MindMatters

Christopher joins us from the USA and in this chat we delve into the  conversation  around the stigma on men’s mental health and specifically  in the Black community. We breakdown what racial trauma is and what  culturally responsive therapy is and why it’s so important in this time  and age.

Website: https://www.fullbeingservices.com/

Jenna is this incredible individual that has brought together speech therapy, stroke recovery and crossfit together.

Jenna tells us about Fit to Function, an incredible initiative that functional fitness with cognitive rehabilitation in a 1:1 and community-focused environment that benefits survivors of brain injury and stroke.Listen to to learn how Jenna fuses the practices of well being, fitness, community and rehabilitation to help her client’s achieve more than just “good enough” after in-patient services end and the very strong feelings of isolation of life that creep up after brain injury kicks into high gear. This episode is a beautiful example of how powerful and important it is for us to embrace community in our lives!

Rebecca is joining us from Germany and in this chat we decode how  assessments work, what and how  Cognitive Behaviour therapy is and  works.

Kyd is joining us from France and in this chat we cover the intersection of mental health and disability. Understanding how disability affects the individual's mental health and the friends and family members too. We understand big terms in this field like “Psychoanalytic psychopathology” in the simplest of manners. Kyd also debunks the extremely misunderstood and misportrayed image of schizophrenia and helps us understand the truth about it.

This episode is now out on all our platforms!

Dr. Tanaya joins us from Canada! Working with clients from racialized  and the LGBTQ+ community is a big part of Dr. Tanaya’s practice. She  works with adults with various mental health problems including  depression, anxiety, bipolar, OCD, panic, PTSD, personality disorder. We  cover a range of topics in this chat which includes understanding  trauma and how it manifests in our bodies.

Charlie is a blind disability coach and a very talented musician!

He's  created an incredible experience overlapping the two called "Singing in  the Dark Immersion" and he tells us more about the experience on our  chat, he was also so kind to announce that anyone wanting to take part  in this experience can join using this code "MINDMATTERSSITD" to get 18%  off on the entire course!

Charlie takes the  time to tell us about how he lives with his blindness, what his journey  was to accept it and how he has now turned his passions to creating a  space to help others embrace their disabilities as well!

He also took the time to tell us more about the misconceptions in disabilities and we address a very important topic, ABLEISM.

Thank you Charlie for taking the time to chat with us and I hope you all can take part in this experience.

If you are a fan of music and want to embrace more about life this is a beautiful opportunity for you!

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Leanne is joining us from the UK. Therapy is not a one size fits all  experience and so we’re making sure we bring you information on all the  kinds available! Leanne is joining us to shed light on a very specific  niche in the therapy sphere, which is spiritual psychotherapy. We  understand how meditation plays a role in therapy and understand the  intersection of mental health and spirituality. Leanne also answered  questions sent in relating questioning beliefs, how to incorporate  meditation practices, religion’s space in our lives and how to cope with  family that struggle with understanding the reality and choose to just  “pray away the problems.”

Communication is such a powerful tool to regulate emotions and such a heavy influencer on our mental health. In this chat with Amy Fiedler, we delve into her therapeutic practice- her approach and style. We also talk about healthy boundaries, how to set them up and why it’s so important to have these in place. There comes a certain guilt almost when it comes to setting boundaries, why do we feel it? Amy tells us more!

Understand People pleasing, co-dependency, boundaries- how and why all of this affects our mental and emotional health.

Aika joins us from USA and in this chat we talk about how trauma effects  us as humans and deconstruct the misconception that trauma is caused  only by “big events”. We understand the importance and role of  communication in relationships and the cultural implications of mental  health and seeking help for it. We understand how community influences  are mental health and understand how EMDR therapy works. Aika has broken  down complex technicalities into simple analogies that just click in  your head!

Resources mentioned by Aika on this chat:

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://www.talkspace.com/

https://www.sondermind.com/