Speaking Our Minds

While the holiday season is often associated with joy and celebration, you’re not alone if you haven’t been feeling so merry or have been experiencing challenges and stressors during this time. In this week's episode, we're talking all about the realities of managing stress, navigating difficult family dynamics, and financial struggles during the holiday season. Including,

• Setting realistic expectations so you don't overextend yourself
• Letting go of perfectionism
• Establishing healthy boundaries this season
• Practicing mindfulness and soaking in the meaningful parts
• Managing the strain of increased expenses
• Mentally preparing for difficult family dynamics
• and more!

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In this week's episode, join us for a fun conversation all about the realities of being single for the holidays, and the sociocultural shift of women’s role in society that has impacted modern-day dating with Kristina Hart. Including:

• What exactly is "cuffing season"?
• What if singleness isn’t just a season, what if it’s been for years?
• Our thoughts and experiences with dating apps
• The socio-cultural shift of women’s role in society & how that has affected dating, marriage, and single living.
• Mindsets to have when single during the holidays

Kristina Hart is a writer, comedian, advocate, and podcast host. She is the proud daughter of Iranian immigrants and uses humor to create inspiring and thought-provoking conversations.

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In this week's episode, we're talking all about the signs of Seasonal Depression, managing its impact on daily life and some solutions to start getting unstuck! Including:

• What is seasonal depression (Seasonal Affective Disorder)?
• The signs and symptoms of seasonal depression.
• How it may be impacting your everyday life.
• Understanding the 3 P's of resilience.
• Tips for coping with seasonal depression.
• Treatments for seasonal depression.
• and more!

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney and Ranela! In this episode with Elise Museles, we're talking all about Unlocking the power of your food story, identifying and releasing disempowering limiting beliefs, and finding freedom in food and your body. Including:

• What is a food story?
• How to someone begin to identify your food story.
• Some examples of limiting beliefs we commonly have around food.
• How we can listen to our bodies and reconnect to our intuition in a fast-paced world.
• The effects of stress eating on our digestion and our gut health and how to become a more relaxed eater.
• Encouragement for when you're feeling stressed around this season.

Elise Museles holds four certificates in holistic health and integrative healing. She is on the Environmental Working Group board of directors and has been a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant recipient for five years in a row. A sought-after speaker, she is also host of the popular Once Upon a Food Story podcast. Her work has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Health, Self, ELLE, Well+Good, The Chalkboard, mindbodygreen, and other outlets. For more, visit elisemuseles.com or check out her new book Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live.

Grab Elise's book- Food Story: Rewrite the Way You Eat, Think, and Live.: https://www.amazon.com/Food-Story-Rewrite-Think-Live/dp/168364719X

Elise's Food Mood Bundle: https://elisemuseles.com/bundle/

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney and Ranela! In this episode with Brianna Fattal, we're talking all about how grief and loss shape us as individuals, false ideas and expectations about the grieving process and how to keep the memory of our loved ones alive. Including:

• Some signs of grief and unresolved grief.
• Common misconceptions or myths about grief.
• How grief and loss is accumulative.
• What’s common to feel.
• What makes loss particularly difficult around the holidays.
• Some ways they can navigate the holidays and find a sense of calm and well-being.
• How friends and family can members support a grieving loved one.
• And some meaningful ways to honor and remember a loved one during the holiday season

After experiencing a devastating loss, Brianna grew a passion for helping others. She’s grown a community as a wellness consultant educating others about how the products they put in and on their body impacts their mental and emotional health. As an advanced grief recovery specialist, she also helps educate and coach people through recovering from unresolved grief.

The Grief Recovery Method: https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/

The Grief Recovery Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Recovery-Handbook-Anniversary-Expanded/dp/0061686077

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney and Ranela! In this episode, we're talking all about navigating major transitions and the fear and grief that come with inevitable change, including big or unexpected changes in life that significantly impact our sense of self and overall mental health. Including:

• The mental blocks that keep us from moving forward
• The psychological fallacy of control
• Strategies for our mindset around change
• Some practical tips to get you through that tough season
• And encouragement from our real-life experiences in these very distressing and sometimes devastating chapters of life.

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney and Ranela! In this episode, we're talking all about polarization, echo chambers, and how to practically bridge the chasms that divide us, so we can live in community, even amongst our differences. And we're conversating with our friend Kevin Wilson about:

• What is an “echo chamber”?
• The intertwining of identity and politics that lead to strong polarization.
• Some practical solutions to bridging divisive wounds within ourselves and within society.
• What can the way of chai can teach us about community, relationships, and healing deep societal wounds.

