Melvyn's Guide to Therapy

Melvyn's Guide to Therapy

An exhaustive guide to my experience with therapy and how you can get started. In this audio, I cover costs, insurance, what makes a great therapist, when it may be time to change therapists, and resources to get you started. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com [https://melvynwinter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

💌 Welcome Back, Love Letter Podcast!

Love Letter Podcast is Back! 🚨 All episodes are available NOW here on Substack and on Apple Podcasts! 🎙️ In addition to the episodes listed in detail in this audio, I’ve also included supplemental resources to support your reconnecting and falling back in love with yourself. Melvyn 🤟🏿 Thank you for reading and being here. If you know someone who would benefit from what I’ve said here, please feel free to share. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com [https://melvynwinter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Love Letter Podcast - Trailer

Join me, Melvyn Rustin, a Black, Queer, Southern Millennial as I show how self-reflection and writing love letters to various parts of yourself can help you reclaim your most loving, creative self. In this podcast, I cover topics such as Psychology, Neurology, Sociology, Child Development, Astrology and more to help us better understand our life experience so we can live more true to who we are. Editor's Note:Love Letter Podcast broadcasted from August to September 2022. This short series became the foundation for Mel’s Substack, where the tools and message of this same podcast continue. Please visit Mel’s Substack to see how this seedling has bloomed. Melvynrustin.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com [https://melvynwinter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

4. Signed, Curiosity: How You'll Get to Know YOU

In this episode, we cover how we can create space within ourselves and our lives to allow who we are, or would most enjoy being, to emerge through gentle curiosity. I highlight how most of our goals and intended milestones are sought to give us a feeling that we can begin accessing right now. I invite us to begin curiously questioning all the aspects of our lives through: intropsection, reflection, and integration activities. I recommend ways to tailor your environment to better support your unfolding. I also share how finally pursuing a long-held interest of playing the harp, not only brought up a ton of stuff to see, but how it’s becoming an integral part of my creation process. Only you can find and chart the path back to your essential self and your most aligned life and in this episode I aim to give you tools to start seeing the clues that lead you to that path. Enjoy! Thanks for listening! For more, please subscribe to Mel’s Substack! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com [https://melvynwinter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

1. Signed, You: Discovering Your Essential Self

Join Melvin Rustin on this episode where we examine how our childhood environments have set us up to have what we currently have and how our essential, creative selves actually know the way to what we want. We’ve just got to clear away the debris that gets in the way. In this episode, I aim to expand your view of yourself and what you’re capable of and how easy being “you” is supposed to be through a discussion of brain science, developmental psychology, and present-day society. Assignment: This week I want you to write or dictate a letter to yourself. I want you to spend a moment reflecting on your 7 year old self, and write You already have the direction you need for the turbulent times we’re experiencing and going into. You are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don’t miss you. Enjoy! Thanks for listening! For more, please subscribe to Mel’s Substack below free! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit melvynwinter.substack.com [https://melvynwinter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]