Wisdom for Wellbeing (Modern Psychology and Yoga-Based Skills)

How My Therapy Cards Are Bringing Healing for Black Women Outside The Therapy Room with Dr. Ebony Butler

Ebony Butler, PhD, a native of Mississippi, is a Licensed Psychologist and Food Relationship Strategist who has made it her mission to help women of color heal and thrive in the areas of trauma and diet recovery. In fact, she created the My Therapy Cards to ensure women of color could see them self in this brilliant psychological resource - and to make therapeutic skills broadly accessible. She shares all about this journey and the wisdom behind her creation in today's episode.

The Secrets of Wellbeing That Are Like Apples for Your Mind with Dr. Tom Nehmy

Dr Tom Nehmy is an award-winning clinical psychologist with a passion for preventing psychological problems while also enhancing resilience and wellbeing. His university research produced the world’s first prevention program to prevent the onset of symptoms of depression and anxiety while also reducing risk for eating disorders. His book Apple's For Your Mind shares his everyday wellbeing tips, which is the focus of today's episode. You can expect to better understand your emotions, wellbeing domains, and how to take evidence-based action to thrive in your daily life.
 
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Connecting with Your Inner Child to Cultivate Health & Wellness in this Modern World (Part 2 of 2) with Dr. Kelly G. Wilson

In today's episode you hear from Kelly G. Wilson is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Wilson shares about his journey to self-care, how yoga parallels Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and his Lifestyle Medicine framework which considers the rise of chronic illness from an evolutionary perspective. You will learn about ACTs of love and how little changes and habits make a big difference in wellbeing.

Connecting with Your Inner Child to Cultivate Health & Wellness in this Modern World (Part 1 of 2) with Dr. Kelly G. Wilson

In today's episode you hear from Kelly G. Wilson is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Wilson shares about his journey to self-care, how yoga parallels Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and his Lifestyle Medicine framework which considers the rise of chronic illness from an evolutionary perspective. You will learn why it is so hard to engage in healthy behaviours, even when we 'know' they are good for us, and get some how-to tips from Dr. Wilson.
 
Stay tuned for Part 2 of this interview next week!
 
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Wellbeing for the New Mother's Journey

Being a parent is hard! New mum's are particularly vulnerable to postnatal depletion, depression and anxiety as they navigate the continuum that is the adjustment to new motherhood. In this episode I will discuss this journey, the impact of societal expectations (read "shoulds"), and how to clarify your values as a parent. You will be introduced to a psychological flexibility framework, and learn some strategies for accepting this wonderful new reality.
 
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The Importance of Self-Care and Values when Moving Through Tough Times with Justine Spencer

Justine Spencer is a Registered Psychologist and Certified Wellness Coach based in Western Australia. In today's episode Justine openly talks you through her fertility struggles and how this lead her on a mission towards self-care and wholistic wellbeing. Justine highlights the importance of giving yourself permission to take care of yourself, and describes how self-care is an act of self-love needing to be practiced. This is such an important episode as we are globally experiencing one of the most stressful events of our lifetime, and we know how disconnecting and disempowering this experience can be.
 
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Moving Out of Your Mind and Into Your Embodied Wisdom with Manuela O'Connell, MSc.

Manuela O’Connell is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice and teaches at universidad Favaloro in Buenos Aires, Argentina.She is a Peer reviewed ACT trainer and Fellow of ACBS (Association of Contextual Behavioral Science) and trains clinician in South America. Manuela uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Functional Analytic Psycotherapy (FAP) and Compassion. She is also trained in a body awareness technique called Eutony develop by Gerda Alexander and has been a practitioner of different body techniques for the last 30 years. 
In this episode Manuel introduces you to embodied metaphors and the benefit of this in terms of connecting with your inner compass, regulating emotions, cultivating empathetic connection in relationships, and empowering your body as a guide to your healing. This episode is brilliant in supporting you to cultivate an embodied awareness practice and includes a 10 minute embodied metaphor mindfulness practice at the end.
 
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Relationships, Love, Happiness & the Parenting 'Who Does More' War with Dr. Jennie Rosier

Dr. Jennie Rosier is an associate professor of interpersonal communication at James Madison University and an expert on relationships and parenting. She is married to her best friend and has four children herself. You'll find this relevant as she couples research evidence with her lived experience, and shares some amazing stories stories to illustrate.
Drawing on the wisdom of her newest book The Who Does More War, Dr. Rosier specifically introduces you to the very real challenge of parenthood: both in terms of the common arguments and maintaining connection and empathy through one of the most stressful periods of a relationship. Dr. Rosier speaks to those of you with children, but highlights how extremely important this conversation is for those thinking of having children.
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Understanding White Fragility, Having Courageous Conversations & Developing True Empathy with Erin Matthews, LCSW

Erin Matthews is a Clinical Social Worker who supports individuals who have experienced racial trauma, and who facilitates small groups aimed at supporting white people to move towards allyship and live in empathy.In today's episode Erin shares some specific tips for persons of colour in cultivating and maintaining self-care given the ongoing racial trauma experienced. She also offers wisdom to help white folk 'un-freeze' and move towards values-aligned action and conversation aimed at supporting our Black friends and community.
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Season One Reflection: Considering Self-Care for COVID-19 Wellbeing

This episode is a bit different to the others, which have all aimed to support your knowledge and cultivation of wellbeing skills. This episode is about providing sign posts to specific episodes in Season One that may support you in cultivating wellbeing during these unusual COVID19 times.
 
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