Outside The Therapy Room

While the holidays can bring joy and gatherings, it can also be a time of loneliness and grief. Alex is back to talk about the different types of grief we can experience during the holidays.

We talk about what grief can look like, how we can take care of ourselves when we are feeling sad, as well as how others around you can support you as you grief. We share our experience of grief, changing traditions and normalize the different ways people can grieve.

This is our last episode of 2024! We will be taking a 2 week break over the holidays and will be back with new episode in the new year! Thanks for listening, we hope you have a gentle holiday season.

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Alex is baaack, and we talk about the mental load the often, moms, feel especially around the holidays. With trying to keep the magic of the holidays alive while running errands, feeling overwhelmed with the mall, shopping, gifts, planning, cooking..... it can lead to not feeling the magic for ourselves.

Ivonne and Alex talk about their experiences as moms around the holidays, the challenges and conflict that can come up when the responsibilities with holiday planning falls on them as mothers, and women in their extended families, and how to survive the holidays.

We hope this either helps you make space for the holiday magic, or helps you feel less alone as you tackle all the tasks the holiday brings.

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On this weeks episode, we are talking about the stress of the holidays and how to set boundaries around holiday events and family members.

Bethany and Ivonne share personal stories about difficult moments at holiday events, everything from feeling overwhelmed with socializing, to navigating comments about body and food.

You will hear some tools and scripts for boundary setting that you can use at your holiday event. We hope you find validation, and support from this episode.

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When the world feels like its on fire, it can bring up a lot of complex emotions. In this episode Jenni joins us to talk about ways folks can help support the many important causes and show some activism in whatever capacity they have.

Jenni and Ivonne talk about how to process our emotions after the election, coping tools like grounding, and boundary setting to help take care of ourselves so we have more capacity to help others. We also discuss what to do when people share their views that may be different from ours, and how sometimes choosing not to initiate is a form of self-care.

We also share our views on politics in the therapy room and how systemic oppression impacts our mental health. 

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Social media has its pros, such as a great space to connect with family and friends, learn new things like tutorials, catch up on our favourite celebs and feeling seen and validating by some content. But it can also be a space where bullying happens, we disconnect with things in real life, can become addicting, and we can be consuming information that can be heavy and/or harmful to us.

Tonya joins us to talk about why social media is such a big deal in our lives, how to set boundaries and model boundaries to teens around us, and the harmful impacts of mental health speak in social media.

We get real about the psychoeducational information and how its impacted us, as well as our own ways of connecting through social media - after all, that is how Ivonne met Tonya (thanks Instagram!).

We hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to comment your favourite parts of this episode below!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website at www.newmooncounselling.com to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

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Second minisode!!! In this short episode, Bethany and Ivonne talk about therapy dress code. Should therapists have a dress code?

We share our thoughts on this, and are strongly pro comfort! Not only our comfort, but the comfort of the client's we are seeing. We are so curious of what your thoughts are, tell us in the comments!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website at www.newmooncounselling.com to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website here or contact us at [email protected] to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

The conversation of male friendships has been a hot topic both inside and outside the therapy room. Those identifying as males, have shared wanting to have a deeper connection to their male friendships, and not just talk about interests or have surface level conversations.

Join us as Chris, a registered psychotherapist, talks to us about his experience with his male friendships, how male friendships are portrayed in movies and TV shows, and shares some suggestions on how to deepen those male connections!

Chris also has a band, and we talk a bit about it on the show! If you want to listen to some Funk Music, check out his band SmakJive on Spotify (link below).

Hope you enjoy this episode and our many sitcom references :)

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/4c1PaLOQpfnUb0Hvpc8xUE?si=NYxHeHm3SyCMm1fYW8DFhg

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website at www.newmooncounselling.com to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website here or contact us at [email protected] to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

Is there someone you know that you think would benefit from therapy? Well, there are many ways to go about suggesting it. What we normally see if that the statement "you need therapy" can sometimes be said as an insult or individualizing the person as the problem... which doesn't help anyone.

In this episode, Bethany joins us for the first time to talk about ways we can kindly suggest therapy to a loved on, her own experience with suggesting therapy or having someone suggest therapy to her and how to suggest couples therapy to your partner.

Hope this episode helps you suggest therapy to a loved one. Enjoy!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website at www.newmooncounselling.com to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website here or contact us at [email protected] to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

Have you ever procrastinated? Not to worry, most (if not all) of us have! On this podcast, Jordan is back to talk about procrastination, understanding why we procrastinate and how to combat it.

Goals can be a great tool to have us work towards something, but sometimes it can be overwhelming and disappointing when we set goals that are unrealistic or unmeasurable. Jordan and Ivonne talk about how to set SMART Goals, and build yourself up for success in achieving your goals!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website at www.newmooncounselling.com to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website here or contact us at [email protected] to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

Do you notice your mood shift as the weather changes? You're not the only one! Sarah is back to talk about her experience with Season Affective Disoder (SAD), and the impact that weather (heat, cold and in between) has on our mood and emotions.

We discuss the mixed feelings about Fall and Summer seasons, and share some tips on how to get through this upcoming winter and 5pm darkness. Hope you enjoy this episode!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website at www.newmooncounselling.com to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!

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If you're looking for a therapist and live in Ontario, feel free to visit our website here or contact us at [email protected] to work with one of our team members. If you reside outside of Ontario, a quick Google search will help you find a therapist near you!