Awaken Your Wise Woman

What do you do if you know you need to change your relationship with alcohol, drugs or other substances, but the 12-step emphasis on spirituality doesn’t resonate with you? In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Adina Silvestri, talk about hypnotherapy and other resources to support recovery from addiction.

“If you’re always saying ‘I’m an addict’ or ‘I’m an alcoholic,’ then there’s really not a lot of room to grow or change.”
— Adina Silvestri

This is a stressful, traumatic time. Isolation helps reduce the spread of the coronavirus, but it comes at a cost. Many of us are turning to old survival skills, reaching for a drink or a drug or something else outside ourselves to cope. People are struggling with addiction or relapse, and overdose deaths are skyrocketing. If you feel yourself falling back into old patterns, know that you’re not alone and that support is available. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Adina Silvestri, EdD, LPC, a certified clinical hypnotherapist and host of the Atheists in Recovery podcast, for a conversation about the role of trauma in addiction and the work of healing old wounds. They also talk about hypnotherapy and other alternatives to 12-step programs and explore science and spirituality in recovery.

The full show notes for episode 151 can be found here.

You get nervous before get-togethers but enjoy them once you get there, at least for a while. Could you be a highly sensitive person and an extrovert, too? In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Patricia Young, talk about life as a highly sensitive extrovert.

“Being alive is messy and complicated and we can lean into the pain and we can lean into the joy.”
— Patricia Young

When you were growing up, you might have felt like a misfit. Now, you might feel life’s ups and downs very intensely. You might process things differently, on a deeper level. Sound familiar? You might be a highly sensitive person (HSP). It’s a trait we usually associate with introverts, but that’s not always the case. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Patricia Young, a social worker, coach and host of the Unapologetically Sensitive podcast, who is herself a highly sensitive person who also happens to be an extrovert. They talk about therapy and coaching, introversion and social anxiety, being highly sensitive and balancing stimulation, healing old wounds and coming to understand the gifts you have to bring to the world.

You can finds the full episode here-  https://www.progressioncounseling.com/woman-worriers

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If you’ve lost yourself a little, this episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush shares some good news that could help you find your way back home.

“What if we could define ourselves by the things that bring us joy?” — Elizabeth Cush

Do you define yourself by your roles: Mother, partner, daughter, worker, friend? Many of us do it to such a degree that we lose touch with our selves and the things that bring us joy. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., talks about her journey back to self and how she is sharing her insights with other women and supporting them on their search for fulfillment through a new coaching practice that will be available to help podcast listeners across the country find a new way of being with themselves. 

Find the full show notes here- https://www.progressioncounseling.com/woman-worriers

No matter where you are on your inner journey, this week’s episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Jac O’Keeffe for an enlightening conversation about spirituality and mental health.

“I think all living beings have some unspoken depth, exquisiteness, oneness…. Something that can be trusted.” — Jac O’Keeffe

Each of us follows a unique path to our inner knowing. One woman’s journey took her from an Irish Catholic upbringing to theology school, from atheism to therapy and finally to a deep spirituality that is both transcendent and very relevant to daily life. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes that woman, Jac O’Keeffe, an author and spiritual teacher with a unique style for a conversation about how spirituality can support our mental well-being and inner growth. They talk about authenticity, the difference between religion and spirituality, living a spiritual life and building a toolkit to help us manage our anxiety to move to a place of peace.

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If you’ve ever felt adrift, this week’s episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush and Sarah Wong talk about being adopted, anxiety and the journey to reclaim her Self.

“I didn’t have myself anchored to anything. That was an outcome of lack of self-identity.” — Sarah Wong

Have you always known exactly who you are? Not everyone does. Adoption can make a finding a strong sense of self-identity even more challenging, and unanswered questions can be a source of anxiety. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Sarah Wong, a career advisor and founder of Metamorphosis101, who shares about how her therapy for her anxiety led her on a transformative journey to connect with her biological family, unlocking a part of herself she never knew existed.  She also talks about how the journey taught her the importance of boundaries and how she uses mindfulness, breathing techniques and daily self-care routines to help manage her anxiety so she can help others transform their lives.

