Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and Dené
By Vanessa Bennett
Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and DenéSep 30, 2020
Ep 73 Submerging In the Waves of Emotions - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we talk with Alana about the complexity of her experience with loss and trauma.
We dive into the ebbs and flows of grief, how we honor the truth of our experience when we lose someone we care for deeply, showing ourselves compassion around where we are moment to moment, and using titration as a tool for processing grief in a way that allows us to continue functioning in our lives.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week on the TAT Lab app. Visit tatlab.app or @thetatlab on Instagram to learn more about the safe, supportive community created to help you on your journey to a better version of yourself.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 72 Showing up to Life as It’s Occurring with Rainier Wylde
Rainier Wylde is a teacher, guide, and writer who works with men and women around the world to discover their unacknowledged shadow and forge an intimate union with their masculine and feminine in order to awaken their wholeness.
We talk with Rainier about living authentically and honoring each and every part of our path, his own journey of self-discovery, how we are taught to define love vs the felt sense of it we feel and live out daily, and the sacredness of the word “and.”
We also discuss Rainier’s thoughts on what we’ve all been living through in the context of our collective civilization and the beginnings of envisioning something different for our society. This episode is so unbelievably special, and one you definitely don’t want to miss!
You can connect with Rainier on Instagram @rainierwylde or through his website rainierwylde.com. Be sure to get a copy of his new book, “As You Are: Meditations on Self and Other” available on Amazon.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week on the TAT Lab app. Visit tatlab.app or @thetatlab on Instagram to learn more about the safe, supportive community created to help you on your journey to a better version of yourself.
And, if you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe, rate and write a review so we can get the podcast out to even more people!
Ep 71 Having Self-Compassion During the Reckonings - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we sit down with Jennifer to discuss her experiences throughout her motherhood, career, and spiritual journey.
We dive into navigating the unspoken anxieties that come with parenting, fostering compassion for yourself when you’re moving through any kind of change, and how to lean into your body and breath to return to center during moments of reckoning.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week on the TAT Lab app. Visit tatlab.app or @thetatlab on Instagram to learn more about the safe, supportive community created to help you on your journey to a better version of yourself.
And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe, rate, and write a review so we can get the podcast out to even more people!
*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 70 Bridging the Gap to Create Stronger Relationships with Nico Barraza
Nico Barraza is the founder of Altai Creative, specializing in producing and engineering strategic marketing, public relations, and outreach plans for businesses, organizations, and initiatives of all kinds.
He’s an ex pro-athlete and host of the Starve the Ego Feed the Soul podcast that covers everything about the most important subject that we’ll ever study, ourselves.
We talk with Nico about his journey with therapy and what he learned about the human psyche during his career as a professional endurance athlete, his perspectives on loss of self and love, how we start to normalize conversations around creating healthy polarity and masculine and feminine dynamics, and the overall path to healthier relationships.
You can connect with Nico on Instagram @thatbarrazaboy or through his podcast, Starve the Ego, available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Ep 69 Being The Architect of Our Happiness - Live Coaching Session
We talk about navigating imposter syndrome when charting a new career journey, how to differentiate your truth when experiencing gaslighting, how trauma can show up in different ways than we typically talk about, and standing in our power to build paths to fulfillment and happiness.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 68 Standing In Your Worth with Amy E. Smith - The Joy Junkie
We talk with Amy about tactical ways to establish and honor boundaries, how to stand up strongly for yourself, the power of using ‘no’, and the connection between our self-worth and having difficult conversations.
Be sure to listen with a pen and paper close by for this episode. We know you’re going to be as excited to learn from her as we were!
You can find Amy on Instagram @thejoyjunkie or on her website thejoyjunkie.com
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Ep 67 Life Isn’t Linear - Live Coaching Session
We talk about the ways codependency appears within relationships, navigating the dating waters after the end of a pivotal relationship, and how important it is to know that as long as we’re breathing we’re still growing and learning.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 66 Finding Self Compassion As Parents with the MamaPsychologists
We talk with Caitlin and Chelsea about the parental shaming perpetuated through social media, some of the grief that comes from transitioning from the archetype of maiden to mother, managing what Caitlin and Chelsea call the “mental to-do list” to avoid maternal burnout, finding self compassion as a parent, and getting comfortable distributing parenting responsibilities with partners.
