Cheaper Than Therapy with Vanessa and Dené: Recent Episodes
Vanessa Bennett and Dené Logan
Vanessa Bennett and Dené Logan are two soul sisters and therapists who connected over their shared love of depth psychology—known as the psychology of the soul. It is a template for diving beneath the surface to examine the complex natures of being human while on the quest for wholeness, including the relationship to spirit. Through their training and lived experiences with depth, yogic psychology, and mindfulness, they developed a passion for supporting others in living their most authentic lives while cultivating a fulfilling and rich relationship with the Self, capital “S.”
Every Wednesday, Vanessa and Dené look to demystify, de-stigmatize, and desensitize what goes on both inside the therapy room and in daily life, through soul-provoking conversations with fellow seekers, thought leaders, changemakers, and real people during live coaching sessions as they navigate the hard work it takes to be a human.
This podcast is, for sure, Cheaper Than Therapy.
Follow Cheaper Than Therapy
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Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we delve into the complexities of the therapeutic process and how to trust your inner voice as you navigate the challenges of finding the right therapist for yourself.
If you have a question for Dené and Vanessa, click here. Or, if you’d like to apply for a live coaching session, click here.
What You’ll Gain from this Episode:
✨The importance, as a therapist, to understand individual client needs and examine your own reactions and countertransference during therapy
✨How interviewing therapists is similar to the early stages of dating, and why you should ask potential therapists about their own therapy experiences and their modalities to help ensure alignment within the relationship
✨ Why the relationship between therapist and client is crucial for effective therapy, and why open communication is the best way to foster a healthy and vulnerable relationship between you and your therapist
🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Remember, we’re therapists, but we’re not your therapists. These coaching sessions, and other episodes, are meant for entertainment purposes only, and are not meant to replace your therapy practice.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sit down with Veronica, joining us for a second live coaching session, to discuss her experiences with social anxiety and navigating calm environments after growing up in a chaotic household.
If you have a question for Dené and Vanessa, click here. Or, if you’d like to apply for a live coaching session, click here.
What You’ll Gain from this Episode:
✨Why growing up in chaos can lead to feeling uncomfortable and anxious in calm environments, and how to begin to reset your nervous system
✨The importance of somatic awareness and understanding your body’s responses to specific environments and triggers
✨ How approaching new relationships from a mindset of being in-service, rather than reciprocation, can help ease the fear of vulnerability when forming new connections
🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Remember, we’re therapists, but we’re not your therapists. These coaching sessions, and other episodes, are meant for entertainment purposes only, and are not meant to replace your therapy practice.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sit down with Todd Baratz, LMHC, a certified sex therapist, licensed individual and couples psychotherapist, co-host of the Our Diagnonsense Podcast, and writer who specializes in relationships and sex. We talk about relationships, his philosophy that “you aren’t fucked up - our culture is,” and his first book, How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind which is available now! Todd is one of our favorite people and we had so much fun during this conversation. We know you’re going to have so many take-aways and love this conversation with him, as well!
What You’ll Gain from this Episode:
✨ The complex reality of therapeutic support on social media, it’s influence on current societal trends, and the need to hold space for the inevitable lack of nuance that exists in the digital world
✨ An emphasis on the importance of understanding the complexities and meanings behind behaviors, rejecting black-and-white thinking, and taking personal responsibility to recognize the influence of social norms on your own personal development
✨ How our relationship structures are evolving in ways that offer less dogma and more authenticity in our healing, and how that’s begun to shift the societal “normal” away from staying in unhealthy relationships
✨The necessity for therapists to check in with their countertransference and not be too quick to look for a solution when “stuck” is a necessary stage of their own personal development
🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Connect with Todd:
Website
Order Todd’s New Book Here
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we talk about a conversation we’ve been hearing around celibacy as a form of activism and a way to shift the often challenging landscape of modern dating and traditional gender dynamics.
Some Takeaways from this episode:
✨ How a recent controversy around the new Bumble ad-campaign has a seemingly tone-deaf message toward women in 2024
✨ The 4B Feminist movement happening in South Korea advocating for non-hetero relationships, hetero-celibacy, and child-less lives, and how the awareness of it is shaping conversations around relationship dynamics worldwide
✨ How there seems to be a disconnect between cis men and women and how they experience what is happening in heterosexual relationship dynamics
✨ We share insights from a historian about the concept of incels and what the evolution of masculinity will look like in a post-patriarchal culture
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this Q&A episode, someone wrote in to ask: as I’m starting to do recovery work around codependency, I find that I sometimes swing into hyper-independence. How do I find a middle ground?
We talked about:
✨What it looks like to move out of the space of enmeshment into a differentiated sense of self.
✨Realizing that we staying present with ourselves is a practice that we all have to continuously come back to.
✨The evolution of relationships that are co-created by the people involved instead of looking to society to define what’s “normal.”
✨Understanding the distinction between attachment and intimacy and how we can fall into patterns of self-abandonment
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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We’ll be back with all new episodes of Cheaper than Therapy starting next week! But we’re so excited about the launch of Dr. Shefali’s new podcast, PARENTING & YOU, that we wanted to do a throwback episode to when we had her on the podcast to talk about her most recent book, The Parenting Map.
Dr. Shefali is not your typical parenting expert and PARENTING & YOU is not your typical parenting podcast. There are no guest experts or celebrities. Every episode has 2 parents being helped through their parenting journey.
It’s raw, real and totally relatable.
In Ep. 142, we did an Instagram Live with Dr. Shefali, three time New York Times best-sellers author, including her two landmark books The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family.
We talked about:
🌟 The importance of raising our children to be sovereign beings, rather than a possession that fit into our idealized parenting fantasies
🌟 Shifting our parenting paradigms from being in control to being in charge, and what that tangibly looks like
🌟 The difference between ego-enhancing boundaries and life-enhancing boundaries in parenting
🌟 What to do when your parenting paradigm/style doesn’t align with your partners, and what that means for your children
Dr. Shefali has been a huge source of inspiration for both of us - certainly as women and therapists, but even more than that - in the way we show up as parents. We just know you’re going to be as inspired by this conversation with her as we were!
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy, we sit down to discuss transitions and the concept of liminal spaces, and how these transitional moments challenge existing paradigms, inviting personal and societal transformations.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Why these phases of major transition can feel deeply unsettling but are necessary for for growth and true authenticity to Self
✨ How traditional life scripts and societal norms are being questioned and dismantled, offering a unique opportunity to redefine values and ways of living in more authentic and fulfilling ways
✨ The importance of staying true to your authentic Self in the face of societal expectations, even when you feel uncertain and “othered”
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode, we go into our archives and bring back one of our first episodes EVER with our good friend, Ashley Torrent. Ashley is a psycho-spritual counselor and intuitive medium, Co-Host of “The Blue Butterfly Effect” and “The Practice of Love” podcasts, and recurring guest on the “Single on Purpose” podcast. Dené and Vanessa sit down to talk with Ashley about her journey and insights into holistic therapy, and her practice of blending clinical psychology with spiritual practices to help clients navigate their emotional and spiritual well-being and challenges.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ The importance of being present and curious about oneself, and how that practice of mindfulness can accelerate the healing process and give you insight to a bigger purpose, providing additional emotional support in your healing journey
✨ How combining empathy and intuition in therapy allows a deeper connection between therapist and client, allowing authentic connection and healing
✨ The challenges and rewards of being a therapist, particularly as an intuitive, and the delicate balance of maintaining professional boundaries with deep empathy
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Connect with Ashley:
Website
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, we’d love for you to join us at In Bloom, an unbelievable love and relationship summit that we’ll each be speaking at, along with The Angry Therapist, Gabor Maté, Ray Maté, Dr. Jody Carrington, Shaun Gallinos, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jess O’Relily, and more. We hope to see you April 12-14 in Vancouver, Canada. Use code LEVELUP to receive 20% off your ticket!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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This episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast is from an Instagram live with Vaness and Mark Groves, Human Connection Specialist and founder of Create The Love. Mark works as a bridge between the academic and the human, inviting people to explore the good, bad, downright ugly, and beautiful sides of connection. Join us as we talk emotional armor, the necessity of integrating bodywork with talk therapy, relationships as the jump off point for our deeper internal work, co-regulation and of course codependency!
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Connect with Mark:
Website
YouTube
Order Mark’s new book, Liberated Love, here!
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, we’d love for you to join us at In Bloom, an unbelievable love and relationship summit that we’ll each be speaking at, along with The Angry Therapist, Gabor Maté, Ray Maté, Dr. Jody Carrington, Shaun Gallinos, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jess O’Relily, and more. We hope to see you April 12-14 in Vancouver, Canada. Use code LEVELUP to receive 20% off your ticket!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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Ep 212: Complex Connections: Navigating Feedback with Authenticity
This episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast is part of a series where we answer questions submitted by listeners. We dive into the complexities of accountability in all relationships.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨Recurring Themes in Society: Many of the topics addressed in the show are themes that have come up repeatedly within therapeutic spaces, reflecting collective societal trends and healing journeys indicating a widespread desire to evolve past self-abandonment and the cultivation of healthier relationships
✨Staying Authentic: The importance of staying true to your beliefs and message, even when it may not resonate with everyone, to remain authentic to Self
✨ Personal Accountability: Consider how you may be self-abandoning or using relationships as a means to avoid addressing something you may need to work through, and how deeper self-examination will naturally lead to more authentic relationships
✨Complexity and Nuance in Human Behavior: Not simplifying complex human behaviors into labels (like narcissist), and instead take a compassionate and curious approach to understanding others’ actions, promoting dialogue that embraces the full complexity of human experiences and interactions
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this Cheaper than Therapy episode, we sit down with Dr. Peter Levine for a deep dive into the complexity of trauma, and the transformative possibilities within therapeutic practices. Dr. Levine holds a doctorate in biophysics and a doctorate in psychology. He is the developer of Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Experiencing International, a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma, Founder and President of the Ergos Institute for Somatic Education, dedicated to community outreach and post-advanced somatic experiencing training, and author of several best-selling books on trauma. His work has been taught to over 30,000 therapists in over 42 countries.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Trauma and the Body: The importance of recognizing that trauma is not merely a brain disorder, but becomes deeply embedded in the body’s responses and requires therapeutic techniques that addresses physical manifestations of trauma(s)
✨Interconnectedness of Generations: How trauma is interconnected across generations and survival mechanisms passed down, recognizing that patterns and responses inherited from ancestors may not just be through behavior, but through epigenetic modifications
✨ Healing in Community: The importance of community and collective healing practices when addressing trauma, and that the often isolated approach to mental health should be replaced with communal support systems and shared healing experiences
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Connect with Dr. Peter Levine:
Website
Books
Somatic Experiencing
And, we’d love for you to join us at In Bloom, an unbelievable love and relationship summit that we’ll each be speaking at, along with The Angry Therapist, Gabor Maté, Ray Maté, Dr. Jody Carrington, Shaun Gallinos, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jess O’Relily, and more. We hope to see you April 12-14 in Vancouver, Canada. Use code LEVELUP to receive 20% off your ticket!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this special Cheaper than Therapy episode, we sit down with our friend Rainier Wylde in person to talk about the often painful truth of love’s impermanence and conditionality, and how love can lead to personal growth. Rainier is a highly sought after mentor and consultant to authors, athletes, business professionals, coaches, healers, and ordinary radicals who want to see change in their world. He is known for his unique blend of spirituality and in depth strategic coaching and is the author of “As You Are: Meditations on Self & Other” and the co-host of Love Like Hell podcast.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨The Link Between Love and Loss: The importance of embracing loss as an inevitable part of all relationships and that grief and joy are intertwined
✨Fantasy Love and Consequences: The misconceptions about the idea of “fantasy love” and pitfalls of chasing unconditional love in romantic relationships
✨ The Evolution of Love through Life: How the progression of love, from initially meeting to the mature connection highlights how love is a dynamic force that can foster profound inner growth and self-alignment
✨Parental Love and Selfhood: The complexities of parental love and the challenges of maintaining your sense of self, especially in romantic relationships
Connect with Rainer:
Podcast: Love Like Hell
Instagram: @rainerwylde
Book: As You Are: Meditations on Self and Other
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, we’d love for you to join us at In Bloom, an unbelievable love and relationship summit that we’ll each be speaking at, along with The Angry Therapist, Gabor Maté, Ray Maté, Dr. Jody Carrington, Shaun Gallinos, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jess O’Relily, and more. We hope to see you April 12-14 in Vancouver, Canada. Use code LEVELUP to receive 20% off your ticket!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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This episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast is part of a series where we answer questions submitted by listeners. Today’s listener writes in concerned about a loved one’s abusive marriage, asking how to balance personal boundaries and navigate the challenges supporting a loved one in an abusive relationships.
