Healing Aloud: Recent Episodes
Jori and Shanna Mae
Two friends (and sisters-in-law) talk about their mental health journey recovering from and coping with disorders, trauma, and taking life one day and lesson at a time.
Cover Art by Ashley Burton @CozyNickel Music by lemonmusicstuidos
Our mental health isn’t just about our minds. We walk through life in a body, and how we think about that body has been a big part of our healing journey. How do we accept our physical differences and limitations?
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There are a lot of things people say that don’t align with what is being meant. This episode focuses on a few intentional phrase changes that has helped us mean what we say, say what we mean and by making these little changes, change our thought patterns. (References from Instagram profiles: @kids.eat.in.color and @mommacusses )
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Getting a mental health diagnosis can be a rollercoaster ride of emotions, especially if your diagnosis carries a lot of stigma, such as Borderline Personality Disorder. In this episode we talk about how getting diagnosed has affected our lives and how we’ve come to terms with it all.
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When something tragic or traumatic happens to a loved one how can you best support them? How will you know you are saying and doing the right things? We share what was most helpful (and hurtful) during our hardest times. Trigger Warning: infant or pregnancy loss, childhood illness and injury, death
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We get so caught up in ‘when we’ll get better’ but it’s more of a learning process and celebrating the small victories in progress of our emotions, triggers, coping mechanisms, life events, relationships, boundaries and more.
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Has your therapist ever asked, “Is that serving you?” What does it mean for something to be serving you, how can we know if it is, and what do we do if it isn’t?
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How do you play? Most people fall into one of eight “play personalities” according to researcher Dr. Stuart Brown. We share what our play personalities are and how we can incorporate all types of play into our lives as adults.
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Whether or not you are a writer, journaling is a powerful tool for our mental health and relationships. Here’s a little bit about different ways we journal and how it helps us.
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Play is a massive element to human nature! This overview of play talks about who play is for, why it’s important, known benefits, types of play. This is the first episode to play with more to look forward to in the future!
Nobody is perfect. But trying to reach perfection is really tempting but can be harmful. Listen in to hear how we see perfectionism in our lives and how we cope with it!
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Going to therapy has so many benefits! In this episode we talk about our entering into therapy, who needs therapy, when you should consider going into therapy, what to look for in a therapist, how to move on from a therapist, and more!
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Some of us struggle with envy and some of us don’t as much. Having the awareness of how it is serving or not serving you is crucial. Listen in to how we deal with both sides of the spectrum!
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When we name and listen our emotions as the guides of information as they are instead of bad or good, we’ll find out a lot more about ourselves and how to have deeper, more meaningful relationships with ourselves and with others.
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Being mindful can give moments of peace when it all seems like it’s all going down in a hand basket and can help cope when you feel like a spiral threatens. Listen in to some ways that help us!
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Postpartum presents unique mental health challenges. We share our experiences in hopes that it helps someone Trigger Warning Self Harm/Suicide
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We all have been told self care is important, but what actually is self care, and how do you do it? Guest star Meagan Hanson (social work and librarian background) teaches us about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how it can help us think about self care.
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What does it mean to be grateful and how can a gratitude practice help you on your mental health journey? Also, why can gratitude be hard for some?
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What does the word “No” bring up for you? In this episode we talk about learning to say no, and learning to listen to no. It’s about boundaries which requires learning to recognize our own emotions and acknowledge when we need to say no. It’s also about kindness to ourselves and others as our boundaries help us bring our best selves to the table.
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