Ben Wire and Blakely Adams

Being the Work

Health EN ↓ 28 episodes

Conversations with therapists, for therapists courageously cracking into our unspoken experiences. We seek to put voice to taboo topics in the helping professions, deepen our connections to each other, and ask the difficult questions of what it is to be fully human and a helper at the same time.

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Author

Ben Wire and Blakely Adams

Episodes

Which Watershed Moments Led You to The Work? 11.10.2021 1:06:38

In our second episode, to continue in exploration of WHY we're here, Ben and Blakely share stories regarding those watershed moments in life which led our path to the helping work. Ben took a 'no' and turned it into a 'hell yes,' while Blakely decided she could do it better than Dr. Phil. Thanks, as always, for tuning in to join us in exploring all the tricky aspects of doing and being the work. A...

What Brought You to & What Keeps You in the Work? 04.10.2021 53:18

Support us in our mission of building connections between helping professionals and providing quality content. In our inaugural episode, we figure it's worth digging into our origins and constants - why YOU, why THIS work? Along the path Ben shares spiritual experiences and inherent empathy guiding the evolution of his 'Faith,' while Blakely took her own pathway of persistent Curiosity and early f...

Being the Work Trailer 30.08.2021 1:43

Hey helpers! Coming fall 2021, two mental health professionals are teaming up for a weekly conversation about what it means to be a human and a helper. The stories of therapists and other helpers are often set aside in order to 'do the work,' but our lives are rich, tragic, exciting, and terrifying too! Join us to dive into the complexities of doing and being the work. We keep our community and sh...