On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise and co-host Sarah Joseph sit down with Shelley Whitehouse to talk all about psychotherapy.

Guest Shelley White House, who's a registered psychotherapist in Richmond Hill. Shelly specializes in trauma-based therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and attachment based therapy.

Co-host Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

Elise, Sarah, and Shelley talk about psychotherapy, finding the right therapist for you, the benefits of therapy, and the difference between coaching and therapy.

“When you’re sitting with your therapist if you feel calm and relaxed and you feel comfortable being in your body and you can really feel this sensation of being really seen…you're gonna feel comfortable to stay there.” Shelly tells Elise and Sarah on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

What is Psychotherapy

Finding the Right Therapist for You

The Benefits of Therapy

Coaching vs Therapy

Resources:

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about getting better at failing.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

Elise and Sarah talk about failing, the fear of failure, the benefits of failing and how to get better at failing.

“Failure is something that you actually don't wanna avoid. It's something that you wanna pursue and it helps you with goal setting and it helps you make changes along that way. .” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

Defining Failure

Fear of Failure

The Benefits of Failure

How to Get Better at Failing

Resources:

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about guilt.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about the different types of guilt and which one we tend to partake in a little more than usual, why guilt can be helpful and effective, but also when it can be intoxicating.

“These guilty feelings that you feel is just something that you will overcome in the future if you are willing to put that effort in to rectify those situations and manage that toxic guilt.” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

What is Guilt

Different Types of Guilt 

Why Guilt can be Helpful and Effective

When Does It Become Intoxicating

Resources:

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about asking for help.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about why we struggle to ask for help, how not asking for help affects our mental health, ways to get yourself to ask for help, and it’s okay when someone says “no”.

“The best way to prove to your mind and your emotions that you can do this and you can ask for help and lean on support and build this healthy dependence instead of hyper independence, is to do it even when you're scared.” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

Why We Struggle to Ask For Help

How Not Asking For Help Affects Our Mental Health

Ways to Get Yourself To Ask For Help

It’s Okay When Someone Says “No”

Resources:

Read the show transcript

Follow Sarah on social media: @sarahjoseph_coach

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about toxic positivity.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about what is toxic positivity, why we engage in toxic positivity, becoming more emotionally empathetic, avoiding toxic positivity when you’re on the receiving end, and expressing our needs.

“The reason some of us engage in toxic positivity without even realizing it, is because we're also unaware of how to be empathetic and connect towards ourselves when we're going through a difficult situation..” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

What is Toxic Positivity

Why We Engage in Toxic Positivity

Becoming More Emotionally Empathetic 

Avoid Toxic Positivity When You’re on the Receiving End

Expressing Our Needs

Resources:

Read the show transcript

Follow Sarah on social media: @sarahjoseph_coach

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about anxiety.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about what is anxiety, understanding your anxiety, and how to control and manage it inside and out.

“You're here and here's your anxiety. You guys are separate and you know that it's a separate entity because it comes with its own characteristics. It helps you to evaluate that this is just a temporary experience not happening because of me, I am not anxiety, but anxiety is happening to me.” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

What is Anxiety

Understanding your Anxiety

Control and Manage Anxiety Inside and Out

Resources:

Read the show transcript

Follow Sarah on social media: @sarahjoseph_coach

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about intuition.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about what is Intuition, the reasons why some don’t trust intuition, intuitive vs intrusive thoughts, and how to trust your intuition.

“…Intrusive thoughts scare you right away, they make you feel fearful right away. An intuitive thought comes up very confident and it's like, you know that that is the truth.” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

What is Intuition

Why Some Don’t Trust Intuition

Intuitive vs Intrusive Thought

How to Trust Your Intuition

Resources:

Read the show transcript

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about relationship conflict & conditional love.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about relationship conflict, silent treatment, conditional love, and ways to deal with conflict.

“If you can track back your own feelings and emotions to be able to understand the storyline you are coming from, you'll be able to communicate with your partner 10 times more effectively than if you had just went to your friend ranted about how you felt.” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

Relationship Conflict

The Silent Treatment

Conditional Love

Solutions to Deal with Conflict

Resources:

Read the show transcript

Follow Sarah on social media: @sarahjoseph_coach

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Read Sarah's article on The Five-Step Process: shemadedigital.com

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about friendships.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about the evolution within friendships, taking space from one another, ingredients for a healthy friendship and some green & red flags.

“…Your friends become your soulmates too. Your friends also, become part of your life and people that you don't necessarily marry, but you marry in your heart. These are people that you begin to love and you show so much love and kindness and they really know who you are.” Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

Evolution within friendships

Taking space from one another

Ingredients for a healthy friendship

Green & Red flags

Resources:

Read the show transcript

Follow Sarah on social media: @sarahjoseph_coach

Check out our website

Follow us on social media: @style_canada

Read Sarah's article on The Five-Step Process: shemadedigital.com

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On this week's episode of Let’s Talk About…, Elise sits down with co-host Sarah Joseph to talk about relationship red flags.

Sarah is a certified emotional intelligence coach whose mission is to help you get comfortable with your emotions and master them to live a more purposeful life. She understands how our lack of emotional management can impact the longevity of our relationships and can inspire our emotional healing by plugging into our most powerful tool, the Mind. Her philosophy is that our emotions show up in every aspect of our lives and it's your right to learn how to manage them effectively to your advantage.

On this week's episode, Elise and Sarah talk about identifying red flags, common reasons behind red flags, and how to know when to walk away or work on it.

“We also need to go into do is accept where our insecurities and these bad feelings come from so that we don't get walked all over." Sarah tells Elise on Let’s Talk About.

In This Episode We Talk About:

Identifying red flags

Common reasons behind red flags

How to know when to walk away or work on it

Resources:

Read the show transcript

Follow Sarah on social media: @sarahjoseph_coach

Check out our website

Follow us on social media: @style_canada

Read Sarah's article on The Five-Step Process: shemadedigital.com

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