Insights with Us

S1E6 Manifesting Mindful Masculinity

Want to find curiosity and build insight around how toxic masculinity can exist in any of us? Listen in as I talk about how toxic masculinity shows up in our lives, creates barriers for connection,  and what we can do to challenge it. 
Resources:
For the Love of Men: A new vision for mindful masculinity by Liz Plank
Man Enough Podcast with Justin Baldoni, Liz Plan, and Jamey Heath
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/is_it_actually_helpful_to_talk_about_toxic_masculinity
https://www.healthline.com/health/toxic-masculinity
https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/what-toxic-masculinity-and-how-it-impacts-mental
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/business/women-sexism-work-huffington-kamala-harris.html

S1E5 Insights into Therapy

Have you ever wondered what is going on in your therapist’s mind? Well today is your chance to gain some insight! Listen in as my friend and colleague Sadie interviews me about my personal perspective on being a therapist and how I view the client-therapist relationship. 
Resources from Episode 5
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change by Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, and Kelly G. Wilson
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress by Manuela Mischke-Reeds
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures by Francine Shapiro
"Do the best you can until you know better, then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou
Gottman Institute: 69% of all problems in a relationship are perpetual. The goal is not to find someone who you have no problems with, but whose perpetual problems you’re okay with.
For the Love of Men: a new vision for mindful masculinity by Liz Plank

S1E4 Understanding the Breath

Join me as we gain a foundational understanding of how to check in with our breath, and try three different breathing techniques to help calm your nervous system down. 
 
Resources
Breath by James Nestor
Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health by Patrick McKeown
Relaxation technique: Breath control helps quell errant stress response: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response

S1E3 What is Insight?

In the third episode of Insights with Us, Sadie and I work to define insight and use real world examples from our lives to understand how to build insight. We then end by discussing ways to build mindfulness, be in the present moment, ways to slow down this process and learn to sit with yourself in small ways. 
 
The definitions we discuss today in regards to insight:
APA definition:  “the clear and often sudden discernment of a solution to a problem [often] by means that are not obvious and may never become so”
NIH definition: “people’s understanding of their condition, but also how their condition affects their interactions with the world”
 
Three kinds of insight (Dr. Sternberg and Dr. Davidson):
Pulling relevant information from irrelevant information (selective encoding)
What information do you already know that can be useful to your current situation (selective comparison)
Look at all the information that is available and find a solution from there (selective combination)

S1E2 Finding Your Inner Voice with Sadie

In the second episode of Insights with Us, listen in as I talk to Sadie, a massage therapist, about her upbringing, how she realized she had quieted her own voice and was following the voice of others, and the differences between her expectations for the future versus what actually happened.

S1E1 Who is Anastasia?

In this episode, I talk a little bit about myself, my history, and how I ended up here. My hope is if you can understand my background, you can see how it informs my perspective as I guide you on this journey of gaining insight. 

Insights with Us Introduction

A new podcast about building insight around the human experience. Join me and my guests as we explore what it means to be human and how to sit in discomfort and allow for growth.