If you have a question for Vanessa and Dené, click here.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨Supporting without Enabling: The importance of offering love and support without enabling or trying to rescue your loved one
✨Challenging and Honest Communication: How to navigate the complexities of honest communication when trying to help a loved one see the reality of their situation, with a recommendation for trying to be a "release valve" for frustrations and addressing issues directly with those involved, rather than using others as a sounding board
✨Personal Boundaries and Self-Reflection: Understanding your own motivations and biases to ensure your offered support is genuinely in your loved one’s best interest, and allowing the individual to navigate their own path, ultimately respecting their right to make their own choices
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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This episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast is part of a series where we answer questions submitted by listeners. Today, we’re addressing the discomfort some listeners have talking about relationships, specifically when discussing the evolving paradigms of love and partnership and our ownership template of relationships.
If you have a question for Vanessa and Dené, click here.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨Shifting Perspective: While uncomfortable, it is important to shift your viewpoint of relationships in a way that prioritizes personal responsibility and growth over controlling others, as a way to foster more genuine connections
✨ The Role of Control: Recognizing that attempting to control our environment and the people around us is actually anxiety and/or fear manifesting and the first step to breaking free from codependency
✨Navigating Activation and Resistance: Remember that when feeling activated, it’s an invitation to look inward and focus on Self, pushing past the discomfort
✨Empowerment through Agency: By focusing on what we can control (our actions, responses, participation, etc.) we reclaim our power and cultivate healthier, more authentic connections
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, we’d love for you to join us at In Bloom, an unbelievable love and relationship summit that we’ll each be speaking at, along with The Angry Therapist, Gabor Maté, Ray Maté, Dr. Jody Carrington, Shaun Gallinos, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jess O’Relily, and more. We hope to see you April 12-14 in Vancouver, Canada. Use code LEVELUP to receive 20% off your ticket!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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This episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast is part of a series where we answer questions submitted by listeners. A listener writes in expressing concern about her boyfriend checking out other women in public, despite repeatedly expressing her discomfort to him. We dive into relationship dynamics, and how sometimes fixating on others’ behavior can be a distraction from your own personal growth.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨Self-Focus Over Partner-Surveillance: When you notice yourself becoming focused on a partner’s behaviors it’s a clear sign that your energy should be redirected inward and focus on personal development
✨ Relationships as a Platform for Growth: Relationships should be a catalyst for personal development, rather than a means to seek external validation
✨Acceptance of Who Your Partner Is: Attempting to change fundamental aspects of a partner’s personality or habits, especially if they existed prior to the relationship, is futile
✨Fallacy of Control: Relationships dynamics should be safe for each person to be their full authentic self, with a focus on mutual growth and understanding instead of control
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW - author of three bestselling books, licensed therapist, and renowned relationship expert with 15 years of experience in relationship therapy. She is the founder of Kaleidoscope Counseling, where she aids individuals in cultivating healthy relationships through boundary implementation. Nedra's approach is grounded in the belief that many relationship issues stem from a lack of boundaries and assertiveness.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨Boundaries are Positive: While boundaries are often seen as a way to keep people out, setting boundaries for yourself within relationships with others creates an innate sense of security and trust, rather than seeking it externally, leading to healthier, balanced, and more authentic relationships
✨ Motherhood and Personal Capacity: Becoming a parent reduces the capacity you have for taking on the responsibility of other peoples’ problems and creates more invisible labor for your day to day, making it absolutely crucial to have open conversations within relationships, and setting boundaries to take care of your well-being
✨ Social Media has Limits: It’s important to remember the humanness behind social media and set boundaries for sharing, interacting, as well as consuming to protect our time, mental health, and maintain authentic connections with others
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Connect with Nedra:
Website
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sit down to address two questions submit by listeners with similar “energies.” One listener wants to know how to stop comparing themselves to their partners ex and feeling insecure in their ability to trust due to past relationships. Another listener is looking for clarification differentiating between an anxious attachment versus being a human seeking safety, consistency, and reassurance in a relationship.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Safety in Self: Having an internal sense of security and interdependence will help to ease the insecurity of self-comparison, rather than repeatedly seeking outside validation to temporarily make you feel safe and secure
✨ Boundaries Help Personal Growth: Taking personal responsibility to remain authentically true to Self and maintaining personal boundaries to honor that authenticity over a partner’s insecurities
✨ Managing Anxiety: Seeking constant reassurance and validation can create a perception the relationship is unsafe, so take time to actively recognize and appreciate what about the relationship makes you feel good and secure in the attachment
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In this live coaching session episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Jess, who is approaching dating for the first real time in her life while simultaneously navigating being a young widow.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ It’s all about Self-Discovery: When approaching dating for the first real time and/or after a loss, you’re really on a journey of self-discovery and self-exploration, which is really all being a human is, anyway.
✨ A Balancing Act: Being open-minded to what the universe has to offer and taking your time, while simultaneously desiring to start a family and feeling pressured to do so quickly
✨ Trusting Yourself: Learning how to trust yourself again after experiencing a great loss that leaves you shaken
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Remember, we’re therapists, but we’re not your therapists. These coaching sessions, and other episodes, are meant for entertainment purposes only, and are not meant to replace your therapy practice.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat back down with Annie Undone, a visionary artist and writer working to normalize diverse relationship styles and varied sexual experiences. She is a queer, kinky, relationship anarchist on a mission to incite individuals to experience personal revolutions. Get ready for an exciting and revolutionary conversation about deconstructing not only your romantic and sexual relationships with others, but your relationship with Self.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Decentering Romantic Relationships: The importance of an autonomous relationship with Self and the pursuit of your most authentic life, regardless of conventional societal norms and expectations.
✨Unpacking Jealousy: Welcoming jealousy in your relationships as an opportunity for growth rather than conflict, especially where it relates to non monogamy and polyamory
✨Doing the Work: The heavy emotional lifting required when you open yourself up to relationship anarchy, non monogamy, and polyamory, particularly with trust and attachment
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Annie Undone, a visionary artist and writer working to normalize diverse relationship styles and varied sexual experiences. She is a queer, kinky, relationship anarchist on a mission to incite individuals to experience personal revolutions. Get ready for an exciting and revolutionary conversation about deconstructing not only your romantic and sexual relationships with others, but your relationship with Self.
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Decentering Romantic Relationships: The importance of an autonomous relationship with Self and the pursuit of your most authentic life, regardless of conventional societal norms and expectations.
✨Relationship Anarchy: Deconstructing what society says a romantic relationship is “supposed” to look like, and creating a sustainable model for romantic and sexual relationships that works specifically for the people in them
✨Non-Monogamy and Autonomous Growth: How ignoring societal norms and journeying into non-monogamy, kink, and relationship anarchy can lead to deep introspection and embracing your most authentic Self and genuine romantic and sexual relationships
✨ Compassionate Curiosity is Key: Staying open-minded and curious as you challenge traditional relationships while simultaneously holding compassion for your partners’ questions, fears, and desires is absolutely key when exploring polyamorous relationships and other varied relationship styles and sexual experiences
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Alexandra Roxo (@alexandraroxo), a bestselling author, artist, spiritual seeker, and teacher and mentor in the space of feminine embodiment, sacred sexuality, and spiritual transformation. Alexandra has mentored thousands of women in embodying the fullness of their authentic, magnificent Self, and seeing it as sacred and necessary medicine for the planet. On her retreats around the world, she has spoken about the modern sacred feminine spiritual path, and helped many women heal their relationships to their body and their sexuality.
Her latest book Dare to Feel: The Transformational Path of the Heart is available now!
Some Takeaways from this Episode:
✨Feel your Feelings: Why intentionally and artfully feeling our feelings, instead of being afraid of them or intellectualizing them, is such a fundamental aspect of the spiritual path
✨Unique Spiritual Journeys: The importance of holding space for where others might be in their own spiritual development instead of labeling or othering them for not being as embodied as we feel like they ‘should’ be
✨Embodied Authenticity: Why the embodied space of our feelings can serve as an invitation to those we love to be present with us, over the critiques and judgements we often use as a means to avoid our feelings
✨ Start Small: How we can use various access points to start titrating our way into feeling bigger feelings so that we don’t get overwhelmed by moving too quickly
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Brandi Sellerz-Jackson, a renowned birth and postpartum doula and what she calls a Life Doula (supporting people through various life transitions); the co-founder of Moms in Color, a Black mom collective centered on celebrating diversity in motherhood; and the creator of Not So Private Parts, a resource that removes the shame and stigma surrounding women’s issues.
Some Big Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Why it’s so important to prioritize a relationship with yourself first so that all of your other relationships can be the icing on your cake - instead of all of the ingredients
✨How much is lost for mothers when they don’t have a community of women ushering them through the cataclysmic internal shift that occurs when you become a mama
✨The impact of childhood trauma on our adult relationships - and why sometimes our relationship ruptures can serve as a beautiful catalyst to investing in time and space for healing
✨How to do the work of discovering what our version of a life where we feel like we are thriving looks and feels like
You can purchase Brandi’s book on thriving here:
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
There’s still time to join us for our upcoming Intensive January 18-21 in Malibu, CA:
The Return of the Sovereign Feminine where we will be supporting you in:
✨ Cultivating tangible tools for the development of a strong sense of Self
✨ Understanding how we live our lives from an authentic place of clarity, aliveness, and unapologetic execution of the life we want to embody
✨ Developing a set of actionable steps to take home with you and daily practices to maintain the skills you learn during this time
✨ Communing in the sacred space of fellowship and sisterhood in a way that awakens the intuitive wisdom that has been lying dormant within each of us for far too long
Payment plans are also available - email Sondra@vanessabennett.com for details.
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy, the Podcast, we talk about the history, the why, and the way forward surrounding the societal norm for women to tear one another down. We talk about using this practice as a point of entry to examine and excavate our inner misogyny and begin to heal our inherited sister wound.
Some Big Takeaways from this Episode:
✨ Support not Competition: Patriarchal foundations have created societal norms that condition women to view one another as competition, rather than form secure attachments and create community
✨Inner Healing is Collective Healing: Going inward and examining our own insecurities and limiting beliefs is imperative to coming together in safety and community
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
If you want to go deeper into these types of conversations, to get in there, roll up your sleeves, and discover the parts of yourself that have been relegated to the basement of your psyche along with the “why” behind your conditioning to live small and to not rock the boat - you should consider joining us January 18-21 for:
The Return of the Sovereign Feminine where we will be supporting you in:
✨ Cultivating tangible tools for the development of a strong sense of Self
✨ Understanding how we live our lives from an authentic place of clarity, aliveness, and unapologetic execution of the life we want to embody
✨ Developing a set of actionable steps to take home with you and daily practices to maintain the skills you learn during this time
✨ Communing in the sacred space of fellowship and sisterhood in a way that awakens the intuitive wisdom that has been lying dormant within each of us for far too long
Payment plans are also available - email Sondra@vanessabennett.com for details.
