Ground and Grow
Ground and Grow with therapist, Kayla Estenson Williams. Hey, Kayla here! I am a Minnesota-based licensed marriage and family therapist, yoga teacher, and mental health content creator. In this podcast I chat about topics related to mental health and guide meditations so that you have tools to help you ground and grow- and most importantly- so that you know you’re not alone.
Episodes
Therapy can be beneficial to parents for SO many reasons- here are 5 of the top ones I notice.
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Our society holds a lot of myths around aging. Many of us may feel some avoidance around aging, fear of aging, or rigid self-expectations around growing older.
So, let's challenge a few of the big ones!
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Arielle Pinkston joins the podcast today to share information about how to connect to self-care while you are trying to conceive. She shares a bit about her own difficult fertility experience, why self-care supports us during this time, as well as how we can practice being gentle and compassionate with ourselves in the process.
Arielle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California who specializes in holistic ment...
Here is a nice meditation for those of you doing some inner child work. In this meditation, we will hold space for the different parts of yourself to explore wounds and initial responses to those wounds. We will slow things down by identifying how you can meet your needs from your authentic self. Thank you for practicing along with me!
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Parts work (within Internal Family Systems therapy) is a main part of the work that I do- and I find it can be such a helpful framework when we are unlearning old patterns and reconnecting to some new ones. This episode is a nice overview of parts work and how we can work to put it into practice.
I referenced Richard Schwartz's book, "No Bad Parts" here and recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more!
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There are many different costs of infertility treatment- from financial costs, to your time, to your mental health. Here, I'll share info from my personal experience on the different costs of infertility treatment.
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Gayane Aramyan, MA, LMFT is joining us on the podcast today to share some important insights around preparing for parenthood. She will discuss some important conversations to have with your partner/support system, some things to cope ahead for, as well as how therapy or other services can support your process.
Gayane offers individual and couples therapy in-person or virtually in California. Find her's website and instagram here:
Struggle with feeling confident in "adulting"? Me too. In this episode, I'll share why we struggle with this, how common it is, some of my personal experiences with it, as well as some ways you can navigate these fears with confidence.
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Where you can find my therapy services as well as services from others in my practice!
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Therapy works- if you invest in the process. In this episode I talk about how to be invested in the process so that you can see the biggest outcome of your work.
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Where you can find my therapy services as well as services from others in my practice!
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This episode is a bit of a life update on my experience in parenthood and work as a therapist, discussion on early parenthood, as well as discussion of holding space for connection with yourself in whatever life phase you are in.
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My baby recently turned one year old, and it had me reflecting on what I have learned about myself as a mother over this past year. So, here are a few of the biggest lessons that I have grown into during my first year of motherhood!
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Shame bombs, those moments where we randomly think about something we regret doing in the past- and feel shameful and guilty all over again. Let's normalize that it happens to us all and figure out ways to work through those moments so we can feel connected to our self-worth and our true values.
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Join me for a guided visualization! Here, we will go through a grounding walk through the woods and you can create a setting that feels most comfortable for you.
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Where you can find my therapy services as well as services from others in my practice!
Where you can find all the additional good stuff: my workbooks and worksheets, on...
Trauma impacts many of us and inevitably it also impacts how we parent. Tune into this episode to learn more about how it can impact our parenting and why healing can not only be helpful for us- but also can have a significant impact on how present and authentic we can show up as parents.
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Let's dig into trauma around the perinatal experience! Trauma can be common for those who navigate infertility, pregnancy, postpartum, as well as for anyone growing their family. Here, we will normalize this experience as well as the need for support around it.
Here are the resources I referenced in the episode:
Postpartum Support International: https://www.postpartum.net/
Infant Risk Center (information on medications): https://...
It's May, which means it's also Maternal Mental Health Month! In this episode, I will give an overview on perinatal mental health, how to identify if you could use some support, and where to find that support.
Here are the resources I referenced in the episode:
Postpartum Support International: https://www.postpartum.net/
Infant Risk Center (information on medications): https://www.infantrisk.com/
Check out these links for my ...
Join me for a Progressive Muscle Relaxation. This practice can be helpful to release tension that our body holds through stress and trauma. Here, I will guide you through some breath work as well as a full body Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
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Looking for some tools to help you feel regulated? In this episode I talk about how somatic practices, or things that we can do to ground our physical body, are so important for regulating our nervous system. Listen along to learn more about why this is as well as some of my go-to practices!
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Interested in starting therapy but not sure what to expect? Then this episode is for you! I will talk about some common ways that therapy can look like as well as what you can expect when starting up with a therapist.
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Working through themes related to inner-child work and attachment trauma is a long term process. It can feel so complicated as well as challenging to identify progress overtime. This episode is full of some great reminders for those of you who are in the thick of it!
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