May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in honor of my advocacy for more open conversation surrounding Mental health, I will be featuring episodes on ways to take care of our mental health so we can better care for ourselves and our children. Therapy is highly beneficial, and various modalities are used. EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) ... Show More
Jan 21
Staying Fired Up in Parenthood, Work, and Life with Shannon Watts
In this episode, I sit down with Shannon Watts to talk about something so many parents and caregivers quietly wrestle with, how to stay fired up in the middle of responsibility, burnout, and the weight of shoulds. Shannon is the founder of Moms Demand Action and the author of Fir ... Show More
46m 51s
Jul 2023
EMDR Therapy, Complex Trauma and PTSD
According to The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, complex trauma is "both children’s exposure to multiple traumatic events—often of an invasive, interpersonal nature—and the wide-ranging, long-term effects of this exposure. These events are severe and pervasive, such as a ... Show More
1h 8m
Feb 2023
EMDR Therapy, Birth Trauma and Pregnancy Loss
As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, this podcast episode introduces us to Ava M. Hart, LCSW, IMH-E, EMDR therapist. She discusses how EMDR therapy can help women when pregnant, has suffered a pregnancy loss, and during perinatal mood/anxiety disorders. Resources:Th ... Show More
28m 11s
Oct 2022
EMDR Therapy and Dissociative Disorders
Dissociation is a disconnection between a person’s thoughts, sensory experience, memory, and/or sense of identity. Do we all dissociate at some point in time? What about when our dissociation level becomes extreme and impacts our ability to function or could create a distance fro ... Show More
28m 19s
May 2023
EMDR Early Intervention
EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) is crucial to people worldwide who experience trauma. In this episode, learn more about EEI, its implementation, and its successes. We talked with EMDR Certified Therapist, Consultant, and Trainer Reg Morrow Robinson, Ed.S., LMFT, LMHC, about her exp ... Show More
30m 42s