Informed Consent Podcast

In today’s episode, Gabriel and Heather interview guest, Ryan Munsey. Ryan is a former fitness model and gym owner turned writer, speaker, and bio hacker. He's an optimizer of human performance with a degree in Food Science & Human Nutrition from Clemson University. He is Chief Optimizer for the only open-source supplement company “Natural Stacks” and the host of the “Optimal Performance podcast”.

Most of us have followed or aspired to follow the food pyramid we learned about in grade school. However, this is not the optimal model for nutrition in the 21st century, nor was it ever truly “healthy”. The topics discussed in this episode will inform nutritional health for both yourself and your clients and will include:
Knowing how to feed ourselves rather than knowing what to eat
Considerations for the consumption of
-Proteins
-Fats
-Carbohydrates
Practicing within the scope of our knowledge and training when it comes to nutrition
-Consulting and referrals
-Certifications: “Eat to Perform” or “Precision Nutrition”

Resources
Mark Sisson
Primal Blueprint Podcast
www.marksdailyapple.com website and blog
Dominic D’Agostino
Mike T Nelson’s Extreme Human Performance
www.miketnelson.com
Ryan Munsey’s resources:
Optimal Performance Podcast
www.naturalstacks.com
The Nutrition Blueprint: Eating Right Made Simple
www.naturalstacks.com

Happy New Year! As we begin 2017, let’s talk goal achievement! In this episode Heather and Gabriel will tackle topics addressing:
-New Year's resolutions: What are they and why do they fail?
-The ways in which we typically set goals and why those goals can fail
-A better way: Goal Getting

As a gift for you, Gabriel and Heather have created an e-book to walk you through Goal Getting for the coming year.
Through the aid of this workbook, you will create your:
-Vision of your perfect day
-Goal for 2017
-One big thing to address each quarter
-Objectives for 30, 60, and 90 day markers
-Tasks for the month and week
-To-do’s for each day

This free resource can be found at www.informedconsentpodcast.com/2017

In a world of uncertainty, there is one safe place to invest...in ourselves. In this episode, Gabriel and Heather explore various aspects of investment in yourself. They will broach topics that include:
-What does it mean to invest in yourself?
-Why don’t clinicians invest in themselves
-Why investing is not specific to finances or “the bank”
-Resource: “The Last Safe Investment”

-Litmus test: Look at your credit card or bank statement and look at the last few charges of $50 or more and ask “Did I get the feeling I thought I would from this purchase?”
-How Heather and Gabriel invest in themselves?

The holidays can be a challenge emotionally for many of us as well as for our clients. Many of our clients and ourselves “dread the holidays” instead of celebrate them. They become something we just have to get through. Join Heather and Gabriel as they explore the ways in which trauma, guilt, shame, rejection, family conflict, grief and loss, unmet expectations, addiction/recovery processes, and leftover emotions from the 2016 elections can all play a role in the difficulty with emotions over the holidays. Many get caught up in the “shoulds” and “what ifs”. Together we will look at what can we do to change this pattern including:
-Mindfulness practices
-Letting go of perfectionism and being in the moment with family
-Choosing who, when, and how you celebrate
-Setting intentions
-Practicing gratitude

We will also take a look at the Placebo effect
Resource: Erik Vance “Suggestible you: the curious science of your brain's ability to deceive, transform, and heal”

“If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together”. Join Heather and Gabriel as they continue the rapport building conversation. In this episode they further explore what it means to move together in the therapeutic alliance.

Highlights of the discussion include:
-Continued discussion on expertise
-What can be gained without trust?
-The importance of trust in the therapy process
-Self disclosure
-Factors at play in the speed of rapport building
-Differences in community and private practice

“Build rapport, build rapport…” is the mantra we learned in graduate school, and it's the key to success for our clients. In this episode, Gabriel and Heather begin to tackle the "why" and "how" to developing the therapeutic alliance. Join them in the consideration of relationship building blocks such as:
-Use active listening to understand the client and their story/worldview
-Be respectful
-Of their time
-Of their own expertise of themselves
-Remembering the details
-Adjust your approach to meet the client's need

No discussion of building rapport is complete without considering the work of Carl Rogers. Lessons gleaned from this pioneer include:
-Genuineness: openness and self disclosure
-Acceptance: Unconditional positive regard
-Empathy: being heard and understood

In this episode, Heather and Gabriel, have a special guest, Gabriel’s wife, Carly, to discuss their experiences in Emergency Services!
The topics touched on in this episode include:
-What is Emergency Services?
-The duties of an Emergency Service clinician
-The barriers to the clinician
-What you can do to best prepare your clients if inpatient is an option
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Follow up from the SUMMIT episode on ADHD
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A few resources from panel member Peter Shankman:
-Ten Ways to be Happier When You Live/Love Someone Diagnosed With ADHD:
-In Defense of Being “So Goddamn Happy All the Time”:

Episode 21: Excellence in Supervision
In this episode, Guest, Stephanie Whited, LCSW, joins Heather and Gabriel in discussing a design for excellent supervision.
Topics of discussion will include:
-Why supervision is important
-Styles of supervision
-How to balance administration/billing, clinical work and professional development


Stephanie Whited is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia, and she has been supervising in a clinical setting for more than seven years. She has been employed at a local community services board for almost ten years and worked in a residential facility prior to that. Most of her work has focused on children and adolescents who have experienced trauma, attachment difficulties and symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
Her qualifications include:
-Early childhood and family services Program coordinator
-Adjunct professor of social work
-DBT consultant
-Crisis Intervention supervisor
-HART supervision (Health alternatives to residential treatment)
-Mental health skill building
-Case management
-Clinical coordinator of Residential facilities

Gabriel attended a summit in New York City for CEOs on Entrepreneurial ADHD. Today’s episode is a reflection on the knowledge he gleaned from his attendance at this star studded event. The presenters at the summit were leaders in the field of ADHD treatment and included Dr. Ned Hallowell, Dr. Ellen Littman, and Peter Shankman.

Below are some highlights of the information shared in this episode:
-Moving your treatment from a “deficit model”
-Additional thoughts on stigma to include, “The true disabilities are the stigmas associated with a diagnosis”
-Paradoxical Pairs:
Useful: mind like a steel trap; Problematic: unpredictably forgetful
Useful: tenacious, never gives up; Problematic: stubborn
Useful: ability to take risks; Problematic: a need to be in danger in order to feel engaged and alive
-Advice about anxiety: “never worry alone”
-Managing ADHD with the 7 C’s:
Control
Cut back
Connect
Challenge
Contemplate
Create
Contribute
-Considerations for how ADHD manifests differently in girls than in boys
-The effects of ADHD on the family system
-Learning and understanding what works best for you and developing a plan to leverage those skills

Resources from this episode include:
Dr. Ned Hallowell “Driven to Distraction”
Dr. Ellen Littman “Understanding Girls with ADHD”
Peter Shankman’s podcast “Faster than Normal”

Let's face it. There are still stigmas associated with counseling. In this episode, Heather and Gabriel tackle the notion of removing those stigmas. They will explore why these stigmas exist and debunk the label of “crazy”. This episode will challenge you, as the professional, to consider such notions as:
-Betterment and the “stigma” of wanting to be better
-“Average” connotes staying the same, but, if you’re not getting better you’re getting worse because you’re always moving in some direction
-“Better in every way every day” a pursuit of excellence
-Counseling for the mental health professional