Shift Happens...Cultivating Calm Amidst Great Change

Hi! We are Cori Gracheck and Jenna Cotton, two psychotherapists in practice in Philadelphia, PA. who are privileged to work with wonderful people in our practice. We noticed trends in the issues that come up in sessions and thought that others might also benefit from hearing about the tools we use with our clients to manage these issues. So we decided to do a YouTube show/Podcast. The first series is focused on managing life in the pandemic, cultivating the tools for calm amidst great change. Each episode begins with a short meditation, then we cover a psycho-social topic (such as managing space, emotions, media during the pandemic, how to be in service to the Black community and people of color) and then end with the same meditation. The meditation is short and can also double as a mindfulness break tool to be used throughout your day and is appropriate for beginner through advanced meditators. We both practice and teach meditation and it is one of the central tools that we use with our clients.

Podcasting since 2020 • 17 episodes

Shift Happens...Cultivating Calm Amidst Great Change

Latest Episodes

Episode 9 - Home for the Holidays in these Uncertain Times

In this episode we discuss the issues that we face individually and as a country this holiday season and the ways in which we can create the best holiday season possible in these uncertain times.

November 23, 2020 • 39:46

Episode 8 - Resting in Revolution 2: Living in an Anti-Racist Way

In this episode we talk about an increased internal fire with regard to activism, overt and covert racism, white privilege, and how to live in an anti-racist way. Links:Overt and Covert Racism Examples

October 30, 2020 • Season 2 • Episode 7 • 50:24

Episode 7 - The Third Pandemic: Self-Criticism

In this episode we discuss the causes of the deep well of self-criticism integrated into America culture, it's potentially crippling effects and approaching it with a practice of gentle awareness that makes us more available to ourselves, the p...

October 23, 2020 • 59:22

Episode 6 - Feeling Traumatized? Of Course You Are.

In this episode we discuss why so many of us are feeling traumatized by the current state of our country, how that can bring up past trauma, the various ways that trauma can impact your life and how to address this impact with awareness and gen...

October 16, 2020 • Season 2 • Episode 5 • 49:00

Episode 5 - Cultivating Joy

We very rarely devote time to cultivating Joy. In this episode we discuss various ways to notice the Joy that already exists in your life, how to expand upon that Joy and how to cultivate new ways to experience Joy. In these turbulent tim...

October 09, 2020 • 53:50

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