Compassionate Conversations with Esther Kane, MSW

Send us Fan Mail

Are you the victim of adult bullying? Listen to this short podcast to learn tips and tricks from Esther Kane to handle bullies and prevent being a target in future.

FREE resources:

Read these articles I've written about how to handle bullies:

https://www.estherkane.com/esthers-recommended-reading-the-no-asshole-rule/

https://www.estherkane.com/ask-esther-workplace-bullying/

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles full of tips to help you become the best version of you possible. As a bonus, you'll get 10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy for FREE!

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

In this episode, Esther Kane, MSW, RSW, RCC speaks with Amy Pinnell, MSW, RSW, about the link between Highly Sensitive People and burnout. There are some great tips on how HSPs can prevent burnout in the long run by taking care of themselves in the present.

Episode Contents:

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 HSP Series Intro
2:13 Introduction of Amy Pinnell, MSW, RSW
3:22 Amy's personal story of being an HSP
10:48 How Amy found her place in the world
11:55 The link between HSPs and burnout
18:46 Tools and advice to HSPs to prevent burnout

To find Amy:

https://www.sensitivesocialworker.com

https://www.bravespirit.ca

FREE Resources:

To learn more about the Highly Sensitive Personality:

https://www.estherkane.com/highly-sen...

To read a whole lot of articles I've written on Highly Sensitive People, click on this page:

https://www.estherkane.com/category/h...

To receive my FREE report designed to help HSPs create better boundaries called, "10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy", click here:

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Watch my YouTube Channel videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and  give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

Do you think you may be addicted to food? How do you know for sure? Watch this mind-expanding interview where Eating Disorders Therapist, Esther Kane and Dr. Vera Tarman, author of Food Junkies, discuss the how's and why's of food addiction.  They discuss in detail the main differences between food addiction and eating disorders.

Episode Contents:

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Introducing Vera Tarman
4:15 Vera's personal struggle with food addiction
20:20 Differences between “food addiction” and “eating disorders”
16:45 How do I know if I’m addicted to food?
24:31 The four stages of food addiction
41:30 Differences between food addiction and addictions to other substances
49:55 What foods people tend to be addicted to and why
54:00 The huge increase of highly processed foods on the market today and the politics behind this
57:48 Do people with food addiction need to follow a particular way of eating to achieve success and to maintain their recovery?
1:00:08 Why  “intuitive eating” doesn’t work for everyone
1:01:43 The role spirituality plays in recovery from food addiction
1:04:35 Practical steps to becoming free of food addiction

Where to find Vera:
https://addictionsunplugged.com

Food Junkies Book:
https://addictionsunplugged.com/product/food-junkies-recovery-from-food-addiction/

Food Junkies Podcast:
https://addictionsunplugged.com/category/podcast/food-junkies-podcast/

FREE resources:

To read a whole lot of articles I've written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/eating-disorders/

To receive my 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Watch my YouTube Channel videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

Join Esther Kane for a primer on how to be more compassionate towards yourself. She will outline the pioneering work of Dr. Kristin Neff,  whom she dubs the "Queen of Self-Compassion", ending with a  practical hands-on exercise called "The Self-Compassion Break" which takes less than five minutes and is positively transformational and life-changing if practised consistently.

Where to find Kristen Neff:

https://self-compassion.org

FREE resources:

To read more articles I've written on self-compassion, click on this page: https://www.esherkane.com/category/e...

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles full of tips to help you become the best version of you possible. As a bonus, you'll get 10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy for FREE!
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

Do you struggle with overeating? Listen to this enlightening interview where Eating Disorders Therapist, Esther Kane and Joy Kiddie, The Low Carb Healthy Fat Dietician, discuss how eating a low carb diet with healthy fats often helps people overcome the tendency to overeat. Joy gives us the science behind this and how she uses this approach to work with her clients who struggle with overeating.

Episode Contents:

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Introducing Joy Kiddie
6:39 Joy's personal story with food/weight/health struggles
13:30 Is ‘low carb/keto’ just another fad diet?
16:48 Esther's health results from being low carb/keto for over a decade
17:58 How a low carb/keto can help resolve eating disorders and food addiction

Where to find Joy:
www.lchf-rd.com

her articles:
https://www.lchf-rd.com/food-for-thought/

Resources mentioned:

Dr. Jason Fung
https://www.thefastingmethod.com

Dr. Vera Tarman, author of Food Junkies
https://addictionsunplugged.com

Dr. Christopher Palmer, author of Brain Energy
https://www.chrispalmermd.com

Dr. Georgia Ede
https://www.diagnosisdiet.com

Dr. Ted Naiman, author of the P:E Diet
https://www.lowenergydiet.com

FREE resources:

To read a whole lot of articles I've written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/e...

To receive my 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Watch my YouTube Channel videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DU4xM_co9zSxOWZvd08oA

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

Are you feeling helpless in the face of a loved ones addiction? Esther Kane gives her top tips to help you successfully navigate the tricky territory between being there for someone else, while also taking care of yourself and setting healthy boundaries.

To receive a FREE report designed to help you create better boundaries called, "10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy", click here:
https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter 

To access lots of articles I've written on addictions, click here:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/addictions/

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

Are you dreading the upcoming holidays and obligatory family obligations that come along with it?Esther Kane, family systems therapist for over 25 years, gives her top three tips to help you successfully navigate family holiday gatherings this season. You may even grow from the experience in a positive way!

To receive a FREE report designed to help you create better boundaries called, "10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy", click here:

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter 

To access lots of articles I've written on family-of-origin, click here:

https://www.estherkane.com/category/family-of-origin/

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and  give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

RAIN Meditation Explained
Benefits of Practising RAIN Meditation
How to do RAIN Meditation

If you want to go much deeper into learning and practising self-compassion get yourself a copy of Radical Compassion by Tara Brach. 

Need more?

Check out these articles I’ve written about meditation:

https://www.estherkane.com/category/meditation/

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles full of tips to help you become the best version of you possible. As a bonus, you'll get 10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy for FREE!

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

FREE resources:

How to write therapeutic letters:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/therapeutic-letter-writing/

To read more articles I've written on this topic, click on this page:
https://www.estherkane.com/category/family-cut-offs/

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles full of tips to help you become the best version of you possible. As a bonus, you'll get 10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies for FREE:

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com

Send us Fan Mail

FREE Resources:

"More Captive Than Client"
https://www.pinkgazelle.com/2021/06/01/more-captive-than-client/

Esther's video on how to set boundaries:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IAgS6BY_E&t=2s

Esther's articles on how to set boundaries:

https://www.estherkane.com/how-to-set-healthy-boundaries-in-relationships/
https://www.estherkane.com/ask-esther-setting-boundaries/
https://www.estherkane.com/the-power-of-no/
https://www.estherkane.com/brilliant-boundaries-creating-and-instituting-personal-policies/

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive articles full of tips to help you become the best version of you possible. As a bonus, you'll get 10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy for FREE!

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

Please don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and give it a great review if you really enjoy it and pass episodes onto others who could also benefit from them.

Support the show

Links

To watch episodes on Esther's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@compassionateconversations441

Subscribe to my newsletter to receive either of these for FREE:10 Tips for Getting Rid of Relationships That Drain Your Energy or the 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies: 

https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

If you want to do therapy with me (only residents of British Columbia, Canada):

www.estherkane.com