Send us a text NOTE: This Podcast Episode is a Replay from Season 2. Empowering ourselves to say no is for Us primarily: others benefit secondarily from our ability to hold or flex that boundary. This episode taps into the importance of actively engaging in saying no, and how powerful that can be even when circumstances violate that boundary. We continue to support the idea that saying no can be practiced like any other skill, and I offer a personal example of why it's so incredibly valuable to ...
Apr 20, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Send us a text "I keep exploding...I keep imploding! What do I with all these triggers?!" You lean in, Empowered Human. Join me in Part 2 of our April series of episodes, inviting you to lean in to move forward. Gain skills to enhance your self knowledge and realization in this episode of "Triggered: Can we play with that?" Get ready to: 💌 Explore a Triggered moment to enhance understanding of triggers RE Sexual Assault. 💌 Enhance your ability to respond effectively to your own personal Trigge...
Apr 13, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Send us a text "If I ask enough questions, I can figure out why you were assaulted - and then it won't happen again, to you or me, or anyone else..." Alas, if only this were true. Many of us will question a survivor out of fear - when really we could be coming from a place of courageous love. Join me in Part 1 of our April series of episodes, inviting you to lean in to self awareness, and empowering you to control what you can control by focusing on Courage instead of Fear. Gain skills to enhanc...
Apr 06, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Send us a text "What was he supposed to do - not stand up for Jada?...Oh come on it was just a joke!" Regardless of whether or not you caught this moment of the Oscars: if you've ever been triggered by someone else's behavior toward someone you love - it's time to explore what might have inspired such an emotional hijacking. Join me in Part 4 of our March series of episodes, all about helping you get into spectrum thinking, and empowering you to control what you can control by putting yourself b...
Mar 30, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Send us a text "Did it take losing my home for me to realign...or realigning to not lose my home?" If you've ever been triggered by the idea that "this wasn't supposed to happen to you..." - it's time to get your Alignment on. Join me in Part 3 of our March series of episodes, all about helping you get into embodying Alignment, and empowering you to control what you can control by putting yourself back at the center. Gain skills to pragmatically align in this episode of "Triggered: Can we play w...
Mar 23, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Send us a text Would you say you practice Avoidance more - or Approach more? Genuinely, I want you to ask yourself if you're the kind of person who utilizes Avoidance as a skill more often - or Approach as a skill more often - and whatever your answer is: is this skill benefitting You AND the people around you? Join me in Part 2 of our March series of episodes, all about helping you get into embodying Alignment, and empowering you to control what you can control by not just seeing what's "off" -...
Mar 16, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Send us a text Do you notice when something's "off" - and do you believe you have the power to fix it? A lot of people believe that things happen "to" them, and struggle with the idea of "controlling what you can control". But what if you really could manifest alignment - pragmatically? Our March series of episodes is all about helping you get into embodying Alignment, and empowering you to control what you can control. Gain skills to pragmatically align in this episode of "Triggered: Can we pla...
Mar 09, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us a text For our adult audience: How comfortable are you, really, with exploring your relationship to s3x and love? Whether you're leaning into self love, dating love, monogamous love, or polyamorous love - love is love. Join me & Zach Budd in this episode of "Triggered: Can we play with that?" to explore your relationship to the idea of s3x & love❣️ it's a lot of fun y'all. NOTE: While educational, this episode is not explicit ❤️ Get ready to: 💌 Grant yourself the gift of play. �...
Mar 02, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us a text What if the fairytale you'd been sold - didn't quite play out the way you were told? (Check out that rhyme scheme!) Whether you struggle with self love, lost love, or unrequited love, this episode of "Triggered: Can we play with that?" is for you❣️ Get ready to: Grant yourself the gift of self compassion. Redefine what it means to own & express your truth (no matter how hard it is for others). Above all, play with trusting yourself & the healing process. Resources: Hilary ...
Feb 22, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us a text What if one of the greatest ways to show love was to set a boundary...could you set it - and hold it? Whether you struggle with boundary setting, or struggle with respecting boundaries, this episode is for you❣️ Get ready to: See yourself and conflict in a whole new light. Own your "individual culture island". Set a boundary that's personalized to what you need - not a one size fits all framework. Resources: Individual Culture Islands : https://www.buzzsprout.com/1164650/9839472-e...
