Pretty Mental

For today’s podcast, we sat down and unpacked why from a mental health perspective it is so important to be a conscious consumer of the media and news we are taking in… especially RIGHT NOW, why our number one responsibility is to keep our nervous system and our emotions regulated and we break down a variety of tools on how to this especially if you Are experiencing a lot of anxiety and fear, we also covered how workplace cultures are going to begin to crumble if they don’t shift towards more humane values.

Shownotes

Eckhart Tolle @eckharttolle

Mooji @mooji.official

Sara Blondin/ Podcast “Live Awake”

Kyle Cease @evolvingoutloud

Tom Biley @tombileyu

Lacy Phillips @tobemagnetic/ Podcast “Expanded”

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Creative Mornings Job Listing

We reflected on the ways to stay grounded and mentally healthy as we continue to move through this covid-19 situation as well as the possibilities that are currently being presented to us for a collective evolution in consciousness.

Valentina's Blog: https://bit.ly/2wHdPxL

Pretty Mental Website: https://bit.ly/2xyaMrI

In this episode, we dove into how we have been processing and integrating the recent current events of the Coronavirus pandemic in a way that balances awareness and staying informed with mindfulness, optimism, surrender and taking things one day at a time. We also share our recent conversation with our grandma in this continuing journey of uncovering our ancestral wounds. The episode closes up with a conversation on narcissistic traits that have been cultivated in our society & how we can begin to heal from it. 

Shownotes:

Lacy Phillips “Expanded” Podcast with Karen Hurd: https://apple.co/2UtcUc1

Rebel & Reason: https://bit.ly/2xeW1do

Wendy De Rosa School of Intuitive Studies: https://bit.ly/3adYJym

Brenda Marie Davies, a sex-positive free-thinking Christian & creator of the YouTube channel God is Grey, joins us for a conversation on religious-based sexual trauma, purity culture and the impact that both have had on our society and mental health at large. 

Shownotes:

God is Grey IG: @GodisGrey

God is Grey Twitter: GodisGreyxo

God is Grey YouTube: http://bit.ly/3aA4QNa

Pure by Linda Kay Klein

Bad theology Kills by Kevin Garcia

You Are Your Own by Jamie Lee Finch 

Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha

Quote by Walt Whitman

As you can tell, for us, there is no end to how deep we can take our self-exploration process in this lifetime. After our last podcast with TJ Mangrum (@sacredhawkyogi), we wanted to continue the exploration of triggers by understanding our ancestors and their patterns. We recognize that in order for true healing to take place we must honor and get curious about the generational patterns that are at play. The patterns that have etched themselves in our DNA. In order to release the unconscious narratives we have inherited from our ancestors, they must be brought to consciousness. Join us as we dig up our roots in today's podcast. 

Shownotes: 

Nina Simone - @crystal_sun_yogi

Janet Raftis - @janetraftis

Brene Brown - @brenebrown

Tim Ferris - @timferriss

Aubrey Marcus - @aubreymarcus

Family Constellations 

This week we sat down with one of our all-time favorite Yoga teachers, TJ Mangrum, whose fiercely present and spiritual approach to teaching yoga keeps us running back to her classes any chance we get. In this conversation we dissected why it is so important to take a deep look at our triggers, we also talked about conscious parenting, embracing neurodiversity, & the ways in which yoga practice can be used as a tool to witness our egos and expand our consciousness. Show notes: TJ Mangrum @sacredhawkyogi Red Hawk Dr. Sheffali @doctorshefali @mindful_mamas Ram Dass @babaramdass Dr. Maya Angelou

We talked about our recent experience in a cacao ceremony where we married ourselves by balancing our feminine and masculine energies, the ways in which resistance depletes our energy, and we unpack the practical ways in which we can actually practice self-love in our daily lives.

Show notes:

Trader Joes - @traderjoes

Kyle Cease - @evolvingoutloud

Lewis Howes - @lewishowes

Lyftd - @Lyftd

Luke Storey - @lukestorey

The Nap Ministry - @thenapministry

Shaman Durek - @shamandurek

Martin Luther King 

Happy 2020! Join us as we reflect on the challenges that we went through last year, what these experiences taught us and how much can change in one year if you keep your hearts open and continue to put one foot in front of the other.

Show Notes:

Rebel & Reason - @RebelandReason

The Nap Nap Ministry - @TheNapMinistry

Gabrielle Bernstein - @GabbyBernstein

Lewis Howes - @Lewishowes

This week we sat down with an incredible woman Dr. Kecia Thomas. She is Senior Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia as well as a Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology and African-American Studies and the founding director of the Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity (RED). While Paula was getting her undergrad at UGA, Kecia was her mentor and she has had a very big influence on her. In this episode we want to invite you guys to lean into an important and courageous conversation with us as we explore the differences between performing diversity and practicing inclusion, color blindness vs multiculturalism, and how these issues are currently impacting all of our mental health.

Mentioned in this episode: 

Bernardo Ferdman

Daryl Wing Sue

Higher Education Leadership Development Program (HERS Institute)

“Why all the Black Kids Sitting Together at the Cafeteria Table” by Beverly Daniel Tatum