The Wellness Diary
Insights, advice, new research, tips and tricks, and new resources to help you with your mental health journey.
Episode 31: Conquer Your Fear And Break Free Of Anxiety
Episode 31: In episode 31 Jodi Aman joins us to discuss how to overcome anxiety and live a happier life. Through humor and warmth, her popular YouTube Channel inspires thousands of people all over the world get rid of fear, expand their consciousness and live with vitality.
Mental Wellness Through Self-Care: Activities That Boost Your Sense Of Well-Being
Mental well-being doesn’t just happen; you have to work at it. People who take a proactive approach to personal wellness tend to be more well-adjusted and less depressed than those who sit around and wait for something positive to happen.
Episode 30: Become A Visionary
Episode 30: Nichomi Higgins, LMFT joins me in discussing the spiritual, mental and emotional road blocks of taking risks and following your dreams. She shares how to get over fear and manifest your dreams.
The Game Of Love: What's There To Learn?
Romantic partners tend the be some of the most powerful teachers and bring us important lessons that need to be learned in our human experience. There really is no energy stronger than the energy of romantic love….
Borderline Personality Disorder: "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me!"
People affected with BPD have a very rough life, suffer A LOT and even if they behave disruptively against themselves or others, they often are victims of abuse and have several wounds. If treated supported and helped these humans can get better, there is HOPE!
Episode 29: Understaning Polyamory From A New Perspective
Episode 29: In this episode we dive into understanding poly-amorous relationships from a new perspective. Valerie is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in working with couples in open relationships.
Recently Suffer a Loss? Moving Can Be Your Ticket to a Fresh Start
Mourning the death of a loved one is difficult, and it can take a long time before you move on, but you will be able to move on. Most advice will tell you that “moving on” is more of a metaphorical goal. You have to get past the bereavement period in your own head. While this is certainly true, it’s wrong to think that moving on cannot also be a physical way to cope.
Episode 28: What Is Happening To Our Relationships?
Episode 28: Ira Israel comes back onto the show to share his opinion on relationships and how our cultural dynamics have shifted how we show up in our relationships. Ira offers a unique clinical, spiritual and philosophical perspective on this topic.
Fall, Then Stand: What To Do When You Relapse
At some point, whether you’ve been sober days, weeks, months, or even years, there’s still always the chance of relapse, and it can happen to anyone in recovery at any time.
Episode 27: Change Your Life With Mindfulness
Episode 27: Ashley Graber, LMFT joins me for a discussion about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Ashley shares practical ways to in cooperate the practice into your day-to-day life.
Episode 26: New Age Recovery: A New Perspective On Sobriety
Episode 26: Jay Wick, LMFT joins me for an interesting discussion about his journey in recovery and how he helps client's find purpose in their sobriety.
Episode 25: Navigating Motherhood
Episode 25: Motherhood is hard. There is no question about how difficult it is to become a new mother. Today's episode is all about maternal mental health.
Sleep Deprivation: Effects on Your Mind and Body
Many people don’t think much about sleep until they’re not getting enough of it. The average adult needs seven to nine full hours of sleep to be fully rested. Anytime you’re getting less, you enter very stages of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation puts your body under serious strain as it struggles to keep up with daily demands.
Episode 24: Creating The Bridge: How To Connect With Teens
Episode 24: Aly Thompson, LMFT joins me for a discussion about adolescence and provides insight, tools and valuable information about how to connect with, understand and guide teens through their unique challenges.
The Perfect Day: In Recovery
It’s not always easy to think of enjoying your life when you’re struggling to get through another day sober, but you should. Finding moments of peace and happiness is a crucial step in the process of personal reinvention, and now’s the time to take it, with summer bringing plenty of warm weather and clear skies to lift your spirits.
Episode 23: Nap Time Is Good For You! The Impact Of Sleep
Episode 23: Amanda Cortez, LMFT discusses the impact that sleep has on your mental, emotional and physical health
Episode 22: The Power Of Yoga For Trauma
Episode 22: Deborah Vinall, LMFT discusses her experience using the practice in her therapeutic work with client's and shares her own journey of becoming a yogi, clinician and coming up with the idea to combine her two passions.
Navigating the Depths of Connection: Friendship and the Quest for Your Tribe
Friendship. Some of the most significant relationships in life are our friendships, friends are soul mates who come into our lives to be mirrors that wake us up and help us grow into our full potential. Friends are the family that we get to choose and they become part of our tribe. Humans are wired to have connection and our friendships are vital to our mental and emotional health.
Episode 21: How Mentorship Can Transform Your Life
Episode 21: Dr. TK shares how mentorship helped her create the life and career of her dreams and also gives practical advice for how to find a mentor, what to look for and ways to best utilize mentorship to move to the next level in your life.
Episode 20: From Anxiety to Love
Episode 20: Author Corinne Zupko, a licensed counselor and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher, undertook her study of psychology out of necessity when debilitating anxiety threatened to derail her life. Seeking ways to do more than temporarily alleviate her symptoms, Corinne began to study A Course in Miracles (ACIM), mindfulness meditation, and the latest therapeutic approaches for treating anxiety.