Beyond The Couch With Dr. Sally Nazari

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: Lauren Selfridge joins me to discuss the ways that we can more easily navigate health struggles so that we can not only heal ourselves, but to find greater strength and resilience so that we can shine in a life that we celebrate! Lauren Selfridge is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in San Francisco, California. She works with couples, individuals, and people living with chronic illness. Lauren was diagnosed with Relapsing Remittin

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: Ellis Edmunds joins me to talk about the ways that we struggle with being kind to ourselves. We tap into the barriers for compassion, kindness, and love to ourselves as well as some ways that we can help to share more loving kindness to ourselves so that we can really soar and shine in the life that we want to celebrate! Ellis Edmunds is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Oakland, CA.  He specializes in using Acceptance an

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview:   Mindfulness is the awareness of the present experience without judgment and it can shift our experiences! One of the key elements of Mindfulness is practicing the non-judgmental stance. Judgments are often difficult for us to notice and sometimes even more difficult for us to shake. They are not always bad - they can be useful! For example,  they allow us to have quick descriptions by creating simple categories and they offer fast, shorthand

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: Dalila Jusic-LaBerge, LMFT is the owner of Be Here & Now Counseling and specializes in working with accomplished women yearning for a loving romantic relationship following a divorce so that they can heal and develop deeper emotional connections with the people they love. Dalila shares her wisdom about the numerous issues that arise during a divorce. Divorce is one of the most difficult transitions in a human life. It's rated as number 2 s

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: Rebecca Wong is a relationship therapist, consultant, and cohost of the Practice Of Being Seen podcast. She's also the creator of Connectfulness, a research-based practice that encourages you to explore and embrace every aspect of your humanity – including everything that’s marvelous and all that’s messy. Rebecca has discovered that the meaning we make of our life’s story is where it all comes together. But staying engaged in the process of di

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: Today, we examine the ways that teens and their families struggle with anxiety, depression, and even just learning about who they are and how to show up in their lives. Mallory Grimste gives us some tips, tricks, resources, and insights to ensure that we can not only better understand our teens, but also help them find their footing so that we can celebrate their lives as well as our own - together! Mallory also offers us an exclusive bonus -

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: In today's Mindful Monday, I share my conversation with Rockland World Radio's host of "Connections with Deborah Turner" and publisher of Natural Awakenings Hudson Valley West magazine Deborah Turner. We go through the ways that we can examine periods of transitions, such as the holidays, as opportunities for us to more mindfully attend to our self care, relationships, and standards for our lives so that we can get through them with ease. Debo

Welcome to Beyond the Couch, a show devoted to celebrating you in your amazing life. Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mindfulness with my cheat sheet and bonus audio sample here: http://www.subscribepage.com/w6h6i6 Overview: Today, we review some of the highlights of last season as we get ready to explore some tips and strategies to work through shifts and changing times in our lives. I share my own gratitude for this wonderful community as well my resolve and commitment to continue sharing the best that I can offer to help you navigate crossroads, milestones, barriers, and growth throughout your life. I dedicate this season to celebrating YOU in your amazing life

Overview: This is a quick and relatively easy exercise to bring us into a mindful state quickly. If you only have a minute or two or, for whatever reason, you don’t have the time or tools to try a body scan, the five senses exercise can help you bring awareness to the current moment in a short amount of time. What We’ll Learn: Use this exercise to quickly ground yourself in the present when you only have a moment. The goal is to notice something that you are currently experiencing through each of your senses. What are 5 things you can see? What are 4 things you can feel? What are 3 things you can hear? What are 2 things you can smell? What is 1 thing you can taste? The numbers for each sense are only a guideline. Feel free to do more or less of each. I would love to hear how this went for you! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Thank you for tuning in. You can also su

Overview: Today, we will be talking how assertiveness improves our relationships with psychotherapist and coach Dr. Julie Hanks, author of the Assertiveness Guide for Women. Julie de Azevedo Hanks, PhD, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist specializing in women’s emotional health and relationships. Dr. Hanks is the founder and director of Wasatch Family Therapy, author of The Burnout Cure and The Assertiveness Guide for Women, a blogger, a local and national media contributor, an online mental health influencer, a life coach and a private practice consultant, and an award-winning performing songwriter. To learn more visit DrJulieHanks.com or connect with @drjuliehanks on social media.  What We’ll Learn: Dr. Hanks and I discuss the ways that our relationships can actually be strengthened with assertiveness so that we can go on to connect in more loving, fulfilled ways with our loved ones. She shared three top tips for asserting ourselves in relationships: 1) Before you can be assertive

Overview: Today, we will be talking GROUPS with Katie K. May of Creative Healing Philly. Katie K. May is a DBT Certified, Licensed Therapist for Teens in Pennsylvania.  She specializes in running groups for teens who experience anxiety, depression and self-harm behaviors, with a passion is helping clients learn to express and cope with overwhelming emotions in healthy ways so that they can move forward in life EMPOWERED and able to create their own path to happiness. What We’ll Learn: Katie and I discuss the ways that our group connections help us to build a life we want to celebrate. Katie shares some top tips for connecting in group therapy, below, and debunks some myths about getting started with groups. Katie’s Top Tips: +Our interpersonal relationships are one of the most powerful predictors of both our mental and physical health.  People are happier and healthier, with lower rates of depression and greater overall happiness when they are connected socially. +Take advantage of the "social brain!"  We are

