When the pain feels unbearable and we feel alone in our suffering this podcast will sit with you. Let's rediscover our purpose, reduce our pain and regain our sense of belonging. Join comedian Leo Flowers M.A. as he shares his own journey through suicidality, interviews guests with lived experiences and discusses with experts on how to escape the flames and create a life worth living.
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A show about the most important comic of the 21st century, and the greatest series you’ve never heard of. Each week Journalist Gita Jackson and DC Historian Alex Jaffe read and explore an issue of 52, a 2006 exploration of the DC universe by a legendary team of talent that shaped everything that came after it.
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The stigma surrounding mental health is lessening, but men still face unique barriers that prevent them from seeking help. In an effort to avoid being perceived as weak or vulnerable, men have a tendency to bury their emotions deep within. Based on Allan Kehler's bestselling book, this podcast showcases men who have persevered through their own mental health challenges. Together, we put a voice to issues including masculinity, mental illness, addiction, sexual abuse, suicide, and ultimately ...
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fmchicanamoms/subscribe Welcome to Chicana and Latina Moms Podcast where amazing things happen. New podcast every Monday. Hija de imigrantes. Mom of two boys, wife, and a believer in humans.
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This is a podcast about every day psychological issues and ways to tackle them. Each episode has a guest who is experienced or specializes in specific fields.
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Welcome to The Psilocybin Chronicles! The Psilocybin Chronicles provides people with unique and meaningful conversations with the goal of educating about psilocybin's therapeutic use, it's societal impacts, and navigating the psychedelic experience. These discussions come straight from the inside of the current psychedelic renaissance, as we have been providing safe, legal access to psilocybin mushroom therapeutic use for years. We are joined by the guests and facilitators of our retreat cen ...
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Hungry2Live is about Human Connection over stigma, taboos and traumas that we were told to never share. While I live my life thru the lens of recovery, I will be interviewing humans from all walks of life who have become empowered by overcoming some sort of challenge that has helped shape them into who they are today. It is titled, Hungry2Live because after being in recovery for anorexia and exercise bulimia, the only thing that was constantly present was my hunger to survive, tell my story ...
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Jess Feliciano: From suicide attempts to loving myself
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43:38In this episode Jess Feliciano shares: What led to her first suicide attempt Why breakups and heartache are so painful Why therapy is not enough to heal us How to trust yourself to love again How to set boundaries and communicate needs Efficacy of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy How getting ice cream led to community If you want to reduce your psych…
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We discuss ways we isolate and how to slowly emerge to re-engage with the world around us.
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When the time comes, let go. World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe come to terms with issue 38 of 52, and the long-coming death of Vic Sage. But along the way they’ll note the Watchmen parallels with Oolong Island, check in with Steelworks, and answer a listener question about Wonder Woman’s magic period. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Gr…
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We discuss Tony Stark's (yes, that's his real name) three suicide attempts and his road to creating a life worth living. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious…
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In this episode, I explore suicide prevention not from the edge of crisis, but from the quiet places where meaning begins to erode—often, first thing in the morning. I share a personal reflection on how dopamine, novelty, and connection shape our sense of aliveness, and how a simple morning practice I call CALM—Check in, Activate, Learn, Make conne…
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Why behaving like a child can be ok. Why getting stuck as a child is different and often not ok.
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14:45I talk to you about ways to heal your inner child 💗 Chicana & Latina Moms Podcast is a space dedicated to empowering, uplifting, and honoring the voices of Chicana and Latina mothers. Hosted by a proud Chicana mom and mental health advocate, this podcast explores topics like cultura, motherhood, healing generational wounds, mental wellness, identit…
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Week 37 - Secret Identities, with Brian Clevinger
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1:33:58You gotta take advantage of these shiny characters! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Atomic Brian Clevinger to reflect on the surfaces of 52 #37, featuring a salute to our himbo listeners, emergency renaming of otherwise fine characters, and Jaffe’s house show with Stretchy Computer. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant …
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Effects of menopause and andropause on suicidal ideation
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23:36We discuss how menopause and andropause can impact our mental health. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are peo…
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WARBODY: A MARINE SNIPER AND THE HIDDEN VIOLENCE OF WARFARE
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54:53Authors Joshua Howe and Alexander Lemons join me to discuss: slow violence vs acute violence coping with suicidality Three Eights for scheduling your day Why healing is not recovery How to find meaning in the meaningless Toxic exposure, trauma and head injuries What's your dream language BUY WARBODY: https://a.co/d/cL9OeKY Thrive With Leo Coaching:…
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Week 36 - How To Win a War In Space
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1:02:16You can always trust me! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe cling desperately to issue 36, featuring an update on our beloved space heroes, neckless Trent Reznor, and the lovable and irascible Sobek the Talking Crocodile! Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen James Brown From Hell Alan Moore Ne…
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Three "F's" of mental health: Fantasize, Frame, Follow Through
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18:30Hope can lead to painful disappointment. Fantasizing can prevent us from taking action. How do we bridge the two? Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depre…
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We discuss why we need first, second, third and fourth responders as part of our mental health team. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, …
