Regine and Kelsey are back! And just in time for Valentine's Day 2025. Tune in to hear about tips, tools, and practices for learning how to love yourself as only you can.

Don't miss the self-love meditation at the end!

Sending Love your way,

Rae & K

Join us for our season finale episode on mindfulness! In this episode, we talk about what mindfulness is, where it came from, how it’s related to meditation, and how you can practice it in your everyday life. Skip ahead to 39:15 for a 7-minute mindfulness meditation at the end of the episode!

Mindfulness Resources: 

Books:

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chödrön 

Mindfulness in Plain English, by Bhante Gunaratana 

Mindfulness for Beginners, by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Meditation:

30-minute Body Scan Exercise, Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://youtu.be/15q-N-_kkrU 

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

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Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

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No matter how you identify, we all have healing to do in this racist reality we’re living in.

Racism is a malignant and insidious human rights issue in this country and in our global society, and it’s not going to go away on its own. Though the work isn’t the same for everyone, we’ve all got to keep moving towards healing, from the inside-out, and it starts with you and me.

Join us as we celebrate Juneteenth by breaking down how we got to where we are today, and share our insight on how to do “the work” when it comes to healing from racism, no matter who you are. 

Visit the link below to find a therapist that best fits your needs: 

https://www.melanatedandmisunderstood.com/resources

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

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Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

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Join us for episode 6 as we dive into part 2 of our relationship series. This time we’re talking boundaries and boundary setting. We talk about what they are, why they’re worth setting, and how boundaries can look (and feel) different for everyone.

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

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Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

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Join us as we begin our in-depth discussion on relationships. In this first part of the relationship series, we’re taking it all the way back to infancy as we talk about attachment, attachment styles, and how these affect our adult relationships. We cover the main attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized), how they develop, how they show up in our emotional responses, how we can begin to work with what we’ve got, and how we can ALL build up our internal security along the way.

If you’re still left wondering what your attachment style might be after this episode, check out Dr. Diane Poole Heller’s (free!) Attachment Style Test here:

https://dianepooleheller.com/attachment-test/

Resources from the episode:

https://www.crowcitycounseling.com/blog-site/2020/11/15/attachment-explained-part-one-how-attachment-styles-form-in-childhood

https://www.crowcitycounseling.com/blog-site/2020/11/25/attachment-explained-part-two-how-to-detect-attachment-styles-in-adulthood-amp-how-to-earn-security

https://www.verywellmind.com/emotionally-focused-therapy-for-distressed-couples-2303813

https://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment-styles.html

https://www.verywellmind.com/attachment-styles-2795344

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson

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Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

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Join us as we talk shop, demystify therapy, and provide our insider perspectives on the therapeutic process and what to expect along the journey. We also address some stigma & fear that surrounds mental health, the problematic foundations of therapy, & how the counseling field is shifting to hold itself accountable and become more accessible.

To find a therapist that best fits your needs, visit: 

https://www.melanatedandmisunderstood.com/resources

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

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We’ve seen & heard it a million times, but what does "self-care" actually mean? Join us as we get reflective on the true meaning of self-care, its psychological foundations and what it looks like in our daily lives.

Resources from the episode: 

The Indivisible Self: An Evidence-Based Model of Wellness, by: Jane E. Myers and Thomas J. Sweeney

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/149232976.pdf

Wellness Wheel

https://www.clarion.edu/student-life/health-fitness-and-wellness/office-of-health-promotions/wellness-wheel.html

Self-care Wheel

https://safehouseapp.info/2017/05/09/using-the-self-care-wheel-for-assessment-and-planning/

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

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Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

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License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 🎶

Join us as we explore spirituality and its connection to wellness. Before diving in, we begin with a short message to our listeners, spend some time introducing ourselves and talk about our dream for this podcast. We talk about what spirituality is, our spiritual journeys, and how spirituality can be an essential part of one’s wellness and daily self-care. 

Resources from the episode:

Dr. Gabor Maté 

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 

Close Encounters with Addiction

https://drgabormate.com/book/in-the-realm-of-hungry-ghosts/

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 🎶

Join us as we dive into self-compassion, on the first episode of Self Disclosure!

We go in depth about self-compassion and how we apply it to our own lives, despite obstacles. We also share tips & a meditation practice for making self-compassion a part of your daily routine. 

Resources from the episode:

“This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture,

still, treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing,

and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.”

🎶 Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 🎶