Overview: Sometimes, the things we do to try and help ourselves get some sleep end up making our insomnia worse. Instead, there are other approaches we can take to help make sure we are sleeping soundly so that we can face the following day more refreshed and take on the things we are looking to build in our lives. What We’ll Learn: We go through several strategies to help you get your best sleep and what makes these techniques helpful. We also debunk some common myths that keep us from falling asleep soundly. We wrap up with a few sleep solutions so that you can beat insomnia and get the rest you need to tackle your day-to-day life. Be sure to access your free Progressive Muscle Relaxation audio to help you relax so that you can get your Zzzz’s tonight! Access it here: http://www.subscribepage.com/u5m7m4 I would love to hear how this went for you and what benefits you noticed! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsall

Overview: We often start to learn mindfulness skills by focusing our attention on our breath, our bodies, the environment or activities. Being mindful of emotions helps us to stand back from the emotion, understand it, not to fear it or struggle against it, and it can have the added benefit of reducing the distress (although the aim is to learn to accept the experience, rather than lessen the distress). What We’ll Learn: We go through a guided practice to help us learn to better tune in to our emotions so that we can better manage the tough experiences we might encounter. I would love to hear how this went for you and the benefits you noticed! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned: http://www.drsallynazari.com https://chrysalispsychotherapyholisticwellness.wordpress.com/ Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast epis

Overview:  A question often on people’s mind is 'How much sleep do I need each night?' Generally speaking, there is no single amount of sleep that ‘fits’ everyone. In this episode, we explore the different processes involved in sleep so that we can make sure we are getting the amount and quality of sleep that leaves us feeling our best emotionally and physically. What We’ll Learn: We examine the ways that sleep helps us make sure that we are at our best along with some routine ways that we get in the way of our best sleep. Along the way, we get a sense of how we can begin to have some sleep solutions, which we will focus more on in the next episode. I would love to hear what you discovered and the benefits you noticed! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned: http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/insomnia-treatment/ http://www.drsallynazari.com https://chry

Overview: After exploring how depression shows up in our lives and the ways that it can get in the way of the life we’re looking to build, we now move into how we can begin to alleviate depression. What We’ll Learn: We uncover some of the ways that we can get in the way of depression and get our lives back on track so that we can begin to show up and shine again. In fact, we take a look at a series of therapy approaches for professional help in working through depression along with some practical tools and approaches for supplementing our plan to beat the blues. Don’t forget to access your pleasant events behavioral activation schedule: http://www.subscribepage.com/p3o6d8 I would love to hear how this went for you and what benefits you noticed! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned:   http://www.drsallynazari.com  https://chrysalispsychotherapyholisti

Overview:  Depression can grip so many of us at one time or another. In fact, there are many ways that it has come over each of us. In today’s episode, we take a look at what depression is, who it affects, and what it looks like. We set the stage for some ways that depression tends to show up that we don’t typically think of. What We’ll Learn: We explore the common themes we see with depression. Many of the struggles people have with depression are not well known and often leave people feeling isolated and helpless or even misunderstood and shunned. Our big takeaway today is getting a sense of how depression affects us and our loved ones who are dealing with it. This prepares us for next week’s episode on how to manage it. I would love to hear what your top takeaway was! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can all learn with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned: Mindfulness audio sample with BONUS cheat

Overview:  Last week, we looked at what anxiety is and how it shows up in our lives. We also looked at why we may experience it. In this episode, we share some ways of better managing our anxiety both in the short term and in keeping it at bay over the long term. What We’ll Learn:  We uncover some ways to work through anxiety and recover from the effects. In particular, we learn how to navigate our stressors and alter our lifestyle so that we can keep anxiety from overtaking us. Some tools, tips, and practical resources are also shared for keeping us calm in the heat of the moment when anxiety hits. Be sure to access your Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) guide here below so you can relax and recharge your body:  http://www.subscribepage.com/u5m7m4 I would love to hear what tips you learned and what benefits you noticed! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources

Overview: We explore the definition of anxiety and uncover what makes it different from just day-to-day worrying and fear. We also look at how it shows up for us along with some contributing factors to why we experience anxiety. What We’ll Learn:  We get a better sense of some thoughts on the ways that we can better understand our anxiety. Also, we learn about some of the ways that we keep our anxiety levels going instead of calming them. I would love to hear what you discovered about yourself from this episode! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned: http://www.drsallynazari.com https://chrysalispsychotherapyholisticwellness.wordpress.com/ Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how t

Overview: Today, I share a bonus episode in our Mindful Monday series! I recently encountered an experience where drawing upon Mindfulness skills helped me escape a potentially deadly situation. What We’ll Learn: I outline what skills helped me work through this situation along with the techniques that helped me build these skills. I also offer some resources to help you access these Mindfulness skills as well. Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned:  http://www.drsallynazari.com/mindfulnessmatters.en.html  https://chrysalispsychotherapyholisticwellness.wordpress.com/ Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review of how the podcast has helped your transformation journey. This helps the information reach more of the people who are going through the same journey. Be sure to get an intro to Mind

Overview: In this meditation on lovingkindness, we allow ourselves to switch from the usual mode of doing to a mode of non-doing. Of simply being. As our body becomes still, we bring our attention to the fact that we are breathing. If distracting thoughts arise, acknowledge them, then return to the practice. What We’ll Learn: In this episode, I guide us through a Lovingkindness meditation practice that reminds us to cherish ourselves, others, and our community I would love to hear how this went for you and what benefits you noticed! Be sure to share with us in our social media communities listed below so we can celebrate with you! Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsallynazari Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysalisdoc Resources Mentioned:  http://www.drsallynazari.com https://chrysalispsychotherapyholisticwellness.wordpress.com/ Thank you for tuning in. You can also Subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rati