Souly Human: Recent Episodes
Jasmin Nahomi
Hi friends! I'm Jasmin Nahomi, clinical therapist (ACSW) and growing human. Lets talk about self love, broken systems, the impact trauma has, spirituality&religion, and more. Weekly, Souly Human aims to bring awareness and discussion to everything&anything on mental health (personally and professionally), and social work (odds are, yes. I am also behind on documentation). I am healing and growing myself, professionally as a clinical therapist and personally in my every day life. We are solely human; you’re doing your best, and so am I.
My friend and fellow LCSW Katie, came on to Souly Human! We went through our graduate program together in 2020 and continue to grow as social workers and as humans. Katie talks about her experience as a medical social worker (specifically in transplant social work) and touches on her own experience with burn out. "Burn out" sneaks up on you! Doesn't quite hit like a brick out of nowhere but when it hits, it hits HARD. It can be hard to honor a client's self determination... if we care less than usual, are we bad social workers? Or did we grow healthy boundaries?
One of my closest friends Angelica Mendoza, comes on to Souly Human and talks with me about how God shows up, and her own journey. We talk on being in different seasons including being in the unknown and doing our best to ride the waves as they come. Some days are exciting and full of hope and other days are confusing and frustrating. However, sometimes the parts we didn't plan for allow for moments that we don't often have so easily accessible to us; more time to connect with those we love for example. We also talk about the different seasons we experience within our relationship with God. There is bravery in trusting the process especially when we find ourselves in spaces that challenge us.
My best friend came back on to Souly Human! Yaya and I talk about our shared experiences on anxiety and what it can look like both mentally and physically. Yaya shares on her experiences with navigating the healthcare system and how she moved through the anxiety that came with managing her physical health including meditations before sleeping and connecting with those important to her. Releasing the desire for control over things that we simply can't control is hard to do but there is freedom and peace in surrendering. The inner dialogue that we all experience daily IS within our control. How do you speak to yourself?
I spoke with a friend and mentor Angela Clark, a former supervisor with Child Protective Services for Riverside County about her experience in social services for 20+ years. We spoke on the function that CPS holds in a child's life, the role of the Child and Family Team Meeting, and what preventing burn out can look like. If a child is removed from their home, it is because there is a significant safety risk to their life. There's a lot of stigma surrounding CPS and understandably so at times, but the function when followed through on, is truly to keep a child safe. It is a traumatic and life changing experience. I see the result of this process when working with my foster youth in the group home. There is also a large assumption that the field of Social Work is specific to CPS. Not true! Social Work is a HUGE field focused on supporting humans in their social, mental, emotional well being.
My cousin came onto Souly Human! Bell is a Registered Dietitian with a background in Mental Health. Bell speaks on how her own life experiences have helped her connect with her patients both when working in the field of mental health, and now with nutrition. She explains where she is able to make connections between her patient's medical diagnosis and their own mental health journey. Also, turns out the imposter syndrome is a pretty common human experience... What does being healthy look like when it comes to our relationship with food?
Dany and I went through both our undergraduate and graduate social work program together. We both started working as mental health clinicians shortly after graduating and are currently still growing as therapists. Dany and I talk about things that we recommend as therapists, but don't always do... Your therapist is also a human and also experiencing different life seasons. Even WE sometimes get pushed to our limit or have clients that truly require all of our energy and it can get exhausting. We have different ways of getting through the seasons where life is throwing things at us while still doing our best to hold space for our clients. One of these ways, is tapping into our inner child. Another way, is taking breaks. As we grow as therapists we do our best to continue learning with an open mind. We both remember bring taught (at some point) to become an expert at not being an expert, or, to keep from calling ourselves experts because this would mean the learning stops. As humans we are always learning, and as therapists we are always learning.
As I move into a busy part of the year, I will be moving from weekly episodes to monthly episodes.
