Healing with Purpose

By Lydia Kasmoch + Sarah Swafford

As clinicians and self-healers, we have each spent over a decade bearing witness to the pain and resilience of the human experience. We’ve discovered that the habits and patterns we often find ourselv... more

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Healing with Purpose episodes:

July 06, 2021 #5: How to deal with your feelings
In today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss ways we can cope to help us deal with our feelings. Anxiety, depression.. these are all part of our modern lives and we need tools to help us navigate the complex emotions we encounter. Lydia + Sarah share stories from their own lives and offer two new tools, relational resourcing and containment, to add to your toolbox.
Follow us on IG:
Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep
Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep
We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at [email protected]
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June 21, 2021#4: Understanding Negative Thinking Patterns
In today's show Lydia + Sarah explore automatic negative thoughts, and mindfulness-based tools you can use to cope and reframe them. They offer personal experiences to demonstrate how cognitive distortions show up in our lives and practical ways to work through them.

EPISODE TOOL:
Cognitive distortions list
Working through a negative thought:
Identify the trigger (situation):

Identify the automatic negative thought (ANT):

Identify the thinking trap (from the cognitive distortions list):

How strongly do I believe this ANT from 1-100?

Where’s the proof this is real/happening?

With this proof, what does it tell me?

How can I reframe this with a positive automatic thought (PAT):

FOLLOW US ON IG:
Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep
Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep
We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at [email protected]
**And remember, the information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice or used as a replacement for therapy.
Intro music by: The Monocle Twins - The road to life
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47min
May 31, 2021#3: Guilt + Shame
In today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss shame and guilt. They offer personal stories of how shame and guilt have presented themselves in their own lives and some helpful reflections to get to the root of negative thinking patterns and habits. Next episode will be a follow up to today's and will cover negative thinking patterns. Hang onto your journal reflections because we will use those next episode!!
Episode Tool:
Journal exploration for Guilt:
Guilt may sound like____

Guilt may look like ____

Guilt may feel like ____
**Notice in your life what comes up in each of these categories and use that to help you in the next section

What is one thing that you really want in your life right now? How is guilt preventing you from getting that thing? What is one small thing you could do to help you reach this goal?
Journal exploration for Shame:
Shame may sound like ____

Shame may look like ____

Shame may feel like ____
**Notice in your life what comes up in each of these categories and use that to help you in the next section

What is one thing that you really want in your life right now? How is shame preventing you from getting that thing? What is one small thing you could do to help you reach this goal?
Negative thinking patterns to be on the lookout for:
“I have to do everything perfectly.”

“there is no room for error.”

“I should have done more, it’s all my fault”

“I am not lovable”

“I am taking up too much space”

“I said too much”
Follow us on IG:
Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep
Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep
We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at [email protected]
**And remember, the information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice or used as a replacement for therapy.
Intro music by: The Monocle Twins - The road to life
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47min
May 17, 2021 #2: Being in relationship with others
In today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss love and belonging and boundaries and how those fit into being in relationship with others. They share real life examples and offer some great tools towards the end of the show to help you assess where you are in the relationships in your life.

Episode Tool:
Grab a sheet of paper and turn it landscape. Create 5 columns with a header for each column:
Column 1: True believers: these people make up your fan club and celebrate your successes with you.
Column 2: Confidants: these people are your sounding board. you can talk intimately with them about your life and your path.
Column 3: Way showers: these people are your role models, people you know or admire from afar.
Column 4: Messengers: these people deliver valuable information to help provide you with forward momentum.
Column 5: Naysayers: these people are often negative, critical or unsupportive about your life and choices.
Think about all the people in your life and write which column would they fit into. Then, spend some time reflecting on this. Is there someone who is close to you that is really a negative force in your life that causes you to question yourself? Do you have more true believers who have your back than you realized? Get curious!

Follow us on IG:
Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep
Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep
We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at [email protected]
**And remember, the information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice or used as a replacement for therapy.
Intro music by: The Monocle Twins - The road to life
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34min
April 20, 2021#1: Being in relationship with yourself
In today's show Lydia + Sarah share the story of how this podcast came to be, discuss the COVID19 pandemic and its impact on us, and share thoughts and ideas about how to be in relationship with yourself. Here are some of the tools and journal prompt we discuss in the show:
Journal/Reflection Questions:
How am I talking to myself?

How do I show myself love?

How do I prioritize my needs?

Where do I need boundaries in my life + relationships?
Tools:
If your self-talk is negative, stop yourself and act as if you are talking to a friend instead. What would you say to your friend if they were going through this same thing?

Shame voice versus guiding voice. Ask yourself which you are using.

First step after you listen to this podcast is to be aware of how you are speaking to yourself.

Give your shame voice and guiding voice a name. If you don't want the shame voice to run the show today close your eyes and visualize yourself putting that voice (person) in the closet and actively choosing not to listen to it today.
Follow us on IG:
Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep
Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep

We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at [email protected]

**And remember, the information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice or used as a replacement for therapy.
Intro music by: The Monocle Twins - The road to life
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38min

FAQs about Healing with Purpose:

How many episodes does Healing with Purpose have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.