Adam Luke LMFT and Judy Yen LMFT sit down for a discussion about Self-care in the age of a pandemic. Adam and Judy navigate how even when the world is forced to close down, Self care is not cancelled! Listen in to the 3 take-aways Judy and Adam have been using personally and professionally to find sanctuary in an increasingly chaotic social experience. 

Adam Luke LMFT and Judy Yen LMFT sit down for a discussion about Self-care in the age of a pandemic. Adam and Judy navigate how even when the world is forced to close down, Self care is not cancelled! Listen in to the 3 take-aways Judy and Adam have been using personally and professionally to find sanctuary in an increasingly chaotic social experience.

Soul Care through Crisis

Join Adam and Judy, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists as they break down the transition to Teletherapy not only as professionals who use Teletherapy to reach their Clients but also the benefits Clients have now in accessing the therapist and therapy they want regardless of traffic, geography and scheduling conflicts!  The technology aspect of Teletherapy can be intimidating but the real life application and ease of accessing quality services is going to be a contributing factor in Teletherapy having a presence in the healthcare field long after the pandemic.

Join Adam and Judy, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists as they break down the transition to Teletherapy not only as professionals who use Teletherapy to reach their Clients but also the benefits Clients have now in accessing the therapist and therapy they want regardless of traffic, geography and scheduling conflicts!  The technology aspect of Teletherapy can be intimidating but the real life application and ease of accessing quality services is going to be a contributing factor in Teletherapy having a presence in the healthcare field long after the pandemic.

Is Teletherapy for me? Pros and Cons of Teletherapy in the Virtual Therapy space

We all find ourselves in unhealthy patterns and behaviors which keep us stuck and are often driven by our historical hurts and fears (powerless victimhood). By entering into a process of healing and growth we discover empowerment for greater connection and creativity. We gain confidence and trust to move forward in our lives and positively affect the world around us.

We all find ourselves in unhealthy patterns and behaviors which keep us stuck and are often driven by our historical hurts and fears (powerless victimhood). By entering into a process of healing and growth we discover empowerment for greater connection and creativity. We gain confidence and trust to move forward in our lives and positively affect the world around us.

034 - Creative Empowerment

Vulnerability is defined by Brene Brown as “uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure”. While, at face value, this may not sound like anything to rave about or go running after, true vulnerability has the great potential of opening us up to being more of who we authentically are. Vulnerability allows us to take the heavy masks off and gives us the freedom to connect with ourselves and others in more meaningful ways.

Vulnerability is defined by Brene Brown as “uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure”. While, at face value, this may not sound like anything to rave about or go running after, true vulnerability has the great potential of opening us up to being more of who we authentically are. Vulnerability allows us to take the heavy masks off and gives us the freedom to connect with ourselves and others in more meaningful ways.

033 - The Risk and Reward of Vulnerability

Daniel Verdugo, M.A. Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee  email- daniel.verdugo@hiu.edu Instagram/Twitter- da_verdugo   The Power of a Positive Mindset- this topic will highlight the meaning/benefit of what it means to develop a positive mindset and how it can influence an individual’s daily HUSSLE and help them push through adversity whether it’s a crisis or when they start to lose faith in themselves.  

Daniel Verdugo, M.A. Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee  email- daniel.verdugo@hiu.edu Instagram/Twitter- da_verdugo The Power of a Positive Mindset- this topic will highlight the meaning/benefit of what it means to develop a positive mindset and how it can influence an individual’s daily HUSSLE and help them push through adversity whether it’s a crisis or when they start to lose faith in themselves.

032 - The Power of a Positive Mindset

There are many misconceptions about the diagnosis and stigmatization of schizophrenia. Join Adam and Judy as they sit with Dr. Nicole Caceres and discuss the importance of humanizing schizophrenia. 

There are many misconceptions about the diagnosis and stigmatization of schizophrenia. Join Adam and Judy as they sit with Dr. Nicole Caceres and discuss the importance of humanizing schizophrenia.

031 - Stopping the Stigma

Do you wonder if therapy would even work for you? I mean what could a therapist possibly say that you do not know about your own life?  Many people have differing views about starting therapy. Some individuals are completely invested in the process and jump right in. But more often than not, many individuals are hesitant to seek help. Join Adam and Judy as they hash out some common fears of therapy and hopefully shed some light and dispel those concerns.

Do you wonder if therapy would even work for you? I mean what could a therapist possibly say that you do not know about your own life?  Many people have differing views about starting therapy. Some individuals are completely invested in the process and jump right in. But more often than not, many individuals are hesitant to seek help. Join Adam and Judy as they hash out some common fears of therapy and hopefully shed some light and dispel those concerns.