You can find Caitlin and Chelsea on Instagram @mamapsychologists or on their website mamapsychologists.ca
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Ep 65 Surrendering To What Is - Live Coaching Session
We talk with Lisa about getting caught on the societal hamster wheel of destinations and finished results, the ways our mental health struggles can often show up as an indication of where we are living out of alignment, challenging the idea of productivity being a measure of our worth, and tangible tools for shifting our focus to what matters most in our life’s big picture.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 64 Practicing Self-Love with Melissa Wood Tepperberg
Melissa has created a digital movement of women supporting women through her willingness to show up authentically and share the tools she’s used in her own life to heal and thrive.
We talk with Melissa about what it was like growing up in Syracuse with Vanessa, the practices she utilizes to combat negative self-talk when it inevitably creeps in, what the last year has taught her to value most, and some real talk about the struggles we all face as mamas.
We were so unbelievably inspired listening to Melissa talk about her journey. Her infectious energy makes us all feel that anything is possible when you’re willing to put in the work every day, and bet on yourself.
You can find Melissa on Instagram @melissawoodhealth or on her website melissawoodhealth.com
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Ep 63 Dreaming a Bigger Dream - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we talk with Chester about moving out of apathy and into his life’s next steps after 11 years of marriage.
We explore how living in a capitalist society conditions us to buy into the myth of “the white picket fence,” the reality of how hard it can be to make decisions for ourselves after a lifetime of self-abandonment, the tangible methods of putting self-love into action, and recognizing the ways that we can use logic to hide from uncomfortable feelings.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 62 Navigating Self-Abandonment
We talk about some of the implicit and explicit messages we receive in childhood, how an attempt to control our environment is often the consistent theme underneath most of our maladaptive behaviors, the extent to which a patriarchal society pushes us to feel unsafe being our authentic selves, and what you can expect from our upcoming virtual retreat.
There’s still time to join us at our upcoming LIVE virtual retreat, “From Self Abandonment to Inner Belonging” on June 25-27, 2021. Visit vanessabennett.com/retreats for more information.
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Ep 61 The Power of Storytelling with Dr. Corey Emanuel
Corey is passionately dedicated to using entertainment and media as vehicles to tell stories that inform, inspire, educate, and promote self-actualization.
We spoke with Corey about how he uses his platforms to speak about taboo topics that men don’t often see normalized in the media, how deeply impacted we all are by the wounded masculine energy of our culture, using media psychology as a gateway to support the masses in seeking mental health support, and the way that storytelling can create inclusive spaces for healing.
Corey has such a soulful and inspiring presence and we know you’ll be as excited about the work he’s doing as we are!
You can find Corey on Instagram @coreyemanuel, on TikTok @officialcoreyemanuel or on his website coreyemanuel.com.
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Ep 60 Embracing the Messy - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we speak with Carla about the dating patterns she’s feeling reemerge after doing a lot of hard work while single.
We explore building the muscles of taking the brave step of speaking to our needs, how sometimes an emotional cutt-off can be the easier choice than a tough conversation, the fact that someone’s ability to hold space for our vulnerability is critical information about their emotional capacity, and the healing that can come from showing someone our “messy parts” and working through the hurt with them instead of hiding those parts and doing it alone.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 59 Negotiating Introversion and Extroversion in Relationships
In this episode, we explore the inner workings of an introvert and an extrovert - at least from our perspectives.
We break down the meaning of these terms as they were originally defined by Carl Jung (versus how we see them sometimes misused in Pop Psychology), how experiencing the world as an introvert or an extrovert impacts our romantic, friend, and familial relationships, learning to be in acceptance of our nature, and where we draw the line between compromising the truth of who we are in partnerships with feeling suppressed in an effort to keep the peace.
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Ep 58 Being Human Together with Miles Adcox
We were absolutely thrilled to get to sit down with Miles Adcox.