You can find the full show notes here- womanworriers.com

If the pandemic has kept you at home for the past months, this episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush provides a change of scenery with a mindful beach walk visualization.

“Doing a little visualization might be a nice change of scenery, even if it’s just in your mind.” — Elizabeth Cush

Whether we’re trying to stay out of winter weather or avoid getting sick, many of us have been staying home a lot. If you’ve been living and working within the same four walls, stressing out about helping kids with distance learning, or maybe just tired of looking at the same surroundings day in and day out, a little change of scenery might be in order. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., offers a safe way to get away to a place of peace and calm. She guides you, moment by moment, through a mindful visualization of a walk on the beach, with all its sights, sounds, smells and sensations of the seaside and the lessons we can learn from the ocean.

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Do you sometimes have trouble speaking up for yourself? Then listen in on this week’s episode of Woman Worriers as host Elizabeth Cush and Talia Bombola, known as The Confidence Coach, talk about how women can learn to be more assertive.

 “If you lose a relationship over being yourself, isn’t that a good thing in the long run?” — Talia Bombola

Listen and learn:

• The misconception about therapy that might be keeping many people from living their best lives
• Why it can be more effective to get into therapy before you think you need it
• How to know when you should reach out for help
• Why assertiveness and setting boundaries are usually harder for women
• The two very different types of people who can benefit from learning how to be more assertive
• How—and why—learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills can benefit teens—and help their parents, too
• The impact of a changing culture on women’s assertiveness
• The small verbal and written habits we have that might be sabotaging our ability to get what we need
• Why we should worry less about the “B” word
• What setting boundaries is really all about
• How to negotiate for what you need without getting into a fight
• The important connection between clear communication and assertiveness
• What to ask yourself when you’re afraid to speak up for yourself
• Why timing matters
• How practicing self compassion can help with confidence
• Which books and workbooks can help you get more insight into the skills that can help you to be more assertive, set healthy boundaries and negotiate for what you need

Find the full show notes here- http://womanworriers.com

If you’ve ever worried about money, this week’s episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush welcomes financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin for a healing conversation about financial anxiety.

“We have to stop shaming women for having money and for being proud of having money.” — Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

Money, the song goes, makes the world go ‘round. So why do so many women struggle with it—talking about it, asking for it, being honest about spending it? Money is woven into so much of our lives and yet how often do we talk to our therapists about our money worries? Instead, we listen to the money stories we’ve learned and the mixed messages we get about women and money. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., talks with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, LMSW, a Michigan-based financial therapist, speaker and author, about the emotional and psychologist side of money. Listen to their insights about personal finance and mental health and how they intersect with race, gender—every aspect of our lives, and how women as individuals and as partners can learn to relate to money in a healthy and effective way.

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If your anxiety didn’t disappear with the New Year, this episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Hosts Elizabeth Cush talks about how mindfulness can help you get through the winter.

“How can we feel more grounded and present in our lives through the rest of the winter?” — Elizabeth Cush

Listen and learn:

• How you can feel more grounded and able to handle anything that comes up
• What mindfulness does and why it can help us feel less anxious
• How to get started with mindful journaling—and what kinds of things you might write
• Where to find journaling prompts specifically designed to help you manage your anxiety
• How to ground yourself by taking a mindful moment
• A quick trick that can bring more mindfulness to your day in only a minute
• How to listen mindfully—whether you’re outdoors or staying inside out of the cold.
• How to open up all your senses on a mindful winter walk

You can find the full show notes here-  https://www.progressioncounseling.com/woman-worriers

If you’ve ever felt like you couldn’t find the words to express your anxiety, listen to this week’s episode of Woman Worriers, as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Tori Press, creator of the popular Revelatori cartoons on Instagram and author of the new book I am Definitely probably Enough (I Think): Revelations on the Journey to Self-Love.

