Insights with Us

Let’s fight the stigma! Join me today as we build insight around suicide and prevention.
 
It’s okay to talk about suicide, and asking about it will not put the thought in someone’s head. The more knowledge you have, the better your chance is of helping someone before it’s too late. 
 
If you or someone you know struggles with suicidal thoughts, there are resources available. You can call the National Helpline: 988 or Crisis Centers can be found throughout the country, a quick internet search will help you find one near you.

I am joined by Rae, who embraces vulnerability and shares some of the hardest times of her life and how she was able to shift out of the darkness and learn to see the small joys life has to offer. 
 
We talk about suicide in todays episode. If you or someone you know struggles with suicidal thoughts, there are resources available. You can call the National Helpline: 988 or Crisis Centers can be found throughout the country, a quick internet search will help you find one near you. 
 
Next episode, I will review psychoeducation around suicidal thoughts, visiting crisis centers, and how to talk to someone you are worried about. Keep an eye out!
 
46:55 Podcast: Too Scary Didn’t Watch “It's okay to feel lost, you’ve never been this version of you before.”
53:50  “You can choose to hang onto the pain or hang onto what the pain taught you.” 
56:25  “You don’t just think your memories, you feel them” - Rebecca Kase, EMDR
1:00:25 “Exercise is a celebration for what your body can do, not a punishment for what it can’t.”
1:02:55 The let them theory

Indecisive? Join me during today’s episode as I guide you through one way to sit with your body and notice its reactions to your choices. Be curious and let’s slow down and build some insight.

Listen in as I talk to a physical therapy team about the different perspectives of the mind body connection, trying to connect with patients, and the difficulties of healthcare work. 

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

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

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

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)

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.

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.