Even Tacos Fall Apart

Words To Your Mother: Courageous Conversation talk show interview with featured guest Shimmersing - from November 25, 2019. We talked about her personal story & experience with postpartum depression, PTSD, suicidal ideation & Hashimoto's disease. Video version --> https://youtu.be/0fN1COoWOw8 Shimmer or Beverly, she/her, is a married mama of one 4 year old goblin, trying to be a writer...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with mental health professional guest Lauren Keller. We talked about death positivity & reducing the stigma surrounding discussing death and planning around/for your own death! Video version --> https://youtu.be/C6MgeKZ9MEY Lauren Keller (or Link; they/them/she/her) is a media psychology phd student. Her focus is on video games, especiall...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with mental health professional guest SongsofHealing - from October 28, 2019. She led us through a relaxation exercise, then we talked about meditation & guided relaxation! Video version --> https://youtu.be/xwubwXero7Q SongsOfHealing is a board-certified music therapist with a particular interest in how we select music for relaxation exp...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with mental health professional guest Mike Fields, LPC - from October 14, 2019. We talked about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Anxiety & ADHD. Video version --> https://youtu.be/a2BjwjIIJOc Mike Fields started his professional career back in the 90s during the dot com boom. He spent 13 years as a software engineer, but when his son was d...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with mental health professional guest DrDyaus - from September 30 2019. We talked about traumatic events and identifying plus treating PTSD and C-PTSD in kids and adults. Video version --> https://youtu.be/D8gGU6hNBoc DrDyaus, aka Branden, is host of ‘game therapy’ over at http://twitch.tv/drdyaus . Gaming with a therapist per say where menta...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with mental health professional guest Dr. Susan Heitler - from September 23, 2019. We talked about treating depression without the use of prescriptions, pills or medications, plus covered things like relationships and parenting. Video version --> https://youtu.be/E0AWH9hqotA Susan Heitler, PhD is a Denver clinical psychologist and widely-read...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with mental health professional guest Josh Feldblyum - from September 16 2019. We talked about D&D, Weird Al, developing RPG social skills groups, the foster system and trauma in kids, plus SO MUCH MORE. Video version --> https://youtu.be/zOaFgzpJD-E Josh Feldblyum (ignore the vestigial "y" for pronunciation purposes) grew up in the subur...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with professional guest Dr. Nicki Johnson, Director of The Resistance Lab - from September 9 2019. We talked about the Resistance Lab, sexism, gender inequality, gender-based violence prevention programming for college campuses, police & military, rape prevention programming, prevention programming specifically for LGBTQIA+ individuals, part...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with professional guest Josue Cardona, founder of Geek Therapy. We talked about resilience, geek culture, positive psychology, death positivity and SO MUCH MORE. Video version --> https://youtu.be/tPFe9jg_M3M Josué is the founder of Geek Therapy, an affinity-based model of mental health and behavioral intervention. In other words, geek out to...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show with professional guest Jamie Flecknoe, founder of Roll Play Lead from August 12 2019. Video version --> https://youtu.be/P4d2-uiSIik Jamie is a graduate of Towson University with her bachelor’s in English. She then continued on to the University of San Diego to earn her master’s degree in Leadership Development. She spent several years working with te...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show with professional guest Dr. K. We had some technical difficulties, but GREAT conversation! Video version --> https://youtu.be/UqTC8PxWx9s Self-described as an 'ardent humanist,' Dr. K is a professor of psychology at the University of North Texas at Dallas where she teaches original curriculum in LGBT and gender studies. She has a PhD in cognitive psych...

This was the first time I had a guest on Mental Health Monday! Full video version --> https://youtu.be/irJDMlqYMWI Our guest was Elizabeth - a Marriage and Family Therapist living and working in Lowell. She has a BA in Psychology and an MA in Marriage and Family therapy and has been doing in-home family therapy through non-profit agencies for the past 7 years. Elizabeth’s work is primarily with...

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show with professional guest Dr. O'Connor. Incredible conversation about gamification in higher education & games in therapy!  Video version here --> https://youtu.be/oVEpQ2RhvHI Dr. Patrick O'Connor is a former therapist who has been teaching psychology in higher education for seven years. Patrick utilizes gamification in his introductory psycholo...