Containment, what do you mean? Like a container? Have you ever been in a conversation where someone was venting to you about their thoughts, feelings or frustrations and you just had no idea what your role was in the conversation? Are you there to listen? To provide input? Or just provide a safe place to talk? On Up For Discussion with Dora and Jon we talk about our experience.

Are there internal factors that inspire you to complete your goals? Dora and Jon may have the same end goal however they approach things differently. Is one way better than the other? Let’s listen to Up For Discussion with Dora and Jon.

Join us as we delve into depression part 2. We discuss what depression can look like and the skills we have used to manage to move through it. Does any of this sound familiar?

Communication styles—how can these various styles affect our relationships? Practicing “I” statements, a technique to decrease blame and increase empathy. How does our upbringing affect our communication style?

Do you ever contemplate where you are in your life? How the trajectory of your life may look in the future? Dora and Jon process the different stages of life, while adding our own personal experiences of how we approached it.

Our past experiences that can be often times be related to trauma can cause us to feel heavy with emotions. These emotions are related to guilt, regret and/or shame resulting in inner judgment, anger, and/or depression. This can affect our everyday lives in how we interact with others and how we treat ourselves.

What is dichotomous thinking, or in other words, black-and-white thinking? How does it affect us in our relationships? How can we create more awareness when we’re operating with that mindset? Dora and Jon explore these questions in this episode of Up For Discussion.

How negative self-talk can lead to negative feelings resulting in self-hatred? Through our conversation, discover a path to becoming more compassionate towards yourself by modifying your internal views of yourself; just remember the process and time is different for everyone so be patient.

In this episode Dora and Jon discuss burnout and how it relates to anyone in any profession. What does burnout look like? How do you know you are experiencing it? How do you get through it? Do we all experience it the same way? Let's take a listen.

In this episode Dora and Jon discuss what healing appears like and how some may achieve it. They take a look at the aftermath of hurt, recovery or negative events to reach a healing outcome. During this discovery understanding to be patient with the many bumps in the road to your process is important, be kind to yourself.