Not Allowed to Die

Josh Halu from PsycheX:

Josh joins Mariska and me to share his journey from suicide loss survivor, to West Point and a distinguished military career, through his own mental health struggles and now his founding of a company that helps connect who want to explore psychedelic treatment to options.

In this episode Mariska and I talk about the impact of Ms. Yvonne on the lives of my boys when she was their day care teacher, and how she can be an example of how we can share love. Also how we can view legacy when we did not know a person completely.

Also a chance to weigh in on whether regular listeners of this show would like to be known as Mariskavites, Markiskateers, Team Maigler, or something else.

In this episode Mariska and I explore options for how to react when a therapist hurts a clients feelings in session and how it feels from the therapists end of things.

This week Mariska and I explore how to react when a parent's response to a request for help is to deny that the issue exists.

In this episode Mariska and I share some dilemmas that my clients have been facing in communicating with their psychiatrists. We talk about why this happens and some work arounds.

In addition, some quick advice to bring up conversations with people you care about regarding loved ones they have lost.

An update on Mariska's teeth, a request for advice from listeners about how they prepare for the end of a pets life, and some lessons from a couple of my clients on how conflict in a relationship can be a blessing and an enhancement to relationships.

In this episode Mariska and I explore how to think about side effects you may be experiencing when starting a new medication and some ideas of what to do when you cannot fall asleep.

Happy Boxing Day. In this last episode of 2023 Mariska and I give some tips for how to structure your journaling to act as a bit of a therapist to yourself. Also trigger warning in this episode I talk about hitting a rabbit when driving in my car and how that threatened to take me down a path of nasty magical thinking.

In this episode Mariska and I discuss thinking differently about people who lie to us and why. We also talk about how to be a better manipulator of people, especially when we are manipulating them to help them.

Mariska and I discuss the difference between trauma dumping and healthy sharing of traumatic information and experiences. We also touch briefly on the incredible importance of role models and how they can benefit us.