How it started
The Psychology of your 20s begun back in 2021 after our host, Jemma, went through her first real heartbreak and was looking for a guide to all the confusing and chaotic feelings she was experiencing. It wasn't just the break-up, there were so many other experiences she was having as a 20 something that she wished she had some explanation for.
Nobody would give her the straight up science, and all the self-help content she found seemed to just be opinions based.
And so, The Psychology of your 20s was born with our first ever episode, fittingly titled 'The Psychology of Imposter Syndrome' which remains our most downloaded episode to date.
Who is Jemma?
Jemma lives in Sydney, Australia and is, at this stage at least, still firmly in her 20s. Before she started the podcast she obtained a degree and double specialisation in Psychology and Politics, Economics and Philosophy from the Australian National University.
Podcasting wasn't always her main gig. She worked in youth mental health, child maltreatment and domestic violence research before starting the podcast on the side.
Likes: sudoko, books about female friendship, her rescue dog Tarloo, dinner parties, podcasts about animal attacks.
Dislikes: diet culture, pseudoscience, trolls.
Her debut book, Person in Progress, came out April 2025.
How is the podcast made?
Something you may not know... every episode of The Psychology of your 20s is scripted! Because we are committed to bringing REAL research and evidence based findings to the confusion of our 20s, most episodes take 10+ hours to write and create so we can give you the facts!
The podcast is recorded at our studio in Sydney and continues to be produced and edited by Jemma (she would admit herself, she's a bit of a control freak).
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