Curious Minds with Dr. L

How do you work through the experience of divorce and come out the other side with confidence and use curiosity to fuel what comes next? How do you learn to be more in alignment with who you truly are? And what are the ways that you reach completeness on your self-reflective journey - or do you ever? We explore all of this in the most human way with fitness model and content creator, Jenna Breslin.

Janna Breslin is a well-known fitness model, certified personal trainer, health coach, and nutrition expert. Over the course of her career, Janna has been crowned Bikini Champion on six occasions, along with being on the cover of multiple fitness magazines that can be found globally. She is the co-founder of Complete Human, a resource library for achieving the most optimum wellness.

In this week's podcast, Janna Breslin joins Dr. L as they explore the journey of exploring what it means to be complete and gain greater fulfillment. Following a difficult year after divorce and health issues, Janna reveals what she has changed in order to build greater confidence and grow her own self-investment.

TIME STAMPS:

4:19 - How the experience of divorce is a trauma.

6:03 - Understanding yourself through experience.

9:01 - Sharing on social media as a vehicle for connection.

11:09 - How you respond to the 'stay in your lane' comment.

22:00 - Taking yourself out of your own bubble that you create for yourself.

25:04 - How are we limited by our own belief system?

27:10 - Becoming passionate about what interests you.

29:20 - How to work through fear.

31:44 - The importance of following your gut.

35:38 - How fitness translates to life discipline and risk.

42:00 - Finding the way to optimal health.

45:36 - Human Declaration Quiz.

51:03 - Closing Curiosities

FOR MORE ON JANNA:

website: www.jannabreslin.com and www.completehuman.com

instagram: www.instagram.com/jannabreslin

instagram: www.instagram.com/completehuman

FOR MORE ON DR. L:

website: www.drlarapence.com

instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence

twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence

how do we keep our confidence in tact when it feels like the world around us is falling apart? how do we keep our cool and maintain internal strength during a crisis? and what are the ways that we can pull from our energy reserves to stay afloat? this and more with me, dr. l!

tune in and get some helpful tips on how to create confidence during a time of crisis. now more than ever we need to maintain our self-esteem and sense of adequacy. we must be convicted in our belief that we are capable and work through the tough times with our head held high. but how? let's get curious about it on this week's curious minds mini!

How do you separate stress from trauma? What are the ways that we end up building exactly what we need to heal from our past? And how can we get curious about the ways in which we can find safety? This and so much more deep introspection with Matt Hesse.

Matt, an Army veteran and entrepreneur, is the founder of FitOps Foundation which helps fellow veterans find stability, success, and community in the fitness industry. He also founded Performix, a supplement line, and Performix House, a premier gym and fitness center in New York City.

On this episode of Curious Minds with Dr. L, Matt Hesse explores his own history of childhood trauma and the impact that it had on his current choices and pathways as an adult. He discusses how vulnerability can allow for healing and the ways in which using your physical body can complete a psychological transformation.

TIME STAMPS:

3:34 - Seeing the glass half full during the pandemic.

6:14 - Compartmentalizing stress and trauma.

10:45 - How a history of childhood trauma and abuse inform an adult's mind.

13:03 - Internal conflict manifesting as anger.

16:07 - The power of unconscious discovery.

19:38 - Building what you need to heal.

25:58 - The importance of service.

30:17 - How you move away from living a life in fear.

33:10 - When imposter syndrome shows up where you work.

41:39 - Human Declaration Quiz

43:40 - Closing Curiosities

FOR MORE ON MATT HESSE:

website: www.fitops.org

instagram: www.instagram.com/matthesse

FOR MORE ON DR. L:

website: www.drlarapence.com

instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence

twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence

What are boundaries and what makes them so important? What's all this talk about different types of boundaries and why does that matter? And how do we understand our own boundary system better?

On this Curious Minds Mini episode, Dr. L gives you the quick low down on boundaries - what are they and why it matters. She walks you through how boundaries keep us safe and puts the concept in the most simplest terms possible. So listen in and get curious with Dr. L!

FOR MORE ON DR. L:

website: www.drlarapence.com

instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence

twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence

What is so uncomfortable about the words 'i don't know'? Why does fear become our operating system at so many stations? And how are we confusing inclusivity with belonging? A deep dive into self-awareness as we get curious with Dr. Rebecca Heiss.

Dr. Rebecca Heiss is the CEO and Founder of Acueity, a continuous 360 review app providing users ongoing fearless feedback and challenging them to grow in self-awareness. Her research has been designated "transformative" by the National Science Foundation. Rebecca's book, Instinct, is expected March 2021.

