Living Centered Podcast

Every Thursday in May we’re releasing a bonus episode in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month! Today Mickenzie and Hannah sit down to talk about the importance (and awkwardness) of asking for help. Together they explore what holds us back, practical ways to identify and ask for what you need, and a reframe that will help you show up better for yourself and the people around you!   We hope these...

Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? In honor of this year’s theme, “Together for Mental Health,” Mickenzie invited a few members of the Onsite team to join her for real conversations about mental health. During these conversations, team members shared what they know now that they wish they’d known when they started their journeys, the practices that keep them centered, what the...

Generosity changes the way we see the world. Today’s guest, Ben Greene, the Chief Development Officer of the nonprofit charity:water , has dedicated his career to connecting others to the power of generosity and their own ability to affect sustainable change. In his interview with Mickenzie and Lindsey, the three discuss the exponential impact of generosity for ourselves and the people around us....

Mindfulness is a topic that gets talked about often in mental and emotional health circles. However, while many of us know that it has benefits, practicing mindfulness doesn't come easy to everyone. Today Mickenzie and Lindsey sit down with Christopher O’Reilly, therapist and Executive Director of Milestones at Onsite, who shares the role of mindfulness in his recovery journey. He also gets practi...

Today our friend, New York Times Best-selling Author Shauna Niequist, returns! She sat down with Lindsey and Mickenzie to talk all about starting over, being a beginner, and the journey she has been on for the last few years to create a quieter, deeper life. Shauna documents this journey in her beautiful new book:  I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Way...

How do we overcome the voices telling us to give up when life doesn't turn out as expected? In this week's episode, artist and author Scott Erickson joins Mickenzie to discuss his new book:  Say Yes: Discovering the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream .  Together they explore the opportunity and beauty that lies just on the other side of failure, disappointment, disillusionment, and uncert...

This week Hannah and Mickenzie sit down with therapist and Onsite Guide, Brendan McCarthy to explore the impact of narratives and messages we may have picked up in childhood through the lens of  "The Seven Rights of a Child."  Together we explore the things we all needed to receive for emotional and psychological development and how not receiving them may show up in our lives today. Even if we had...

Today Mickenzie and Hannah are diving into attachment science with licensed therapist and author Krispin Mayfield. The ways we learned to receive and keep connections in our earliest relationships create a framework from which we draw in every subsequent relationship. Krispin explains how our attachment style impacts how we show up in relationships and also explores what attachment science can tea...

Many of us are feeling heavy and burdened by the state of the world around us. If you feel like staying informed is coming at the expense of your mental and emotional health, you are not alone. In this special bonus episode, co-hosts Mickenzie and Lindsey share a few of the practices and rhythms they’ve been implementing to stay present, informed, and centered even when the world feels overwhelmin...

Today’s guest, Leith McHugh, knows all too well how the health of individual family members can impact the entire system. But, she also knows the incredible redemption that can come on the other side of recovery.  Leith joined Mickenzie and Hannah for an authentic conversation about the journey she and her family have been on for the last decade to find healing and reconciliation. On the other sid...

This week on the Living Centered Podcast, Mickenzie is joined by Clinical Director of Milestones, Laura Ramey and Onsite's COO, Phil Stone. Together, the three take a unique look at the therapeutic modality Internal Family Systems (IFS). Drawing inspiration from Onsite's in-person framework, this episode invites you to cultivate healing hospitality for all "parts" of yourself—especially those that...

This week, Mickenzie and Hannah welcome back poet, artist, and writer Morgan Harper Nichols for an inspiring (and timely) conversation about peace. For many, Morgan's words and art have cultivated one of the most peaceful corners of the internet, despite the uncertainty, doubt, and chaos that has defined much of the last few years. In this episode, the three explore how we don't have to wait for p...

Today on the Living Centered Podcast, Hannah and Mickenzie are joined by Onsite Guide and therapist, Amanda Eilola. Together, the three explore the topics of recovery, addiction, medicators. Sharing from her own recovery journey, 18 years of sobriety, and almost 20 years working in the field of addiction, Amanda helps us understand medicators (the ways we all use external things to turn down the n...

