The Brain Factor

What is Enoughness? Joy and Laura explore what the new term means, how you can maintain it, and how you can appreciate what you have and still be ambitious.

On this Episode Joy and Laura deep dive into the world of bias: Your internal bias, how your bias is influenced by the world around you and social media, and how you should navigate the way these biases make you feel. 

In this episode Joy and Laura discuss procrastination - and how to structure your life in a way where you can manage your time and achieve goals in a way that relieves stress.

In this episode Joy and Laura discuss the ways communicating in a digital world can make things easier, but also be a challenge.  From work e-mails, to texts with your children, and even when a phone call is more convinient or more of a hassle!

Laughter relieves stress, it's no joke.  Whether you're  laughing at a sitcom or giggling at a cartoon, laughing does your health a favor.  Believe it or not, laughter has short term benefits for your body may also have long term health benefits.  Laughter just might be the best medicine.

Health vs. Perfection. Joy and Laura dive into the eight dimension of wellness and discuss a model that extends wellbeing beyond physical health.

What did you say?  There are levels of happiness? Join Laura and Joy as they unpack how you can discover your character strengths and use those strengths to level up on happiness.

Are you faking your illness? It's your own fault you must be lazy. The weather is crazy! You must be seeking attention. We are crushing stigma and talking about all things stigma this month. Where it comes from, if we stigmatize ourselves, and how it can impact your overall wellness.

Are you going to cry about it or are you going to boss up? Maybe do both. On this episode of The Brain Factor Joy and Laura rewind and do a refresher on resilience and evidence based protective factors.

Mentor, nemisis, frenemy? Work-life relationships can be just as important as our personal relationships, and they can have a significant impact on our overall well-being and success.  Joy and Laura discuss the importance of work relationships, what they look like, and what they can mean to us.

On this episode of The Brain Factor, the one about talking to yourself, Joy and Laura discuss positive self talk.  Do you talk to yourself? If not, maybe you should, there just might  be something good in it for you

This episode of The Brain Factor, the one about how to deal, addresses the protective factor coping skills. Laura and Joy discuss minimizing chronic stress and its importance for overall health. Is stress normal? Managing stress and learning how to cope with the feelings that stress creates is essential to our health and wellbeing. chronic stress harms health and increases your risk of health cond...

In this episode, Joy & Laura discuss the difference between the things that are within our contol and things that are out of our control. 

This episode of The Brain Factor, the one about emotional clutter, addresses the protective factor good problem solving and coping skills. Laura and Joy discuss built environment, how we set up our spaces, and how there are similarities between our environment being cluttered and our emotional clutter. What's cluttering your mind?

On this episode of The Brain Factor, Joy and Laura talk about healthy diet, exercise, and development/ national sleep awareness.

In this episode of The Brain Factor, Joy Riddle is joined by a special guest and friend, Dr. Maggie Labarta! They discuss the importance of loving yourself in order to love others, and how you can do so, especially with Valentine's Day coming up!

On this episode of The Brain Factor, Joy and Laura talk about having fun at work while still following the rules at home school, and work.

What do new year's resolutions look like in a way that is emotionally healthy?  In this episode, Laura and Joy are going to discuss permission to not participate at all.  Motivation to do it? What is it? Is there a way to do that in a healthy way without setting ourselves up for more guilt or shame?  

In this episode of the brain factor Joy and Laura address the protective factors of good coping skills and problem-solving skills. It’s a busy time of year and it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of it all. What can you do to create some calm in the chaos?

This episode of the brain factor addresses the protective factor of emotional and physical health. It’s important to focus on your healthy and preventative care. Laura and Joy discuss topics like Mental Health First Aid, healthcare screenings, nutrition, and their impacts on your daily life.

This episode of The Brain Factor addresses economic and financial responsibility: paying off debt, funding retirement, discussing the best ways to save, and staying on track!

This episode of The Brain Factor addresses the protective factor: good coping and problem-solving skills. Laura and Joy discuss self-care in the workplace. Are you communicating effectively with your employees? And are you, as an employee, communicating effectively to your supervisor? We'll explore those questions, and more, on this episode of The Brain Factor.

Episode 12: The one about self-care as a lifestyle. This episode of the brain factor addresses the protective factor: good coping skills and problem-solving skills.  Laura and Joy discuss self-care as a lifestyle. Do you beat yourself up when you take some time for yourself?  Or do you celebrate what might feel self-indulgent? Self-care looks different to everyone.  Join the conversation about som...

Episode 11 of the Brain Factor addresses the protective factors: good coping skills, problem-solving skills, and connection to others.  June is Men’s Mental Month and Alan Paulin LCSW joins in the conversation about #mensmentalhealth.  What stands out for men that may be different for women? Are men less likely to reach out for help professionally? Learn more on this episode of The Brain Factor!

Episode 10 of The Brain Factor addresses the protective factor: access to support services.   May is Mental Health Awareness month so we are talking about how to access care.   Quality mental healthcare is essential and we know that, Meridian has been providing quality healthcare for 50 years!  On this episode, we take a look at how to access healthcare and other types of support services.