Emotions in Harmony

Healthy Emotional Dependence

February 12, 2021 23:44 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MB

The fact that a person has emotional dependencies is a very detrimental factor for oneself since well-being, tranquility and happiness cease to depend on them, becoming dependent on another person, thus, placing an obstacle when expressing their feelings or wishes. Emotional dependence is what happens when a person fosters a disproportionate affective bond that ends in addition to the other person, be it their partner, a relative, or even a friend. In some cases it is more difficult to get...

Tips for Your Personal Growth

February 06, 2021 03:42 - 17 minutes - 24 MB

It is normal for life to have its ups and downs. As human beings, we face a series of tests and obstacles every day that we must overcome and learn from them, sometimes perhaps we do not get out of a situation so gracefully and we tend to feel crestfallen or defeated, however, in these moments we must bring out the best in ourselves and stand up stronger than before in order to overcome these obstacles. This capacity that each person has through their abilities, skills, intelligence, and p...

Is it Good to Have Curiosity?

January 30, 2021 01:59 - 22 minutes - 31 MB

People often associate curiosity as an undesirable trait, and when someone curious approaches us, we tend to avoid them. But, is curiosity really a defect or a virtue? Being curious means having the desire to explore and learn more about what surrounds us or to explore a specific topic; curiosity forms an important role in the learning period of an individual, whether, from childhood or adulthood, curiosity apart from being healthy, induces us to learn and to acquire knowledge that can be ...

How to Talk About Sexuality to Your Children

January 22, 2021 21:28 - 30 minutes - 43.9 MB

When is a good time to talk to your children about sex? And what is the correct way to do it? Talking to children about topics such as sexuality and body development can be difficult and sometimes, depending on the culture, it can even be a taboo conversation. But, as difficult or uncomfortable as it may be, these conversations are vital to our children's development and maturity. Many parents try to avoid and delay this talk for as long as possible, however, children will come across ...

How to say "No"

January 16, 2021 23:44 - 22 minutes - 21.5 MB

Have you ever been asked to do something you don't want to, and yet you have accepted? Saying "No" to situations where you do not want to participate or don't want to do is not a crime, sometimes it's even a must for your health to refuse certain situations like helping and serving everyone but yourself. This simple word can help you to maintain control of your life and give you the opportunity to live a more relaxed life. In this episode, Dr. Carmen Roman shares with us why forgetting abo...

Get Better Sleep!

January 09, 2021 19:33 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MB

Have you ever had to force yourself to go to sleep at night? Do you wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself lying in bed for hours and hours? Maybe you just couldn’t avoid bringing up a difficult conversation with your partner at bedtime? Why not use naps, meals, caffeine intake, and even spiritual practices to help you sleep better? People who usually suffer from insomnia tend to have created poor sleep habits due to depression, anxiety, lack of activity, or certain medicatio...

What Your Fears say About you

December 23, 2020 00:52 - 27 minutes - 38 MB

Fear is an emotion that every human being has felt. Physiological and normal reactions of fear include increased heartbeat, sweaty hands, greater than normal energy load, insomnia, etc. In this episode, Dr. Carmen Roman helps us to understand our fears at a deeper level so we can learn from them and, of course, face them with greater success. In this episode you will learn: Common Reactions to fear. Examples of what is a normal fear vs clinical fear When and how your fear turns into...

The Effects of Music on our Body. With Pablo Arellano

December 11, 2020 21:17 - 24 minutes - 34.6 MB

Many people suffer from insomnia and/or difficulty sleeping, even more so when we can be subjected to stress, anxiety, or simply due to bad sleeping habits such as looking at the phone when we are already in bed or watching television until late at night. But surely at some point, we have all fallen asleep listening to some music in the background or we have witnessed how when humming a song to a child, they fall asleep almost immediately and this is due to the peace that our body perceives ...

