Cryin' & Tryin': The Comprehensive Guide to Cultivating Emotional Intelligence in a F*&%ed Up World

Trauma is complex, and healing from trauma can seem impossible. This week’s guest, Karen Robinson, is both a survivor and a trauma recovery expert. She shares her perspective on different trauma treatments, explains how community is vital to heal, and provides some resources for listeners to begin their own healing process.

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on twitter and IG @LexGonGivIt2Ya_. You can find Karen on IG @healthrivedream_and twitter @healthrivedream 

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DEI is one of the latest buzzwords (buzzphrases?) in the corporate world. It seems like almost all companies are trying to fill diversity quotas, but they’re missing the mark on actually making the workplace equitable and inclusive. In this episode, Lexi chats with social justice and equity, inclusion, and diversity consultant, Sedruola (Sedie) Maruska about how we can really begin to move towards a more inclusive and equitable society, by starting to take care of ourselves.

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya. You can find Sedie on social media @Sedruola (twitter, IG) & on LinkedIn @sedruolamaruska.

I am a proud member of the PodPros community and this guest was found through #PodMatch.

"I'm the stupidest person in the world!" You always ignore me." "Everybody is looking at me and thinks I look weird." We all experience cognitive distortions, a negative way of thinking our brains default to, on a daily basis that impact the way we view the world. But what exactly are they? And what can we do about them? Lexi and their friend Kim share a list of 15 common cognitive distortions that our brains often use to trick us on a daily basis. Are there certain distortions you tend to utilize the most?

Resources from today’s episode:

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya.

In this continuation of S3E7, Lexi and Marc continue their discussion about race and body image. This episode touches on topics of self-acceptance, self-judgment, and thanking past versions of ourselves for doing the best we could. 

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Resources from today’s episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG and twitter @LexGonGivIt2Ya_ and Marc and his podcast on IG: @paisant_fitness and @relativelynormalpodcast

I am a proud member of the PodPros community and this guest was found through #PodMatch.

Lexi chats with friend and host of the Relatively Normal podcast, Marc Paisant about race, mental health, and sitting with discomfort in this episode. This is the first part of a series exploring Marc’s experience as a Black man in America who is managing his mental health. Lexi & Marc begin by discussing the relationship between Black and white communities today and how to approach unlearning racism and having tough, uncomfortable conversations in order to grow.

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Resources from today’s episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya and Marc and his podcast on IG: @paisant_fitness and @relativelynormalpodcast

I am a proud member of the PodPros community and this guest was found through #PodMatch.

Regulating our emotions & expressing them appropriately is one of the keys to cultivating emotional intelligence (EQ) & improving our daily lives. In the second episode, Lexi introduced the RULER Method of emotional regulation & some tools for identifying emotions, & In this continuation of the EQ series, Lexi walks through how they used the RULER method to navigate a personal conflict.

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Resources from today’s  episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya.

I am a proud member of the PodPros community.

How do you cope with stressful situations and unexpected life changes? How do you handle the stressors of everyday life and things out of your control? In this episode, Lexi and friend John Rosenberger discuss these questions and more! They explore different categories of coping skills, their own go-to strategies, and pros and cons of different classes of coping strategies. 

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Resources from today’s episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya and Gabby on instagram and twitter @gabstrength.

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Lexi interviews Gabby Brost, a triple strength sports athlete and inclusive & trauma-mindful strength and fitness coach about her traumatic brain injury and neuropsychological evaluation that followed. They discuss how life has changed since Gabby’s TBI, medication and symptom management, and what inclusive fitness really means and looks like.

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Resources from today’s episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya and Gabby on instagram and twitter @gabstrength.

 I am a proud member of the PodPros community.

It's Lexi's 30th birthday! They share some reflection on why birthdays have been difficult historically and how they are taking back the power in celebrating your life.

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Resources from today’s episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG and twitter: @LexGonGivIt2ya_. 

I am a proud member of the PodPros community.

If you’re disabled and unable to work, the process for obtaining disability benefits (SSDI) is difficult to navigate and many get denied multiple times. Spencer Bishins, attorney and the author of Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it, was a decision writer within the Social Security Administration. He shares information about the process of securing benefits, what to know before you apply, and also his perspective on how we can fix this broken system.

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Resources from today’s episode:

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If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately. The resources below are for listeners in the US.

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Find us on social media! The pod is on IG: @cryinandtryin_pod, Facebook: @cryinandtryinpod, and Twitter: @cryin_tryin_pod. Email us at [email protected] with episode suggestions, feedback, or anything else you want us to see!

You can find Lexi on IG: @lex_gon_give_it2ya. You can find Spencer on FB @bishinspublishing, IG @bishinspublishing, and on twitter @bishinspub. 

This guest was found on #PodMatch and I am a proud member of the PodPros community.