The Replacement Child: Part 1 - Meet the Challenge to Heal Through the Grieving Process

Thinking Out Of The Box: What is the Place of Medication and Labels in Therapy?

What is the place of medication and labels in therapy? What is one of the key ingredients in making therapy successful? In today's episode of Speak From Your Heart and Be Heard, we’ll draw from Dr. Kixx’s story, Monitored, to learn how therapist Rachel Stern challenges her team’s threat to medicate and commit her client, Erik. Rachel shows her brand of therapy is exactly what her client Erik needs to heal. Almost a hundred years ago, Australian bush nurse, Sister Kenny, like Rachel, challenged the rules and demonstrated that her controversial approach helped polio patients heal better than conventional methods.

Unique Approaches to Healing Trauma - Achieving Post-Traumatic Growth

Traumatic events play a significant role in our lives. Dr. Kixx’s stories mirror real life; characters confront painful traumatic issues and challenges. In The Promise, the main character, Misty, shows resilience and can heal and transform her life, while Ned still struggles. In this episode of Speak From Your Heart and Be Heard, Dr. Kixx draws from Misty and Ned’s experiences and puzzles as to why some people can heal from their grief to become happy and fulfilled, while others remain stuck or hopeless. We’ll be looking at steps we can take to heal, get the caring and nurturing we need, and achieve "post-traumatic growth."

The Replacement Child: Part 2 - Healing Through the Grieving Process

Part 2 of the conversation about The Replacement Child. We know that the loss of a child will profoundly change the life of everyone in a family.  How can parents and family members meet the challenge to heal through the grieving process?  Through caring support systems, we can help spare lives and help families break out of  "destructive dances."

The Replacement Child: Part 1 - Meet the Challenge to Heal Through the Grieving Process

We know that the loss of a child will profoundly change the life of everyone in a family.  How can parents and family members meet the challenge to heal through the grieving process?  Through caring support systems, we can help families break out of  "destructive dances."

Pathways To Healing & Resilience - Strengthen Self-Empowerment in Uncertain Times

How can we nurture ourselves, build resilience and strengthen self-empowerment in uncertain times?  In this episode of Speak From Your Heart and Be Heard, Dr. Kixx draws inspiration from therapist Abigail Morehouse in her story Sex Education and then shows us, through a guided two-chair dialogue between a rebellious young man, Edgar, and his father, how we can recognize and accept different parts of ourselves.  How can we be our best "inner coach?"