030 - Fears of Therapy

Do you care more about what kind of fuel you put in your car than what kind of food you put in your mouth? Food affects every individual differently. Some of us love to eat and some of us eat to live. Regardless of what food means to you, it does ultimately affect your physical, mental, and emotional health. Join Adam and Judy as they discuss some of their favorite food items and the benefits they bring to a healthier state of being.

Do you care more about what kind of fuel you put in your car than what kind of food you put in your mouth? Food affects every individual differently. Some of us love to eat and some of us eat to live. Regardless of what food means to you, it does ultimately affect your physical, mental, and emotional health. Join Adam and Judy as they discuss some of their favorite food items and the benefits they bring to a healthier state of being.

029 - How to Fuel Your Brain with Food

Adult coloring books have increased in popularity lately. These books can include geometric shapes, abstract designs, mandalas, and even curse words. Judy and Adam go over a few of their favorite forms of coloring and how they utilize them with clients and with themselves. There are many mental, physical, and emotional health benefits to coloring books. If you are looking for a stress reliever, then this podcast is for you.

Adult coloring books have increased in popularity lately. These books can include geometric shapes, abstract designs, mandalas, and even curse words. Judy and Adam go over a few of their favorite forms of coloring and how they utilize them with clients and with themselves. There are many mental, physical, and emotional health benefits to coloring books. If you are looking for a stress reliever, then this podcast is for you.

028 - Coloring Books: Art as Therapy and Mindfulness

As therapists, we are constantly reading up on new interventions, tools, and simply increasing our knowledge on mental health. We enjoy practical books that can be easily integrated into our treatment with clients. Adam and Judy discuss their favorite books from this year’s summer reading list. 

As therapists, we are constantly reading up on new interventions, tools, and simply increasing our knowledge on mental health. We enjoy practical books that can be easily integrated into our treatment with clients. Adam and Judy discuss their favorite books from this year’s summer reading list.

027 - Summer Reading List

Join Adam and Judy as we create a community for all therapists to interact, share and support one another. Therapists often feel isolated, but we are here so that no one has to feel alone in this journey.

Special Guests: Jason Odegaard Dr. Susan Hastings Teressa Wilcox, MS Ask these supervisors anything!

Special Guests: Jason Odegaard Dr. Susan Hastings Teressa Wilcox, MS Ask these supervisors anything!

026 - MFT Supervisors: Ask Me Anything

In todays podcast we discuss the Top Ten things new MFT graduates should know

In todays podcast we discuss the Top Ten things new MFT graduates should know

025 - MFT Top Ten

Today we have a very special guest George Garcia. We discuss male infertility and the lack of information available in therapy.

Today we have a very special guest George Garcia. We discuss male infertility and the lack of information available in therapy.

024 - The Invisible Man - Male Infertility

I am really passionate about church and mental health being two separate groups. I believe part of the healing is the body soul and mind all together , and we do a poor job as therapist connecting to the spiritual and as churches connecting to the mind.  I believe we have become a culture that avoids pain therefore we avoid being vulnerable with one another and this disconnect in relational connection and empathy toward one another is creating a depressed and anxious community. I would love to discuss how techniques therapist use can help and be useful for non therapist and people in church (life groups Etc.) 

I am really passionate about church and mental health being two separate groups. I believe part of the healing is the body soul and mind all together , and we do a poor job as therapist connecting to the spiritual and as churches connecting to the mind.  I believe we have become a culture that avoids pain therefore we avoid being vulnerable with one another and this disconnect in relational connection and empathy toward one another is creating a depressed and anxious community. I would love to discuss how techniques therapist use can help and be useful for non therapist and people in church (life groups Etc.)

023 - Disconnect Between Church and Mental Health

Pollock and Van Reken define a Third Culture Kid (TCK) as a person who has spent a considerable amount of their formative developmental period outside their birth country or culture due to their parents’ working outside of the country of origin (Pollock &amp; Van Reken, 2001; Choi &amp; Luke, 2011; Melles &amp; Frey, 2014). Adults who lived in these circumstances are referred to as Adult Third Culture Kids (ATCK’s) (Melles &amp; Frey, 2014). As a result of their experiences, young ATCK’s have difficulty fully identifying with any one culture and may experience multiple challenges in forming adult relationships upon repatriating to their culture or country of origin (Choi &amp; Luke, 2011). A review of the literature on TCK’s and ATCK’s shows little research has been done in the area of relationships after repatriation. I am interested in understanding the lived experience of TCKs so that we can better address the issues with repatriation.

