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Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women

Listen in as therapists, coaches, writers, and other experts explore the inner lives of women: their struggles, fears, hopes, & dreams. This podcast is about cultivating a conversation around the uncomfortable, uncertain, and unknown aspects of a woman's experience. Through interviews and stories, Lourdes Viado, PhD, MFT goes beneath the surface and takes a deeper look at relationships, motherhood, self-acceptance, authenticity, aging, healing, suffering, loss, and other areas connected to the emotional and psychological well-being of women. We will be cultivating conversation around the entire experience of being a woman, with all its different aspects.
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Oct 13, 2016

Welcome to a show about how to deal with the end of a relationship. My guest is Stephanie Macadaan, LMFT, who practices in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on couples and individuals who are healing from breakups and starting over. Stephanie runs a support group called Happily Ever After Divorce: Healing Support for Women. This conversation is relevant to almost everyone, because the end of a relationship is a universal experience that most people go through at some point in their lives. Join us now.

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com/podcast

Oct 6, 2016

My guest today is Dr. Anne Goshen, a licensed psychotherapist in San Diego, CA. Anne’s work focuses on helping couples solve conflicts, rebuild trust, and reconnect. She also helps individuals improve relationships and cope with divorce. In addition to her private practice, Anne teaches graduate courses in marriage and family therapy. Today we’re discussing how to make the decision to stay in or leave a relationship. Join us in this conversation about this important topic!

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Sep 29, 2016

Today’s show features my guest, Diann Wingert, a psychotherapist and life coach in Pasadena, CA. Diann specializes her counseling and coaching to help women approach change with mindfulness, neurobiology, positive psychology, and attachment theory. Have you faced the fear of change as you approach your mid-life years? Listen for Diann’s moving and inspiring insights!

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com.

Sep 22, 2016

My guest today is Erika Lopez, a psychotherapist in private practice in Houston, TX, who specializes in issues surrounding infertility. This topic is one that touches SO many lives, and Erika will help us understand why this is difficult to deal with and how friends and family can best offer help. Erika is married with a toddler daughter and has been a therapist for about three years. She offers workshops for parents and couples. Let’s jump into this topic with Erika!

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Sep 15, 2016

My guest today is Renee Beck, a marriage and family therapist in private practice in Oakland, CA. Renee specializes in dreamwork and transpersonal therapy for alternative healers, inner seekers, and artists. She has been an approved clinical supervisor for the California Institute of Integral Studies and has supervised hundreds of beginning therapists working toward licensure. Renee is the author of The Art of Ritual and has several decades of experience working with dream, ritual, energy, and symbolic systems. Today’s conversation explores digging deeper into dreams, feminine and masculine energies, and archetypal symbols. Dreams can be powerful sources of wisdom and guidance. Want to know more? Join us!

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Sep 8, 2016

My guest today is Dr. Jonice Webb, a clinical psychologist in private practice in Lexington, MA, specializing in work with couples and families. She has been featured on NPR and on many radio shows and online magazines. She’s here to deepen our understanding of what childhood emotional neglect (CEN) really is. It’s really about what DIDN’T happen, and even though it can be subtle and invisible, CEN has a tremendous impact on many individuals. Our conversation will cover how CEN shows up and how we can begin the healing process. Join us!

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Sep 1, 2016

 My guest today is Tamara Powell, a psychotherapist and life coach who practices in Pensacola, FL. Tamara’s practice focuses on those struggling with issues related to sexuality and spirituality, including abuse and trauma. Many people don’t even realize that spiritual abuse exists and that it has the profound ability to impact many with deep psychological issues. I hope you will join us for this meaningful conversation.

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Aug 25, 2016

Jodie Gale is a soul-centered psychotherapist living among the beaches of northern Australia. She helps women who struggle with body image concerns, yo-yo dieting, chronic dieting, and eating disorders. These are issues that many, if not most, women encounter at some point. Jodie’s approach is from the perspective of wholeness, healing, transformation, and growth. She helps women find purpose, value, and meaning out of suffering.

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Aug 18, 2016

Welcome! My guest today is Keri Nola, an intuitive psychotherapist, best-selling author, and soul mentor for healing entrepreneurs worldwide. She has a thriving clinical practice focusing on holistic healing, and her practice has recently evolved to create virtual products, programs, and retreat experiences to support the sacred work of healers. Keri is on a mission to ignite a global, heart-centered movement that holds space for healers to awaken and bring their soul work to life. Join us as we look at the Divine Feminine, healing energies, and Shadow Work.

 

Aug 11, 2016

Welcome! My guest today is Dr. Agnes Wainman, a clinical psychologist in private practice in London, Ontario, Canada. Agnes’ practice focuses on working with burned out and overwhelmed women, new moms, and those struggling with infertility. Today we’re discussing qualities of strong, successful women, from the writings of Glennon Doyle Melton, the author of Carry On, Warrior and Love Warrior.

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Aug 4, 2016

My guest today is Laura Reagan, a clinical social worker in private practice in the Baltimore area. Laura specializes in childhood emotional neglect and trauma. She is a board approved clinical supervisor, holds advanced certification in trauma therapy, and is a certified Daring Way facilitator. Laura hosts the Therapy Chat podcast, where she covers many topics that give support and meaning to those who’ve experienced trauma. We’re tackling a difficult topic today: How to respond when a child reveals that sexual abuse has taken place. Sexual abusers are usually people that the family and the child know. How do we respond and move through this difficult time? Join us for this important conversation.

 You can read the full show notes at www.lourdesviado.com

Jul 28, 2016

Welcome! Today’s guest is Daniela Paolone, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who practices in Westlake Village, CA. Daniela specializes in supporting people living with chronic pain, illness, anxiety, and depression. Their unique challenges aren’t understood by those who haven’t experienced these issues. She’s here to deepen our understanding and awareness, because many of us have loved ones who are facing these challenges. I hope you’ll join us for this enlightening conversation with Daniela!

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com

Jul 21, 2016

Welcome! My guest today is Shirani Pathak, an entrepreneur and holistic psychotherapist in San Jose, CA. Shirani is the founder and owner of The Relationship Center of Silicon Valley. As an educator, Shirani holds workshops and classes about the most important relationship of all—the one with ourselves. In addition, she does writing and coaching, formulating her unique approach of blending spirituality into all that she does. Shirani’s work is holistic in every way, using the mind, body, and spirit approach. She is a healer and a certified energy medicine practitioner who focuses her work on women, because we so often neglect ourselves. I know you will learn much from our conversation, so join us!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Why we MUST nourish and cultivate the relationship with ourselves
  • Why people are thirsty for what her practice offers
  • How she blends spirituality with clients from different spiritual backgrounds
  • Meet the client where they are
  • “Care for others first”—it’s what women are taught!
  • Two relationships that must be nurtured and nourished above all others
  • Signs of those who don’t have a nourishing relationship with self
  • What is the common denominator?
  • How to “step into” relationship with yourself
  • Loving yourself: it takes more than yoga!
  • How positive affirmations can help
  • It’s a process that takes time
  • Resistance, challenges, and sacrifices
  • Old relationships become “old stories”
  • The “sifting” as we grow, heal, and evolve
  • Misunderstandings and myths
  • How do I find time for myself?
  • “The Inner Hustler”
  • Make a “to-be” list, and not a “to-do” list
  • Suggestions for beginning this process (begin with quiet time each day for YOU!)

Resources:

www.relationshipcentersv.com (Visit Shirani’s website for the Free Guide to Writing Powerful, Positive Affirmations. Also, find information about the Relationship Retreat in Lake Tahoe, CA, scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 2.)

 

Jul 14, 2016

Are you hurting or deceiving someone you love? Or has someone you loved betrayed you with an affair or sexual secrets and your heart is broken? Perhaps you have been struggling with depression or anxiety and don't know where to turn. If so, you are not alone. Every person and couple stumbles at some point in their life and needs support along the way.

Today’s guest is Mari Lee. She’s a respected and trusted therapist, who brings a compassionate and direct focus to her work treating each counseling client as a unique human being. Mari is recognized nationally and internationally for her work with spouses and partners of sex addicts, and with male and female sex, love and pornography addicts. Additionally, Mari is the best-selling author of, “Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts” and speaks and teaches nationally on this topic, as well as supervises and trains other therapists and counselors around the world in sex addiction recovery treatment.

You can read the full show notes and access all the links and resources at www.lourdesviado.com/women-in-depth-podcast

Jul 6, 2016

Today we’re talking about relationship issues, especially when couples face infidelity and divorce. My guest is Alicia Taverner, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Join us as Alicia shares her wisdom on these difficult topics.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Why Alicia’s purpose in therapy has always been to help and support women
  • How her practice focuses on women and couples who are trying to “put themselves back together”
  • Statistics on extra-marital affairs: (they are more common than you think!)
  • The HUGE paradox in our beliefs and actions
  • The importance of the language we use surrounding infidelity
  • What is an “affair”?
  • The emotional impact
  • How women and men differ in their reactions to affairs
  • How a relationship becomes vulnerable to an affair
  • From Alicia’s blog: 5 things that come between couples and cause affairs
  • The roles of disconnection and loneliness
  • Why people have affairs
  • The Vacuum of the Affair
  • How to strengthen your relationship connection
  • Don’t play “the blame game”
  • How to take responsibility and HEAL
  • Why the same problems might still exist
  • Myths about infidelity
  • Qualities of couples who recover
  • Why an affair is a psychological trauma
  • Alicia’s advice
Jul 6, 2016

Do you know what loneliness feels like? Loneliness may NOT be exactly what you think it is, but it probably affects more women around you than you realize. We’re talking with Sabrina Santa Clara, a Licensed Professional Counselor in Las Vegas. She is also the co-owner of the Center for Integrated Wellness, and her approach includes traditional and non-traditional therapy tools incorporating holistic methods. Join us for more!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • How Sabrina’s practice incorporates mindfulness, creativity, and spirituality
  • “Non-clinical” vs. clinical therapy
  • How Sabrina uses aromatherapy, creative arts, touch therapy and MORE!
  • Why culturally-appropriate methods matter
  • How Sabrina trains other clinicians in the art of psychotherapeutic touch
  • Why touch therapy is a “touchy” subject
  • Why traditional therapy emphasizes “thinking”
  • Why Sabrina focuses on loneliness
  • What is loneliness?
  • The disconnection/the reconnection
  • The different levels of loneliness
  • Attuning—What is it?
  • The wound of “not being seen”
  • Why authenticity is important
  • Myths about loneliness
  • The root of loneliness
  • “Big Love”
  • Gifts of loneliness
  • How to pay attention to your tender parts
Jul 5, 2016

Welcome to the Women in Depth podcast! Today’s show will be different than the others as I tell you what to expect for future shows. We will be cultivating conversation around the entire experience of being a woman, with all its different aspects. Thank you for beginning this journey with me!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • How we will shine a light into life’s shadows
  • Being human involves uncertainty, suffering, pain, and struggles.
  • Life’s difficult places affect us.
  • Why the most painful challenges lead to the most growth
  • When we face fears with intentionality, we can heal and move forward.
  • Who Am I? Meet me, learn what I do, where I work, and the topics I’m most passionate about.
  • My inspiration is my clients, who move me, honor me, and astound me.
  • Support for YOU as we explore the inner lives of women
  • What my goals are for this podcast

You can visit the website and access all the show notes and resources mentioned in the show. www.lourdesviado.com

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