How to Reenter Society Post-Pandemic, With Therapist Chamin Ajjan
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
Lifehacker
4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week we're learning how to reacclimate ourselves with the "return to normal" with help from therapist Chamin Ajjan. Chamin brings her 20+ years of experience in psychotherapy to help us tackle everything from how to get comfortable with parties again, to how to transition from online to in-person dating, and how to handle those difficult relationships with people who you've disagreed with over the course of the pandemic.
Chamin is a Certified Sex Therapist, a Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, and the Clinical Director and founder of Chamin Ajjan Psychotherapy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast from the team at LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Jordan Calhoun, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker. |
| 0:21.8 | And I'm Megan Walbert, Lifehacker's Parenting Editor. And for listeners, in case you haven't noticed, |
| 0:26.9 | which I'm sure you have, Megan is the new official co-host of the upgrade. |
| 0:36.2 | That's right. I'm obviously happy and honored to be here, especially considering that I thought I was signing up for just one episode of co-hosting. |
| 0:45.1 | Yeah, fell into the trap. Listeners, so this is what I did with Megan. You might have put together. I just kept inviting her to co-host a single episode at a time with the |
| 0:55.9 | idea that she would, you know, I couldn't just shoot my professional shot right off the bat and |
| 1:00.6 | ask her to be a permanent co-host. That is too intimidating for some people. So I figured, |
| 1:05.5 | you know, a few episodes here, a few episodes there until she finds herself fully ensnared in the charm of the upgrade, |
| 1:13.6 | like all of you have been. And now she's our permanent co-host. So I'm so glad to have you. |
| 1:19.0 | And on this episode, we're going to be talking about some new horizons as we all just reaclimate to life post-pandemic |
| 1:25.4 | and start to reenter society. That's right. And helping us with |
| 1:28.8 | that today is therapist Shamin, Ajan. You don't have to follow what a norm is supposed to be right now. |
| 1:37.5 | You can make up your own rules. And that's really the most wonderful thing that has come out of this. |
| 1:42.9 | Everybody talks about this new normal that we're returning to, but we're not returning to, |
| 1:48.4 | you know, a normal. We're in a place where we're able to create a new normal for ourselves. |
| 1:55.0 | Shamin is a mental health expert with over 20 years of experience in psychotherapy. |
| 1:59.0 | She's also the clinical director and founder of Shamin |
| 2:01.5 | A. Jan Psychotherapy, and her work has been featured in many outlets, including Psychology Today, |
| 2:06.8 | The Washington Post, Newsweek, and The Root. Shemann is also a certified sex therapist, |
| 2:12.3 | a certified cognitive behavioral therapist, and the author of Seeking Soulmate, Ditch the Dating |
| 2:17.2 | Game, and Find Find Real Connection. |
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