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Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsI Dont Want to Keep the Baby, Can My Partner Understand – Episode 892023-04-231h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDeath by Suicide of a Charismatic Young Man in a Loving Family – Episode 96In this episode, Charlie and Nicole speak with Beth about her son Ross who ended his life two years ago. We hear about Beth, the family, and Ross leading up to his death. In future episodes we learn how Beth and other family members have coped with the tragic loss.View video version of this podcastView Gallery2023-04-221h 08
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDialectical Perspectives on the Gun Violence Debate – Episode 862023-04-2253 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsWhat is DBT and Where Did It Come From? – Episode 842023-04-2254 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsGuaranteed Success, By Design - Episode 108Be your best by inspiring the best in others. Join Nicole and Charlie as they tap into Cem Eren’s two-decades of wisdom training elite NBA athletes, boxers, bodybuilders, beauty contestants, and ordinary humans of all ages. In examples that apply to therapy and coaching, Cem shares how he meets his clients every single day with freshness, compassion, dignity, and nonjudgmental presence, helping them connect with their strengths while building toward their goals.Learn how to be your best by inspiring the best in others as Nicole and Charlie tap into Cem Eren’s two-decades of wisdom trai...2022-11-2446 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSkillful Mind Training, Embodied - Episode 107Learn how to be your best by inspiring the best in others as Nicole and Charlie tap into Cem Eren's two-decades of wisdom training elite NBA athletes, boxers, bodybuilders, beauty contestants, and ordinary humans of all ages. In examples that apply to therapy and coaching, Cem shares how he meets his clients every single day with freshness, compassion, dignity, and nonjudgmental presence, helping them connect with their strengths while building toward their goals. In part one of a two-part conversation, Charlie and Nicole seek to discover the secret to world class trainer, Cem Eren's two decade career...2022-11-1747 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsIdentity Grammar - Episode 106What shapes the syntax of Self? How does context inform our inner lexicons? Are we more than the sum of all our actions? In this episode Charlie and Nic explore the ways we find meaning through expressing identity, how we hold space for inner contradictions, and why self definition is a paradox, ripe for dialectical intervention.2022-11-171h 08
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSkillful Grieving, Making Meaning from Suffering, and a Dinosaur – Episode 105In this second of our two-episode conversation with Natalia Garcia about her grieving process over the years since the death of her two-year-old son, we focus in on her altered relationship to time, rituals, and anniversaries; her remarkable use of DBT skills and dialectics to navigate the grieving process; the ways that she has made meaning out of her suffering; and a dinosaur, a gift from a fellow griever. View video version of this podcastGallery2022-11-031h 07
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsWho IS that Woman?! – Episode 104Since Nicole joined Charlie as co-host, several long-time listeners have asked Charlie, Who IS that woman?! It’s actually a great question and the answer is far from simple. In this podcast, Charlie and Nicole explore their own self-narratives and expand into a larger conversation about how we all see ourselves, how we define ourselves, how we represent ourselves, how we are seen by others, and how that affects us. View video version of this podcast2022-10-281h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsIn Her Own Words – Natalia Garcia on Coping with Loss and Trauma with Opposite Action and an Approach Lifestyle – Episode 103In 2018, Natalia Garcia spoke with me over three podcast episodes about how she was dealing with the catastrophic and traumatic death of her two year old son eight months earlier. He died in the middle of the night for unexplained reasons. In three podcasts she spoke at length of her life, of the death itself, and then the road to recovery. In this week’s podcast, we reprise selected excerpts from those podcasts, capturing her words and her wisdom that grew out of this terrible loss. She inspires. 2022-10-221h 26
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLong Grieving, Complicated Joy, and Flowers That Grow Around a Hole in the Heart – Episode 102In June of 2018, eight months following the death of her two-year-old son to the Syndrome of Unexplained Death of a Child (SUDC), Natalia Garcia joined this podcast for three episodes to describe the catastrophic loss and the ensuing grief process marked by her courage and skill in facing her vulnerabilities. Now, five years since the loss, she returns to the podcast to talk about the longer arc of the process of grieving her son and things that have happened since then. As before, this is a moving and inspiring story of courage that deals with a panoply of issues...2022-10-131h 07
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival Skills5 Years, 100 Episodes, 7 Lessons for Surviving Hell – Episode 101 In this episode, Charlie reflects on 100 episodes spent exploring human suffering. He synthesizes wisdom from interviews including coping with natural disaster, loss of a child, suicide, and cancer, arriving at seven overarching guidelines for survival.View video version of this podcast2022-10-061h 11
