121: When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
Release Date: 12/23/2019
143: Daughters of Critical Mothers
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
“The areas that we struggle with the most, where we feel maybe we’re the hardest on ourselves, or the most stuck… these are actually potentials for really building a strong foundation with your recovery.” [20:47] In this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes speaks with Mari Grande about the Mother Wound and the impact of trauma on Daughters of Critical Mothers. By addressing this trauma clients can break the cycle and turn inward to heal and be soothed. Mari speaks about the trauma that Daughters of Critical Mothers experience and the ways in which clients and therapists...
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142: HSPs & Complex Trauma Series: What is Dissociation?
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
In this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes Viado and Carmen Schmidt Benedetti continue their podcast series on Complex Trauma and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs). Today’s episode explores the coping mechanism of dissociation, diving into what it is, what causes it, and potentially how to avoid and combat dissociation.
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141: Rediscovering Your Body with Tara Galeano, LPC
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
In this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes Viado speaks with Tara Galeano about the journey of women rediscovering and reconnecting with their bodies. By building a more solid relationship with themselves, women are able to improve the quality of their relationship with others.
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140: Somatic Approaches: Self-Regulation for Mind-Body Well-Being
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
In this episode, Dr. Lourdes Viado speaks with Rebekkah LaDyne about mind-body somatic approaches. Rebekkah discusses how and why exercising and teaching your body ways to respond to anxiety, stress, and trauma are effective tools for your mind-body well-being.
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139: Harnessing the Unique Strengths of Women's Brains
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
This episode of Women In-Depth features Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway, an award-winning psychologist who has conducted extensive research on memory and the brain. In this conversation Dr. Alloway discusses her recent book “Think Like a Girl: 10 Unique Strengths of a Woman’s Brain and How to Make Them Work for You.”
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138: HSPs: Healing from Toxic & Abusive Relationships with Arianna Smith, LPC
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
This episode of Women In-Depth features Arianna Smith, EMDR Clinician and Licensed Professional Counselor. She helps Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) and LGBTQ individuals process childhood trauma, recover from abusive relationships, and release the cycle of constant people pleasing.
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137: Dream Journey to the Divine Feminine
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
This episode of Women In-Depth features Dr. Pearl Gregor. Pearl began studying dreams in 1988. By 2015, widowed, retired, and having finished her doctorate, she created her website: www.dreamsalongtheway.com. In December 2018, she published “I, the Woman, Planted the Tree: A Journey through Dreams to the Feminine,” followed by two more books and a memoir.
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136: Depression & the Highly Sensitive Person
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
This episode of Women In-Depth features Bronwyn Shiffer, LCSW, a psychotherapist from Madison, Wisconsin who works with highly sensitive women struggling with depression. Bronwyn supports women who want to feel more strong, connected and comfortable in their own skin. She has a Masters of Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work and believes that personal transformation is what heals the world.
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135: The Final 8th: Inner Selves & Getting Unstuck
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
In this episode of Women In-Depth, Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW, shares why, despite preparation, resources, knowledge, and support, we sometimes fail to achieve our goals. While Bridgit specifically discusses being stuck in relation to larger life goals, her work also applies to other ways we are stuck in our lives.
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134: HSPs & Complex Trauma Series: Where Does Your Anxiety Come From?
Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women
In this episode of Women In-Depth, Lourdes Viado & Carmen Schmidt Benedetti continue their podcast series on Complex Trauma and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs). Today they discuss where our anxiety comes from and why it matters.
info_outline“There’s some distance between the spark and the flame, and in that distance, it gives you the freedom to respond more skillfully to the situation.”
Depression is part of a common human experience but finding relief from it is incredibly complicated.
Depression is a relapsing illness, and taking an antidepressant is not always a viable or effective solution for those suffering.
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Stuart Eisendrath about how to treat depression when the antidepressants just aren’t enough. He walks through the definition of depression and anxiety, how they distort time and how we experience the present moment, and then finally how to align ourselves back to the present moment. Specifically, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath talks about mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, which teaches people a different way to respond to their depressive state, and how to take action in the moment.
Take a listen to learn more about mindfulness practices and cognitive therapy, and how these techniques can shift one’s relationship with depression to finally experience healing.
About Stuart Eisendrath:
Dr. Stuart Eisendrath is the founding Director of the University of California San Francisco Depression Center. He has treated a full range of depressive disorders, from mild to the most severe over the last 40 years using multiple modalities. His lectures on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for the University of California TV has been viewed over 1.5 million times, and he’s rapidly developing MBCT as a modality for individuals currently in episodes of depression.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What drew you to writing this book? (2:14)
- What is mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy? (5:57)
- How does anger play into depression? (19:52)
- How can someone stop the process of rumination? (25:16)
- How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy affect the brain itself? (37:38)
- What some first steps people can take to bring mindfulness into their life? (39:26)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- What alternatives Dr. Stuart Eisendrath uses to treat depression and anxiety. (3:45)
- How to change your relationship to cumbersome depressive thoughts. (9:38)
- The key to shifting out of a depressive state. (14:31)
- How to use the RAIN technique to decenter from the anger that coincides with depression. (21:16)
- How Dr. Stuart Eisendrath’s personal experience with depression has informed in his work. (30:43)
- How to prevent relapses of depression without continued use of medication. (34:34)
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