Direct Impact

In this episode Andrea discusses the Inner Critic with Christine Lucas, a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia. Listen as two mental health professionals share their individual perspectives on how to go toe to toe with that critical voice inside one’s self and come out a winner. Andrea and Christine help listeners adopt a powerful and compassionate strategy that is actually fun to put into action. If you can wonder, you can win against self-defeating thoughts. You’ve had it in you all along!

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Resolve Strategies, Inc.
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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, take a deep breath and find yourself on the bridge between mind and body. Andrea welcomes wellness educator and Certified Emotions Mentor Coach Emily Polonus to the podcast. Like most of us, Emily explains how listening to her body’s cues didn’t come naturally. Find out how Emily moved from unhealthy habits to thriving on intuition. What does she mean by the body’s weather? Andrea and Emily discuss psychotherapy, Yoga, Acupuncture, and more for an integrative approach to wellness.

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, your definition of community matters. In this episode Andrea shares what community means to her. Find out how Andrea’s compassionate but honest look at her home town of Savannah,Georgia can help you do the same. Andrea identifies three vulnerable populations in all of our localities and stresses the critical steps necessary to meet their needs. Join us and get clarity on your community’s barriers to sobriety, recovery, and support. Listen and look closely at aging systems that need you breathing life and equity into them. Most importantly, listen as Andrea cites the direct impact of poor resource stewardship. Find out what your community can do to think long-term and prosper.

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Do you have a worry that you should be further in your healing process? This episode looks at outcome measures. What are they, and how do you know which one is right for you? Andrea explains why having reasonable expectations are so important on the healing journey. Here how your neuropathways are like a “well worn path”. Learn the steps it takes to metaphorically redirect and create new paths. Direct Impact Nation, there are no magic wands other than your day-to-day decisions. Keep an accountability list on the fridge, and stay connected to others on the same journey! Tune in for a dose of reality, and don't fall victim to unrealistic expectations or faulty belief systems!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, are you here? I mean here right now? There is so much power in the present moment. Embracing the present means that your experiences are less weighed down by the past and less rattled by the future. Holding this much power takes practice, and this is your invitation to start. Now.

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, I do not want you to be held back by one of the sneakiest character defects: Resentment. Once resentment corners you, it changes your motivations. It whispers falsities like hurting others will help you heal. Join me as I share the real roadblocks put up by resentment. See its contagion. Do not be hoodwinked by resentment, and do not be trapped by the avoidance behaviors it spawns! Join me and be empowered!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, let Andrea introduce you to one of Savannah, Georgia’s leading influencers. As he says, “I like to influence the influencers.” Pastor Kenny Grant is the Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church right here in Andrea’s hometown. How did this former U.S. Marine Drill Instructor go from transforming people into Marines at Parris Island in South Carolina to transforming one congregation after another? Join Andrea and Pastor Kenny. Find out what he sees as the three mental health struggles that he calls, “Corrosive to the person.” Find out why Andrea thinks curiosity should go hand in hand with anger! This episode is one that sews unity and reaps the wisdom relevant to the self, the family, and the community at large.

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Follow us on instagram at www.instagram.com/directimpactwithandreaepting

Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

When it rains it pours, and this episode asks you to seriously evaluate your umbrella! Andrea identifies how to make sure your support system is specific to your needs. How can you tell when you’ve outgrown your umbrella? This episode clues you into factors that make your support system less effective. Chucking members of your support system that no longer fit the bill is an important part of every recovery experience. Direct Impact Nation, it rains at all hours. Keep your umbrellas handy! Be ready, so you can be impactful!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, I bet you say this all the time: When it rains it pours! Or how about, “Things come in threes.” In this episode, Andrea looks at the validity of these sayings and asks you to chime in on the subject. Do they feel true, or do you have another tale to tell? Enjoy this anecdotal adventure into how language intersects with our lives. Tell us what factors you think are at play when “Big T Traumas” act like life’s dominos. Oh, and do join the conversation about how negative head space can really make shifts hit the fan!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist