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March 07, 202297. Navigating Transitions & Healing Defensiveness
For this week’s episode we sat down for our weekly catch up to explore our best practices for navigating transitions and healing patterns of defensiveness. We unpacked:
Practices and mindsets to root to when going through life transitions.

What drives our emotional system to turn to defensiveness as a coping mechanism.

A deeper understanding of this energy and why it ends up creating the exact scenarios we are trying to protect ourselves from.

The mindset and skills that we can begin cultivating in order to shift out of patterns of defensiveness in our life.

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Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
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1 hr 8 min
February 28, 202296. Rescuing Ourselves from Burnout with Dr. Azad
For this week’s episode we sat down with Dr.Azad of Tipping Point Liberation Coaching for a deeper understanding on the causes of burnout and how we can begin liberating ourselves from this experience. In this episode we unpacked:
How to recognize burnout in ourselves.

Why our current systems lead to so much burnout. T

he larger socio-political context that must be acknowledged as we do this work.

How we can begin to take our power back and rescue ourselves from systems of burnout.
Dr Azad wesbite & IG: tippingpoint.coach
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Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
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1 hr 28 min
February 21, 202295: Guilt Pt. 2 & Listening to Our Breakdowns
In this week’s Sister’s Solo podcast session we have a raw, honest conversation unpacking:
Understanding the relationship dynamics that encourage chronic guilt as a coping mechanism.

More tools and insights for healing through chronic guilt.

Some personal realities that have been going on behind the scenes.

How to uncover the wisdom in our breakdowns if we are willing to slow down and listen.

The practice of Presence and what it takes to really be HERE for our lives in this digital age.
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Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
1 hr 24 min
February 14, 202294. Relationship Roundtable Q&A with with Nicole Dominguez
For this week’s Special Edition Valentine’s Day episode we sit down for a round-table Q&A with one of our favorite soul sisters & Transformational Coach, Nicole Dominguez. In this episode we answered questions from our Pretty Mental community on all things relationships and being single. We explored:
How to cultivate self-intimacy in and outside relationships.

What it takes to develop authentic romantic relationships.

Working through the fear of being alone.

Working through the fear of being hurt in relationships.

How to handle when we want commitment but the other person doesn’t.

Conscious, ethical dating and hooking up even when there is no intention for long-term relationship.

Nicole's IG: @mevolvecoaching
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Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
1 hr 25 min
February 07, 202293. Cultivating Resilience and Self-Worth
In this week’s Sister’s Solo podcast session we do another deep dive to unpack:
Our current relationship with technology and social media and cultivating healthy boundaries in the digital age.

Cultivating deeper resilience in our personal lives and business practices by learning from the pace of nature.

Why honoring what’s truly nurturing and healthy will often require a tolerance for being misunderstood.

Healing the self-abandonment wound to reclaim our Self-worth.
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Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
1 hr 7 min
January 31, 2022 92. Challenging and Managing Our Own Guilt (Solo)
In this week’s Sister’s Solo podcast session we do a deep dive into the energy of Guilt and unpack: Why this emotion is so common in our culture and why it’s so important to manage it How healing our relationship to guilt helps make us immune to manipulation Why not being controlled by guilt is essential for having true intimacy and building an authentic community. Liberating ourselves from the idea that being a “good person” means self-sacrifice and not having boundaries

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Website: PrettyMental.Com
Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
1 hr 7 min
January 24, 202291. Unpacking the Energy of Fear & Taking Control of Our Physiology (Solo)
In this week’s Sister’s Solo podcast session we do a juicy deep dive into the energy of Fear and unpack:
The major role it plays in our experiences of anxiety and depression.

How to recognize it, stand up to it and transcend it.

What we’ve personally learned on our journey of healing from this energy.

How to hack out physiology to override the fear response.

Why thriving can only happen when our minds and bodies are equally considered on this journey.

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Website: PrettyMental.Com
Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
1 hr 3 min
January 17, 202290. Shedding All Masks and Owning All That You Are (Solo)
In this week’s Sister’s Solo podcast session things got very real as we unpacked:
Shaking off the societal pressures to put on a one dimensional, “professional” mask in order to have a seat at the table in your industry.

The mindsets we need to cultivate in order to bring our full selves forward.

How so much of what we consider Depression, is actually the result of settling for a life of suppressed desires and fragmented identities.

The joy that is possible when we integrate all of who we are into our life experience.

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Website: PrettyMental.Com
Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
55 min
January 10, 202289. Learning How to Recognize Narcissistic Relationships & Embracing Imperfection (Solo)
This week we sat down for another sister’s solo and deep dove into:
Understanding narcissism, narcissistic relationships and how they tear us down over time.

Normalizing the range of emotions that come up in the process of healing after these types of relationships.

Exposure therapy and normalizing the discomfort that’s a part of healing and growing.

Embracing imperfection and using humor to heal feelings of shame and inadequacy.

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Website: PrettyMental.Com
Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
Contact: [email protected]
1 hr 28 min
January 03, 202288. Family triggers, Self-acceptance & Boundaries (Solo)
To finish out the year we sat down for another sister’s solo and reflected on :
The healing gems that can be revealed when we get triggered by family.

Why our feelings of inadequacy can actually guide us towards a more authentic life.

Why becoming more self-accepting leads to having a deeper acceptance of others’ differences.

Practical tools for coping with anxiety and having healthy boundaries in real-time.
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Breathwork with Valentina
Therapy with Paula
IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial
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1 hr 9 min

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Pretty Mental is about accepting our full selves and inspiring others to do the same by being daringly unfiltered. This means completely normalizing all things mental health and the wild journey that has brought us here. We are challenging the stigmatization of normal human suffering. We are done pretending and subscribing to the notion that it’s taboo to have challenging mental health experiences.

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