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Pieces To Wellness
We believe mental health is a spectrum. At one end is wellness and on the other end is illness. These conversations we have will offer up tips and tools to not only bring you closer to the wellness side, but also help keep you there. TPP (Author & formerly of Above Ground Podcast) and Karen have put together a new mental health podcast that is chock full of lived experiences, wellness tips & practical tools to provide you with some pieces… but it is up to you to put them together to reach that level of wellness that you have been working toward. Take out that tool box and let’s share tools together! Remember, the road to a better you is paved with Pieces To Wellness.
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Episodes
122 episodes
Dr. Arielle Schwartz: From Pain To Possibility
This week we are beyond honored to welcome Dr. Arielle Schwartz to the show! Get out your notebook, this episode is full of juicy nuggets of wisdom that you won't want to miss!Dr. Schwartz is a distinguished clinical psychologist and wor...
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High Stakes = High Impact
This week your favorite duo jumps right in with several familiar metaphors about what to do when the stakes are high. It would be nice if we could just stride along effortlessly, but life is full of obstacles, challenges, opportunities. Not all...
Tune Up-Ready Yourself For Maximum Performance
Time for a tune up! These tune up episodes are short and sweet, and are meant to give you quick pieces, little bits of inspiration for everyday life. We use a lot of food analogies and vehicle metaphors here on Pieces to Wellness, and this week...
Evolving Through Safe Connection w/ Dr. Jessica Higgins
This week we're excited to bring you a conversation with Dr. Jessica Higgins! Dr. Jessica is a psychologist, relationship coach, facilitator, and host of Empowered Relationship Podcast. In he...
Moving Through
This week the Instigator and the Yogi dig into a topic brought to us by a listener. This listener asked us to talk about what it's like to move through/past things, people, habits that no longer serve us. In true Pieces to Wellness fashion, thi...
Unbroken: Turning Your Pieces Into Peace And Joy w/ Karen Carey
This week you get two Karens for the price of one! That's right, we're delighted to welcome Karen Carey to Pieces to Wellness. She felt like a friend right away, as you'll hear in our conversation.Karen is a life and success coach who re...
Stop Abandoning Yourself
One of the things we practice here on Pieces to Wellness is bringing our whole selves on the podcast. More often than not, our topic ideas come from our lived experience. That's what you'll hear here today.Karen shares an example in whic...
Radical Acceptance: Stop Fighting Reality
This week the Instigator and the Yogi dig in to the notion and actions of radical acceptance.Being human is messy. Often uncomfortable. Complicated. We are often tempted to focus only on the things that bring us pleasure, which we mistak...
Dr. Tracy Foose: Anxiety & The Power Of Reframing
This week the Instigator and the Yogi sit down with Dr. Tracy Foose. Dr. Foose is a psychiatrist that is changing how we look at anxiety. Close to 90% of us experience anxiety, and some of us think it will destroy us. Dr. Foose argues that anxi...
Harmony Through Alignment
Welcome back! This week, the Instigator and the Yogi follow a touch of inspiration. We came across a quote that said, "When your inner and outer worlds harmonize, your relationships do too," and decided to discuss how this statement relates to ...
Mental Health-Past & Present: Dave’s Got Questions
Dave's got questions! This week, the Instigator and the Yogi share another segment of our ongoing conversation with Dave. Dave is a long-time listener and extra-long-time friend of Karen's whose curiosity is boundless. We're grateful to him for...
Gut Feelings w/Samantha
Have you ever had a gut feeling? Well, Samantha has, and that same gut feeling has led her on this path. What path is that? It is the path to heal. That path has brought her to where she is today, teacher by day and an integrative h...
Still Swimming: Another Deep Dive with Dave
This week, your favorite duo sits down again with special guest, and friend of the podcast, Dave. Dave's a deep thinker who helps us flip the script, interviewing us about the glamorous experience of podcasting. He asks us about our favorite gu...
Baya Voce Builds Relationship Muscles
This week, Karen and Tim are delighted to share our conversation with Baya Voce. Baya Voce is a relationship repair expert helping couples come back together after conflict. She holds an MSW from Columbia University, is in ongoing s...
Showing Up - Going The Distance
How do you know if you're winning or losing? This question was the inspiration for this week's episode. We start with our usual exploration of the importance of personalizing what winning and losing look like for you. The analogy th...
Therapy Talk- Peers Helping Peers
This episode is a two-for. You get two episodes for the price of one! This week, the Instigator and the Yogi, and our friend Dave, talk about therapy.First up, the Pieces to Wellness duo dig deep into what we think of therapy. As usual, ...
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? We love analogies here on Pieces to Wellness, and this week's episode is all about digging into wellness as a garden. And yes, this week we're extra full of puns, word play, even nursery rh...
Planting Seeds w/ Jen (a true icon) From BOTS
New Guest Alert! This week, the Pieces to Wellness duo is delighted to welcome Jen Degroff, coordinator and A.D.A.P.T. facilitator for Bring on the Spectrum (BOTS) in Albany, NY. BOTS is a commu...
Overthinking
This week the Instigator and the Yogi are talking about overthinking. We start with the questions: Does overthinking steal your joy? Can it be strategic or useful?Thinking about thinking (metacognition), like so many things, is a behavio...
Wrapping Up 2025-Goal Setting
There is so much info out there this time of year about resolutions, intention-setting, goals. We talk a lot here about living in alignment with goals and values as an everyday practice, and this week's episode is no exception. And for many, th...
Learn To Swim: Deep End Conversations w/ Dave
In keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, this week's episode is a real gift! We are beyond grateful to welcome listeners to the first of several Deep End Conversations with Dave. Dave is a regular listener to the podcast, a...
Celebrating 100 Episodes
Welcome to the 100th episode of Pieces to Wellness! This is a big milestone for us, and we're here to celebrate!Pieces to Wellness has evolved over the course of these 100 episodes, and this week, Tim and Karen get a little nostalgic, re...
Live By Design Not By Default
The idea for this week's episode came from these two quotes from Tim: Are you a victim of your environment or are you the creator of your environment? andLife is a product of your decisions, not your conditions.
How To Hold A Cockroach (and find freedom) w/ Matthew Maxwell
We're delighted to welcome a new guest to the show. In addition to being a life coach and meditation teacher, Matthew Maxwell got our attention as the author of How to Hold a Cockroach...
7 Deadly Sins: Mental Health Edition
Buckle up folks, this one's a doozy! The inspiration/intention behind this conversation was to identify the “pieces” that have the most negative impacts on our wellness. We thought, what if we call them seven deadly sins?!We love metapho...