Feb 18, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us a text COULD YOU LOVE SOMEONE ENOUGH TO LET THEM GO...And could you love yourself enough to move on? How would you restory your life post-divorce? The reality is the possibilities are endless, but it may not feel that way depending on the way love has been packaged in your life. And humanity warning: I cry in the first ten minutes. If you want to explore your experience of Love, then playing with Grief + Tarot is what we'll explore today with Emily McGill . In this episode, you'll be inv...
Feb 11, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text WHAT'S YOUR LOVE PACKAGE LOOK LIKE? Alright that actually seems suggestive, but what we're really playing with this month is the idea of diversifying Love, so we can move beyond our Love Triggers - and "packaging" is the metaphor of the moment my friend. In this episode, you'll be invited to play with a multidimensional Love spectrum and come away with: Clarity on Love is Love through a packaging metaphor (you're welcome); Perspective on diversifying Love; and, A Challenge to util...
Feb 04, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text ARE YOU ENGAGING YOUR "SELF JUSTICE" WARRIOR? Many of us are familiar with social justice warriors - but very rarely is the Self Justice Warrior part spoken about, because of the fearful notion that it's "self-centered". But what if Self Justice was really just about what was in your best Self Interest? Learning how to play with perspective is a key tool for more effectively noticing and addressing potentially oppressive moments of yourself & others - allowing your Self Justic...
Jan 28, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text Are you owning your truth...and letting others own theirs? Learning how to play with perspective is a key tool for more effectively noticing and addressing potentially oppressive moments of yourself & others. In this episode, you'll be invited to play with "resisting the box" by "owning your truth". Struggling with shame around this? Practice nonjudgmental stance in the previous episode before returning here! Explore your relationship to identity, invalidation, and oppression ...
Jan 21, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text ARE YOU POWERED - OR EMPOWERED? Learning about the Empowerment Spectrum is a huge part of redefining our idea of empowerment, and reconditioning our relationship to power dynamics. In this episode, you'll be invited to play with some spaces where you or others may be not be aware of how Intention is different than Impact. Explore your relationship to identity, culture, and diversity on the Empowerment Spectrum, coming away with: Clarity on Individual Culture & the Empowerment ...
Jan 14, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text CULTURE ISN'T JUST FOR LARGE GROUPS. Learning about Individual Culture is a huge part of empowerment, yet it can be incredibly triggering for some people to look at their own truths. In this episode, you'll play with some spaces where you or others may be avoiding ownership of personal truth or avoiding acknowledging the truths of others. Explore your relationship to identity, culture, and diversity, coming away with: Clarity on Individual Culture; Perspective on why Individual Cu...
Jan 06, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text "OMG - THEY GHOSTED ME!" You asked, and I delivered in this four part mini-series with MINI HALLOWEEN STORIES, because showing up as yourself can be SCARY y'all. In this episode, you'll play with moments where YOU may be ghosting others, or may have been ghosted yourself, due to avoiding Confrontation. Explore your relationship to post date fears, coming away with: Clarity RE how Ghosting is often an avoidance of confrontation; Perspective on why Ghosting doesn't offer closure for...
Oct 29, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us a text "I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT I/SHE/THEY/HE WANT..." You asked, and I delivered in this four part mini-series with MINI HALLOWEEN STORIES, because showing up as yourself can be SCARY y'all. In this episode, you'll play with moments where we invalidate ourselves and others with Patterns that take over and hold you back during the date (or other personal conversation). Explore your relationship to end of date fears, coming away with: Clarity RE how Patterns can hijack you out of the prese...
Oct 22, 2021•14 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us a text "I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SILENCE, CONFRONTATION...NO AWKWARD MOMENTS PLEASE!" You asked, and I delivered in this four part mini-series with MINI HALLOWEEN STORIES, because showing up as yourself can be SCARY y'all. In this episode, you'll play with moments where Fear takes over and holds you back during the date (or other personal conversation). Explore your relationship to mid-date fears, coming away with: Clarity RE how Fear can hijack you out of self awareness; Perspectiv...
Oct 15, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us a text "I'M WORRIED THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE MYSELF." You asked, and I delivered in this four part mini-series with MINI HALLOWEEN STORIES, because dating can be SCARY y'all. In this episode, you'll play with moments where Fear takes over and holds you back before the date has even begun. Explore your relationship to pre-date fears, coming away with: Clarity RE how Fear can pull you out of alignment with your values; Perspective on how Dating can be empowering when it's viewed as a Dat...
