The holidays bring joy, connection, and celebration, but for therapists, caregivers, and parents, they can also bring exhaustion, overwhelm, and unrealistic expectations. In this 20-minute episode, we’ll explore tangible, research-informed tools to help you protect your peace, set boundaries, and truly care for yourself this season.

You’ll learn how to:

• Reframe self-care as essential maintenance, not indulgence

• Set and communicate boundaries with confidence and compassion

• Create simple, meaningful rituals that restore energy and connection

• Recognize early signs of burnout and practice quick, 5-minute resets

• Give yourself permission to rest, recharge, and say “no” without guilt

Whether you’re managing a busy caseload, caregiving around the clock, or trying to make the holidays magical for everyone else, this episode will help you return to yourself with intention and grace.

💭 Takeaway: You can’t pour from an empty mug — but you can refill it, one mindful choice at a time.

Previous episodes mentioned:

• Combatting Compassion Fatigue
• Protecting Your Peace
• Finding the Good
• Therapists React to Unknown Number
• The Burnout is REAL

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If you haven't seen this viral Netflix documentary, you are truly missing out! Join Alyssa, Noa, and Sarah for a roundtable discussion of this HORRIFIC rollercoaster ride of emotion and dissect some of what could be going on behind the scenes.

Stay tuned for more viral reviews coming soon!

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After years of using music as their work, Alyssa and Noa open up about rediscovering the spark that first drew them to being creative arts therapists.

If you’ve ever felt burnt out, uninspired, or like the joy of your passion has slipped away, this conversation is for you.

Together, we’ll explore:

• How to reconnect with your “why”

• Ways to reignite creative joy

• The balance between art, work, and well-being

🔥 Love this episode? Queue up these listener favorites next:

• The Burnout is Real – A candid conversation with Stephanie Leavell about the realities of burnout, quality supervision, and strategies for long-term sustainability.

• Combatting Compassion Fatigue – Explore what compassion fatigue is, how it shows up in helping professions, and the tools we can use to care for ourselves.

• Mental Health & Burnout – Alyssa, Noa, and the team share their go-to practices for protecting mental health in demanding, heart-centered work.

✨ Share this episode with a friend who needs a little spark, and let’s keep the joy alive together.

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Where Values, Ethics, and Neutrality Collide

“Neutrality is a privilege—not every therapist gets to claim it.”

Can therapy ever truly be apolitical? Or does staying “neutral” simply mean taking the side of the status quo?

In this thought-provoking roundtable, we unpack one of the most debated questions in mental health today: Should therapy be political?

From clients fearing deportation to navigating racial trauma, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and unequal access to care, politics already shape the therapy room. But what does that mean for the therapist sitting across from you?

✨ What we dig into in this episode:

• 🔥 What does “political” even mean in therapy?

• ⚖️ Is neutrality a clinical strength or a cop-out?

• 🏳️‍🌈 How should therapists respond when clients bring politically charged pain or harmful beliefs into sessions?

• 📜 What do ethical codes say about advocacy, bias, and boundaries?

• 🌍 Can a therapist in 2025, or at any time ever, really stay “neutral”?

This isn’t just an academic debate—it’s personal. And the personal is political.

Join us for a candid conversation with diverse voices as we explore the messy, complicated intersection of values, ethics, and identity in therapy today.

We want to hear from you: Has politics ever come up in your therapy—on either side of the couch? DM us, email us, or leave a voice note for a chance to be featured in an upcoming episode!

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Being a therapist is... a LOT, and it's SO good sometimes! Today, the gals are relishing in the joy, the good, and the memorable moments that help sustain the passion we have for what we do.

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After a whirlwind of an Autism Acceptance month, new CDC statistics, and a lot of dialogue from the US government, the gals thought it was high time to sit down and talk about it!

Join us for an off-the-cuff conversation surrounding autism acceptance and how we're continuing to hold out hope for the communities we support.

This episode has a few ad breaks from our very own Noa and Alyssa! Noa's company, Spectrum Creative Arts, is hiring for a July start date. You can learn more at spectrumcreativearts.org/employment/ AND Alyssa's company, Dynamic Lynks, is hiring for an August start date. You can learn more at dynamiclynks.com/careers

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This week Alyssa and Courtney sit down & sip coffee with their younger selves! Sparked by the social media trend, Alyssa and Courtney explore questions their younger selves would ask them today because Alyssa & Courtney have known each other a looooong time.

Previous episodes mentioned:

• Combatting Compassion Fatigue

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This week Alyssa, Noa, and Sarah talk all things compassion fatigue and burnout: What is it? How do we combat it? AND the realities of therapeutic work in the long-term sustainability of a career.

Like this topic? You might love:

• The Burnout is REAL with Stephanie Leavell of Music for Kiddos
• Mental Health and Burnout
• The Work/Life Balancing Act
• Allison Thomas' Unveiling Private Practice - the creator of the compassion fatigue and burnout definition Alyssa shared on today's episode!

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What can we say? The world is chaos and we're just living in it. Sit down with the gals to have a laugh, have a cry, and check in at the start of this never-ending new year!

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Join the gals for a quick review of 2024, a recap of 3 years of podcasting together, and their goals for the year ahead!

Episodes to tide you over until 2025:

We can't wait to spill, sip, and share with you in 2025. Thank you to all of our listeners and top fans who have supported us this year!

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