Still Becoming with Monica DiCristina

This is a meditation all about taking a few minutes to unplug in order to refresh and recharge. Things are very overwhelming right now, and we are being inundated with information that is scary, worrisome, and heartbreaking. There are also many people trying to give us positive resources. We are also often scrolling through social media seeing how others are responding during this COVID-19 pandemi...

Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. This Month: Simple Instructions If You're Feeling Afraid There is a lot happening in the world right now that can understandably cause us to feel fear. Feeling afraid is n...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with the story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. Story: Beauty In the Ordinary This month I share my gratitude practice of finding what I like to think of as small...

I am so happy to have therapist Sissy Goff on the Still Becoming podcast. We talk about the rise of anxiety in girls, as well as how to understand this important topic and what to do if you are encountering it. Sissy is warm, relatable, and very knowledgeable. I trust you will enjoy this interview as much as I did. Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP, spends most of her days counseling girls and their famil...

Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode between interviews. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. This Month: Brain Basics (What is Happening In There?) Today’s episode is all about the brain. I have found that a simple understanding of the structure...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with the story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. This month I share how I missed the beauty, worth, and magnitude of a tree standing right in front of me for years...

I am so happy to have Justin McRoberts on the Still Becoming podcast. We talk about prayer, creativity, mental health, and listening to your own experience and life, and so much more. Justin recently created a beautiful book with artist Scott Erickson entitled May It Be So: Forty Days With the Lord's Prayer. We dive into the hopes for this book as well as some of the powerful prayers it contains,...

Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode between interviews. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. This Month: Recognizing Self-Limiting Beliefs About Your Identity This episode is all about self-limiting beliefs and how they affect every part of our...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. Maybe you have always felt like you were too much. It was a long road for me to get to understanding that the way I am wired is by design, and it is good. And frankly, I want the same fo...

What do we do when our old ways of coping with pain and performing for worth no longer work? How do we move through devastating loss like losing multiple babies to miscarriage? I am so grateful to have Nicole Zasowski on the Still Becoming podcast again to talk about her new book 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. Nicole walks us through her journey of losing what she thought she wanted and finding what she need...

Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode between interviews. These episodes are focused on mental health, involve a short teaching, and include a few take aways in around 15 minutes. This Month: Inside Couples Therapy As a practicing couples therapist, I find myself often educating clients on similar topics over and over. I have compiled some of these essential ideas arou...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. This month's story is about learning to believe the true story about yourself, not the old narrative fueled by shame or inaccurate interpretations. Listen to the calming music mixed with...

Trauma is a topic I hear mentioned more and more in popular culture, as our society is becoming more aware of it. However, most of us don’t know what trauma is, how to know if we’ve experienced it, or how to find hope and healing if we have. I also hear people talking about EMDR (a type of therapy), but what is it? How does it work? I am so excited to have Kalpana Murthy on the podcast to teach us...

Each month, Still Becoming brings you a check-in episode between interviews. These episodes are focused on mental health, involve a short teaching, and include a few take aways in around 15 minutes. This Month: Boundaries with Extended Family Well-defined boundaries, realistic expectations, and owning the right to share or not share our own stories are all parts of this timely discussion...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. This month's story is about knowing you are not the only one. Through a ridiculous relationship with a neighborhood mailbox, host Monica DiCristina learned over and over the idea of comm...

Anxiety is such a common cause of suffering. Many of us have struggled with it, or know someone who has, and yet we often fail to understand it or how to cope with it. I’m so excited to share this interview with you. Therapist Meghan Klein Toups specializes in anxiety, and she helps us understand and redefine our relationship with it. Meghan combines her knowledge and expertise with genuine warmth...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a check-in episode between interviews. These episodes are focused on mental health, involve a short teaching, and include a few take aways in around 15 minutes. This Month: Why Black and White Thinking Just Doesn't Work Black and white thinking is often a sneaky cause of anxiety in our lives. Listen as we explore what it is, how it effe...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. This month's story is about our sense of self worth and our work. We have all likely struggled at some moment with getting our identity and what we do mixed up. This story walks you thro...

What do you do when what you are experiencing in your life doesn't line up with what you have always believed? In this interview with author and speaker Sarah Bessey we discuss what to do when you are evolving, the messy long walk of healing, experiencing God when there is no tidy story, as well as her new incredibly moving book Miracles and Other Reasonable Things . It is such a rich conversation...

Each month Still Becoming will bring you a Check-In Episode to listen to between interviews. These are mental health focused, involve a short teaching, and a few take aways in under 15 minutes. This month's Check In: Internal Boundaries Many of us are familiar with the idea of boundaries interpersonally, and how important they are for our mental health. This month we will build on that foundation...

Each month, Still Becoming will bring a story to you. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen. This month's story is We Contain Multitudes: a story of Monica DiCristina's experience as the daughter of an immigrant to this country, and the questions that combining two cultures l...

In this episode I get to interview Lifestyle Blogger Lesley Graham. She is funny, accessible, and answers a lot of questions we all might wonder about putting ourselves out into the world. This is such a fun conversation! Lesley feels like the friend we all love or wish we had. She combines relatability and inspiration seamlessly, which is not an easy thing to do. Lesley believes in knowing your "...

On this episode I get to interview someone I admire, Tina Roth Eisenberg, about how it is she moves from creative spark to execution on an idea. I struggle with putting my ideas out into the world, and I know I am not the only one. If you are looking for the courage to become brave with your ideas, you won't want to miss this interview. Tina is warm, open, and generous with her insights and her st...

Losing someone he loved to suicide changed the direction of Burke Buster’s life.  Now a licensed therapist, Burke shares how a tragedy in his family led him to his work today, helping prevent and alleviate the suffering of others as a therapist. He honors his uncle, who he lost to suicide, in his words and in the work he has done over the years. Suffering, including his own struggle with anxi...

Mazi is a licensed professional counselor and speaker specializing in helping women discover their true voices as they navigate self-worth/self-esteem challenges, relationship concerns, and life-stage transitions. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and has a Master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University.  Mazi is also the founder of Cultivate , which through...