This episode explains my recent break from social media, the importance of actively and consistently managing our mental and emotional health, and a call to action for anyone struggling to please reach out and begin your healing today.

Venting, ranting, emotionally brain-barfing whatever you want to call it- it's my opinion that it's one of the worst ways we can handle negative emotions and experiences. My unpopular opinion for the day: to rant about an experience is to practice, rehearse and re-live the negative emotional responses you had to that particular experience.

We don't necessarily need to use social media less, we just need to use it better. Social media gets a bad rap. It's being blamed for all sorts of new disorders and gets accused of exacerbating mental health problems. There's no denying that sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter can be a fertile ground to plant seeds of self-doubt, jealousy, and anger. But today I want to talk about how to use your social media in a way that's adding value to your life. 

Intentional living is the deliberate attempt to live in alignment with your individual core values and beliefs. This episode discusses both the broad definition of living with intention, how you can begin to live an intentional life and why it matters. 

Hi, I'm Binky Bell and welcome to the first episode of the Paradigm Shift Parenting Podcast. This quick episode is just an introduction and a small bit about why I decided to start podcasting!