Guiding Compass Podcast
Here’s a quick description of the guiding compass podcast!
Episode 46: Healing Your Relationship With Food
In this episode, I meet with Abby Krom to discuss how to have a healthier relationship with food and body image. Abby shares her experience as an intuitive eating specialist and shares insights into how she has been able to work with her clients to break free from their unhealthy relationships with food.
Episode 45: It's Not About Sex: Healing Intimacy Issues That Lead To Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
In this episode, I am joined by Andrew Susskind, LCSW who is an author, podcast host and therapist. He specializes in compulsive sexual behaviors. Andrew shares his experience working with clients struggling with these behaviors, his own journey to recovery and brings insight into what we can do to begin normalizing and healing these types of addictive behaviors through vulnerability and trauma work.
Episode 44: The Journey To Becoming A Clinician
Nicole Anavim joins me to discuss her journey as a graduate student entering the field of Marriage and Family Therapy and discusses her experience and growth both personally and professionally.
Episode 43: Coping With Covid-19
Jillian Ziesmer, LMFT and LPCC joins me to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on our mental health. Jillian dives into easy to use coping skills that can be used to deal with anxiety or depression that might be coming up for you at this time.
Episode 42: How Music Can Help You Heal
Bill Protzman joins me for a discussion about mental health and music. Bill has built a career around helping his clients find healing and purpose in music. Join us for a discussion on mental health, art, passion and healing.
Episode 41: Addiction Treatment The Business of Rehab
In this episode, Sandra discussed the unethical aspects of addiction treatment. Sandra explored her experience working in the field and highlights some issues that arise from the lack of regulation in the substance abuse treatment industry.
Episode 40: Understanding Commitment Phobia
Episode 40: Sandra discusses commitment phobia and the impact that it has on individuals and relationships. Sandra cover signs that you may be in a relationship with a commitment phobic person and what to do about it.
Episode 38: Re-Connecting and Finding Each Other Again
Episode 28: Ira Israel joins me for a third interview about the impact of being disconnected as a culture. We dive deep into how connection to self and others is vital to emotional, spiritual and mental health.
Episode 36: U-Nify LA: Creating Connection
Episode 36: Sandra the owner of Meridian Counseling and the host of The Guiding Compass shares some of her insights and thoughts about connection, mental health and her new start-up U-Nify!
Episode 35: Building A Life Worth Staying Sober For
Episode 35: I meet with my colleague and close friend Kaybe to discuss his journey to sobriety and the importance of building a life worthy staying sober for.
Episode 34: Stop The Stigma On Medications
Episode 34: James Morgan who is a psychiatric NP, joins me for a discussion about the stigma related to medications, risk and benefits and dives into the impact on medication on overall quality of life and mental health.
Episode 33: End Overdose
Episode 33: Theo Krzywicki the founder of End Overdose joins me for a discussion about the opioid crisis.
Episode 32: Understanding Attachment Styles
In episode 32, J. Ann Clayton, LCSW discusses the impact of attachment styles and the impact that they have on relationships.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 18: The Healing Power Of Breath Work
Episode 18: Nathaniel Hodder-Shipp discusses how trauma is stored in the body and how he uses breathing techniques to help client's access, process and move through the trauma stored in their body and transform their lives.