Happy Growing

We are told we have to do something in order to deserve rest, breaks and holidays. We say: 'I should have done more', even when we are tired. Luckily, younger generations are more and more prioritising rest and mental health. But when you are told something for so long, it can be difficult to get it out of your head. So how can you support yourself in taking time for yourself and making yourself a priority, whilst feeling good and proud about listening to your body?

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Artwork: @fempowerart

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Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
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No matter if you celebrate, what you celebrate and how you celebrate - the holiday season can be overwhelming. There can be social and financial pressure, the energy from the people around you and lack of time for yourself. So how can you prepare yourself for the holidays, and support yourself with as much kindness and patience as possible? Spoiler alert: You are awesome. 

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

Why do you struggle saying no? Let's talk about values, priorities and boundaries. 

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

In this episode, Verena reflects on the changes in the online world and its negative effects on our mental health. But there are ways to turn things around, and they lay within you. You'll learn how to protect your health from social media, and Verena explores the intentions behind people who engage with content in a negative and hateful way. 

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

In this solo episode, Verena shares why it is so important to just do instead of worrying and overthinking. This episode is about how you create predications, why experience is so powerful and how you can embrace the light and dark within and around you. 

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Verena: @verenaberndt_
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

In this guest episode, intuitive tarot reader and transformational coach Molly Dooner shares her own healing and spiritual journey. Molly talks about overcoming trauma, the light and the dark side of spirituality, how her art influences her work as a coach and about feminism, equality and being human, unapologetically.
As an intuitive healer, Molly connects with her clients and people around her on the deepest, most rawest level and explains how every interaction and connection is so much more than just talking. It's a way of healing each other, growing together and creating an energy that spreads so much further than we could imagine.

Book mentioned: Louise Hay - You can heal your life

Molly's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mollyelizabethdooner?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Molly's website: https://mollydooner.com/

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Verena: @verenaberndt_
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

In this meditation, you get to connect to your heart deeply and honestly. You get to ask yourself the right questions around love, relationships and why you might have held back from letting people into your heart. 
Please listen to this while you are in a safe and quiet space. Do not listen while you are driving or walking. 

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Verena: @verenaberndt_
Artwork: @fempowerart 

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

In this episode, artist and entrepreneur Karan Pathak shares his journey of growing his business and growing within himself. In his teenage years, Karan started out as an artist and developed his art into work and value for others.
Verena and Karan talk about the process of becoming self-employed, work-life-balance, values and about doing your own thing. What is it like to do something that nobody else does? What mindset do you need to stay on track and follow your path? Find out more in this episode.

Karan's Instagram: https://instagram.com/karan_path?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
We are Uelzen Instagram: https://instagram.com/we.are.uelzen?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Pathak Brothers' Multimedia Agency Instagram: https://instagram.com/pathakbrothers_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Pathak Brothers' Multimedia Agency Website: https://pathak-brothers.de/  

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Verena: @verenaberndt_
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

In this amazing guest episode, clinical psychologist and EMDR therapist Bilge Kıvrak (MSc) explains what happens in our brain when we experience trauma and how EMDR  can support us. Verena and Bilge talk about EMDR as part of general mental healthcare, and mental health stigmatisation in healthcare and society. Bilge shares her experience in the UK and in Turkey, and how mental health support can be improved and stigmatisation changed. This episode highlights what is really important for patients, clients and therapists in order to create change, and for patients to see themselves as the source of love and safety they need. 

Bilge's Instagram: https://instagram.com/psk_bilgekivrak?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Bilge's Practice: https://www.smyrnapsikoloji.com/

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Verena: @verenaberndt_
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_

We are so used to going against our bodies. But as you know, everything your body does has a meaning. Your body is constantly speaking to you. So what can you do?

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Verena: @verenaberndt_
Artwork: @fempowerart

Instagram: @happygrowingpodcast
Photography & Design: @eva_poglajen
Verena's Instagram: @verenaberndt_