Miles is an entrepreneur, speaker, host, consultant, writer, and coach. He is known for his over 15 years as owner and CEO of Onsite, an internationally-known emotional wellness lifestyle brand that delivers life-changing personal growth workshops, inspiring content, leadership retreats, and emotional treatment.
We talked with Miles about some of the new ventures he’s undertaking, how exploring our emotional health can feel like discovering a new language, the gift that came from a year where we were all suddenly more willing to discuss mental health, and some of his rich parenting wisdom that brought us to tears.
Miles is one of the most soulful humans we’ve had the pleasure of sitting down with on the podcast, and we know you’ll agree that hearing him talk simply makes you want to be better.
You can find Miles on Instagram @milesadcox or on his website milesadcox.com
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Ep 57 Leveling Up Our Learnings - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Zoe, we talk about all of the realizations she’s had over the last year following a divorce.
We explore the ways that we can shrink ourselves in relationships, the way that parenting can bring an awareness of what we’re capable of, how to move from survival mode to the experience of happiness and exploration, and following breadcrumbs in the pursuit of self, purpose and happiness.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 56 Exploring Our Over and Under Functioning
In this episode, we dive into the relational dynamics of over and under-functioning.
We share some of our own experiences of healing and stepping into our power, the cost of our predilections toward over and under functioning, and the courage it takes to look inward and understand how our attempts to feel safe may be causing harm to the people we love the most.
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Ep 55 Uncovering New Paths For Ourselves - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Jillian, we discuss the tension we experience when we’re struggling to follow through on the next steps we’re longing to take.
We explore the need to pull in different tools when we’ve exhausted all of our current resources, becoming aware of our power and channeling it to set a new course, the impact of getting still when all we want to do is move, and how we start to receive and interpret messages from a higher power.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 54 Re-emerging Bravely with Seane Corn
We take a deep dive into yoga and social justice, how it is impossible to separate our path as yogis from the core tenet of ahimsa (non-violence), the fact that generational trauma is often present in our deepest moments of activation, and how we might all use this moment in history as an opportunity to rise, rather than going backward.
Seane has been such a profound spiritual teacher for both of us. She is the kind of leader who makes you want to show up and be better, and we know that you are going to be just as moved by her words as we were.
You can learn more from Seane and practice with her through her online platform Revolution Within on her website at seanecorn.com or follow her on IG @seanecorn
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Ep 53 Dating as a Testing Ground - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Olive, we talk about feeling skeptical as we get back into dating - especially as a single parent.
We explore how to find a middle ground between self-abandonment and self-protection, using the relationships we saw growing up as a way to understand what was modeled for us, giving ourselves permission to create our own rule book when it comes to dating, and balancing all of our responsibilities with a desire to experience connection.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 52 Moving Into the Realm of Curiosity with Stefanos Sifandos
We talk with Stefanos about how addressing our core wounds can support us in creating resiliency for the inevitable challenges we’ll continue to face in life, the contrast of our introverted and extroverted shadow (a new usage of the terms for us!), how masculine and feminine energies are playing out in all of our relationships, and presence - both with ourselves and others, as the key to creating a sense of connection and safety.
We were so unbelievably captivated and blown away by the wisdom Stefanos had to share. We know you will be too.
You can find more of Stefanos’s offerings on IG @stefanossifandos or at stefanossifandos.com or growwithstef.com
Ep 51 The Perfectly Imperfect Package - Live Coaching Session
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 50 Our First 50!
In this episode we celebrate and reflect on the first 50 episodes of Cheaper Than Therapy!
We look back at the decision to start a mental-health centered podcast in a year where mental health was at the forefront more than ever before, how we can stay hopeful when so much of the messaging around us creates a narrative that initiates a fear response, our argument in defense of love as our natural state of being, and how we move - as a society, into a state of collective forgiveness.
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Ep 49 Developing Your Personal Power with Jori Adler
Jori Adler is a Psychotherapist & Founder of Flow House Therapy in Los Angeles. She has a unique gift for pairing integrative healing modalities with a container that is just the right fit to facilitate healing. Jori is also someone who has had a tremendous influence on Dene’s journey to becoming a therapist.