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Alexandra Ballensweig to discuss modern dating, the importance of approaching dating with awareness and slowness, and the drawbacks of online dating and dating apps. Alexandra Ballensweig is the founder of HumHum (short for human to human) a dating experience for people seeking meaningful and authentic connection with others, while simultaneously discovering themselves. Alexandra is a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, and practitioner trained in the Usui Method, and a Vipassana practitioner. She holds an M.S. of Industrial Design from Art Center College of Design and is currently enrolled in the Dedicated Practitioner’s Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
🌟 Some Big Takeaways from this Episode:
- Slow Down: Bringing stillness to dating in order to not only find authentic connection in relationship with another person, but authentic connection in relationship with Self, too
- Be a Human: People are not meant to exist in a 2D online dating snapshot, and should be in person, authentically connecting with others face to face about what lights our souls on fire
- Kick the Addiction: Recognizing that dating apps are created to not only create an addiction around constantly searching for the “next best thing,” but an addiction around “being chosen” and seeking external validation rather than validation from Self
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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This episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast is part of a series where we coach one of our listeners through a topic or question. In this coaching session, we sat down with “Jane” to discuss moving forward with ending a 12 year relationship stuck in an unhealthy cycle, while attempting to co-parent a child together.
If you’re interested in joining us for a coaching session, click here.
🌟 Some Big Takeaways from this Episode:
- Breaking the Cycle: Recognizing that every time we say we’re ending the relationship but stay we trust yourself a little less, plus some strategies to begin rebuilding that trust in self
- Sit in the Discomfort: Learning how to put down someone else’s emotional work and be okay being uncomfortable with where that leaves us, like breaking the cycle and finally ending the relationship
- Stop Self-Abandoning: When we, whether consciously or subconsciously, put ourselves in a place to be abandoned by another person we are self-abandoning and recreating a childhood abandonment wound. We can reclaim our power by taking ownership and ending that cycle and pattern
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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Dr. Laura Anderson, PhD. is a psychotherapist, trauma resolution coach and consultant, writer and educator specializing in complex and developmental trauma, dynamics of power and control and religious trauma. In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down with Dr. Anderson to discuss all things spirituality and religious trauma, and about her book “When Religion Hurts You.”
🌟 What You’ll Gain from this Episode:
- Religion vs Spirituality: Addressing the role of religion and/or religious trauma in your upbringing is a personal spiritual journey that doesn’t have to create anti-religious rhetoric in your life, but helps find a way to feed your soul in a safe and fulfilling way
- Patriarchy within The Church: Recognizing that at the root of most religions is the same intention and message, and the patriarchy’s need for control, power, and certainty are what create religious trauma, and that finding safety within religion and spirituality is possible
- Finding Internal Safety: A lot of the work done to heal from religious trauma includes learning how to find safety within yourself for the first time, rather than looking to an external source like your parents or The Church
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sat down for an IG LIVE to talk about reclaiming the feminine aspects within ourselves, as well as why this is the basis of so much of the relational work that we feel so strongly about as therapists.
🌟 Some Big Takeaways from this Episode:
- Alone Not Lonely: What to do when you know your longing to be in a relationship is rooted in feelings of loneliness
- Disconnected Partnership: How to navigate whether to stay in a relationship or go when a partner is regularly numbing with weed and social media
- Support in Relationships: Why it’s a natural desire to be in a relationship with a partner who chooses your side and still has your back whenever a conflict arises
- Shadow Work and Healing: What it looks like to accept and integrate the shadow parts of ourselves and throw away the notion that we will ever be fully “healed”
If you’re called to go deeper into your practice of self understanding and relationships we are gathering for an immersive long weekend in Malibu, CA January 18-21. Come join us in exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back, understanding how to begin to step onto the path of trusting ourselves, crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality.
Therapeutic workshops, delicious home cooked meals, and a group of like minded seekers. The perfect way to start off 2024.
We hope to see you at Reclaiming the Sovereign Feminine.
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🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Remember, we’re therapists, but we’re not your therapists. These coaching sessions, and other episodes, are meant for entertainment purposes only, and are not meant to replace your therapy practice.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, for an even deeper dive, check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy, we sit down with “Veronica” to discuss how much sharing is too much in friendships and romantic relationships, especially in the early stages. How do you bond and create authentic connections through vulnerability when your past feels like it’s too heavy for others?
If you’re interested in joining us for a coaching session, click here.
🌟 What You’ll Gain from this Episode:
- You Are Not What’s Happened to You: It’s easy to fall into the mindset that the things that have happened to you mean something about you and what it means to have a relationship with you, but you have the power to decide who is safe enough to see the vulnerability in your heart and what authenticity looks like for yourself
- We Attract What We Believe to be True: Remember that you attract into your life what you put out, so having that radical self-acceptance and unconditional love for your full Self will attract others with the same energetic capacity to hold space for the authentic you
- Fear is not Vulnerability: Be sure you’re motivated by true, authentic, radical self-acceptance, rather than moving from a place of fear where your ego is working overtime to defend you, inadvertently proving your fears to be true by pushing away authentic connections
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Remember, we’re therapists, but we’re not your therapists. These coaching sessions, and other episodes, are meant for entertainment purposes only, and are not meant to replace your therapy practice.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, for an even deeper dive, check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
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This Cheaper than Therapy episode is part of a series where we coach one of our listeners through a topic or question. In this coaching session, we sat down with “Spencer” to talk about conquering codependency within romantic relationships, and finding self-worth and sourcing validation from within, rather than external relationships.
If you’re interested in joining us for a coaching session, click here.
🌟 Some Takeaways from this Episode:
- Proving Your Worth: Recognizing that you may begin the dating process by going above and beyond in a subconscious effort to find validation and self-worth from this person
- Overcoming Fears: It’s normal to harbor a fear of being truly seen for who you are, but vulnerability leads to the most authentic and comfortable relationships
- Release Attachments: Remember that all relationships are temporary, and let that guide your authenticity so you remain honest and open
- Feeling the Feelings: Learn how to sit in your feelings in a healthy way, so you’re able to validate and express your needs within relationships
🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Remember, we’re therapists, but we’re not your therapists. These coaching sessions, and other episodes, are meant for entertainment purposes only, and are not meant to replace your therapy practice.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
And, for an even deeper dive, check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community
This episode brought to you by Astrology Hub
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Are cis/hetero men biologically programmed to experience a type of “post-sex clarity,” or have both men and women fallen victim to the societal norm of objectifying one another and dealing (or not dealing) with the repercussions later? In this Cheaper than Therapy episode, we discuss a recent episode on Vanessa’s partner, John’s, podcast discussing whether or not men have a biological predisposition that makes them interested in dating a specific woman until immediately after having sex with her.
🌟 Some Takeaways from this Episode:
- Clarity or Shame: Sitting with yourself to ask the hard question, “Is it really ‘post-sex clarity’ helping you realize you aren’t actually attracted to this person and/or have no emotional connection with them, or is it unconscious shame being brought to the surface because we’ve been conditioned by the societal norm to objectify one another?”
- Admitting Accountability: Accepting that there may be a subconscious level of manipulating a slightly fabricated connection with the intention of sleeping with a woman, rather than communicating clear intentions throughout
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In this Q&A episode of “Cheaper than Therapy,” a listener finds themself ready to begin dating after a long post-divorce hiatus, but finds themself overwhelmed with worry about choosing “wrong.” We discuss getting vulnerable to find the real information you need when dating, and get real about expectations in relationships.
🌟 Big Takeaways from this Episode:
- Silence the Noise: Sometimes we have too much information and rely on our rational mind to protect ourselves from heartbreak, forgetting that true connection requires authentic vulnerability
- Knowledge is Power: Remember that how you feel physically and emotionally when you’re with a person or activated by a person may sometimes provide more reliable information about compatibility in dating. How are you putting your “book” smarts into practice within these relationships?
- People Process Information Differently: Speaking hetero-normatively, men and women face separate societal expectations, and usually process vulnerable conversations and experiences differently. Approaching dating with an open mind and grace for one another will help you remember you can’t get it “wrong,” and help you on your journey to authenticity.
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
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What do you do when you find yourself craving a secure and trusting monogamous relationship but don’t want to contribute to the societal expectations, rooted in patriarchy, that traditionally influence the foundation of relationships? In this Q&A episode of “Cheaper than Therapy,” a male listener writes in, asking, “Where do I go from here?”
🌟 What You’ll Gain from this Episode:
- Collective Shifts: An in-depth discussion about society’s new desires within relationships and what we want in a partner, as well as the generational societal norms that we are moving away from as a collective
- Loneliness is Human: Validation that it’s necessary to give yourself grace and hold space for feelings of loneliness and sadness, while staying true to Self and not settling back in to patriarchy-based societal expectations, simply to be in relationship
- Fulfillment from Self: A loving reminder that searching for partnership as a means to fulfillment will not work, and you must fully lean into creating the best life for your authentic Self, to truly find that security
Quotable moment: “I think the fact that we are alone is always an illusion, really, anyway. We are connected to one another, that is the larger truth, even when we are sitting by ourselves. We are still all one with the universal energy that vibrates and emanates through and as us.” - Dené Logan
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- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
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- Instagram: @dene.logan
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“When you have the clarity of your essence - who you are, what you stand for, what you believe in, and then also your ambition distilled in a way that sticks, in a way that you remember it, you can call it in and call upon it whenever you need” - Bonnie Wan
Bonnie Wan is an author and a speaker as well as Partner and Head of Brand Strategy at the world renowned advertising agency, Goodby Silverstein Partners. Alongside her new book, The Life Brief, Bonnie helps people live with greater clarity, creativity, and courage by teaching them how to write “creative briefs” for their lives.
Some big takeaways from this episode:
- Perceived selfishness is good: it’s okay to sit with yourself and ask what you want, even if it feels selfish and/or uncomfortable
- Our partnerships are most vulnerable in transition: when we’re faced with new life milestones we bring a period of transition into our lives that shines a spotlight on cracks in our relationships, forcing us to make conscious, intentional choices
- Allow yourself to get messy: acknowledge that our society puts pressure on women to hustle and be perfectionists, but courage, creativity, joy, and so many other things are found in the mess
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Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
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- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @dene.logan
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What happens when we find ourselves so engrossed in society’s standards that we lose touch with our Self and inner knowing? In this live coaching session, we sit down with Catherine to talk about what it looks like to reconnect with our inner child and break codependent patterns.
Some big takeaways from this episode:
- Recognizing that we are not there to fix others’ emotions, but to support them and hold our own emotional boundaries
- Finding where we feel an anxious attachment in our body, and how to reconnect with ourselves to soothe our nervous system back to safety
- The importance of being in relationship with Self rather than seeking fulfillment within a partnership
If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!
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Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @dene.logan
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Our Soul’s Evolution with Amanda Walsh
Amanda Pua Walsh, M.S., is the CEO & Founder of Astrology Hub, an online platform for astrological guidance and education reaching hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. She’s the creator of the top-rated Astrology Hub Podcast, with over 5 million downloads to date.
The insights from her first astrology reading illuminated a path forward for Amanda. She found hope, clarity and direction - inspiring her to create a platform that makes finding high-quality astrologers for readings and astrological education and guidance accessible to the masses.
🌟 Some Big Takeaways from this Conversation with Amanda Walsh:
- Astrology Meets Therapy: The process of finding an astrologer that resonates personally can feel similar to finding the right therapist
- Healing the Soul: Astrology can break down the process of our Soul’s evolution in a way that can be unbelievably healing and cultivate a sense of self-acceptance
- Navigating Life’s Transits: A breakdown of what we can expect during various transits during various periods in our life
- The Universe and Astrology: Astrology provides a framework for the invitation that the Universe is giving us toward the evolution of our soul, and how our society tends to pathologize a lot of what equates to us turning away from that invitation
🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
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Connect with Amanda Walsh:
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🌐 Dive Deeper Into The Show:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cheaperthantherapypodcast
- Instagram: @cheaperthantherapythepodcast
- TikTok: @cheaperthantherapypod
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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What happens when you don't follow society's expected relationship timeline? In this live coaching session episode, we talk about what it looks like to navigate walking a non-traditional path and taking the road less traveled. Alana opens up about her transformative decisions—whether it's breaking off a long-term relationship, returning to graduate school, or challenging societal norms around marriage and family.
🌟 What You'll Gain From This Episode:
- Empowering Choices: How Alana took charge of her destiny by ending a significant relationship and opting for further education. Learn the dynamics of making such monumental life choices and the freedom that comes from it.
- Non-Traditional Paths: Feel seen as Alana delves into the loneliness and isolation of choosing a route divergent from her peers—no marriage or kids (yet), but plenty of individual growth.
