerous. Because you're scared of what they'd think if they knew.

You've checked the lock four times and still felt unsure. You've had a thought about your own baby that made your stomach drop, and you never said it out loud — not to your partner, not to your doctor, not to anyone. You've called it "just being careful." You've called it "just being a good mom." You've called it anything but what it is.

So this week on Couch Time, I sat down alone with this one — OCD Without Shame — because I needed you to hear it from someone who isn't going to flinch.

You'll walk away understanding why your brain's "done" signal gets stuck like a smoke alarm that won't stop screaming over burnt toast — and why the more you check, the louder it rings. You'll understand the loop: obsession, anxiety, compulsion, relief — and why that relief is the thing keeping you stuck, not the thing saving you.

This one's for you if you've ever rehearsed the sentence "I think something's wrong with me" and then swallowed it.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

I'm Catia, Cat from Bright Light Marriage and Family Therapy — and I built this couch for exactly this conversation. More at catiaholm.com, or text/call 956-249-7930. Thank you for listening!!!! You're the best!

08/24/2026

Friends!!!!!!!!!👋🏽👋🏽

Imagine....🙃
You lost it over the shoes again.

Not the shoes. It's never the shoes. You know that mid-yell and it doesn't stop you.

Then the apology. Then the promise to yourself. Then tomorrow, same thing, different trigger.

Here's what nobody told you: that's not a willpower problem. That's your nervous system hijacking the wheel before your brain even gets a vote.

🏁This week on Couch Time — survival mode. Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and what each one actually looks like when you're standing in the kitchen at 7am losing your mind over footwear. I teach this in sessions ALLLL THE TIME. It's so so helpful.

You're not overreacting. You're under-regulated. Different problem, different fix.🚩

❣️You'll leave with a way to catch yourself before you go somewhere you didn't choose — notice, name, regulate, choose — plus a grounding trick you can pull off mid-meltdown, yours or theirs.

Signs this one's for you:

💚The shoe fight is never about the shoes.
💚You apologize to your kid more than you'd like to admit.
💚You can spot your trigger faster than you can stop your reaction to it.

Send it to the friend who's already bracing for tomorrow morning.

🛎️Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:

🪩Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734

🪩Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL

🪩iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

I'm Catia, Cat! Come sit on the couch, I built it for exactly this. catiaholm.com

08/20/2026

Friends!!!!!!!!

We're back to school, how's everyone holding up?

You watched your kid's face change at the drop-off line, and something in you broke a little.

Maybe it was the tears. Maybe it was the silence — the kind that's louder than tears. Maybe it was the attitude that showed up out of nowhere, and you couldn't tell if it was defiance or fear wearing a different coat.

You wanted to fix it. You wanted to say the right thing. You've probably already tried "it's going to be fine" more times than you can count — and watched it land nowhere.

Here's the truth nobody hands parents at back-to-school time: that anxiety isn't a flaw in your child. It's their nervous system doing exactly what it's built to do — scanning for safety in a room full of new.

This week on Couch Time with Cat, I'm breaking down what back-to-school anxiety actually looks like at every age — and what helps, instead of what we've been taught to say.

Inside this one:
• Why logic doesn't calm a nervous system — connection does
• What elementary kids are really asking when they cling at the door
• Why "sneaking away" quietly makes it worse over time
• What middle school attitude is often hiding
• Why your teen's silence might be them asking, can I survive this
• How to open the door sideways, without it feeling like an interrogation

*Anxiety is not the enemy. Disconnection is.*

You'll walk away with a new lens for what you're seeing at pickup, at breakfast, in the backseat after school — and language that helps your kid feel steady instead of managed.

This one's for you if you've stood in the kitchen wondering whether you're doing this parenting thing wrong. Save it for the next hard morning.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

I'm Catia, (Cat!) , If you're carrying this alone and want support, let's talk — visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.

Friends, you don't have to have the perfect words. You just have to stay close.

Thank you to all the listeners who help make this show a success!

08/10/2026

Hi friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever closed social media and suddenly felt like your perfectly ordinary life… wasn’t enough? I know I have!

Like everyone else is happier, more successful, more beautiful, more connected—or somehow further ahead than you are.

That feeling isn’t necessarily telling you the truth about your life.

It may be telling you something about what your brain has been consuming.

🎙️ This week on Couch Time with Cat, we’re talking about Social Media Impacts How We See Ourselves—and why the highlight reel can hit our nervous systems so much harder than we realize.

We’re wired to compare. But our brains were never designed to compare our everyday lives to an endless stream of curated vacations, filtered faces, perfect relationships, career wins, beautiful homes, and carefully selected moments from hundreds—or thousands—of people.

And when we do?

An ordinary, meaningful life can start to feel like it’s losing a race with no rules.

In this episode, we unpack the psychology behind social comparison, dopamine loops and why it can feel so hard to stop scrolling. We talk about filters, FaceTune and AI, the impact on kids and teens, distorted ideas of beauty and success, the sting of seeing experiences you weren’t invited to—and why social media was never meant to be an accurate diary of someone’s life.

I’ll also share practical ways to interrupt the cycle, including the reset scroll to help recalibrate what “normal” actually looks like and a simple pre-post pause to help you understand what’s driving you before you hit share.

You’ll walk away with more awareness of what’s happening in your brain and nervous system—and practical ways to use social media with more clarity, intention, and a whole lot less shame.

Listen now wherever you stream podcasts:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-time-with-cat/id1824544734

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yVJ9ellGgrK7GpCD7zcbL

iHeartRadio:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-couch-time-with-cat-284128894/

I’m Catia Celeste Hernandez Holm—therapist and coach at Bright Light MFT, author, speaker, and host of Couch Time with Cat on KWVH 94.3 Wimberley Valley Radio. I’m here to make conversations about mental wellness feel a little more human, a little more accessible, and a lot less lonely.

Come sit with me. 💛

To connect or learn more about working with me, visit catiaholm.com

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