Summer is such a fresh time to provide ourselves with Self-Love.  We all have that Inner Bully inside of our heads that likes to beat us up every now and again.  This weeks podcast discusses ways to utilize Mantras, Pictures and you Leisure Time to incorporate Self-Love into your daily routines.  It's time to create a healthy environment inside your brain by utilizing Self-Love.

Let's explore how our brain is a muscle that needs to be trained to handle the unexpected.  Challenging Yourself through Leisure Activities you give the brain a chance to handle life events in a more productive and healthy way.  Pop in your earbuds and listen to my Out of My Comfort Zone experiences that have helped me to handle stress, anxiety and even trauma in my life.

I believe I have coined the phrase "Mental Healthcation." Join me this week as I discuss how companies are placing an emphasis on their employees mental health through vacation time.  I will provide you with ways to work on incorporating a "Mental Healthcation" into your summer experience.  A relaxed brain is a brain that will be more creative and productive in the future. Let's take a summer break and improve our mental health.

The Journey today takes us to the Magic that TikTok can have in our lives and how it can help with your Mental Health.  I know you might be questioning how can TikTok help with my mental health but it is a fact with data to support this.  If TikTok does not interest you there are many other ways of Video Journaling that can help you with your mental health, improve creativity and self-expression.  Pop in your earbuds and let's take a ride through The Magic of TikTok and Video Journaling. You might be surprised about the importance of these coping mechanisms.

Summer Loving Had Me a Blast! Summer is in the air with all of its' smells, sights and sounds.  Summer is a great way for you to enjoy the Wide Open Spaces in Your World. Don't let this Summer pass you bye without accomplishing your ideas because you didn't set Goals for yourself.  Life is short and you want to look back at the Summer of 2022 as a joyous and fun time in your life by enjoying everything that Summer has to offer. 

It is that time of year where High School students start to write their college essays.  This really got me thinking about how as individuals we can identify what is special about ourselves as individuals. Join me as I have you look at yourself in a different light and how you can improve and identify the growth that you see in yourself.

Season 3 is off to a great start with Episode 74.  I take you on a Journey of my surgery that happened four months ago. I tell you my Journey because we all go through traumatic Journeys in our lives and I believe you each will be able to relate. I was in a dark place and I used music to bring me back from that darkness.  I will talk about what a theme song can mean in each of your own individual lives.  Music has a power that can be magical just when we need a spark to ignite within ourselves.

Our Journey together begins this week.  Join me as we get down to the basics of coping with overwhelming situations in our lives. I share my Journey as a juror on a DUI Manslaughter case and how it overwhelmed my life.  Techniques will be identified for you on how to compartmentalize your stressors to give your brain a break.  So let's get down to the basics and begin to fill the Wide Open Space within yourself with positive coping mechanisms.

Come on a Journey with me as I launch Season 3 of Wide Open Space with Ilise. I am going to take you on my personal Journey of the series of struggles that I have gone through recently. I know that for a lot of you my struggles will be similar to your struggles. Together, we can learn how to evolve and cope through life's adversities.  May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I believe the perfect month to launch Season 3!

Have you checked in with your teen lately??? This episode talks about the importance of creating an atmosphere with your teen in which they will open up to you.  Many parents don't ask questions and later find out that their child is suffering from mental health issues. This podcast talks about ways to talk to your teen, how to get them to open up and how as a parent or guardian you should be touching base with your teen. May is Mental Health Awareness Month but there should be Awareness all year long.