Take What Serves. Leave the Rest.

Truly feeling the emotions that are present within our body can feel deeply scary at times. It can feel like we are "losing it" and out of control. 

In this episode, Bryan talks to Kelly Grosklags about the process of "getting in touch" with our pain. Meeting ourselves gently as we lean into what we're feeling. 

Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Conversations with Kelly. She's also the author of A Comforted Heart, and the host of the See My Grief podcast. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Our minds love to jump into the future and try to figure out what things are going to be like there. Often creating really scary stories about what might be ahead of us. Instead of trying to figure out what the future is going to feel like, what if we give the present moment an opportunity to surprise us? 

That's the topic of this week's episode. Bryan is joined by Kelly Grosklags for a conversation about creating space for "what is" in the present, and ways to anchor a little more into "the now".

Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Conversations with Kelly. She's also the author of A Comforted Heart, and the host of the See My Grief podcast. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

For all of you parents out there doing your best to support a child who's struggling with their mental health, this one's for you. 

In this episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about what can be helpful when maneuvering mental health challenges within your family. 

She discusses the process of holding space for your child, validating their experience, maneuvering shame that may arise for parents, and much more.

Dr. Ristau is a Licensed Psychologist and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Sometimes we expect life to be simple. For things to just work out. We look around, and everything appears so simple for everyone else. Why does it feel so hard for me? 

In this week's episode, Dr. Anastasia Ristau pushes back on this idea a bit and talks about how life isn't always instant oatmeal. Perhaps it's more like a pot of stovetop oats that we have to tend to, season, and nurture. A much more involved process that features the full array of human emotions. 

Dr. Ristau is a Licensed Psychologist, and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare. 

As always - take what serves you from this conversation, and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Living with OCD is anything but funny. And yet, learning to find moments of humor has been part of the healing journey for Peter Scobas. 

In this episode, Bryan talks to Peter about the newsletter he's launched called Psychology Onions. The newsletter is aimed at using humor to help take some of OCD's power away. 

Peter shares what his experience with OCD has looked like, what has helped him live with it, and much more.

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

We all have parts of ourselves that no one sees. Things we experience internally that go "unseen".

In this episode, Bryan talks to members of the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus about their upcoming concert, which is focused on neurodiversity and mental health. The concert is called "Unseen" and is being held March 17th and 18th at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park. Click here to learn more and purchase tickets. 

Gerald Gurss (Chorus Artistic Director) and Nathan Porras (Chorus Singer) talk about their own experience with mental health, what helps them ride the waves, and how music has been part of their hearing. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

There is sacred wisdom through the lens of someone at the end of their life.

In this episode, Kelly Grosklags talks about how the dying teach us how to live. How they teach us to be more present for our lives right now, and notice what matters most.

For the second week, the "Take What Serves. Leave the Rest" podcast is joining hands with Kelly's podcast titled, "See My Grief".

Kelly a licensed clinical social worker who’s worked for over 25 years in the field of oncology, palliative care and hospice. This includes running her own private therapy practice for over 15 years. 

Kelly is also the Founder of “Conversations with Kelly”, and author of the book “A Comforted Heart”.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Learning to nurture that inner child that lives inside of you is deeply sacred work. 

In this episode, the "Take What Serves. Leave the Rest" podcasts joins hands with the "See My Grief" podcast to talk about talking to your inner child. 

The "See My Grief" podcast is hosted by Kelly Grosklags, who's a licensed clinical social worker who’s worked for over 25 years in the field of oncology, palliative care and hospice. This includes running her own private therapy practice for over 15 years. 

Kelly is also the Founder of “Conversations with Kelly”, and author of the book “A Comforted Heart”.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Matt Entz just wrapped up his 4th season as head coach of the North Dakota State University football team. 

He joins Bryan this week to talk about how he maneuvers the pressure that comes along with leading the program. He talks about what he does when self doubt grows strong, the team's "Right Now Means Everything" motto, and how he addresses mental health with his players. 

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

We experience a wide array of emotions as human beings and, in this episode, we talk about creating space for it all to exist within us. 

Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau, who is a Psychologist and Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare. Dr. Ristau joined us previously on the podcast to talk about the basics of therapy. You can listen to that episode here. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)