Wisdom for Wellbeing: Mind-Body Psychology and Somatic Skills for Healing and Growth

The Love Therapist's Tips and Tricks for Connection with Jordan Green

Jordan Green is a licensed clinical therapist and coach in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her work with individuals and couples, Jordan provides inspirational and educational content on love and relationships on her therapy Instagram page @the.love.therapist. Jordan also started a membership program called The Love Group where you can join a private community that discusses relationships, self-love, and mental wellness on her website jordanandrea.com. 
Jordan discusses all things love: relationship with partners, family, friends, colleagues, and most importantly, with ourselves. Jordan explains how we can better understand what our loved ones’ love language is, the fluidity of attachment styles, calming down the sympathetic nervous system when we become upset, internal family systems, and learning self-compassion. 
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Supporting Adolescents in Cultivating a Wise Understanding of their Many Dimensions with Dr Louise Hayes

In this episode, Dr Louise Hayes discusses how we can work to help adolescents understand the different dimensions that help them move through their lives. Dr Louise Hayes is a clinical psychologist, author, speaker and active humanitarian based in Victoria, Australia. Together with Dr Joseph Ciarrochi, she developed DNA-V, a model developed with the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychology, and Evolutionary Science. DNA-V stands for Discover, Notice, (self)-Advice, Vitality & Values. Her new book for teenagers Your Life, Your Way is an important theme in today's conversation where she really describes how we can use the DNA-V model to support the young people in our lives to figure out how they go about living their life their way. You can connect with Louise at louisehayes.com.au and can learn more about her humanitarian efforts where she takes mental health professionals into the Himalayans to develop mindfulness skills and raise funds for poor children in remote Nepal. You can also check out her website thrivingadolescent.com as a useful way to connect with the DNA-V model and see some of the imagery that will be talked about.
 
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Healing in Relationship with Alyssa Mancao

In this episode Alyssa (Lia) Mancao discusses the importance of relationships in our lives and skills to use them for our healing. A basic overview of Attachment Theory is also provided. Alyssa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, therapist, writer, and a group practice owner based in Sherman Oaks, CA. Alyssa's work encompasses assisting clients with connecting with their inner child. Alyssa works with clients to help them make connections from the past to the present while also teaching various coping skills to help improve their symptoms and interpersonal relationships. Her approach utilizes a mix between psychodynamic modalities, cognitive behavior therapy and EMDR depending on each person's needs. In addition to her work as a therapist, she also contributes to various magazine articles addressing self-esteem, coping, and emotional independence.
 
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Changing your Relationship with Fear with Dr. Amy Silver

Amy has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Masters in Forensic Psychiatry, Masters in Performance, Bachelor with Honours in Psychology and further therapeutic training in cognitive therapies such as Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Compassion Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. She has published widely in academic journals and more accessible magazines and now publishes fortnightly in a popular business-focused blog/vlog called Silverlinings She is a contributing author in many books including the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Behavioural Experiments (for Oxford University), forthcoming collaborations Unite (ed. Julia Steel) and What’s Next? (Hagen, Butler and Hodgson). She is the author of the books Conversations Create Growth for managers and Brace for Impact (both available on her website). Her new book The Loudest Guest: How to control your fear is being published by Major Street Publishing out early 2021.
 
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Season 2 Summary

This is the final episode of Season 2. I discuss the different topics we have explored and recommend different episodes for where you are at in your own journey.
You can download a free PDF guide for the Season by clicking here.
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Working Through Self-Sabotage To Cultivate Self-Kindness with Dr. Rebecca Ray

In this interview Dr. Rebecca Ray explains all about self-sabotage, self-kindness, and how this all relates to sensitivity. Dr Rebecca is an Author, Speaker, and Clinical Psychologist. She uses a science-backed, heart and hard truth approach to help big-picture-thinking women entrepreneurs and creators live a life that’s fulfilling, unapologetic, and free. 

Talking to Your Highly Sensitive Kids About Race with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart is a pediatric psychologist and parent coach and is the owner of A New Day Pediatric Psychology in San Antonio, TX. In this episode Dr. Lockhart discusses how you can talk to highly sensitive children about race and racism. Dr. Lockhart takes you through child development, sensitivity, and important concepts such as culture, race, and systemic racism. This is such an important episode for ensuring our next generation can create a future of equity.
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Healthy Selfing: Understanding the Different Versions of "I" with Dr. Louise McHugh

Louise McHugh is a Professor in Psychology at University College Dublin and a world leading expert in Contextual Behavioural Science. In this episode Dr. McHugh shares the science of 'healthy selfing'. Healthy Selfing is about witnessing all of the varying thoughts, feelings, stories, experiences across our lives and recognising that these are just parts of you, but with that, you can still choose the directions you want to go. How empowering!
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Looking At Yoga From A Cellular Level

In this solo episode I introduce you to the biophysiological effects of a yoga practice in an accessible way. Starting with an understanding of how stress impacts the nervous system, including the vagus nerve, we move to examining how yoga elicits a 'relaxation response' that offers physical and emotional benefit. Understanding the science of yoga's supposed benefit for stress management can be really helpful in cultivating a regular practice.
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Using Earth Grounding To Sooth Your System with Dr. Laura Koniver

Laura Koniver, MD, author of The Earth Prescription, received her medical doctorate degree from Jefferson Medical College in 2000 and has been passionately supporting her patients’ natural healing ever since. She is an artist, author, holistic physician, and internationally recognized grounding advocate. In this episode Dr. Koniver shares the science of grounding and how connecting to the Earth can benefit you psychologically and physically. She discusses what elements are 'conductive' and offers practical tools for grounding daily.
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