The Three L’s—Down to earth mental health and wellness commentary on living, learning, and loving

Being self-aware is a process of knowing who you are, what you like, how different experiences/people cause you to feel—and is a vital part of feeling empowered and even learning to set better boundaries! Listen in as LPC, Rachel Ann Dine, talks practical ways you can check in with yourself to increase the all-important self-awareness and knowing who you are.

Boundaries. A timeless topic that just never goes out of style. Why? Because boundaries are ever evolving pending your needs and who you are at any given time. Having trouble learning to set effective boundaries? Have trouble knowing what your boundaries are? Just want a brush up on setting healthy boundaries in your life? Listen in as Licensed Professional Counselor, Rachel Ann Dine, takes a deep dive into the art and know how of setting boundaries that are effective for YoU!

At one point or another in your life, you may have lived or encountered a chaotic situation, person, or thing. How do you let go of chaos that may be occurring—whether it’s in the form of spending more money than you have, using a substance, or being in an unhealthy relationship—to find a better sense of self-confidence and live life as the best version of yourself? Listen in as Rachel Ann Dine, licensed professional counselor, defines WHAT chaos is and how you can start the process for weeding IT out.

Although tips for creating a successful business is a slight deviation from mental wellness tips, mental health can be closely tied to what we do for a living and how our business is running! After owning her private practice, Humanitas Counseling and Consulting, LLC for almost 4 years, listen in as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC talks realistic tips you can implement to create or even reinvent your business to be what you’ve always wanted it to be. Whether it’s defining your ideal client, setting business boundaries, understanding costs of owning a business—Rachel Ann breaks down several different ways she has been able to create a successful private practice & encourages YOU to do the same with your venture!

Contact Rachel Ann Dine at www.humanitascounseling-consulting.com or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

You can run, you can hide, but you cannot avoid it (Anger!) forever! Today on this episode, Rachel Ann Dine, LPC is talking all things anger management. Listen in to hear realistic, down to earth strategies you can employ to better manage this unavoidable emotion that will come up from time to time.

We live in a culture of busy. Sometimes becoming so involved with people, places, and things is distracting and not in alignment with who we are and what we want out of life. Listen in as LPC, Rachel Ann Dine, shares tips on letting go of what no longer is serving you to allow more room for what does propel you towards your purpose and feels more fulfilling in your life!

In the continued search for understanding self, when borderline personality disorder is a part of your life, you can sometimes have that shaky sense of self. What is this diagnosis and what are the criteria? Listen in as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC explains the tenets of this mental health diagnosis, and the most widely used modality for managing symptoms and being able to increase sense of self!

“He’s so bipolar”. “You’re bipolar”. Just two common ways how using the term bipolar can come across in a derogatory way. Maybe you’ve wondered if you actually do have bipolar disorder or questioned what it really is. Listen in as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC goes in depth about the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder 1 and 2 (did you know there were 2 types?!) and empowers you to learn more about how Bipolar Disorder affects people who have been diagnosed. *This episode is not meant as a substitute for treatment or diagnostic tool but purely for educational purposes.

Maybe you’ve thought it, maybe you’ve said that someone is/was a narcissist. Narcissistic personality disorder is the diagnosable DSM disorder that can affect certain people—whether you were/are in a relationship with someone who you believe is narcissistic or, you yourself wonder if you have these traits. Listen in as LPC, Rachel Ann Dine, describes where the term narcissist comes from and the symptoms/criteria for actually meeting the disorder. Bonus, you may get to hear about some Greek mythology and a personal story of how narcissism can happen in every day life!

Self-care at the most basic level is necessary, but how about practicing self-care at the deeper, emotional level? In part 2 of this 2 part episode series, Rachel Ann Dine, LPC breaks down what it means to LIVE the self-care lifestyle: mind, body, and spirit. Listen in and be encouraged to cultivate a strong foundation of creating happiness in your life, advocating for YOURself, recognizing and giving yourself credit, and encouraging yourself (i.e. recognizing your self-talk) which are huge tenets of LIVING self-care on a daily basis!