Let’s just admit it: having friends as an adult can be difficult. Many of us struggle to find the time, emotional capacity, and intention we need to have the deep, meaningful friendships we want. Today Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with Erin Falconer, psychotherapist and author of the new book How to Break Up With Your Friends , to discuss how we can find meaning and connection in our modern friendships. Erin brings honesty, permission, and the practical encouragement we all need to approach fr...
Dec 18, 2023•51 min
At our core we all want to be seen, heard, valued, and connected. But few of us know how to live this in real life. Today’s guest, Jason VanRuler therapist, Onsite Guide, and author of the new book “Get Past Your Past,” joins Hannah and Mickenzie to provide a blueprint for creating connection with the people around us . Together the three define what it means to truly connect, how our attachment style impacts our connections, why not everyone can hold our vulnerability, and how to identify safe ...
Dec 11, 2023•46 min
42% of workers report burnout. Most of us don't have to look beyond our homes and workplaces to find real-life examples of this statistic. But why are we so burnt out? Today, Mickenzie and Hannah sit down with Onsite Clinical Supervisor Ryan Bloch-Snodgrass to explore why we can't seem to overcome burnout, the impact on ourselves and the people who matter most, and how we can shift our relationship to the roles we play to find more balance, rest, and peace. In this episode: 3:50 – Redefining bur...
Dec 04, 2023•51 min
Why does it feel so hard to set boundaries in our closest relationships? How can we show up as our most authentic selves with our families? What does it look like to accept someone for who they are but also have healthy expectations of those we love? Today, we’re diving into these questions and more with Minaa B., licensed social worker, mental health educator, and author of the new book Owning Our Struggles . Join us as Mickenzie, Hannah, and Minaa explore the balance between practicing radical...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min
“Hospitality is giving people a place to be when they would otherwise be alone.” Today Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with the queen of hospitality, New York Times best-selling author, and Onsite alum, Shauna Neiquist, for a practical and inspiring conversation about the healing power of hospitality. Together, they’ll explore how to overcome the barriers of gathering, simplifying, and rethinking what it means to host and how the act of being seen, heard, and valued can change us. In this episode...
Nov 20, 2023•56 min
From fixing to shame spirals and resentment, in partnership, if one person struggles, the entire relationship dynamic is impacted. Today Onsite alums Chrissy and Sam Powers sit down with Lindsey and Mickenzie to share their individual and collective healing journeys. Together they share how they’ve navigated difficult seasons in their marriage, the boundaries they set as they created space for one another to heal, and the impact of growing and changing together. In this episode: 3:32 – How Sam a...
Nov 13, 2023•54 min
Embodiment has become a bit of a buzzword in our current culture moment. Everywhere we turn, we hear people talking about it, but what does it mean to trust and be in a relationship with our bodies? Today, Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with embodiment coach Kara Elise Campbell to explore what it means to live embodied. Kara shares how she began this work and how she now helps people find safety, connection, trust, and belonging within themselves. In this episode: 3:13 – How Kara defines embodim...
Nov 06, 2023•48 min
How can you know if what you experienced was, in fact, trauma? Kicking off our new season, we welcome Onsite’s Lead Clinician, Carlos Martinez, for a conversation all about the “T Word.” In this deep and powerful interview, Carlos helps us wade through the impulse we may have to label everything or nothing as trauma. In a compassionate exploration of this topic, he invites us all to reckon with our story and provides practices and tools to help us begin this work. In this episode: 3:54 – Why Car...
Oct 30, 2023•49 min
Join our co-hosts for a sneak peek into the newest season of the Living Centered Podcast, launching Monday.
Oct 26, 2023•2 min
Do you feel like the year is FLYING by? It’s already July, and we want to create a moment to reflect on the first six months of the year and how they can inform how we live out the rest of 2023. In this episode, Mickenzie and Hannah walk through a practical exercise to help you set intentions for the second half of the year. We’ve also got some exclusive and exciting updates about the podcast and an invitation to share your voice and shape the next season! While We’re Away... Share your voice an...
