True Vine Talks

Linda, Katlin, and Rachel discuss a theory that mental health content online may be contributing to a mass social/emotional contagion, particularly among the teen/adolescent population. Listen to learn more about adolescent development, social contagion theory, mirror neurons, and the fixed mindset.

Caylin France is a Student Support Specialist at Marshall University. She joins us on the podcast to discuss her her passion for helping others succeed; mentally, emotionally, and academically. Caylin shared some of her experiences participating in (and working for) the Upward Bound Program at Marshall and how it played a huge role in finding her purpose.

January is a time when many of us set goals or New Years resolutions. If we are unable to maintain these plans, we can feel defeated or disappointed in ourselves. Change is challenging to maintain, because it involves intentionally choosing to do what is best for you, over what might be fun, fast, or easy in the moment. Linda, Katlin, and Rachel discuss the importance of setting and maintaining intentions in order to build healthy habits and reach our goals. When feeling discouraged, Katlin recommends the 3 Rs: re-evaluate, revisit, and reset your intention(s).

The Holiday season, for many people, can lead to feelings of loneliness and disappointment. Linda and Rachel discuss the importance of being flexible with Holiday plans and managing our expectations.

Linda and Rachel discuss the layers of shame that can surface around sex in relationships. Our view of sex and sexuality is shaped by the messages we received from society, our culture, our friends and family, and our own inner beliefs about our self-worth. In this podcast we discuss how shame can prevent emotional connection through sexual bonding and how we help couples have these difficult conversations.

In this episode Linda and Rachel discuss why we experience resistance toward change. Listen to learn skills for adapting and conquering the changes you want to make in your life.

Linda, Katlin, and Rachel discuss how to reparent your inner child through self discipline, joy, emotion regulation, and self care. Listen and learn about some of the obstacles that come up for individuals beginning the reparenting process and how to overcome them.

Our guest, Elizabeth Slagel, is the owner and operator of Weymouth Hill Event Venue in Ironton, OH. Elizabeth has a passion for creative endeavors. We enjoyed watching her light up as she discussed the joy she finds in helping her clients design the perfect wow factor for their event. Elizabeth, thank you for your time and insight into the power of moments. Contact Weymouth Hill if you are planning an event that you want to make a magical moment.

Linda and Rachel discuss the 4 parts of self based on the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS). Listen and learn about how we all have our authentic self, managers, firefighters, and exiled (or hurt child) parts of self. We hope this podcast helps you understand how complex our internal worlds are. Thank you for listening.

Linda, Katlin, and Rachel discuss the impacts of consuming traumatic news in our daily lives. Listen and learn how our brains interpret news events as immediate threats, which can trigger anxiety; as well as ways to cope with the stress these types of events can create. Trigger Warning: the events discussed in this podcast include violence, such as mass shootings.