Emotion Focused Coping (TMB113)
In the last The Mental Breakdown Podcast, we talked about the importance of identifying and labeling your emotions. That is, when we correctly acknowledge our true emotion, we can better respond to situations and events in our life.
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Holiday Scheduling (TMBMS050)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. Over the next few Fridays, we will offer helpful advice in preparation for the holidays. Today we focus on holiday scheduling and remind you to be mindful of the time you have and how you choose to spend it. Read More
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Managing the Inevitable Stress (TMBMS049)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. We have all heard strategies for preventing stress. In fact, we have talked about such things on this podcast many times. However, today we talk about ways to manage stress that we experience regardless of our attempts to prevent it. Read More
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Teaching Resilience (TMBMS048)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. If there is one thing that can be said about Secretary Hillary Clinton, it is that she is resilient. She has persevered through a challenging time as First Lady, a difficult tenure as Secretary of State, and two grueling campaigns. Yet, she remains poised and confident. Today we respond to multiple letters from listeners all asking how to teach our children to be as resilient as Ms. Clinton. Read More
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Living Vicariously (TMBMS047)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. We all want our children to have a better life than we had. But for some parents, this leads to overindulgence and risks the development of a sense of entitlement. Today we talk about the risk of trying to give your children the childhood we never had, but think we wanted. Read More
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Getting Caught Up Before Thanksgiving (TMBMS046)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. This is the last full week of school and work before Thanksgiving. In today’s podcast, we encourage you to take some time to make sure that you (and your children) are caught up with all of your work so that you enter the break with a clean slate. Read More
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Acknowledging Our Emotions (TMB112)
We all want to be seen as strong, competent, and secure. But for many, that means we should mask or mute our emotions. They feel as though any hint of emotion is a sign of weakness. This is especially true, of course, when we are talking about “negative” emotions, such as sadness or distress. They may feel that showing such emotions will invite competition or attack from others.
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Starting Now to Avoid Stress Then (TMBMS045)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. There is no doubt about it, the holidays have arrived in full force. As of the posting of this show, we are two weeks out from Black Friday, a day identified simply for the importance of making purchases for the holidays ahead. On today’s show we talk about a few simple considerations that you can do today to ensure that you approach the holidays with a plan that keeps you stress free and on a budget. Read More
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Raising Girls (TMBMS044)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. Raising children is hard enough. But to raise girls to be confident, strong, and successful is especially challenging given the current climate here in our society. Women continue to earn less than men and are often judged, not by their ability, but by their appearance. In today’s podcast, we talk about ways to help raise emotionally healthy and confident girls. Read More
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Coping with the Death of a Pet (TMBMS043)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. There is something about the loss of a family pet that most of us can appreciate. Whether you had a cat, dog, bird, or even a fish when you were growing up, when that pet passed, you may have been devastated. On today’s show, we respond to a listener email asking how to best manage the recent loss of a dog that was an integral part of the family. Read More
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