How Therapy Works / Season 2 / Episode 14

Benefits of Lifelong Learning/ Season 2/ Episode 17

On this episode we talk about one example of lifelong learning. As we come to see using Tamara's example, lifelong learning isn’t about perfection. It’s about staying open, staying curious, and giving yourself permission to grow.

Push Pause; Taking Stock Of Life / Season 2 / Episode 16

Pausing and taking in the significance of reaching milestones in life provides an opportunity to experience self-validation, self-acknowledgement and a sense of accomplishment whether that means graduating from high school or college, getting a new job or promotion or just getting through a particularly challenging year.

The Many Facets of Grief / Season 2 / Episode 15

Grieving the inevitable losses we do and will experience in life can occur in a variety of forms.  Sadness is only one facet of how grief expresses itself.  Grief can also come in the form of anger meant to transform or clear a way for something else to be there. And grief can  help us articulate feelings of loss for things we yearn for but never had. . . a lost childhood, lost innocence, lost opportunity.

Playfulness/ Season 2/ Episode 13

Playfulness is often seen as something children do. Somehow during the business and seriousness of adult life, playfulness seems to go by the wayside. In this episode, Tamara and Nancy discuss the benefits of playfulness throughout our lives.

How Therapy Works / Season 2 / Episode 14

People often wonder when they begin therapy things like "how long will it take until I feel better" or "how will I know if therapy is working" which are understandable questions.  This episode focuses on how therapy isn't necessarily finding answers as much as it is about "asking better questions."