Jul 10, 2023•29 min
Do you ever feel like the world is breaking? This week Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with Jason Miller for a vulnerable conversation about suffering and hope. Together they explore Jason’s new book, When the World Breaks, and how facing the internal experience of our pain paradoxically makes way for our greatest healing. Jason’s new book, When the World Breaks , is out August 1st. Preorder it today! Discover the Right Onsite Experience For You Whether you’re in a challenging season or just want...
Jul 03, 2023•47 min
Join Mickenzie and Hannah for a powerful conversation with Award-winning author and holistic writing coach Nadine Kenney Johnstone. Together they explore how to tap into your innate wisdom to journal your story. Nadine gets practical and shares the journal prompts that changed her life. Her latest book, Come Home to Your Heart , is an essay collection and guided journal that helps readers tap into their innate wisdom. Discover the Right Onsite Experience For You Whether you’re in a challenging s...
Jun 26, 2023•55 min
Today, Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with therapist and Onsite guide, Connie Lawrence, to talk about one of our absolute favorite topics – somatic therapy and embodiment. Together they explore the importance of coming into our bodies, learning how to recognize our feelings within ourselves, and how somatic movement and community can change our lives. Discover the Right Onsite Experience For You Whether you’re in a challenging season or just want to learn and grow, Onsite has an experience to me...
Jun 19, 2023•49 min
Today Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with our VP of Clinical Services, Heather Schnoebelen, to explore one of Onsite’s signature therapeutic modalities – group work. Together they share the magic that happens when we combine the power of community and experiential work. Discover the Right Onsite Experience For You Whether you’re in a challenging season or just want to learn and grow, Onsite has an experience to meet you right where you are and guide you to the more you’re seeking. We pair the fi...
Jun 12, 2023•52 min
On the final episode of our Stories of Healing series, Christopher and Nicole sit down with Milestones alum Brooke Scherer to further examine the effects of trauma on her life and the profound healing she experienced during her time at Milestones. While knee deep in what she describes as “the darkest years of her life,” Brooke decided to pursue healing at Milestones after gentle encouragement from her husband (and fellow Milestones alum) Jordan. Upon witnessing the major shift in him, she became...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr
Sleep (or lack thereof) can tremendously impact our physical, mental, and emotional health. Today Mickenzie and Janet sit down with sleep expert and Founder and CEO of Taking Cara Babies, Cara Dumapalin to explore not only why we need sleep but how we can find it in the most stressful and difficult seasons of our lives. Together they explore Cara’s specialty – baby and toddler sleep – and how we can create healthy sleep habits at any age! Discover the Right Onsite Experience For You Whether you’...
Jun 05, 2023•59 min
Today Christopher and Nicole connect with Milestones alum Jordan Scherer to delve into his story and the work that changed not just his life, but the trajectory of his entire family. In this episode, we also invite Jordan's “soul partner” and wife Brooke, who after witnessing his transformation, came to Milestones in pursuit of her own deep healing. She shares candidly about the incredible change she saw in Jordan when he came home from his time at Milestones and the powerful impact of his ongoi...
Jun 01, 2023•51 min
For centuries we have thought of our minds and bodies as separate entities when in fact, we are holistically connected beings. The work we do at Onsite challenges this way of thinking and helps people reconnect with their minds and bodies to unlock a deeper level of healing. In this episode, Mickenzie and Hannah sit down with Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner, and Breathwork Meditation Guide, María-Victoria Albina. Together the three explore somatic prac...
May 29, 2023•51 min
This week, we invite Montanna Christoffersen to share her healing journey with us. In this conversation, we examine the importance of really, truly revealing yourself to another to inaugurate the process of healing. Montanna describes that the moment she finally allowed herself to be seen was only the beginning of the journey, and that life on the other side of Milestones has encouraged her to help destigmatize the notion of “residential treatment” so that people might understand that healing is...
May 25, 2023•58 min
Growing pains—we all experience them, and we often become most familiar with them in the context of our most intimate relationships. Life’s greatest joys often lie on the other side of the choice to continue to show up in those relationships, no matter the circumstances. Today on Living Centered, Lindsey and Nicole sit down with couple Zach and Stacy Williams to dig into this theme of resilience—something they have each exhibited in their respective stories but also a quality that serves as a ha...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back to the Treating Trauma podcast! During the last 13 episodes of this limited series, we explored the nature of trauma and various healing modalities with our expert therapists and clinicians at Milestones. The series was such a helpful tool but in reflecting back, we felt like the story was incomplete without hearing firsthand from our Milestones alum about their personal experiences of transformation. In the next 4 episodes, we welcome past clients as they share the impacts of traum...