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Long Reach of Loss – Suicide Outside the Immediate Family – Episode 100In the final episode of our 4 part Series on coping with Suicide in the family, we hear from Teddy’s fiancé Mariya. Mariya’s developed a personal friendship with Ross and shares about that relationship and her experience grieving his suicide. She also speaks about what it was like for her as someone outside the immediate family after Ross’ suicide: what it was like to be an outsider witnessing a family grapple with unspeakable loss, and how it felt to be a supportive partner to Teddy amidst her own grief. The interview provides a window into the breadth o...2022-09-291h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsA Brother and a Best Friend Lost to Suicide (Part 3) – Episode 99In the 3rd of our 4 Part Series on coping with suicide in the family, we speak with Beth’s son, and Ross’ brother, Teddy. Teddy shares his perspective on growing up as an older sibling to a brother who struggled with painful emotions throughout his lifetime, on the close friendship they developed as they got older, and his inexhaustible capacity to access compassion and warmth. Teddy talks about being the person to find Ross after he took his life, navigating the mind-numbing administrative tasks that were required of him whilst being overwhelmed with emotion, and his instinct to surro...2022-09-221h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSkillful Coping with Cancer (Part 3): Friendship is Good Medicine – Episode 98In this episode, the third of four on how Andrea has coped with Cancer throughout 2022, her best friend Amy joins the conversation and they talk about what has happened in their friendship as a result of Cancer. How they have dealt with Cancer has enriched their friendship and their friendship has been key in helping Andrea to reduce her suffering and preserve her love of life. Totally sweet and inspiring! Check out the first two in the series, podcasts #87 and #93, where you get the detailed story of how Andrea has used DBT skills, dialectics, and mindfulness to navigate the myr...2022-09-151h 03
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDeath by Suicide of a Charismatic Young Man in a Loving Family (part 2) – Episode 97
In this episode (part 2), Charlie and Nicole speak with Beth about her son Ross who ended his life two years ago. We hear about Beth, the family, and Ross leading up to his death. In future episodes we learn how Beth and other family members have coped with the tragic loss.
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2022-09-011h 11Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsPrinciples in Practice – The Narcissist in DBT Therapy- Episode 952022-08-201h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsNarcissistic Behavior Patterns Through a DBT Lens – Episode 942022-08-121h 07
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSkillful Coping with Cancer-Interview 2 with Andrea Gold – Episode 932022-08-051h 07
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsNo Narcissist is an Island – Episode 922022-07-291h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsNarcissism: It’s More Nuanced Then You Think – Episode 91Exploring the nuances of Narcissism2022-07-221h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsNarcissism and Narcissistic Personality – Episode 902022-07-141h 05
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsGuns, Abortion and Dialectics (from DBT) – Episode 882022-06-301h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSkillful Coping with Cancer – An Interview with Andrea – Episode 872022-06-271h 09
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsJust Be There – Episode 852022-06-1944 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsTo Hell and Back with Charlie Swenson is Back2022-06-1503 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsActing Opposite to Action Urges to Change Emotions – Episode 832021-03-2655 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsApplying DBT’S model of emotions to your life – Episode 822021-03-141h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsWhy is it so damned hard to regulate emotions? – Episode 812021-03-0555 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsApplying DBT’s Third Shape (Dialectics) to Alleviate Pandemic Suffering – Episode 802021-02-1957 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMore DBT Solutions to Pandemic Suffering – Episode-792021-02-121h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Solutions to Pandemic Suffering – Episode 782021-01-2958 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Pandemic – Science Suffering And DBT Solutions – Episode 772020-12-191h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMindfulness Amidst Mindlessness (Part 2) – Episode 762020-07-031h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMindfulness Amidst Mindlessness – Episode 752020-06-1958 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLessons from Pandemic Living – Episode 742020-05-231h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsChanging Repetitive Painful Emotions – Episode 732020-05-1057 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsItaly, the US, the pandemic and DBT (part 2 of 2) – Episode 722020-04-031h 24
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsItaly, the US, the pandemic and DBT – Episode 712020-03-282h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT in the Era of Trump (3 of 4) – episode 702020-03-081h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT in the Era of Trump (2 of 4) – episode 692020-03-021h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT in the Era of Trump (1 of 4) – episode 682020-02-2556 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLiving with Cancer (4 of 4) – Episode 672020-02-091h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLiving with Cancer (3 of 3) – Episode 662020-02-0259 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLiving with Cancer (2 of 3) – Episode 652020-01-261h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLiving with Cancer (1 of 4) – Episode 642020-01-181h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsWhat’s the point? (Part 3) – Episode 632020-01-111h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsWhat’s the point? (Part 2) – Episode 622019-12-241h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsTop 10 DBT skills-based antidotes for the holiday season – Episode 612019-12-1559 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsWhat’s the point? – Episode 602019-12-1154 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsLife After Death: Lessons from the Life of Perry Hoffman – Episode 592019-11-0956 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDealing