Hello and welcome to Once You Feel You Heal with Mental Monarchs, the show that breaks mental health stigma by talking about real stories while providing psychoeducation. We are your host, Brooke Williamson (Marriage and Family Therapist - Associate, Supervised by Kristi Phillips, LMFT-S) and Maelia Salcines (Children’s Book Author) and today we’re going to talk about social media and mental health. We’ll discuss the ins and outs of social media anxiety and what that means.

Hello and welcome to Once You Feel You Heal with Mental Monarchs, the show that breaks mental health stigma by talking about real stories while providing psychoeducation. We are your host, Brooke Williamson (Marriage and Family Therapist - Associate) and Maelia Salcines (Children’s Book Author) and today we’re going to talk Coping Mechanisms, Whats Healthy and Whats Not.

Join us as we explore both the clinical and personal stories of coping with life's stresses.

Hello and welcome to Once You Feel You Heal with Mental Monarchs, the show that breaks mental health stigma by talking about real stories while providing psychoeducation. We are your host, Brooke Williamson (Marriage and Family Therapist - Associate) and Maelia Salcines (Children’s Book Author) and today we’re going to talk Coping Mechanisms, Whats Healthy and Whats Not.

Join us as we explore both the clinical and personal stories of coping with life's stresses.

Mental Monarchs began with two friends from Texas who found themselves sharing their personal stories from two different perspectives. One woman struggling to keep her mental health battle a secret, Maelia Salcines made herself vulnerable when she voiced her experience of struggling with depression and anxiety in front of an entire audience, the night she was crowned Miss RGV. The other working from inside the field as a Marriage and Family Therapist - Associate. Brooke Williamson graduated with a masters degree in Psychology and is currently working at Counseling Center of South Texas in Edinburg. Together, they founded ,Mental Monarchs and have made mental health their life purpose.

Thanks for listening to Once You Feel You Heal by Mental Monarchs with your hosts, Brooke Williamson and Maelia Salcines! We hope you enjoyed our deep dive into what started our mental health journey. As always you can head over to MentalMonarchs.com to sign up to our email list, as well as check out all the blogs and resources.

Mental Monarchs began with two friends from Texas who found themselves sharing their personal stories from two different perspectives. One woman struggling to keep her mental health battle a secret, Maelia Salcines made herself vulnerable when she voiced her experience of struggling with depression and anxiety in front of an entire audience, the night she was crowned Miss RGV. The other working from inside the field as a Marriage and Family Therapist - Associate. Brooke Williamson graduated with a masters degree in Psychology and is currently working at Counseling Center of South Texas in Edinburg. Together, they founded ,Mental Monarchs and have made mental health their life purpose.

Thanks for listening to Once You Feel You Heal by Mental Monarchs with your hosts, Brooke Williamson and Maelia Salcines! We hope you enjoyed our deep dive into what started our mental health journey. As always you can head over to MentalMonarchs.com to sign up to our email list, as well as check out all the blogs and resources.

Mental Monarchs tackles the difficult conversation of discipline known as CHANCLA CULTURE in Latino communities. We uncover the physical abuse that is chancla culture, where it comes from and how common it still is. Maria goes into the ins and outs of physical abuse on children, how to redirect their behavior, and what that behavior may mean.  

Maria Luisa Salcines is a freelance writer, and certified parent coach with The Academy of Parenting Education and Coaching in Redirecting Children’s Behavior and Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom. Follow her on Twitter @PowerOfFamily, Instagram mlsalcinespoweroffamily or contact her on her blog FamilyLifeandFindingHappy.com.

To see more of Mental Monarchs in action tackling popular mental health topics, visit our website at mentalmonarchs.com