We sat down to talk with Jori about how EMDR can help us to process trauma through a different lens, how the field of therapy is evolving and shifting, 6 tools for developing your personal power, and how we can begin to visualize what we desire coming to fruition.
This conversation is such a beautiful example of how we start to understand how various healing modalities can completely shift the trajectory of our lives, and we know you’re going to take away so much from all that she has to share.
You can connect with Jori at Flow House Therapy on IG @flowhousetherapy or on flowhousetherapy.com
Ep 48 Out of the Loop, Into the Body - Live Coaching Session
We explore the challenges of meeting someone online during a pandemic, learning to trust ourselves after we’ve experienced a betrayal, how we can make mindful dating a practice for getting to know ourselves better as we get to know others, and how “the loop” going on in our head can be an indication that we need to come back into our bodies.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 47 Practicing Embodiment with Mary Beth LaRue
Her writing and teachings offer such profound insights for all of us attempting to stay present with ourselves through the pain of uncertainty. Trust us, her personal experience with uncertainty allows her to be a guide for others on this topic.
We talk to Mary Beth about how as parents we grieve our children as they grow, the sacred nature of stringing together the small moments, embodiment as a tool for bringing us back as the mind continuously attempts to exit the present moment, and so much more.
Mary Beth is an absolute treasure - so wise, introspective, and unbelievably funny! We know you’ll be deeply moved, laughing, and crying throughout this entire conversation right along with us.
You can find Mary Beth on IG @marybethlarue or on her website marybethlarue.com
Ep 46 Emotionally Armoring Up - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Elle, we dive into a very real challenge all of us inevitably face at some point in adulthood. We explore how to stay grounded in the truth of who we’re growing into, as we go back to where we came from.
We touch on themes like meeting ourselves with compassion when we miss the mark, being aware of the trap of black and white thinking, offensive forms of communication, and how to practice being the witness of our experience.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 45 Mindful Dating with Melanie Hersch
We talked to Melanie about challenging our limiting beliefs around finding love, how we can bring a sense of lightness to the experience of dating, why Covid has actually had some benefits in terms of the process of meeting someone new, and how you can determine which are the most effective dating apps for you. We had so much fun with Melanie in this episode!
You can find Melanie on Instagram at @melaniehersch, or on the web at www.goodatyou.com
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Ep 44 A Few Steps Back to Leap Forward - Live Coaching Session
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Ep 43 Expanding Our Minds Through Astrology with Mildred Murillo
We talk with Milly about using our astrological charts as an opportunity to understand what best serves our evolution and as a resource for validating the experience we’re having at any given time. She explains how understanding astrology is an intricate science and it means recognizing how unbelievably held and loved we are in the midst of our journey.
Milly’s love and reverence for the work she does is infectious. It is so clear as you listen to her speak that she is doing her soul's work.
You can find Milly on Instagram at @astro_consciousness, on the web at astroconsciousness.com, or in her weekly classes in the TAT LAB (tat-lab.com)
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Ep 42 Recognizing the Real Self - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Hazel, we talk about how scary it can feel to embrace the power we hold within ourselves, integrating the lessons we’ve learned after a breakup into how we show up in relationships moving forward, and questioning whose voice we’re hearing in our heads once we realize we’ve been the ones holding ourselves back.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 41 Navigating Impossible Parenting
Vanessa and Dené sit down to talk about some of the most difficult realities parents have faced in the last year.
They discuss the trouble with parenting as a course correction for what we longed for in childhood, how to cope with parenting burnout during a pandemic, and identifying where we are in terms of our stress levels so that we can give ourselves a break before we reach our breaking point.
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Ep 40 Embracing our Broken Parts with Taune Lyons
We talk with Taune about how we start to reclaim the aspects of ourselves we’ve previously considered broken, the fluid nature of our attachment styles - despite what pop-psychology might suggest, how archetypal imagery can support us in feeling less alone on our journey, and tools we can use for incorporating self-care during extremely challenging times.
