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143: Daughters of Critical Mothers
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - May 05, 2022 17:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“The areas that we struggle with the most, where we feel maybe we’re the hardest on ourselves, or the most stuck… these are actually potentials for really building a strong foundation with your recovery.” [20:47] In this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes speaks with Mari Grande about the ...
142: HSPs & Complex Trauma Series: What is Dissociation?
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - June 30, 2021 17:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“[Dissociation] can happen with anything that is overwhelming or intense and I think it is important, especially to those who are highly sensitive, to be aware of because it’s not just perceived danger or a lot of anxiety or stress. It can be something very positive that you actually want.” [9:2...
141: Rediscovering Your Body with Tara Galeano, LPC
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - June 14, 2021 19:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“The body never lies and that is the truth.” In this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes Viado speaks with Tara Galeano about the journey of women rediscovering and reconnecting with their bodies. By building a more solid relationship with themselves, women are able to improve the qualit...
140: Somatic Approaches: Self-Regulation for Mind-Body Well-Being
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - May 26, 2021 17:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“A large part of the work of The Mind-Body Stress Reset is coming to understand how important those sensations that run through your body are - coming to value them. I think we are a culture that overvalues our thinking-self and undervalues our feeling-self.” [51:10] In this episode, Dr....
139: Harnessing the Unique Strengths of Women's Brains
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - May 05, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsThis episode of Women In-Depth features Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway, an award-winning psychologist who has conducted extensive research on memory and the brain. In this conversation Dr. Alloway discusses her recent book “Think Like a Girl: 10 Unique Strengths of a Woman’s Brain and How to Make Th...
138: HSPs: Healing from Toxic & Abusive Relationships with Arianna Smith, LPC
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - April 21, 2021 17:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsThis episode of Women In-Depth features Arianna Smith, EMDR Clinician and Licensed Professional Counselor. She helps Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) and LGBTQ individuals process childhood trauma, recover from abusive relationships, and release the cycle of constant people pleasing. Based out...
137: Dream Journey to the Divine Feminine
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - March 31, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsThis episode of Women In-Depth features Dr. Pearl Gregor. Pearl began studying dreams in 1988. By 2015, widowed, retired, and having finished her doctorate, she created her website: www.dreamsalongtheway.com. In December 2018, she published “I, the Woman, Planted the Tree: A Journey through Drea...
136: Depression & the Highly Sensitive Person
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - March 11, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsThis episode of Women In-Depth features Bronwyn Shiffer, LCSW, a psychotherapist from Madison, Wisconsin who works with highly sensitive women struggling with depression. Bronwyn supports women who want to feel more strong, connected and comfortable in their own skin. She has a Masters of Social...
135: The Final 8th: Inner Selves & Getting Unstuck
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - February 25, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsIn this episode of Women In-Depth, Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW, shares why, despite preparation, resources, knowledge, and support, we sometimes fail to achieve our goals. While Bridgit specifically discusses being stuck in relation to larger life goals, her work also applies to other ways we a...
134: HSPs & Complex Trauma Series: Where Does Your Anxiety Come From?
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - February 11, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsIn this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes Viado & Carmen Schmidt Benedetti continue their podcast series on Complex Trauma and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs). Today they discuss where our anxiety comes from and why it matters. Dr. Lourdes Viado is a psychotherapist for anxious and over...
133: Raising Empowered Children: Insights for the Codependent Perfectionist Parent
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - January 28, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsIn this episode of Women In-Depth, Alana Carvalho, LMHC, shares her insights on helping parents recover from patterns of codependency and perfectionism so they can raise empowered children. Alana Carvalho is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping parents, couples and ...
132: Tools for the Highly Sensitive Person with Allison Lefkowitz, LMFT
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - January 06, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsJoin me in a laughter-filled conversation with Allison Lefkowitz, author of “The Highly Sensitive Person’s Toolkit: Everyday Strategies for Thriving in an Overstimulating World,” and one of the best resources for highly sensitive individuals. Allison is a licensed marriage and family therapist i...
131: Food As Mother: Healing Your Relationship with Food
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - December 16, 2020 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsIn this episode, Karly Randolph Pitman and I explore the parts of ourselves that tend to overeat in response to stress through the metaphor of “Food as Mother” and how this perspective can help us understand why we overeat and move towards changing this behavior. Karly is the founder and f...
130: Music Therapy: Reclaim Your Rhythm
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - December 09, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsIn this episode, therapist and pychotherapist Maya Benattar and I talk about her intriguing work in music therapy. Maya is in private practice in New York City and online in the State of New York. (01:24) She specializes in helping women who are ready to work through trauma, “stuckness,” and lo...
