Moving into Wellness Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In the first episode for season 3, Karin and Gloria talk about personal insights for the new year, breaking patterns and the slowness of change, and reasons to continue actively discussing mental wellness.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotl...

Send us Fan Mail In this last episode of the season, Gloria leads a meditation using water as a metaphor for healing, renewal, and growth.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline: 877-...

Send us Fan Mail This is the longer sound meditation, edited to include singing bowl, ocean drum, gong, and fire chimes. Next investment: better sound recording in 2024. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866...

Send us Fan Mail For the end of September, Karin is sharing two separate versions of sound. The challenges with recording and wanting the experience of sound meditation to be ideal were going to lead to a talking episode about how I didn't like either recording. Instead, I backtracked and decided to share edited versions of both, one brief and one a little longer.  Soundscapes can be relaxing...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss their own tools for self-exploration and ways tools are put into practice. We'll share with you the importance of adjusting expectations, embracing change, and how it can lead to personal growth. You'll hear us talk about the significance of pausing, questioning, and extending grace to ourselves and others.  ---------------------...

Send us Fan Mail What if there's a journey filled with endless possibilities waiting for you, just at the end of your comfort zone? In this episode, Gloria shares the beginning of the journey of pursuing a master's degree, discovering unforeseen connections, and creating opportunities along the way.  Transitioning from providing a service to letting go might seem daunting, but what if th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Karin and Gloria continue their conversation about external factors and their effect on intuition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin and Gloria chat about recognizing environmental factors are affecting mental wellness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 Cris...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin and Gloria reflect on significant losses a year later and the different types of loss people experience that initiates a grieving process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss barriers to goal setting and ideas to find hope in community, intuition, and achievements of any size. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-738...

Send us Fan Mail Karin and Gloria discuss a common mental health goal setting tool: SMART. But how helpful is it? S pecific M easurable A chievable R ealistic T ime-based ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 86...

Send us Fan Mail CONTENT WARNING: discussion includes topics of suicide/suicidal ideation  Karin and Gloria start season two with: Lessons from 2022 Thoughts about start to 2023 Mental wellness topics of interest for the coming year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers:  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT Nati...

Send us Fan Mail Gloria leading a meditation designed to take a moment to pause and appreciate each of our five senses: hearing, sight, taste, smell, and touch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline: 877-565-88...

Send us Fan Mail Short sample of healing instruments, singling bowls and swinging chimes (fire). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 Crisis Text Line: 741 741, text "start"

Send us Fan Mail In this second-to-last season 1 episode, Karin shares an example of an audio movement exercise recorded for a client.

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, Karin chats with Erin. Erin in her own words:   Erin Howe is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist in the San Diego area and is the President of the California Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association ( ADTA.org / CCADTA.org ). Her work has accumulated over 9 years of practice working in residential treatment facilities, substance rehabilitatio...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss aspects of self exploration and embracing change in adult life. This conversation was edited down from more than an hour of stories to reinforce ideas we've discussed in other podcast episodes: Openness Discernment Honesty Humility There were several "probably"s and "really"s on repeat near the end.  We'll like...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, Karin chats with Madrone B. Phoenix. Madrone B. Phoenix, They/She, MSW, LICSW Madrone is a licensed clinician with advanced training in trauma (Level II EMDR, C.G.S. in Trauma Studies and Level 1 AEDP). They started this organization because of the massive gap Black, Latinx and other POC as well as QTPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations face. As someone who is conne...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, Karin talks with Cashel Campbell.  Cashel in her own words: Cashel Campbell’s passion for Mental Health Awareness and Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery has encouraged the career she has built alongside her creative endeavors. In 2018 she created Feel Heal Dance, an integrative psychotherapy private practice that she maintains as a Board Certified & Licensed...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss what it means to have awareness of when we need to say "no" in relationships. Topics include: Knowing our limits Prioritizing our values Being consistent Recognizing resistance

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin interviews Oly about her life coaching work. In Oly's words: Hi! I'm Oly and I love helping busy creatives be more organized "within, without". I am a certified professional organizer and life coach. My practice is compassion-led and I'm BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ focused. I believe that we are all worthy of love and healing. Chat with me fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss ways to respond when people around us reach out for support, including: Recognizing/acknowledging vulnerability Language that can meet others' needs Embracing humility  email: movingintowellnesspodcast@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Reggina Thompson King discusses her journey into music therapy and self-discovery through practice. In Reggina's words: Hi, I am Reggina. I am a nature enthusiast that loves camping, creating music, and yoga! I am a space holder for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks and am currently living in Southern California! @thehealingchord on IG and TikTok

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Karin discusses what led to her dance/movement therapy studies and offers examples of how she's utilized movement as an intervention in a group setting.

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, Karin interviews Toni Pasion, who talks about mind-body-spirit alignment, community organizing and holding space for culture and wellness from a Filipinx/a/o and practitioner perspective. Toni M. Kemehana Pasion is an Inland Empire-based dancer, educator, and community organizer who specializes in Hawaiian and Philippine dance practices. She is a Lecturer of Dance...