- Surrendering to Life: Vanessa and Dené highlight the underestimated power of surrendering to the unknown and embracing life's uncertainties. Get insights into letting go and gaining more in return.
- Culture & Self-Exploration: Listen in as they dissect the shortcomings of American culture's collective immaturity and the loss of cultural identity through assimilation.
- Embodied Spirituality: How can spirituality become a lived experience? We talk about connecting with higher powers in day-to-day life, not just in sacred spaces.
- Defining Stability: Is settling down always the right choice? Challenge your preconceptions as Alana questions the conventional wisdom around long-term relationships and societal 'stability.'
*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
🌐 Dive Deeper Into The Show:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cheaperthantherapypodcast
- Instagram: @cheaperthantherapythepodcast
- TikTok: @cheaperthantherapypod
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Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
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Feeling in Process vs Feeling Lost with Dr. Scott Lyons
We were thrilled to have Dr. Scott Lyons on Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast! Dr. Lyons has an innovative approach to his practice, combining holistic psychology with somatic movement and mind-body medicine with embodied education. He founded The Embody Lab, Omala, is host of The Gently Used Human podcast, Creator of Somatic Stress Release, and author of “Addicted to Drama.”
Some Big Takeaways from this episode with Dr. Lyons:
- Somatic Movement vs Embodiment: Recognizing the difference between somatic movement and actual, full embodiment within ourselves, and why that distinction and ability to metabolize and move emotions is so important to our growth.
- Trauma isn’t Isolated: Trauma is everywhere and can’t necessarily be healed and processed through talking alone (or at all), and the resources to clear trauma and support others should be accessible to all.
- I’m the Problem, It’s Me: Sometimes the common denominator in the chaos in our own lives is ourselves, and we may “stir the drama to avoid the trauma” as a coping mechanism.
🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy
Connect with Dr. Scott Lyons:
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- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cheaperthantherapypodcast
- Instagram: @cheaperthantherapythepodcast
- TikTok: @cheaperthantherapypod
Connect with Vanessa:
- Instagram: @vanessasbennett
- TikTok: @thecodayoda
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631
Connect with Dené:
- Instagram: @dene.logan
- TikTok: @denelogan
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How do you
In this Q&A session, we answer a question about the differentiation between burn-out and the feeling that you might be running from something.
We talk about:
- Normalizing the idea that in this life school we were never meant to have “it all figured out” or avoid mistakes at all costs
- Why holding adulthood with an awareness of developmental stages tabes some of the emphasis off of our younger years equating to the end of our time if expansion
- The importance of giving ourselves permission to bring a sense of wonder back into our lives and ask, “but am I having fun?”
And so much more!
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This podcast is, for sure, Cheaper Than Therapy.
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In today's coaching session with Rachel, we unpack how to navigate the waters of whether or not it’s time for a relationship to end. We dive into:
How to negotiate when it feels like the fundamental needs of you and your partner we hitting up against one another
That sometimes in an attempt to preserve a relationship, we end up doing a great deal of unintended emotional harm to one another
Why sometimes the brave step is surrender when we’ve been fighting for something to the point of exhaustion
Why the sensations in our body can be a profound way to get reacquainted with our truth when we’re accustomed to having our truth defined by someone else
And so much more! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
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In today's episode, we explore the idea of what authentic reciprocity looks like in relationships and how we move away from relationships that are based on giving in an attempt to get something in return.
We talk about:
How resentment can be a barometer that indicates when and where our codependent tendencies are being activated
The idea that we entitled to anything from a partner being based on the ownership templates we’ve all been raised with
How often we over-give our time, effort, and energy to others into others hoping they’ll give the same back to us in return, and why the answer us to pull back some of that energy and begin putting into ourselves.
How over-functioners can reframe resentment into an opportunity to step into their own growing edge with vulnerability.
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Sarah Ezrin is an author, world-renowned yoga educator, content creator, and mama based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sarah loves guiding people along their wellness and parenthood journeys. Her words, classes, and social media are supportive, healing spaces where people can feel seen and heard.
We sat down with Sarah to talk about:
The unbelievably common sense of identity loss that early parenthood brings to the surface and how parenting can be an invitation to start cultivating a new sense of who we want to be in this life.
The need to understand and work with energy management as parents when we start to feel ourselves in the space of overwhelm.
The deficit we face as a society that has normalized a nuclear family system that has made parenting feel incredibly depleting and isolating.
The spiritual aspect of parenting and why the yoga of parenting is about so much more than being on a yoga mat.
We took away so many potent nuggets of information from this conversation with Sarah and we know you will too!
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In this Q&A episode, a listener wrote in asking for advice about a struggle she’s having with the frequency of her partner's desire for sex.
We discuss:
Normalizing the understanding that someone having access to you sexually isn’t a given just because it’s within the parameters of a partnership, and what actually constitutes as sexual assault.
How a society where men have been taught not to feel, often leads to sex as the primary outlet for connecting to their emotions and self-regulation.
The importance of seeking support and taking accountability for facing the underlying codependency that so often accompanies addictive tendencies within ourselves and others..
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In this monumental episode we got to sit down with someone who has been a powerful change maker in both of our personal and spiritual journeys, Marianne Williamson. Marianne has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles for over three decades, published 15 books and is a 4 time NY Times Best Selling Author, and is the founder of Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that has delivered more than 16 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients since 1989; originally created to help people suffering from the ravages of HIV/AIDS. Marianne also co-founded The Peace Alliance in 2004, and is currently running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
We graciously sat down with Marianne to talk about:
Getting real with ourselves in this current moment in history and asking ourselves: Who do I want to be? How do I want to show up? What does integrity look and feel like for me?
How it’s time for women (especially American women) to shift the focus away from men to ourselves, and take accountability for our own role in upholding patriarchal structures so we may begin to do the deep inner healing and generational cycle breaking that is required to stop metaphorically burning our sisters at the stake.
The challenge of choosing love and forgiveness in a time when it may feel almost impossible to pull ourselves out of fear and “othering.”
Living your spiritual principles in your real, physical life and not just in the abstract.
It’s truly hard to put into words the impact Marianne has had on both of our lives. Regardless of your politics, she is someone who is transformative and inspiring.
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In this monumental episode we get to sit down with someone who has been a powerful change maker in both of our personal and spiritual journeys, Marianne Williamson.
We talk about:
Getting real with ourselves in this moment in history and asking: Who do I want to be? How do I want to show up? What does integrity look and feel like for me?
It being time for women (especially American women) to stand up, take accountability for their role in upholding patriarchal structures, and begin to do the inner healing that is required of us so we don’t continue to burn our sisters at the stake (struggling with this one…needs some help) OR The importance of learning to be both a birth and death doula…
How to choose love and forgiveness in a time where it can feel almost impossible to pull ourselves out of fear and othering.
Living your spiritual principles IRL and not just in the abstract.
It’s truly hard to put into words the impact Marianne has had on both of our lives. Regardless of your politics, she is someone who is transformative
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In this Q&A episode, we’re responding to a listener that asked to hear our thoughts on soulmates. They wrote, “I’d love to hear your thoughts on soulmates. I feel like I met mine at a time in my life, but it wasn't possible to be together. It still isn’t,, but I still feel it to be true. I always thought I had a strong intuition, but I'm starting to think I'm crazy.”
We talk about:
How society conditions women to associate our intuition with being crazy, in an attempt to shut down the feminine energy within us and force us to embody the wounded masculine.
The idea that a soulmate doesn’t have to be somebody that you are destined to be in partnership with in this lifetime, but that a soulmate is somebody that your soul has been with or will be with in another lifetime.
That a soulmate doesn’t necessarily need to be a romantic love and may simply mean that your souls have agreed to embark on a journey together in whatever shape that may take form.
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We are so excited to bring you this episode because, after a long hiatus, we are bringing back our q&a coaching sessions. In this session, we sat down with Claire who is facing the end of her marriage, and struggling to come to terms with what it means to be a woman, navigating a heavy separation, in this society.
We talk about:
Recognizing that society conditions us to believe that life as a woman means constantly feeling unhappiness, regardless of partnership, but that there is actually no reason that we need to be in a tolerable level of permanent unhappiness, especially to be in a partnership
Owning our part by accepting that, as an overfunctioner and/or codependent, we may believe we have to work hard at our relationships in order to be worthy of love and acceptance from the other person and we need to, instead, stop the self-abandonment and tap into what we truly want
Accepting that sometimes we may be walking through life’s fires alone, with no guidance, and we have to lean into trusting in Self and Source as we enter a new phase of life
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Eli Weinstein, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Therapist (LCSW) based in New York and Nevada, and the founder/host of The Dude Therapist Podcast, a no BS male voice in the therapy, self-help, and parenting space. We sat down to talk with Eli about:
The importance, as a therapist, of seeing the wholeness of each person and getting to know them for the truth of who they are
How the current generation of men are opening up the space for curiosity, deeper feeling, and beginning to tap into healing within their friend groups and micro-communities
What it’s like being a male voice in the female dominated social media space of parenting, and why it’s important for fathers to have models as they move through the waves of parenthood
And so much more!
Connect with Buddy Instagram The Dude Therapist Podcast *** Website
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In this episode, we go into the archives and bring back one of our incredibly wise guests, Buddy Wakefield, from one of our first episodes ever on July 15, 2020!
Buddy Wakefield is an American spoken word artist, a three-time poetry slam world champion, and the most toured performance poet in history. In this unbelievably powerful conversation, Vanessa and Dené talk to Buddy about the dangers of tranquil states of existence, how we can benefit from exploring our “scary thoughts,” and the victim, villain, and hero archetypes we’re being asked to question in our current climate.
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In today's episode, we share a bit of a conversation we were having driving home together after our weekend intensive in Idyllwild, CA. I’m our conversation we explored:
How the framework of all of our relationships are changing in a radical way
The resistance that comes to the surface whenever an outdated system or way of living is experiencing an imminent ego death
Why the most fundamental aspect of any form of awakening is a commitment to speaking the truth
The importance of meeting moments of transition with curiosity - especially when we feel most activated by someone’s perspective that deeply challenges our own
And so much more!
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In today's episode, we’re sharing a portion of one of our conversations from our week-long Intensive in Costa Rica.
We’re talking about:
What it means to claim a sense of authentic power in our lives
Understanding some of the ways we play into the systems we feel most challenged by when we live an ‘outside-in’ life vs. an ‘inside-out’ life
What some of the archetypal narratives in literature around the suppression of feminine energy can teach us about the path of female empowerment moving forward
And so much more!
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In this Q&A episode, a listener wrote in asking what to do with the knowledge that their partner is no longer physically attracted to them. When a relationship reaches the point where we are no longer having sex and we are on the verge of a break up - what advice would we give?
We’re talking about:
Acknowledging the pain and difficulty about the situation on both sides.
Letting go of the tendency to focus all of our energy on the negative, so that we might see this as an invitation back to ourselves and a way to reconnect with our individual turn ons.
Realizing that relationships and life ebb and flow, and how we might have important conversations with one another to dig deep and ask, “Is this about their attraction to me, specifically, or do one or both of us not have a vibrancy for anything in life right now?”
Remembering that the longevity of a relationship does not determine the level of happiness or success, and that a relationship ending doesn’t mean it was a failure.
And so much more!
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We have ONE SPOT left for THIS weekend’s immersive retreat, Living an Untamed Life, in IDYLLWILD, CA.
During this intensive weekend (July 14-16), we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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In this Q&A episode, we’re responding to a listener who writes in saying, “Sometimes I feel like my partner doesn’t respect me when she’s upset; she swears and can get very upset. How do I deal with this?”
We’re talking about:
The importance of being in a relationship where it is safe for you to have a difficult conversation with your partner
How to be with ourselves in those moments to get clear about how you will and will not be treated
Establishing a boundary and taking in your partners response to that boundary as information to help you decide if you want to accept how they are willing to love you
And so much more!
Mentioned: Fair Play
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Our immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA, LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE, July 14-16 is filling up fast!
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here
And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here
We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT is a teacher, clinician, researcher, and developer of the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy® (PACT). He speaks and teaches around the world on secure-functioning relationships – how to understand them, create them, and support them, has written dozens of academic articles and six bestselling books, and is a TEDx Speaker.
