Coping

Coping Inc.

The podcast about why life feels like this.

Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.

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17 episodes
Updated July 27
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July 27 · 31 min
Coping With Crashing Out
After decades of being sold the idea, especially as women, that the regulated self is the healthy self, we’re collectively hitting breaking point. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are onboard to analyse the shift – all stations to crash out central. We cover the big‑feelings energy of Gracie Abrams’ new Look At My Life music vid, the unsettled debate between catharsis and suppression, the reality tv blow-ups that raised us, and the 72‑part internet dramas that are maybe a little too much (even for us). ☆ 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). ☆ Look At My Life music video by Gracie Abrams Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn What Does 'Crashing Out' Mean? By Becca Wood, TODAY Gen Z is ‘Crashing Out’ – but experts warn it’s an unhealthy way to regulate emotions, by Fabiana Buontempo, New York Post Crashing Out: The Psychology Behind Gen Z’s Term For Losing It, Simply Psychology Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work by Vail Cornwall and Juli Fraga, Slate Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does by Russell McLendon, Science Alert Whatever Happened to Primal Therapy? by Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine Gemma Collins crashing out On Celebrity Big Brother Real Housewives of Beverley Hills Amsterdam dinner scene What Happened In The 'Cozy Grocery NYC Roommate Drama'? The Viral TikTok Story And Controversy Explained, K.J. Genualdo, Yahoo Entertainment The Woman In Me, Britney Spears 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.
July 20 · 30 min
Coping With Sleep
We now know soooo much about sleep – how much we should be getting, how much we actually aren’t, the “multivolume fright compendium” of risks attached to not enough sleep, and the booming optimisation industry promising to fix it all. And yet the more we chase the perfect eight hours with all the right tools, the further away it seems to drift. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson pull apart our collective obsession with “fixing” sleep. We get into the viral TikTok bedtime routines engineered for peak rest, sleep as the latest optimisation frontier for the hustlers among us, and the people who simply can’t sleep – from chronic insomnia to the genetics of true short sleepers. If you don’t hear from us next week? Idk we’re probably sleeping. ☆ 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). ☆ ⁠Emily’s (@gildedwhim) viral wind-down routine⁠ on TikTok ⁠Your Quest For Perfect Sleep Is Keeping You Awake⁠ by Stacey Colino, Time ⁠Why Some People Thrive on Four Hours Of Sleep⁠ by Shayla Love, The New Yorker ⁠Why Can’t Americans Sleep?⁠ by Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic ⁠Franz Kafka's Insomnia Haunted Him, But It Also Fueled His Creativity⁠, Antonia Perciaccante interview, Huffpost 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.
July 13 · 35 min
Coping With Risk
Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, of Skywalkers Netflix documentary fame, climbed the Empire State Building without ropes, got engaged at the summit as the world watched on, and claimed it was all in service of a message about peace and love. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson unpack why we’re so drawn to the daredevils among us (the biology, the psychology, the myth-making) and how our relationship with risk continues to evolve – shaped by context, age, and even the generation we grew up in. ☆ 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). ☆ Climbers Get Engaged Atop Empire State Building. Then They Get Arrested. By Andy Newman, Maia Coleman and Chelsia Rose Marcius, The New York Times Skywalkers: A Love Story documentary, Netflix Free Solo documentary, Disney+ The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber by J.B. MacKinnon, Nautilus The Morbid Curiosity of Watching a Daredevil Risk His Life⁠ by R. Douglas Fields, Psychology Today ⁠An integrative framework for mapping the psychological landscape of risk perception⁠ by Sarah C. Jenkins, Robert F. Lachlan and Magda Osman, Scientific Reports ⁠Coast Guard says Titan submersible deaths were preventable and faults company's CEO⁠, by Victoria Hansen, NPR Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster documentary, Netflix Gen Z’s Great Retreat from Risk by Arthur Brooks, The Free Press Finding Nemo (yes, really), Disney+ 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.
July 6 · 41 min
Coping With Decision Fatigue
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 fatigue How High Performers Overcome Decision Fatigue by Marlynn Wei, Psychology Today Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? by John Tierney, New York Times The Paradox Of Choice by Barry Schwartz When 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 Psychology The 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.
