Depression Relief with Yasmean Willis: Recent Episodes
Yasmean Willis
Ever wish you had a mentor with years of experience healing depression, after her own decade-long battle, whispering success secrets in your ear? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you tune into the Depression Relief Podcast with your host, mother of 4 turned Depression Recovery Expert, Yasmean Willis. Her specialty? Breaking down big ideas and strategies into actionable step-by-step processes designed to get you results with a whole lot less stress. Tune in, get inspired, and get ready to discover how Yasmean was able to recover from depression naturally, without medications, when doctors weren’t able to help at all. No matter how long you’ve been dealing with depression, or in what form, each episode is designed to help you take immediate action on the most important strategies along your depression recovery journey. Subscribe to our podcast and let’s get started! The content and resources on this Website(s) are for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of such advice or treatment from a personal physician. It should not be used to diagnose or treat health problems or to prescribe any medical devices or other remedies. All readers/viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions.
Taking on depression recovery can be very intense. Many people jump right in not realizing what it really takes to recover. If you find that you're having a hard time making progress, it could be you haven't made space for healing. So, in today's episode we're talking about:
- Why it's important to make space to heal.
- How your life can get in the way of your healing.
- How making space allows you to create healthier patterns.
- Steps you can take to make space for healing.
- How making space can be the ultimate benefit on your depression recovery journey.
Let's get started!
Touch deprivation is a real thing and isn't talked about too much in circles of depression. But I can tell you first hand, it was a big factor in my depression. It was a piece of my puzzle. One more cause figured out on my road to recovery. That's why I decided to talk about it today. Many people suffer from this very thing and have no clue that it could be a part of the reason they are depressed. Matter of fact, it could be the complete reason for some people. So, today we talk about:
- What is touch deprivation?
- What science and research are finding out about its effects.
- How to know if you are touch deprived.
- What to do about it.
Let's get started!
Putting yourself first! It may seem weird or wrong because we live in a society that values altruism, even if it's at our own expense. But you can do both. You can care for others and yourself at the same time. It doesn't need to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Today, I talk about how putting yourself first can be of benefit to you and those that matter most to you. No longer do you need to neglect yourself at your own expense. We're discussing:
- The value of investing in yourself.
- Why prioritizing yourself is necessary.
- How to get around the discomfort or guilt you may be feeling.
- One tip you can use to help you learn to put yourself first.
So, if you doubt yourself, know that you are worth it, now find out why!
Self-sabotage is something that everyone deals with from time to time. The difference between the people who are able to achieve great things and the ones who get stuck is understanding when it happens and how to get past it.
Today's episode is dedicated to explaining the dynamics of self-sabotage and how they can stand in the way of your depression recovery if you don't get ahead of it now. We're discussing:
- Understanding what self-sabotage can look like.
- What are forms of destructive or avoidance self-sabotage?
- How it relates to fear.
- Finding your self-sabotage triggers.
- How to get past sabotaging your progress and goals.
So, let's get started!
I had no idea I was working on my emotional intelligence when I made the decision to turn things around for myself and begin focusing on me and my health. Little did I know this would be the first step in a lifelong journey to become the best me mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Well, it turns out that emotional intelligence can be one of the keys to your depression recovery, as it was for me. So we'll be discussing:
- What is emotional intelligence?
- The categories of emotional intelligence.
- How emotional intelligence relates to depression.
- The benefits of emotional intelligence.
- Why it's important for depression recovery.
- How to begin fostering a higher level of emotional intelligence.
Let's get into it!
The power of thought is a buzz topic for good reason. In fact, it was the power of thought that made the difference in my depression recovery. But it didn't just stop there. I've been able to continue to benefit beyond depression recovery since then. It has carried over into all aspects of my life. So today we're focusing on if it's necessary for depression recovery and if so, how you can use it as well. We're discussing:
- How the mind affects your physical performance.
- Why thought can make or break depression recovery.
- Could the power of thought be the answer to overcoming roadblocks?
- How being hard on yourself can damage self-esteem.
- How to put the power of thought to work for you.
- And so much more!
Let's dive in!
We're all guilty of this to a point. But Avoidance Coping is something that I've struggled with for some time. I've always known I've had an issue getting things done and I knew it wasn't just a case of laziness. I knew there was something deeper going on, I just didn't know what it was or what to do about it. Today, I talk about Avoidance Coping and what I've been able to do to get out of it. We're talking about:
- What is Avoidance Coping?
- Why do we do it?
- How Avoidance Coping relates to depression and anxiety.
- What is a better way of dealing with problems and situations?
- What you can do about it to gradually change this habit.
- And more!
Let's get started!
The feeling of helplessness, yet another symptom of depression. It's very hard to deal with, but very easy to fall into if you're not careful. Knowing the dynamics of helplessness can be the difference between preventing it or getting out of it if you've found yourself stuck, feeling like there's no way out of your situation, your depression, or your life.
But the good news is helplessness is not a life sentence and today we will be discussing all the particulars of:
- What is helplessness or learned helplessness?