We sat down with Stan to explore:
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Why it is so important for couples to come to a shared agreement about what they are attempting to build
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The importance of a couple being differentiated before attempting to find a sense of secure functioning
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The preparation required for couples when shifting from a dyad to a triad in a family system
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Why commuting to another person gives us an opportunity to know ourselves well through the activations that inevitable come to the surface
Connect with Stan: Instagram Website
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We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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In this Q&A episode, a listener writes, “My friend uses pronouns that I don’t agree with and I’m not sure what to do. Is it necessary to keep the friendship honest?” We discuss:
Challenging ourselves to be brutally honest with ourselves first, and how we get clear about what’s underneath our intentions for wanting to speak up.
Owning the possibility that we may feel like there’s a right and wrong way for others to be, and that we may have a subconscious desire to express to a friend that they’re wrong.
The importance of checking in with ourselves about how we often begin to show up in a similar energetic to the thing that we are holding with contempt in our space of certainty that others are wrong in their perspectives.
And so much more!
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And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here
We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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In today’s episode, we’re addressing some of the responses we received on social media around what it means to live an untamed life.
We’re discussing:
Why we sometimes feel the need to sweep things under the rug and not speak up in order to please the people around us, and how it inadvertently keeps our relationships inauthentic instead of giving us the security we’re looking for.
How we oftentimes feel constrained to a certain way of living, and the importance of digging deep to discover those constraints live within our own mind and that those external pressures can be removed.
That when we are truly our most authentic self, that is how our people find us, and how we reframe our mind to look for things that validate our Self.
And so much more!
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And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here
We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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In this Q&A episode, a listener tells us they’re struggling with their recent rapid weight gain, and the negative reinforcement from their partners remarks about how proud they’d be if they regained their previous body type.
We talk about:
Every person having a right to bodily autonomy in all facets, the right to show up in their life exactly as they are
How, as a partner, it’s our role to ask what that person wants and where they are in the process, rather than projecting what we think is right for them
The need to reach within ourselves and find resilience, so we don’t become enmeshed and codependent on others, and getting comfortable with the idea that maybe not all relationships are meant to continue if you are no longer in alignment
If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please rate and write a review of the podcast so we can get the podcast out to even more people!
And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here
We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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Richie Reseda is a feminist ally, community organizer, recording artist, and founder of the social-impact record label, Question Culture. Success Stories, the anti-patriarchy organization he started while incarcerated, was chronicled in the CNN documentary “The Feminist on Cell Block Y.” He changes California prison policy with Initiate Justice, an organization he co-founded in prison.
We talked with Richie about:
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The part he played in introducing Bell Hooks’ work to incarcerated men as a way to illustrate and push back on the Soul murder a patriarchal society demands of men
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How we teach our children to understand the truth of their power vs the false ideations this society has taught them about where there power lies - and how they might reach for love and safety over fear
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Why our work is not to strive for reform, but rather the abolition of the colonial system were currently living with
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The importance of understanding that the societal ‘rules of governance’ are essentially violence that perpetuates more violence, given that they are not collaborative and created with a community’s consent
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Why the patriarchal narrative of right and wrong or ‘good and bad’ always equate to a form of domination, and why the evolution of a Soul based societal perspective is rooted in curiosity, consent, and collaboration
This conversation with Richie is truly one of the most profound ones we’ve had on the podcast. We are certain that you will be as impacted as we were by the calls to introspection and action he elicits through his words.
You can see Richie in the CNN documentary “The Feminist on Cell Block Y”
Connect with Richie
Instagram Question Culture Instagram ***For Everyone Collective Instagram
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If you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here
We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to step into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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Martha Barnard-Rae helps outside-the-box brands build seriously good client relationships with clear, clever copywriting and content. By day she's the CEO at Word Candy and co-host of The One That Works For You podcast. Martha moonlights as a feminist scholar, TEDx speaker, and sore loser of board games. Setting boundaries is her superpower. Her love language is oddly specific Tik Toks.
We sat down with Martha to talk about:
The shame that tends to be internalized with ADHD and the strategies that can be put in place for support.
The connection between women having children and being diagnosed with ADHD, and what that entails while also living in a capitalistic society.
The extent to which neurotypical and neurodivergent brains process information and sensory inputs very differently, and why communicating to understand one another is key for fulfilling relationships
And more!
Connect with Martha
Website Instagram TEDx Talk
Mentioned: ADHD 2.0
If you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community.
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We are so excited to announce that we’ve decided to offer a weekend immersive weekend in IDYLLWILD, CA - July 14-16! join us for: LIVING AN UNTAMED LIFE
During this intensive weekend, we’ll support you in:
⁃ Exploring the origin points of the limiting beliefs that may be holding you back ⁃ Understanding how to begin to stepp into the process of trusting ourselves fully ⁃ Cultivating tangible tools for shifting into a growth mindset and building a greater sense of self-awareness ⁃ Crafting a vision of what you want your life to look like and practices that can support you in being the creator of this reality
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Ep.123 Pathologizing Relational Needs
Taune Lyons is an integrative therapist, writer, and coach in the San Francisco, Bay Area. She specializes in understanding our attachment sounding, intentional relating, sexuality, unraveling our conditioning, and the integration of our painful experiences.
We sat down with Taune for an IG LIVE to talk about:
- straddling the line between the “disconnection dance” in relationships and acknowledging the inevitable ways our actions end up impacting those around us
- how we can reframe our relational challenges as learning experiences
- the ways that “Instagram therapy” often misses the nuance of our relational experiences
Connect with Taune Instagram Website
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe, rate and write a 5-star 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.
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Ep.122 How we process pain
In this solo episode, we sat down to unpack some of the feedback we got on one of our recent episodes.
We discuss:
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The differentiation between allowing ourselves time to fully feel the most challenging moments in our lives vs letting those moments define us.
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How what we’re grappling with on an individual level is so often mirrored by what we struggle with as a collective
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Our perspectives on how therapy is currently being utilized and how self-help can sometimes turn into one more external source of dependency.
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe, rate and write a 5-star 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.
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In this live coaching session, we sat down with Steven to talk about the issues of betrayal and differing levels of desire within a marriage.
We explore:
how our attachment wounds inevitably start to play out in our adult relationships and how understanding our codependent tendencies becomes the first step we take toward our own healing
why the people in our lives often start taking us for granted if we’re not treating ourselves with love and respect first
the importance of maintaining a sense of autonomy - our own interests, communities, and practices of self-care - both inside and outside of a relationship
We were so grateful to Steven for being so open about a relationship topic that so many of us are grappling with every single day.
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe, rate and write a 5-star 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.
This podcast is, for sure, Cheaper Than Therapy. Follow Cheaper Than Therapy on Instagram Follow Vanessa Instagram TikTok YouTube Follow Dené Instagram TikTok
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Danielle LaPorte is a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100—a group that, in Oprah Winfrey’s words, “is uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters.” The former director of a future studies think tank in Washington, DC, where she managed a team creating global scenarios. She now speaks about the intelligence of the heart. Her most recent book, How To Be Loving… when your heart is breaking open and the world is waking up, is also an audiobook + eBook, with a companion deck and journal. Danielle is also the author of The Fire Starter Sessions, The Desire Map, White Hot Truth, and the producer of dozens of meditation kits and online programs for spiritual support.
We sat down with Danielle to explore:
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why feeling fulfilled has nothing to do with your mood and holding love as a state of consciousness
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understanding karma as a way that the Universe brings everything back into balance and not the punishment model we’re taught to think it is
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how our perspective shifts when we start to live in the felt experience that God is in everything
You can connect with Danielle on social @daniellelaporte or access her heart-centered programs, tune into her unbelievably soulful meditations, or find more information on her newest release, How to be Loving at daniellelaporte.com
Connect with Danielle Instagram Website Twitter Facebook
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
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*These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy.
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In this solo episode, Vanessa and Dené hit record on one of their conversations during a recent trip they took to Hawaii.
They explore:
how each of them has defined their own relationship to spirituality
why it might not be helpful to demand perfectionism of ourselves and others when attempting to understand our cultural differences
how the work of spiritual seeking is ultimately about staying in the space of curiosity and remembering that each of us are always doing the best that we can with our current understanding
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
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!
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.
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
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Jeremie Lotemo is a poet, writer, and coach who utilizes his insights on relational dynamics to help men live from their deepest core. Through his writing, his podcast, 1:1 coaching and building community, Jeremie supports others in the integration of their deepest shadows. We sat down with Jeremie to discuss: 1. The invisible initiation society puts young boys through, where they are socialized to sever their authenticity in an attempt to maintain a sense of acceptance and connection to other men. 2. How women can support the men in their lives by seeing them in the highest vision of who they are, and exchanging the desire to mother them for a practice of allowing compassion and boundaries to exist at the same time. 3. How understanding our partner’s attachment style and wounding can expand our own capacity to lean into moments of discomfort and grow our ability to stand in the fire of our relationships in order to allow something to be purified. 4. Why it’s so important to understand how the mother wound shows up in men, and the ways that it’s impacting so many men’s ability to find fulfillment in their relationships, as well as within themselves.
Jeremie’s work offers such powerful insights into what’s underneath so many of the relationship challenges we face. We know you are going to love this conversation as much as we did. You can connect with Jeremie on social @byermeas or hear some more of his incredible wisdom by subscribing to his podcast, Gates of Perception Podcast, available wherever you listen to your podcasts. Be sure to check out his Masterclass, “Life Beyond the Mother Wound,” that begins on November 3rd – you can find some more details about the class on his Instagram page.
Connect with Jeremie Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byermeas/ Listen to “The Gates of Perception” podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gates-of-perception/id1532617558 Website: https://www.byermeas.com/ Masterclass: https://www.byermeas.com/masterclass-life-beyond-the-mother-wound
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
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Cheaper than Therapy is back for Season 3! In this solo episode, Vanessa and Dené talk about what they’ve been up to during the podcast’s hiatus and some of the patterns they’ve noticed coming up lately in conversations. They discuss: 1. What it feels like to be witnessing a massive reclaiming of the feminine energy that the current patriarchal structure of society has conditioned us to suppress. 2. What it means to shift from the practice of looking outside of ourselves for answers to beginning to live a life governed by an inner authority. 3. The shifts we’re seeing collectively in terms of people really starting to question for themselves what will bring an authentic sense of fulfillment – in work, in relationships, and in their lives in general. 4. The idea that some of the changes we’ve been facing as a society have been in service of bringing all of us – regardless of how we identify in terms of gender – in alignment with the reclamation of the feminine.
Dené and Vanessa also share details about their upcoming New Years Retreat, FROM SELF-ABANDONMENT TO INNER BELONGING: THE INTENSIVE happening in Carefree, Arizona at Civana Wellness Resort and Spa, January 1-6, 2023!
If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe, rate and write a 5-star review so we can get the podcast out to even more people!
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Shaun Galanos is an internationally recognized love coach, podcast host, and speaker on a mission to help people have better, more loving relationships. We sat down with Shaun to talk all things dating – the stigmas, what it’s like to date right now, emotional availability, and intimacy. He also shares how he himself struggled to form healthy relationships – always finding it easy to give great advice to friends, but realizing he needed to do some work to ‘walk his own talk.’ Shaun does such a great job offering tangible tools for navigating the rough waters of dating. We know you’ll find his perspectives to be as valuable as we did. You can connect with Shaun on social @thelovedrive or through his website shaungalanos.com. You can also keep up with Shaun by subscribing to his podcast, The Love Drive, available wherever you listen to your podcasts. Be sure to check out his new live course, “How to Hold Space for your own Emotional Experience and Those of Others,” that begins on Thursday August 11 – more details can be found on his website.
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Tricia Huffman is a podcast host, speaker, and founder of Your Joyologist. She specialized in working with those in the public eye to keep them in integrity with who they want to be while also enjoying their life. Tricia empowers others through her social media, her Claim It! Podcast show, Your Joyologist product line, and Own Your Awesome daily inspiration app.
We sat down with Tricia to discuss her journey to walking away from the word ‘should,’ tangible ways to harness the power of our intuition, how to get clear on the choices we make and why, and how to allow ourselves to be seen in all of our relationships.