The Effects of Music on our Body

December 11, 2020 21:17 - 24 minutes - 34.6 MB

Many people suffer from insomnia and/or difficulty sleeping, even more so when we can be subjected to stress, anxiety, or simply due to bad sleeping habits such as looking at the phone when we are already in bed or watching television until late at night. But surely at some point, we have all fallen asleep listening to some music in the background or we have witnessed how when humming a song to a child, they fall asleep almost immediately and this is due to the peace that our body perceives ...

Overcoming our Insecurities

December 04, 2020 22:51 - 29 minutes - 42 MB

The feeling of insecurity is usually a mix of uneasiness, fear, and nervousness that are triggered by multiple situations or thoughts that make us feel vulnerable or inferior to others. For example, the feeling of insecurity can attack us when we think our beauty, intelligence, or situation in life is way worst than our friend's. Insecurity can be normal in small doses, however, when it persists for a long period of time and it interrupts your daily activities and thoughts, it is time t...

Letting go and Recovering Your Power

November 25, 2020 22:49 - 17 minutes - 26 MB

Are you holding onto thoughts and past memories that are hurting you? The more you keep reliving those bad memories in your head and thinking about all the stuff you could have done, the more your mental health will suffer and the more difficult your daily life with turn. But how can we let go of those memories and thoughts? In this episode, Dr. Carmen will help you understand how to let go of past experiences that you may carry with you. You will learn what it means to let go, how to ...

The Turkey Dinner and Its Customs

November 25, 2020 00:59 - 4 minutes - 8.61 MB

*IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are going to be celebrating Thanksgiving, please remember to be socially responsible and follow the health rules for this specific global situation. What is something you are grateful for this year? Putting aside all the bad things we've been through this year, there are still a lot of things we can be grateful for. Like for example, we have learned to be patient, we have taken old hobbies and made time for them. We have also learned to be more grateful in general...

Understanding the Stages of Adolescence from ages 16 - 23

November 21, 2020 01:13 - 25 minutes - 36.1 MB

How can we help a child during adolescence? Once a child passes the first two stages of adolescence, things get very different and some parents even find it more difficult to guide and help their kids in these two final stages of adolescence. In this episode, we bring you the part two of the interview with Dr. Carl Pickhardt where he explains the two last stages of adolescence and what changes and struggles you as a parent will be able to find when helping your child through this crucial...

Understanding the Stages of Adolescence From the Ages 9 to 15

November 13, 2020 21:31 - 27 minutes - 39.3 MB

Adolescence includes some big changes that are sometimes hard to accept for both the parents and the child. From the way our body looks to the way we see the world, every little aspect of one's life will change when going through adolescence, and this can cause anxiety for the whole family. But, how can we help a child during adolescence? To get on a good start, we have to understand that adolescence has different stages and each one brings their own different necessities and struggles...

Understanding the Stages of Adolescence

November 13, 2020 21:31 - 27 minutes - 39.3 MB

Adolescence includes some big changes that are sometimes hard to accept for both the parents and the child. From the way our body looks to the way we see the world, every little aspect of one's life will change when going through adolescence, and this can cause anxiety for the whole family. But, how can we help a child during adolescence? To get on a good start, we have to understand that adolescence has different stages and each one brings their own different necessities and struggles...

Do I have Anxiety?

November 06, 2020 21:00 - 7 minutes - 17.4 MB

Do you think you suffer from anxiety? Anxiety is a normal response of our body to a situation of danger or discomfort, in different cases, having anxiety is normal and even healthy to an extent. However, when the feeling of "nervousness" stays within our bodies for days and gets in the way of our daily routines, it is time to pay close attention to ourselves and get ready to seek help. More than 260 million people around the world have anxiety disorders, and the list of symptoms can be s...

The Chilaquiles Adventure

October 29, 2020 01:48 - 22 minutes - 32.6 MB

What new experiences will we encounter in the new outside world? This year has been filled with multiple situations that have changed the world as we used to know it, and going out to do simple things like taking a walk have now rules that we must follow for our safety. The current global situation has had an effect on all of us; Just like the students of different levels, many businesses like restaurants and shops have had to adapt and completely rely on an online world, shipping their ...