Oct 08, 2021•14 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Send us a text "I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT." This is the last thing anyone wants to hear themselves say in the middle of a date - much less over and over again, yet here I was thinking it to myself as Fear hijacked me. Let's play with moments where Fear takes over and holds you back: instead of pushing it away as "wrong" or "a problem", let's invite curiosity for creating a healthier relationship with yourself so that Security begins within. Join me as we explore our personal relationship ...
Oct 01, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Send us a text "THEY JUST DON'T GET IT!" This statement is a trigger for so many of us, regardless of where we stand on the abortion debate. This episode invites you to consider two potential values, and which one you value over the other: instead of seeking "right" or "wrong", we're being curious about diversifying perspectives. Join me as we explore clarifying our values, coming away with: Clarity RE whether you value Personal Autonomy or Power more (given the context of the episode); Perspect...
Sep 24, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Send us a text "I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT." This statement is a trigger for so many of us, hugely affecting our mental health. Nickolas Natali of nickolasnatali.com shares what he's learned on the journey toward financial freedom which - in case you missed the title - involved choosing to move into his car. Join Nick & Nina to explore debt & mental health, coming away with: Clarity RE your relationship to the idea and reality of Debt; Perspective on whether you're willing to sacrifice m...
Sep 17, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Send us a text "I shouldn't HAVE to deal with this kind of thing!" This is a common enough statement when it comes to people's experience with the homeless. But what if "this kind of thing" isn't really about the people who are homeless...what if it's really about the fear and disgust you can't help feeling, and haven't been taught how to deal with? If this is you or someone you know, have we got an episode for YoU! Join @dramatherapistnina to explore your helplessness around homelessness, comin...
Sep 10, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Send us a text You know those moments when the universe seems to mirror exactly what you're going through? Almost as if it's saying "Well if you didn't see it before - get ready, cuz we're throwing it at you!" This is one of those moments all around. Join LPC and fellow podcast host Mari Reisberg @sustainingcreativity to explore breakups, avoidance, and big feelings, coming away with: A fantastic display of cosmic humor; Perspective on Avoidance and the many ways it may express itself; and, Reco...
Sep 03, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Send us a text Ask yourself: "Are my beliefs around divorce worth more than someone else's beliefs around divorce?" While this is a two way street, we often get so caught up in our own beliefs, that we fail to see the human experience of someone else right in front of us. Join Drama Therapist Nina to explore divorce & vulnerability, coming away with: Clarity RE your relationship to the idea of divorce; Perspective on whether you're in a flexible enough position to support someone getting a d...
Aug 20, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Send us a text Ask yourself: "Do I know how to keep myself from being emotionally hijacked...and do I know why that might be valuable to me at all?" The body holds stories folks - patterned ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Join Houston Realtor Amanda Chavez to explore road rage & vulnerability, coming away with a funny-scary road rage story AND: The tool HALTS: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, Sad-Sick-unSaturated; Why utilizing HALTS is beneficial to diminish the chance for emotional h...
Aug 06, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Send us a text How on earth do you "play" with trauma, identity, language, skin color...how do you play with potential triggers?! By leaning in, and engaging. Finding ways to build bridges, and share teachable moments. Approaching the scary - and recognizing it's not dangerous. In this episode, explore playing with language and skin color in Spicewood, TX. How would you respond - with neutrality, resistance, or play? Whether it's you who struggles with these moments as a trigger or someone you k...
Jul 30, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Send us a text Ever had someone assume something about you that was based on what they "heard"? Or realized you believed in something that wasn't true about yourself or someone else, based on how you were "raised"? Explore this concept with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story" , and a personal story from @dramatherapistnina while you're at it. How will you be diversifying your own narratives? Whether it's you who struggles with these moments as a trigger or someone ...
Jul 23, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Send us a text "We need more diversity" can mean a lot of things - what does it mean to you? Explore Pamela Hays "ADDRESSING Model" of diversity, and how humans from all backgrounds can struggle with the same shame problem around "skin color" due to stories that are bigger and older than us all. Whether it's you who struggles with these moments as a trigger or someone you know - we can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that aren't realistic or helpful to our personal experience as a ...
Jul 16, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 20