- Which comes first, helplessness or depression?
- What other issues are related to helplessness?
- Why some people experience it while others don't.
- How to overcome learned helplessness.
- And so much more!
Let's get started!
Change is hard! We all go through it! Especially when taking on something new and scary. I went through the struggles of change when I took on my depression recovery years ago. But, I was able to get past it and didn't let it stop me from pursuing my dream of reversing my depression.
So today, I wanted to talk about the reasons people rather stay miserably depressed instead of taking action and making the changes they need to live the life they envision for themselves. So, we'll be talking about:
- Why resisting change is actually harder than taking action.
- Reasons people resist change.
- My #1 way of taking on big and scary situations.
- Steps you can take to overcome the resistance to change.
- And so much more!
Let's dive in!
Loneliness is another symptom of depression that can make depression worse if you don't take active steps to thwart it in its tracks. It's something miserable and painful to go through as if depression alone wasn't enough. Well, I don't what you to needlessly suffer, so today, I'm talking about what those steps are and giving you simple things you can start to do today to pull yourself out of it. We're discussing:
- What it means to be lonely.
- How depression and loneliness are connected.
- What six things you can do to stop loneliness in its tracks.
Let's get started!
Today's episode is all about answering some of the most common questions asked about depression. With the appropriate understanding of depression and what's really going on in the body, you can make better decisions on what you need to do in order to recover. We'll be discussing:
- Is depression an illness or disease?
- Is depression genetic or hereditary?
- Why am I depressed for no reason?
- What does depression feel like?
- What happens to your brain when you are depressed?
- Are depression and anxiety linked?
- Why does my depression keep coming back?
- What type of depression do I have?
- Which depression meds are the best?
- Is depression curable?
So, let's get started!
The difficulty of making decisions while depressed was quite a surprise for me when I first found out that this was actually a thing. It totally made sense to me though. All of a sudden, I had some clarity on why I just couldn't, for the life of me, make some of the simplest decisions and it absolutely drove me crazy. But after begin depressed for so long, I discovered some tips and tricks to function in life, even when my mind didn't want to cooperate. We're gonna take a look at:
- Why it's difficult for people struggling with depression to make decisions.
- What technique I use to simplify decisions and other life situations, removing a lot of confusion.
- A step-by-step model to use when making difficult or complex decisions.
- And so much more!
So, let's dive in!
Today's episode is all about dealing with unsolvable problems. We all face them, and if you're not equipped with a few very important skills to handle them as they come, it can be much more difficult than it needs to be. But if you develop a few key tools, it can make all the difference between being stressed, possibly worsening your depression, or handling it in stride and minimizing its effects on your wellbeing. So let's dive in and discuss:
- How do you know when a problem is unsolvable?
- How to deal with situations that directly affect you, but are outside of your control.
- Why it's important to validate your emotions and the part it plays in healing.
- How to develop the skill of acceptance.
- An important part of grieving.
- And so much more!
Enjoy!
There's a lot of talk about mindset these days. Mindset to do all sorts of stuff, including improving your health. Problem is, there is one key factor that can make all the difference in your success or your failure. Today, we're talking about what that is and how you can truly foster a mindset that can change your health and change your life.
What are four reasons that can keep you stuck and prevent you from reaching your goal of depression recovery? We discuss each and I give you practical ways of overcoming them if they come up for you.
This episode is all about giving you some perspective on what it takes to change the rest of your life. What will get past that point when you feel like giving up and the mindset you need to push through and succeed.
In this episode, we will be discussing if doing simple mental exercises on your own could actually rewire the brain. If so, how effective is it and could it be the solution for your depression recovery?
This episode is dedicated to shedding light on what it means to be a perfectionist and if you're not careful, how it can derail your efforts at depression recovery. Also, two tricks that you can use to help push yourself out of it if you find yourself stuck.
Are antidepressants effective at relieving depression? In this episode, I will be giving you my take on the issue. And what I think your course of action should be if you're already on them, thinking of getting on them, or not on them at all.
In this episode, we discuss what you need to know about depression to recover, how that's different from what doctors tell you, and why none of it makes sense.
The final part of our three-part series on roadblocks. Doing It All Yourself - How trying to take on your depression recovery on your own can set you up for failure and what is the best way to achieve your goal of depression recovery as quickly and easily as possible.
Part two of our three-part series on roadblocks. Procrastination - How and why procrastination affects people with depression more than others and the one thing you can do, right now, to change that.
Part one of our three-part series on roadblocks. Today, we talk about self-doubt. What it is and what to do about it. So that you can get out of your head and into action. I give you my number one trick to immediately remove self-doubt and instantly begin to feel better.
Depression Relief with Yasmean Willis teaches moms who have been struggling with depression, unable to experience any relief or assistance from doctors, how to reverse their depression once and for all. We’re here to answer one question: “How to do it, without doctors, dangerous medications, or being in and out of therapy.” If you want to know the answer, check out our podcast.