This was such a rich conversation, and we know you’ll be as moved by Tricia’s story as we were.
You can connect with Tricia on social media @_triciahuffman. Her book, “F the shoulds. Do the Wants,” is available for purchase through all major online booksellers.
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In this episode, Dené drops in on a TAT Lab session on codepency led by Vanessa. We discuss the differentiation between intentions and outcomes, the codependent survival strategy of making ourselves and our needs smaller to maintain connections, the importance of not deciding for others which truths they can tolerate hearing, and asking ourselves, “what do I imagine it would feel like if I actually felt like I was heard?
We loved having the opportunity to bring our TAT LAB community in on one of our conversations, and we know you’ll have some of your own takeaways after hearing the processing we did together as a group.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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Bryan Reeves is a former US Air Force Captain turned life coach, author, podcast host, and blogger with over 30 million readers. Since 2014, he has been coaching couples and men to help them discover and live out their dreams. His new book “Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)”, discusses men’s challenges with intimacy and boundaries and thriving in intimate relationships.
We talked with Bryan about what happens in a society where we look to our intimate relationships to be the containers in which we find adulthood - when that’s not what they’re supposed to be for, the trouble with us attempting to maintain a “two person village,” the healing that comes from men learning to trust other men after a lifetime of experiences that have taught them not to, and why we’re drawn to partners that have the qualities we long to experience within ourselves - but then we immediately reject those qualities within them.
This conversation provided potent insight into the ‘why’ behind the relational dynamics we’ve all struggled with. We know you’re going to find it as valuable as we did.
You can connect with Bryan on social media @bryanreevesinsights or through his website bryanreeves.com. His book, “Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)”, is available for purchase through all major online booksellers. Bryan also hosts the podcast, “Men, This Way”, available wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Are you interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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In this solo episode, we hit record on a passionate conversation we were having based on some questions we received from all of you. We dove into the question, “what do I do if my partner no longer finds me attractive”, to unpack the social and cultural pressures placed on what monogamy “should” be.
We love having conversations about various ways of breaking out of codependent paradigms and cultivating relationships that not only support our growth - but are in alignment with our authentic values. We hope this episode leaves you with some questions to explore for yourself and those you’re in relationship with, and challenges you to think about what kind of partnership would feel most true to who you are becoming.
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This week we’re welcoming Kristi Born and Rainier Wylde who are partners in both life and in podcasts as cohosts of the Love Like Hell podcast. Kristi is a Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked extensively with families, couples, and adolescents in a variety of contexts to bring peace of mind and decrease suffering. Rainier 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. We talk about their relationship, the immense amount of work involved in loving another well for a sustained period of time, breaking down the shame around infidelity and seeing challenges in marriage as moments to revisit broken agreements, and the curiosity that keeps their relationship propelling forward. We loved this session and witnessing the power of Rainier and Kristi’s relationship firsthand. You can connect with Kristi and Rainier on Instagram @kristimarieborn and @rainierwydle. For more about Kristi’s private practice visit relationallife.com. Listen to Rainier and Kristi’s podcast, Love Like Hell, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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In this live coaching session, we sit down for our first-ever couples coaching session with Gloria and Jay to talk about their struggles with navigating parenting and vulnerability in the midst of a developing relationship.
We talk with them about the value in modeling acceptance of our imperfections for our children, the fears that inevitably come to the surface when we’ve found someone to love, normalizing the challenges of parenting adolescents - who feel ambivalent in their need for you, but resisting you at the same time, and staying committed to what they’re creating for themselves in the sacred space of their relationship.
This is such a potent episode, whether you’re a parent or not, there’s something that we can all relate to.
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Jamie Graber is a coach, mind shifter, energy mover, crystal lover, meditator, author, yogi, speaker, teacher, and mother who helps others live their best life through conversation and meditation.
We sat down with Jamie to talk about how her path has unfolded throughout her life and how we can connect with our humanness by remembering we’re all struggling with the same thing: self-worth, and how to nourish ourselves in authentic ways.
You can connect with Jamie through her website organicallyjamie.com or on Instagram @organicallyjamie
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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Kay to talk about control and her struggles and frustrations with letting go of it both at home and at work.
We talk with Kay about navigating martyr syndrome, exploring the payoff we’re taking away from our codependent tendencies, the opportunities for growth we rob others of when we don’t let them fall and playing the tape through on the worst-case scenario in our head.
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Janelle Hardy is a writer, artist, host of the Personal Mythmaking Podcast, and the creator and teacher of an online transformational memoir-writing course called, “The Art of Personal Mythmaking.” She has been a trauma-informed bodyworker for over 13 years and has integrated her expertise to support people in their creative healing work.
We sat down with Janelle to learn more about her origin story, how she has navigated pivots throughout her personal and professional lives, the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship, and how her practice of transformational memoir-writing heals.
You can connect with Janelle through her website janellehardy.com or on social media @janellemackinnonhardy.
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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Liz about her recent separation and her struggles with co-parenting and navigating her family’s new reality.
We talk about reframing our narratives around what a family ‘should’ look and operate like, challenging ourselves to ask what love would say when we start to feel fear come to the surface, holding the complexity of grief and multiple truths existing about our situation at one time, and knowing that our lives are what we decide they are.
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Kute Blackson is a transformational speaker, teacher, national bestselling author, and host of the SoulTalk with Kute Blackson podcast. His mission is simple: To awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically, and fulfill their true life’s purpose.
We sat down with Kute to hear more about the unique gifts he developed through his childhood, his experience of individuation and learning to trust his intuition at an early age, the rarely explored aspects of how the mother wound manifests for men, and how his experiences shaped his path toward working with and inspiring people around the world.
This conversation was one that really affirmed for us why we love hosting this podcast as much as we do. Kute’s energy is magnetic, and we know you’ll understand why he is such a profound gift to the world through the work that he does.
You can connect with Kute through his website kuteblackson.com or on social @kuteblackson. Kute’s latest book, “The Magic of Surrender”, is available now and releasing on paperback May 14th. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Bethany to talk about navigating the vulnerability that inevitably comes up when we attempt to allow ourselves to be seen by another in a romantic relationship.
We explore the concept of talking to our inner child like we would talk to our own children, differentiating what is our to self soothing work and what is useful to bring to our partner for support, the importance of communicating vulnerably - even when it’s hard, and the point of relationships being to hold up a mirror to show us what we can focus on healing within ourselves.
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Allison Chawla is a psychotherapist, writer, life coach, mother, and spiritual counselor. In addition to many years of clinical training and a Master’s in Social Work and Psychotherapy from Fordham University, she has spent over a decade training in eastern philosophies of healing–cultivating a diverse set of skills that influence the change-focused, empathetic, and unique approach that she provides to her clients.
We sat down with Allison to discuss the struggles therapists found guiding their clients in the direction of hope throughout the uncertainty of the last few years, how parents have held their children through their own particular challenges, the way that healers are using science to back up ancient theories and healing techniques, and the instant calm that can come from utilizing Emotional Freedom Techniques.
Allison has such a beautiful, energetic presence. We know you’re going to be blown away by her ability to blend spiritual wisdom with the background in science to support what she understands.
You can connect with Allison through her website talktoallison.com or social @allisonchawla.
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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Marie to discuss how she is navigating the liminal space of midlife.
We explore the challenges of maintaining a social life as a co-parenting mother, how to be okay with defining ourselves for ourselves, embracing the seekers path and learning to drown out the noise when we feel misunderstood by society, and looking at what might be considered “failures” as vital information about how to move forward.
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We feel so lucky to have not one, but two incredible guests that we treasure so deeply. We’re thrilled to bring back two of our favorite guests, Mildred Murillo and Ashley Torrent. Milly is an astrologer and spiritual coach who believes astrology is about guiding her clients to discover the divine wisdom and strength that is within them. Ashley is a psychospiritual counselor, intuitive medium, and teacher who believes that we are all mediums, psychics, empaths, and energy healers—we all have this magic inside of us that many have forgotten—and her intention is to help us remember. We sat down with Milly and Ashley to discuss how we need to stay grounded in the physical world while holding all of what is happening within the cosmos, why intuition is not only the language of the Universe - but a key component of reclaiming a connection to our inner knowing, the importance of staying present with one another’s pain during the most challenging aspects of our human experience, and why every single element of our journey is necessary to support us in understanding who we are meant to become. Mildred and Ashley have both had such a profound impact on our lives, and we’re so grateful for the opportunity to share their wisdom with all of you! You can connect with them both through their new podcast, “The Blue Butterfly Effect” or on Instagram at @astro_consciousness and @ashleytorrent29. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s the 100th episode of Cheaper Than Therapy! We are humbled by this journey and deeply grateful for all of you who have walked alongside us, listening in and engaging with us every week. We hope the podcast has served as a consistent, safe space for you - as much as it has for us - during a time as a collective we’ve experienced so much turbulence across every aspect of life.
For this milestone episode, we sit down to explore a topic that is coming up a lot for us and so many of the women we work with. We talk about crossing initiatory thresholds, and how to navigate the grief, anger, and mixture of feelings that come up for us as we age — changes with our bodies, our growing children, how we’re experienced by society as a whole.
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Michael Anthony is a transformational coach and the founder of Think Unbroken, a community committed to the support and growth of Trauma Warriors.
We sat down to talk with Michael about his incredible journey of overcoming adversity through deep, dedicated work and healing.
We explore the importance of consistently taking daily action steps toward building the life you want for yourself, going directly toward the thing that keeps you up at night, making the commitment to only doing what you want to do, and the fact that fear is innate in all of us, that it is survival - but in the same way, it can cripple you, it can launch you and catapult you into the stratosphere.
We were so inspired by Michael and we know you will be too!
You can connect with Michael on social @michaelunbroken, through his website thinkunbroken.com, or through his podcast Think Unbroken which is available where you listen to your podcasts.
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In this solo episode, we discuss some of our perspectives on parenting. We explore the possibility that feeling a sense of ownership of our children is a bit of an outdated paradigm, leaning into a more spiritual perspective of parenting which acknowledges the role our children can play in being their parent’s teachers, and that our job as parents may be more about honoring the Truth of who our children are instead of attempting to mold them into who we feel they’re supposed to be.
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In this live coaching session, we talk with Claire about her self-discovery following the end of a 13 year relationship.
We discuss navigating the various forms of grief that come from the loss of a relationship, the dance between taking personal responsibility and allowing yourself to feel all of the feelings that need to be felt and reframing the end of a relationship as an opportunity to regain parts of ourselves that we may have lost.
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Krista Berlincourt is the CEO & Co-Founder of Kenshō Health, a company focused on bettering the lives of people by making wellness experts accessible. She is an internationally accredited coach and author who explores the wide world of shame, grief, joy, and all of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual things that make us human. We sat down with Krista to hear about her journey to becoming a CEO & co-founder, and how the realization that your life has been out of alignment can often offer the key to finding the work that you feel most inspired to do.
We talk about where to begin when you’re feeling overwhelmed with what it means to find a holistic approach to healing, our cultural conditioning around being in the continuous state of chasing ‘more,’ and the tremendous service Kenshō offers by supporting patients in holistically connecting the dots to why they’ve been struggling with what they’ve been struggling with - and finding their way back to health.
We were so inspired by this conversation with Krista and we know you will too!
You can connect with Krista on social @kberlinc and her company Kenshō at @kenshohealth
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In this live coaching session, we talk with Ashlyn about the journey of self-discovery she’s been on following her divorce.
We discuss how impactful safe friendships can be in the process of reprogramming and reparenting ourselves, why all emotions are welcome, and having big emotions doesn’t mean we’re not fine (they’re actually just an indication that we’re human), how to approach our interactions while dating as an opportunity to learn more about ourselves, and the importance of modeling for our children that we are more than just their parents.
