Abby and Kellee introduce their first guest of the podcast! Norina Asante who is a first-generation Ghanaian-American. Norina gives the listener(s) her lived experience around being a therapist of color in the mental health field, particularly during 2020, and also shares some more personal stories around being a woman of color. Norina describes for the listener(s) what support has been most healing for her, and what she believes therapist can offer to their clients to create healing; deep listening and presence. Norina addresses the work that we must all do to heal our communities. 

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Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice
 https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/?utm_campaign=Racial%20Trauma%20Webinar%20June%202020&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=109425188&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--B0b2ZXz6BRZGf68vaXuRJvuEWdAgOdnblChFxCWCqPiXn8BcOM9VXz1QKi9fTNuyA5UR4BpEFb9X8V-Ba-_Bof9fRSA&utm_content=109425188&utm_source=hs_email
Anti-Racism Daily Newsletter
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Seeing White
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If you want to continue this conversation Motivo provides free peer consultation groups on a couple of topics relevant to racial equity: https://www.motivo.community/events?utm_campaign=Racial%20Trauma%20Webinar%20June%202020&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=109425188&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_l49l_4HHW5SxZ2anKRTSzQiAUqJWsB7FOi4j-ivRuLMpQ8WwriNq9JADPJIiBcg3SsVX7Ut_712BHPlZgozv7Y6zwhw&utm_content=109425188&utm_source=hs_email

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Abby and Kellee are back for season 2! There is a bit of a reunion feel to this first episode of season 2. Abby and Kellee fill in the gaps of what they have been up to since taking a break after season 1. They start touching on the topic of transitions and explore this idea that we cannot return to “what was;” We transform in transitions. 

Topics Touched on:
Michael Hamm: https://www.integrativebodyworkeducation.com
Circle of Security: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com
Embodying Epigenetics Training: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embodying-epigenetics-the-story-of-our-cells-tickets-136049097513

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Kellee and Abby come back for an encore in Season 1! They explore the layers of the upcoming holidays, winter moving in, and the pandemic worsening. In this episode they are curious about the mystical powers the cold may have, the need for preparation in a winter season, and the life that is actually present when something appears dead. Stay tuned for the end of this episode as there are some special guests at that end to offer messages of hope, and a remarkable song that carries a soothing tune for the weary therapist's soul.

Topics Touched On:
Winter: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
The Keep Going Song by Abigail and Shaun Bengson (used with permission): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-ju_L9pEQ

Special Guests:
Rachel Rossi: https://rachelrossicounseling.com
Lisa Dion: https://lisa-dion.com
Karen Doyle Buckwalter: https://northstarconsultingassociates.com/karen-doyle-buckwalter-lcsw/
Meghan Gentry, LCSW
Deb Wesslemann: http://www.atcnebraska.com/team/deb-wesselmann/
Marshall Lyles : https://www.marshalllyles.com

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Abby and Kellee take listeners on an exciting scientific journey exploring the idea that are genes are not stagnant and unchanging. They spend time helping the listener understand what a gene is, and how epigenetics is related to our genes. They explore conditions that are created in the environment that lead our genes to be expressed or not expressed like: mental health, obesity. physical ailments, disease, etc.  They find hope in their discussion along the way, noting the environment we create for our clients can truly change the genes and therefore future generations to come.

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Moshe Szyf: https://www.ted.com/speakers/moshe_szyf
Bruce H. Lipton, PhD: https://www.brucelipton.com/books/biology-of-belief

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Under healthy conditions implicit and explicit memory are happening at the same time. Abby and Kellee define these terms and identify where these types of memory live within the brain. Several examples are given about each type of memory, and how trauma can impact our implicit and explicit memory. 

Topics Touched On:

Dr. Dan Siegel -  https://www.attachment-and-trauma-treatment-centre-for-healing.com/blogs/understanding-and-working-with-the-window-of-tolerance
Bonnie Badenoch- https://www.nurturingtheheart.com

Question: Can you pick one client and begin to notice what is happening for you implicitly, or what’s happening between the two of you implicitly? 

