The Thrive Podcast

This week, Lauren sits down with Dr. Shawn Ewbank, a licensed psychologist who specializes in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults, children and adolescents with anxiety disorders (social anxiety, phobias, generalized anxiety, and separation anxiety), depressive disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), trichotillomania/skin picking, Tourette syndrome (TS), behavioral difficulties, and rage attacks. Focusing specifically on OCD, Dr. Ewbank discusses the differences between obsessions and compulsions, common ways of treating OCD, and the myths and misconceptions surrounding the disorder. We hope you find this episode informative. Happy listening! 

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The Thrive Initiative 

Emma Seppälä is a best-selling author, Yale lecturer, and international keynote speaker. She teaches executives at the Yale School of Management. A psychologist and research scientist by training, her expertise is the science of happiness, emotional intelligence, and social connection. Seppälä is also the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. This week, we discussed burnout, meditation, and finding happiness. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging! As always, we are here for you.

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The Thrive Initiative

Dr. Gia Marson is a psychologist, author, consultant, integrative medicine health coach, lecturer, and longtime meditation practitioner. She also served as director of the UCLA CAPS Eating Disorder Program, a psychologist on the UCLA Athletic Care Committee, and as a clinician at The Renfrew Center's Intensive Outpatient Program. This week, Cooper, Lauren, and Dr. Marson discuss misconceptions about eating disorders, navigating recovery, the impacts of eating disorders on health & well-being, and more. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging. As always, we are here for you. With love, The Thrive Initiative

Welcome to Season 2 of the Thrive Podcast! In this episode, Lauren and Cooper discuss their first semester back at in-person school, goals for the New Year, and more. We can't wait for this season of the Thrive Podcast! As always, we're here for you. 

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The Thrive Initiative

Vicki Harrison has over twenty years of experience working within the public health, education and mental health sectors developing innovative, community-based programs at the local, state and national levels. As Program Director for Stanford Psychiatry’s Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing, she implements a broad portfolio of community-based projects promoting wellbeing, early intervention, and increased access to mental health services for young people ages 12-25. This week, we discussed current initiatives to support adolescent mental health, media literacy, and the barriers to getting mental health treatment. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging! As always, we are here for you.

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The Thrive Initiative

Denise Pope is a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where she specializes in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She is the co-founder of Challenge Success, a research and intervention project that provides schools and families with the tools they need to raise healthy, motivated students. This week, we discussed challenging narrow definitions of success, setting boundaries, finding happiness & engagement in school, and why the American college ranking system is flawed. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging. As always, we are here for you.

With love,

The Thrive Initiative

Resources discussed in Episode 21 of The Thrive Podcast:

Challenge Success Website

A “Fit” over Rankings: Why College Engagement Matters More Than Selectivity

Cara Natterson is a pediatrician, author, go-to puberty expert, and mom. As the best selling author of The Care and Keeping of You series, she has become the leading voice in tween and teen health and wellness. This week, Cooper, Lauren, and Dr. Natterson discussed transitioning back to in-person learning and finding the balance between schoolwork, family, extracurricular activities, adequate sleep, and friendships. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging. As always, we are here for you.

With love,

The Thrive Initiative

Dr. Catherine Hynes is a clinical psychologist with a passion for helping others using evidence-based psychological treatments and improving treatment options through sound research. This week, Cooper and Dr. Hynes discussed Attachment Theory and Polyvagal Theory. In particular, they explored how these theories pertain to teenagers, relationships, and emotion regulation. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging. As always, we are here for you.

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The Thrive Initiative

This week we were joined by Dr. Heather Freeman, the program manager of YogaX, an initiative at Stanford University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Freeman has extensive yoga and clinical experience in college counseling, primary care, and community mental health. She has led yoga classes, workshops, and training in studios, community centers, community mental health settings, on college campuses, in a psychiatric hospital, and a prison. She synthesizes the ancient wisdom of the teachings of yoga with modern psychology and neuroscience to make the teachings accessible. In this episode we discuss yoga in the clinical setting, misconceptions about yoga, and how to start a practice as a teenager. We hope you find our discussion with Dr. Freeman informative and engaging. As always, we are here for you.

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The Thrive Initiative

We were joined by founder and trauma researcher/coach Ruth Cooper-Dickson. Ruth, based in the United Kingdom, is the founder and Managing Director of CHAMPS, a mental health consultancy, providing resources and services to promote well-being in the workplace. Ruth is a positive psychology practitioner and has received an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology. This upcoming fall, she will begin working towards her doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy and Counseling. We picked Ruth’s brain on trauma, breakdowns, burnout, positive psychology, and the term she uses at the forefront of her work: mental wealth. We hope you find this episode informative and engaging. As always, we are here for you.

With love,

The Thrive Initiative

Note: to see more of Ruth’s work, follow her on Instagram @ruth.cooperdickson