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All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe plummet into 52 #35, featuring bad puns for gruesome events, Kirkland Signature Superman, and shocking new developments for everyone’s favorite storyline, Lobo and the space heroes. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen Shohei Ohtani The Further Adventures of …
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Misunderstandings, Mistakes & the Lone Wolf Myth
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19:59The idea of the “lone wolf” and the “alpha” is often misunderstood—both in nature and in life. In this episode, we explore how isolation, perception, and disconnection shape our struggles, why most suicides come down to mistakes or misunderstandings, and how we can shift our perspective to stay connected, even in the darkest moments. Thrive With Le…
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Suicide prevention and the risks of being in love
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1:03:58Mark Schorr LPC, joins us to discuss why relationship crisis is strongest motivator for suicidality differences between feeling helpless, worthless and hopeless myth about suicides in winter what's most important part of treating someone with suicidality what is "tragic optimism" how TIPP pulls us out of despair value of "planned pleasurable events…
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Week 34 - Suicidal Tendencies, with Walt Lewellyn
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1:23:49Gaslight, gatekeep, graveboss! All-Star Gita and World’s Finest Alex are joined by The Black Casebook Podcast’s Walt Lewellyn to rise up for issue 34, taking on Barbara Gordon’s Boiler Room set, whether or not 52 counts as an event comic, and the DC Universe’s own version of WikiFeet. SHOW NOTES: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid K…
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Our anger isn't something to be feared, it's to be alchemized and utilized for a bigger purpose. It's a signal of hurt and unmet needs. Let's explore. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suici…
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We discuss the five musical notes of mental health to reduce suicidality: Self-Awareness Connection Resilience Purpose Rest Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxi…
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Season 9. Ep.2: The Consequences of Burnout
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23:34I talk to you about the consequences burnout. I share with you different skills. You can implement if you’re burned out. Taking care of ourselves this primary we deserve it.
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Week 33 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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1:18:00Giddyup, Jinglehorse! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe sleighride into Week 33, the Christmas Issue! Celebrate Lex Luthor’s memecoin launch, Batman’s canonical Judaism, and lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent: Don’t Have Heroes (04:42) Let’s Talk About 52 #33 (19:14) The Backup (57:59) What’s your favorite par…
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We discuss: headaches link to suicidality, what triggers headaches how to reduce headaches Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs t…
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Benefits of prepaying for our mental health
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22:30We discuss how the joy of prepaying for a lead also leads to the joy of prepaying for our mental health. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, ups…
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Week 32 - Seven Days in Nanda Parbat, with Paul Chin
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1:46:31All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Music Meister Paul Chin to leap into week 32, featuring talking crocodiles, the least disrespectful ways to pay homage to Watchmen, and Pulsar, Master of Sound. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (21:26) Let’s Talk About the Cover (27:34) Let’s Talk About 52 #32 (28:40) The Backup (01:21:03)…
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Season 9 Ep.1 - I’m Back Sharing My Life Updates & What a journey!
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15:14I share with you the updates of my life and where I’ve been. I share with you how I have been able to sit with sadness sharing with you how my life feels way more organized than before. Instagram : @Chicana_latinamomspodcast TikTok: @lachicanatherapist
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Valentine's Episode: Five musical notes of a relationship
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27:47We discuss the five musical notes of a relationship: Communication Trust Intimacy Playfulness Growth Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, …
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We discuss why that overwhelming and distressing feeling we have might be empathy fatigue. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs t…
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Oy oy, wots all this then?! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe flay the skin from issue 31 of 52, exploring Green Lantern cop discourse, DC reinventing the industry to screw Alan Moore, and why Jimmy Olsen is black now. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (06:26) Let’s Talk About 52 #31 (10:39) The Backup (40:55) What’s your favorite part …
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Random episode (four mental health tidbits)
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25:41We discuss four random topics: joy of standing in line benefits of eye contact long term vision over short term glory why couples divorce Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-ha…
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Sometimes loss is an opportunity to revamp ourselves. Let's discuss. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are peop…
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Week 30 - Dark Knight Down, with Ash Parrish
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1:24:44All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with the Astonishing Ash Parrish to strike again at 52 #30, including the return of DC’s Most Toxic Yuri Couple, deciding the most fuckable Batman, and the true reason for the Dark Knight’s cape. Chapters: Let’s Talk About The Cover (12:11) Let’s Talk About …
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We dissect the emotions behind each sentence of a suicide note, then address the antidote for each emotion. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, …
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Dick Death Determined via Dan DiDio! The Dynamic Duo of Podcasting Gita and Alex feast on issue 29, cooking up opinions on Grant Morrison’s writing of women, the importance of Thanksgiving tables in DC history, and some unsubtle jabs at the idea of IP rights by the authors of 52. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (08:45) Let’s Talk About 52 #29 (11:48) W…
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Finding the joy in going "Oops!" instead of "Ugh!"
