Is weed bad for you? [Tara Schuster]

One of the most common complaints from high-performers? “I can’t turn off my brain.” So we turn to doomscrolling, alcohol and other substances. Tara Schuster used weed to cope — until she blacked out and left a terrifying voice message for her therapist. [Episode 26] Tara is a former executive at Comedy Central (Key and Peele, David Spade) and 2x best-selling author. This episode discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or visit988lifeline.org LEARN MORE ABOUT TARA Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way Instagram Substack REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz Self Therapy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness Using IFS, A Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy by Jay Earley Affect labeling JOIN OUR GROUP COACHING COHORTS: Are you looking to ask deep, introspective and provocative questions about your own life (with Khe and likeminded peers) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BECOME A RADREADER: 📩 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join 50,000+ ambitious professionals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our weekly essays on productivity, money and career. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🐦 Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📸 Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠💼 LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌍 RadReads Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎥 TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast art by Nate Kadlac, photography by Henry Thong