Everyday Therapy

Why is it so hard NOT to avoid things that make us anxious and sad? Why do our instincts tell us to avoid topics and situations that may not have even happened...yet?

Find out the answers to these and more questions this week, as Brett and Christa take on the concept of anticipatory anxiety and grief-- and find out what you can do to cope when you are worried or distraught about a future event.

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No matter how much we grow up, when we go home for the holidays, we tend to grown down again. This week's episode highlights this depleting dynamic along with other reasons we feel disempowered over the holidays. Also, we will provide tangible helps to truly empower us in enjoy the holiday season.

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Why don't I change? Actually, it makes perfect sense. Nystrom's therapists are devoted to empowering people to become their best version of themselves. However, therapy often encounters "Resistance/Willfulness" that prevents our best of intentions. This episode empowers listeners to understand why resistance occurs, what it looks like, how to move past it and become our best version of ourselves.

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This week, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists Brett and Christa look into the psychology of being nice. Did you know that this is actually a personality trait called Agreeableness? Brett and Christa discuss how to know if your niceness is a vulnerability or an asset.

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This week, Marriage and Family Therapists Brett Cushing and Christa Overson look into the topic of compassion fatigue, also known as secondary trauma. Anyone can experience this, not just people who help for a living. Most commonly, this can happen when someone you love goes through a personal crisis (divorce, disaster, medical issue, or grief). How do we respond when we have no idea what to say or how to help, and how do we protect ourselves from becoming depleted?

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Do you ever feel uneasy at work or in a relationship? It likely is due to a lack of trust. This week's podcast addresses the problem of trust, how to overcome it and the many areas of life affected where trust is present. Listeners will learn why we trust in the first place, why trust is vital to our work and all relationships; as well as, how to garner trust at work and at home.

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This week, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists Christa Overson and Rachel Slough Johnson discuss how yoga can help us heal from traumatic experiences by connecting body and mind. Rachel is a Certified Facilitator in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga, an evidence-based practice. Rachel explains how this specialized type of yoga differs from mainstream yoga, and why choice is such a powerful component of the process.

Listeners can find Certified Facilitators and many other resources here: https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/

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What's in a name? What does it mean to receive a mental health diagnosis? Is a diagnosis permanent? This week, therapist Isaac Hatch-Gillette joins Brett Cushing and Christa Overson as they answer these questions. They discuss what goes into diagnosing a mental health condition like depression or anxiety--and what you can do if you or someone you love receives a diagnosis.

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We are very fortunate to have Dr. Richard Blackburn, who heads up Nystrom's Sleep Academy, share with us a ton of helpful and enlightening information about sleep. If you're like me, I thought to myself, "Sleep is great, but I don't have enough time to sleep and I'm doing just fine." or if you struggle with sleep, you do not want to miss these podcasts! 

We planned for one hour and there was so much helpful and practical information, that we decided to just keep recording! Listen, learn and share these episodes with others because healthy sleep is a real game-changer and improvement upon our overall quality of life.

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We are very fortunate to have Dr. Richard Blackburn, who heads up Nystrom's Sleep Academy, share with us a ton of helpful and enlightening information about sleep. If you're like me, I thought to myself, "Sleep is great, but I don't have enough time to sleep and I'm doing just fine." or if you struggle with sleep, you do not want to miss these podcasts! 

We planned for one hour and there was so much helpful and practical information, that we decided to just keep recording! Listen, learn and share these episodes with others because healthy sleep is a real game-changer and improvement upon our overall quality of life.

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