The Fiery Redhead / Formerly, Wide Open Spaces with Ilise

Let me take you on a special trip through a wine vineyard. Visualizations and our memories can lead us to a productive way of coping with life's challenges.  Open up Your Mind's Eye to new beginnings and maybe even a natural sense of a high.

The Holiday Season can be very overwhelming, debilitating and anxiety provoking.  You may even find yourself experiencing the Holiday Blues.  Let's take a listen to this weeks podcast on how to take a Self-Inventory of yourself to ensure that this is the most nurturing Holiday Season that you have ever had.  Who knows, maybe you will even learn some new things about yourself.  Tis The Season to be...

Halloween is a time where we all put costumes on to hide who we really are.  Do you ever feel like a fraud at work, your experiences, education, social situations, skills and even in your home life? Pop in your earbuds and take a listen to this Podcast where I will help you acknowledge and identify how you feel like a Fraud or an Imposter in your daily life.  I will guide you through how to overco...

Life is full of challenges and sometimes overloading our brains can lead to us feeling Stuck and having Mental Blocks.  This Podcast identifies 3 areas that are impacted by Mental Blocks and how you can clear your brain to be more productive. Sometimes you need to just Sit with Yourself to figure out what is going on internally and how you can move forward and evolve.

Are you a Reality TVAholic? Bravoholic or a TLC fan?  Reality Television can be good for your mental health.  Addictions fall into many categories and Reality TV is there.  I bet you watch some Reality TV and you aren't even aware of it.  Take a listen to hear about how Reality TV is a coping skill. You might be surprised the effect it has on your chemical make up.  Reality TV might be more like r...

Working on your mental health is a means to improving your life. In Hebrew the word Chai means Life. There is nothing more precious in this world then life.  If you are finding that the current news and unrest in the world is making you feel depressed then it is time to empower yourself.  This weeks Podcast is about me Empowering Myself.  Take a listen and hopefully I will motivate you to improve...

As a therapist in the past I have worked on Mental Health Units where women who were going through cancer treatments would receive services.  I was in my 20's at the time and I don't think I truly grasped the scale of Cancer in all of our lives.  This Episode is dedicated to one of my best friends who is "Fighting Like a Girl!"  We don't address enough the impact a Breast Cancer Diagnosis has on t...

Rituals are woven throughout religious practices and every day life.  This week we will discuss ways for you to incorporate nonreligious Rituals in your life as a form of a coping skill.  Coping with life can be complex and beginning new Rituals in your life can be a way to get through life with more control and balance.

We all have hopes and dreams that we have created since childhood.  This week we will focus on the goals you have accomplished and the goals that you have not  fulfilled. The question will be asked, "Are You Living Your Best Life?"  I will have you create a thought process that will open you to change and identify areas in your life that you may need to pivot with.  All this will lead you to "Livi...

Empty Nesters Syndrome is not a Psychiatric diagnosis; however, many mental health issues surround this life transition.  Join me this week as we talk about how you can now move into the phase of life where you become one of your primary focuses. This can become a very liberating time in your life.  Take a listen today.

Breaking Up is Hard to do! Letting Go can be even harder.  This week we will discuss the importance of creating healthy boundaries in our lives.  I will also discuss ways for you to identify why and what boundaries you may want to start working on.  Letting Go with a break up, divorce, moving, new job, trauma, toxic people or even becoming an Empty Nester can be hard.  Incorporating boundaries in...

Good Intentions in our lives is something we should all be working on.  This week we discuss this concept and how you can make monumental changes in you.  Be "Good to Yourself and Set Good Intentions." Ilise Litwin It's time to put in the work you have always envisioned for yourself.

It's that time of year where all of the kids are going back to school.  Some of our kids are even going off to college, moving or are abroad.  This creates the time of life where your Nest is Empty.  Join me this week as I discuss how we can reinvent ourselves .Tap into many of your own personal unfilled dreams, desires or wants that you have put aside to raise children. The Nest is Empty is your...

Transitions is life can be overwhelming, complicated and hard to cope with.  There are 3 stages of a Transition that you must go through to get to a positive healthy place in your life.  Join me this week as we talk about the stages and how you can create a safe atmosphere in your life while going through a Life Transition.

I recently returned from a trip to Europe.  I share my observations and experiences with you to help you prepare for possible stress, anxiety and frustration during travel.  Post Pandemic travel has definitely changed and it may be hard to adapt.  Listen to some of my positive and challenging experiences as I traveled through New York City, Paris, Budapest, Scotland and The United Kingdom.  Travel...

The travel season is upon us and with that comes travel anxiety for many.  Join me as we go from preparation to completion of your trip and ways to cope with travel anxiety.  

A painter starts with an easel, a blank canvas, painting palette, paint and a paint brush. The artist allows the brush to move across the canvas and art is created.  This episode we will discuss new innovative ways for you to gain insight into yourself to begin to Paint Your Future.  Many of us carry heavy burdens on our shoulders and by gaining insight into yourself, I am hoping you will be able...

We can always count on two things happening in summer, the sun rising and the sun setting.  I smell summer is just around the corner.  I am sure you all have ideas of summer plans and leisure activities that you want to indulge in.  This podcast will create the excitement of summer and ways for you to make sure that you get all of your leisure goals accomplished.  Remember, without a healthy Leisu...

An Era is the marking of a new phase, time period or event in your life.  This weeks podcast discusses ways for you to create a new Era for yourself.  I even give you the skills to formulate your new beginning.  It can be so exciting knowing that you are about to start a new chapter in your life.  Join me as we create the Era of You!

Life can be extremely complicated and we can be faced with Monumental  Challenges unexpectedly.  Your body will go through many responses and the Fight or Flight response kicks in.  Join me as I give you the beginning skills to work through a Monumental Challenge.  Having a sense of control over your life is extremely empowering.  Take a listen to this weeks episode and lets put the power in your...

Our Emotions can be very complicated and confusing in our daily lives.  If we don't take the time to check in with ourselves, our emotions build up and we can malfunction. This weeks Podcast will help you do identify your emotions and resources that can move you towards accomplishing your dreams and help you to manifest your future.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.  This episode will talk about the stigma of a mental health diagnosis and how we can all work through it with some help and understanding. I will discuss how a mental health diagnosis does not mean that you are broken and that you can adapt and function just like everyone else.  My goal is to help you identify if you need assistance and to help you understand...

Life can be chaotic and tumultuous for most of us.  We even feel guilty when we take some down time or are lazy.  As a society we need to change our thought process and know that it is ok to just binge watch your favorite Netflix or stay in your PJs all day when you need to just chill.  Take a listen to this weeks podcast where I will introduce you to a Sit Spot.

Take a deep breathe in and hold it and release.  I want you to take note of the way the breathe made you feel.  In this podcast we are going to learn how to Resuscitate your life.  Help you get out of the rut you have been in or start to work on the unaccomplished goals you have always dreamed of.  You are going to breathe life back into yourself and gain the motivation to makes some changes that...

As parents we raise our children to eventually fly from the nest.  Ultimately, that is our job and responsibility to them.  The question is what happens to the parents once the children have left home.  This is where you become an Empty Nester and start to cope with the loss and the extreme changes in your life.  Join me this week as we discuss Empty Nesters Syndrome and my own personal struggles...