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16:14There's a difference between laughing at ourselves (Oops!) instead of berating ourselves (Ugh!). Let's explore more. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, de…
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What is RSFC and what is it's link to suicidality?
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29:09RSFC stands for "resting state functional connectivity," which is a measure of how brain activity in different regions of the brain is correlated while the brain is at rest. We discuss how it links to serotonin and suicidality. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewith…
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The joy of seeing others as drunk, distracted, dysfunctional or destructive
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23:21I assume that other people are rational, logical human beings. However, by viewing people as either drunk, distracted, dysfunctional or destructive has allowed me to have compassion for myself and others. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your j…
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Dr. Eran Magen - Divorcing Dads and Suicide
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1:03:37Dr. Eran Magen joins me to discuss how divorcing dad's can reduce their emotional pain, find hope and create connection. Dr. Eran Magen earned his M.A. in education and Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, completed post-doctoral training in child psychology and population health, and currently serves as an assistant clinical professor at …
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The 2Share Method of telling an empowering story
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21:37How do we tell our story so that it doesn't lead to more shame and secrecy? How do we tell our story so that we feel supported and empowered? It's what we discuss today. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know i…
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Brooke Feldman is a Self-Love Coach empowering others to transform their relationship with themselves. Contact her: https://shorturl.at/OgBAP Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or sel…
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If you're struggling with chronic pain and finding purpose, this is the episode to listen to. Leo shares how a 2 hour car ride gave him both purpose and alleviated his pain.
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Week 28 - Beyond the Black Stump, with Ted Brandt
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1:18:03A crocodile ate my parents! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with Emerald Artist Ted Brandt of Connor Hawke’s DC Pride story, tackling Australia’s place in DC, why Etrigan can’t rap, and Jason Todd’s tragic origins. Chapters: Let’s Talk Supernatural, Connor Hawke, and Rereading 52 (05:09) L…
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Three "S" of Suicide (Shock, Shame, Secrecy)
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26:43We discuss how shock, shame and secrecy can feed our despair and pain and how to respond with countermeasures. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depresse…
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We explore why we self-cut and self-harm and five ways to cope with emotional distress. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to t…
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Merry Crispmus! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe find acceptance of the self in #27 of 52, as well as vengeance for Identity Crisis, good reasons to quit smoking, and why Dan DiDio may actually be Lex Luthor. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent, Industry Machinations, and Poaching Steve Wacker (02:58) Let’…
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Brian Reisinger - Land Rich, Cash Poor (Farmer Suicides)
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51:42Brian Reisinger discusses his new book, "Land Rich, Cash Poor," about challenges farmers face driving them to suicide and how policy changes and innovation can reverse the trend. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone y…
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Dr. Duygu Balan: Managing anxiety in the workplace
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44:08Psychotherapist and author, Dr. Duygu Balan discusses how to manage anxiety in young adults and at the workplace. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depre…
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The 52 Pickup Halfway There Extravaganza!
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1:40:12Blessed Be the Hoochmaker! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe have reached the halfway point of 52, and take a moment to recap every major storyline in the series so far, as well as inventing new games to test each other based on both obscure trivia and romantic shipping possibilities. If you’d like …
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Five qualities to seek for a relationship that lasts
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11:51In the movies, women seek the guy who is rich, tall, funny, decisive and handsome. We discuss the five traits that actually lead to a more meaningful and long lasting relationship. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone…
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What keeps us alive when contemplating suicide?
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22:59We explore the questions: "What's getting in the way of killing yourself?" "Why do you want to live?" "What are you looking forward to?" "What are your plans after a session?" Should we report our breakups as deaths? Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to …
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It’s a two-turkey dinner! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe reach the halfway point of 52, where they encounter Crockamurderer, draft an all-new teen superhero team, and reveal whether or not drug-sniffing dogs react to vacuum-sealed smoked turkey legs. Chapters: Is it pronounced Raahs al Ghul, or R…
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3 potential factors driving us to suicidality and how to combat them
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35:34Psychache, thwarted belongingness and hopelessness can all lead us to suicidality. Let's discover how to fight back. Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to improve in the areas of health, wealth and/or relationships, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, de…
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