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063 - What To Look For In A Therapist, The Impact of 2020 On Mental Health With Kim The Counselor

The Light Roast Podcast·Ashley Taylor Wellness·12 February 2024·1h 17m

About this episode

www.instagram.com/kimthecounselor/ 2:22 - How Kim became a counselor 3:21 - Even in business Kim was more interested in the human side of business 7:12 - Listening is really about the capacity to understand, to be heard and not judged  11:04 - 5 pillars of functional medicine coaching 13:30 - Capacity, sometimes suffering is hard to watch 14:10 - Minimizing 17:00 - Authentic empathetic responding 19:55 - Challenges, mental health, suffering can be hard to watch  23:35 - Conscious & Subconscious belief structure 26:10 - Aha moments in therapy and when they happen most 27:50 - Inner conflicts 29:00 - How Ashley went from not believing in herself to where she’s at now 29:44 - All-or-nothing thinking 30:00 - Everything is fixable, maybe it’s the lesson you learn that “fixes it” 33:13 - Practice not telling yourself things that you wouldn’t say to others 35:00 - Piano teacher theory, the embarrassment when you don’t do the things you say you’ll do 36:04 - Oura coaching program 37:50 - What are the pros & cons to labeling a mental health diagnosis? 39:40 - Dr. McFillin & his podcast “Radically Genuine” 42:35 - Noticing the effects of medications 46:32 - You have a right to autonomy 47:40 - The impact of 2020 on mental health 52:00 - Kim’s story of being stuck on a cruise in Japan 57:00 - Themes and patterns when we get sick 59:00 - Start with the basics, sunshine, sleep, grounding in nature 1:00:23 - You can’t "out sauna" a crappy relationship 1:07:10 - The importance of the sun 1:10:13 - You can always start now 1:11:20 - There is always hope 1:14:20 - Everyone loves the underdog, they don’t love the perfect person all the time Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/kimberly-hall-sadegi-scottsdale-az/778125 Interested in 1:1 coaching? Click here: https://ashleytaylorwellness.as.me/schedule/8230ed17 Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ashleytaylorwellness/ https://www.instagram.com/ashleytaylorwellnesspodcast/