Wellness Podcast

Welcome back from the break everyone and thank you for coming back! In this week's episode, I talk about the word grace and what it means. I give an example of giving myself grace when I made a silly mistake this week coming back to campus for the first time in 18 months, and my action item is- give yourself a break this week. Transitions are tough, have a great week!

In this episode, I talk about how we can ask for help when we are overwhelmed, in big and small ways, instead of just getting more and more overwhelmed. We do not have to do all the things all the time, really. I also talk about how I am going to take a break for the rest of the summer. See you in the fall!

In this episode, I talk about everything I know and can remember about anger, including that anger is a secondary emotion (so there is an underlying emotion underneath it), more anger makes you more angry, etc., and all the tricks I have learned to help with anger.

In this episode, I define fitting in and belonging using Brene Brown's definitions, give some examples of both of these situations in my own life, and give a few ideas for action items for people of different ages (including loving yourself, just as you are right now) to at least pay attention to where you feel belonging vs fitting in in your life.

In this episode, I talk about how I "hate" summer, but I really want to try to not hate it this year, and enjoy each season for what it is (not for what I wish it could be). This applies to actual seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall) of the year and also to seasons in our lives, from anything from when our kids are little to grieving the death of a loved one. Also, I reiterate the importance of gratitude for what we have (from Brene Brown) in order to not fall in the trap of wondering when everything will fall apart/when the other shoe will drop.

In this episode, I talk about HOW to figure out which things actually help you to replenish your mental/emotional and physical stores of energy. Sometimes, what we think is filling our cup is actually just stuffing down our feelings instead. The key is to think about what you are feeling during and after, to determine whether the thing you are doing is actually helping you or not.

In this episode, I talk about the Default Mode Network (DMN) and how we can use it to help us rest, be more creative, and less anxious. I talk about 2 books I've read, the Burnout book by Emily and Amelia Nagoski that I've talked about before and a book called Unwinding Anxiety, by Dr. Judson Brewer, and how both mention the DMN but in different ways. Also Magic Eye (if you want to lose a few minutes/hours of work), and this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network. 

In this episode, I focus on the end of the semester and graduation, but also on how we can accept that we are feeling grief even when someone hasn't died. I talk about some of the things I feel like I am grieving right now (including changes due to the "beginning of the end?" of the pandemic at least in the US) and this video from the Holderness Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U74wUO54Sdg. Action items: make space/time in your schedule to reflect, be grateful for what you had/for what was, and put your feelings out into the world however you can (write in a journal, podcast, call a friend and talk about it).

In this week's episode, I talk about Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly, about how everyone is just doing the best we can with the resources we have, and Gretchen Rubin's quote that "perfect is the enemy of good." Action item for the week: try to change your brain (story you are telling yourself about someone/something) or try to change your actions, based on the knowledge that you will NEVER be perfect. And that is OK!

In this episode, I talk about 1) what transitions are 2) how ALL transitions are hard and 3) what we can do to make them easier on us. I also mention Katherine May's book, Wintering, which is about the seasons (a type of transition), which I highly recommend, and Brene Brown's FFTs (Effing First Times) which are also important to transitions. Let's all be extra good to ourselves in the next few weeks and months, since I think a huge FFT is coming up for us all- the "end" of the pandemic.