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Managing Burnout In The Workplace By Creating Healthy Lifestyle Choices With Gabrielle Juliano-Villani Whenever you get exhausted from carrying out professional or personal obligations, it’s okay to take a break and rest. Pushing yourself too hard might lead you to burnout.  Burnout is a prevalent problem among many working professionals. This has become common at the height of the most recent COV...

The Neuroscience Of Self-Care And Why It’s So Important Being stressed for a long period of time is dangerous to your body. Not only does stress affect your mental health, it also leads to physical consequences. Neuroscience proves how stress renders you vulnerable to potential diseases. Pursuing the hustle culture and the fast-paced life compromises the chemicals that your body needs to regulate...

How Path Is Making Mental Health Treatment More Accessible With Randy Forman And Cynthia Grant Path is a mental health tech company dedicated to making mental and behavioral health treatment more accessible, personalized, and effective. Path takes a patient-first approach, making it easy to find a high-quality therapist or psychiatrist, who accepts their insurance and is actively accepting new pat...

How To Manage Back To School Anxiety How do you look forward to a new school year? A new school year offers a lot of possibilities, but there are certain factors that can cause stress and anxiety. Bullying intimidates students. Conflicts among colleagues discourage teachers. With recent cases of gun violence causing tragedy, vigilance is a much-needed defense.   Worry and fear are normal reactions...

Why Saying "What If" Can Be Harmful To Your Mental Health Thinking outside the box is only beneficial when you focus on your positive thoughts. Overthinking the negative is harmful to your mental health. John shares the detrimental effects of assuming the worst-case scenarios. While it’s normal to sometimes look ahead - especially when you’re making tough decisions or when you are welcomin...

Life Coaching With Jenny Toh When you’re in a good place, do you sometimes find yourself in situations when you still need help? A Life coach can support you. This episode features Jenny Toh, a life coach, and lawyer based in Singapore. Her career in legal practice in the UK, Malaysia, and Singapore has led her to work with clients from all walks of life, with some of them based in the United Stat...

How can you help a loved one who is struggling with their mental health when you’re struggling too? John shares helpful advice in providing comfort, reassurance, and compassion to your friends or family during bad days.  Checking in on them is a great start and a good conversation can be encouraging. Feelings are always valid, but coming up with a solution shouldn’t be your top priority. The best...

Mental health breaks are very important when you need to focus on yourself. You have probably heard that Olympic star Simone Biles dropped out of the vault and uneven bars during the 2021 Olympics for mental health reasons. And she did so without knowing what the world would think. Knowing when to take a mental health break can be a very important part of your mental health, but many people feel l...

Going back to school creates a lot of anxiety for students. From PreK to college, hundreds of students are experiencing back to school anxiety. In this episode, I talk about what you can do to help ease back to school anxiety and how parents can help their children, and college students can help themselves.  Be sure to visit mentalhealthtodayshow.com to listen to past episodes and to sign up for u...

Dr. Heim Ph. D. is an award-winning Psychiatrist, Music Professor, and Churchill fellow. During his 20 years as a doctor and 13 as a psychiatrist he has heard the stories of 1000s of people, so he listens a lot. He gets lots of joy out of working as a consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy.  He specializes in adult trauma. He speaks from a place of deep compassion and authority on Mental Health...

If you have ever thought you were bad for struggling with a mental health issue this episode is for you. I talk about four action steps that you can take right now to help you realize that your mental health does not define who you are. LET YOUR MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLE BE YOUR TEACHER, NOT YOUR MASTER LEAN ON OTHERS IN YOUR TIME OF NEED MAKE A PLAN STAY THE COURSE Write these action steps down and...

Is your marriage going through a difficult stage right now? Are you feeling hopeless and alone as you struggle with your mental health? In this episode, I talk with Tiffany Lee, (AKA Plumb). Plumb gets very personal and talks about her hurt and pain, and God’s redeeming story.  Plumb is a Christan artist and she graciously took time to talk with me before her next tour. Plum has sold more than 500...

