Flourishing Flame: from Burning Out to Burning Bright

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame podcast, host Leah Brown interviews Dr. Benjamin Keyes, a seasoned expert in trauma and counseling. They discuss the various roles of counselors, the importance of seeking help, and the challenges faced during therapy. Dr. Keyes introduces his HEART model, which integrates spirituality with psychological practices, emphasizing the significance of forgivenes...

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame podcast, Leah Brown reaches the last of the five relationships that help you meet your goals by exploring the role of therapists. She discusses the types of mental health professions that would be considered therapist and differentiates between therapy and counseling. Leah discussing various therapeutic modalities and provides guidance on when to seek thera...

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame podcast, host Leah Brown speaks with consultant Ali Miller about her journey into consulting. Through her expertise in visual arts, clothing design, and behavioral science, Ali works with people to empowers clients to understand the importance of personal style and how to embrace their individuality. Ali shares her insights on the transformative power of fa...

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame podcast, Leah Brown discusses the role of consultants in both business and personal contexts. She outlines the process of hiring a consultant, the benefits they provide, and how to differentiate between consulting and coaching. Through real-life examples, Leah emphasizes the importance of finding the right consultant to meet specific needs and goals. Takeaw...

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame podcast, Leah Brown interviews Kristin Bartholomew who shares her journey into coaching, the methodologies she employs with her clients, and some differences between individual and group coaching. Kristin discusses the importance of personal coaching for work-life balance and offers insights for those considering a coaching career. The conversation also hig...

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame podcast, host Leah Brown interviews Megan Nilsen, a Kingdom Life Coach, who shares her personal journey from school counseling to coaching. Megan discusses the importance of counseling in her growth, the transition to coaching, and how to find the right coach. She emphasizes the value of accountability in coaching and offers practical tips for those interes...

In this episode of the Flourishing Flame Podcast, Leah Brown explores the concept of coaching, its various forms, and its significance in personal development. She discusses the differences between coaching, mentoring, and counseling, emphasizing the unique strengths and weaknesses of coaching. Leah also provides insights on how to effectively work with a coach, identify personal coaching needs, a...

In continuation with the topic of meaningful connections and specifically mentorship, Leah interviews friend and fellow counselor, Thomas Delaney and shares his career experience as a priest and as a counselor. As the two discuss mentorship, they start with the origin of the word mentor and how there are two sides of mentorship, being the mentor and being the mentee. Thomas explains what it takes...

February 4, 2025 Flourishing Flame: From Burning Out to Burning Bright Ep 52: Supportive Relationships: Mentorship What is a mentor? Where do I find one? What do I look for? How long should I have a mentor? Leah answers all these questions and more as she continues with the next type of relationship of the five types of relationships that help us reach our goals. In this episode, Leah discusses me...

January 21, 2025 Flourishing Flame: From Burning Out to Burning Bright Ep 51: Encouragement in Friendships with Guest, Laura Carr Welcome back! This week, Leah continues on the topic of friendships that help us move forward in life with guest and friend, Laura Carr! The two met years ago at a playground when their oldest kids were toddlers, and they connected and have maintained that friendship ov...

January 13, 2025 Flourishing Flame: From Burning Out to Burning Bright Ep 50: Supportive Relationships: Peer Friendships Welcome back to another episode with Leah! This week's focus is on friendship, more specifically, peer friendships and how they support us. What are peer relationships? Leah describes peer relationships as relationships with anyone who is your peer in some capacity whether that...

As we approach a new year, many of us set goals, dream of changes, and resolve to make progress. Yet, studies show that while 30% of people make New Year's resolutions, only 9% actually achieve them. Often, the missing piece is support—the right kind of help to keep us moving forward. If you're someone who's always supporting others, you might find it hard to focus on your own needs. But the truth...

Welcome back! In this episode, Leah talks about how the holidays, specifically Christmas time, can magnify and intensify the things going on in our lives, including the good, the bad, and the ugly.  As our lives and circumstances change, the things we enjoy about the holidays evolve. We can move into more gratitude and celebration and enjoy the time we have with our loved ones. Leah explains how t...

Have you ever walked into a room feeling hesitant, only to leave feeling lighter and more whole? That's what happened to Leah recently. What started as just another social gathering turned into a powerful moment of encouragement—a reminder of how meaningful connections can transform the everyday. Loneliness, affecting 1 in 4 Americans, isn't just the absence of people; it's the absence of connecti...

Welcome back to another episode with Leah! This week, she's continuing with authenticity and is joined by her daughter Nyarai as they take a roadtrip! As they drive, they've been discussing how authenticity has become an important aspect for the younger generation and how it's spread up into the older generations. They also dig into the trend of being overly authentic that the younger generation h...

Welcome back to another episode, and happy Thanksgiving week! This time, we're diving into the connection between gratitude and meaningful relationships. Gratitude isn't just about saying "thank you" or big grand gestures—it's a mindset that can transform how we think and live. Gratitude has some powerful benefits, both for your health and your relationships. Studies show it can lower cortisol lev...

Welcome back to another episode with Leah where she continues with the topic of authenticity! This time she focuses on the blessings of living authentically.  As she discussed in the last episode, the two musicals her kids were in this fall have great examples of authenticity. She explains how living authentically is living in congruence between our inner lives and our outer experiences then goes...

Welcome back! Now that we've wrapped up with Leah's presentation on unity, she's moving on to talk about meaningful connections. She touched on the topic in episode 38, and now she's revisiting it to talk about authenticity, which is one of the required aspects of meaningful connections. She explains what authenticity is and can look like and continues with the importance of it for meaningful conn...

Welcome back! In this episode, Leah wraps up the topic of unity in our uniqueness. In the last few episodes, Leah has shared her discussion that she presented on, and so far, she's talked about personality, experience, capacity, and values and that they're important to understand so we can understand both ourselves and others. She also shared how understanding those things is an uncommon understan...

Welcome back! In this episode, Leah continues with the topic of uniqueness and unity. In the last two episodes, Leah talked about personality and how we're unique in that regard. This week, she talks about other areas that we are unique in and how it's important to understand our differences so we can better accept and understand others. Leah shares how our experiences contribute to make us one of...

Welcome back! In this episode, Leah is picking up where she left off last time with the topic of unity in our uniqueness.  Last week, she shared the first part of her conference presentation which discusses the question of whether unity means uniformity, and she explains our differences through the lens of a personality model called the DISC model. She explained the first two types, which are more...

Welcome back! For this week's episode, we're shifting gears on topics. Leah is going to the Boldly Conference in Dallas, Texas this week, and she's presenting on unity and uniformity, so she wanted to share it with you all here as well!  She will be returning to last week's topic of meaningful connections, but for the next couple episodes, Leah is discussing whether unity means uniformity. She rem...

Welcome back! In this episode, Leah introduces us to the topic of meaningful connections and relationships. She explains what meaningful connections are and what that looks like in our relationships. Without meaningful relationships, we can find ourselves depleted and burnt out, so she shares how having mutuality and balance in those connections is important in keeping our flames lit.  Leah furthe...

Welcome back to another episode! In the last episode, Leah talked about going into a new season and how important it is to reflect and look back as the first step of moving towards our goals.  After looking back and acknowledging how far we've come, we can now look forward and evaluate what our goals are and how to get there. Leah explains the importance of the DISC model and how it informs our pr...

Welcome back! It's a new season for many with the school year starting, but it's also a new season of the podcast! Since it's a new season, Leah invites you to reflect on your growth so far! Many are looking forward, as we should, but it's also important to first look back and reflect on where we've been and how we got here.   Leah shares seven areas of our lives where we can look back and evaluat...