Lydia Kasmoch Sarah Swafford

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Healing with Purpose#25: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential with Lily WoiIn today's episode Lydia + Sarah are joined by Lily Woi, a coach and trainer, who has helped leaders to re-evaluate, redesign, and realign their leadership strategy to help them advance their success. In a changing workforce, Lily discusses the importance of becoming intentional and purposeful in unleashing your potential as a leader. Find Lily on LinkedIn Book with Lily here Follow us on IG @healingwithpurposepod We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us yo...2022-10-1747 min

Healing with Purpose#24: Pregnancy + Infant Loss with Sarah SwaffordOctober is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month and on today’s show our very own Sarah Swafford shares about her experience working with families who have lost a child from conception up to 30 days after birth. Sarah offers our listeners helpful and unhelpful things to say to those who have suffered a loss and ways to check in and support them. Follow us on IG @healingwithpurposepod We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at he...2022-10-0335 min

Healing with Purpose#23: Anxiety, anger, and chronic pain with Dr. Alan WeisserIn today's episode Sarah + Lydia talk with Dr. Alan Weisser about ways to understand the meaning behind our emotions. By discovering the meaning we have attached to our experiences, Dr. Weisser discusses the transitions he has helped others make from disability or dysfunction to empowerment and motivation. Find Dr. Weisser here Follow us on IG @healingwithpurposepod We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at healingwithpurposepodcast@gmail.com **And remember, the i...2022-09-2058 min

Healing with Purpose#22: The Hidden Gifts of Adversity: Loving life after loss with Marie AlessiIn today’s episode Sarah + Lydia discuss grief and “loving life after loss” with Marie Alessi. Marie shares with us the myths in grief, her decisions and choices in responding to her loss, and the way in which to view adversity as an opportunity for growth and healing. If you are interested in talking with Marie or interested in learning more about her movement click on the links below. Marie's Website Facebook Group Follow us on IG @healingwithpurposepod We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have...2022-08-2953 min

Healing with Purpose#21: Calming your nervous system using EFT/tapping with Lauren FonvielleIn today's episode Sarah + Lydia talk with EFT/Tapping practitioner, Lauren Fonvielle. Lauren shares the benefits of tapping, how to do it and guides us through an example of a tapping meditation to calm the mind, and body. If you’re interested in learning more about tapping or scheduling a session with Lauren, click on the links below: IG: @laurenic0le FB:@LaurenFonvielle YouTube: Lauren Fonvielle MindShiftWithLauren.com Lauren's Masterclass 5 Day Mindset Reset Follow us on IG @healingwithpurposepod We'd love to hear your feedba...2022-08-1553 min

Healing with Purpose#20: Attuning to the rhythms and cycles of lifeIn today's episode Sarah + Lydia engage in a personal and relatable talk about the cycles and rhythms of life. In a time where the pandemic has affected every one of our lives drastically for the last two years, they reflect on why it feels so exciting and yet so scary to leave this part of our life behind and adjust to, yet another, new normal. They discuss why fear of change keeps us stuck, adopting new habits, ways to visualize our needs, and how to reframe your narrative. Check out: Sonja Renee Taylor Follow us...2022-03-2936 min

Healing with Purpose#19: Connecting with our Ancestors through plants with Anamist Folk Herbalist Kara Wood of Cimaruta RemediesEpisode #19 Overview: Ancestral healing and the importance of feeling connected to your ancestors. How Kara began her journey in ancestral healing by means of herbalism in order to connect to her ancestors heritage. Kara shares how ancestral plants, food and music are gentle and powerful ways to start our work with trauma, healing, and communication. How we can honor our ancestors through different elements. Plants to support our nervous systems during this time of collective anxiety due to global events. Guest Bio: Kara Wood www.cimarutaremedies.com Follow Kara on IG: @Cimarutaremedies Kar...2022-03-1456 min

Healing with Purpose#18: Being Antiracist: Where to begin and how to talk to our children about it with Viridiana RubioEpisode Overview: Sarah + Lydia are joined by their friend and colleague, Viridiana Rubio, in an open and honest discussion about anti-racism work. They talk about how their experiences, personally and in the workplace, along with research, education and awareness building has helped them to understand the importance of having conversations about race and differences with children. Discussing these difficult but necessary topics will help the children in our lives to better navigate their curiosity and develop positive connections to our collective diversity. We can each do our part in anti-racism work and help to create social change. ...2022-03-0157 min

Healing with Purpose#17: Encanto: A deep dive into the cycles of familia MadrigalEpisode Summary: Sarah + Lydia discuss ancestral trauma and how it is represented in the relatable, emotional, and heart-warming Disney movie Encanto. They break down and explore the main themes and characters in the movie to help us to understand ourselves and our family dynamics so that we can do our part in healing generational trauma. They will also discuss how the burden of ancestral trauma is passed down through many generations and isn’t created by one of us alone. Exploring the role each of us has in building awareness of the patterns, and actively working to reroute ou...2022-02-1449 min