Pollock and Van Reken define a Third Culture Kid (TCK) as a person who has spent a considerable amount of their formative developmental period outside their birth country or culture due to their parents’ working outside of the country of origin (Pollock &amp; Van Reken, 2001; Choi &amp; Luke, 2011; Melles &amp; Frey, 2014). Adults who lived in these circumstances are referred to as Adult Third Culture Kids (ATCK’s) (Melles &amp; Frey, 2014). As a result of their experiences, young ATCK’s have difficulty fully identifying with any one culture and may experience multiple challenges in forming adult relationships upon repatriating to their culture or country of origin (Choi &amp; Luke, 2011). A review of the literature on TCK’s and ATCK’s shows little research has been done in the area of relationships after repatriation. I am interested in understanding the lived experience of TCKs so that we can better address the issues with repatriation.

022 - Finding Home

Marriage, relationships, personal goals, not much in our lives happen by accident

Marriage, relationships, personal goals, not much in our lives happen by accident

021 - Intentionality

Helping clinicians understand the impact that infertility has upon the whole person and giving insight into interventions that work to support the client's well being during the journey

Helping clinicians understand the impact that infertility has upon the whole person and giving insight into interventions that work to support the client's well being during the journey

020 - Supportive Care During Infertility

On today's podcast we discuss therapy and vulnerability in Pastoral Care.

On today's podcast we discuss therapy and vulnerability in Pastoral Care.

019 - Healing Healers

Today we have an amazing discussion about being a mother in the work force. Our guest Meaghan gives us an insight about her daily routine and how she manages her time.

Today we have an amazing discussion about being a mother in the work force. Our guest Meaghan gives us an insight about her daily routine and how she manages her time.

018 - Mastering the Balance Act

Love Big - Four your purpose. Love Wide - To accept and connect. Building stronger individuals, couples, families, and communities.

Love Big - Four your purpose. Love Wide - To accept and connect. Building stronger individuals, couples, families, and communities.

017 - Love Big Love Wide

I’m a parent of two little boys and learned so much from Adam and Judy in this podcast so far, especially the episode “Child’s Play.” My oldest is intense and energetic with big emotions, which I don’t often know what to do with! They give very doable and approachable sensory tips to help littles (and anyone!) process stress. Definitely putting these in my tool box.

Approachable and incredibly valuable information!

Love the diversity of content!!! Each week is different yet each week flows with the rest!

Great content

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Overwhelmed, isolated, insecure, and exhausted are frequent feelings felt by many marriage and family therapists. How do we manage these difficult emotions? Join us as we discuss signs of burnout and ways to alleviate this common occurrence in our field.

Overwhelmed, isolated, insecure, and exhausted are frequent feelings felt by many marriage and family therapists. How do we manage these difficult emotions? Join us as we discuss signs of burnout and ways to alleviate this common occurrence in our field.

#006 - Burnout and Self Care

Though they be but small, they be fierce. Little ones can have big emotions. Here are a few of our favorite interventions for working with children. Each one can help individuals regulate, understand, and attune to a child's emotion.

Though they be but small, they be fierce. Little ones can have big emotions. Here are a few of our favorite interventions for working with children. Each one can help individuals regulate, understand, and attune to a child's emotion.

#003 - Child's Play 

Do you want to reach those #realtionshipgoals status? Here are a few interventions for helping individuals connect, support, and attune to their partners.

Do you want to reach those #realtionshipgoals status? Here are a few interventions for helping individuals connect, support, and attune to their partners.

#005 - The Couple's Therapy Tool Box

Listen in with Adam and Judy as they discuss this week what it is like to be a Male therapist and be a Male seeking therapy. Special Guests Jason Odegaard and Saul Salmeron of Odegaard Family Therapy out of Orange, CA tackle the conversation of societal pressures on males, the stigma that males face when seeking therapy, and how significant others of male partners can be supportive throughout the therapeutic process.

Listen in with Adam and Judy as they discuss this week what it is like to be a Male therapist and be a Male seeking therapy. Special Guests Jason Odegaard and Saul Salmeron of Odegaard Family Therapy out of Orange, CA tackle the conversation of societal pressures on males, the stigma that males face when seeking therapy, and how significant others of male partners can be supportive throughout the therapeutic process.

#007 - Men in Therapy

Emotional Storage??? What is the emotional cost behind the emotions we stuff? Adam and Judy explore how emotional stuffing is not processing and how we all can suffer from hoarding emotions that are not ours to keep.

Emotional Storage??? What is the emotional cost behind the emotions we stuff? Adam and Judy explore how emotional stuffing is not processing and how we all can suffer from hoarding emotions that are not ours to keep.

