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Moving into Wellness Podcast

Muse Creative Arts Therapy

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Movement intervention specialists Karin Pleasant, psychotherapist, dance/movement therapist with Muse Creative Arts Therapy, and Gloria Doran Murray, Human Development specialist and creator of the Hansi Inner Child Workshop, combining yoga, meditation and dance, discuss destigmatizing mental healthcare and ways to manage everyday mental health issues.
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin chats with fellow DMT Alicia Brewster, MA, BC-DMT, who has worked for close to 9 years at Department of State Hospitals - Napa. Alicia gives her perspective on working with a forensic population and why dance/movement therapy is an effective mental health intervention. For information on Napa State Hos…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss ideas about imposter syndrome, including people's discomfort with being a 'beginner' and the effects of comparing ourselves to others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-2…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss how the power to learn is to live by making a choice, fears or no fears. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss how embracing change helps prepare someone to accept and overcome natural and incremental change throughout different stages of life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273…
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Send us a Text Message. In the first episode for season 3, Karin and Gloria talk about personal insights for the new year, breaking patterns and the slowness of change, and reasons to continue actively discussing mental wellness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prev…
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Send us a Text Message. In this last episode of the season, Gloria leads a meditation using water as a metaphor for healing, renewal, and growth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth…
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Send us a Text Message. This is the longer sound meditation, edited to include singing bowl, ocean drum, gong, and fire chimes. Next investment: better sound recording in 2024. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Ho…
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Send us a Text Message. For the end of September, Karin is sharing two separate versions of sound. The challenges with recording and wanting the experience of sound meditation to be ideal were going to lead to a talking episode about how I didn't like either recording. Instead, I backtracked and decided to share edited versions of both, one brief a…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss their own tools for self-exploration and ways tools are put into practice. We'll share with you the importance of adjusting expectations, embracing change, and how it can lead to personal growth. You'll hear us talk about the significance of pausing, questioning, and extending grace …
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Send us a Text Message. What if there's a journey filled with endless possibilities waiting for you, just at the end of your comfort zone? In this episode, Gloria shares the beginning of the journey of pursuing a master's degree, discovering unforeseen connections, and creating opportunities along the way. Transitioning from providing a service to …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Karin and Gloria continue their conversation about external factors and their effect on intuition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin and Gloria chat about recognizing environmental factors are affecting mental wellness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Proj…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin and Gloria reflect on significant losses a year later and the different types of loss people experience that initiates a grieving process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT Na…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss barriers to goal setting and ideas to find hope in community, intuition, and achievements of any size. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 8…
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Send us a Text Message. Karin and Gloria discuss a common mental health goal setting tool: SMART. But how helpful is it? Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-based ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotlin…
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Send us a Text Message. CONTENT WARNING: discussion includes topics of suicide/suicidal ideation Karin and Gloria start season two with: Lessons from 2022 Thoughts about start to 2023 Mental wellness topics of interest for the coming year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Sui…
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Send us a Text Message. Gloria leading a meditation designed to take a moment to pause and appreciate each of our five senses: hearing, sight, taste, smell, and touch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Tre…
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Send us a Text Message. Short sample of healing instruments, singling bowls and swinging chimes (fire). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBTQ Youth Trevor Project Line: 866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 Cris…
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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Karin chats with Erin. Erin in her own words: Erin Howe is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist in the San Diego area and is the President of the California Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA.org/CCADTA.org). Her work has accumulated over 9 years of practice working in reside…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss aspects of self exploration and embracing change in adult life. This conversation was edited down from more than an hour of stories to reinforce ideas we've discussed in other podcast episodes: Openness Discernment Honesty Humility There were several "probably"s and "really"s on repea…
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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Karin chats with Madrone B. Phoenix. Madrone B. Phoenix, They/She, MSW, LICSW Madrone is a licensed clinician with advanced training in trauma (Level II EMDR, C.G.S. in Trauma Studies and Level 1 AEDP). They started this organization because of the massive gap Black, Latinx and other POC as well as QTP…
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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Karin talks with Cashel Campbell. Cashel in her own words: Cashel Campbell’s passion for Mental Health Awareness and Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery has encouraged the career she has built alongside her creative endeavors. In 2018 she created Feel Heal Dance, an integrative psychotherapy private practice…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Karin interviews Oly about her life coaching work. In Oly's words: Hi! I'm Oly and I love helping busy creatives be more organized "within, without". I am a certified professional organizer and life coach. My practice is compassion-led and I'm BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ focused. I believe that we are all worthy of l…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Reggina Thompson King discusses her journey into music therapy and self-discovery through practice. In Reggina's words: Hi, I am Reggina. I am a nature enthusiast that loves camping, creating music, and yoga! I am a space holder for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks and am currently living in Southern California! @theh…
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Send us a Text Message. In this podcast, Karin interviews Toni Pasion, who talks about mind-body-spirit alignment, community organizing and holding space for culture and wellness from a Filipinx/a/o and practitioner perspective. Toni M. Kemehana Pasion is an Inland Empire-based dancer, educator, and community organizer who specializes in Hawaiian a…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, our hosts, Karin and Gloria, discuss: Limitations that can interfere with access to services Ways to work around roadblocks Routes to use to access supportive services 24-hr hotline numbers are shared at the end of the podcast for people seeking support.By Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, our hosts, Karin and Gloria, discuss: Specialists that people are typically referred to Ways seekers of support can approach initial sessions with providers Why self-advocacy is important Ideas for seeking alternatives 24-hr hotline numbers are shared at the end of the podcast for people seeking support.…
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Send us a Text Message. In this first episode, our hosts, Karin and Gloria, discuss: Our connection to and work in the mental health field, introducing the idea of alternatives to talk therapy Our personal journeys into mental wellness, recognizing signs and ways we sought support The overall goal of overcoming stigma around the idea of mental heal…
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