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Welcome! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-463-0871.  In today's episode, we talk about everyday courage and the quiet moment when a long-held dream stops being “someday” and becomes a real choice. Vanessa Longoria shares how she left a successful medical path to open The Mac, a process-based arts and crafts studio in McAllen built on joy, alignment, and comm...

Welcome! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. Today's Episode: Perimenopause can feel like you’re unraveling at 3 a.m., but the changes are often hormonal and deeply explainable. We talk with Mary Parker about the biology behind mood swings, sleep problems, rage, brain fog, and the confusing reality of “normal” labs that still don’t match how you feel....

Welcome!! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In today's episode - we name the hidden roles that keep our conflicts on repeat and explain why the drama triangle can feel impossible to quit even when it hurts. We share simple ways to step out of victim, rescuer, and persecutor patterns and build self-trust in the moment.  • the drama triangle as a rel...

Welcome! To connect or become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In today's episode we pull back the curtain on couples therapy and explain why high-functioning couples can look strong in public while feeling stuck in private. I share how emotional safety, nervous system regulation, and a structured process turn the same old fight into a new kind of connection.  • why ma...

Welcome! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. In today's show, we sit down with Executive Chef Steve Warner to unpack how great restaurants foster a sense of belonging while running at full speed behind the scenes. We pull leadership lessons from service, culture, and excellence that carry straight into everyday life.  • building a “family” feeling thr...

Welcome! To connect or become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-463-0871. On today's show we discuss how clutter can be a nervous system signal, not a moral failure, and our homes often mirror anxiety, grief, ADHD, burnout, and the weight of too many unmade decisions. We talk with professional organizer Erin Mursh about making space outside so we can feel more space inside, using...

Welcome! To become a client or connect visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. In today's episode, we slow down the urge to “fix it” and talk about why healing often takes longer than we want, especially when our nervous systems have been carrying stress for years. With therapist Lauren Mitchell, we explore holistic healing as an embodied and relational practice that helps us come back...

Welcome!! To connect or become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In today's episode, Inside A Free Youth Crisis Respite Program In Texas with Lauren Mitchell, we sit with the reality of the youth mental health crisis and what it feels like when a family runs out of ideas and energy. Lauren Mitchell breaks down how a Youth Crisis Respite Center offers a free, trauma-info...

Welcome! To become a client or connect visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. In this episode, we explore why healing happens faster when we stop carrying everything alone and let safe people and safe faith practices hold some of the weight. Pastor Gaylon Clark joins me to connect neuroscience, worship, mental health, and real-world support into a picture of community that feels loving and...

Welcome! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. In today's episode, we talk with strategic communication mentor Bia Berlitz about why our feelings can be bigger than our vocabulary and why that gap can make us feel alone. We connect language, identity, and mental wellness so we can communicate with more clarity, self-trust, and compassion. • linguistic r...

Welcome! To become a client or connect visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. In today's episode, we sit with the hidden reality of kratom dependence and how something marketed as natural relief can quietly reshape a life. We talk with Chad Womack about Feel Free, high-functioning addiction, rehab, and the slow return to clarity, responsibility, and self-respect.  • Kratom basics and...

Welcome!! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In today's episode, we sit with the question of whether relationship conflict is really about love or about emotional language that never got translated. With therapist Emily Pierce, we name how neurodivergence shapes communication and we share tools for building compassion, safety, and clarity in neurodi...

Welcome!! To connect or become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In today's episode, we break down the science and hope of neuroplasticity and why your most repeated thoughts can feel like fixed roads even when they are just well-worn trails. We share simple tools to build healthier neural pathways through repetition, nervous system safety, and supportive connection.  •...

Welcome!! To connect or become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In this episode, we talk about confidence the way it actually shows up, not as loud perfection but as small brave choices made while you’re still nervous. We hear from my daughters, Alexandra (11) and Luciana (9), as they explain what helps them feel brave, what makes confidence drop, and how being yourself can...

Welcome!! To connect or become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  In this episode we talk about the quiet ways perfectionism and approval-seeking shape our lives, then practice a kinder truth: we are already enough. Andrea Markusich shares how “enoughness” can change parenting, emotional regulation, and the way we show up at home, school, and work.  • perfectionism linked to...

Welcome!! To become a client or connect, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  We name the quiet burnout that hides behind competence and show what it costs when being the responsible one becomes your identity. We break down emotional labor, nervous system depletion, and simple practices that help you care deeply without carrying everything alone.  • quiet burnout as slow depletion rathe...

Welcome to Couch Time! To connect, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. In today's episode, we explore therapeutic ketamine through the lens of Internal Family Systems and somatic integration, asking what becomes possible when science and soul sit down together. Grace Laurie, LPC, shares practical insight on safety, structure, and why honoring protective parts is central to lasting...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We explore marriage as a living container rather than a fixed destiny, tracing how history, attachment, and modern expectations shape what partners ask of each other. We share practical tools to repair, reconnect, and choose each other with open eyes. In this episode we talk about: • redefining marriage as legal, economic, spiritual...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We sit with Amanda Ebner, St. Stephen's Episcopal's Head of School , to explore how empathy, follow-through, and honest feedback create safety for students, staff, and families. Stories from Germany, South Korea, and Texas show how culture becomes care and why belonging beats perfection. • defining culture as daily safety...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We explore how to set down part of the mental load by using AI as a quiet co-pilot, not a replacement for connection. With Sarah Dooley of AI Empowered Mom, we share practical workflows, safety guardrails, and small wins that protect time, energy, and joy. • naming the mental load and why it burns us out • AI as a tool to protect co...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or text/call 956-249-7930. We explore a warm, accessible path into Ayurveda with counselor and breathwork practitioner Brett Aldrich , moving from big ideas to daily choices that soothe the nervous system. Practical tools, a simple breath exercise, and a gentle rethink of routine help us feel more like ourselves. • what Ayurveda is and why it matters • the fi...

To become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We explore gratitude as a practice of attention, not a forced feeling, and show how to hold it alongside stress, grief, and complexity. Science, story, and simple tools help you build resilience without pressure or toxic positivity. • what gratitude is and what it is not • how attention reshapes neural pathways • why stress makes g...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  We trace how early experiences teach our bodies what love feels like and how those lessons shape anxious, avoidant, disorganized, and secure patterns. We share body-based tools and compassionate questions that turn reactivity into choice and repair. • attachment as adaptation not identity • overview of anxious, avoidant, disorganiz...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930 We open our hearts about postpartum depression as an experience, not a verdict, blending biology, identity, and soul. We share tools, stories, and a journal prompt to trade judgment for compassion and to make room for slow, honest healing. • Talking with my daughter about anxiety, depression, and invisible thoughts • Garden metaphor...

To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  We sit down with Pioneering Collective's VP of Author Strategies , and poet Scott James to explore how writing moves us from fear to clarity and why generous, human-centered craft matters in a shortcut culture. Along the way we share tools, timelines, and a few myths worth dropping. • writing as a path to healing and belonging...