Listen this week as I talk about how this pandemic has made some of us look at the world in a dreamlike state.  I discuss how research is showing people are experiencing de-personalization and de-realization as their world is changing rapidly.  As you listen you may identify this in yourself and I give you coping skills to help you battle the new world we are living in.

Summer is freedom, sun, sand, and friends.  This summer there was a sense of freedom from the pandemic and life getting back to normal.  Things have started to change and getting back to normal is slowly slipping away.  Join me this week as I help you keep the freedom of summer alive!

This week I take you on a journey on how to create a calm and peaceful environment during your daily life.  Its time to focus on your environment and how it effects your mood and anxiety.  I end the podcast with a visualization to help you feel Zen in the moment.  Take a listen and start to feel Zen.

Summer is finally here!  Let's dive in to all that Summer has to offer us.  I even help you identify how Summer can be used as a coping mechanism.  The past year has been hard on all of us but it did not come without lessons learned.  The discussion evolves into how you can incorporate all of the new skills you've acquired during this past year and make them lifelong coping skills.

I'm excited to launch the start of season 2.  The discussion continues about mental health awareness month and that the stigma around mental health is getting better.  I announce the title of my personal theme song for this year.  Explore how you an identify your personal theme song and how music can be used as a therapeutic tool.  WideOpenSpaces with Ilise would like to personally thank all of my loyal listeners for the past year and we would like to welcome all who may be new listeners.  Let's start our journey together.

May is mental health awareness month and this week's podcast discusses how the pandemic has created a larger understanding regarding mental health.  Join me as I talk about Covid phobia and re-entry anxiety.  Please leave me any comments identifying ways you have dealt with mental health during this pandemic.

Have you ever wanted to reinvent yourself or make a big lifestyle change?  Join me this week as I talk about concrete and organic ways that you can reinvent yourself.  We all go through many life changes and sometimes we need to make a big change to feel whole.  Please leave me any comments or suggestions after you listen to this podcast.  If I use your suggestion I will thank you personally on my podcast.

The pandemic has changed the face of the world and how we cope with grief.  Join me this week as I talk about the process of grief and how to move through it.  I also share my own personal tragedy with grief during Covid-19.  Grief comes in many different forms and all of us will experience some type of grief in our lives.

This week's podcast I discuss my observations over the past year and how the topic of anxiety has become readily discussed.  There have been TV shows, the news, social media, new products, and new apps that have evolved during the pandemic.  I believe these new ideas are here to stay and that people understand anxiety more than prior to COVID.  Join me as we take a look into our own personal looking glass.

Let's talk about how the seasons effect our mood and our lifestyles.  I discuss renewal and how to let go of toxic energy and allow positive influences in your life.  Take some time with me to explore getting to know yourself better.