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Abby and Kellee explore the struggle of holding space for clients while being sure to hold space for ourselves outside the therapy room. How do we come home at the end of the day and still be able to show up for ourselves and our families? During a time when many therapists are holding higher caseloads and holding higher stress in their own lives Abby and Kellee offer strategies and ideas to use inside and outside sessions that help us lean into balancing and protecting our energy. 

Topics Touched on:
Tappers- https://bi-tapp.com
Winnicott- https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/holding-and-containing-winnicott.php
PESI- https://www.pesi.com
Peaceful Tree PDF- email us for a copy 

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Abby and Kellee start by briefly summarizing The Power of Discord and discuss how this book inspired them to put out this episode around meaning making. Abby and Kellee explore how meaning making is intertwined in all we do and marvel at meaning making beginning at a molecular level. They use this episode to share more vulnerable parts of themselves to help the listener connect to this idea of meaning making, and the implications it has for therapists and clients in the therapy room. 

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The Power of Discord: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Discord-Relationships-Building-Resilience/dp/0316488879/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OXST7GJAFP35&dchild=1&keywords=power+of+discord&qid=1604370399&sprefix=power+of+di%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-1
Circle of Security: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/login/?mepr-unauth-page=1994&redirect_to=%2Fmembers%2Fmy-profile%2F
Deb Dana: https://www.thescienceofpsychotherapy.com/deb-dana/
Lisa Dion:  https://lisa-dion.com
Bonnie Badenoch: https://www.nurturingtheheart.com
Karen Buckwalter podcast: https://attachmenttheoryinaction.podbean.com
Epigenetics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1392256/
Ana Gomez: https://www.anagomez.org
Marshall Lyles: https://www.marshalllyles.com
HYGGE:  http://hyggehouse.com/hygge
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083029/

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We are 7 days from Election Day! In this two part episode series Abby and Kellee move right into where they left off from Part 1 of Political Stress in Therapy Room. Coming from a nervous system perspective Abby and Kellee further explore why naming political stress out loud in the therapy room helps create safety, gives opportunity for rupture, and ultimately bringing repair and thus a deeper connection between therapists and their clients. Abby and Kellee move the conversation to  reflective functioning, and wonder together why there are not trainings for therapists to talk about politics with their clients.

Topics Touched on:
Peter Fonagy- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/people/peter-fonagy
Debra Wesselmann- http://www.atcnebraska.com/team/deb-wesselmann/
Reflective Functioning- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/research/reflective-functioning-questionnaire-rfq

Cited Research Articles:
Van Berkum, J. J. A., Holleman, B., Nieuwland, M., Otten, M., & Murre, J. (2009). Right or wrong? The brain’s fast response to morally objectionable statements. Psychological Science, 20(9), 1092–1099.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02411.x

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Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker’s - https://www.growbeyondwords.com/books-videos/
VOTE!  https://howto.vote

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Election day is just 2 WEEKS away! Clients, therapists, and humans collectively are ALL feeling it. Join Abby and Kellee as they discuss political stress: what it is, why we in the field need to care, and how our responses to election-induced stress and political attitudes influence the nervous system.

Topics Touched on:
Dr Dan Siegel re: River of Mental Wellness: https://www.drdansiegel.com/
Dr Stephen Porges re: states of our ANS: https://www.stephenporges.com/
Bowlby's Stages of Grief: BOWLBY J. Processes of mourning. Int J Psychoanal. 1961 Jul-Oct;42:317-40. PMID: 13872076.

Cited Research Articles:
Kanai, R., Feilden, T., Firth, C., & Rees, G. (2011). Political orientations are correlated with brain structure in young adults. Current Biology, 21(8), 677–680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.017

McAdams, D. P., Hanek, K. J., & Dadabo, J. G. (2013). Themes of self-regulation and self-exploration in the life stories of religious American conservatives and liberals. Political Psychology, 34(2), 201–219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00933.x

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Is awkwardness actually just another level of vulnerability with your client? If you can get past it have entered into another level of relationship?  Abby and Kellee explore the feeling of being awkward, and get curious about when it happens. Is it happening in relationship with another? They discuss dancing with clients in the awkwardness, and wondering out loud about this feeling being connected to attachment. Is it different than shame, anxiety, embarrassment? What does it feel like in the body? The end by encouraging listeners to externalize their own awkwardness. 

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Tag us in a post showing an image or word that represents your awkward part(s)

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