Listen to my windy road of getting into Graduate School for Clinical Mental Health and School Counseling at the University of Puget Sound. For anyone experiencing imposter syndrome, know you aren’t alone!

“I still have a little imposter syndrome... It doesn’t go away, that feeling that you shouldn’t take me that seriously. What do I know? I share that with you because we all have doubts in our abilities, about our power and what that power is.” ~ Michelle Obama

“You don’t have to be an expert. No one is expecting you to be an expert. All you need to do is show up and be you.” ~ Ruth Soukup

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. Above all else, encourage yourself to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic

Summary of Podcast

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. Above all else, I encourage you to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic

References for your convenience:

Game to Grow https://gametogrow.org/

Aspiring Youth https://aspiringyouth.net/

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek H. Murthy

How People Matter: Why It Affects Health, Happiness, Love, Work, and Society by Isaac Prilleltensky and Ora Prilleltensky

YouTube: How to Play PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDqlUWaJrg

Acronyms:

RPG - Role Playing Game

TTRPG - Tabletop Role-Playing Game

DnD - Dungeons and Dragons

NPC - Non-Player Character

DM - Dungeon Master

GM - Game Master

PBTA - Powered by the Apocalypse

Finished up my first year of graduate school and practicum and here are some things I did to help reduce my stress.

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. 

Above all else, encourage yourself to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic

For your convenience here are things I referenced:

Ranier Pollard from Sugar Pop

Ryan Heffington Sweatfest on Instagram

“I Know You’re In There Somewhere” by Helene Brenner

ABC’s of Inner Knowing activity by Helene Brenner

Episode Summary

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. Above all else, encourage yourself to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your identity. This is why habits are crucial. They cast repeated votes for being a type of person." James Clear 

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic

Episode Summary

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. Above all else, encourage yourself to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

IG @yung_pueblo “Love is not: I will give this to you if you do this for me. Love is, I will give this to you so that you may shine.”

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music IG @MaxDugganMusic

For your convenience here are works I referenced:

Juliana Breines and Serena Chen, “Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22645164/

Kristin Neff, Ya-Ping Hsieh, and Kullaya Dejitterat “Self-compassion, achievement goals, and coping with academic failure.”  https://self-compassion.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/SClearninggoals.pdf

Article: Make Self Compassion one of your new year's resolutions

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/make_self_compassion_one_of_your_new_years_resolutions

Article: The Five Myths of Self Compassion

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_five_myths_of_self_compassion

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Effortless by Greg McKeown

A short episode about the necessity of self-care.

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. Above all else, encourage yourself to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

“When you mess up, which you will because you’re human and you will mess up gloriously. And when you mess up, you say “I’m sorry” and when you mess up again, you say “I’m sorry, I’ll try harder.” And that’s what love is for me, trying harder. Alok Vaid-Menon: The Urgent Need for Compassion. The Man Enough Podcast

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic

For your convenience here are works I referenced:

Ira Glass On the Creative Process YouTube

Alok Vaid-Menon “Beyond the Gender Binary”

Episode Summary

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health. Above all else, encourage yourself to be compassionately curious and try these things out to see what works for you.

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain

For more content check out my Insta @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic on Insta

For your convenience here are works I referenced:

“Atomic Habits” by James Clear.

“Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown

Podcast: Dare to Lead “Brene with Dr. Angela Duckworth on Grit and the Importance of Trying New Things.”

Podcast: On Being “Oliver Burkeman - Time Management for Mortals”

“Self Compassion” by Kristin Neff

“The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck” by Mark Manson

I’m going to talk about how my personal experience with self-doubt in Guatemala, a research study on ‘Self-Doubt Across Strata of Academic Science’, and how you can utilize self-doubt through three steps: acknowledging what you’re feeling, reframing your perspective, and connecting to a greater purpose. 

For more content check out my Instagram @Mo_Therapy

Music by @MaxDugganMusic

For your convenience here are works I referenced:

“The Work” by Byron Katie

“Atomic Habits” by James Clear

"Unlocking Us" Podcast by Brene Brown

“A Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl

“Scientists and Self-Doubt Across Strata of Academic Science” by Joseph Hermanowicz

“Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement” Alison Wood Brooks a professor of Business at Harvard

I'm excited for you to come on this journey with me as I finish my Masters in Education in Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling. Each episode I will give an Aha moment, a fun fact, and a question to ponder. Making mental health resources easier to access and sharing information about the path to becoming a mental health counselor or school counselor. 

In this episode, I’m going to let you know a bit about myself and give you the why behind starting this podcast.

Then, I’ll give a fun fact about psychologist Albert Bandura, and leave you with a question to ponder about the relationship between self-efficacy and self-doubt. 

Any technique I suggest is an invitation, not an expectation. I am but a therapist in training and I say this because I want the very best for your mental health.

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

References: 

"Start with Why" by Simon Sinek (Book and Ted Talk) 

Self Efficacy work by Albert Bandura 

"Late Bloomers" by Rich Karlgaard

"Atomic Habits" by James Clear

"Unlocking Us Podcast" by Brene Brown

Intro Music by @MaxDuggan (check out his IG!)

Big shout out to @AkashThakkarAudio | Check out his podcast 'Sound Business' and YouTube Channel Akash Thakkar (I wouldn't have done this without your support!)