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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One Rhyme At A Time - Unpacking the Meaning and the Muse Poetry Meets Mental Wellness Podcast
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This podcast shines a light on the connection between the creating and consumption of poetry and mental wellness. Each episode features one poet sharing one poem and a discussion about the inspiration and writing of the poem. This is followed by a conversation inspired by the poem on a topic that is discussed with a mental health professional. This is not meant to replace getting care from a mental health professional and is not meant to diagnose or treat any condition or illness. It's purpo ...
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Send us a text Please enjoy this less-than-10-minute gratitude meditation led by Gloria! Thank you for supporting our pod and look for more episodes in 2025. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255 BIPOC LGBTQ+ Call BlackLine: 800-60…
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One Rhyme At A Time - GRIEF- with Mama T and April Taylor, LPC MHSP S
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Grief plays a part in everyone's life. In this episode, we feature the poem "Stupid Apology" by Mama T and an inspired discussion with April Taylor, LPC MHSP S on the topic of "Grappling with Grief." Join in the conversation by sending your poetry on this topic to us at RNCPoetry@gmail.com for the opportunity to have your poem read on a future epis…
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One Rhyme At A Time - ANXIETY - with Neelanjan Patri and Jamelia Knox, MS, MFT
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We all experience feelings of anxiety in our lives. In this episode, we feature the poem "My Time Box" by Neelanjan Patri and an inspired discussion with Jamelia Knox, MS, MFT on the topic of "Anxiety, Anxiousness and Angst." Join in the conversation by sending your poetry on this topic to us at RNCPoetry@gmail.com for the opportunity to have your …
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One Rhyme At A Time-DISAPPOINTMENT - with Desiree "Dezigner" Seay and Adrienne McCroskey, LCSW, CCM
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We all encounter disappointment from time to time. In this episode, we feature the poem "Breaking Up With Lonely" by Desiree "Dezigner" Seay and an inspired discussion with Adrienne McCroskey, LCSW, CCM on the topic of "Coping With Disappointment." Join in the conversation by sending your poetry on this topic to us at RNCPoetry@gmail.com for the op…
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Takeaway from the Year: Communication
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Send us a text In this episode, Karin and Gloria talk about lessons learned in 2024 regarding communication, including the ideas of opportunities for learning, adaptability to situations, setting boundaries for self, and clarifying meaning in the relationships that matter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nat…
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Send us a text In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss how emotional challenges may go unnoticed or mischaracterized by others and not always be identifiable or understood by a person who is experiencing them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 98…
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Bonus Clip: Freud and Other Ideas
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Send us a text In this bonus clip from the conversation with Regina Scheitel, Karin and Regina talk about mental health interventions, in particular regional focuses, having a specialized vs integrative approach, and continuing education to maintain a critical mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National h…
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Social Work across the World: Chat with Frau Scheitel
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Send us a text In this episode, Karin chats with former coworker Regina Scheitel, MA, MSW, Ph.D. candidate, who is currently a professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work, Bachelor of Social Work Program in Burgenland, Austria. Differences and parallels are noted in the perception of mental health practice and the env…
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Send us a text In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss their experiences overseas, including dancing that brought connectivity and social observations that exhibited common interests for wellness that communities are working through. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National hotline numbers: National Suicid…
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DMT and Forensic Populations: Chat with Alicia Brewster
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Send us a text 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 Hospital: ht…
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Send us a text 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 800-273-8255 L…
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Anytime Is the Time to Make a Choice
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Send us a text 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 Project L…
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Send us a text 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 800-273-8255 LGB…
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Send us a text 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 Prevention Li…
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Send us a text 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 Trevor P…
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Send us a text 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 Hotline: 88…
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Send us a text 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 and one a …
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Self-Exploration 2: Adapt, Evolve, Grow
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Send us a text 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 to oursel…
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The Cycle of Growth: Discovering the Power of Letting Go
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Send us a text 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 letting g…
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It's Not You, It's the World, Pt. 2
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Send us a text 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 Project …
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It's Not You, It's the World, Pt. 1
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Send us a text 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 Project Line:…
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Send us a text 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 National Ho…
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Send us a text 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: 888-843-45…
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Send us a text 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 Hotline: 888-84…
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Send us a text 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 Suicide Prev…
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Send us a text 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 Trevor Proje…
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Send us a text 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 Crisis Text L…
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Send us a text In this second-to-last season 1 episode, Karin shares an example of an audio movement exercise recorded for a client.על ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Send us a text 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 residential tre…
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Send us a text 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 repeat near th…
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Connecting to Community: Talk with Madrone B. Phoenix
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Send us a text 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 QTPOC and LG…
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Feeling Authentically: Talk with Cashel Campbell
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Send us a text 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 that she…
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Send us a text In this episode, Karin and Gloria discuss what it means to have awareness of when we need to say "no" in relationships. Topics include: Knowing our limits Prioritizing our values Being consistent Recognizing resistanceעל ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Send us a text 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 love and h…
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Showing Support: Ways to Receive
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Send us a text In this episode Karin and Gloria discuss ways to respond when people around us reach out for support, including: Recognizing/acknowledging vulnerability Language that can meet others' needs Embracing humility email: movingintowellnesspodcast@gmail.comעל ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Finding balance: Talk with Reggina Thompson King
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Send us a text 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! @thehealingcho…
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Dancing to movement therapy: Karin's practice
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Send us a text In this episode, Karin discusses what led to her dance/movement therapy studies and offers examples of how she's utilized movement as an intervention in a group setting.על ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Mind-Body-Spirit: Talk with Toni Pasion
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Send us a text 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 and Philip…
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Send us a text In this episode, Karin and Gloria give updates from the previous episode about working through emotional challenges by: Using therapeutic tools they use with others Finding sources of support Remembering individual core valuesעל ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Send us a text Hosts Karin and Gloria discuss personal challenges and the impact on facilitating/providing support to others. Topics include the effects of: Death of a loved one Witnessing death Ending a relationship Experiencing suicidal ideation And ways each person has sought supportעל ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Normalizing Mental Healthcare: Roadblocks to Access
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Send us a text 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.על ידי Muse Creative Arts Therapy
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Normalizing Mental Healthcare: Seeking Professional Help
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Send us a text 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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Normalizing Mental Healthcare: Introduction
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Send us a text 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 health, encou…
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