In The Deep End

Topics Discussed:

• How the seed of recovery/sobriety was planted.
• What ultimately made Tamar give up the alcohol.
• How Tamar found purpose as a result of being in recovery.
• When Tamar came to terms with her sexuality and what that looks like today.

Resources Mentioned:

• Tamar's First Book: Hope Elevated
• Tamar's Second Book: Beyond Recovery

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Topics Discussed:

• Supporting our children through their mental health challenges and still being able to experience joy.
• How do you find joy when you watching someone you love struggling?
• Learning to set boundaries so we can focus on our own self preservation.
• Why we need to gain the courage to reach out and ask for help when we're struggling.

Episode Description:

Moyra Gorski is a podcaster, wellness expert and passionate entrepreneur. As a retired RN and wellness advocate, she helps people live healthy lives and mentors emerging entrepreneurs build their own online wellness business. Moyra is leading people to finding Joy within the chaos of life today through her podcast “Your Journey to Joy.” Both mother and daughter have fought an eating disorders and while daughter is still on her recovery journey, mom is standing on the other side with victory. Her message there will always be some chaos and there is joy there. It’s up to us to go find it and many times its’ waiting right inside of us. When you find Moyra in the suburbs of Chicago, you will find her filling herself with joy by leading her dynamic wellness team, journaling during her morning routine and ballroom dancing, practicing yoga or cooking and baking some tasty treat. She resides with the Chicagoland area with her husband and 1 of her 4 children.

Website: https://moyragorski.com/

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Topics Discussed:

• How more and more therapists are sharing their own story.
• Different types of recovery that work.
• How to become your authentic self.
• How mental health and substance use is intertwined.
• Getting straight to the point in your therapy sessions.

Episode Description:

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Steve Bisson moved to Massachusetts in 1999 to pursue his dream of working in the mental health field. Therapist for 18 years, he has owned his private practice, Straight To The Point Therapy since 2011. CBT Trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Steve has worked in diverse fields and his specialities include trauma work, first responders, and medical staff. He has a Podcast called "Finding Your Way Through Therapy", which has been on the major platforms since 2021, inspired by the book he wrote of the same name. He has recently started his own coaching program called: "Emotional Management Coaching". When not working, Steve enjoys being outdoors and spending time with his two daughters and two cats.

Website: www.steve-bisson.com

Instagram-Twitter-TikTok: @realstevebisson

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Topics Discussed:

• How we can use laughter as a form of medicine.
• How laughing can reduce our stress.
• How to stop taking yourself seriously.
• Does laughter really work for pain relief?
• How to laugh while you're struggling with depression and you feel like the walls are tumbling down on you.

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Topics Discussed:

• How to have fun without alcohol.
• The benefits of fun without the use of alcohol.
• Strategies you can use to go to a dinner party or social function and not drink.
• How the media glamorizes the use of alcohol.
• Owning your internal dialogue about being socially awkward.

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Topics Discussed:

• How sometimes we have to hit our bottom to make changes.
• Being able to see when your purpose finds you.
• Learn about intentional living.
• 4 Questions you can ask yourself daily.

Episode Description:

Join us today as we chat with our friend Megan Miller.

Megan Miller is an International Best-Selling Author, TEDx Speaker, Intentional Living Expert, & host of Attention to Intention podcast.

Megan is dedicated to offering high performing go-getting professionals simple, daily micro-steps for putting attention to intention so they can stop sleepwalking through life and start living with inspiration and fulfillment.

Website: megan-miller.com

TEDx Talk on YouTube

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Topics Discussed:

• Why the Wine-Mom Culture is contributing to the normalization of alcohol dependency
• What contributes to the stigma of alcoholism.
• How the Wine-Mom Culture can impact our parenting and role modeling.
• What else can mom's do the cope.

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Topics Discussed:

• Why using popular techniques for therapy isn't always the answer.
• Why our kids aren't developing the way they used too.
• How our brains are being compromised and it is affecting our ability to connect and relate.
• Are therapy apps doing more hard than good?

Episode Description:

Eric Nance is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist who specializes in adult services. His approach promotes the idea clients can solve their own problems with the right blend of support and problem-solving skills. Eric has conducted trainings on numerous topics to varied audiences. Topics have included personality disorder treatment, non-suicidal self-injury, crisis intervention and empowering new mental health clinicians and recent psychology, social work graduates. Eric hosts the "Darkside of Therapy" podcast and hopes the content will help shape and inspire those just breaking into the mental health field.

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Podcast: https://darksideoftherapy.com/

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Topics Discussed:

• What are the downsides about drinking alcohol.
• The negative side effects of drinking daily and how it can poison our body and mind.
• Why alcohol can remove the joy in our lives.
• Breaking our beliefs around alcohol.

Episode Description:

Discover the enlightening truths about alcohol's impact on our joy and happiness in a compelling episode of Laughing Without Liquor Podcast. Join us as we explore "The Downside of Drinking" and shed light on how alcohol can dampen our spirits and hinder our ability to experience genuine joy. Prepare to challenge your perspective and uncover the transformative power of embracing a life free from the constraints of alcohol. Tune in now and embark on a journey towards a happier, more vibrant existence. Cheers to a life filled with genuine laughter!

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Topics Discussed:

• How to learn to express ourselves more.
• Looking at your life through a creative lense.
• How we tend to unlearn our creative side as we age.
• What are the day to day things we do that can be looked at as creative.
• Learning to sustain our creativity.
• How you can solve problems using creativity.

Episode Description:

Get ready for an episode that will ignite your creative spark! Join us as we interview the incredible Mari Reiesberg. Mari shares invaluable insights on fostering creativity, unlocking your creative potential, and expressing yourself through various artistic mediums. Prepare to be inspired as Tamar, Lane, and Mari dive deep into the transformative power of embracing your creative side. Tune in now for a conversation that will unleash your imagination and fuel your artistic journey!

Guest Information:

Mari Reisberg, MA, LPC is a therapist, performer, creativity coach, and host of the Sustaining Creativity Podcast. She holds a BFA in Acting from the Hartt School and an MA in Somatic Counseling Psychology, Dance/Movement Therapy, from Naropa University. She currently splits time between the traditional 9-5 world as the director of utilization review and internship programming for a substance abuse treatment center, and her own Sustaining Creativity business where she works with performers and non-performers to spark, grow, sustain, share and transform creativity in their lives. Mari believes life is way more fun when we tap into our creativity.

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