In this solo episode, I share my journey through podcast development, creation and my growth through this process. I discuss reasons for ending Nothing Left to Give and share information about my new up and coming podcast geared towards Mental Health Therapists called “The Holistic Counseling Podcast.”

The content of this episode includes 6 Lessons I’ve learned through 2020 and how these lessons can help in the future beyond.

In this episode I interview Dr. Carly Marie Manly Dr. Manly discusses what gratitude means for her, how she uses gratitude in her own personal practice and the benefits of gratitude. She also shares ways that listeners can create more consistent and creative practices.

In this episode I interview Dr. Colleen Grunhaus. . She shares how moral distress can appear when a Counselor loses a client to suicide. Chris shares her journey through a client suicide. The emotional fallout for Counselor/Therapists when a client completes a suicide is discussed. She shares more about her research on the impact on Counselors, what supports are provided for counselors and how do workplace response and support. She shares other ways to help support Counselors.

Licensed Therapist Marlo Sell shares her personal journey through the tragedy of the loss of her 21 year old son. She discusses the process of grief, self-blame and difficulty towards acceptance. She describes how she has found healing and how she gets through hard days as well as how she manages difficult emotions that have arisen. She gives a message of hope and how to stay positive.

In this episode I interview Dr. Valerie Young about her journey through Impostor syndrome and her research. She defines it as Impostor Phenomenon and who is likely to experience it. She says many have core beliefs that they are fooling people their whole life and they are going to be find out, externalize accomplishments and internalize our failures. Those with it may diminish contributions they have. She discusses where Impostor syndrome can originate and how to conquer it.

In this episode I interview Sabrina Vasquez about her journey through burnout and compassion fatigue. Sabrina discusses the 3 components of mindful self-compassion and how it can help healthcare providers.

This is one of my short episodes to help teach you hands-on skills to better manage stress, prevent burnout, or manage burnout. In this episode I teach you how to use visualization to let go of something that’s holding you back and to help relieve stress.

In this episode I interview Noa Ronen, speaker and Certified Coach. She discusses how she is able to avoid burnout and the importance of recovery time. She discusses importance of creating balance in your life with your strengths and what that can look like. Noa describes differences between “Doing” and “Being” energy and the benefits and risks of each. She shares her journey through self-doubt and self-sabotage.

In this episode I interview Elizabeth Grady She discusses six steps and 8 dimensions of Wellness:

1) Identifying where you want to build this resilience

2) Take a look at your attitude, what do you say/believe about this

3) How can you change it to be more positive

4) Set goals for change “I want..” and fill in the blank

5) Set some short and long term goals

6) Take action

This is one of my short episodes to help teach you hands-on skills to better manage stress, prevent burnout, or manage burnout. In this episode I teach you how to use meditation with healing light from the earth.