In honor of National Random Acts of Kindness Week, coffee is on us! Head to this week's show notes for a gift card!  ————— Have you ever felt like your life is running you, instead of the other way around? Do you want to live more fully alive, but feel stuck just getting by? Today’s guest, author, Youtuber, and podcaster Mallory Ervin is on a mission to invite people into a different way of living...

On today’s episode, Lindsey and Mickenzie sat down with Onsite’s Associate Clinical Director, Kathleen Murphy, to explore the Poly Vagal Theory. Kathleen outlined how this unique paradigm helps us understand the role the vagus nerve plays in our daily emotional regulation, social connections, and fear responses. Through practice and greater self-awareness, this methodology can help us understand h...

Join us today for a special episode celebrating our one-year podcast anniversary! Thanks for joining us for a year of authentic conversations—we hope it has encouraged and equipped you in your journey towards living centered! To celebrate, we're giving away three $100 gift cards to the Onsite Mercantile. All you have to do for your chance to win is leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!   To...

No one escapes adversity. All our stories are lined with moments of pain and suffering—and for many of us, these moments can be complicated, overwhelming, and challenging to navigate. Onsite Guide and Therapist Caroline Bravo joins Mickenzie and Hannah for a thoughtful conversation that might prompt you to rethink how you engage with suffering. Through her professional work as a therapist and her...

On this week's episode of the Living Centered Podcast, Lindsey and Mickenzie take a deep dive into the popular personality model the Enneagram with Certified Enneagram Teacher Evan Barbee.    In the last couple of years, the Enneagram has garnered attention from media and memes—often reducing it to a quick assessment or labeling system. Yet this ancient tradition serves as an invitation to slow do...

There comes the point in every life when we are invited to examine, question, and often deconstruct the narratives and worldview we grew up with. Whether conscious or unconscious, we all carry around a set of beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world around us—many of which we picked up from even our earliest childhood memories. For many of us, the process of looking at and making room for id...

"Life's most urgent question is, What are you doing for others?" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Today's guest, Tuere Butler, is continually inspired by this question and has committed her life to the empowerment and service of others—first as the longest-serving member of Congressmen John Lewis' team and now as the Director of Operations for Plywood People in Atlanta, GA. During today's interview,...

How do we end a year like 2021? If you're experiencing mixed emotions as you head into the new year, you're not alone. Today we invite you to join our team for a conversation full of honest and (very) real reflections of the last year as we seek to answer the questions: What if the year didn't look like we expected? How do we continue to look to the future while also staying present? What gifts ar...

Today we're revisiting a few of our favorite conversations from throughout the year. This episode features interviews from fan-favorites Mike McHargue, Carlos Whitaker, Hillary McBride, Shauna Niequist, Annie F. Downs, Rory Feek, and more! Thanks so much for joining us this year—we can't wait to continue the journey with you in 2022. Sending you light and love this holiday season. Discover the Rig...

Many of us want a quick fix when it comes to mental health. Instead, sustainable change happens in what we call “two-degree shifts,” small adjustments that make a monumental impact over time. Today’s guest, Laura Quick, is no stranger to be in process and implementing the two-degree shifts in her life. She sat down with Lindsey and Mickenzie to chat about her passion for mental health and the role...

The middle of any emotional wellness journey is often uncomfortable, messy, and rarely linear. Today’s guest, Onsite Guide and therapist, Madison Lawn says that the messy middle is an essential part of the growth and evolution we all deserve. In this interview with Lindsey and Mickenzie, Madison shares her own story of navigating the tenuous process of growth and how she uses her experience to hel...

Making a difference doesn't have to come at the expense of our mental health. When confronted with injustice, inequality, pain, and crisis, we have three options: become apathetic, overwhelmed, or inspired to do something about it! Social impact consultant and the founder of Let's Give A Damn, Nick Laparra, is on a mission to help people pick the latter. Recently, Nick sat down with Lindsey and Mi...