Does my Anxiety Affect my Children?

October 23, 2020 20:00 - 26 minutes - 61.3 MB

Are you scared you could transfer your anxiety to your children? Anxiety is rarely a genetic disorder, however, kids can and will copy the behavior that their parents present around them. There are countless ways for children to learn while they are growing, however, one of the ways that stand out in this topic the most is "modeling". Children always observe what their parents and the different adults in their families do and say, this includes the way they act towards certain people and...

Go Dark and Come Back

October 17, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 46.6 MB

*WARNING* The episode you are about to listen to is a delicate one, and it could cause you feelings of sadness and uncomfortableness. How vulnerable should we be with our own selves? Being sad is okay sometimes, and acknowledging that you are sad is even better. Even though sadness is the emotion that nobody wants to feel ever in their life, it is still an emotion, and we as humans have to go through and feel each emotion from time to time. Feeling sad and crying from time to ...

Adolescents: Understanding the limits of freedom

October 03, 2020 19:46 - 28 minutes - 66.2 MB

Adolescence is a confusing but necessary period for our children to grown and adapt to the world. During these years, they start to try to get their own independence and understand themselves; and slowly the parents must give them bits of freedom, but how much freedom is too much? Today Dr. Carmen interviews Dr. Carl Pickhardt, who will tell us how to help our teenagers to understand freedom and how we must set limits to said freedom. Dr. Carl is a psychologist in private counseling and ...

Children's Dreams: A well of Wisdom

September 27, 2020 03:32 - 39 minutes - 71.9 MB

This topic is very important to improve communication and the relationship with our children in general, because according to the results of Dr. Cindy Sauln’s research, there are many messages and messengers hidden in the dreams of children. In addition, this podcast talks about the connection between the emotional state of children in relation to the meaning of their dreams, having in this way a master class on the influence of dreams on our children, and how to treat them as parents. Tha...

The Fear of Having Anxiety

September 18, 2020 00:56 - 20 minutes - 47.2 MB

The remarkable changes that we are experiencing worldwide have made us realize that stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia are the order of the day and anyone can suffer from it; we are human and every day we face various situations that can take us out of our comfort zone, making us feel nervous and afraid. The number of people who are suffering from anxiety and depression has increased exponentially. And believe me that with everything that is happening, not having anxiety right now w...

Home Shelter Week 22: Why you Should be Prepared for Every Situation

September 11, 2020 02:31 - 21 minutes - 50.9 MB

Have you been cautious enough these past months? One of the many things that we've learned from this "stay home" journey is that we need to be prepared for all kinds of situations. Although being home all day can be pretty safe, a lot of unplanned situations could take place at any moment; natural disasters, sickness, or family emergencies are things we should be prepared for in advance. Being prepared for circumstances like these will also help your mental health in case something ha...

Safe and Happy Immigrants

August 29, 2020 22:03 - 27 minutes - 52.9 MB

Some people think the concept of immigrants is this person who leaves their country and starts an adventure to improve their quality of life, but actually this definition applies even for people who move inside their own country because this represents a big change in their own adaptation process. Lots of people change their residence place because they hope that with this change the problems and worries are going to disappear, using this situation as an escape method, but sometimes is qu...

Home Shelter Week 20: Good lighting for Learning and Happiness

August 23, 2020 16:52 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MB

Now that we are spending way more time inside our home, the amount of - natural or artificial - lighting that we receive is a factor we should always have in mind; Inadequate lighting is commonly associated with depression, anxiety, and many mental health problems. In these times of working and studying from home, paying enough attention to what our body needs is crucial for our mental and physical health. This is why in this episode, Dr. Carmen and her husband talk about the importance of...

Home Shelter Week 15: The Positive Side of Staying Home

July 28, 2020 00:19 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MB

It has been two months since the last episode of the Home Shelter Fellowship, and a lot of things have happened in this time. In these two months, people have taken the chance to discover themselves and the things that they really like, a lot of families are happily spending way more time with their loved ones, and the most creative people are even launching their own business and helping their communities. Concentrating on positive things like these is key to maintain good mental health...

