Whatever you're thinking about right now - STOP! Okay...did that work? Or did it make you think about it more prominently? Liana convenes a Bubble group for a panel discussion on effective ways to manage your thoughts - and which methods just DON'T work!

The roundtable discussion on why we beat ourselves up and how to do it less continues! Join the conversation at nottherapyshow.com

You're a failure. A disappointment. You deserve to feel miserable. Do these thoughts seem familiar? You're not alone. Too many of us beat ourselves up for perceived shortcomings. Liana and a panel of guests share their challenges and how they quiet that nasty inner voice.

After losing her pet dog to heart failure and cancer, Liana talks to trauma psychologist Amanda Ann Gregory (https://www.amandaanngregory.com/) about dealing with grief and how our culture sucks at it.

SPOOOOOOOONS! Why do people with chronic health conditions refer to energy as spoons? Listen and find out! Also, guest psychologist Kevin Bennett discusses how we can all use our limited energy better! Listen to his new podcast, Kevin Bennett Is Snarling, at https://www.kevin-bennett.com/

Failure and losing suck. But they're parts of life. So how do we make losing suck less? Sociologist and author Anthony Synnott joins Liana to talk about why he wrote about the different ways people handle losing.

Congratulations! You screwed up! Now what? Well, there are right and wrong ways to make mistakes and recover from them and Liana has tips for how to do that! Psychologist John Amodeo (JohnAmodeo.com) joins Liana to discuss how to better handle making mistakes, and stories from regular people give examples of how you can make mistakes easier!

Your inner-coach or your inner-critic - who gets the last word? In this episode, Liana talks about how to silence your inner-critic and bolster your inner-coach to overcome challenges and get out of your own way... with many many references to the video game Elden Ring.

Self-care - it's a trendy term, but what does it mean? Legendary TV broadcaster and mental health advocate Michael Landsberg, founder of the Sick Not Weak mental health support service, joins Liana to talk about how we see ourselves, how we treat ourselves and how to achieve a happier, more fulfilling life.

Ignoring negatives isn't being positive! Sometimes, it's important to 'sweat the small stuff' before it grows to epic proportions. Liana talks to author, counselor and mental health educator Dale Curd about disarming big problems while they are still small.