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Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination: Shifting Awareness To The Moment

There is deep messaging in our world that happiness is somewhere off in the future.

"I'll be happy when...".

While setting goals and working towards things we want to create can be deeply powerful, the journey that we take to get there can often get lost in the mix. 

In this episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about the idea that life is a journey that we are all on, not a destination that we arrive at. They discuss being open to the detours along the way in life, connecting to the subtle nature of the present moment, showing up before we are ready, and much more. 

Dr. Ristau is a licensed psychologist and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare. 

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Creating Space For What Arises This Holiday Season

The holidays are a beautiful time of the year, and can also be very tender for some of us. 

In this week's episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about creating space for what arises this holiday season when it comes to our mental and emotional health. 

They discuss the shifting of routines that often happens, listening to signals from our bodies that we need some self care, creating new traditions, and much more. 

Dr. Ristau is a licensed psychologist and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at Prairiecare. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Maneuvering Flying Anxiety with Jenny Matthews

Getting on an airplane activates anxiety for many people. 

In this week's episode, Bryan talks to Jenny Matthews about maneuvering flying anxiety. 

Jenny is a licensed mental health therapist, and founder of State of Mind Therapy. 

Jenny talks about her personal experience with flying anxiety, different core fears that people often have when getting on an airplane, and ways to maneuvering the anxiety when it arrives before and during the flight. 

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest. 

Follow Jenny on Instagram: @state.of.mind.therapy

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Photographer Jared Fessler Shares His Experience with Anxiety

You can often find Jared Fessler up close and personal at concerts in the Twin Cities, photographing artists from Taylor Swift to Queen. All experiences that would have been extremely difficult for him several years ago he was struggling with intense anxiety. 

In this episode, Bryan talks to Jared about how anxiety forced him to start avoiding places like large crowds and driving in the car. He also shares how anxiety latched onto the fear of getting sick, working through resistance to mental health medication, and much more. 

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest. 

You can check out Jared's website here.

Follow him on Instagram: @jaredfesslerphotography & @jarredfessler

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

How Our Assumptions About Others May Be Impacting Us

We've all done it. Assuming that we know exactly what another person is thinking, feeling, or experiencing in a given moment. 

This week on the podcast, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about how those assumptions we make may be impacting us more than we realize. 

Dr. Ristau talks about the act of pausing when we notice we're making an assumption, opening up to the possibility of alternate explanations, communicating with our loved ones about assumptions we're making, and much more. 

Dr. Ristau is a Licensed Psychologist and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare. 

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest.  

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Being Healthy In An Unhealthy World With Pilar Gerasimo

How do we carve out space to nurture our health in the world we find ourselves in every day? That’s a question that Pilar Gerasimo has devoted this stage of her career to exploring.

In this week's episode, Pilar joins Bryan to talk about the "unhealthy default reality", what it means to be a "healthy deviant", developing survival skills for the new era, and much more.

Pilar is a health journalist and author of the book, "The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker's Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World". She's also the Founding Editor of Experience Life Magazine and co-host of The Living Experiment podcast.

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Honoring Life’s ”Difficult Gifts” with Dr. Courtney Burnett

Dr. Courtney Burnett says getting diagnosed with brain cancer has radically shifted how she lives her life, and had a profound impact on her mental and emotional health. 

In this podcast, Bryan talks to Dr. Burnett about getting diagnosed with a brain tumor in Thailand at the age of 29, and how the diagnosis has taught her how to live more in the present moment. 

Dr. Burnett is a practicing physician, public speaker, and author of the book "Difficult Gifts". She is also the creator of the blog "Elephant. Lotus. Brain Tumor". 

As always - take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

Portaging For a Purpose: A Conversation with Evan Hansen

In 2021, Evan Hansen set out on a journey to raise awareness about suicide prevention. He ended up carrying a canoe over 300 miles across the state of Minnesota. He went on to write the book, "Into the Wind".

In this episode, Bryan talks to Evan about why he decided to make this journey, his own mental health story, opening up to taking medication for his mental health as a man of faith, and much more. 

As always take what serves you, and leave the rest.

Check out Evan's "Portage for a Purpose" Facebook page. 
Learn more about the upcoming Portage for a Purpose 5K here. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

If you, or someone you know, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. 

Bringing Awareness To Your Relationship With Reassurance

Wanting reassurance is a natural part of being a human being. 

In this episode Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about our relationship with it.

They talk about how sometimes reassurance can be used to avoid what we're feeling in the moment, ways it can fuel anxiety, when reassurance can be especially healing, and much more. 

Dr. Ristau is a licensed psychologist, and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare. 

This conversations was inspired by the article "How To Stop Reassurance Seeking" by Nick Wignall. 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

 

Ileostomy Surgery After Living With Ulcerative Colitis

In this episode, Bryan talks to Anna Ransbotham-Cole about her journey of getting an ileostomy surgery after living with ulcerative colitis. 

Anna shares the depths that she reached when ulcerative colitis was at its worst, and how she says her ileostomy surgery gave her her life back. She shares more about what an ileostomy surgery is, what this journey has taught her about life, and much more. 

Resources that Anna recommends:

- United Ostomy Associations of America 
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation 
- Follow @betterbelliesbymolly on Instagram 

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest. 

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)