“The person who needs to accept me is me—and that’s where all the work of therapy has been.” — Tori Press

What’s going on inside you right now? Sometimes it’s hard to find the words. Sometimes it’s just hard to know. Therapy can help—but we can get insights from creative activities, too. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., interviews Tori Press—artist, author and anxious person—who left a career in graphic design and picked up a sketchbook and a set of markers. Today, her lighthearted cartoons about her experiences with mental health struggles and more have attracted hundreds of thousands of followers to her Instagram page, Revelatori. In this episode, she talks about how drawing has helped her explore her thoughts, gain insights and process feelings—and also what she has learned about therapy, living with anxiety and learning to love herself.

Find the full show notes at womanworriers.com episode 142

Do you wince a little when you get out of the shower and look in the mirror? Listen to this week’s episode of Woman Worriers, as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Rebecca Scritchfield, a dietitian, exercise physiologist and author of Body Kindness: Transform your health from inside out and never say diet again.

“People cannot hate themselves healthy—and shame doesn’t make anyone healthier.” — Rebecca Scritchfield

We don’t always love the way we look. Sometimes we beat ourselves up over what we eat. It’s no wonder, when society puts so much emphasis on how much we weigh. Worrying about our weight and trying diets that don’t work can cause a lot of unnecessary stress and anxiety. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., interviews Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN, EPC, a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ASCM-certified exercise physiologist and author. They talk about her Body Kindness® book, explore how our critical and shaming parts show up around food, eating and body size, and share insights into we can incorporate the Body Kindess mentality and practices into our daily lives.

Listen and learn:

• How the Body Kindness philosophy came about and the three pillars that support it
• Why we shouldn’t be focusing on weight loss
• What you need to know about your body, your anxiety and your inner parts
• Whether being healthy means losing weight
• How today’s diet culture got started and how it keeps going
• When medicine adopted the war on obesity
• Why thinner people aren’t necessarily healthier
• The relationship between capitalism and the weight-loss culture
• Why a healthy lifestyle needs to include more than food
• Why most diets don’t work
• Why we have to separate health and well-being from weight loss
• How listening to your burden parts might help you make the lifestyle changes you want to make
• How journal prompts can help you take action, get creative and explore options
• Why starting with very small goals can sometimes get you better results
• Where to sign up for a free program to get started on the path to Body Kindness

Find the full show notes @WomanWorriers.com

If you’ve ever wondered about journaling, this episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Hosts Elizabeth Cush talks about the hows and whys of journaling and offers some tips for getting started.

“Journaling has helped me manage my stress and anxiety.”

— Elizabeth Cush

Do you have a dear diary, or do you find the prospect of journaling too daunting? Want to give a try, but don’t quite know where to start or what to say? Or why it’s even worth pursuing? In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., shares her own journaling experiences—how it felt to review journal entries written at a different point in her life and how her practice of journaling helps her manage the stress and anxiety during the pandemic. She also provides tips on how to get started using journaling to consciously reflect on your life.

Find the full show notes and all the episodes here- https://www.progressioncounseling.com/woman-worriers

We're re-releasing our most downloaded episode of 2020! Are you really at the mercy of your hormones? Find out in this episode of Woman Worriers, as host Elizabeth Cush interviews Dr. Sarah McKay, neuroscientist and author of The Women’s Brain Book: The Neuroscience of Health, Hormones and Happiness.

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How can you celebrate when you’re so worried? That’s a question a lot of us are asking this holiday season. In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush offers tips for finding joy during the holidays and throughout the winter.