129: Less Stress, More Ease: Holiday Tips for HSPs
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - November 24, 2020 18:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsWelcome to episode 2 of a brand new Women In-Depth series hosted by Lourdes Viado and Carmen Schmidt Benedetti. This series focuses on highly sensitive persons (HSPs) who have experienced complex trauma. Lourdes and Carmen hope this discussion will help listeners get more clarity and und...
129: HSPs & Complex Trauma Series: Holiday Tips for HSPs
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - November 24, 2020 18:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsWelcome to episode 2 of a brand new Women In-Depth series hosted by Lourdes Viado and Carmen Schmidt Benedetti. This series focuses on highly sensitive persons (HSPs) who have experienced complex trauma. Lourdes and Carmen hope this discussion will help listeners get more clarity and und...
128: Healing the Mother Wound: A Foundation for a Better World
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - November 19, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsWe’re excited to welcome back Bethany Webster to the podcast since her last visit in November 2016 where we discussed the “Mother Wound”. Her 2014 article “Why it’s Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound” went viral and brought worldwide attention to her body of work in feminism and women’s ...
127: Complex Trauma in the Highly Sensitive Person
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - November 11, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsWelcome to a brand new Women In-Depth series hosted by Lourdes Viado and Carmen Schmidt Benedetti. This series focuses on highly sensitive persons (HSPs) who have experienced complex trauma. In this episode, Lourdes and Carmen hope listeners will gain more clarity and understanding re...
126: When You are Estranged from Your Adult Child: How Did This Happen and How Do We Heal?
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - July 20, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“As long as the factors that led your child to create distance remain in place, he or she will not be able to settle into an easy, relaxed, loving, and close relationship with you.” “What you do in response to estrangement very much matters and can make the difference between a prolonged estr...
125: Mindful Bedtime: Meditations for Kids
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - July 06, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings"I value color as a way to communicate and as a way to share ideas and be able to feel movement of emotion and energy in your body." One of the biggest hurdles of being a parent is helping our kids fall asleep at night. As parents, it’s necessary to find the right tools to help kids ...
124: Complex Trauma and the Highly Sensitive Person
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - June 22, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsHow do you see and interact with the world around you? While some people go through life without paying attention to every little detail, highly sensitive persons pick up on just about everything – and every bit of information is deeply processed within. On this episode, I talk w...
124: Complex Trauma and the Highly Sensitive Person
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - June 22, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsHow do you see and interact with the world around you? While some people go through life without paying attention to every little detail, highly sensitive persons pick up on just about everything – and every bit of information is deeply processed within. On this episode, I talk w...
123: Coping With a Narcissistic Parent
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - June 08, 2020 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“It’s part of our culture that we’re supposed to respect our parents, and I understand that that’s important. But sometimes that relationship does not work.” As a child, did you absorb the belief that you’re not good enough. or that you don’t have the right to be your own person? This is...
122: Sovereignty Archetypes Within Each Woman
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - May 25, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“You are the author of your own life, and you are in charge of crafting the story.” When was the last time you gave yourself permission to explore your power? Power isn’t just money, status, or a title – it’s within you. In a world that so highly values climbing the corporate ladder t...
121: When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - December 23, 2019 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratings“There’s some distance between the spark and the flame, and in that distance, it gives you the freedom to respond more skillfully to the situation.” Depression is part of a common human experience but finding relief from it is incredibly complicated. Depression is a relapsing illness, and...
120: The Intersection of Food Allergies & Mental Health
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - December 19, 2019 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsPeople feel like food allergies aren’t serious. I think that’s the biggest myth because they are. Food allergies don’t always show up in ways that we expect them to. A food allergy is a medical condition in which exposure to certain foods triggers a harmful immune response—and it’s serious. ...
119: Healing the Wounds Left by the Negligent Father
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - December 04, 2019 18:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsThere are really lifelong implications for children who grow up with an emotionally isolating or absent dad. Some wounds take longer to heal than others. The wounds of paternal abandonment are ones that take a particularly long time to heal. It requires time, a mental and emotional journey,...
118: Why Infant Mental Health Matters
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - November 15, 2019 16:59 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsKids respond to their environment and learn how to survive. Being a baby is more complex than people think. Once born, a baby enters an entirely new world full of sights and sounds and feelings that they’ve never experienced before. Babies absorb it all—and it affects their mental health. Ba...
117: When Grief is Complicated
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - September 13, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsGrief is an expression of love for someone who isn’t here anymore. Experiencing the loss of a loved one is one of the most challenging parts of being human. When that loss is unexpected or happens in an “unnatural” order, the grief takes a different kind of toll on the person. All grief is c...
116: Re-Authoring the Narrative Identities of Men
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women - August 30, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 167 ratingsIt’s important to revisit those strategies and elaborate, and that becomes a part of your identity. When you sit down with your family around the dinner table, the storytelling begins. Have you ever noticed who is doing the storytelling? Typically, women and mothers in families are the one...
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