Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin share one last, powerful tool for communication before a brief break between seasons. Reflective listening is a tool utilized by therapists and expert conversationalists, and Dr. Mayfield is excited to share this tool with you!

Season Two of Candid Conversations will begin the first week of September.

Dr. Mayfield, Trever Shirin, and David Galvan continue their conversation about sex. This week the focus is on shame and sexting, and how we should be talking about these things. Join us!

Dr. Mayfield and his wife, the co-founder of Mayfield Counseling Centers, Sarah Mayfield, discuss her experience with cancer as a young child and how to approach the subject with others.

Trever Shirin and Dr. Mayfield have a conversation about self-injury and teenagers. Trever shares his story of self-harm and suicide with Dr. Mayfield to help parents and friends of individuals who are self-harming.

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin sit with Susan Payne of Safe2Tell and talk about not only the importance of school safety, but also how we can be a part of empowering and protecting our students!

This week’s discussion on resiliency digs into what resiliency is and looks like, and why it might be one of the most important lessons we can learn in our lives. We also discuss how there may be a lot to this particular lesson that we never stop learning.

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss silence, why we avoid it and why we should make more time to spend in silence. Warning, there are several sections of this podcast that are purposefully silent, nothing is wrong with your player!

Dr. Mayfield and Trever are joined on the podcast by Will Luden to talk about how to navigate such a divided political climate, how to engage with our government, and why doing so is important.

Joined by Kristie Tammillow, a 30+ year special education teacher who is now retired, Dr. Mayfield and Trever discuss the vital importance of redefining success for our kids. We’ve defined success in a way that may be causing great harm to our children, and it is going to take everyone to make a change.

ChangeTrust is a wonderful app that allows you to give your spare change to a cause! Listen to this short podcast as Dr. Mayfield and Trever talk about how you can effect great change in our communities through donating your spare change to Mayfield Counseling Centers.