Balance & Bloom with Francine and Claudia

Hello health and wellness listeners. It's Friday night and you're excited for the weekend; then Sunday night rolls around, and you start to experience the Monday morning blues.

Claudia is solo for this episode to talk about the dread in your stomach when Monday rolls around and you have to get ready for work.

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Next Episode Available: 30 Oct

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Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hi mental health and wellness listeners. Let's wrap up the attachment segment with a discussion on secure attachment.

Secure attachment does not mean perfect; it means healthy.

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Next Episode Available: Sept 30

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Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hello mental health and wellness listeners. We are back to discuss the 3rd attachment style.

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Next Episode Available: Aug

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Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hi health and wellness listeners. We continue our discussion on the 4 attachment styles. This episode focuses on the disorganized attachment. The push and pull that comes from experiencing trauma in childhood.

Attachment style series: S2. Ep. 17 - Avoidant

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Next Episode Available: 30 April

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Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

 Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hi mental health and wellness listeners. If you have scrolled social media, then you may have seen videos discussing attachment styles and how they relate to relationships.

There are 4 attachment styles: Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, and Disorganized. This episode focuses on avoidant attachment behaviors.

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Next Episode Available: 30 March 2026

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C’s email: [email protected]

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Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hi mental health and wellness listeners. ADHD is a popular mental health topic, but some people do not believe it truly exists. The question is are you just absentminded, scattered, fidgety, and disorganized or is it ADHD symptoms?

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Next Episode Available: 26 Feb

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C’s email: [email protected]

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Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

**** Correction to Claudia's error - The disorder is Seasonal Affective Disorder. ****

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Prosperous New Year. We are back to discuss the topic of the winter blues. Many of us experience a change in mood due to limited sunlight. Seasonal Affective Disorder can disrupt our lives but there are things we can do to help enjoy the season of giving.

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Next Episode Available: Jan 2026

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C’s email: [email protected]

C’s mental health focused website: Charé @ https://chareonline.com/

C's Short stories and poems page: https://charewrites.wordpress.com/

C's other podcast: The Greatest is Love

Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hiatus is over! Welcome back mental health and wellness listeners. Francine and I was caught up in life changes like everyone else. Our topic talks about a few ways to deal with these changes without getting bogged down.

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Next Episode Available: November 20th

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Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hi mental health and wellness listeners. Ms. April Ogden a Leadership Development Coach joins us to share he personal experience with balancing work, grieving the loss of her mother and managing her mother's affairs.

April's contact:

https://itsyouroutcome.com/

 www.aprilogden.substack.com

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Next Episode Available: Balance and Bloom will be on a break. You can catch up on our previous episodes until we return.

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C’s mental health focused website: Charé @ https://chareonline.com/

Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk

Hello mental health and wellness listeners. Dr. Aurus Julius Sanchez, a physical therapist, joins us to talk about ways to start a discussion with children about predators and his children's book Pepito and the Dangerous Cats which was written to provide parents with a way to discus the dangers of "tricky people" who may want to hurt them.

***Claudia and Francine do not endorse any products mentioned in this episode***

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Next Episode Available: Two weeks Thursday

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C’s email: [email protected]

C’s mental health focused website: Charé @ https://chareonline.com/

Francine’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebinns/

Music credit: The Travelling Symphony by Savfk