Kevin Wilson is the digital/social media coordinator for Andrews University. He is passionate about helping people think meaningfully about life so that they can live their lives meaningfully. He attempts to do this virtually with a tribe of over 500K friends across social media through digital storytelling. His first book “The Way of Chai” is set to be released in the fall of 2023. Among other things, he is obsessed about the Way of Jesus, digital communication, and everything related to chai.

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney and Ranela! In this episode, we're talking all about Unpacking Cancel Culture with our friend Michael Nelder, including:

• What is cancel culture and how has it come to rise in our society today- especially with the role of social media?
• The nuance of cancel culture - including the pros and cons.
• Some key distinctions that differentiate between cancel culture and genuine activism, accountability, or advocacy for social change.
• Recent examples of cancel culture in the world and in the church.
• The importance of storytelling and practical ways we can foster a culture of empathy and open dialogue in the age of cancel culture.

Mr. Michael Nelder is a poet, an author, a podcaster, an entrepreneur, a speaker, and a coach. He founded and coined, a new artistic medium, [which he calls] Deep Word Poetry, a unique poetic medium that combines the creative expressiveness of Modern Poetry, the linguistic impact of Spoken Word, and the sobering wisdom of Stoic Philosophy.

Michael also co-founded LikeU cards with a mission to create a platform that addresses cancel culture and bullying by fostering a community rooted in empathy, understanding, and shared experiences. In today's climate of opinions and divisiveness, he believes in bringing people together through storytelling and conversation to show them their similarities and draw them closer to one another.

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney and Ranela! In this episode, we're talking all about Healthy Ways to Approach Conflict in a Polarized Culture with our friend Ashley Abercrombie, including:

• Are you conflict-avoidant or conflict-confronting?
• The role of shame, fear, and belonging in sticking to our tribes (us vs. them) that blinds us to others
• Unity vs conformity among groups
• Engaging in the intersections of faith and culture without using tactics of fear and control
• The importance of individuation- it's okay to be/think differently and hold your own values and convictions while integrating with others.
• Practical tips on engaging in conflict in a way that allows us to put humans first
• Boundaries and rules of thumb for engaging in divisive topics online
• and more!

Ashley Abercrombie is the author of Rise of the Truth Teller and Love Is the Resistance: Learn to Disagree, Resolve the Conflicts You’ve Been Avoiding and Create Real Change. For more than 15 years, she has worked in non-profit spaces, leading faith-based initiatives, serving as a prison chaplain and pastor, speaking at conferences, churches, and events. Ashley’s work and ideas are featured in Oprahmag.com, Scary Mommy, Relevant Magazine, Darling, Life Today, 100 Huntley Street, The Purpose Show and more. She is cohost of the hilarious and helpful podcast Why Tho, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons and baby girl.

Grab the book! Love is the Resistance: Learn to Disagree, Resolve the Conflicts You've Been Avoiding, and Create Real Change: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Resistance-Disagree-Conflicts-Avoiding/

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Welcome back to the Speaking Our Minds Podcast with Brittney Moses and Ranela Kaligithi!

In this episode, we're talking all about being culturally competent humans. As we continue on the topic of how to be better humans in a polarized culture, part of un-polarizing things is seeing the fullness of other humans and ourselves, including all of the facets that make up who we are and thus shape the way we see the world which is gonna vary from person to person because of our different cultural upbringings. 

• Cultural Intersectionality
• How ethnocentrism can lead to a superiority complex
• The Doctrine of Discovery's Impact on Christianity vs. practicing a culturally sensitive faith in a diverse world
• The layers of cultural influences that affect us and our mental health (microsystems, mesosystems, macrosystems)
• The importance of cultural humility.

When we take down the walls of separation, allow people to have value for simply BEING, and celebrate people as they are — we are doing something so powerful for ourselves: we’re learning how to accept ourselves just as we are too. 

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Further Resources:

• Building a Multiethnic Church: A Gospel Vision of Love, Grace, and Reconciliation in a Divided World by Dr. Derwin Grey
• References: 
• Hook, Joshua & Davis, Don & Owen, Jesse & Worthington, Everett & Utsey, Shawn. (2013). Cultural Humility: Measuring Openness to Culturally Diverse Clients. Journal of counseling psychology. 60. 10.1037/a0032595. 
• Triandis, Harry. (2018). Individualism and Collectivism.: http://130.18.86.27/faculty/warkentin/securitypapers/Merrill/Triandis2001_JOP69_6_Allocentrism.pdf

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