The Naked Truth of a Healer with Émilie Macas (Author, Public Speaker, Reiki Teacher)
Émilie Macas is an integrative Reiki teacher with a particular focus on emotional healing, as she holds a trauma counselling certification. Émilie is a Chopra Meditation teacher, a mindfulness educator, an author, a public speaker, and a mental health and wellness advocate. Émilie has worked for decades treating some of society’s most vulnerable, attending to children, people struggling with burnout, stress, and lack of general well-being. Émilie teaches self-care, alignment, and healing through embracing vulnerability, adopting a spirit of raw truthfulness, releasing fears, and finding acceptance for the things that cannot be changed. She helps people find their way back to their genuine passion, vitality, and joie de vivre through honest introspection and dedication. https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ @emotionalsupportpod Émilie Macas https://www.emiliemacas.ca/ @emilie_macas
2 Mai 20231h 3min
Trauma Dumping: Are you sharing too much? Or is it just me?
Do you find yourself sharing your labor story too often? Have you found yourself spewing unnecessary details? Just me?! Let me know your thoughts about trauma dumping and anything else you want to know from this episode! @emotionalsupportpod https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com
27 Apr 202315min
The Dos and Don’ts of Being a New Parent with David ”Daddy” Haggerty
David Haggerty is Back…and he’s not alone this time! With the news of his Baby, David aka Daddy David joins me to talk about the dos and don'ts of being a new parent, and the wild stuff that comes along with it. We swap stories on how to ask a new parent the simple question of 'How are you really?, talk boundaries, take suggestions and of course laugh on this new episode of EmotionAL Support! @emotionalsupportpod https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ Please give us a like, comment or review and be sure to follow for all the newest EmotionAL Support info!!!!
25 Apr 202348min
Playing the Part - Have you ever felt like you were just playing the part of Mom, Dad or even just ”Human Being’?
I hope you had a wonderful spring break! I'm happy to catch up with another brand new mini episode. I would like to ask you if you have ever felt as if you are just playing a part in this simulation we live in 😂.... I sure feel like I am playing the part of MOM. Let me know your thoughts this week by writing me on the website, leaving a review on apple pod or commenting on social media. https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ @emotionalsupportpod
20 Apr 202319min
We Are All Somebody’s Baby: a conversation about motherhood, the opioid crisis, and charitable deeds - Kelly Houseman
I never knew how much I absolutely would cherish my interview with Kelly Houseman, the charitable winner of Jewel's Not Alone Challenge for the Inspiring Children Foundation. As a proud Detroit resident, we discuss the mental health/opioid crisis, Flint's water crisis, and how you can rebuild with strength in community. A fellow mother who understands the hardships of finding balance with family and work, Kelly helps me learn so much more about myself and how we can grow with a little help from our own community. Kelly Houseman LPC, NCC is a licensed therapist and mental health advocate, public speaker, blogger, podcast host, and wellness expert based in the Metro-Detroit area. Kelly has spent her career advocating for reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues while bringing her unique insight and humor to current topics - from social media to global pandemics. Her platforms include her blog, popular social media platforms, and podcast. Kelly’s expertise has been featured on television, radio, and print including ABC, People Magazine, and Fox. Outside of her professional career, Kelly is a dedicated wife and mother to two young children. She takes pride in balancing her professional and personal life while giving others advice on how to do the same while being real and authentic in their journey. https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ @emotionalsupportpod @kellyhouseman
18 Apr 202347min
Growing Up in the Shadows of My Mother’s Mind with Alexandra Hewett (author of Shimmer)
Alexandra Hewett is an actor, storyteller, writer, producer, teaching artist, mother, and yogi. Her memoir, Shimmer, chronicles growing up in the shadow of my mother’s suicide attempt, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s disease, my father’s incredible devotion to her. From there it delves into marriage, divorce, motherhood, childbirth, being badass and single, being a mermaid, dealing with grief, loss, an eating disorder, and anxiety with lots of therapy, while finding glimmers of hope through creativity. Alexandra is also a lecturer in the Johns Hopkins University Odyssey program where she teaches Finding the Funny: Comedy Writing and Performance. She produces the storytelling show Mortified in DC and Baltimore. She teaches theatre to Veterans at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. She wrote and performed her one-woman show Mother Therapy at MCS Theatre in NYC. She has performed at The Manhattan Rep Theatre, DC Fringe Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Baltimore Improv Group, the Magnet Theatre in NYC, and the Strand Theater in Baltimore. She has an MS in Counseling Psychology from Loyola University Maryland and an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. Her essays have been published by Eight Stone Press, Baltimore Fishbowl, and Welter. https://alexandrahewett.com https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ @emotionalsupportpod
11 Apr 202355min
Candice King shares ’Space and Grace’ (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Christmas in Tune and host of A Superbloom Podcast)
Candice King joins me for Round 2 of a very special EmotionAL Support episode! She shares what motherhood looks like for her now, the story behind her new podcast, A Superbloom Podcast, and that sometimes in life, you just need some Space and Grace! Enjoy learning so much more about this absolute ray of sunshine! Candice King is an Actress most known for her role as Caroline Forbes in the Vampire Diaries Series and least known for her role as Red Headed girl complaining of menstrual cramps in 2007's film Juno. You can listen to her Weekly Podcast A Superbloom Podcast where she interviews guests on the difficult moments in life that taught them great lessons and created space for self growth. She currently resides in Nashville,TN with her two daughters and many dead houseplants. Instagram: @itscandiceking @asuperbloompod EmotionAL Support https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ @emotionalsupportpod
4 Apr 20231h 10min
World Bipolar Day - a cliff note into my personal diagnosis with Bipolar 1 Disorder
Happy World Bipolar Day! Is this a day to celebrate? Should we have some cake? Yes! I thought it would be best for me to reintroduce myself and share my Bipolar 1 Disorder in a set of cliff notes today. For those who know my story, thank you for being with me since the beginning and for those who are new, Welcome! I hope you enjoy my story and learn a little bit more about me! Oh, let's not forget to take this world bipolar day to celebrate our big and small wins in the Mental Health Community! Thank you for being my EmotionAL Support!!! https://www.emotionalsupportpod.com/ @emotionalsupportpod
30 Mar 202318min