There are so many different ways to understand our physical and metaphysical selves. I never get tired about learning how we are connected within ourselves and to the Universe around us. Ashley speaks on moon cycles and hormonal cycles, the medical model, and how a women’s body moves through different phases. We talk together on the impact that our life experiences have on our physical being and what this can look like if we don't allow our body to experience and heal through its experiences. Ashley also taught me what the degrees of a zodiac sign represent and spoke with me on the Ego. Thanks for listening/watching friends, it truly means a lot! Talking with such amazing people each week has been so dope. As you go into your day, don't forget to practice empathy with yourself! Sources listed below. Episodes release weekly on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Like and subscribe! Truman, K. K. (2009). Feelings Buried Alive Never Die. Williams , R. J. (1984). Biochemical Individuality, The key to understanding what shapes your health. Hawkins, D. R. (2014). Power vs. force: The hidden determinants of human behavior. Hay House, Inc. Van Der Kolk, B. (2015). The Body Keeps the Score. Penguin Books. Clapp M, Aurora N, Herrera L, Bhatia M, Wilen E, Wakefield S. Gut microbiota's effect on mental health: The gut-brain axis. Clin Pract. 2017 Sep 15;7(4):987. doi: 10.4081/cp.2017.987. PMID: 29071061; PMCID: PMC5641835.
What does vulnerability look like in this season? As a fighter Michelle talks about perceptions of vulnerability in the fight world, what vulnerability can unlock as a fighter, and how outside of the gym vulnerability shows up for her. Together we talk on how vulnerability shows up in our relationships and with our self. My favorite part of this episode is when Michelle gives her definition of "self". How do you define "self" and what fuels YOUR Soul?
- Es and I touched on a lot around relationships; how we grow out of them, and into ourselves. We both come from immigrant parent/Christian households. Both of these influenced how we experienced (and still do) life. How we form attachments and how we perceive the things around us has a lot to do with our relationships with caregivers growing up; shout out to my anxious attachment styles! Letting go is not a weakness, sometimes it is the purest form of self love and the first step to healing. “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time” -Maya Angelou. Like and Subscribe! Episodes release weekly on Friday mornings.
As a woman, I am blessed to have women in my life that have truly inspired and guided my journey up to this point. Here on Souly Human you have already met a couple, and today you will meet another. Daphne is a long time friend and mentor. What is intuition to YOU? How does religion (sometimes) paint the idea of taking care of ourselves before (or in addition to) taking care of others? How do you tune out the external, and sit with the internal? When we create time to sit with self, inner judgments find a way to make themselves known; it's part of being a human. What happens when we hear these inner judgements as indicators that a specific part of ourself needs extra love? Our worth is NOT dependent on our efficiency, it's not something you earn, and it's not dependent on how much we do for other people. You are already of value and worth.
My coach and friend Ashley Manso and I reflect on what our Soul is, energy centers, speaking to our cells, the accountability that comes with feeling our Soul, and the value of both our clinical and spiritual reality. Ashley has insight as a professional athlete, an energetic healer, and as a human connected to her Soul that works to connect her tribe to themselves mentally, physically, and energetically. This conversation truly transported us to a new dimension and I feel such love and gratitude to have women such as Ashley in my life, and on Souly Human. This episode is a video episode that switches to an audio episode due to technical difficulties that come with recording in the outdoors #podcastlearningcurve. Below are ways to connect with Ashley along with resources to back up all the information we were blessed with on this episode. Ashley, Manso Holistic Health Practitioner: @abundantmind3 Sources: The Jungian Model of the Psyche. Journal Psyche 2014-2018, Wolff, T. Structural Forms of the Feminine Psyche. Zurich: C.G. Jung Institute. 1956, Fairweather D, Rose Nr. Women & Autoimmune Diseases. 2004 November, Martini, MC. et. al. Effect of the Menstrual Cycle on Energy & Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Gustafson, Sara. Human Health and Performance of Women, 2019, Brighton, Eileen. Beyond the Pill, 2014.