June 29 · 30 min
Coping With Failure
In a culture obsessed with comeback arcs and self‑improvement, we’ve turned failure into something it was never meant to be: productive, meaningful, and always redeemable. But real life is messier. Some flops teach us, some flops just hurt, and some flops become lore… (if you were in the audience at Bongo’s Bingo, pls come forward). This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dissect ‘the flop’ in the age of AI, hyper‑curation, and personal branding – from Lizzo and her new album BITCH all the way to Grand Designs (trust us), we explore why some people choose to reclaim their failures and others own them as lessons. ☆ Are you a creative looking for support? Visit the Support Act Creative Industries Hub or call the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline on 1800 959 500 for a free and confidential chat (and remember, you don't have to be in crisis to call). Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually gets it and can hear you out. ☆ Lizzo’s New Album Didn’t Even Chart. What Happened? by Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone Lizzo In The Age Of Backlash, by Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker When Rebecca Was 13 She Was Mocked Over Her Viral Video. Now The Joke’s On The Haters, by John Bailey, The Age Hilary Duff Does Viral ‘With Love’ Dance at First Concert in 10 Years, Entertainment Tonight Not Learning From Failure – The Biggest Failure Of All study by Lauren Eskreis-Winkler and Ayelet Fishbach, Psychological Science How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast Grand Designs’ Most Infamous Lighthouse Disaster, Channel 4 ⁠How Olivia Rodrigo’s Love Songs Became a Breakup Album⁠, Popcast from The New York Times 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.
June 22 · 39 min
Coping With Intuition
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, KIC Cosmeticorexia: How Girls Are Falling Down A Skincare Rabbit Hole by Ruth Clegg, BBC drop dead by Olivia Rodrigo ‘It’s Feminine Intuition’: Predictions For OR3, Ell Heeps, Varsity My Secret Addiction by Julie Gordon, Maclean's Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Power of Intuition by Gary A. Klein Recognition Memory, Familiarity, and Déjà vu Experiences by Anne M. Cleary Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Is 2026 the year of the witch? by Madeleine Woon The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown 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.
June 15 · 41 min
Coping With Our Phones
We all know the endless research on the negative effects of our phones. And yet, we keep picking them up. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dig into the so-called solutions – dumb phones, no‑phone policies, two‑device lifestyles – and ask whether any of them are actually helping us break compulsive habits, or just giving us new ways to aestheticise restraint. Plus, because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’re calling for justice for beta blockers on the set of the Summer House Reunion, and yes, witchcraft is in (more on that soon). ☆ Save the date: the Glitter Gel Pen Book Club will be joining us at the Coping Studio on 25 June for the launch of ⁠our Silent Reading Sessions⁠ (and coming back monthly!). ☆ Watch: ⁠Summer House Reunion Part 3⁠ (essential viewing!!) ⁠Is 2026 the Year of the Witch?⁠ By Madeleine Woon, Russh ⁠My Most Capable Clients Are Becoming Prisoners Of Their Smartphones, But There Is A Way Out⁠ by Carly Dober, The Guardian ⁠What I Saw At The Phoebe Bridges No-Phones MSG Show (To The Best Of My Recollection)⁠ by Erin Somers, GQ ⁠Fujifilm Forecast Trends Report 2026⁠ ⁠The Flip Phone Cleanse⁠ by Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic ⁠Do I Look Ridiculous Carrying Two Phones?⁠ by Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times 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.
June 8 · 41 min
Coping With Frugality
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, NPR Bradley On A Budget on TikTok Bradley 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, MrBeast Read: Maid and Class by Stephanie Land Watch: Maid on Netflix How To Be ‘Frugally Chic’ by Mia McGrath on Substack Watch: Daily Telegraph interviews Australian Fashion Week influencers Jaclyn Hill Was Losing Views, But Maybe It’s Overconsumption That’s Finally Out Of Style by Rebecca Cohen, NBC News The Cost-of-living Crisis In Australia, Salvation Army Read: Karl Marx and the Marxist School 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.
