Latest Connectfulness Podcast Episodes
What Does It Mean To Grow Up? with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Connectfulness Practice - October 14, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFor this final episode of the season, I talk to Julie Lythcott-Haims, who is asking the question “what does it mean to grow up?” For her, it’s about lovingly letting go of your past burdens so that you can be true to yourself – while not trampling on anybody else. Our conversation flows naturall...
The Impact of Racism on Relationships with Akilah Riley Richardson
Connectfulness Practice - September 21, 2022 23:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsI'm excited to share this podcast conversation with one of my dearest friends Akilah Riley-Richardson. Akilah has been in clinical practice for 16 years, is based in Trinidad and Tobago, and specializes in work with sexual and racial minorities. In this conversation, Akilah and I talk about rela...
Show Up In Your Complete Identity with Moraya Seeger DeGeare
Connectfulness Practice - September 06, 2022 20:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsMoraya Seeger DeGeare is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, consultant, writer, activist, and mom. We recorded this conversation in-person, meandering in our discussion around moving within a world that tries to adhere to dominant culture all the time. Here’s what we hope you get out of t...
Recontextualizing Healing In Community & On Social with Dr. Han Ren
Connectfulness Practice - July 14, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsDr. Han Ren (she/they) is deeply rooted in Liberation-oriented, anti-oppressive, culturally informed therapy. In this time of global upheaval and collective trauma many people have experienced increasing amounts of isolation. Social media is one of the places people turn when they feel alone. H...
Shifting From Me vs You to Us Consciousness with Terry Real
Connectfulness Practice - June 10, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsPatriarchy, supremacy, and toxic individualism are cultural values that really are at the root of so many social and political problems we face today. Systemic change can seem overwhelming, if not nearly impossible. But changing the power structure within our most intimate relationships? That...
The Truth About Mismatched Libido & Desire with Cyndi Darnell
Connectfulness Practice - May 13, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWhat our culture teaches us about sex isn’t very useful. Many of us have absorbed the message that sex is a means to some kind of end–orgasm, connection, a baby. We’ve learned that there’s a right and a wrong way to do it. We’ve even learned that sex is natural. It’s no wonder then that when ...
The Paradoxes of Healing with Dr. Lissa Rankin
Connectfulness Practice - April 26, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsIn Lissa Rankin’s book, Sacred Medicine, she writes, "We live in a disembodied culture because trauma causes us to leave our bodies. It is a defense mechanism and in extreme cases, a survival skill that can save you. Yet you can't heal the body without being in it." Our culture encourages diss...
Lean Into the Awkwardness: An Interview with Rebecca
Connectfulness Practice - March 30, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsDear listeners, for this month’s episode, we decided to do something a little different. Instead of interviewing a special guest, we’ve turned the tables and your host has become the guest! Out of curiosity and a sense of play (two things we adore here at Connectfulness), Rebecca agreed to be ...
Stepping into Your Wise Adult Self with Terri Delaney
Connectfulness Practice - February 20, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings“I can’t adult today” makes for great social media fodder. But as with all humor, there’s a nugget of truth in there. How many models do we have for adulting that is healthy, balanced, secure and relational? Our culture has sold us quite a bill of goods: Independence and “rugged individualism...
Taking Responsibility for Your Feelings with Shane Birkel
Connectfulness Practice - January 19, 2022 19:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSo often, many of us are still just waiting on our parents to show up for us in the way we needed them to when we were little. Sometimes we’re consciously aware of this, oftentimes we’re not. And it can continue long after our parents have passed, if we haven’t made the unconscious conscious a...
We Are Going To Have Discomfort
Connectfulness Practice - December 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsLife gets bumpy at times. We as humans make mistakes, we cause harm, things can get awkward or uncomfortable. This doesn’t change when you learn new relational skills. We never stop having those moments in our intimate relationships. We just get better at sitting with the awkward and imperfe...
Teach Your Friends This Language
Connectfulness Practice - November 06, 2021 20:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWhen conflict arises in our relationships, what does it mean to shift from 1st consciousness to 2nd consciousness? It has a lot to do with shifting from a preoccupation of the self into self-awareness of our own “going up” and “going down” as well as curiosity about other perspectives. This alon...
Better Boundaries with Sharon Martin
Connectfulness Practice - October 14, 2021 20:05 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSo often, we tend to think of boundaries in a punitive way, a way to protect us after something has happened. They often show up as consequences, even sometimes creating a continuous cycle of retaliation and defensiveness. But what if there was a way of thinking about them as a protection that...
Baby Bomb with Stan Tatkin & Kara Hoppe
Connectfulness Practice - September 22, 2021 15:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsDr. Stan Tatkin and Kara Hoppe, psychotherapists and co-authors of Baby Bomb: A Relationship Survival Guide for New Parents, join the podcast to share their wisdom on creating secure, purposeful relationships in a world that is indifferent to us. They explain why this relationship is so imperat...
How Has The Pandemic Changed Us? with Paola Bailey
Connectfulness Practice - June 29, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe pandemic isn’t over yet, but life is opening back up again. For some of us reopening can feel like whiplash just as much as it did when everything suddenly shut down. This comes as a surprise for so many because who of us didn’t dream about what we were most looking forward to doing when t...
