Messages From the Middle

You Are the Light: A message to those with a loved one dealing with depression

If you love and care for someone who deals with depression this episode is for you. In the episode I share things to do or say to help your loved one, along with some things that aren't very helpful and should avoided. 
I personally want to give you my love and gratitude for being there for someone during their darkest times. Thank you!

I Am A Rock: lessons from loneliness and isolation

Isolation and loneliness are the new epidemic. Studies have shown that loneliness is the cause of many health issues, including mental health issues. On this episode I share my experience with Isolation and loneliness and things that we can all do to find our way out of this unhealthy place. 

CH-ch-ch-changes:How to manage the changes of life with Caytie Frampton

In this episode I interview Caytie Frampton. Caytie recently went through some big health issues that created difficult physical and emotional challenges. Caytie shares her story along with the tools she is using on her healing journey. I loved talking with Caytie. We have so much in common. I could have talked with her all day. 
Caytie grew up in Salt Lake as 9th of 11 children. She is 49 years old and wife her hubby of 25 years. She lives in Farmington, Utah and has 3 amazing miracle children (ages 22, 14, 8), 2 dogs, 2 Guinea pigs, and 4 fish. She is a professional hand letterer, a teacher of an online religion class, and a health coach.
She love to paint, study the scriptures, travel, scrapbook, and hang out with her people.She is a child of God, a patriot, a home body, an introvert, an enneagram 6 wing 5, blue/white, ISTJ-A (logistician), and a student of health and truth. 
She hates running, camping, shopping, decorating for holidays, throwing birthday parties (or any party), grocery shopping, meal planning, meditating, sitting at a pool or a beach all day, working out and sweating.
She is working on becoming the best and healthiest version of herself and creating her best life with and for her favorite people. 
She loves sharing what she's learned with others in hopes of helping them become the best versions of themselves. Imagine a world where everyone is their best self!! 
 
Instagram: @caytiesfitfiles

Deer in the Headlights: Mental health overcorrections

In an effort to correct a problem we sometimes overcorrect causing a bigger problem. Like overcorrecting to miss a deer on the road. In the case of mental health, there has been an overcorrection as to what good mental health actually is. in this episode I share what good mental health actually is and the ways that many people are overcorrecting in an effort to have what they wrongly believe is good mental health. 
 

Good Vibrations: a journey of self love with Angie Monson

Today on the podcast I have the amazing Angie Monson. I am so excited for you to hear what she has to say. She will drop her wisdom and knowledge from her experiences as a mother, photographer, a leader of travel retreats and a relationship coach. Angie is a photographer and retreat leader based in Salt Lake City Utah. Her passion for healing and art are what motivates her each day to live in her purpose. Changing the world to her, means causing a ripple affect, sometimes in the smallest ways. 

Big Me: Giving love to your inner child

In today's episode I talk about the three things every child needs to hear and the importance of telling those three things to your inner child. Healing and loving the little person inside you goes a long way in healing the big you. 
 
Sarah Blondin
https://www.sarahblondin.com/podcast

Watch Your Head: An Interview With Bethany Lewis,The Concussion Coach

On this weeks episode I interview the Concussions Coach, Bethany Lewis. Bethany Lewis is a Neurological Occupational Therapist and a Certified Life Coach through The Life Coach School and has specific training in nervous system resilience. She has worked as an occupational therapist since 2009, and has helped hundreds of patients with concussions and other brain injuries through her work at CognitiveFX, a cutting-edge concussion clinic in Provo, Utah. During her career, she has seen the effects head injuries can have on people’s lives and the lives of those who love them, and has seen people experience healing and recovery from many severe symptoms. She provides tools such as nervous system regulation techniques and intentional thinking that can have enormous impact on recovery and people's well being. She combines her knowledge of post-concussion symptoms and coaching into a unique and powerful coaching program to help people with lingering concussion symptoms speed up their recovery and take control over their lives.
 
Bethany's Website: www.theconcussioncoach.com
IG: @the_concussion_coach
FB: The Concussion Coach
YouTube:  @theconcussioncoach
 
CognitiveFX:  www.cognitivefxusa.com
 
Some articles about concussions and mental health:  
https://neurosciencenews.com/tbi-affective-syndrome-23580/
https://www.cognitivefxusa.com/blog/depression-after-concussion-and-post-concussion-syndrome#causes
https://www.cognitivefxusa.com/blog/navigating-mental-health-after-tbi-and-concussion

From Darkness to Light: My interview on the Key Nutrition Podcast

In June I had the opportunity to be on the Key Nutrition Podcast. In this episode I share a little more of my journey. I talk about the steps I have taken to work on mental health and the realization that this is my story and I am where I am supposed to be. 

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: But you can choose your thoughts

One of the best ways to put ourselves in the drivers seat is to recognize that it is not the circumstances in our life that create our emotions, but our thoughts about that circumstance. It is also worth taking the time to notice what circumstances you can't change and which ones you can. "Stuck" is a choice you just have to take some time to notice what choice you are making to choose stuck. In this episode I define circumstance and give examples of ways to be more conscious of the circumstances you are choosing. 

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: naming and describing your feelings

Being able to describe how depression, anxiety or other mental illnesses is a powerful tool for yourself and for others. On today's episode I share what depression feels like in to me. I explain why this is such a powerful and useful tool. How you can do it and I encourage you to do the same exercise!
Andrew Solomon: Depression; the secret we all share
https://youtu.be/-eBUcBfkVCo
The Magical Healing Potion
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/messages-from-the-middle/id1680997732?i=1000608542804