Grounded Moments

Grounded Moments

By BrianJames McMahon, LMFTHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Grounded Moments episodes

  • Episode 15: Being Silent Is Not The Same As Listening

    We've all had experiences of being listened, but knowing we aren't being heard. That's because silence isn't the same as listening. 

    In Grounded Moments Episode 15 BrianJames McMahon, a licensed marriage and family therapist, consultant, and pastor, unpacks 4 key components to listening.  All Grounded Moments episodes are also available wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org or subscribe to this podcast to stay current on his content.

    16 min
  • Episode 14 - Solidarity
    Not all silence is the same. Not all action is the same. 
    And there can be no solidarity without relationship. 
    In Grounded Moments Episode 14, BrianJames McMahon, a licensed marriage and family therapist, consultant, and pastor, wrestles with the concepts of both "silence" and "action" as they impact him as a white man longing to see justice.  
    All Grounded Moments episodes are also available wherever you get your podcasts. 
    Learn more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org or subscribe to this channel to stay current on his content.
    13 min
  • Episode 13: On A Sense of Safety - Pursuing Wholeness, Part 3

    It is incredibly difficult to be our best when we do not feel safe. While we often recognize the significance of physical safety, relational and emotional safety can have an equal or greater impact of our sense of stabilty.

    Episode 13 of Grounded Moments explores the impact that stabilization (or destabilization) of our sense of safety has on the way we live, love, and lead.

    And hey, if you like my show, please rate it and leave a review. It helps new folks find me!

    20 min
  • Episode 12: A Sense of Self - Pursuing Wholeness, Part 2

    In this Grounded Moments mini-series, licensed marriage and family therapist Brian James McMahon explores with us what it means to be whole, the essential components to developing wholeness, and how to lean further into it. 

    In this particular episode he reflects on the significance that a stabilized sense of identity on our ability to live, love, and lead out of our whole selves. Find out more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org.

    11 min
  • Episode 11: Being Present - Pursuing Wholeness, Part 1

    In this Grounded Moments mini-series, licensed marriage and family therapist Brian James McMahon explores what it means to be whole, the essential components to developing wholeness, and how to lean further into it. In this particular episode he reflects on what being present has to do with being whole. Find out more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org.

    17 min
  • Episode 10: 4 Steps Through Pain - Navigating Pain Part 4

    It isn't enough just to talk about pain. We must find ways of working ourselves through it in order to be open and available for those we lead and parent! In Part 4 of his Navigating Pain series, BrianJames McMahon, a licensed marriage and family therapist and pastor walks us through 4 steps to working through our pain toward availability and connection. Learn more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org.

    21 min
  • Episode 9: From Survival to Empowerment - Navigating Pain Part 3

    Let's examine the second shift we need to be attentive to as we navigate our own pain to be better leaders, parents, and pastors. In Part 3 of the 4-part mini series Navigating Pain by Grounded Moments, BrianJames McMahon engages with parents, pastors, and leaders to unpack the significance of dealing with our own pain and how we can navigate through it. Learn more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org.

    8 min
  • Episode 8: From Reactivity to Empowerment - Navigating Pain Part 2

    Let's examine the first shift we need to be attentive to as we navigate our own pain to be better leaders, parents, and pastors. In Part 2 of the 4-part mini series Navigating Pain by Grounded Moments, BrianJames McMahon engages with parents, pastors, and leaders to unpack the significance of dealing with our own pain and how we can navigate through it. Learn more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org.

    7 min
  • Episode 7: Identifying Pain - Navigating Pain Part 1

    In this 4-part mini series by Grounded Moments, BrianJames McMahon engages with parents, pastors, and leaders to unpack the significance of dealing with our own pain and how we can navigate through it.  In Part 1, he unpacks for us a clear understanding of the deeper pain we find ourselves stuck in and how to identify it for ourselves. Learn more about BrianJames' work at www.recenterkc.org.

    13 min
  • Episode 6: Responding to the Unknown

    In this 10 minute musing, BrianJames McMahon, licensed marriage and family therapist explores two dramatically different responses to experiences of with the unknown and the impact of each response on connection and community. Connect further with BrianJames at www.recenterkc.org.

    12 min

About Grounded Moments

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We are at our best when we are grounded, when we are settled and secure in who we are, where we are, and what we’re doing. Living, loving, and leading from groundedness takes intentionality, effort, and creativity. And it takes time. That’s what we do in each Grounded Moments episode. We take a few minutes to slow down, to be present with ourselves, to be present with a thought or an idea. We give ourselves space to settle, get our feet on the ground so that we live live, love, and lead from that groundeness, not in pursuit of it.