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  • The Challenging Transition: Education to Employment
    2024/09/16

    In this podcast episode, Dr. Carolyn Meeker shares insights, recommendations, and pragmatic resources for anyone experiencing stress transitioning from learner to professional. Dr. Carolyn provides her experiences working with students through university career services and as an educator who actively mentors graduates on research and professional career navigation. Her educational journey and career path inspire others who need to practice a beginner's mind in exploring what educational resources and experiences are optimal while navigating an ever-changing labor market.

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    1 時間 6 分
  • Ideation to Action: The Value of Branding
    2024/08/21

    In this podcast episode, highly skilled, multi-talented former commercial banking professional Allison McFarlane, MBA, shares her journey from banker to entrepreneur, learning from her experiences helping businesses succeed financially. Allison answers compelling questions and provides pragmatic insights, relatable experiences, and excellent branding advice to help anyone, from beginners to veterans in business, define their authentic brand. Her insights capture the essence of core mindfulness principles of self-acceptance, beginner's mind, trust in self, detachment, patience, generosity, and gratitude.

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    50 分
  • Mindfulness: Work-Life Integration
    2024/05/01

    In this podcast episode, multitalented L.J. Lumpkin III, Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist, Corporate Coach, Professional Speaker, Author, and Owner/Founder of Nomad Healing Psychotherapy Private is interviewed. L.J. provides professional recommendations and insights on how he helps executives, employees, and entrepreneurs develop mindfulness practices toward cultivating healthy work-life integration. L.J. shares meaningful evidence-based mindfulness interventions to live by in a fast-paced, high-demand world full of work, family, and organizational responsibilities.

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    51 分
  • Becoming an Entrepreneur: Starting a Private Therapy Practice
    2024/04/03

    In this podcast episode, an experienced psychotherapist and adjunct professor named Howard Levitt, LMFT is interviewed. Howard shares his insights about how to approach starting a private practice in the field of psychotherapy. He offers several mindful recommendations and ideas on business planning, self-marketing, community connection, and financial capability. Howard's discussion is a meaningful representation of the work he is doing to mentor emerging psychotherapists. He also plans to launch a new comprehensive workshop that covers everything a psychotherapist should know in graduate school about starting a private therapy practice.

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    57 分
  • Intersectionality and the Stress of Exclusion
    2023/10/20

    This podcast episode covers experiential insights grounded in practical and academic ways to navigate stress at the intersection of gender, race, and class from the perspective of a Black indigenous woman of color. In this episode, the theory of intersectionality is defined and referenced with stress-related indicators of Black women’s experiences with marginalization and socioeconomic hardships. Followed by an interview discussion with a higher education professional Dr. Laura Lubin, Associate Director, Faculty Support – Academic Affairs at the American University – Kogod School of Business. The goal of this podcast episode is to provide working professionals who experience stress of exclusion based on gender, race, and class with mindful practices on how they can reduce the stress associated with exclusion while pursuing higher education and professional advancement.

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    59 分
  • Reducing Parental Stress
    2023/08/25

    This podcast episode covers professional recommendations and insights on ways parents can reduce stress related to several important topics in parenting children. In this episode, a brief review of a 2023 Pew Research Center article is covered for context. The data reviewed highlights critical topics to include children's mental health, bullying/cyberbullying, child safety concerns, and risks associated with drug use. Followed by an interview discussion with a mental health and family services professional Peggy Zherdev, Director of the Wellness Center & Social Support Services at the Boys & Girls Club - Malibu, CA. The goal of this podcast episode is to provide parents with mindful practices on how they can reduce the stress associated with parenting and provide valuable information on resources for support.

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    49 分
  • Financial Freedom
    2023/07/21

    This podcast episode covers the value of living with low financial stress in a manner that allows you to experience more opportunities to pursue joy in life. In this episode, a review of relevant information regarding income, education, and how it relates to financial capability is discussed. A review of recent data on the costs of financial essentials including housing, food, and transportation is covered relative to median earning capacities. Followed by two practical mindful solutions to help reduce financial stress created by consumerism. The goal of this podcast episode is to raise awareness of how emotionally intelligent financial capability can work towards a life of greater financial freedom.

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    47 分
  • YOU! Good Fam?
    2023/05/15

    This podcast episode covers the importance of self-awareness with regard to stress that overwhelms the window of tolerance. In this episode, a review of evidence-based information is covered. First a review of how findings about the negative impact of stress on students' mental health while attending college universities. A review of recent research on working professionals' preferences for employers who support mental well-being. And a review of key suicide awareness indicators and safeguard actions. Followed by two mindful comprehensive insights covering the value of mental healthcare and how to take steps in identifying a mental healthcare professional. The goal of this podcast episode is to raise awareness of mental health and to counter the fear or stigma of receiving therapy.

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    43 分