You can find Taune on IG @taunelyons or on her website taunelyons.com
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Ep 39 What’s Underneath Feeling Stuck - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Katie, we talk about how to differentiate between venting and the deeper talking (ie processing) that we do to initiate and continue growth. We also normalize feeling like you’ve outgrown your therapist and discuss how we can tap into a sense of joy and aliveness during these turbulent times.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 38 A Holistic Path to Healing with Dr. Nicole LePera
Cheaper than Therapy is back for Season 2! We are thrilled to kick off our new season with Dr. Nicole LePera aka “The Holistic Psychologist.”
Nicole was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University and the New School for Social Research and studied at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis.
She is a holistic psychologist whose work addresses the connection between the mind, body and soul incorporating overall lifestyle and psychological wellness practices.
She is the creator of the #SelfHealers movement where people from around the world are joining together in community to take healing into their own hands. Her first book, How to Do the Work, is currently in pre-order with a release date of March 2021.
We talk with Nicole about the collective hunger for an integrative approach to healing, how we can understand our resistance to others who hold different points of view from our own, the power of the word “and” as an embodiment practice, and so so much more.
Nicole has been such an important voice in expanding our previously limited perspectives on healing, and we are so excited to share her wisdom with you.
You can find Nicole on IG @the.holistic.psychologist or on her website yourholisticpsychologist.com
Ep 37 A Year Of Alchemy
In the season 1 finale, Vanessa and Dené reflect back on their greatest takeaways from starting a podcast in the year 2020. They acknowledge the opportunities for growth this year has presented - both individually and collectively, and express how moving it’s been to process the highs and lows with this growing podcast community.
Cheaper than Therapy returns for season 2 on January 6, 2021. We’re so excited for our incredible lineup of guests next season! If you’ve got a question for Dené and Vanessa you want them to answer in an episode, or you’d like to join us for one of our live coaching sessions, send us an email at cheaperthantherapythepod@gmail.com.
Ep 36 Taking Your Truths On Tour - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we talk with Deb about dating with a new set of tools on your tool belt.
We normalize waiting for the other shoe to drop when we enter a new relationship, the importance of using past tense language when referring to behaviors we’re working to outgrow, and slowing ourselves down to pause and question our automatic responses.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 35 Human First, Therapist Second with Amanda E. White
Amanda E. White is a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen. She specializes in teaching women how to set boundaries, engage in real self-care, and work through shame. She is the founder of "Therapy for Women Center" based in Philadelphia but now serving clients across the country.
She is forthright in her recovery from an addiction and eating disorder and in her clinical work, Amanda specializes in supporting clients in the overlap and intersection of both. Amanda is the author of the forthcoming book, “Not Drinking Tonight: A Therapist’s Guide to Creating A Sober Life You Love.” Amanda is also an experienced registered yoga teacher and leads yoga and mental health retreats around the world.
We talk with with Amanda about the value in working with a therapist who has faced similar struggles to the ones you’re facing, how social media can be a powerful mechanism for increasing exposure to mental health principles, and how great our capacity to heal is when being witnessed in community.
We love the relatable perspective Amanda brings to doing our inner work, and we know you will too!
You can connect with Amanda on IG @therapyforwomen or on her website, therapyforwomencenter.com
Ep 34 Dating Without Losing Yourself - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we talk with Jim about how to know if we’re a little too closed off as we start dating again after a divorce.
We explore dispelling the myth that men don’t require emotional connection for sex to be fulfilling, how to clearly state the speed at which we’d like a relationship to proceed, and that sometimes our work is about differentiating our triggers from someone else’s.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 33 A Conscious Parenting Revolution with Katherine Winter-Sellery
Katherine Winter-Sellery is a 3x TEDx Speaker, a parenting coach, and mom of two. For over 20 years, she has been helping families thrive by using a guidance approach to parenting called Conscious Parenting.
We talk with Kathryn about how parents can model moving through difficulty without making their children responsible for holding it, the truths we don’t speak in an attempt to avoid hurting those we love, the difference between an intellectual understanding of spiritual principles and using them as tools for moving through our daily lives, and understanding our children’s behaviors not as good or bad - but as very human attempts to get their needs met.
This conversation is one that we know will not only be incredibly beneficial for parents, but all of us doing the work of understanding the process of stepping fully into a sense of self.
