Thanksgiving can be a challenging and triggering day for many. Catherine and Francis wanted to take a moment to offer support and strategies to help manage difficult emotions and thoughts. Remember, you are not responsible for the feelings and responses from others. You are allowed to set your boundaries. And you are allowed to create joy for yourself. You got this!
Rachel Crow is a 20-something year old navigating post-graduate life. She is passionate about advocating for the development of healthy body image for all, but specifically young women with physical disabilities. She would like every young adult to realize they have value outside of their appearance and to love their body for its uniqueness and what it does to sustain life.
In Part 2 of our conversation, Rachel talks about a period in time when her approaches to food and movement became unsustainable and shares how she continues to work toward accepting–and loving–her body.
Kristina McNeal joins me in chatting about the journey of grief, its heightened reality during the holidays and how incorporating certain self care strategies can make a massive difference in our journey.
Kris shares her passion as a grief coach as well as its connection with empowering women to connect their own mental wellness with the things they put in and on their bodies focusing on removing toxins for a healthier way of living.
You can follow Kris’s work on empowering women in raising their awareness of what they put on in and in their bodies visit her site at www.consciouslivingvip.com as well as on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/consciouslivingvipgroup,
https://www.instagram.com/puremakeup_by_kris/
If you are interested in receiving grief coaching, which will assist in helping you where you are and the journey of where you desire to be, you can contact Kris at kris@consciouslivingvip.com
Rachel Crow is a 20-something year old navigating post-graduate life. She is passionate about advocating for the development of healthy body image for all, but specifically young women with physical disabilities. She would like every young adult to realize they have value outside of their appearance and to love their body for its’ uniqueness and what it does to sustain life.
She joins the podcast to reflect on her life as a person living with a disability, and how it intersected with her experience with body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Rachel brings her lived experience to the platform to advocate for and provide skills for those seeking to change their relationship with their body.
Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Jess Sprengle, LPC and mental health advocate. Francis discusses the benefits and challenges in sharing his lived experience with clients he sees clinically, and the host’s break down their perspective on what it means to say that the client cannot fail, the treatment can. Enjoy!
In Part 2 of our discussion, Jess Sprengle, LPC, discusses the importance – and quite frankly vitalness – of improving the education about eating disorders for all providers across the mental health and medical professions. Jess shares that given the prevalence of eating disorders among all identities, the high mortality rate, and deeply rooted stigma around food, body, and weight, the need for increased awareness and understanding on how to assess for and treat eating disorders is imperative so that those most marginalized can find a path towards recovery. Finally, our guest reflects on what she would say to someone in search of recovery. Enjoy!
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression
that comes to visit the same time every year. Most who suffer are
impacted during the winter months, but there are those who struggle
during the summer months.
We look at signs and symptoms as well as resources for decreasing the
intensity of SADs impact and getting through these few months feeling
more whole than deflated.
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