Stress Therapy with Cheri Flake: Meditation & Stress Relief for Real Life

Is there a secret to confidence building? I think there is…We’ve all felt our confidence waiver. How can we get our confidence back? Or in the first place?! Confidence can elude us at times. But today, I am going to share with you the work that I give to clients in my chair seeking a confidence boost. Mostly, you need a bit of mindset shift, and a couple thought tweaks and BAM! A new, confident you! Spoiler alert: My clients rarely find these tips intuitive. The secret may really surprise you!

In this episode we will learn:
~Defining confidence: What is means and does not mean and how we can get this to work for us. ~What we can learn from middle schoolers (!) about confidence
~How true confidence can create a whole new outlook on life
~ Imposter Syndrome and how to let it go
~Ham Sah meditation

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In the MOUNTAINS:
https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/
At the BEACH:
https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

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Quotes:
“True confidence comes from realizing that you're not different than everybody else in some way, but actually that you're exactly the same as everybody else….Not your individual differences, but with respect to value, we're all just the same. This gives you this beautiful freedom to act and be and go after whatever it is you want and whoever it is you truly are and whatever really lights your fire and brings you joy. It’s actually kind of a relief!”-Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

“That “weird” thing about you, that thing you don't like, that horrible thing that happened to you, whatever it is. It's all beautiful because it's made you exactly who you are today…A beautiful and holy and divine creation and creator. So, own it. Just be who you are. Don't worry about it being arrogant. You didn't create you. You can't take credit for it. So just go ahead and be the beautiful creation that you were intended to be.”-Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions:
The Reluctant Medium Podcast
Website: https://drmariarothenburger.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmaria_lpc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrMariaRothenburger/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmarialpc/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thereluctantmedium
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/DrMariaLPC/_created/

Return to Love and other Books, quotes and teachings by Marianne Williamson www.marianne.com

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW
The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/


Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/


Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation


Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake


Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8


A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

It’s time to meditate with me! Feeling on edge? Then this one is for you! Let’s do a guided meditation with the intention of creating a nervous system reset with a calming meditation using visualization and the mantra Om Shanti.

In this episode we will:
~Meditate together for about 15 minutes
~Guided meditation: Om Shanti, heart opening, breath appreciation

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Interesting mentions:

Curious Cat Podcast:
Jennifer HotesWebsite: http://jenniferlhotes.comTwitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/CuriousCatPodca (author feed: https://twitter.com/JenniferLHotes)Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/CuriousCatPodcast/ (author: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferLHotes)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curious_cat_podcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@curious_cat_podcast/

The Host for this podcast:
Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat!
In the mountains: https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/
At the beach: https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

Feeling powerless? I get it, but you are so much more powerful than you think! Doesn’t always feel like it though, does it? How can we get our power back when we feel weak? Let’s learn today about all the power the resides inside of us. How do we even know it’s there and how can we harness it when we feel powerless? Then we will meditate together and on your own silently using the mantra, om namah shivaya.

In this episode we will learn:
~The dichotomy of the ego’s insistence on convincing you you’re either the most powerful or the weakest of all.
~Why powerlessness is an illusion
~How to simply get our power back and methods that actually work when we feel weak
~Why sometimes letting go is when we might be most powerful of all
~How we’re all like a lotus flower
~om namah shivaya meditation

Side note: I was thinking that every two weeks would work, but it seems so LONG! And, I see y’all agree. :) So every other week, we will just meditate together, no lesson. Cool? Let me know!

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Quotes:

“If I broke open your beautiful body and let your spirit go, it would fill up the whole universe just like it would with any other beautiful human on this planet, because we are one love, but we are not the creator of that one love. And so you don't always know exactly what's in store for you. And constantly deciding ahead of time how things are supposed to go down, you miss out on so much…You miss out on so, so much. “ -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

“You are way, way, WAY more powerful than you think!” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions:
The work by Byron Katie https://thework.com/
Books and quotes and teachings by Marianne Williamson www.marianne.com

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

I’m BAAAAAAACCCK! Yay! And, it’s Season 6! This season, I am going to be letting the cat out of the bag, baby! Every week we will be going over one truth, one idea, one skill, one thing that this psychotherapist wishes everyone knew. Today, it’s all about that thing that you secretly (or openly) think is wrong with you and it might surely surprise you. Then, we will meditate with our third eye, throat and heart chakras to clear out all of the false stuff and thoughts that don’t serve us. It’s going to be a great season and I missed y’all so much!

In this episode we will learn:
~The number one thing I want you to know and live each day from now on and FOREVER
~How to live from a place of will and love rather than shame and fixing.
~Visual third eye, throat and heart chakra meditation

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Quotes: “Life is a journey to become who we already are…The way that we grow and change and become the holy and divine creation and creator that we already are is by overcoming obstacles…no one ever says, “oh that was so easy and I am forever changed by it.”
-Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions: Shrinking: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15677150/

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW
The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat!
https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/
https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

One more week and I'm baaaaaaaaaack! I miss meditating with you! But in the meantime, you might love this...Today, I am sharing my friend Karl Gruber's podcast, World Awakenings the Fast Track to Enlightenment. In this episode, you'll hear Karl interview a real spiritual medium. Whoa, right? It's pretty amazing!

