The Red Room

The term “daddy issues" is used as a way to describe women's attachment issues in a relationship... but the connotation is oftentimes negative. On this week's episode of "The Red Room," Brianna is joined by her friend and former student, Dajah, to discuss their dynamics with their own fathers and how these dysfunctional relationships  have impacted their lives — both for the good and for the bad.Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.

Let's face it: dealing with a breakup sucks. It's not easy grieving the loss of someone you once considered your life partner. And while that person is still physically here, you have to recognize that this person is no longer physically in your life.It's this odd dichotomy that you have to just accept... and hope to one day heal and move on from.But what no one really talks about is the same pain that you experience when you go through a friendship breakup and that utterly depleting feeling of losing your platonic life partner. Your confidant.Your right-hand.Your everything.On this week's episode of "The Red Room," Brianna invites her high school best friend, Kristen, onto the show to dissect the dynamics of their friendship breakup that spanned the course of several years. Together, the two friends explore areas of accountability, faulty communication and warped egos that led to the initial breakup and further discuss how they've now learned to come back together years later and reignite their friendship.Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.

Allegedly 50% of all marriages end in divorce… at least that’s what several online blog articles seem to say.One of Brianna’s good friends, Jackie, is now part of that statistic.Join this week’s episode of “The Red Room” to learn one woman’s perspective on getting married and divorced in her mid-20s and navigating all of those thoughts, stigmas and perspectives in addition to all of the lessons that she’s learned on love ever since.Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.

Erica Florentine, author of Joey "Coco" Diaz's biography "Tremendous: The Life of a Comedy Savage," joins Brianna on this week's episode of The Red Room. The two creative friends share how their love of writing propelled them through their own respective journeys of healing from their former unhealthy romantic relationships.Follow @theredroomtalk to learn more.

Dating a narcissist broke us.But, oddly enough, the experience built us (and our friendship) in the end.On this week’s episode of “The Red Room,” Brianna is joined by one of her best friends, Francesca, as they reflect on their experiences with having dated narcs and further elaborate on the three stages of narc abuse: idealization, devaluation and discarding.Though at one point both Brianna and Francesca felt worthless, devalued and stripped of everything–the two of them look back now in awe of their mental strengths to have dug themselves out of those mind states and situations as a whole.Despite having gone through such difficulties, the two also discuss how dating narcs at the same time period of their lives brought them together as best friends. Together, they made it out—and they’re here to inspire others to get out of similar situations and learn to heal. Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.Disclaimer: If you or a loved one are dealing with physical or emotional abuse from a narcissist/partner, please call The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

Researchers have estimated that approximately 40 million U.S. adults regularly visit internet pornography sites, but that then begs the question: just how much porn is too much porn?“Nasty Neeks” joins Brianna on this week’s episode of “The Red Room” to discuss their own personal relationships with porn before they ultimately strip down to the real questions at-hand as it comes to porn and potential issues with intimacy.Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.

“Nasty Neeks” hops back on “The Red Room” after a weekend of partying with the boys in Atlantic City—the city sometimes most known for liquor, strip clubs, blackjack tables, drugs and other temptations. That’s all fun and games (quite literally speaking), but this made Brianna question if Niko would be moving differently if he were to be in a committed relationship. Would Niko be as calm, cool and collected as he typically is if his girl were to immerse herself in certain scenarios or environments?Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.

The thrill. The dopamine. The rush when you hit big as a gambler.It all seems exhilarating, right?I guess you could say that. Until it becomes problematic… and until you lose it all—and then some. On this week’s episode of “The Red Room,” Brianna chats with one of her long-time friends, Nick, who opens up (for the very first time on a public platform) about his severe sports betting addiction. Nick discusses the signs and behaviors that he exhibited while in active addiction—and then how he ultimately turned his life around after reaching his own rock bottom.Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.Disclaimer: If you or a loved one are dealing with this type of addiction, please call The National Council on Problem Gambling at 1-800-522-4700.

Just how real is “reality” tv?Kareem Fathalla, a cast member on season six of MTV’s “Are You The One?” joins Brianna on her latest episode of “The Red Room” to discuss the real tea on reality TV. Kareem openly shares what it felt like having every move of his monitored, losing contact from the “real” world for weeks on-end, being “cast” into a particular role and dealing with the backlash of the portrayal of his character once the season finished airing.Now, more than five years since that season has aired, Kareem brings a fresh perspective to reality TV and discusses his next moves as he maneuvers into the realms of modeling, acting and fitness.Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.

Man I loved college… and I loved drinking. (Yeah, a bit too much, too.) On this week’s episode of “The Red Room,” Brianna invites one of her college best friends, Jaelyn, onto the show to discuss the wildly loose, chaotic, exploratory and liberating years that were freshman year of college. Follow @theredroomtalk for more information.Disclaimer: We do not support underage drinking, excessive drinking, binge drinking or any other unsafe drinking behavior. Always drink responsibly. If you or a loved one are dealing with an alcohol addiction, please call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).