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THESE THREE THINGS WITH MELANIE MCNALLY, PSYD.

This week I host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, Michigan based licensed clinical psychologist to Gen Zers, and founder of the app-based psychoeducational service Therapy Bootcamp, Dr. Melanie McNally. Melanie shares three important life lessons she has learned as a Gen Z psychologist. Mistakes and "failures" are normal and should be expected. It's OK to cut ties with family members. There's always a choice. Listen HERE, it's a good one! EPISODE LINKS:DR. MELANIE MCNALLYFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMPINTEREST

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RESILIENCE

 I’m so excited to host you for another episode. Just to recap, Sharon was a guest in the early days on Episode 6 where we discuss RAGE and again on Episode 39 where we dive into a discussion of money. Which also ends up kind of being about rage.  When I began to gather research on resilience for our discussion today, I ended up with more questions than answers. The biggest one being, do we try to adopt resilience in the hopes of bypassing being effected? I’m excited to muse on some answers with Sharon, but first, as always a little research.  Now there’s no denying that resilience, is a great skill to have. I like the definition of resilience...

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WHY I’M AN ALCHEMIST

WHY I’M AN ALCHEMIST Psychology and evolution What I am about to share is part of my process over the past 2 plus years of professional development and transformation. We often don’t share the process. The messy parts. The uncertainty. What things look and feel like along the way. How much of it is bumpy. How we do not control the time and space it takes. How we are not on the timeline of our own making. But also, how magical and whole it can feel when pieces of the process come together.  And truth be told, the protected privacy and preciousness we assign to the process is bullshit. There is nothing special about being in process. Everything is a...

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FEEDBACK

Ask an artist about critiques and you’ll most likely get a groan. And then a story. And usually, this story resembles a hero’s journey. It is full of desire and passion, met with soul-crushing defeat and torment, only to rise up from the ashes of despair like a phoenix raining fiery sparks upon the naysayers. It sounds dramatic, but that's because it is. I have my own stories of art school crits, as does my guest and interestingly enough, most artists agree that the navigation of soul-crushing defeat while staying grounded in self is one of the most valuable life lessons one can receive. Out of all my hours of education and training, Art School was the hardest and also...

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THESE THREE THINGS WITH PAULINE BOSS, PHD.

This week I host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, emeritus professor at University of Minnesota, world-renowned developer of the theory of ambiguous loss, pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of family stress management, and author of 8 books including the brilliant and incredibly relevant new release,  The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change, DR. PAULINE BOSS.   We discuss her newest book, The Myth of Closure, and Dr. Boss shares her three most valuable life lessons. There is so much goodness in this episode. Get comfortable, sit back and enjoy getting to know one of the great scientific minds of our time, Dr. Pauline Boss.  Women have to work twice as hard and the work has...

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