Quotes:

“It’s hard to imagine that this year will finally end.” — Elizabeth Cush

“How do we bring ourselves back from this sense that everything is screwed up?” — Elizabeth Cush

“We have to work toward shifting our focus to the positives.” — Elizabeth Cush

“So how do we shift our perspective from the negative to the positive?” — Elizabeth Cush

“We no longer have wild animals stalking us, so our brains find other things—everyday things—to see as dangerous.” — Elizabeth Cush

“We can acknowledge the negative and be more attentive and attuned to the positives in our lives.” — Elizabeth Cush

“By intentionally shifting our focus, we can change our mood.” — Elizabeth Cush

Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are over. We’re heading toward Christmas, Kwaanza and New Year’s. Do we celebrate? Or do we dread the three months of winter that begin in the Northern Hemisphere this week? The stresses of the holidays and the cold, dark days of winter can make it easy to get stuck in negativity, especially this year. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LGPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., explains why we’re hardwired to worry and why we don’t have to let our natural tendencies toward negativity take over our holidays—or any other time. She also shares five easy practices you can use to shift your focus from negative to positive, to improve your mood and to find everyday joys in being alive. 

Listen and learn:

• Why this year might feel more messed up than usual—and why it doesn’t matter
• Why we naturally tend to notice and remember negative things
• What our “tigers” often look like today
• How we can manage our instinct to focus on the negative so we don’t stress out so much
• Whether focusing on the positive makes you naïve or in denial
• Why we continually need to practice shifting our focus
• 5 simple suggestions for bringing more hope, joy and positive feelings into your life

The anxieties and uncertainties that so many of us have felt this year have hit immigrant communities especially hard. In this week’s episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Carmen Román, talk about supporting and building resilience in the LatinX community—with insights that can apply to all of us.

Quotes:

“My parents were the listeners of the community.” — Carmen Román

“Choosing a psychologist is like choosing a good, comfortable pair of shoes, because you are going to walk in the path of growth so you want that comfortable company.” — Carmen Román 

“Choosing a psychologist is like choosing a good, comfortable pair of shoes.” — Carmen Román

“What I am seeing with my clients is a lot of uncertainty.” — Carmen Román

“The Latino community is really struggling.” — Carmen Román

“It really took us all by surprise to be feeling that unsafe in this country.” — Carmen Román

“This year has been hitting us hard—all of us.” — Carmen Román

“It’s a time to feel companionship. Podcasts give you that companionship.” — Carmen Román

“Another resource that is very valuable in this time is the application Insight Timer.” — Carmen Román

A pandemic that disproportionately affects Hispanic and Black communities… A surge of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States… Political turmoil… Economic pressures… And wildfires raging through California. To say it has been a challenging year doesn’t even come close. And yet the members of at least one Spanish-speaking support group have faced the year with gratitude and joy. This week, Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LGPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes the facilitator of that group, Carmen Román, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist licensed in California and Mexico. They talk about the anxieties facing the LatinX communities, and Román shares her insights and observations about how therapy and peer support builds the kind of resilience that enables individuals to survive and thrive while facing adversity.

Listen and learn:

• How a casual invitation led to a life-changing decision for a college applicant
• The importance of listening in a community
• What to look for in a therapist
• Why naturalized citizens are feeling anxiety similar to undocumented immigrants
• The increased stressors that service workers face
• How people who had two years of therapy responded to participating in a group that formed when the pandemic lock-downs began—and how their experience differed from individuals who had less time in therapy
• What kinds of activities the group engaged in and what opportunities for communication they explored
• How group members learned to obtain services, even when faced with challenges
• How gratitude and a sense of perspective support resilience
• How traumatized individuals who had only had some therapy responded to the challenges posed by the pandemic
• The surprising observations that Román made about technology use and health and how they differed among groups
• How learning what others are experiencing can help us feel grateful, even when we’re in a difficult situation
• Some concrete ways to build resilience
• What transference of knowledge is and how it can help you move forward
• Why podcasts can be so helpful right now
• Where to find mental health resources in English and Spanish
• Where to find a free seven-day course on emotional freedom

If you’ve lost a loved one and feel like you can’t get on with your life, this episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Sonya Lott, talk about “complicated” or prolonged grief, integrating your feelings of loss and finding your way to joy.