May 18, 2023•44 min
In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month, join Mickenzie and Hannah for a mental health check-in. Together they share the practices and rhythms that are working for them in this season as they care for and prioritize their wellness. ----------------- Sign up now for the newest free interactive online class from the Emotional Health experts at Onsite: How to Hack Your Emotional Health (and why you can’t afford not to) Are you ready to take your emotional health to the next level? One of th...
May 17, 2023•20 min
Do you feel like a victim of your circumstances? Overwhelmed by things you can’t control and feelings of helplessness? You’re not alone. Today Mickenzie and Hannah sit down with therapist and Onsite Guide, Veronica Scruggs to explore the idea of reclaiming agency when our lives feel overwhelming, stuck, or out of control. Together they discuss the concept of moving from a victim to a volunteer and showing up wholeheartedly in our lives. Discover the Right Onsite Experience For You Whether you’re...
May 15, 2023•49 min
Friendship is a dynamic force that holds the capacity to mend some of the broken pieces of our stories. Today on the podcast, Hannah and Nicole sit down with writer, speaker, and mental health advocate, Chinae Alexander, to dig into the beauty and power of ‘chosen family’. As a content creator, Chinae shares a lot of her life with her online community, and together we discuss the nuances of this digital space in tandem with the nature of the community she has built with the deep personal friends...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min
This week on the podcast, Hannah and Nicole sit down with certified life planner and relationship expert, Chanel Dokun, to dig into what it means to truly live the “good life.” So often we pursue this ideal by striving after external markers of success (building enviable careers and crafting the picture-perfect life to name a few) in an attempt to satisfy our longing to live a better story than the one we are writing. Through sharing her personal story with us, Chanel delightfully maps out the j...
May 01, 2023•49 min
Shame—we are all familiar with it. It can often take up residence in us, staking its claim and attempting to divert our attention and steal our power. Unfortunately, this often leads to great suffering. But what would it look like to notice our shame before it robs us of our joy? What if we tended to it? What if we gave it care and attention and allowed it to become our teacher? This week, Hannah and Nicole are delighted to sit down with Onsite Guide and therapist, Caroline Bravo, to unpack the ...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Today, Lindsey and Nicole sit down with writer and Onsite alum, Jonathan Merritt, to dig into a topic that’s not often discussed: trauma in spiritual environments. Through navigating his own spiritual journey and conducting extensive cultural research, Jonathan shares his unique perspective on spirituality as both wounder and healer. In this episode, Jonathan elucidates the significant impact spiritual direction has had on his life and the set of daily practices he has put in place to ensure his...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Today on Living Centered, Hannah and Nicole sit down with the wise, radiant, and heart forward Nicole Meline. A former writing professor at Columbia and Rutgers and one of the founding master instructors at Peloton, Nicole now leads people on spiritual journeys of embodiment as a wellness coach and mentor. If you are curious about embodiment work, this conversation explores the many places where body, mind, and spirit intersect. Nicole invites us to ask big, juicy questions of ourselves, of our ...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min
In light of the events that took place at Covenant School in Nashville last week, we felt compelled to address the collective grief and trauma reverberating through our communities. Onsite’s vision is an emotionally well world—humanity reconnected—and we long to see humans come together now more than ever. In this special bonus episode, Nicole sits down with Heather Schnoebelen, trauma therapist and head of the Clinical Services Team here at Onsite, to discuss how we might begin to move forward ...
Apr 05, 2023•30 min
At Onsite, we believe that in order to support their people, leaders need to practice presence, inspire creativity, and encourage trust. Empowering and instilling a sense of belonging in our teams is crucial for collective emotional health and for making meaningful contributions. This week on the podcast, Janet and Nicole dig into these ideas with LA-based life alignment coach, leadership trainer, and creative healing practitioner, Didier Sylvain. His life’s purpose is to create and hold transfo...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min