If you have a short attention span like me... @13:15 is a GREAT place to start. My little sister comes on and talks with me about our different experiences growing up with our parents. What's crazy is that if you have siblings, you guys will likely have had different experiences growing up because your caregivers were in different places at different times (emotionally, spiritually, mentally); we all experience life in seasons. Our caregivers were also just human. 31:48 - the impact that trauma holds.39:00 - trying to form boundaries & meeting people where they are, even family.
In this episode Michelle, Twinkie and I talk about expressing ourselves, learning how our mental health shows up in different ways, how partners and those closest to us support us, and what it looks like to protect and cleanse our energy. Michelle and Twinkie are both Muay Thai Fighters; we talk about their journey up to this point and how all of these parts of themselves connect as a fighter. Thank you to Jason Caldwell owner of Blackbeard Kickboxing Gym in Riverside CA for sharing space and connecting us. Speaking with these women was truly a gift!
My older sister shares on her stillbirth experience, grief, and postpartum. If this is a topic that may be difficult for you to hear, we encourage you to tune into a different episode.
My older sister shares on her stillbirth experience, grief, and postpartum. If this is a topic that may be difficult for you to hear, we encourage you to tune into a different episode.
My older sister shares on her stillbirth experience, grief, and postpartum. If this is a topic that may be difficult for you to hear, we encourage you to tune into a different episode.
One of my closest friends came on and spoke with me about confrontation, I-statements, anxious thinking, attachment styles, and friendships that come and go. People in our life that we love, trust and feel safe with are a gift.
One of my closest friends came on and spoke with me about confrontation, I-statements, anxious thinking, attachment styles, and friendships that come and go. People in our life that we love, trust and feel safe with are a gift.
My first guest ever obviously had to be my little sister. Roshann shares her experience up to this point with the health care system and her medical diagnosis. Continued episode from last week.
My first guest ever obviously had to be my little sister. Roshann shares her experience up to this point with the health care system and her medical diagnosis.
I continue to learn from the mental health professionals around me; in this episode, my own therapist and my supervisor.
Certain people in our lives represent different things based on the experiences we share with them. Everyone is in our lives for a reason; the universe knows what she’s doing.
Certain people in our lives represent different things based on the experiences we share with them. Everyone is in our lives for a reason; the universe knows what she’s doing. That was crazy though.
I’m learning that all our conditioned ways of thinking telling us how we’re “supposed” to do things, is just that. Conditioned thinking. This is YOUR experience, YOUR reality, YOUR life. Live it how you want and not how you feel is “normal”, “correct”, or what’s “expected” because none of it exists and you are the only person living in your day to day.
I’m learning that all our conditioned ways of thinking telling us how we’re “supposed” to do things, is just that. Conditioned thinking. This is YOUR experience, YOUR reality, YOUR life. Live it how you want and not how you feel is “normal”, “correct”, or what’s “expected” because none of it exists and you are the only person living in your day to day.
When emotional needs are not being met but religious values are being enforced, the environment doesn’t really scream “your mental health matters”, but instead “trust God, he is all that matters”. That may be helpful for a fully grown adult to hear, but for a developing kid/teen it’s not super fun.
When emotional needs are not being met but religious values are being enforced, the environment doesn’t really scream “your mental health matters”, but instead “trust God, he is all that matters”. That may be helpful for a fully grown adult to hear, but for a developing kid/teen it’s not super fun.
There is still a lot of stigma around having a mental health diagnosis. Some people are comfortable with it and embrace their mental health journey. Others may see themselves as less or not as strong or not as intelligent because of it. You are amazing as you are and your negative thoughts that say otherwise are likely rooted in society’s perception of a very normal human experience… needing support with your mental health.
May is Mental Health Awareness! Today we touch on medication for your mental health. The idea holds a lot of stigma and some are on board and others aren’t, that’s okay. Everyone is on their own mental health journey. Let’s talk about it.
as humans we have different perceptions of what love looks like based on our experiences. Doesn’t mean that one’s love is less genuine than the other, just means that it may look different. As we grow and change, our perception of love grows and changes too.
