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Jan 2016
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16: Connecting With Your Own Needs: Vuln...

LAURA REAGAN, LCSW-C
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Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews the Self Care Activist, Dr. Agnes Wainman. Agnes shares her own story of going from burned out to blissed out as a parent of twins and offers resources available on her website for implementing a self care practice. Laura and Agnes discuss how social media can make being authentic in relationship - whether parenting, friendship or a love relationship - much more difficult. Listen in to this amusing yet helpful interview to learn about recognizing that you are enough, and that self care is not indulgent. If you're interested in parenting, trauma, self-care, burnout prevention, body image, cultural expectations, perfectionism and psychotherapy you'll enjoy listening to this interview! 

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