If you feel like something’s not quite right with you life but you can’t put your finger on it, this episode of Woman Worriers is for you. Host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Michelle Dixon, talk about developmental and preverbal trauma and how bodywork and talk therapy can work together to help heal these early wounds.

Quotes:

“The first thing I notice as a bodyworker is what I call armoring, or muscle tightness, in different parts of the body that can’t be explained through injury, illness, etc.” — Michelle Dixon

“When you bring your attention to the body, it can be pretty magical.” — Michelle Dixon

“Emotion is so embedded in memories and the connectivity of all of our memories and how they create this tapestry and then we make meaning of them.” — Michelle Dixon

“There’s something in there they can’t quite articulate; they’re having a body reaction that doesn’t make sense.” — Michelle Dixon

“That ‘right now’ moment is the window to all of the other moments that connect to the feeling you have.” — Michelle Dixon

Show Notes:

Some people have painful recollections of childhood. Others may remember their childhood as happy, but as adults feel like something is not quite right, like they don’t have a right to be here or that the world would be better off without them. That’s because some wounds occur before we have the words to understand or describe them. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Michelle Dixon, a trauma specialist and mindfulness coach who takes a holistic approach to recovery, which includes releasing trauma from the body. They talk about developmental and preverbal trauma, how to recognize it and how to heal it.

Listen and learn:

• The meaning of a “somatic approach” to therapy and why it can be helpful
• What preverbal trauma and developmental trauma are and why they have such an impact on our lives
• Why talk therapy alone sometimes isn’t enough—and how to know you might need something more
• Why you might not have painful memories of past trauma
• How unremembered trauma might show up in your life today
• Why a sense of worthlessness might signal that you may have experienced trauma before you learned to talk
• What de-armoring is and the different traditions of de-armoring for emotional release
• How the native American tradition of de-armoring is carried out today
• How bodywork and talk therapy complement and balance each other
• Different types of bodywork
• Why old traumas are surfacing and resurfacing during the pandemic
• What to look for in a bodyworker and where to find one
• Where to find a free emotional detox program to help you through the holiday season

This week the United States celebrates Thanksgiving. In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush talks about having a mindful holiday—no matter how you spend it.

Quotes:

“There were a few Thanksgivings where I felt I could not go home.” — Elizabeth Cush

“The differing messages about how we should handle the holidays … can create a lot of

“It’s OK to be extra safe this year.” — Elizabeth Cush

“Be mindful of the things you’re thankful for.” — Elizabeth Cush

Show Notes:

Does Thanksgiving bring to mind fun, food, friends and family? Or does it conjure conflict and complications? Maybe COVID separations? No matter how you answer those questions, you’re not alone. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., shares her feelings about Thanksgiving, as well as some intimate memories and hopes for this year’s holiday. She also offers some thoughts on staying safe, support for support for setting boundaries if you need to, and tips for using mindfulness to reduce stress so you can feel the gratitude and find meaning in the day.

Listen and Learn:

• Why not everyone looks forward to Thanksgiving
• How this year’s holiday might be difficult even for those who aren’t experiencing family estrangement
• Different ways that different people are celebrating Thanksgiving this year, and why that might cause some stress for you
• Why it’s especially important to honor your boundaries this year
• Some things that might be on your gratitude list
• How to use mindful awareness if you’re struggling with the holiday—or even if you’re not
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Explosive emotions. Dysfunctional relationships. Self-harm and even suicidality—all can be hallmarks of borderline personality disorder (BPD). In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Rebekah Shackney talk about the challenges of living with BPD and offer hope for recovery through mindfulness-based Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Quotes:

“A lot of the maladaptive behaviors that people with borderline personality disorder use are just ways of dealing with crisis.”
— Rebekah Shackney

“People who are in such pain want to feel better.”
— Rebekah Shackney

“Being emotionally sensitive is part of your make-up but you can learn to adapt to it.” — Rebekah Shackney