with the read end experience of having a spouse or partner with a serious mental illness – Episode 582019-11-0356 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsNo Dead Ends – The Step by Step Path Out of a Dead End -Episode 572019-10-2059 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsHow To Accept Reality and Tolerate Distress – Episode 562019-07-2757 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsJudging, Judgment, Judgmental, and Non-Judgmental – Episode 552019-07-131h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMore mindfulness skills in DBT for coping with hell – Episode 542019-06-091h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMindfulness Skills: the power of simply observing reality – Episode 532019-05-2339 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMindfulness as taught within DBT – Episode 522019-05-1457 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsMindfulness in the service of reducing suffering – Episode 512019-05-0359 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsTo Hell and Back – The Zoom Version (April 18, 2019) – Episode 502019-04-2358 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsGetting Old Sucks – Acceptance Helps – Episode 492019-04-161h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival Skills10 Reasons the DBT Skills Training Fails, and Solutions – Episode 482019-03-281h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsIngredients in the recipe for recovery from Hell – Episode 472019-03-211h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsA conversation with Andrea Rosenhaft (Part 3 of 3) – Episode 462019-03-181h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsA conversation with Andrea Rosenhaft (Part 2 of 3) – Episode 452019-03-061h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsA conversation with Andrea Rosenhaft (Part 1 of 3) – Episode 442019-02-271h 04
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsHow to Use Dialectics to Deal with Relationships – Episode 432019-02-2200 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsRelationship Skills in DBT (part 3 of 3) – Episode 422019-02-081h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsRelationship Skills in DBT (part 2 of 3) – Episode 412019-02-011h 01Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsRelationship Skills in DBT (part 1 of 3) – Episode 402019-01-2459 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Nature of Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 5 of 5) – Episode 392019-01-071h 00Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsCoping with Holiday Hell: Ten DBT- based Antidotes – Episode 382018-12-2358 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Nature of Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 4 of 5) – Episode 372018-12-1558 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Nature of Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 3 of 5) – Episode 362018-12-0459 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Nature of Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 2 of 5) – Episode 352018-11-241h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Nature of Emotions and Emotion Regulation (Part 1 of 5) – Episode 342018-11-0258 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDealing with the Hell of Addictions (Part 2 of 2) – Episode 332018-10-181h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDealing with the Hell of Addictions (Part 1 of 2) – Episode 322018-10-1159 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsEntitlement, Victimization, and Emotion Regulation – Episode 312018-10-0152 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Skills for All (6 of 6) – Episode 302018-09-221h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Skills for All (5 of 6) – Episode 292018-09-1957 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Skills for All (4 of 6) – Episode 282018-09-071h 02
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Skills for All (3 of 6) – Episode 272018-09-0155 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Skills for All (2 of 6) – Episode 262018-08-0359 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsDBT Skills for All (1 of 6) – Episode 252018-07-271h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsRadical Acceptance – Episode 242018-07-2458 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsRadical Acceptance (1 of 2) – Episode 232018-06-301h 00Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsNo Dead Ends – Charlie Says Goodbye to Cindy – Episode 222018-06-2347 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSurviving the Death of a Child (3 of 3) – Episode 212018-06-171h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSurviving the Death of a Child (2 of 3) – Episode 202018-06-101h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsSurviving the Death of a Child ( 1 of 3) – Episode 192018-06-011h 00
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol – A conversation with Melanie Harned PhD (part 3 of 3) – Episode 182018-05-181h 01Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol – A conversation with Melanie Harned PhD (part 2 of 3) – Episode 172018-05-141h 01Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol – A conversation with Melanie Harned PhD (part 1 of 3) – Episode 162018-05-0359 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsThe Dialectical Perspective – Episode 152018-04-241h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsInterbeing and Being Dialectical in the Presence of Adversity – Episode 142018-03-3058 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsUsing Acceptance To Get Through Hell (2 of 2) – Episode 132018-03-2358 minCharlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsUsing Acceptance To Get Through Hell (1 of 2) – Episode 122018-03-181h 01
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsRelationship Hell – Episode 112018-03-0859 min
Charlie Swenson, MD and Nicoleta Helén - To Hell and Back: Life Survival SkillsTools for Getting back from Hell – Episode 9In this podcast, Charlie returns to complete his discussion over several podcasts about using DBT’s core mindfulness skills for surviving hell and returning from it.2018-02-161h 00