#004 - Emotional Storage Units

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1 quote, 3 ideas & 1 question from a carefully curated podcast episode.
Every Monday & Wednesday.

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How our mind explains things:[topic-start]
“The way that the mind works, very frequently, is that we start from a decision, or we start from a belief, and then the stories that explain it come to our mind. Conclusions come first, and rationalizations come later.”[topic-end]
How we come to believe things:[topic-start]
"The real cause of your belief in a political position, the real causes are rooted in your personal history. They’re rooted in who are the people that you trusted and what they seemed to believe in, and it has very little to do with the reasons that come to your mind, why your position is correct and the position of the other side is nonsensical."[topic-end]
Who is Daniel Kahneman:[topic-start]
Nobel prize winning psychologist and economist who helped created the field of behavioural economics.

The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist on why we think and act the way we do — and why facts matter less than we think in forming our beliefs.
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior. He is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics for helping to create the field of behavioral economics — and is a self-described “constant worrier.” It’s fun, helpful, and more than a little unnerving to apply his insights into why we think and act the way we do in this moment of social and political tumult.
Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

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Daniel Kahneman — Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other

Real scenarios of a hospital during a war:[topic-start]
“... we were hand squeezing his ventilator as we ran out of oxygen" and when we finally found the physician to get more oxygen, he said "We don't have any oxygen left, you're going to have to let him go"[topic-end]
Who is Sheri Fink:[topic-start]
An investigative journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Memorial Hospital (the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).

Sheri Fink on the tragedy of being forced to choose who's life to save

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, Sheri Fink’s exhaustively reported Five Days at Memorial You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: www.nytimes.com/triage Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security.  Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

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When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, <a href="http://www.sherifink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheri Fink’s</a> exhaustively reported <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Five-Days-Memorial-Storm-Ravaged-Hospital/dp/0307718972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471783956&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=five+days+at+memorial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five Days at Memorial</a> You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/triage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/triage</a> Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/radiolab-it/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=radiolab-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radiolab.org/donate</a>.

Playing God


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The best podcast episodes on non-current politics. Covering topics such as universal basic income, democracy, poverty & justice and more. For anyone interested in learning more about politics that affect that world, not just now, but in the longer term. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Roger Ailes started Fox News and is described by many as one of the main drivers of the polarisation of US politics. 
If you don't know about Ailie you should. A great place to start is the ShowTime miniseries "The Loudest Voice". 
This interview is with Joe Lindsley who worked directly for Ailes for 2 years. 
"Very earlier on, Roger called me Ailes Junior. He told my dad, 'I've never met anyone more like me than Joe.'" As the protégé of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, Joe Lindsley was closer to the man who built Fox News than any Fox executive.
Lindsley recounts how Ailes would routinely ask him to change media coverage of stories based on 'who is good and bad' and how Ailes said 'there is no such thing as truth'. 
This interview corroborates much of the TV miniseries "The Loudest Voice".

A 1st hand account of Roger Ailes

"Very earlier on, Roger called me Ailes Junior. He told my dad, 'I've never met anyone more like me than Joe.'" As the protégé of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, Joe Lindsley was closer to the man who built Fox News than any Fox executive. He helped write Ailes' speeches, sat next to him at executive meetings, and went to church with his family on Sundays. What moved the ambitious twenty-something to abandon the conservative media titan? For a deeper dive into his epic odyssey, check out Joe's memoir — Fake News / True Story: www.inkshares.com/books/fake-news-true-story

Reckonings

"Very earlier on, Roger called me Ailes Junior. He told my dad, 'I've never met anyone more like me than Joe.'" As the protégé of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, Joe Lindsley was closer to the man who built Fox News than any Fox executive. He helped write Ailes' speeches, sat next to him at executive meetings, and went to church with his family on Sundays. What moved the ambitious twenty-something to abandon the conservative media titan? For a deeper dive into his epic odyssey, check out Joe's memoir — Fake News / True Story: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inkshares.com%2Fbooks%2Ffake-news-true-story&amp;token=d4a977-1-1558671273247" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.inkshares.com/books/fake-news-true-story</a>

#18 || The defection of a Roger Ailes warrior

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair sits down with Glenn Thrush in London to discuss the relationship between American and British politics, his close relationship with the Clintons, Brexit, and the danger of approaching politics with a closed-mind.

POLITICO's Off Message

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair sits down with Glenn Thrush in London to discuss the relationship between American and British politics, his close relationship with the Clintons, Brexit, and the danger of approaching politics with a closed-mind.

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