You can connect with Katherine on IG @katherinewintersellery or on her website, consciousparentingrevolution.com
Ep 32 How We Know When to Level Up - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we talk with Joan about navigating the execution phase of needing to make a big change.
We dive into the distinction between doing the internal exploration required to understand what it is we really want, and then how we start to stay present for what comes up when we’re challenged to take action and step into this new sense of self.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 31 Accessing our Innate Power with Amy Young
Amy Young is a transformational thought leader and coach supporting wide awake women in accessing their innate Feminine Power. She does this through a process of Patriarchal De-Programming she calls "The Undoing."
We talk with Amy about how 2020 has served as a catalyst for deep questioning, how much our growth requires self-responsibility, holding our younger selves with compassion for what we didn’t know when we didn’t know it, and so much more.
We loved this conversation and could’ve kept talking with Amy for hours. We know you’ll take as much away from her potent perspectives as we did!
You can find Amy on Instagram @amyyoungco on her YouTube channel or at amyyoungcoaching.com
Ep 30 Learning to Stand Up Straight - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session, we talk with Kate about feeling the difficulty of hard choices, even when we know they’re the right ones.
We discuss rediscovering ourselves after the end of a marriage, how putting words to what we’re feeling gives our children permission to do the same, and that although telling the truth may be the harder choice at times, it always feels better than pretty pictures painted to cover up lies.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 29 Finding the Time to Find Ourselves with Jen Kluczkowski
Jen Kluczkowski is a NYC-based wife, mama, teacher, student, speaker, listener, mentor, consultant, and advocate for Earth passionate about helping people and companies increase their awareness and positive impact, while reshaping what leadership looks and feels like through her company, MINDFRESH.
We sit down to talk to Jen about how forgiving ourselves when our regimented self care practices slip can actually lead us to a deeper more authentic space, how the introduction of mindfulness practices in the workplace offers a way to normalize expressing our emotions, and how we might be on the path to creating a new definition of what success looks like in our careers, our families, and as members of the human race.
You can find Jen on Instagram at @jen_klu and @mindfreshco
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Ep 28 It’s Not Our Job to Do Their Work - Live Coaching Session
We strategize ways to sit in the discomfort that comes up when we attempt to break out of codependent family patterns and recognize that sometimes in doing so we can model for everyone else how to do what’s hard.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 27 How we Gain More of Ourselves by Connecting to Truth with Mark Groves
We talk with Mark about how painful experiences like a breakup can be an invitation to expansion, curiosity as the remedy for our deepest divisions, the allure of the codependent dance, and how understanding our roles as over-functioners or under-functioners can help us to step into our more authentic selves in our relationships (and how that can allow others to do the same).
We could have explored these concepts with Mark forever, and we know you’ll take as much away from this episode as we did!
You can find Mark on Instagram @createthelove
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Ep 26 Slowing Down without Saying No - Live Coaching Session
In this live coaching session with Jordan, we talk about what it’s like being in a new relationship with someone as they’re navigating a divorce. We explore why sometimes it can be helpful to slow down the pace not only to allow space for healing after the end of a marriage, but to give both people some clarity on what feels true about moving forward.
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
Ep 25 Creating our own Fairy Tale with Brandon G. Alexander
Brandon G. Alexander is a dynamic speaker, a thought leader, and a man on a mission to support men and boys in the discussion of what it means to be a modern day gentleman.
We talk with Brandon about outdated gender expectations making it difficult for men and women to connect, why men often shut down after attempting to be vulnerable, and how we start to formulate a "Happily Ever After" that takes into account what happens for Prince Charming as he's attempting to learn how to be King. Honestly, Vanessa and Dené felt like they went to church during this conversation, and we know you will too!
You can find Brandon on Instagram @newagegents or newagegents.com
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Ep 24 Finding our Way Back to our Highest Selves
Dené and Vanessa sit down together to process some of the emotional fatigue that 2020 has left us experiencing on a collective level. They talk about sitting in the discomfort of the liminal spaces of becoming, how we might start to step outside of our echo chambers to find common ground, and how meeting fear with compassion might be the greatest lesson for us to take away from this time.
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