June 1 · 41 min
Coping With Pleasure
Xochitl González might just smoke again. Writing in The Cut, Xochitl captures the absurdity of organising our lives around a “future self” who, these days, may never materialise. How naïve of us. Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson follow that nihilistic thread into the architecture of pleasure: when joy must be mindful, intentional, functional, and net‑positive to qualify, what exactly qualifies. Maybe the thing worth interrogating isn’t nicotine or sugar or screen time, but the way pleasure itself has been moralised into something that requires a defence. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps: we’re deeping the Enhanced Games (international conspiracy?), and embracing the sticker star charts of your cosy productivity dreams. Episode image: Getty (sourced via The Cut) Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at⁠⁠ ⁠Laher.co⁠⁠⁠, or explore the⁠⁠ ⁠bespoke engagement ring collection⁠⁠⁠ online. The Enhanced Games Is Here. But Forget The ‘Sport’ – It Has Something It Wants To Sell You by Matt Slater, New York Times I Mean, Why Shouldn’t We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again? by Xochitl González, The Cut Why We Should All Embrace Nihilism by Gemma Parker, The Guardian Miley Cyrus’s Latest Beauty Muse? Glastonbury-Era Kate Moss by Ranyechi Udwmezue, British Vogue Watch: Fran Lebowitz in Pretend It’s A City, Netflix Read: Pleasure Activism by Adrian Maree Brown The Narcotic Pleasures of Cleantok by Jessica Grose, New York Times Epicurus, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 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.
May 25 · 43 min
Coping With Friendship Anxiety
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, 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 News ⁠The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships – and Rebuilt My Inner Circle⁠ by Isabelle Eyman, Camille Styles Watch: ⁠Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcast⁠ ⁠Loneliness – It’s Not Only You⁠, Conversations Podcast, ABC Watch: ⁠Lana on TikTok⁠ ⁠How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Loneliness⁠ by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross ⁠Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Won’t Solve⁠ by Jessica Grose, New York Times ⁠Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?⁠ by Jamie Ducharme, TIME 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.
May 18 · 36 min
Coping With Longevity
What does it actually mean to “live longer” in a culture that can’t tolerate aging? This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dive into the strange and seductive world of longevity culture, breaking down how a once‑niche scientific field has transformed into a billion‑dollar industry. We’re chatting about it all, from pilgrimages to Blue Zones, biological age testing, and cryonic chambers, and the $65 USD olive oils promising to rewind the effects of aging at a cellular level. The industry promises more years, but often at the cost of the humanity it claims to preserve. And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: pimple patches (where have they been all my life etc.) and wearable tracking devices (stay tuned for a future debate on this). Shout out to Laher for supporting this episode of Coping ! Book your consultation at Laher.co, or explore the bespoke engagement ring collection online. Watch: Blue Zones documentary, Netflix ‘Aging Is A Disease’: Inside The Drive To Postpone Death Indefinitely by Karen Heller, Washington Post Why Everyone Is Talking About Biological, Not Chronological, Age by Shivaune Field, Forbes Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal Links Aging With Gravity by Tisha Elizabeth Jacob, The Week 200 Frozen Heads And Bodies Await Revival At This Arizona Cryonics Facility by Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Watch: Don’t Die, Netflix Bryan Johnson Has Spent Millions Trying Not to Die. His Best Longevity Tip Is Free by Dominique Mosbergen, TIME Bryan Johnson Must Die by Alexander Biener, Kainos Read: Why We Die by Venki Ramakrishnan The Anti-Aging Gold Rush Should Focus On Quality Of Life, Not Just Quantity by Michael Gurven, Stat News Why I Hope to Die At 75 by Ezekiel Emanuel, The Atlantic 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.
May 11 · 48 min
Coping With Ambition
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, cinematic 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, Fortune My Job Was My Life⁠. Then I Got Fired⁠ by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Cut ⁠What Comes After Ambition? by Ann Friedman⁠, Elle Watch: ⁠Girlboss⁠, Netflix ⁠Who Is The Girlboss Now?⁠ by ⁠Michelle Santiago Cortés⁠, The Cut ⁠The Big, Controversial Business of The Wing, Explained⁠, by Anna North and Chavie Lieber, Vox ⁠The Girlboss Didn't Die...She Can't Afford To⁠ by Charlotte Mair, The Digress Listen: ⁠Emma Grede on Style-ish podcast⁠ ⁠Hailey Bieber Is Writing Her Own Story With Rhode⁠ by Lucy Feldman, TIME ⁠The Foremost Expert on Happiness Thinks Ambition Is Making You Miserable⁠ by Shalene Gupta, Fast Company 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.