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Sasha Cuff is a Relational Somatic Practitioner who has spent the last 25 years studying trauma and trauma resolution of all types, along with exploring a multitude of healing modalities and cultural perspectives on wellness. Sasha is deeply committed to his own shadow work and helping others in an embodied way. We sit down with Sasha to discuss his work in somatic therapy and the fact that what we are experiencing psychologically is often a symptom of our biology. We talk about the physiological impact of our relational wounds, the extent to which developmental/childhood trauma can block access to relational healing, the role psychedelic therapy can play in deep integrative repair, and the importance of creating specific containers and after care protocols that hold space for processing as we navigate healing trauma with psychedelics. We were so inspired by this conversation with Sasha and we know you will be too! You can connect with Sasha through his classes on Nectara by visiting nectara.co; be sure to checkout his masterclass on the physiology of trauma. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, we talk with Olanna about the impact of social media on our romantic relationships.
We dig into navigating the inevitable activations and how we might see them as an invitations to notice the narratives they bring up, how we bring our partners into the messy side of our inner work, the fears and historic wounds that social platforms can often bring to the surface, and how we balance vulnerability with holding respect for the autonomy and individual process of our partners.
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Debra Silverman is an astrologer, teacher, psychotherapist, and author. Over the past 40 years, she has helped thousands of people—individuals, families, and couples—achieve emotional health and wisdom.
We sit down with Debra to discuss the deep connection between astrology, psychology, and the transitional period we’re experiencing on a collective level.
We discuss the freedom and balance that comes from observing ourselves and our astrological charts, how our social structures are facing critical and necessary change and the gift of living in a time where society’s glorification of ‘normal’ is being dismantled. Here’s good news: in the New Earth we’re creating, anything goes.
We were both enamored by Debra’s humor and immeasurable knowledge of the cosmos - we know you will be too!
You can connect with Debra on Instagram @debrasilverman_astrology and through her website at debrasilvermanastrology.com where you can order her book, The Missing Element. Be sure to check out her new class available on theshiftnetwork.com that launches today, February 2nd!
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In this live coaching session, we talk with Chelsea about certain patterns she’s noticed in her dating experiences over the last decade since her marriage ended.
We dissect the commonly used phrase that comes up in the world of dating around finding “emotionally unavailable people” and how we can often be creating a distraction away from our own work when we’re fixing, helping, and mothering others in order to feel valued. We also explore how to begin to look at dating as an opportunity to stay curious and open hearted, understanding that we usually attract people who are mirrors of what we still need to look at and heal within ourselves.
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Madison Morrigan is an international award-winning life coach, leadership consultant, sovereignty guide, and host of the Everything Belongs podcast. Centered on self-belonging, sacred self-responsibility, spiritual freedom, and full expression, Madison coaches humans as they shed layers of old programming to come to their true selves.
We sit down with Madison to explore the path she has taken to being such a potent guide to others on their healing journey.
We discuss the somatic manifestations of trauma that often occur when we attempt to bypass acknowledging what we’ve been through, the experience of exile as an initiatory phase on the path to inner belonging, the collective sense of exhaustion we are experiencing from attempting to hold the opposing tensions of nuance and fear, and the sneaky ways some of our codependent tendencies can creep back in through outlets like social media and outsourcing our power to others.
We were both blown away by Madison’s magnetic strength and wisdom. We know you will be too! You can connect with Madison on Instagram and TikTok @madisonmorrigan and through her website at madisonmorrigan.com. Be sure to also listen to her show, Everything Belongs, available wherever you listen to your podcasts. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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In this solo episode, we explore the conversation that seems to be coming up quite a bit around toxic positivity, and how using this phrase may impact our ability to stay curious and view others without judgment.
We discuss the challenge around the loss of nuance that has come with the rise of mental health conversations happening on social media with character limits, the fact that life will inevitably hand us moments that we can’t bypass our way through, and that curiosity and judgment can’t live together - which is why we can’t form genuine connections with others if both are present.
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In this live coaching session, we talk with Dani about navigating some challenging dynamics in a newly formed relationship.
We explore how to communicate our needs in a way that can be heard, why compassion is inauthentic if we don’t include ourselves, the challenges that come from seeing the best in someone no matter despite what our current experience is with them, and why someone needing us can be a challenging foundation on which to build a relationship.
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We are so thrilled to have Katherine Winter-Sellery back with us on the podcast as our first returning guest! Katherine is a 3-time TEDx speaker, parenting coach, and mom of two. For over 20 years, she has been helping families thrive through her conscious guidance approach to parenting. We talk with Katherine about the gifts that come from meeting our children with a sense of humility, the antiquated idea that any resistance from a child should be seen as a form of disrespect, how our children hold up a mirror and offer insight into what happens for us when we feel out of control, and how to embrace parenting as a paradigm-shifting opportunity for us to do our own reparent work. Be sure to listen with a pen and paper close by for this episode to write down all of the phenomenal takeaways from Katherine. You can connect with Katherine on Instagram @katherinewintersellery and through her website consciousparentingrevolution.com. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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In this live coaching session, we talk with Jane about the contradictory feelings that come up as we’re on the precipice of a new phase of life.
We explore the realities of prioritizing our needs as parents,, how sometimes we can be attempting to postpone the action steps of going after what we really want by continuing to pursue additional letters behind our names, how much power we can find when we stay open to receiving instead of attempting to figure things out, and the sense of freedom that comes from a practice letting go of attachment to outcomes.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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In this solo episode, we explore the shadow elements of being raised as women in a wounded patriarchal system.
We talk about the differentiation between ‘wounded feminine’ and ‘healthy feminine’ energetics, how some of the narratives we were raised with have at times caused us to unconsciously reject elements of ourselves and other women, the challenge of confronting some of our subconscious programming while attempting to be present in relationships, and why working as therapists has given insight into where we’ve previously missed the mark in our perception of the inner world of men.
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Laura Grant is a Spiritual Teacher and Intuitive Coach who utilizes a combination of her background in music, business, education, and studies in spiritual science to provide service for humanity. She is a channel for the Spirit world who is deeply connected to her Ancestors and Ancient Wisdom.
She is an awakened feminine who is inspired by a higher power and dedicated to assisting with the ongoing evolution of the human collective.
We sit down with Laura for a deep dive into our inner world through the lens of what Carl Jung first coined our anima and animus, why the integration of both our masculine and feminine energies is a fundamental component of our mental health and collective healing, why tapping into our intuition will be such a fundamental aspect of leadership in the new paradigm of humanity, and balancing these energies within can help us identify a sense of purpose and interdependence in romantic relationships.
You can connect with Laura on Instagram @laurathewokenmind or on her website thewokenmind.com.
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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Maia to talk about her experiences with codependency and boundaries in her marriage.
Our conversation raised common relational questions like, “is it me?” “Is it them?” “Is it our communication?” “Could I be different or better?” And more painfully, “is this my fault?”
This session was such a beautiful example of how often our work in relationships is to invite curiosity and compassion back in where it has been lost - starting first and foremost, with ourselves.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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Jesse Estrin is a Marriage and Family Therapist who does a majority of his work within California’s prison system, facilitating mindfulness-based emotional intelligence programs. He’s passionate about advocating for criminal justice policy reform in California and across the U.S. and exploring the intersections of religion, spirituality, and depth psychology. We sit down with Jesse to dive into his work within the criminal justice system, the profound effects of our spiritual connections, and his understanding of how masculine and feminine energetics can change our relationships. You can connect with Jesse on Facebook or Twitter @JLondon888. Be sure to check out his work on Medium as well by searching Jesse Estrin. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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!
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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Arikka to talk about her relationship between grief, burnout, and fear of abandonment. We dive into how to feed the desire to be of service while preserving ourselves and pushing back on the idea that our worth is in what we are able to do and be for others. Our conversation raised the important question, what are we not allowing ourselves to feel by keeping ourselves so busy that we have no time to feel? Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Danette May is the Co-founder and CCO of Mindful Health LLC and Earth Echo Foods, best-selling author, founder of The Rise Movement, keynote speaker, high-level executive coach, fitness and nutrition expert, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. She has inspired millions of people around the world to step up into the true and full expression of themselves through her coaching, products, and programs, allowing them to live their happiest and healthiest lives. We talked with Danette about how to alchemize significant pain into an opportunity to be of service to the world, her experience with movement cracking open the soul, the tools she shares for communicating more effectively, and how our deepest moments of suffering are often preparing us to be an instrument of healing in someone else’s life. You can connect with Danette on Instagram at @thedanettemay or through his website danettemay.com. Be sure to get her book, “Embrace Abundance”, out now! Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, we talk with Sarah about the work she’s doing following the end of a 7-year relationship and a called-off engagement.
We dive into how to hold a desire to respect our family, cultures, and values, while knowing that we also need to step into an ever-expanding version of our authentic Self, and how sometimes our work is to be a paradigm shifter for our entire family system.
Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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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Xavier Dagba is a trauma-informed transformational life coach, shadow work facilitator, intuitive healer, and emotional alchemist. Xavier firmly believes that personal freedom can only be achieved when we allow ourselves to welcome the wisdom hidden within every emotional state, good or bad. We sit down with Xavier to talk about his path to discovering shadow work, how he served as a catalyst for healing within his own family constellation, his perspective on the reckonings we’re facing within systems that have expired, and the hope he holds for us rising as a human race. Xavier is the embodiment of so much hope and inspiration - it’s contagious, and we could not be more thrilled to share this conversation with you. You can connect with Xavier on Instagram at @xavier.dagba or through his website xavierdagba.com Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we share our thoughts on the new HBO Max series, Scenes From A Marriage, and what it triggered in both of us. We explore how we differentiate between a feeling, a thought we have, and the truth of how we feel, acknowledging that we all have our own traumas, our own pain, our own moments we feel alone, abandoned, scared, and how that shows up in our relationships. We also share details about our upcoming retreat, From Self Abandonment to Inner Belonging: The Intensive, in Carefree, Arizona January 2-7. Visit vanessabennett.com/retreats for more details! 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After two decades of practicing psychotherapy, Dr. Sam Rader developed her own therapeutic approach that examines how early childhood experiences write source code in the unconscious. As the owner and clinical director of the Source Code Psychotherapy Center in Los Angeles, she and her team of mental health practitioners help individuals re-write their code for a healthier, more beautiful life. With enough support, good boundaries, and real love, she believes we are all capable of becoming who we really are. We talk with Sam about diving beneath the surface of our stories to understand how they mold what we’re experiencing in our everyday lives. She brings us in on some of her source code psychotherapy practices that she and her team utilize to help clients uncover the relationship between their conscious and unconscious. Sam holds space so beautifully and we are absolutely thrilled to share her insights with you! You can connect with Sam on Instagram at @drsamrader or through her website drsamrader.com Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, we talk with DR about his moments of growth throughout the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
We dive into shattering (or expanding beyond) the societal stigmas around being an emotional male, how sitting in the mud of rock bottom moments presents an opportunity to emerge and bloom, developing your toolboxes of who you are and who you want to be, and understanding that anxiety is an experience that moves through us as a way to tell us something and keep us paying attention.
