A Quest for Well-Being

— Your attachment style is one of the most important pieces of self-knowledge and understanding. It is now known that our childhood experiences can really affect how we view ourselves and the world around us. Don't even try to engage in relationships before you truly understand your attachment history and style. Yes, it's that important. Already in a relationship? Listen to this episode and learn...

— Believe or not, the world has gotten a whole lot nosier, and many of those noises have crept into our homes and our workplaces. For home, noise levels can come from loud neighbors, barking dogs, loud appliances, lawn mowers and kids yelling throughout the house. For work, noise levels can come from cell phones ringing and texts dinging all day, or people congregating outside of your cubicle with...

— Ayurveda gives you a holistic approach to living -- preventing dis-ease, aligning with your nature and nature around you, a wholesome diet, self-care practices and a way of being that suits YOU. Ayurveda helps you improve the quality of your life and add longevity. The goal is to awaken and reignite your innate ability to heal. Each cell in your body has the profound wisdom it needs to be health...

— "When our values and actions align, we can find more peace."   Valeria interviews Kristen Quinones — she is a licensed clinical social worker. Kristen just started her very own private practice this month offering adults virtual individual and group psychotherapy. Kristen's early career experience was working with homeless, runaway, and foster care youth as well as teens at risk of incarceration...

— Self-esteem is the underlying foundation supporting everything you do, from everyday chores and activities to long-term goals. While everyone occasionally has doubts about themselves, low self-esteem can leave you feeling insecure, lacking motivation, unable to respond to challenges in your life, anxious or depressed and with negative thoughts and feelings about your body image. In the episode,...

— It's been a chaotic day.  There are angry customers at work.  Your daughter misbehaved at school, and you need to talk to the principal.  The car won't start.  That sort of day. Stop.  Control.  Reset.  Take ten deep breaths.  Sing.  Listen to soothing music.  Walk into a garden and watch the birds. The human brain is an efficient, pragmatic, functional engine, of unfathomable complexity -- with...

— Many health outcomes depend on recovery from processed food addiction and understanding addiction to processed foods opens the door to recovery from stubborn diet-related diseases. Dr. Ifland has been looking for a reliable way to help people stop compulsively eating addictive harmful foods since Her 23-year quest finally yielded online programs that reliably give compulsive overeaters control o...

— Losing a loved one is one of the most lonely and painful experiences you will go though in life. It can be hard knowing how to pick up the pieces and move forward with your life after. This episode is about how Julie Derks let her husband's death teach her about life and turned this tragedy into something beautiful and meaningful. Julie truly found herself through losing her husband and it took...

— Imagine feeling in control of your life again and confident in yourself to leave your house and not worry about what others think about you. Imagine feeling able to manage your emotions enough to get through a whole day and not feel controlled by them. Imagine having your life back. It's possible. One of the hardest things about finding a therapist is the concern about feeling judged for needing...

— Dr. David Jernazian choses to pursue clinical application of mental health because he knows that no amount of material, social, financial, competitive, or skill based success can be appreciated, or even enjoyed, when a person's mental health is poor. Valeria interviews Dr. David Jernazian — He is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Los Angeles, CA that works with a variety of issues, rangi...

— In this episode will discuss mindful eating, intuitive eating and the most common cognitive distortions. How many times have you reached for the snacks at a party and munched through them without thinking, or ordered dessert even though you were already full, just because it looked so good? We eat for many reasons - because we're stressed or feeling sad, because we feel like we deserve a treat o...

— In this episode will discuss mindful eating, intuitive eating and the most common cognitive distortions. How many times have you reached for the snacks at a party and munched through them without thinking, or ordered dessert even though you were already full, just because it looked so good? We eat for many reasons - because we're stressed or feeling sad, because we feel like we deserve a treat o...

— Our most frequent thoughts, feelings and behaviors directly correlate with the quality of our sleep. Valeria interviews Andrea Squibb —  she is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified CBT-I Clinician. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Los Angeles, CA in 2010 and received her CBT-I certification via Dr. Gregg D. Jacob whose program was created and utili...

— We know if we put our focus on feeling good, and make it a priority, our life is going to change for the better. But still, we usually don't do it. To add to this frustrating paradox, we often find that when we feel good, not only do we get better things in our life but we also tend to do better things for other people. Generally speaking, we become the best version of ourselves when we feel goo...

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— Dr. Frank W. Gaskill is the co-author of  Max Gamer. He is an awesome Aspie who uses his special abilities to become a superhero. The authors don't consider Asperger's a disorder. Instead, they see it as a potential gift that can include some amazing skills. While some define it by deficits, this book focuses on strengths that give these individuals the resilience and confidence they need to ris...

— Mary Tinucci has always believed that everyone has an important story to tell. She has always believed that everyone wants to be seen, heard, and understood. Mary has always believed that we are all creative in some way. She has always believed that having an outlet for creativity, a place to share our stories, and being heard are healing. She also has always believed that there is an important...

— "The human body is an incredibly intelligent vessel that reflects whatever is going on emotionally and mentally. Every day there is more research and evidence on the implausible connection between the emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical health, and how one cannot work well without the others. We cannot afford to dismiss any of these aspects within ourselves. Once you start your journey to...

— We all have bad habits. Maybe you bite your nails, maybe you procrastinate, or maybe you're always late. Whatever it is, bad habits can be frustrating. But it turns out, they might actually be protecting you. Bad habits may be annoying, but they might also be your brain's way of trying to protect you. However, there comes a time when they are no longer serving you. That is when it is good to dep...

— "What if you are only ever to be yourself in pieces? What if "you" is too rich a masterpiece For someone to view as a whole? So you are forced to break yourself down Into digestible pieces, Like light you secretly contain all But people can only view what is reflected back to them. Sometimes I wonder if sunlight gets lonely. To be seen it has to lose itself in another So it cannot be without ano...

— "I am back to where I am meant to be, back to pure source energy that I am a part of, the energy that we are all a part of—we are ONE from the creator of the Universe. Each one of us is an extension, a branch of that energy in physical form. We are the same in spiritual form, thus different in physical form. We are brothers and sisters with different abilities, mindsets, and paradigms so that we...

— In this episode, Dr. Paola Lake discusses the topic of laying the foundation to find a healthy partnership in life. She is trained in both Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Gottman Couples Therapy and has come to understand what qualities are important to sustain a healthy vibrant relationship, but also what qualities are important to choose a partner who will be compatible and life enhanc...

— Talking about just the brain is not enough when talking about trauma. Every person on the planet has experienced some form of trauma whether that be the little "t" traumas or big "T" traumas. After gathering historical pieces from her clients, Ashley Fredericks begun to ask questions about family and relational dynamics, as well as any adversarial life experiences along the way. They talk about...

— "If vision therapy is a method in which to make the eye and the brain train together so they can work better together, what is patching? Patching trains one eye to work harder to catch up with the other. This is not a scientific description - but - if one eye is communicating and working better with the brain it is dominating use of the brain. Patching helps so that good eye can take a time out...

— "I speak to so many people who want to be coaches and would be amazing at it, but they're just not sure they have what it takes. Maybe they lack confidence … Maybe they're concerned they need to be a great marketer …Or perhaps they're just stressed out about the fact they don't know whether or not they can help people. And it's made even worse by all the "gurus" around, telling you how to make 6...