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Three Therapists` Carmen, Suzanne & Leah explore Chapter 7: Meeting Our Needs Our failure to stop and check in with ourselves and make time for the things that are meaningful to us can increase our stress and burnout Meeting our needs brings fulfillment, balance, and authenticity Developing our potential is not selfish Meeting our needs is a gift to the world

In this meditation, Carmen mindfully explores how we can set an intention to elevate our performance with the mind/body state. Set an intention What would it look like without fear or anxiety? Sense and visualize yourself meeting this target Tap into your fierceness Play the mental movie Believe in your visualization and yourself

In this episode, Carmen, Leah and Suzanne explore chapter 6 of Fierce Self-Compassion. They examine the concepts of bravery, empowerment, and clarity when drawing boundaries and protecting ourselves from harm. Self-compassion provides resilience needed to survive physical or emotional harm. When we develop and integrate fierce and tender self-compassion we can alleviate our suffering.

Carmen & Suzanne are joined by Leah, to explore how we can hold ourselves tenderly to integrate all the aspects of who we are. Learn how to love, connect and be present with yourself. This practice can help us to be with pain, difficult emotions, and then move to action.

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and Leah examine the MeToo movement and fierce self-compassion, as women need to protect themselves. Women are waking up to their true nature, which is potently fierce as well as gently tender. They explore: types of abuse, sexual harassment, the scars left behind, and the role of self-compassion after abuse, and taking action.

In this episode, Carmen, Suzanne and Leah explore Chapter 3 of Fierce Self-Compassion , entitled Angry Women. They discuss that women do not usually honour their anger as a power source. Together they examine: how anger can be a positive productive emotion, destructive and constructive anger, social justice and anger, and many other gifts of anger. Join them in reclaiming anger as a compassionate...

Suzanne, Carmen and Leah explore chapter 2 of Kristen Neff's book, Fierce Self-Compassion- How Women Can Harness Kindness To Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive. T his Raw, Risky & Real conversation examines sexism, gender maps, and moving beyond gender roles to balance tender and fierce self- compassion. They share personal stories, insights and life lessons.

Join three Psychotherapists, Suzanne, Carmen and Leah as they explore Chapter 1 of Kristen Neff's groundbreaking book, Fierce Self-Compassion -How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, And Thrive. This unedited conversation is Raw Risky and Real inviting all women to embrace imperfection with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness. Like yin and yang, the energie...

In this conversation Suzanne and Carmen introduce and discuss their shift in podcast title and new creative intention. Growing and learning themselves, they explain what it means to be raw, risky & rea l so that women can reclaim their authenticity, power and truth . They introduce the 8 qualities of our authentic self, developed by internal family systems theory: calmness, clarity, curiosity,...

Tapping In: A guide to activating your internal healing resources let's imagine our natural healing potential. a wellspring of untapped resources within us.  In this practice, we will imagine Love Resources. those you love those who love you

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 13 in Brené Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go To Self-Assess The words and concepts explored: Pride, Hubris, Humility, Near Enemies and Far Enemies. They also unpack her grounded theory of cultivating mean...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 12 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When We Feel Wronged The words and concepts explored: Anger, Contempt, Disgust, Dehumanization, Hate, Self-Righteousness. Be kind and gentle with yourself as y...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and A pril explore chapter 11 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When Life Is Good The words and concepts explored: Joy, Happiness, Calm, Contentment, Gratitude, Foreboding Joy, Relief, and Tranquility. Be kind and gentle w...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 10 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When The Heart Is Open The words and concepts explored: Love, Lovelessness, Heartbreak, Trust, Self-Trust, Betrayal, Defensiveness, Flooding, and Hurt. Be kind...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 9 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When We Search For Connection The words and concepts explored: Belonging, Fitting In, Connection, Disconnection, Insecurity, Invisibility, Loneliness Be kind an...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 8 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When We Fall Short The words and concepts explored: Shame, Self-Compassion, Perfectionism, Guilt, Humiliation, Embarrassment. Be kind and gentle with yourself a...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 7 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go With Others The words and concepts explored: Compassion, Pity, Empathy, Sympathy, Boundaries, Comparative Suffering Be kind and gentle with yourself as you ente...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 6 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When We're Hurting The words and concepts explored: Anguish, Hopelessness, Despair, Sadness, Grief Be kind and gentle with yourself as you enter this safe place...

In this episode Carmen, Suzanne and April explore chapter 5 in Brene Brown's book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience In this creative conversation, these 3 women examine The Places We Go When Things Aren't What They Seem. This is a timely conversation given our current experiences The words and concepts explored: Amusement, Bittersweetness, Nost...

In this episode April, Carmen and Suzanne explore chapters 3 & 4 in Brene Browns book, Atlas of the Heart . Mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience is the intention of this book.   In this raw, risky and real conversation, these ladies share what they are learning from their heads and hearts. Chapter 3 is about the places we go when things don't go as planned. T...

You have to feel to heal , but what are we feeling, thinking and sensing? Learning about the relationship between thinking, feeling and behaviour is emotional intelligence. We all have feelings continuously, yet we go through life trying to pretend otherwise. Our feelings can be messy, inconvenient and sometimes confusing. In her new Book, Atlas of The Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the...

Carmen Jelly, Suzanne Rochon and April Porter reflect on 2021, and explore how to imagine and create what they want in 2022.   Looking backward and looking forward, we are closing a chapter and entering a new one. We reflect on what worked well and what did not work well for us in 2021. They discuss how to discard or hold onto identities , set new intentions and imagine new beginnings. W...

On today’s episode of Returning To Real , Suzanne Rochon, Carmen Jelly and guest host Leah Brown discuss Perfectionism. Perfectionism drives people to be concerned with achieving unattainable ideals or unrealistic goals, often leading to many forms of problems such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and a host of other psychological, physical, relationship, and achievement problems. They sha...

Exploring Our People Pleasing Part: As we start congregating again, we must take delicate care with ourselves and one another. After all, despite our proverbial solitude, we’ve gone through the entire past 18 months  together . Pandemic fatigue and a post-vaccination lifestyle can feel like total overwhelm. This is a time to pause and check-in with ourselves. Most of us have a people pleasing...

On today’s podcast, Carmen and Suzanne talk about the second chapter, The Inner Critic , in their book, Returning to Real.   They share how one simple shift can create your next extraordinary chapter in your life. They discuss how we have to compassionately understand our Inner Critic, so that we can understand the old negative beliefs they hold. With compassion and understanding, we can unho...