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This podcast creates a safe space to talk about mental health. A former TV news anchor who‘s sharing his journey with anxiety & OCD publicly, your podcast host Bryan Piatt offers insight, wisdom and comfort for others maneuvering their mental health. Take what serves you, and leave the rest.
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Monday Jul 03, 2023
A Quick Message From The Lake: It’s Ok If Things Feel Hard
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
In this week's episode of the podcast, Bryan checks in from the edge of his dock in lakes country.
If things feel hard right now with your mental health, this episode is an invitation to be gentle with you.
One moment at a time.
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)
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Self-Compassion, Mindfulness & Gentle Relentlessness with Jonny Say
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
In this week's episode of the podcast Bryan talks to Jonny Say, who's a counselor and compassion & mindfulness-based therapist in the UK.
Jonny shares his own mental health story, which includes symptoms of OCD, depersonalization and panic.
Jonny shares how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has been instrumental in his healing, and how he now uses it with his clients. Jonny also shares how he cultivates self-compassion in moments where things feel really intense.
You can follow Jonny on Instagram (@jonnysaytherapy) and on YouTube.
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)
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Guided Meditation: Grounding In Moments of Overwhelm
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
In this week's episode, Bryan offers a meditation for you to help ground in moments of overwhelm.
This guided meditation is meant to help you gently come back to your heart, and your body, when the noise of your mind feels particularly intense.
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)
Tuesday May 30, 2023
The Power of Play, Movement, and Expressing Our Bodies
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
In a world that seems to be constantly driving us all more and more up into our minds, sometimes what we need most is for our bodies to express in a way that feels good.
In this episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about the power of play, movement, and expressing our bodies.
Dr. Ristau and Bryan discuss how movement can help us maneuver our minds when they are particularly active, and the wisdom we tap into when we allow ourselves to play and express.
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)
Monday May 15, 2023
These Four Things Really Help Me With My Mental Health
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
We all have things that help guide us with our mental health. Here are four things that I come back to often as I maneuver the noise of my mind on a daily basis.
My hope is that this episode can offer a soft place for you to land, no matter what it is that you're experiencing.
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)
Monday May 08, 2023
”Getting In Touch” With Our Pain with Kelly Grosklags
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Truly feeling the emotions that are present within our body can feel deeply scary at times. It can feel like we are "losing it" and out of control.
In this episode, Bryan talks to Kelly Grosklags about the process of "getting in touch" with our pain. Meeting ourselves gently as we lean into what we're feeling.
Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Conversations with Kelly. She's also the author of A Comforted Heart, and the host of the See My Grief 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)
Monday May 01, 2023
Letting The Present Moment Surprise You With Kelly Grosklags
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Our minds love to jump into the future and try to figure out what things are going to be like there. Often creating really scary stories about what might be ahead of us. Instead of trying to figure out what the future is going to feel like, what if we give the present moment an opportunity to surprise us?
That's the topic of this week's episode. Bryan is joined by Kelly Grosklags for a conversation about creating space for "what is" in the present, and ways to anchor a little more into "the now".
Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Conversations with Kelly. She's also the author of A Comforted Heart, and the host of the See My Grief 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)
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Holding Space For Your Child Experiencing Mental Health Struggles
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
For all of you parents out there doing your best to support a child who's struggling with their mental health, this one's for you.
In this episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about what can be helpful when maneuvering mental health challenges within your family.
She discusses the process of holding space for your child, validating their experience, maneuvering shame that may arise for parents, 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)
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Life Isn’t Always Instant Oatmeal with Dr. Anastasia Ristau
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Sometimes we expect life to be simple. For things to just work out. We look around, and everything appears so simple for everyone else. Why does it feel so hard for me?
In this week's episode, Dr. Anastasia Ristau pushes back on this idea a bit and talks about how life isn't always instant oatmeal. Perhaps it's more like a pot of stovetop oats that we have to tend to, season, and nurture. A much more involved process that features the full array of human emotions.
Dr. Ristau is a Licensed Psychologist, and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare.
As always - take what serves you from this conversation, 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)
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Inviting In Humor While Maneuvering OCD with Peter Scobas
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Living with OCD is anything but funny. And yet, learning to find moments of humor has been part of the healing journey for Peter Scobas.
In this episode, Bryan talks to Peter about the newsletter he's launched called Psychology Onions. The newsletter is aimed at using humor to help take some of OCD's power away.
Peter shares what his experience with OCD has looked like, what has helped him live with it, and much more.
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)