Megan Bayles Bartley is a mental health and relationship expert. Over the last twenty years, she has honed her unique skills as a therapist and now shares her knowledge with you on her podcast - Shifting Our Shit. In Part 1 of this episode, she talks about her past and how she ended up becoming a therapist. Listen further to Episode 1, Part 2 where she talks about her own experience with therapy over the last 30-plus year.

This is a biggie! Rob hands over the reins of the S.O.S. Podcast to Megan in this episode. They wrap up the past year (and 28 episodes!) and talk about what they have learned and what they appreciate about each other. Megan has much gratitude for Rob as he was integral in helping get this podcast launched. It is with both sadness and joy that we launch Rob off to focus his attention on other things. We will still hear from him from time to time, just not every episode. Stay tuned for Season Two coming any day now as we "Meet the Team" at The Mindfulness Center. Hear why therapists decide to become therapists (messed up childhoods, no doubt! lol j/k) and therapists' own experience with therapy!

Megan and Rob discuss the show Ted Lasso! Megan shares insight on how she sees Ted practice unintentional hypnosis on the people around him. She also describes the idea of magic, our mental/emotional health, and how the show captures this magic. Thank you for listening!

It is Megan's birthday! In this episode, we celebrate Megan's birthday and she shares how her relationship with birthdays has changed. They also discuss aging and how to enjoy getting older.

Megan and Rob share their thoughts on the show Shrinking! Shrinking is about trauma, therapists, and the relationship with clients. Megan shares insights on boundaries and the type of relationships therapists have with their clients. Megan and Rob also spend time on how therapy is becoming more normalized through television and film.

In this episode, Megan and Rob discuss death, loss, and grieving. The duo shares insights on their thoughts on death. Rob describes death as something that takes care of us. Megan then elaborates on how we can understand grief. She states that grief is "love with no place to go."

In this two-part episode, Megan and Rob discuss how to handle difficult people. Megan offers insight on how to create less pressure by avoiding"should" and "could." Rob shares thoughts on rigidity and how it can be created within ourselves and dealing with difficult people.

In this two-part episode, Megan and Rob discuss how to handle difficult people. Megan offers insight on how to create less pressure by avoiding"should" and "could." Rob shares thoughts on rigidity and how it can be created within ourselves and dealing with difficult people.

Rob and Megan are back for another live session. They process their break and Megan's fun trip! Rob shares insight on why we might need to create emotions to allow ourselves to feel them. Some emotions can be powerful and that power can block our ability to feel other emotions. Creating emotions can be a way to create emotional balance. 

Rob and Megan are joined by Megan's daughter Gracie for this special episode! Gracie shares insight on what it is like to have a therapist for a mother. Megan and Gracie also share how important open communication can be for a family. Gracie does an excellent job answering questions on mental health from a kids perspective!