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Award-winning licensed professional counselor and meditation expert, Dr. Suzanne Nixon, is on a mission to bring the conversations about mental health— the conversations that matter— to the table and finally break the stigma. Join her as she welcomes guests: everyday people sharing their mental health journey, and mental health and mindfulness experts sharing their knowledge and heartfelt wisdom. Soothe your mind and body with Dr. Suzanne’s weekly guided meditations and contemplative talks to help you nurture stillness, cultivate awareness, deepen presence and nurture sanity. Tune in, tap in today.
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Communication is the bedrock of all good relationships. It is one of the most important life skills to learn. It will help you understand others and be understood, and builds a common ground of respectfully relating to one another. In this podcast you will learn the basic tenants of Mindfulness Communication.
Conversations about LBGTQ+ individuals and the LBGTQ+ community have swept the nation. Taking center stage are political and societal conversations about the rights of LBGTQ+ individuals to be who they are without scrutiny, to be free to express their true nature without judgment and have the right to live an equitable life like all citizens.Parents have their unique experiences when their children courageously come out to them as identifying as LBGTQ+, and intimate conversations about gender identity/sexual orientation. In this episode, we get up close and personal with Netta Chirello, who will frankly share her experience/story about her young adult son coming out as non-binary.
Who likes to gain weight? Most of us don’t. We physically don’t feel well, our mood state may sink, our negative self-talk may increase and our self-image may tank….on top of the fact that our cloth es may not fit. Motivated to “finally lose the extra pounds”, we sift through the myriad of weight loss programs out there, only to ask ourselves, “Which one this time?”. Nan Jenkins knows that script well until she found the weight loss program that changed her life personally and professionally. Nan, the Founder of the BreakthroughM2 Weight Loss Program and Alula Wellness shares her story and her nutritious weight loss program in this informative and inspiring conversation.
As we search for connection and places of belonging, we often forget to resource our deepest place of belonging – nature. Welcome this truth in this nature-based mindfulness meditation.
Therapeutic art modalities offer us a way to explore the realms of our inner life, deepen our understanding of ourselves, heal and transform our suffering and awaken us to a new way of being present and alive. Join me as I interview Jody Tompros, a licensed clinical social worker, who pivoted from her “traditional psychotherapy” practice to create “The Mindfulness Painting Experience”, a therapeutic modality weaving psychotherapy, mindfulness and art..
After 21 years as a practicing physician with Mid-Atlantic Kaiser Permanent Health Care, Dr. Elliott Dacher, a board-certified internal medicine physician, left his medical position in 1996 and embarked on a journey to India to study consciousness, health and meditation. In this inspiring episode, Dr. Dasher, author of “Aware, Awake, Alive” and “”Meditation and Beyond”, shares his personal story, the fruits of his travels and how they shaped his becoming as well as his perspective and approach to healthcare.
Weight gain, weight loss and weight maintenance are topics of conversation women can’t get enough of. They want to know why their weight can fluctuate so much, month to month or year to year, even though they have good lifestyle habits and behaviors. Hormones play a significant role in weight gain/loss as well as our overall physical, mental and emotional health. Join us as Melinda Rhoads, Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife and Founder of Rho Wellness informs us about hormones, weight and overall well-being.
Parenting with a mindset of positivity and with behaviors of positivity, significantly impact your teen’s neurological, emotional, and social development, as well as their physical health. In this episode, Dr. Nixon introduces the merits of this approach and 4 simple ways to begin.
Anyone seeking therapy wants to find a good therapist. Someone who is qualified, experienced and can help with your particular concern, mental health condition or relationship situation. Yet, what makes a good therapist? Listen in as Dr. Suzanne shares the 5 Heart-Centered traits of a good therapist.
When you notice stress accumulating in your mind or in your body, it is a signal to you to stop, pay attention, and seek relief. Having a brief go-to practice to relieve stress, helps regulate your autonomic nervous system into a state of calm.
How do you embrace a life of joy, love, and gratitude when your life as a child was a steady flow of abuse, neglect, addiction, and trauma? How do you heal from the pain, misery, and memories held tightly within the body-mind to become whole and resilient? Join me for this conversational interview with Heidi Henyon, Transformational Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, Certified Massage Therapist, and Movement Teacher as she shares her journey of healing from abuse and addiction. Understand how working with the “body” in recovery is essential in healing and sets the trajectory for reclaiming your joy, self-love, and life.
Your middle school teen wishes you knew them better, understood them more, and listened more. They are going through an explosive developmental period with their brains changing, their bodies growing and their mental, emotional and social needs shifting. It is confounding to them as much as it is to you and, they are trying to navigate the unique challenges of being in middle school. Better your relationship with your teen by understanding this developmental period and learn what they want you to know.
When someone is kind to you it feels good, and when you extend a gesture of kindness to another, it feels good. Research studies show the health benefits of kind acts, for the receiver, the giver, and the larger community. Join Dr. Suzanne as she shares a few personal stories on kindness and invites you to reflect on times in your own life when kindness crossed your path.
Each of the seven chakras represents an aspect of our physical, psychological and spiritual essence. We receive, assimilate and transmit all of life’s energies through these centers of spinning light. In this guided meditation, you will focus on each chakra and welcome in the positive light and affirmation.
Nowadays the need to manage our everyday stress is essential. Over time, stress unmanaged or stress prolonged will negatively affect our physical, mental, and emotional health and overall well-being. The holidays are a time of good cheer, however, they are also a time of high stress. In this episode, you will learn skills and strategies for managing your holiday stress with Dianna Carr, a health and nutrition coach.
The range of differences in how our individual brains are wired and function is called neurodiversity. Our brain wiring affects the way we think, process information, behave, interact with others and experience the world around us. Neurodivergent people, a born identity, have brains that are different from people whose brains are neurotypical. Learn more about the characteristics, traits, strengths and challenges of neurodivergent people as I journey with Claudia Matteo, who identifies as being neurodivergent, in our conversational interview.
Each and every day is a new opportunity to intentionally connect within, become aware of your inner experiences, and welcome presence. Embrace what is arising in you, moment to moment, and with a tender heart receive you in this 15- minute guided meditation.
You are a divine being made up of pure energy. The ancient Hindu text, The Vedas, elaborate on the Chakra System, the template for understanding our human energy field. The 7 Primary Chakras, spinning wheels of energy, offer a body of knowledge about your spiritual development and current state of existence.. Tune in to learn more and enjoy a guided Chakra meditation.
When you picture a gifted child, do you have an image in your mind of a precocious, straight-A student who is the teacher’s pet? You may be surprised to learn that not all gifted children do well in school, and if gifted children do not have the parental and educational supports they need, they will likely struggle throughout their lives. What does it really mean to be gifted? And what do parents of gifted children wish other people understood? Join me for a deep dive conversation with Chris Croll, founder of Loudoun County Parents of Gifted Students and mom to two gifted children.
Are you prepared for the challenges of caring for your aging parents or family members? Have you had the difficult conversations with your loved ones about their declining health, eldercare and end of life affairs? If you minimize or deny the importance of these conversations or avoid preparing for this life cycle, when the time comes you will likely experience an insurmountable amount of mental, emotional and physical stress. Join me as I interview Pam Reynolds, author of Caregiving with Confidence, as she offers you a roadmap for preparing for your aging parents end of life affairs and caring for you.
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