Just Me Therapy

Episode 37: POV: 2023...”New Year...New Me”?

This episode discusses the 'functions' and 'fumbles' of New Year Resolutions. The ladies discuss valuable steps and realistic expectations around setting new year resolutions, and techniques around how to get to them (ie. Word of the Year, Vision Boards, Spiritual Energy, etc). Listen in to gain tips for setting a foundation for your manifestation of "New Year...New Me"! 

Episode 36: How to Care for that Empty Chair (over the holidays)

Is there a timeframe for how long we should grieve? What is the correct way to honor someone over the holidays? How do we 'check-in' with one another and honor loved ones who have passed? Do we sulk or do we celebrate? During this episode, we discuss how to care for our feelings, and the 'empty chair' that has been created due to the passing of a loved one. 

Episode 35: How to CONTROL your Grief & Loss (over the Holidays)

This episode discusses how human beings try to manage feelings of grief and loss over the holidays. Are you managing your grief and loss or is it managing you? Grief and loss can be felt from various events that take place in our lives, but a conscious shift in perspective can be helpful in how you manage those emotions over the holidays.

Episode 34: Are You Showin’ Up or Showin’ Out (Intergenerational trauma through the holiday season)

This LIVE episode offers coping skills to 'make it through a holiday meal' without SHOWIN' OUT. Gain valuable insight around ways of coping with inter-generational trauma during the holidays. Coping skills include: setting boundaries with a particular family member, arranging exit plans, focusing on the present, changing your mindset and checking your own defensiveness so you don't 'show out'! Hosted by Chisa Pennix-Brown (Give It to the People) and guest panelists: Dale Slaughter, LCMHC, Majesty Purvis, LCMHC, and Shafik Powell, LCSW-A. 

Episode 33: Am I ’Saving Face’ or ’Showing Out’? (Inter-generational Trauma continued)

This episode discusses how comments, behaviors and expectations can cause people to 'show-up' or 'show-out', for the holidays. Holiday gatherings can be stressful when they elicit uncomfortable memories. Do you know your triggers? Do you know your body's response to stress? Do you know your unhealthy behaviors? What will help you 'show-up' instead of 'showing-out' this holiday?

Episode 32: Patterns of the Past Weighing You Down in the Present (Intergenerational Trauma)

This episode continues to discuss inter-generational trauma (emotional responses to adverse events) using examples of how behaviors and thoughts are passed down. Sometimes we learn things without awareness; increase your awareness and EMPOWER your generational legacy. 

Episode 31: Baggage From the Past Showing Up in the Present

This episode explains various types of intergenerational trauma (ie. historical, collective and generational) and provides examples of how these deep rooted nuances may show up in your life.

Episode 30: Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others

This episode discusses the trials and tribulations of taking care of loved ones while still finding space to take care of yourself.

Episode 29: Supports for Every Layer of Your Journey: Mental Health and Breast Cancer Awareness

This episode discusses supports available for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer. Listen to Nora Jones, President of the Greensboro Chapter of the Sisters Network, share information about resources and opportunities to expand a person's social supports.  

Episode 28: Peeling Back Individual Layers of Breast Cancer

This episode interview's the 2020 UNCG Homecoming Queen who survived Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Listen, as she shares intimate stories centering around emotions, collective support, and a personal journey towards post traumatic growth!