Talking Emotions
Talking Emotions is a podcast centered on exploring theory, research, and practice on the importance of emotional growth. This podcast is for teenagers, young adults, and parents and mental health providers that support them. The goal is to explore important ideas to improve interpersonal relationships and personal well being.
To suggest ideas for new episodes on Talking Emotions visit the website: https://present-mind.org/podcast/
Episodes
35 episodes
E34 – Understanding and Supporting Teen Mental Health
Guest:Dr. Will Dobud is a social worker, researcher, and educator who has worked with adolescents and families in the United States, Australia, and Norway. Will is from Washington, D.C. and divides his time between the United States ...
E33: Parenting Anxious Teens
This episode is for parents. Sophia explores her professional insights from working in clinical and school settings, to help anxious teens. If you are a parent, you'll get practical skills and ideas to help any stressed out teens in your home.<...
E32: Self Love w/ Lawrence Harris (In Practice)
In this In Practice Episode, Lawrence shares he personal journey to self love. Taking his own life experiences as a teacher, he explores the ideas that helped him transform to a meaningful life of self-love. Guest:Lawrence C. Har...
E31: Unspoken Expectations in Relationships
David explores personal stories that led him and his wife into marriage and business coaching. His stories shed light into strategies for successful relationships in dating, school, and friendships. We explore conflicts, awareness, and yes... l...
E26a: Sports Rivalries & Tribalism w/ Dr. Cottone (In-Practice)
In this In Practice Episode, Dr. Cottone and I talk about rivalries in sports and how sometimes they get more serious than intended. We connect our favorite rivalries to the concepts of Tribalism, to unpack how it shows up in sports fandom.&nbs...
E30: Understanding Stoicism in Everyday Life
Benny Voncken highlights his personal experience using stoicism to live a present, exploring his true nature. He unpacks key ideas of Stoicism to help people life a grounded life of virtue, using emotions to inform reason, and find more joy (eu...
E29: Relationships as Key to Recovering from Trauma
Dr. Muller shares his professional experience on the power of relationships. He highlights how relationships are important as a foundation for personal growth. Strategies for parents and young adults are shared to build positive relationships.<...
E28: How Shame and ProBeing Impact Our Relationships
Dr. Benau explores relational trauma and how shame and pride influence connecting with others. He highlights his research, professional experience, and personal stories to highlight how we can transcend shame to connect with others.Gues...
E27: Mentorship To Spark Engement & Connection
Ashley Leonard highlights her extensive experience leading mentoring programs in chicago, and how it builds connection and belonging in students and teachers. We explore the benefits of mentoring and its relationship to improved academic...
E26: Tribalism & Connecting with Others
Dr. Cottone explores the ideas of tribalism and how it offers benefits and drawbacks around human connection. He emphasizes how identifying with a group can help people connect, survive, and have positive feelings, while having the potential to...
E25: Resilience w/ Audra Lancaster (In Practice)
In this In Practice Episode, Audra leads a conversation about Resilience, emphasizing the power of stories to explore resilience. She shares her professional stories helping parents and teens to create safe spaces for resiliency in stressful si...
E24: Navigating Intimacy & Sex
Dr. Hanek explores the importance of vulnerability and how it can show up in sex and intimacy. She explores how this area of life is extremely important for discovering adulthood and establishing healthy relationshipsGuest:Dr. Bai...
E23: Depression Education in Schools w/ Tiffany Ruffin (In Practice)
In this In Practice Episode, Tiffany explores how talking about depression education is helpful for supporting children. She serves as an ambassador tor Erika's Lighthouse, which she uses in schools to talk with kids about depression .G...
E22: Food Choice and Mental Health
Martin explores ideas related to food consumption and it's implications on mental health. He explores his extensive knowledge of literature on the topic and his own experiences to highlight a insightful new approach to food and wellness.
E21: Do We All Have to Go to College? STEM & Non-College Pathways
Dr. Cole explores alternative routes to education. He explores the idea that all student need to go to college, unpacking the opportunities that exist for young adults who want to learn skills outside the traditional post high school route.
E20: Mind-Body Skills to Destress The Brain
Alicia explores Trauma-Informed Practices from the viewpoint of an educator. She highlights her experiences as a teacher, administrator, parent, and trainer to expand on ideas and specific strategies to help stressed out students. Guest...
E19: Trauma Informed Practices in Schools
Dr. Wallace highlights her dissertation exploring teaching beliefs and their impact on the use of Trauma Informed Practices in Schools. She explores how she found this topic, even as an outsider to education. She highlights the power of listeni...
E18 - Mindfulness, Connection, & Wellbeing
Dr. Gruber highlights the benefits and process of using relational mindfulness practices with young adults. Her work explores mindfulness practices to build internal and interpersonal awareness to decrease social isolation and increase wellness...
E17: Consent and Becoming an Adult
Sarah Casper explores the nuanced world of consent. In this conversation we explore how common approaches to consent education are good, yet don't allow space for adolescents and young adults to practice nagivating the 'grey areas' of boundarie...
E16: The Power of Art: Art Therapy in Schools
Leslie highlights the benefits and process of using Art Therapy in school settings. She starts by opening up about her process on writing and personal journey to finding art therapy. In the conversation, we explore the benefits of art therapy a...
E15: Empathy, Can It Be Taught?
Dr. Davis explores the practical application of empathy. She highlights stories from her extensive research on empathy and how it is use to facilitate better practitioner-patient relationships to improve healthcare. She highlights how this is c...
E14: Creativity & Process w/ ShowYouSuck (In Practice)
ShowYouSuck talks about the power of curiosity . This episode continues conversations about different approaches to heal from trauma. She shares her story and explains how indigenous wisdom can be a guide to process difficult life experiences a...
E13: Curiosity To Heal From Trauma
Mairead talks about the power of curiosity . This episode continues conversations about different approaches to heal from trauma. She shares her story and explains how indigenous wisdom can be a guide to process difficult life experiences and h...
E12: Somatic Breathing & The Power of Intention
Elizabeth Torres leads a conversation on the power of breathing. She also opens out about her journey into meditation, and how her intention led to deepening of her practice. We'll connect the sensation and discovering the body to its connectio...
E11: Forest Bathing: Exploring Nature, Breathing, and The Senses
Kathleen Skoller leads a conversation about the power of nature, and its connection to wellness. She talks lost of emerging research, which connects to the older practice of Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing). Guest:Kathleen Skoller