Pathway 2 Empowerment
We strive to empower people on their journey to complete wellness of mind and body through emotional growth, healing, movement, and exploration. People are meant to thrive and live happy fulfilling lives, and our mission is to help everyone go from surviving to thriving.
Episodes
81 episodes
Where Emotions Live
This episode explores different disciplines beliefs in where certain emotions live within our bodies, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yogic Chakras, Ayurveda, and Somatic Mapping. Learning where emotions may live, be experienced, or get...
What Do Emotions Feel Like In Our Bodies?
Does everyone experience emotion the same way? Do we all carry each emotion in the same area of the body? How can we be aware of which emotion is coming up for us based on the physical sensation. These are some of the questions that we will be ...
Identifying Emotions
Many of us struggle to identify our emotions, in this episode we discuss why it is important to identify them as well as give tips and tricks that you can do to grow your ability to identify what emotions you are experiencing as they come up. E...
What Are Emotions?
Are emotions good? Can they be bad? Emotions are neither good or bad, they are simply a means of communication and an attempt to keep you safe. It's what we do with those emotions that creates the positive or negative connotation. In this episo...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
The term Narcissist has been thrown around a lot in recent years, however, not always correctly. This conversation should shed some light as to what NPD actually is and what characteristics are exhibited.
Panic Disorders
Continuing our monthly topic of mental health disorders, we are discussing the in's and out's of panic disorders, how they differ from panic attacks, what the symptoms are, and what therapy modalities work best as well as learning some groundin...
Borderline Personality Disorder
Have you ever wondered what causes borderline personality disorder? Or what symptoms may present for some people with it? Well today we are talking about the possible causes, symptoms, when it's usually diagnosed, as well as different therapy m...
Bipolar Disorder
We are continuing April's topic of Mental Health Disorders by talking about Bipolar Disorder so that people can gain an understanding as to what it is, what symptoms show up, and some good coping mechanisms that are available. The more we talk ...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Today we are discussing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, what some of the symptoms are and different modalities and techniques that can be utilized to cope with it.
ADHD
ADHD can often get confused with other issues. In this episode, we discuss ADHD, some of the struggles people who have it deal with, and ways that we can be mindful of our loved ones with ADHD.
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Many people may have never heard of Histrionic Personality disorder, so today we are bringing light to this. We hope that by educating people about different disorders, we can release the stigma that often gets attached, and create more empathy...
PTSD & CPTSD
Are CPTSD and PTSD the same condition, completely different, or similar with key differences? What are they? How does one come to have them? What can someone struggling with these conditions do to cope? These are some of the questions that we w...
The 24 Hour Woman
As women, we often take up the majority of the mental load of the family or partnership. We are always "on". Today we are discussing how being the 24 hour woman effects our mental health, what belief systems encourage the perpetuation of this r...
Mental Load
The mental load that women have to carry these days seems never ending. This conversation is about some of the items on women's mental burden list, how and why they are there and why it's important to reduce the load.
Rediscovering Yourself After Becoming A Mother
Many women can lose themselves in motherhood, many things about who you are changes when you become a mom. Today we are talking about why/how that can occur and things that you can do to rediscover who you are now, as a person, outside of mothe...
Postpartum Depression
An issue that women face when it comes to mental health issues that isn't talked about nearly enough is postpartum depression. It's important to keep people informed of what this issue is, and how to help yourself or your loved one who may be d...
Women Supporting Women
Did you know that having strong female friendships greatly impacts your mental health? In this episode we discuss all the benefits that women supporting other women and having community with one another has on our longevity, mental health, and ...
Women's Issues in Healthcare
Today's conversation is about the gaps that are present in women's healthcare and why that may be.
Perimenopause & Menopause
We all know some of the physical symptoms that can occur during perimenopause and menopause, but seldom is it ever talked about some the mental health struggles that go along with that stage of life. You're losing one identity and morphing into...
Parentification
What is parentification? How do dysfunctional dynamics that lead to parentification happen? What are some of the long-term consequences for the parentified child mentally, emotionally, and within their future relationships? What are some ways t...
Eating Disorders
Continuing on March's topic of Women's Mental Health Issues, today we are discussing eating disorders so that we can gain a better understanding as to how they develop and how best to handle them. www.pathwaytoempowerment.com has co...
Body Image
The month of March we will be discussing several issues within the field of Women's Mental Health. Today we are starting off these discussions with our conversation about Body Image, with our dear friend Shel. If you or someone you ...
Helping Your Teen Navigate Their First Romantic Relationships
The first few experiences in the dating world can often set the path for future relationships, so we want to make sure our teen is set up for success in this area of their lives. This includes modeling healthy relationships, open communication,...
Helping Your Child Navigate Friendships
Part of parenting is helping your child navigate friendships so that they can have healthy happy friendships to lean on. This episode discusses how we as parents can help our child create and maintain healthy friendships. We also ha...
Fostering Your Relationship With Your Teen
As your child hits their teen years and beyond, your relationship with them will look a lot different than it did when they were a small child. And you'll need to parent a lot differently. In this episode we discuss some of the ways we can evol...