Back next week with season 6, can't wait!!!

World Awakenings: The Fast Track to Enlightenment
http://karlgruberlifecoach.com/

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The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat!
https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake
Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

To quote goofy Ross from the show, Friends, “We were on a BREEEEAAAAAAK!” Yes! We are! But I thought that between seasons you might wanna hear from the skeptic metaphysicians podcast. This is perfect for Valentine's Day, because I LOVE this podcast! Karen and Will are like detectives in the ethereal and paranormal world and these guys are into finding the truth and reporting back to you. This podcast is a blast so today I'm going to treat you with one of their episodes. The mind body connection ~I think you're gonna love this! I'll see you in March until then, enjoy!

The Skeptic Metaphysician Podcast https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/

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The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist
Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/
Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation
Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake
Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

Meditation is a spiritual practice by nature. Even if you are meditating purely for the health or secular benefits, a regular practice is a lovely opportunity for you to deepen your spiritual practice. I have found that in teaching folks to meditate, when the practice means a little something, it is easier to meditate, more fun to meditate and brings way more benefits to your life. It doesn’t have to be a certain tradition. If you can be a bit creative and honor your true self, you can make meditation mean more than just an excellent brain workout or one more healthy habit to complete each day. This is my last episode for this season! I will see you in March! Keep meditating and hit me up any time. I love you!

In this episode we will learn:
~How to make meditation mean something more than a healthy habit
~How meditation can deepen your spiritual practice even if you don’t feel very spiritual at all
~Ham Sah Meditation

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Quotes: “I’m not telling you what to believe, I’m telling you that if you believe something, bring it to your cushion. Because it is going to make your practice so much more fulfilling and your benefits are going to be vast.” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions:

Barton Bryan’s Mindset Forge Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mindset-forge/id1535891737

10% Happier by Dan Harris https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18505796-10-happier?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6BWmo8Z1RI&rank=1 (After recording this episode, I did look into Dan Harris and it seems that since writing this book, he too has clearly brought spirituality into his practice. I suspect he is now WAY MORE than 10% happier!)

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

The best way by far to make anything habitual is to make it fun! Think about it…if feeling good about whatever you want to change is the key to getting your brain and body on board for any new behavior, then what better way to feel good then to have some fun! Let’s learn some easy tips and tricks to make even the most mundane thing a rockin’ good time so you keep coming back to it until it’s a full blown habit!

In this episode we will learn:
~How to make meditation (yes! Meditation!) more fun
~How to make other behaviors more fun while you’re on the road to making them habitual
~FUN Visualization meditation

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Quotes: ”The only way I’m ever going to lift weights, is if it’s fun.” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions: www.southerndharma.org

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044
Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

Today it’s all about habit stacking: a little known trick to get new, healthy behaviors into your life and habitual in no time! We’ll learn just how to do it, why it works and how to trick your brain into getting that new year’s resolution into your life, no problem. Then, we will meditate on a word that represents what we want…right…Now.

In this episode we will learn:
~What habit stacking is and why it works.
~How to incorporate a new behavior onto an existing habit for new healthy habit success. ~Word/Desire/mantra meditation

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Quotes: "You only have to force yourself to do the behavior for just that little interim period when the behavior has not become habitual yet. You're stacking it on and stacking it on and then one magical day, you're just brushing your chomps, you're just sitting down to meditate, you're just showing up at the gym. It really is an easy and magical way to get that new habit into your life.”
-Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Secrets of Meditation by davidji

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author

Twitter: @stresstherapy
Instagram: @thestresstherapist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044 Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.

It doesn’t matter what advice you get about how to change if you’re not even clear on what you want! It’s time to figure it out so you can make your life about creating your heart’s desires. No more default! We will learn a quick way to get our brains focusing on what we want rather than what we don’t want.

In this episode we will learn:
~Why we’re more focused on what we don’t want than we want and how to turn it around.
~A simple exercise to get your brain more focused on desires than despair
~Third eye meditation

Love the show? Please review and rate Stress Therapy here: https://lovethepodcast.com/StressTherapy

Quotes: “Our brains think that we are thinking about what we want! The bummer is, we are way more likely to be thinking about what we don’t want!” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

Interesting mentions: The Success Principles By Jack Canfield

The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
Twitter: @stresstherapy Instagram: @thestresstherapist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflake Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044 Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestresstherapist

Stay in touch with Cheri: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/

Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat! https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/ https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/

Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go here: https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation

Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15903117.Cheri_Augustine_Flake

Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW: Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media or go to www.iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation retreats & yoga retreats.