Shifting Our Shit (S.O.S)

Megan B. Bartley, LMFT, Founding Director of The Mindfulness Center•mindfulness-center.com

Shifting Our Shit (S.O.S.) is a podcast focusing on how we can incorporate mindfulness-based, and related, practices into everyday life. Megan Bayles Bartley, LMFT is a licensed mental health therapist who focuses not on giving listeners "more to do" but to "think of things in new ways". She shares personal and professional stories, humor, and tips that will help enhance aspects of one's life. Skilled at balancing heavy topics with humor and lightness, Megan offers mental health and mindfulness "tools for your toolbox to handle all of life's stressors".

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Episodes

Season 1, Episode 9- Finding the One!

In this episode Megan celebrates her anniversary with her husband. She describes how they met and what works between them. Megan and Rob then go on to discuss marriages and thoughts on finding the one. Our view of relationships can change over time and evolve. Rob also discusses the effort and energy put into the wedding and how we might want to shift that energy to our relationships. Lastly, they discuss how disconnection can happen in long term relationships and how to repair from it.

Oct 25, 2022•47 min

Season 1, Episode 8- Anger!

Megan and Rob are back and excited to discuss anger! Anger, like all emotions, is intended to help us. However, anger can get strong and powerful. Megan and Rob share their experience with anger and offer insight into how to manage it. They dialogue about how anger can be a secondary emotion and often there is a primary emotion behind it. Megan also offers mindfulness tips on how to work with anger. Thank you for listening!

Oct 18, 2022•46 min

Season 1, Episode 7- Perfectly Imperfect!

In this episode, Megan and Rob have a surprise guest. This little guest created the need to improvise. Megan and Rob use this time to discuss the importance of improvisation and how to handle perfectionism. Megan also discusses how she has worked toward fearlessness and how that has helped with some anxiety. Rob and Megan close the condensed episode with a game! For comments, questions, or topic ideas email us at shiftingourshit@gmail.com!

Oct 10, 2022•29 min

Season 1, Episode 6- Hypnosis, Trance, and Flow!

Megan and Rob dive into one of their favorite subject matters. In this episode, they both share their understanding of hypnosis and its benefit in therapy. Megan discusses what trances are. She shares how we can be aware of negative trances and offers tools on how to get out of them. Rob closes by discussing flow and how it can help us reach peak performance. Thank you for listening!

Oct 03, 2022•49 min

Season 1, Episode 5- Discernment and Couples Counseling!

In this episode, Megan and Rob discuss the complexities of relationships. Relationships are tricky and tough to maneuver, Megan shares some insight on how we can check in with ourselves to improve our relationships. Rob shares some insight on his discernment counseling work with couples. Before couples therapy can begin, some couples need to discern a direction for their relationship. Discernment helps couples develop a clear and confident direction for their relationship. For some couples that ...

Sep 26, 2022•45 min

Season 1, Episode 4- Seasons!

Rob and Megan discuss some transitions that take place as we leave summer and head into fall. A new season gives us the opportunity to reset and refocus. Megan shares tools to let go of things we don't want and how we should focus on what works for us. The fall can also signal the beginning of the holiday season. Megan and Rob share insights on how to deal with difficult people during the holidays and how we can protect ourselves around them.

Sep 19, 2022•47 min

Season 1, Episode 3- Parenting!

Rob and Megan discuss parenting and the difficult challenges it can create. Megan offers insight into power and control and how it enters our relationships. They both then share the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the pressures parents can put on themselves.

Sep 12, 2022•48 min•Ep. 3

Season 1, Episode 2- Boundaries!

In our second episode, Megan and Rob discuss the importance of boundaries and how we set them. They offer insight into the power we can achieve in saying "no" to help ourselves. Megan also shares how we can create unhealthy boundaries within ourselves and how a "yes...and" approach can create win-win scenarios. Finally, boundaries are important in all relationships, especially when parenting. Megan and Rob share how we can approach boundaries with our children.

Sep 06, 2022•53 min•Ep. 2

Season 1, Episode 1- Who Are We and What is Mindfulness?!

Megan Bayles Bartley and Rob Giltner welcome in the first episode of Shifting Our Shit. In this episode Megan and Rob discuss their journeys as therapists and how mindfulness has played a important role in their development. Megan and Rob highlight what they see the role of the therapist being in therapy, and who they are away from that role. Lastly, they offer insight on how to shift the shit in our lives and the importance of doing so.

Aug 26, 2022•41 min•Ep. 1

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