Insights with Us

Let’s talk about feelings! I am joined by three brilliant women as we sink into the present moment and get real about our experience together, our feelings, and how we are showing up over the course of the episode. We talk about feeling safe, supported, and accepted no matter what.    In this episode you will hear about: What it looks like to name feelings. What it looks like to share gratitude. H...

Have you ever heard of internal family systems or parts work? Ever wondered how to build curiosity around the reactions you have you wish you could change? Leave logic behind in this episode as I share the work I’ve done and how I show up and do my internal work.    Resources: No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz

Sadie and I get real with hard conversations, humor, and not just having our reactions, but noticing how we respond to the reactions we are having. Join us as we dive deeper into grief, how we show up externally and internally, and how we manage it.    “Grief is the price we pay for love” - Dr Colin Murray Parkes Resources: Ram Das Still Here No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz 

Join me as we continue to understand our breath and the parts of our bodies necessary for healthy breathing. Today we will focus on research related to the nose and why it matters.    My goal in this podcast is to help you learn more about yourself. Growth happens when we get uncomfortable, which happens when we sit with new ideas we haven’t sat with before. I hope we can work on this journey of p...

Join us as we dive deeper into the neurology of the mind body connection and what can help us be as efficient and functional as possible in our bodies.    Brandon owns School of Movement PT and can be found at schoolofmovementpt.com or @schoolofmovementpt   You can contact me (Anastasia) at insightswithus@gmail.com or @insightswithuspod.    In this episode: 7:25 Pain Signals in our body 14:00 What...

Let’s fight the stigma! Join me today as we build insight around suicide and prevention.   It’s okay to talk about suicide, and asking about it will not put the thought in someone’s head. The more knowledge you have, the better your chance is of helping someone before it’s too late.    If you or someone you know struggles with suicidal thoughts, there are resources available. You can call the Nati...

I am joined by Rae, who embraces vulnerability and shares some of the hardest times of her life and how she was able to shift out of the darkness and learn to see the small joys life has to offer.    We talk about suicide in todays episode. If you or someone you know struggles with suicidal thoughts, there are resources available. You can call the National Helpline: 988 or Crisis Centers can be fo...

Indecisive? Join me during today’s episode as I guide you through one way to sit with your body and notice its reactions to your choices. Be curious and let’s slow down and build some insight.

Listen in as I talk to a physical therapy team about the different perspectives of the mind body connection, trying to connect with patients, and the difficulties of healthcare work. 

Want to find curiosity and build insight around how toxic masculinity can exist in any of us? Listen in as I talk about how toxic masculinity shows up in our lives, creates barriers for connection,  and what we can do to challenge it.  Resources: For the Love of Men: A new vision for mindful masculinity by Liz Plank Man Enough Podcast with Justin Baldoni, Liz Plan, and Jamey Heath https://greaterg...

Have you ever wondered what is going on in your therapist’s mind? Well today is your chance to gain some insight! Listen in as my friend and colleague Sadie interviews me about my personal perspective on being a therapist and how I view the client-therapist relationship.  Resources from Episode 5 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change by Steven C. Hayes, Kirk...

Join me as we gain a foundational understanding of how to check in with our breath, and try three different breathing techniques to help calm your nervous system down.    Resources Breath by James Nestor Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health by Patrick McKeown Relaxation technique: Breath control helps quell errant stress response: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...

In the third episode of Insights with Us, Sadie and I work to define insight and use real world examples from our lives to understand how to build insight. We then end by discussing ways to build mindfulness, be in the present moment, ways to slow down this process and learn to sit with yourself in small ways.    The definitions we discuss today in regards to insight: APA definition:  “the clear a...

In the second episode of Insights with Us, listen in as I talk to Sadie, a massage therapist, about her upbringing, how she realized she had quieted her own voice and was following the voice of others, and the differences between her expectations for the future versus what actually happened.

In this episode, I talk a little bit about myself, my history, and how I ended up here. My hope is if you can understand my background, you can see how it informs my perspective as I guide you on this journey of gaining insight. 

A new podcast about building insight around the human experience. Join me and my guests as we explore what it means to be human and how to sit in discomfort and allow for growth.