In today's podcast, Dr. Rebecca Heiss shares her wisdom on the importance of bridging the gap between what you think about yourself and how others see you. She and Dr. L also explore how to better understand the brain's wiring so that we can capitalize on needs such as belonging, security, and purpose. They also dive into what inclusivity means and the conflict between earning and deserving. Understand what it means to hold multiple truths and join Dr. L and Dr. Heiss as they get curious together.

TIME STAMPS:

3:30 - Our brain and how it impacts self-awareness.

11:30 - How unknowing can serve our self-awareness.

13:10 - The brain's role in discouraging us from vulnerability.

19:30 - The benefits of questioning your craft.

28:00 - Our search for variety and the problem with abundance.

32:40 - The deep primal need to belong.

40:00 - Holding multiple truths at the same time.

42:12 - Should everyone get a trophy?

48:00 - The importance of exploration and understanding.

50:55 - Human Declaration Quiz.

54:00 - Closing Curiosities.

For More on Dr. Rebecca Heiss:

Website: www.rebeccaheiss.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drrebeccaheiss/

For More on Dr. L:

Website: www.drlarapence.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence/

What are eating disorders? And how are eating disorders different from a diet or poor body image? What are the myths about eating disorders and what are the truths?

In this Curious Minds Mini, Dr. L shares her expertise in this field and explores the truth about eating disorders, what they are and what they are not, and what to do when you know someone who is struggling or you yourself are struggling.

FOR MORE ON DR. L

Website: www.drlarapence.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence

Twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence

What makes us so prone to comparison? How is comparison rooted in belonging? What is the brain science behind this annoying behavior and how can we work to prevent comparison sucking us into a shame spiral?

In this week's curious minds mini, Dr. L talks about comparison. comparison is one thing that shows up in her office with clients nearly every week. Our tendency to idealize someone else and compare our own state of being to theirs is not only pathological but destructive. We have to be able to recognize when we are responding to something with baggage on our back. Because when we understand this - we can change this. so listen in and let's get start evolving together.

How do we suspend disbelief and step into the arena of magic and wonder? Does creativity exist in each of us? If so, how do we find a creative outlet for expression? And how do we consume less and create more? All of this with the brilliant magician, Adam Wilber.

Adam Wilber is an entrepreneurial wizard, creativity and innovation expert, and master magician. He has been featured on Good Morning America, MTV, the Discovery Channel, and National Geographic. He was also a contestant on Penn and Teller's Fool Us, and has written various books on creativity.

On this week's podcast, Adam and Dr. L get curious about the power of wonder. Together, they share their own emotional experience of magic, the importance of weaving story into one's craft, and how creativity shows up in each and every one of us.

TIME STAMPS:

3:28 - Social media as a platform for creativity.

5:30 - How Adam found magic.

7:15 - Why magic draws us in emotionally.

12:56 - Why magic requires a dyad.

20:00 - The importance of using story during magic.

25:30 - What is the intersection of curiosity and creativity?

30:00 - Why knowing your audience is important in any arena.

33:00 - How do you tap into your own creativity when it's not always revered in your community.

41:30 - How do we create more than we consume?

50:37 - Human Declaration Quiz.

51:51 - Closing Curiosities.

For More on Adam:

Website: www.adamwilber.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/adamwilber

For More on Dr. L:

Website: www.drlarapence.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence/

How does the past show up in the present? How are current responses to certain situations actually the summation of past responses to similar situations? How do we understand this process better so that we can actually make changes and respond differently?

This week, Dr. L discusses how our past impacts our present and the attention required to make certain changes. She walks through an exercise that can help you unravel your own response to activating relationships and work to build self-awareness.

How do helping professionals hold space for those in struggle while they, too, are also in struggle? What does it mean to acknowledge your limitations? What does it look like to address race in the therapy space? All this and lots of laughter as we get curious with Dr. Dana Labat.

Dr. Dana Labat is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in both Louisiana and Texas. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (UTSW), and formerly served as the Psychological Services Manager for Inpatient Psychiatry at Children's Medical Center of Dallas (CMCD).

Being a mental health professional during this time can stressful. MHPs are not only working to take care of the mental health of their clients but also maintain their own mental health and self-care practices. This can present a unique set of challenges that are exacerbated by the pandemic and social unrest that we all feel. In this episode, Dr. L and Dr. Labat explore this experience in greater depth together and share tips for maintaining strong boundaries and self-consideration.

TIME STAMPS:

6:00 - The differentiating factor between therapists and influencers.

8:45 - The importance of specialization.

13:30 - What makes it hard to acknowledge our own limitations.

19:00 - The boundaries between therapist and client.

26:25 - The experience of being a black therapist working with white clients.

40:00 - Navigating home-school as a non-teacher

49:00 - Human Declaration Quiz

51:36 - Closing Curiosities

FIND MORE OF DR. LABAT:

Website: www.drdanalabat.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/drdanalabat

FIND MORE OF DR. L: Website: www.drlarapence.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence Twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence