DEBRIEF Catch up :) Chronic Illness, Teen Vaping, High Conflict Families, and Overcoming Negative self-talk

This is my debrief episode from the past couple of weeks. Thank you, in advance, for your grace. :) 

 Ever wondered how chronic illness can shape both personal and professional lives? Dr. Victoria Rodriguez's episode will leave you reflecting deeply on this topic. If you’re grappling with the implications of vaping among teens, don’t miss Elisa Worland's vital information—it's an essential listen for any parent navigating these challenges. Dr. Terry Egan brings invaluable expertise on high conflict families and divorce, offering guidance that’s crucial for both therapists and parents.

This Friday, prepare to be inspired by Barbara Sheehan-Zeidler's magnetic presence. Her episode is not to be missed—her energy is just infectious! Also, revisit my heart-to-heart with Laura Sgro, where we took on perfectionism and negative self-talk. These episodes are packed with insights that resonate on a personal level and provide practical tools for your professional toolkit. Subscribe, share, and get ready to be enlightened!

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

Hello listener, this is Beth Trammell, your host for Things you Learn Therapy, and so if you have been a listener or follower of mine for any amount of time, you know that this is sometimes how I operate, where I have kind of a plan to release a debrief episode every week and then I get behind. To release a debrief episode every week, and then I get behind. So thank you for loving me well and coming back, even though I have missed a couple of debriefs, not because I didn't love those episodes, because the debrief actually the debrief with Dr Victoria Rodriguez I did record, but the audio was not so great and I decided to save you from that. But listen, if you have not gone back to listen to Dr Rodriguez, I encourage you to do so, and all the way till the end, because in true therapist fashion, we both sort of dropped some really big things at the very end that really felt like some of the most meaningful content of that episode happened at the very end. I just really appreciate Dr Rodriguez's take on chronic illness and it was something that for me, both personally and professionally, it was good to just talk out and I think, if you're a person who suffers from chronic illness or you love someone who has a chronic illness. It was just so good, so refreshing, so encouraging. I just want you to go back and listen, share it with somebody who may also need to hear it.

Speaker 1: 1:47

Elisa Worland came on to talk about vaping and, to be really fair, I don't have a ton of experience in a lot of substance use. Obviously, I work mostly with kids and families. I work in the schools, and so I knew vaping was a thing, obviously, but I don't really think I realized to the extent at which it was a problem, and so if you are a parent of a teenager, please go back and listen to that episode. I felt like Elisa was very knowledgeable and really brought a lot of factual information that may even be good for you to share the episode with your teen. I always appreciate Dr Terry Egan coming on. She has such great expertise, particularly around high conflict families and divorce working in the courts. She shared so many pieces of information that I think were so critical for both a therapist and a parent. So if you are a veteran or new therapist and you're interested in working in the courts or with clients who experience separation or divorce, she is a humongous gift to us in the field. What an area of expertise that she has and is willing to share. So go back and listen to that episode and then my time with Laura Skro is always really great.

Speaker 1: 3:19

I mean, I just really appreciate her take on perfectionism and negative self-talk because I think it's very relatable. I think all of us can kind of relate to this idea of having kind of this negative cycle in our minds that frankly, keep us from doing the things we know we need to do. You know I have done some talks on burnout, for example, or goal setting or self-care, and I usually start those sessions saying, hey, look, y'all, I'm probably not going to say much that's going to be new to you. I'm just going to try to encourage you to figure out your own way of being accountable, right, and so I think any episode that it's just a reminder on these really common things that happen to a lot of us, like self-talk, perfectionism. I think it's just good to spend some time bringing that back to the awareness. And look, I've been waiting for this next episode that's coming out this Friday. I've been waiting for this all summer.

Speaker 1: 4:19

I love every guest. Let me be clear I will not interview or post for you someone who I did not love spending time with, who I felt was a great addition to the podcast and someone who is providing great information to the public. But let me just tell you the guest that came and is being released this Friday, barbara Sheehan-Zeidler Y'all, you'll just tune in. I am telling you I just want to be around her. You know, I love podcasts because it feels like you get to be right there with the people who are having the conversation, to be right there with the people who are having the conversation, and I just couldn't get enough of just wanting to be in the presence of Barbara, and so I'm so grateful that I get to share it with you this week.

Speaker 1: 5:14

And she's talking about presence and play, and I've had a couple of other episodes on play, particularly in adults, right? So obviously I've talked about play in kids, but I think sometimes we forget that as adults, we also should be doing things that are playful and pleasurable and exciting and bring us life, and so it was just so good. So, anyway, tune in Friday for Barbara's episode. And, friend, just thank you for supporting me in this work, thank you for sharing it with the people that you love. Yeah, just thank you, I'm glad you're here.