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
135 episodes
Amperella: Reconnecting w/ Allison- Somatics Energy Alignment
This week, your favorite dynamic duo welcome Allison Karoly to the show! Allison is an energy and somatic practitioner, and founder of Amperella. Through Amperella, Allison provides a variety of compl...
Fun Questions: Seeing & Hearing Your Hosts
Every day, every where, people ask and answer questions as a means of learning information and getting to know each other. This week, the Instigator and the Yogi decided to use some fun, familiar questions to help our listeners know us more ful...
The Eightfold Path: An Overview
Every once in a while on Pieces to Wellness, the Instigator and the Yogi get a little spiritual about mental health and healing. This is one of those times. This week we're discussing the Eightfold Path. Many spiritual and wisdom tr...
Safe Surroundings w/ Susan From LightNest Interiors
This week we're delighted to welcome Susan DePauw of LightNest Interiors to the show! Susan is local to the 518 and takes a unique approach to helping herself and others manage nervous systems through managing their environments.Susan de...
Getting Curious w/Bridget From Curious Hearts Press
One of the things we enjoy most here on Pieces to Wellness is looking at familiar things in new ways. This week we are delighted to be joined by Bridget Kleinert, social worker, therapist, mom, author, and overall delightful human being. Bridge...
Our Desired Impact: It’s What We Do Here
Every so often, it's useful to remind ourselves as well as our listeners (especially any new ones!) what we're all about here at Pieces to Wellness. Our desired impact is three-pronged: Educate. Inspire. Support. Those three things are what we ...
Exploring Letting Go: Unleashed
This week, we're exploring the topic of letting go from a high level perspective. And what's the first thing you have to do to explore? You have to let go of the idea that you already have all the knowledge, experience, control, etc. Only then ...
Riding The Waves Of Change: Balancing Accountability & Grace
One of the persistent themes here on Pieces to Wellness is that healing and health are journeys of change and growth. This means that we are also constantly adjusting, re-evaluating, and adapting to what's going on within and around us. This re...
Elevate With Anjali
This week we are delighted to welcome Anjali Mehta onto Pieces to Wellness. Like us, Anjali lives in NY's Capital Region, though she works with clients all over the world. Anjali is a Conscious Life & Parenting Coach, Somatic Breathwork Pra...
How To Handle Your Demons
This week we're getting down and dirty with our demons. Often, we hear people talk about fighting their demons. As usual, the Instigator and the Yogi start there and branch out to discuss other less-familiar perspectives. What would it look lik...
Does Love Rule?
This week's episode has been brought to you in the form of a question from the delightfully curious mind of the Instigator: Is love really all we need? Does love rule?In our usual roundabout way, your favorite dynamic duo dissect the eno...
IFS: A Conversation w/ Chani Getter
This week, we are honored to welcome Chani Getter to the show. Chani is a renowned psychotherapist, interfaith minister, and author of the book Mapito: Embrace Yourself. One of the therapeutic modalities Chani uses with cli...
Methods Of Knowing: Let Yourself Be The Guide
This week we're excited to talk about a topic suggested by a listener, "when you have a decision to make or you're trying to understand a situation or experience, how do you know? How and when do intuition, insight, and logic factor in?" Shamel...
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...
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...