The Inner Edit

Leeor Gal is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Philadelphia, PA. You may know her from Tiktok and Instagram as The Therapy Gal, where she is unapologetically her goofy self while simultaneously teaching us so much. We discuss the couple's relationship dance, Leeor's 3-sentence method for communicating during conflict, her own struggles with anxiety, our love of the Real Housewives, medication, and humanizing therapists.

"Be honest. Be honest in therapy and with yourself and work on the shame around that honesty." - Leeor Gal

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Leeor's Website

Leeor's Instagram: @the_therapy_gal

Leeor's Tiktok: @thetherapygal

The Miracle Question TikTok

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Amber Benziger is an LPC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Amber's private practice, Vitality Behavioral Health is located in NJ. She is also the founder of The Anxiety Lab, a group coaching membership for women and the co-host of The Managed Mind Podcast. Amber and I discuss anxiety, how it manifests for her and how she copes. We also talk about the difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack. This conversation is jam-packed with strategies and coping mechanisms to help with anxiety and how to slowly incorporate self-care into your busy life.

"Think about how many times a day we're checking in with our kids, our friends, our spouse, why wouldn't we check in with ourselves to make sure that we have what we need?" - Amber Benziger

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Amber's Website

Amber's Instagram: @amber_vs_anxiety

The Managed Mind Podcast

The Anxiety Lab Group coaching

Michelle Dempsey-Multack is a Certified Life Coach and a National Association of Divorce Professionals' Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS®). Michelle is a writer, coach, speaker, and creator/founder of Moms Moving On. Under the Moms Moving On umbrella, Michelle hosts a podcast, leads a community, and offers one-on-one and group coaching and support for women and moms going through divorce. Michelle's first book is available for pre-order and set to release on March 15th, 2022. Michelle is a mom to Bella, a stepmom to Jolie, a co-parent, a spouse, daughter, and friend. We talk about the mental and emotional challenges, we talk about mindset, and the misconceptions about divorce. Michelle talks of her childhood, the experience of her parents' divorce and how that prepared her for stepmotherhood. Michelle shares what anxiety looks like for her and how her life changed with medication.

"My core belief is I never want to have another woman go through what I went through without feeling the support or without having the knowledge to feel empowered on her journey." - Michelle Dempsey-Multack

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Michelle's Website

Michelle's Instagram: @themichelledempsey

Michelle's Podcast

Michelle's Book!

Michelle's Book Launch Virtual Summit

Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:

Ep 9 Jax Anderson

Ep 11 Dr. Elizabeth Cohen

Dr. Kim Van Dusen is a LMFT, a Registered Play Therapist, University Professor, Public Conference Speaker, Blogger, and currently works part-time in private practice and also for a clinic that serves families that have children on the Autism Spectrum. She is a mom of two and the CEO/Owner/Founder of The Parentologist, a Southern California based family and lifestyle brand about everything parenting with a therapeutic twist! Dr. Kim shares with me her own personal hybrid style of parenting and how to parent kids differently even under the same roof. We discuss play therapy, the importance of play, how play therapy works, and her thoughts on when to bring a therapist into your child's life.

"There are so many restrictions put on kids and play where they can't just be and let go. Let them be free and play because it builds communication, motor, math, and social skills. " - Dr. Kim Van Dusen

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Kim's Website

Dr. Kim's Instagram: @theparentologist

Dr. Kim's Podcast

Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:

Ep 3 Tara Clark

Ep 5 Linda Fruits

Ep 6 Ingrid Read

Ep 14 Renee Reina

Today I'm joined by Erica Drewry, a dietitian dedicated to teaching you how to worry less about food and be more present with things that matter in your life. With over 10 years of experience, Erica believes your relationship with food is a foundation for discovering your own version of wellbeing and health. Additionally, she is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Eating Disorder Dietitian Supervisor, and host of her podcast the Aligned Nutrition Podcast. Erica gives a fantastic amount of real-life examples of how to have nutrition align with daily life. She gives us an idea of what it's like to work with a dietitian, she shares her personal story with how she's come to do the work she does today and more!

"There is research that shows that kids as young as preschool know the word fat and know that it's a 'bad word' and that's where we get that fat phobia as a society that we turn onto ourselves." - Erica Drewry

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Erica's Website

Erica's Instagram: @alignednutrition

Erica's Podcast

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

H.A.E.S.

Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:

Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason

Ep 25 Katelyn Parsons

Ep 29 Unyime Oguta

My guest is Brooke Randolph, licensed mental health counselor and founder and director of Counseling at The Green House, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her specialties are Adoption Therapy & developmental trauma, Brainspotting, and relationships. She is the author of 3 workbooks for kids as well as a contributing author to Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues (2014), and the organizing editor of It's Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion, & Open Adoption (2017). She was a founding member of MLJ Adoptions, Inc and an Advisory Board member for The Villages. Brooke talks about her personal story with adoption, she gives me a brief history of adoption through the decades in the US, and shares insight on the mental health implications from each perspective in the adoption process.

"If you're dealing with someone based on your stereotype of them then you're not going to be able to communicate with them, you're not going to have a real relationship and nothing really changes." - Brooke Randolph

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Brooke's Website

Brooke's Instagram: @brookerandolphlmhc

Brooke's Workbooks & Books

Brooke's Recommended Reading List

What Not to Say Handout

7 Core Emotional Issues in Adoption

American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption by Gabrielle Glaser

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler

Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom by Heather T. Forbes

Attachment and Trauma Network

My guest today is Dr. Timmesha Butler, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Assistant Professor at Ramapo College of New Jersey, and provides psychotherapy in New Jersey and Virginia. Dr. B shares with me her personal story that led to where she is now, including pivoting from law school to social work. We talk about her experience as Black woman with a PhD, her love of working with teens and advocating for children with IEPs. We talk about mental health and college-aged students and a call for greater empathy in our education systems and why it matters.

"I love being a social worker and an educator because I have the ability to see the whole person and not just the student." - Dr. Timmesha Butler

Links:

Christie's Website: https://www.sasssays.com

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Butler's Website

Dr. Butler's Instagram: @itsdrmeesh

Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:

Ep 10 Kerrie Mohr

Ep 20 Diana Simon

Ep 21 Dr. Vanessa Freeman

My guest today is Dr. Traci Stein, a health psychologist, award-winning author, and the creator of a series of popular guided imagery, self-hypnosis, and meditation audio programs. She is a core faculty member at the Spirituality Mind-Body Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her podcast, "Unpacking Possibility with Dr. Traci Stein," features interviews with people who have experienced profound personal transformation and share their strategies for creating positive change. We talk about the connection between mind, body, and spirit, her courses, her experience and background, intuition, hypnosis, and telepathy.

"We can have grief for people who pass but we can also have grief for the life we had before a diagnosis or any big change." - Dr. Traci Stein

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Stein's Website

Dr. Stein's Podcast

Dr. Stein's Instagram: @drtracistein

Dr. Stein's Developing Everyday Intuition Course

Dr. Stein's Workshops, Courses, & Audio Programs

Previous Sass Says show mentioned:

Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe

My guest today is Dr. Cassandra Hutchins, a therapist in private practice in Short Hills, NJ. She specializes in EMDR, trauma focused-CBT, positive psychology, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic and relaxation based treatments. Dr. Cass is also the Creator of YourDocInTheBox therapy cards. Today she shares some of her go-to tools for helping her clients ease stress and anxiety, her best advice for beginning therapy, and how to go back in time to your childhood to understand who you are today. We talk about bridging the gap between psychology and spirituality and the difference between working with a therapist and venting to your friends.

"We are more alike than we know and we don't always recognize that." - Dr. Cassandra Hutchins

Links:

Christie's Website

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Cass' Website

Dr. Cass' Instagram: @dr.cass_x_ydib

Your Doc In the Box

My guest today is Dr. Kristie Overstreet, clinical sexologist, psychotherapist, author of Fix Yourself First: 25 Tips to Stop Ruining Your Relationships and host of the Fix Yourself First podcast. Her mission is to help people improve their relationships by first focusing on the most important relationship they have, the one with themselves, so that they are empowered to create the lives they deserve. We talk about sex therapy, sexpectations, sexual shame and self-esteem, how to communicate with your partner, the different types of intimacy, and the importance of her work with the LGBTQIA+ communities.

"Therapy doesn't fix people, people fix people when they are applying therapy to their lives." - Dr. Kristie Overstreet

Links:

Christie's Website: https://www.sasssays.com

Christie's Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Kristie's Website: https://drkristieoverstreet.com/

Dr. Kristie's Instagram: @kristie_overstreet

Dr. Kristie's Podcast: https://drkristieoverstreet.com/podcast/