We Need your Help!

July 21, 2020 16:01 - 2 minutes - 7.15 MB

DONATE HERE: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/equal-access-to-mental-health-services We have already graduated a cohort of 18 Spanish speaking people from 5 countries who received 33 hours of psychoeducational content. We named them “The hope fellowship,” and we are proud to say that so far none of them have contracted the COVID-19! Maybe because they are following safety guidelines or they are more assertive to offer and ask for social distancing. In general, they seem to hav...

US Immigration: What are the correct steps to follow?

July 10, 2020 01:08 - 28 minutes - 67 MB

For many years people have been moving around in search of a better job and economic opportunities, quality of life, or studies, in other cases they do it to escape problems, terrorism, and abuse. However, despite the years of this practice, the population continues to be uninformed about many aspects of the issue, leading them to make mistakes regarding the relevant formalities and procedures or simply resigning themselves to not take the step they want. We want to dedicate this episode t...

Negotiating in the Midst of a Crisis. With Kwame Christian, Esq., M.A.

June 30, 2020 03:13 - 34 minutes - 81 MB

How can our negotiation skills help us survive a crisis? Usually, when we are involved in a difficult situation we try to evade all kinds of things that may bring us more stress or sadness. This sometimes includes important conversations that could actually open a door to success for us. Learning and practicing our negotiation skills can help us navigate not only through our professional careers but throughout our day to day life. And in times like this, this kind of skill comes in handy...

Changes in The Cleaning Industry

June 19, 2020 02:36 - 15 minutes - 36.1 MB

Now that we are slowly beginning to integrate back into the outside world, we must keep in mind the new sanitary rules that will help us stay safe. The habit of washing our hands frequently, not touching our faces and keeping a safe distance from other people will help maintain our health at its best in this situation. These rules will not only follow us when we go outside, but it is also important to maintain some of them inside our houses and to make a few changes to our cleaning routi...

Let’s End Systemic Racism

June 16, 2020 21:17 - 14 minutes - 35.1 MB

Having an ideology of superiority in relation to other people is humiliating and feeling it just because of being a different race or having a different skin color is even more outrageous. This time we will talk about a topic that many people thought only happened back in the time of slavery and that was overcome many years ago. But this is not the case, unfortunately, today our society still suffers from racism, and right now we are experiencing strong waves of protests due to a specific ev...

Home Shelter Week 7: Hope Always Wins

June 09, 2020 20:01 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MB

Little by little the waters return to their channel, and outside we go, to a new world where we have a long path of learning waiting for us. We have spent so much time at home that when the time to go outside comes, we may feel a little unprotected, but there is nothing to worry about if we have the right tools in our hands. Remember that it is important to continue with the security measures and put into practice all the knowledge acquired in the home shelter season. In this episode, ...

Home Shelter Week 6: Learning to be Perseverant

May 27, 2020 01:41 - 31 minutes - 73.3 MB

Perseverance, patience, and creativity. Three words that we should keep in mind on this ‘stay home’ season that will help us get through it with a much more positive point of view. As weeks keep passing by, our 'new normal' lifestyle settles between us, and we start discovering very interesting things. Like new hobbies, skills, and new ways to make things work. These changes are making people think outside the box, helping them create new things not only for themselves but for the commun...

How we Develop our Emotions

May 19, 2020 18:50 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MB

How can we tell the difference between affect and emotion? From a very young age, we start to familiarize ourselves with our feelings and emotions, putting a name to the different ways we react to things and situations. Today, Dr. Carmen interviews Dr. Fabrice Nye. A psychologist who works with mood disorders, grief, and self-esteem. Who will explain to us how our emotions form, even before being born. And how to differentiate it from our affects. What will you learn? What does 'Affec...