“When women are expressing anger and emotional volatility, they’re usually turning it inside, doing something to harm themselves.” — Rebekah Shackney

“’Personality disorder’ sounds like there’s something wrong with your personality, when really it’s a trauma-based disorder.”
— Rebekah Shackney

Borderline… Narcissistic… Anti-social… Personality disorders can be an especially challenging and misunderstood mental health diagnosis, both for sufferers and for those around them. Fortunately, a mindfulness-based approach called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been shown to be effective in treating people with personality disorders. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Rebekah Shackney, LCSW, who uses DBT to help clients manage their distress, regulate their emotions and interact more effectively with others. They talk about what personality disorders are and the stigma surrounding them, how they are rooted in trauma and why the behaviors associated with personality disorders are so difficult to change. They also explore the unique story of how DBT was developed and how (and why) it can help people overcome the pain of living with a personality disorder.

Listen and learn:

• Why Marsha Linehan developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• The purpose of each of DBT’s four modules of treatment
• Why distress tolerance is so useful for people with a personality disorder
• Why women with borderline personality disorder often resort to self harm, like cutting
• Why women with BPD can be so emotionally volatile—and how DBT helps with emotional regulation
• How DBT helps people with personality disorders get their needs met more effectively
• The role of mindfulness in DBT
• Why DBT is not a quick solution
• The characteristics of personality disorders—and how they come about
• Different types of personality disorders—including the one that women are diagnosed with most often and why
• Conditions that are necessary for effective treatment
• The role family groups play in personality disorders—and what it takes to interact more effectively
• Why relationships with individuals who have a personality disorder can be so difficult—and how to help
• The importance of empathy and overcoming the stigma and shame of personality disorders and other mental illnesses
• Where to find resources and the latest information on personality disorders

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Can you be powerful and feminine at the same time? In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush and her guest, Cherie Burton, talk about feminine leadership and finding wholeness within yourself.

Quotes:

“There were seasons that I was drowning in motherhood and knew I needed something different.” — Cherie Burton

“Things of the earth are what ultimately help us heal.” — Cherie Burton

“If you look at Mother Nature, there’s volcanoes and earthquakes and hurricanes and tsunamis…. She’s pretty badass.” — Cherie Burton

“That’s part of radical self compassion: not tolerating injustices.” — Cherie Burton

“We are experiencing collectively, as women, anger and hurt for being maligned for millennia.” — Cherie Burton

“The number-one thing is the cheapest most effective, safest and most broadly acceptable thing—and that is your breath.” — Cherie Burton

“I’m all about simplicity. A confused mind doesn’t act.” — Cherie Burton

Show Notes:

Marriage... Family... Career… Why is it that so often we can “have it all” and still feel empty, anxious and depressed? Could it be that we are looking in the wrong direction for fulfillment? In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist and founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., welcomes Cherie Burton, whose credentials include author, holistic psychologist, emotional release facilitator, leader of feminine empowerment programs and host of the Women Seeking Wholeness podcast. They talk about feminine leadership—its challenges, its power and its potential to change the world—and how holistic healing can help us manage our anxiety and depression, balance our strength and stay centered.

Listen and learn:

• How a woman with a family history of bipolar disorder changed her trajectory
• What the world looks like through the lens of the divine feminine.
• How the earth can heal us
• Tools that can help resolve unhealthy family patterning
• Why yoga can be so useful for centering
• Why women so often struggle with feeling centered in leadership roles
• What Nature teaches us about power
• How to balance our masculine energy
• What it means to be a strong woman
• Why your breath is so important
• How you can learn to embrace yourself as you are
• The role of the senses and how to get a free multi-sensory healing “look book”
• Where to take a crash course in goddess confidence and finding your “soul-preneur” path

Resources:

> Cherie Burton’s website

> Cherie Burton: Women Seeking Wholeness on Facebook

> Cherie Burton on Instagram

> Women Seeking Wholeness podcast

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