Painting Wellness

Painting Wellness

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Painting Wellness episodes

  • The Importance Of Hope During Your Health Journey

    When first starting care with a new provider, who's responsibility is it to have hope? Is it the providers job to be the patient's cheerleader or is all the weight on the patient to find it within themselves to keep hopeful that their health will improve?

    Join in as Dr. Emerald, DC & Katherine Garcia, LPC discuss the importance of hope in the healing process and the varies places to find a support network to keep your hope alive.

    22 min
  • Mental Load

    Are you or your partner feeling like you have to keep track of all the household and family members tasks and schedules? In this episode of Painting Wellness, Dr. Emerald, DC & Katherine Garcia, LPC discuss how to manage the mental load you experience and techniques to decrease the stress around it.

    23 min
  • D.E.A.R. M.A.N.

    Have you ever had difficulty communicating your feelings or needs with your partner, family, or friends? Being able to Describe the situation, Express how you feel, Assert your needs, and Reinforce your needs through the conversation. All while being Mindful about being on topic, Assertive, and confident in yourself, and being open to Negotioning with the other person to assure both are having their needs met to a satisfactory place.


    In part IV of having hard conversations, Dr. Emerald, DC & Katherine Garcia, LPC share a critical communication skill called Dear Man. A skill that over time can help you to grow your communication skills with the people around you.

    18 min
  • Listening To Your Partner & Being Heard

    In part 3 of having hard conversations Dr. Emerald & Kat discuss tools to implement in your life to assist in navigating conversations with the people around you.


    Kat explains how to use the feedback loop also called the listener-speaker exercise which was created by Drs. Gottman & Gottman to help couples communicate effectively.


    17 min
  • Fight, Flight, or Freeze During Difficult Conversations

    When experiencing stress during a conversation how do you respond? Do you have the urge to run away, dig in and fight it out, or do you feel like you freeze up?

    In part II of having hard conversations, Dr. Emerald & Kat Garcia discuss the "Fight, Flight, or Freeze" response during difficult conversations along with creating safe spaces.
    Dr. Emerald & Kat discuss how people and their Nervous Systems can react differently to hard conversations. Kat also lays the groundwork of why even when we create a safe space for someone, they still may not feel safe and how to navigate those hurdles to be able to have hard conversations to help them stay conversations and not turn into confrontations.


    18 min
  • Having Hard Conversations & How To Be Heard Part 1

    The reality is we have to have hard conversations in all parts of our lives, not just in our relationships.

    In episode 3 of Painting Wellness, Dr. Emerald & Kat discuss the feelings we can have in our bodies when having a hard conversation. What do these different areas of sensation mean and what insight can we draw from them?
    Kat also walks you and Dr. Emerald through how to use "I Statements" during conversations to help those discussions stay conversations and not a confrontation.

    19 min
  • Putting The Pieces of Your Health Puzzle Together

    Our health is like pieces of a puzzle, it's only when we put the pieces together do we see the overall picture of our selves and our health.
    Who's responsibility is it then to take the pieces of your health and shepherd them into the proper positions to allow you to experience full health?
    Join Dr. Emerald and Kat Garcia as they discuss what are the questions to ask and who are the different people in your sphere to help you along the way.

    20 min
  • Advocating For Your Health

    How do you advocate for your health? Do you make the time to take care of yourself or will you only make the appointments when others have already been taken care of or if someone else has done the work to make the appointment for you?

    Dr. Emerald & Kat discuss who is better about going to their healthcare provider. They also discuss the steps you can take to prepare for and navigate doctor's appointments, ensuring that your concerns are heard and addressed. Don't wait for someone else to prioritize your health – it's time to take charge. Join us in learning how to advocate for your mental and physical well-being.


    20 min

About Painting Wellness

From the publisher's feed

Have you ever wondered what wellness and mental health professionals discuss behind closed doors? Curious about what their thoughts are on navigating the hurdles and challenges of life in regards to how we communicate with those around us, what foods to eat, or even the way we move about the world?