May 4 · 45 min
Coping With Looking "Natural"
What does it mean to cope with a beauty standard that pretends not to be a beauty standard at all? This week, we’re talking about looking “natural” – which, in 2026 apparently means botox in your 20s, three‑hour self-care routines, and a level of upkeep that would make even a Victorian lady‑in‑waiting tap out. Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson explore how “aesthetic inflation”, a concept first articulated by writer Jessica DeFino, has shifted the baseline so dramatically that simply existing feels like falling behind. We unpack the psychological toll of chasing an ever-changing beauty ideal marketed as effortless, and ask whether celeb transparency around cosmetic work is actually all that liberating… And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps we’re also talking: oral dissolvable strip supplements (a no from us) and the new Korean lash lift that is (frankly) blindingly good. "Appearance Inflation: 3 Beauty Writers Sum Up 2025", CNN “Wait, Why Do I Want A Facelift?'" by Jessica DeFino The Year All My Friends Got Botox by Emmeline Clein, The Cut Listen: Botox, Fillers and Aesthetic Inflation, NPR It's Been a Minute podcast The New Plastic Surgery Playbook by Rheana Murray, The Atlantic The Forever-35 Face by Bridget Read, The Cut Beauty Standards Make Me Ashamed Of My Features, And AI Makes It Worse by Humeara Mohamed, Refinery29 Nothing Looks Beautiful Anymore - And We Did This to Ourselves by Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek Listen: The Butt Blush Boom, Mess World podcast Would You Use Cadaver Fat Injections? by Jessica DeFino, The Guardian "Will Being 'Ugly' Be Aspirational One Day?" by Kish Lal, Dazed Watch: How Much Are Australians Spending on Cosmetic Procedures?, SBS Insight 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
April 27 · 32 min
Coping With Vulnerability Hangovers
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, 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 podcast Disclosing 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, Jezebel My Gynecologist Found a Ball of Cat Hair in My Vagina by Michelle Barrow, XOJane The First Person Industrial Complex by Laura Bennett, Slate The Personal Essay Boom Is Over by Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker I Am Not Your Therapist by Sophie DiBenedetto, De Paulia Watch: TikTok storytime example Watch: TikTok trauma candy salad example Read: Famesick by Lena Dunham Lena Dunham Returns To The Confessional by Scaachi Koul, Slate Why Did Bad Things Happen to Lena Dunham? She's Still Trying To Figure It Out, New York Times Can 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
April 20 · 31 min
Coping With Becoming Someone New
Have you ever wondered who you’d be in an alternate universe – the version of you who took the other job, stayed in that city, didn’t cut bangs, or actually followed through with your new year goals? This week, we’re talking about the fantasy of becoming a “new you”, and how the 00s makeover montage promised a level of transformation that real life (and the wellness industry) absolutely cannot deliver on. Because somewhere between the slow-motion hair flip and the big reveal, we were sold the idea that upgrading the self is not only possible, but required. Join Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we unpack the pressure to evolve publicly, the discomfort of outgrowing old versions of ourselves, and the quiet hope that comes with imagining who we might still become. Watch: The Plastic Detox What if you could do it all over? by Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker Why we’re drawn to “fresh starts” by Megan A. Neff Psychology Today Psychology Today: Definition of neuroplasticity Buddhanet: definition of Anatta Modernity and self-identity by Anthony Giddens The orphic origins of belief in reincarnation in ancient Greek philosophy by Hasskei Mohammed Majeed Britannica: Myths of rebirth and renewal Scribalo: The myth of the Pheonix Get noticed to get ahead: the impact of personal branding on career success, by Sergey Gorbatov, Svetlana N Khapova, Evgenia I Lysova 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
April 13 · 17 min
Coping With "Living Well"
Introducing: the podcast about why life feels like this. Think of this very first episode as our pre‑show warm‑up – your chance to meet us, hear the self‑care obsessions currently taking up wayyy too much of our brain space, and get a feel for the kinds of conversations we’ll be having together. We’re talking habit‑stacking, biohacking, sleep‑maxxing, the big existential spirals (what is the meaning of life?), the wellness‑culture plot twists keeping us up at night, and everything in between – all filtered through two people trying to make sense of it right alongside you. From here, spend time with your hosts, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson, every Tuesday as we cope with a new era of “living well”. And once a month, you’ll get a deeper dive into the ideas, grifters, and fads that have fundamentally changed the way we think. Shout out to ⁠Mugu⁠ for levelling up our podcast set at the new Coping Studio in Surry Hills, Sydney ! ⁠We're sedating women with self-care⁠ by Katherine Rowland, The Guardian ⁠Cultural perspectives and their influence on self-care⁠ by Shelly T ⁠Is all of this self-monitoring making us paranoid⁠ by Madison Malone Kircher, The New York Times Lifeline: ⁠definition of self-care⁠ Watch: ⁠don't die⁠ 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
March 20 · 36 sec
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The podcast about why life feels like this. Spend time with Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson as we cope with a new era of ‘living well’. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.