Boundaries Are An Invitation with Esther Boykin
Connectfulness Practice - June 12, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsNo matter where you are on your healing journey, this episode has much to offer about therapy and setting boundaries. It highlights a gentle way to approach long term healing and reinforces the value of discerning and setting boundaries that keep our selves safe and deepen our relationships. Re...
Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel
Connectfulness Practice - May 06, 2021 14:12 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsKelly McDaniel, LPC returns to the podcast (she joined us on episode 28: The Legacy of Chronic Loneliness) to explore the legacy of maternal deprivation. Her upcoming book, Mother Hunger, soothes the legacy of shame that accompanies being under-mothered. Mother Hunger addresses the constant se...
Embodying Anti-Racism in Interracial Relationships with Francesca Maximé
Connectfulness Practice - April 22, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsOur society is constructed to benefit White people, whether they're conscious of it or not. The “norm” we’ve inherited centers an oppressive and privileging system when it comes to equity and power. And it plays out in relationships... In this episode, Francesca Maximé joins us to explore how i...
Introducing the "Why Does(n't) My Partner ...?" Podcast
Connectfulness Practice - March 15, 2021 23:56 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsMy colleagues Jules and Vickey and I just launched a new podcast and I am super excited to share it with you, so I'm sharing it here!! In this trailer, we're sharing the story of how we met, how we've come to work together, how this podcast came to be, and what you can expect in future episodes...
Creating A Sense of Your (Imperfect) Self with Rick Butts
Connectfulness Practice - March 03, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsToday’s guest, Dr. Rick Butts, cofounded the Healing Our Core Issues Institute (HOCII). We discuss how the nature of the child —to be imperfect and human— is linked to how we humans come to know ourselves as we mature. We explore the woundings, teachings and adaptations that shape us in our form...
The Legacy of Chronic Loneliness with Kelly McDaniel
Connectfulness Practice - February 06, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWe need relationship in order to survive. If you were raised without a secure base you likely learned early on to modify yourself. In this episode I am talking with Kelly McDaniel, LPC, NCC, CSAT, author and psychotherapist, about the complex trauma of chronic loneliness and how to heal from the...
Into The Deep Creative Process with Chris Zydel
Connectfulness Practice - December 30, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSo often in the journey of relational healing we discover parts of our Selves have been disowned — the parts of one's spirit which allow spontaneity and imperfection and cultivate abundance and joy. In this episode we explore the creative process as a way to bear witness to these parts of Self. ...
How Sex Education (Or Lack Of) Impacts Us All with Elizabeth Greenblatt
Connectfulness Practice - November 23, 2020 20:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSexuality is a part of who we are and we all deserve to learn about it in a way that is safe, comfortable, and judgement-free. Learning about positive sexuality is transformative for individuals and society overall. My guest, Elizabeth Greenblatt, strives to support young people develop the skil...
The Science Behind How Your Relationship Can Help You Heal with Juliane Taylor Shore
Connectfulness Practice - September 15, 2020 01:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWe’re excited to bring Juliane Taylor Shore, LPC, LMFT, SEP (AKA Jules) back to the podcast — last time she joined us, on episode 18, Jules introduced us to the brain science around how to stay relational when our protective systems are activated during times of chaos, like these. In this episod...
Generational Healing with La Shanda Sugg, LPC
Connectfulness Practice - August 31, 2020 20:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsIn this episode, La Shanda Sugg and I talk about a generational healing, a topic that truly affects us all. And if there is one message we want you to walk away from this episode with, it’s that generational healing is possible! Trauma can be caused, and passed down generation by generation, i...
Breaking the Cycle of Unavailable Relationships & Love Addiction with Shena Tubbs
Connectfulness Practice - August 07, 2020 09:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsShena Tubbs, Relational Trauma and Love Addiction Expert, Coach, and LPC joins us to talk about how early trauma manifests in our adult relationships, recreating a cycle from childhood. As Shena shares, healing begins with getting the language and words around family trauma and what did/didn’t h...
On Self Acceptance with Jane Tornatore, Ph.D.
Connectfulness Practice - July 07, 2020 21:11 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis episode highlights helpful ways to tend to our selves, reclaim power, and perhaps help us soothe our selves when we don’t have the power to change our situation. My guest, Dr. Jane Tornatore is a Therapist & Speaker Seattle, WA. A recovering perfectionist, she knows the pain of being bogged...
Antiracist Responsibility with Robin Mallison Alpern
Connectfulness Practice - June 16, 2020 08:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSystemic racism is real and deeply rooted in society. When we center our society around whiteness but don’t discuss it we’re ignoring the problem of racism. Distancing ourselves from the problem of racism is to perpetuate it by allowing countless more injustices to be committed. When we become c...
How Stress Affects Sex with Emily Nagoski
Connectfulness Practice - May 10, 2020 00:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsIn this episode relationship therapist and host, Rebecca Wong, talked with Emily Nagoski, New York Times bestselling author of Come As You Are & Burnout. It goes without saying that we’re all living in a deepened state of stress in this pandemic time. Emily helps us to understand how stress affe...
Storytelling, Connection, & Resilience with Eva Tenuto
Connectfulness Practice - May 02, 2020 01:16 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsI'd like to introduce you to TMI Project, a nonprofit near and dear to my heart, that uses writing and true storytelling for social justice movement building, to ignite human connection and as a healing modality for personal transformation. I have gone through the workshop as a participant and b...
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