How we Build our Emotions

May 19, 2020 18:50 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MB

How can we tell the difference between affect and emotion? From a very young age, we start to familiarize ourselves with our feelings and emotions, putting a name to the different ways we react to things and situations. Today, Dr. Carmen interviews Dr. Fabrice Nye. A psychologist who works with mood disorders, grief, and self-esteem. Who will explain to us how our emotions form, even before being born. And how to differentiate it from our affects. What will you learn? What does 'Affec...

Home Shelter Week 5: Taking Care of Ourselves

May 15, 2020 18:51 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MB

Am I taking good care of myself and my loved ones? Over the last few weeks, we've talked about our hopes, gratefulness, and reflections about the current situation. But now it's time to focus on ourselves, how have these weeks of confinement affected your moods? Have you noticed that you get angry more easily? Or maybe you get tired often? In this episode, we talk a little bit about self-care, and how it can be very useful in these times of uncertainty. Doing our makeup, or grooming ou...

Home Shelter Week 4: Opening our Hearts

May 07, 2020 02:38 - 24 minutes - 57.6 MB

While being confined, think about all the good things in your life. You have a house (or a place to stay in), food, your family, a good internet connection, and much more! Be grateful for all of this, but also, be grateful for all the people that make this quarantine bearable. For example, that pizza place that is making deliveries, and all their staff. People who work in healthcare, constructions, and the food industry are risking their lives to save lives. So when you encounter one, ...

Home Shelter Week 3: Being Grateful

April 26, 2020 07:34 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MB

What lessons has this quarantine brought you? Perhaps now that you are spending more time at home, you are discovering new skills and hobbies that you did not know; Perhaps you are adding new activities to your day to day in which you involve your family, activities that will surely be part of your family routine once all this situation is over. In this episode, we talk a little bit about the beauty and the goodness of being at home during this crisis, looking at it from a much more posi...

Understanding our Fears

April 18, 2020 17:54 - 37 minutes - 86.3 MB

How does fear manifest in our bodies? And, what does it do to our minds? When fear and anxiety attacks our body, we tend to act on instincts, sometimes creating more fear and hurting ourselves. But when we know how this feeling enters our body and what can it do to our mind and mental health, we can find healthy ways of fighting it. In this episode, Dr. Carmen interviews Nicole Burgess (LMFT) who works with teenage girls and women in overcoming anxiety through creating a safe place for s...

Understanding our Fears. With Nicole Burgess, LMFT

April 18, 2020 17:54 - 37 minutes - 86.3 MB

How does fear manifest in our bodies? And, what does it do to our minds? When fear and anxiety attacks our body, we tend to act on instincts, sometimes creating more fear and hurting ourselves. But when we know how this feeling enters our body and what can it do to our mind and mental health, we can find healthy ways of fighting it. In this episode, Dr. Carmen interviews Nicole Burgess (LMFT) who works with teenage girls and women in overcoming anxiety through creating a safe place for s...

Home Shelter Week 2: Self-reflection time

April 12, 2020 17:42 - 20 minutes - 48.9 MB

During these last weeks of social distancing, the thoughts of anguish, fear, and hopes vary their levels according to people's lifestyles. What can we do to focus our minds and maintain good mental health in the midst of this situation? Thanks to the amount of time we have in our homes, it is now where we can develop the best of each one of us. We can focus on different activities that we thought were lost in our lives due to lack of time and that can comfort us, such as painting a pictu...

Home Shelter Week 1: Hopes and Fears

March 30, 2020 19:59 - 23 minutes - 53.8 MB

Being confined in our houses for our own safety is the best thing to do at the moment, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not scary. A lot of people are alarmed and thinking the worst about the situation, and that’s okay; having anxiety or fear can be okay sometimes. Although, we have to maintain a certain level of hope in our hearts, and know that together we can get through this. Today we dive into the deeps thought of Dr. Carmen after being home sheltered for a week due to the world heal...

