The Restored & Empowered Podcast

Alexandra Echelmeier, LCSW

The Restored and Empowered Podcast is designed to help provide practical tools and tips for living a life of healing and empowerment. Alexandra Echelmeier, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Resiliency Coach, is the host of this podcast. She is also the owner of Restored and Empowered Therapy and Services, LLC and the creator of The Rising Resilience Method.

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Episodes

Season 2, Episode 3: Getting Back to Gratitude

Feeling down or stuck? Find yourself looking around & only finding what’s going wrong? We’ve all been there. In this episode we will talk about how to get unstuck from this negative cycle of thinking that may be bringing you down. In this episode you will find: 1. Practical example of how to shift your mindset, find the good & feel grateful again. 2. A quick & easy 3 step journaling exercise to jump start your experience of shifting your mindset into gratitude.

Nov 18, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Season 2 Episode 2: What if you knew your own strength? What if resiliency is already part of you?

Feeling like you are stuck or sinking? Feeling like life is anything but what you planned it to be? We all have well-meaning goals but what happens when our expectations don’t match our realities? Believe it or not, this place of “different” & “hard” & “incredibly uncomfortable” may just be a climate perfect to develop strength. In this episode I share about my own hardships of battling the feelings of failure and provide tips of how to change the narrative of yesterday’s past difficulti...

Oct 29, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Season 2 Episode 1: Ever wonder why your kids aren’t telling you how they really feel? Let’s go!

In this episode I talk to you all about the top 3 reasons kids hold back and don’t share their feelings openly with their parents. I also include helpful real-life parenting tips and the “how to’s” of expressing and embracing your own feelings. If you are ready practical, easy steps that are worth trying out this week—join me! (As always—this podcast episode does not replace counseling/therapy and as a therapist I highly recommend diving deeper one-on-one with a licensed mental health profession...

Oct 21, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Season 1, Episode 3: Tips from a Therapist: Practical Parenting Strategies for the COVID-19 Crisis

In this episode I get real with you about 3 practical parenting strategies to try using with your children and teens during the COVID crisis. Just about now, many families are learning that the rest of this school year may be "online" which means MANY hours of helping support your youth through learning. For many parents who are also trying to work from home, THE STRUGGLE IS REAL! Here are some ideas on how to 1. Add Structure, 2. Encourage Growth and Learning and 3. Teach New Coping Skills to y...

Apr 13, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Season 1 Episode 2: Holding Strong to YOUR Values while Dealing with Other's Negativity

The Restored & Empowered Podcast is hosted by Alexandra Echelmeier, LCSW. You can find more about her up-coming online course at RestoredandEmpowered.org. This episode hits on the topic of bullying and how to handle yourself with a high-conflict, negative person. Their negative does not have to become your negative. Alexandra presents tips on how to manage the difficult situations in a way that you leave feeling empowered instead of overpowered. Here are a few questions we need to ponder BEF...

Jan 19, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Season 1 Episode 1: From Surviving to Thriving this Holiday Season

Episode 1: This episode on Restored & Empowered includes 5 practical tips to implement that will help you move from merely to surviving to thriving in this holiday season. Topics within this podcast include placing up healthy boundaries, creating moments of fun for good memories and doing some self-care. This episode's content was created and delivered by Alexandra Echelmeier, LCSW.

Dec 07, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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