Are you a bad person if you ran out of empathy and you no longer care about whoever or whatever the circumstance is?
March is social work month! Most people think social workers do one or two things… We’re actually all over the place doing a bunch of things. Regardless of the role, a social worker is almost always helping others during a difficult time and doing their best to be a form of support. You’re work is valued, you aside from your work are worthy, and please extend the love you give to others, to yourself!
in a space where relationships appear to define our worth, being single and ENJOYING it is a journey. Relationships are amazing, but so is being single and spending that time and energy experiencing yourself.
As humans, we are products of our environment. That doesn’t mean we aren’t capable of making our own decisions nor that we aren’t accountable, it just means that we all have had different examples and even adults can be operating in a wounded child mindset if not given the support/space to heal and learn. Don’t be so quick to judge.
As humans, we are products of our environment. That doesn’t mean we aren’t capable of making our own decisions nor that we aren’t accountable, it just means that we all have had different examples and even adults can be operating in a wounded child mindset if not given the support/space to heal and learn. Don’t be so quick to judge.
Insert title here now has a title; in reality we can just ignore the things that stress us out and call it a day right? Also, if you’ve never been diagnosed, you don’t need to worry about your mental health… right?
“Insert title here” now has a title; in reality we can just ignore the things that stress us out and call it a day right? Also, if you’ve never been diagnosed, you don’t need to worry about your mental health… right?
I feel like internal conflict is our current self trying to grow out of one thing and into another thing. we can fight it or we can embrace it.
I feel like internal conflict is our current self trying to grow out of one thing and into another thing. we can fight it or we can embrace it.
I feel like internal conflict is our current self trying to grow out of one thing and into another thing. we can fight it or we can embrace it.
As humans, we are all different. We have our own experiences, values, perspectives, goals, etc. There is no better or worse. Just different journeys.
Being trauma informed in mental health is understanding the impact that trauma has on a human emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically. Without taking into consideration why someone does certain things, we allow our bias and counter transference to kick in.
This is the final episode in the mini series. As humans, we all have underlying needs. These needs can dictate a lot of what we do.
Our self worth and the examples we had plays a large part in how we are able to show up in our partnerships. How can you remind yourself of your worth this week?
Does anyone else avoid confrontation and communication with those closest to you above all other people in your life? Same.
Continuing right where we left off last week in this mini series on relationships. How do we choose what relationships we keep in our life if they’re negatively impacting our healing? Who and when do we implement boundaries with? Original music by Nathan Silao.
For the month of October, let’s talk about boundaries, growth, and self love within our relationships. This mini-series explores what healing may or may not look like in context of our connections with others.
Changing the way we think disrupts our brain’s pattern. How can you love yourself this week? How can you honor and acknowledge the immense value you have as a human?
we live in a culture that pushes and idolizes productivity, making it feel like we need to earn our worth AND that our worth is based on these external accomplishments. False.
9/11/22, 4:24pm, Riverside CA. When your mind starts to wander without judgment notice where your mind went. Then gently bring yourself back to the present. What can you hear?
addiction / generational trauma / meeting yourself (and others) where you are. We’re all solely human.
Prayer alone is not always enough. Understanding the psychosocial parts of yourself is just as important (if not more in some cases) to better understand yourself as a human… and that’s okay.
Underlying needs cause a lot of our emotions and behaviors. I’m still learning about myself, obviously… Spending time alone is a great way to learn more about yourself. Be patient and empathetic in the process.
there’s a common conditioned way of thinking: earn your worth by giving and doing for others. FALSE. You are already worthy.
Homelessness is an ongoing issue. Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met. If you know of any housing resources and have access to them on IG, please tag SoulyHumanPodcast. The information discussed in this episode is taken from Maslow’s idea in psychology that is commonly known and was published in 1943.
our environment heavily impacts our development and therefore, the people we become. we can always unlearn and rebuild, but in the process talk to yourself with empathy. do the same for others because you don’t know their story and we are all solely human.