COVID-19: Surviving this Crisis with Emotional Harmony

March 19, 2020 03:35 - 20 minutes - 46.6 MB

The current world situation with this novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is alarming and brings fear and anxiety to the general public, and although health organizations have indicated the safety measures we must follow to avoid getting it, it is time to think about what other measures we must follow to also protect our mental health in the midst of this crisis. If you want to learn a little more about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself from it, please visit the website of the World Health Org...

EMDR: An innovative way to treat trauma

February 25, 2020 22:12 - 26 minutes - 60.1 MB

Are you looking for a way to express a trauma without talking about it? Today Dr. Carmen and her special guest Mollie Volinsky talk bou what is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and how it can help people with trauma to progressively let go of it. Mollie Volinsky is a Licenced clinical social worker in New York city, she is specialized in EMDR and works with children, adolescents, and adults in a wide array of settings including schools, hospitals and community mental ...

How to Select your Friends Wisely

February 07, 2020 00:33 - 30 minutes - 69.1 MB

Have you ever thought about the science of making friends? Especially good friends? When we are adults, making friends can be a hard task, so cherishing the friendships we already have is an important part of our lives. And although it may seem like a difficult task for some people, making new friends is not impossible. In this episode Dr. Carmen Roman interviews Dr. Adam Dorsay, a licensed psychologist who will tell us all about selecting good friends, how we can be better friends ...

Equine-assisted Therapy: A fascinating way to heal

January 30, 2020 21:40 - 44 minutes - 103 MB

Have you ever imagined having a therapy session on a farm? The equine-assisted therapy is an innovative and special treatment that involves horses in its activities, in order to promote the physical and emotional health of people who suffer from depression, anxiety, ADD, cerebral palsy, and other mental difficulties. Today, Dr. Carmen brings Dr. Sally Broder who explains in a beautiful way what equine-assisted therapy is and how it can help people. Dr. Sally usually works with trauma, ...

Transformation time for Emotions in Harmony

January 29, 2020 00:26 - 19 minutes - 45.4 MB

This week we bring you a mini episode a bit different, where Dr. Carmen will tell you the good news we have for you! Also, we talked a little about how this beautiful project was born and why we are still creating content for you week by week. Send us some love and share your abundance!: https://www.patreon.com/emotionsinharmony https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3403609 Buy our merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/emotions-in-harmony Connect with D...

Transformando mi Tristeza

January 25, 2020 01:29 - 14 minutes - 33 MB

Nuestra tristeza tiende a quedarse en alguna parte del cuerpo y cuando le damos una forma de salir, felizmente se va. Este es un tiempo sagrado de sanación. Un tiempo de contemplación. Ofrece un conducto de salida a ese dolor que tan amablemente ha ayudado a tu crecimiento personal. Con atención y paciencia recibe su mensaje y permítete decirle adiós. Tú conformas la sabiduría que dejo para continuar su camino, agradeciéndole todo lo que a su paso dejó. Bienvenido sea un nuevo color. E...

Tiempo de transformación para Emotions in Harmony

January 23, 2020 22:45 - 18 minutes - 43.2 MB

Esta semana te traemos un mini episodio diferente en donde la Dra. Carmen te contará las nuevas buenas noticias que tenemos por aquí. Además, te hablara un poco de cómo nació este proyecto tan lindo y porque aún seguimos creando contenido para ti semana por semana. ¡Envíanos un poco de amor! Dona aquí: https://www.patreon.com/emotionsinharmony https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3403609 ¡Apoyanos con una camiseta! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/emotions-in-...

5 Powerful Spiritual Goals for 2020

January 16, 2020 21:25 - 23 minutes - 53.5 MB

Every year we set new goals that we want to fulfil in the next 12 months, goals that we think can improve our quality of life, or perhaps our health and economy. But have you ever tried to set spiritual goals? Start the year improving your spiritual life and soul with these 5 tips that Dr. Carmen Roman brings us in our first episode of 2020! Resources How to Generate the Feeling of Gratitude https://emotionsinharmony.org/2018/11/16/how-to-generate-the-feeling-of-gratitude/ ...

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