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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Kathleen Cruger is a mindfulness coach, yoga instructor, writer, and creator of creative things. As founder of Yoga Etc. and Radiant Human Design, she helps her clients connect with their true, authentic selves, leading them to their soul’s unique blueprint to bring clarity and self-acceptance—two of the best gifts we can give to ourselves. We talk with Kathleen about the ins and outs of human design, how it can lead us to deeper self-awareness, and using it as a tool for cultivating self-compassion on our path to expansion and growth. Kathleen broke down each of our charts and gave us some major insights into why we love working together so much. Our conversation really helped us understand how helpful it can be to utilize human design - be it with a team or a partner in a relationship - for better understanding one another and our specific “human design-based” needs. You can connect with Katherine on Instagram at @radianthumandesign or through her website radianthumandesign.com. Interested in joining a live virtual group class with us? We lead a variety of wellness sessions every week in TAT Lab. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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In this live coaching session, we sit down with Nicole to discuss what comes up emotionally as we transition into a new stage of life. 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amy E. Smith is a certified Life Coach and Hypnotherapist. As founder of thejoyjunkie.com, Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-worth. 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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, we sit down with Ben to discuss the lifelong work of strengthening our self awareness muscle. 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Caitlin Slavens and Chelsea Bodie are registered psychologists, parenting experts, perinatal specialists and the founders of MamaPsychologists - where they focus on supporting the mental health and well-being of mothers and parents at every stage of their parenting journey. 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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, we talk with Lisa about navigating the space between endings and new beginnings - also known as the liminal space. 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Melissa Wood Tepperberg is a powerhouse mama, wife, digital entrepreneur, founder of Melissa Wood Health, and creator of The MWH Method. 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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we discuss self-abandonment and all the different ways it shows up. We share stories of our personal experiences with self-abandonment and what they’ve taught us. 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. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode we sit down with Dr. Corey Emanuel. Corey is a writer, producer, author, mentor, and thought influencer with a Masters in Communication and PhD in Media Psychology. He’s the founder of Corey Emanuel Omnimedia, a Los Angeles based full-service production company, as well as founder of the social movement Men Talking Shift. 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. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We were absolutely thrilled to sit down with internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn. Seane is a powerful force, known for her social impact, impassioned style of teaching, and raw, honest, self-expression. 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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stefanos Sifandos is a relationship alchemist. He is also an advocate for men’s empowerment, a relationship coach, and well-known for his transformational way of educating on the interplay of masculine and feminine dynamics. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session with Karen, we talk about how we start to acknowledge that we are worthy of creating new love experiences. We explore the power of language when describing who we are, giving ourselves credit for the ways in which we’ve grown, bringing our partners along for the ride as we process difficult moments, and using mindfulness practices as a way to bring ourselves back when opening up to love feels really scary. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session with Carly, we talk about the complexities of dating after a divorce. 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary Beth LaRue is a mama, a yoga teacher, a writer, and the creator of Embodied by MB, embodiment based offerings which includes virtual yoga classes, a slow flow teacher training, and an online program of small group coaching for women. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and leave a written review so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Melanie Hersch is a psychotherapist turned dating coach who teaches singles how to rewire the unconscious patterns that have been preventing them from having the love they want. Her unique approach blends psychology, spirituality, and energetics to help her clients increase their self esteem, know their worth, and easily attract healthy love into their lives! 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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this powerful follow-up coaching session with Jim, we hear about some of the twists his singlehood journey has taken since our last conversation. We talk about codependent tendencies as a form of addiction, how our feelings of ambivalence can be an invitation to surrender, and that the feeling we’ve taken a backslide is actually a fundamental aspect of our growth. If you want to go back and reference Jim’s original session you can find it in Episode 34! If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and leave a written review so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you’ve ever been curious to learn more about astrology, this episode breaks it all down. Mildred Murillo (known to us as Milly) is an Astrologer and Spiritual Coach whose study and knowledge of astrology is based on a Jungian, person-centered approach. She believes that astrology is about guiding her clients to discover the divine wisdom and strength that is within them. 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) 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 midcoast out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Taune Lyons is an integrative therapist, writer, and coach in the San Francisco, Bay Area. She specializes in intentional relating, sexuality, unraveling our conditioning, and the integration of painful or potent experiences. Taune also teaches one of the most sought after classes in TAT LAB with a focus on attachment styles. 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 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session with Anna, we talk about learning to care for ourselves when our role in the family has always been to care for everyone else. 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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark Groves specializes in the art of translating human connection by challenging belief systems that hold us back from one another and by offering a new perspective on what it means to love courageously. 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 If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sheleana Aiyana is a writer, visionary, and healing conduit for a community of close to 2 million people through her platform “Rising Woman.” Vanessa and Dené talk with her about moments of crisis that serve as our invitation to healing, the freedom that comes from finding compassion and forgiveness for our flawed caregivers, how we continue to evolve through autonomy in our partnerships, the power of healers who walk alongside us through our struggles, and so much more! You can find Sheleana on Instagram @risingwoman and @sheleanaaiyana or dive deep into your own further healing work through her courses at risingwoman.com. And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session with Simone, we explore the challenging work of being alone when we’ve used relationships as a distraction from feeling difficult feelings, and how some of the inner work we’ve been doing can actually resemble spiritual bypassing. These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. *If you have something you are struggling to work through and would like to be on the podcast for a free live 30-min coaching session, DM Vanessa or Dené on Instagram! (We’ll change your name for confidentiality.) And, if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we sit down with Amanda Ashy, a clinical nutritionist, mindfulness teacher, and yoga instructor for children & families. Amanda teaches social-emotional well-being in school systems and works as a consultant supporting schools to develop their wellbeing curriculum. We discuss the power that comes from identifying your own authentic life, ways to successfully co-parent when a relationship comes to an end, giving ourselves as well as our children the space to feel all of our feelings, and so much more. This is truly one of those conversations that could have gone on for hours! You can find Amanda on Instagram @amanda_ashy and also @lokah_lab where she and her partner Rachel work together empowering busy modern moms to find connection, purpose, self-worth, and calm. And, if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, we talk with Rachelle about the power of trusting our inner wisdom during times of uncertainty. We explore our tendency to use productivity as a defense mechanism, and the ways we can use stillness to identify the experience of trust. These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. *ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re putting out another call to anyone who wants to be on the podcast for a free live 30-min coaching session. We’ll change your name for confidentiality. DM Vanessa or Dené on Instagram. And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do), please subscribe and review the podcast so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The trauma response is born of strength.” - Mary Catherine McDonald, PhD Dr. Mary Catherine McDonald (MC) PhD, is an expert in trauma with a passion for changing the way we think about, define, and treat trauma. In this episode, Vanessa and Dené talk with MC about what exactly constitutes trauma, the importance of bringing awareness to the narratives we are holding about traumatic events, and how connection is the key ingredient required for healing. She unpacks the science behind how we all experience trauma in such an accessible way. You can find MC on Instagram @emseyphd and also experience her classes on trauma first hand in @thetatlab. And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live session, we explore how understanding our attachment styles can help us to learn about, grow through, and ultimately unapologetically identify our needs in partnership. We also discuss with Allie the challenges of dating / navigating new relationships during covid-19. *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Buddy Wakefield is an American spoken word artist, a three-time poetry slam world champion, and the most toured performance poet in history. In this unbelievably powerful conversation, Vanessa and Dené talk to Buddy about the dangers of tranquil states of existence, how we can benefit from exploring our “scary thoughts,” and the victim, villain, and hero archetypes we’re being asked to question in our current climate. You can find Buddy on Instagram @buddywakefield and you can find his newest book of prose and poetry “A Choir of Honest Killers,” at writebloody.com. And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So often we can feel frustrated by the fact that we haven’t “conquered” whatever struggle drove us to doing our own healing work to begin with. In this live coaching session, Vanessa and Dené sit down with Kristyn to explore recurring activations that come up as a child of divorce, juggling two different family systems. We discuss coming into an awareness that even as we’ve accumulated lots of tools for navigating tough emotions as they come up, they may continue to arise for a lifetime - but our relationship to the emotions may change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ashley Torrent is a Psycho-spiritual Counselor, an Intuitive Medium, and someone who played a pivotal part in Vanessa’s journey. Dené and Vanessa talk with Ashley about how learning to embrace our challenges can be the pathway to finding hidden treasures, being “good enough” parents, and the intuitive gifts we all possess if we allow ourselves to be still and tap into them. Ashley embodies so much wisdom, and we know you’ll find this conversation with her as valuable as we did. You can find Ashley on Instagram @ouisie1 And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ram Dass famously said, “If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” In this live coaching session, Vanessa and Dené talk with Elle about this very relatable struggle. Elle moved home during Covid-19 and is finding it challenging to stay centered in her sense of self. We strategize ways to set boundaries that honor our own needs while also attempting to keep the peace with parents we respect and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode Vanessa and Dené discuss some taboo topics of parenthood: the importance of normalizing conversations around the extent to which we are struggling, how hard it is to bring up children without the support of extended community, and tools that can be useful for parents when we feel like we're at our whitts end. This episode was taped at the height of the covid-19 quarantine, so it really acknowledges the additional stressors families were (and are) facing during this time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, Vanessa and Dené talk with Murphy about the empowerment that comes when we start to define our own version of a successful life. This episode explores the societally imposed pressures around dating and career, how to identify what we want to prioritize for ourselves, and how we start to practice standing in our own truth. *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rene Wiley is a running coach, a group fitness instructor, and someone creating a major impact by challenging his community to show up in a more conscious way. Vanessa and Dené talk with Rene about the magic that happens when we finally find our authentic voice, the importance of being of service, and how he’s inspiring people on a global level to show up for themselves through his 101 mile running challenge. Through his social media Rene also contributes to eliminating the stigma by discussing our mental health and is such an inspirational voice at a time when we all need it most. You can find Rene on Instagram @itsrenewiley And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vanessa and Dené sit down with Nōn Wels, creator of the You, Me, Empathy podcast and founder of the collaborative mental health community, The Feely Human Collective. Nōn is doing such important work to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health struggles (particularly for men) and having candid conversations to create a deeper sense of empathy. We talk about the challenging work of creating boundaries, the power and strength we find through vulnerability and creating a community where we feel safe to be the fullest expression of ourselves. You can find Nōn on Instagram @youmeempathy and @feelyhuman And if you love the conversations we’re bringing you (as much as we do) please subscribe and review the pod us so we can get it out to even more people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, Vanessa and Dené talk to June about moving through betrayal, grief, and fear in her transitioning marriage, while still living in the same house because of the COVID-19 quarantine. We also discuss the importance of finding time and space for yourself as the parent of a young child. *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Whatever spiritual transformation you’re going through, there’s so much that correlates to that physically.” Lauren Weisman Vanessa and Dené sit down with Lauren Weisman who is the founder of Mama Method, which is custom movement for expecting and new mothers. They talk to Lauren about the synergy between physically and emotionally moving through the experiences that make up the transitional time of becoming a mother, and how this time correlates to so many other, sometimes traumatic, processes of initiation we go through. You can find a Lauren on Instagram at @mamamethod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this live coaching session, Vanessa and Dené explore the concept of “trauma bonding” with Pat. This conversation is a beautiful example of how often the real work becomes about learning to trust our intuition by paying attention to how interactions with other people make us feel. *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“I own my story, I embrace it. It’s made me who I am today.” -Suzy Favor Hamilton In this episode of Cheaper Than Therapy, Vanessa and Dené sit down with Suzy Favor Hamilton. Suzy is a 3 time Olympian, Sex Positive Life Coach, and Author of the New York Times bestseller Fast Girl. They talk about the triumphs and struggles Suzy faced on her journey to becoming an advocate for mental health, sex positivity, and letting go of what we’ve been conditioned to believe so that we can find our own truth. You can find Suzy on Instagram at @favorhamilton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vanessa and Dené talk to RD about a tremendous loss she suffered a few months ago. As she struggles to wrap her head around what the grieving process means for her, she is faced with the reality of contending with the COVID-19 crisis and isolation at the same time. *These live coaching sessions are meant for entertainment purposes only and are not to replace therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Cheaper Than Therapy, Vanessa and Dené bring listeners in on a conversation with Vanessa's boyfriend John Kim, aka "The Angry Therapist," about the effects they are anticipating quarantine will have on dating and relationships. John is known as a pioneer in the field of self-help; humanizing the therapist by showing himself, practicing transparency, and cutting through the bullshit, and also well known for his relationship insights. This episode is a snippet of an exploration around how the coronavirus outbreak will ultimately impact the way we connect. As well as being a therapist, John is an author, founder of JRNI coaching, host of The Angry Therapist Podcast, and a new dad. You can find him on Instagram at @theangrytherapist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this first live coaching session, Vanessa and Dené talk to Marissa about healing from betrayal, heartbreak, and the non-linear process of grief.
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During the early days of COVID-19 Social Distancing, Vanessa and Dené hit record and connected over the fear and uncertainty that we’re experiencing on a collective level. They talk about tools for alleviating anxiety, increasing self-care, and taking an opportunity to connect with each other even during this time of isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to Cheaper Than Therapy! In this first episode, Vanessa and Dené talk about their love affair with depth filled conversations, their sacred sisterhood, and nerding out on all things psychology. This episode gives you a little taste of what you can expect ahead including live coaching sessions, interviews with people who challenge us all to dig a little deeper, and conversations between two therapists dedicated to continuing to do their own inner work. This is Cheaper Than Therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices