Adventurous Thoughts

The first story in my special series on this podcast, where I'll share pieces of my creative writing from over the years. Fictional short stories, poetry, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into my creative writing process. This story is called Inky Earthling Daydream, an empathetic musing on the elements and how they feel in their mutable existence. A magical little fable exploring water, earth,...

Maybe the antidote to our anxiety isn’t just another deep breathing exercise, but pretending anxiety is a strange little goblin who has to dance to bestow any panic or dread upon you… Stay with me. This week, we’re bringing back childlike wonder. In this episode, I’m exploring the surprisingly powerful world of playful mindset tricks. You know, the dorky, completely ridiculous strategies that diss...

An updated perspective on the heels of my previous episode on Internal Family Systems (IFS), which I hope serves as a cautionary tale. This is an intensive form of therapy that can tackle some very deeply rooted trauma, and I naively opened Pandora's box with it this past week. But, we live and learn!  In this episode, I share the importance of going slow and what I'm doing to step off t...

Confessions of a fearful avoidant, dipping her toes into IFS (Internal Family Systems) and trying to make sense of the complexity of parts she stumbles into.  The birds-eye view of Internal Family Systems is that it's an evidence-based psychotherapy model developed by Richard Schwartz. This perspective views the mind as a system of distinct "parts" or sub-personalities within each o...

Disclaimer: This episode contains mentions of self-harm and suicide.  Welcome to the inaugural episode of Adventurous Thoughts - here we go! In this introduction episode, I invite you inside my brain and the why behind this podcast - a space to wonder out loud about what it means to be human. I dive into my journey with romanticizing the dark and how the concept of non-duality has influenced my pe...