Do you have some anxiety, but you've wondered if you have an anxiety disorder? In this episode, I talk about the seven most common anxiety disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) categorizes anxiety disorders into 7 types: Separation anxiety disorder Selective mutism Specific phobia Social phobia Panic disorder Agoraphobia Generalized anxiety disorder Be su...

Anxiety can be a difficult condition to deal with, especially when it takes control of our lives. We can feel like our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are out of our control. But understanding the negative thought cycle is an important step to taking back control of our anxiety. The negative thought cycle is a cycle of events, thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and outcomes that can lead to increase...

How is conflict handled in your family? We're not taught how to handle conflict, and oftentimes, conflict is not dealt with at all in families. In this episode, I talk about what you can do to help rebuild conflict in your family.  Please rate and subscribe to the Mental Health Today Show at www.mentalhealthtodayshow.com . Thanks for listening! John Cordray, board-certified counselor and host...

Have you ever experienced emotional pain? Pain that's so intense that you don't know what to do. Pain from a loss or a life-altering event can cause emotional pain and suffering. In this episode, I talk about the five signs of emotional pain. Five Signs of Emotional Pain Behavior Change Agitated Withdrawal Poor Hygiene Hopelessness I hope this episode is helpful for you! Check out the webs...

Have you experienced more anxiety and stress this past year? Did you know that prolonged anxiety can have negative effects on your body? In this episode, I talk about the effects of anxiety on your body and what you can do to feel better.  Anxiety can affect your central nervous system, your cardiovascular system, your digestive system, your respiratory system, and even your immune system.  Learn...

I worked in a school district as a mental health therapist for the last three years, and have learned a lot about the struggles schools face every single day. In this episode, I talk about a hidden problem in our school system that many people don't realize. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect every school in America, yet so many schools are not equipped to help the kids who need help...

Do you know someone who has a hard time forgiving others? Maybe it's you that is having a difficult time forgiving. In this episode, I talk about forgiveness and your mental health, and why it's so important to forgive others.  Forgiveness does not mean you will forget the offense. It does not mean that you're letting the other person off the hook. And it does not mean you are somehow...

Have you ever noticed someone who looks sad all the time? You can see it on their face, you can see it in how they respond to others, and you can just tell when a person has been living in grief for a long time.  Prolonged grief can have negative effects in every area of your life.  That’s what I’m going to talk about in this episode of the Mental Health Today Show, Consequences of Unresolved Grie...

Stress in the workplace is at an all-time high, thanks to COVID-19. From budget cuts to adjusting to being remote, to going back to the office after being remote, more and more people are stressed out, and it affects their mental health. In episode 93 of the Mental Health Today Show, I talk about Managing Workplace Stress. Managing deadlines, dealing with a difficult boss, juggling between working...

Millions of people experience anxiety nausea and it often becomes so bad that they can't go to work or school. In episode 92, I talk about what causes anxiety nausea and what you can do about it. Have you ever felt sick to your stomach while you have anxiety? It's one of the worse feelings in the world.  Have you ever wondered if it was nausea that caused the anxiety, or the anxiety that c...

26% of Americans 18 or older have a mental disorder diagnosis, that's 1 in 4 adults that suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder in a given year. That's a lot of people! A diagnosable mental disorder is a mental illness that has been diagnosed by a doctor or a licensed therapist. Example diagnosable mental disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Borde...

If you're like millions of people over the last year during the COVID19 Pandemic, you have experienced signs of functional depression. You may have noticed an overall attitude of negativity, or maybe you want to not be as involved in activities as much as you used to.  In episode 90: Signs of Functional Depression, I talk about what the signs to look for, and what you can do to start feeling b...

Three Common Mental Health Issues Among Young Adults If you are a young adult between the ages 18 to 25 you have likely experienced anxiety, stress, or depression. Maybe you are going through this now. In this episode, I talk about the single most important thing you need to do if you struggle with a mental health issue. You are not alone, 1 in 4 young adults struggle with anxiety, stress, or depr...