Practice of Being Seen

This week on the #POBScast, Rebecca speaks with Jeffrey Davis, a writer, speaker, consultant and founder of Tracking Wonder, a consultancy, and community that helps creative innovators, entrepreneurs, and social psychologists flourish through challenge and change.

This episode is equal parts stream-of-consciousness musing and a call-to-action.  Throughout, I am redefining the meaning and intention of the Practice of Being Seen in both micro and macro levels: as a podcast, in branding, as a way of knowing ourselves, as a means of serving others.  I want to know what you want from the #POBScast as well.

As we close out the 1st season of the #POBScast we're reflecting on this journey of being seen. It's a journey full of obstacles and pivots and revisions. And along the way, finding your voice and communicating your vision.

Where does healing begin? Is it in the mind, the spirit, the body….or is it somewhere in between? This week, pause with us as we hold space for healing with Eleanora Amendolara, Marisa’s very own Spiritual Healer and Teacher.

Parents, caregivers, and guardians: Have you taken a moment to be present with your kids today? Do you find yourself worn out, or feeling raw and strung out? Truth is that we are all muddling through his messy soup of life together, and as parents ourselves, we wanted to bring to you a guest who can speak kindness and healing to your energy struggles.

This week, we sat down with Robyn Ivy, Life Coach, Photographer, and Advocate. Robyn has taken her dual passions for photography and people to create an approach to self-exploration. She wants to teach us to use photography as a means of meditation and intentionality

Everybody has a lens from which they view the world; Janice Levy’s just happens to be a literal lens. Janice is a photographer, art scholar, and world traveler. Her work has won countless awards, and her work as a teacher in the US and across the globe has had a deeply personal impact on those lucky enough to be her students.

This week, we want to give a warm welcome to you, the listeners of the Practice of Being Seen Podcast, and the therapists who have journeyed alongside us in our POBS community. It is a gift to be able to hold this space so dearly as a place to grow and discover truth with all of you.

Are you willing to do hard work? This is the question that therapy clients are ask in one way or another, whether or not they say it in so many words. Compassionate therapists are so ready to answer “Yes!” Even with that willingness to do the hard work of navigating relationships, trauma, attachments, etc. it can take a toll on your confidence. We need to put into practice the skills we learned to help our clients to reflect on our own lives. We need confidence, self-assurance, and hope. 

This week, Margaret Thompson, LCSW journeys with us into the art of being and becoming a couples therapist and traveling through all the feelings of imposter syndrome and doubt. We'll dive deep with us into the skills we all need to navigate trauma and attachment. And then zoom out to see how those skills can change your life.

Margaret wants to give you energy and confidence to put your “Yes” on the table for your client, to walk into the room completely at ease with yourself. We discuss how therapists can be a “container for hope” for their clients. And yet, therapists often go through seasons where they feel depleted. In her wisdom and confidence, Margaret sheds light on the way back to feelings of hope and of home!

Show Highlights: 

• Using Neuroscience and Attachment Science within couples therapy 
• The impact of early childhood trauma in forming attachments and relationships. 
• Unconscious patterns within our relationships. 
• Skills that therapists can use within their practice to apply Attachment. 
• The work we do with the clients can reflect back on our own relationships. 
• Working with couples where one or both partners are in individual therapy. 
• Consultation groups can help therapists gain confidence through client drop out. 
• How therapists navigate the feelings of imposter syndrome. 
• Mentorship and the creation of self-knowledge 

Links:

Connect with Margaret

Margaret also Recommends 

The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others by Kristi Hedges

 

The thing about retreats..... They are containers. Time to get things done in a space that holds us to our purpose. 

Our POBS ReVision Retreat for Therapists is fast approaching, and we promise that we'll hold you in the same way. We'll help you to focus inwards and integrate that project that's been slowly eating away at you. The one you keep promising yourself to make time for...that one. We'll evoke a depth of discussions in a collective healing community and space. I feel that's what too many of us lack. A place we feel we really belong. A place we feel safe to really put ourselves out there and be seen. A place where we can step in or out of the shadows and explore what we see together.  

We'll help you manifest your vision. Help you sow the seeds to bring her to life.  It's going to be a deep gentle dive and soulful rejuvenation that helps integrate your passions and visions with the practical doing and radical self-care. 

So if you haven't already, check out the ReVision Retreat for Therapists. Space is very, very limited and being snatched

Are you one of so many people struggling toward work-life balance? How do you walk into your work environment? Does it serve you in more than finances? We spend 40 hours a week at work. The places we work and the people we work with have a tremendous impact on our lives. The old school way of thinking says that we need to check our emotions and other “soft stuff” at the door when we come to work, but studies are showing that does not have to be true. 

 

Mineela Chand is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who seeks to spread an emotional awareness in all aspects of our lives. Recently, she gave a Ted Talk showing how we can depend on qualitative data as well as quantitative data to shape the way our businesses function. The emotional environment within a team or industry can truly shape the lives of the people who work there. When we bring an awareness to our “emotional ecosystem” we can begin to create a positive impact in not just our own lives, but the lives of those we work and live with. Take a moment to let your emotions be your guide, and learn from Mineela’s wisdom to take brave steps towards new ground. 

Show Highlights: 

 

• Working with Johnson and Johnson to reconcile the quantitative with the qualitative. 
• The Diary Study—how negative interactions with work colleagues creates a negative work environment. 
• The “soft stuff” of life that matters to us. 
• Preparing for a Ted Talk 
• What exactly is an emotional ecosystem? How can teams and organizations build a healthy ecosystem? 
• Balance and the value of using emotions without letting them overwhelm us. 
• Mineela’s eye-opening journey towards therapy. 
• De-cluttering and re-balancing life towards things that nourish you. 
• Learning from seasons of change and discomfort. 
• Moments of vulnerability as moments of power. 

 

 

Links 

Mineela is always open for questions! Contact her at her website. 

http://mineelachandmft.com/

Join the Practice of Being Seen Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/POBScast/

 

Do you have a theory, a venture, an offering, that the world doesn’t know about yet? It’s time to tune in and create the space that will enable your project and your passion to come to life.

We invite you to take a closer look at (Re)Vision: Explore Your Stories, Shape Your Future | a Practice Of Being Seen Retreat for Therapist-Healers being held at the @menlamountain Retreat in New York’s gorgeous Catskill Mountains this August 13th-16th.

This is A CHANCE TO PAUSE, root into nature, and look within. When you see yourself clearly, you’re able to bring your vision into focus and you’re able to manifest the next big project or next big growth phase for your practice.

(Re)Vision is an investment both in your business and also in yourself. It is a chance to deepen your practice, learn new skills, root into nature and spirit, and make time for some radical self-care.

Your investment includes tuition, accommodations, three meals a day, a one-year...