Healing with Purpose#16: Connecting with your Sensory Self with Kelly Martin of Playroom LubbockOn this week's show, Sarah + Lydia are joined by their friend and colleague Kelly Martin, LPC-S, Registered Play Therapist of Playroom Lubbock. Kelly shares about the 8 sensory systems, how they present in our bodies, and ways to cope with under/over active sensory systems. In the episode, Kelly mentions a quiz to determine if you might be a Highly Sensitive Person and you can find that here. Kelly Martin is a counselor, play therapist, college professor, and mother of 2 sons. She works with children and parents at her private practice in Lubbock, TX. She fulf...2022-01-2748 min

Healing with Purpose#15: Sarah + Lydia share their biggest lessons in 2021!In the final episode of 2021 Sarah + Lydia share their biggest lessons in 2021 and it get's real deep! This year was yet another strange collection of days and months with many twists and turns and hidden lessons. Listen along as we get vulnerable and share how this year has impacted each of us. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindfulwellness.ep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to...2021-12-2848 min

Healing with Purpose#14: Why asking for help is so hardIn today's show Lydia + Sarah talk about asking for help and why it's so d*mn hard sometimes! We polled our IG community recently and share the most common reasons why people don't ask for help. And we bet you'll identify with some of these too! Come along with us on this journey to understand what keeps us from reaching out to those around us and how to start practicing the act of receiving love more in our daily lives. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swaf...2021-12-2236 min

Healing with Purpose#13: 6 tips to thrive during the holidaysWe know what you're thinking ... the holidays are a lot!!! There's gatherings, gifts, food, more food, more gatherings, and more presents to wrap. It's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of it all. So today, Lydia + Sarah offer you 6 tips to THRIVE during the holidays. We've got this! Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover...2021-11-2428 min

Healing with Purpose#12: Boundaries: Holiday EditionIt's almost that time of year - the holidays! In today's show Lydia + Sarah talk through the areas we most need boundaries during the holidays. Join us for a beautiful show to help us all live our best holiday lives with those we love. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindfulwellness.ep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your idea...2021-11-1642 min

Healing with Purpose#11: Expectations Vs. RealityIn today's show Lydia + Sarah explore expectations versus reality. Often life does not turn out how we plan it and that can lead to confusion, guilt + shame, and internalizing the reasons as to why we are not where we think we "should" be. Lydia + Sarah share stories from their own lived experiences as well as tools for how to cope when life doesn't go how we plan it. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindfulwellness.ep We'd love to hea...2021-11-0247 min

Healing with Purpose#10: Exploring Romantic PartnershipsIn today's show Lydia + Sarah explore harmony, disharmony and repair in romantic partnerships. Join us for real life examples, and insights in building strong foundations in a romantic relationship. And tools to help us repair our relationships when we are in a state of disharmony. Tools: The Sound Relationship House by Drs. John + Julie Gottman Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindfulwellness.ep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if y...2021-10-2044 min

Healing with Purpose#9: Learning to communicate assertivelyIn today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss the intersectionality of assertive communication, self-regulation and community. Join them for some tools, personal examples, and laughter in learning (and stumbling!) how to understand ourselves and our patterns of communication more deeply. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindfulwellness.ep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at healingwithpurposepodcast@gmail.com ...2021-09-2946 min

Healing with Purpose#8: Healing patterns of angerIn today's show Lydia + Sarah process anger: where is comes from, how we can understand it and ways to cope with it. Anger is one of the more prevalent and socially acceptable emotions in our society. It has been normalized as a way to express oneself because we see it in TV, movies, and often, the homes we grew up in. Healing patterns of anger involves our ability to regulate ourselves, co-regulate other in relationships, self-express in healthy ways, cope with the waves of anger and understand our own ancestral traumas. Join us for this important discussion! Foll...2021-08-1645 min

Healing with Purpose#7: Discovering our needsIn today's show Lydia + Sarah check-in about many of the things that are happening around us today; COVID-19, its impact on our mental health, Simone Biles, relational communication, and ways to meet our needs in these constantly changing times. Tune in for another great episode of Healing with Purpose! Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on...2021-08-0247 min

Healing with Purpose#6: Boundaries 101In today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss boundaries. Over the past 18 months setting boundaries has become more necessary with the presence of COVID19 and our ever-changing world. Listen in to hear Lydia + Sarah's tips for how to know you need a boundary, and how to set it. And if you want to learn more about boundaries we recommend this book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep We'd love to hear...2021-07-2343 min

Healing with Purpose#5: How to deal with your feelingsIn today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss ways we can cope to help us deal with our feelings. Anxiety, depression.. these are all part of our modern lives and we need tools to help us navigate the complex emotions we encounter. Lydia + Sarah share stories from their own lives and offer two new tools, relational resourcing and containment, to add to your toolbox. Follow us on IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a...2021-07-0645 min

Healing with Purpose#4: Understanding Negative Thinking PatternsIn today's show Lydia + Sarah explore automatic negative thoughts, and mindfulness-based tools you can use to cope and reframe them. They offer personal experiences to demonstrate how cognitive distortions show up in our lives and practical ways to work through them. EPISODE TOOL: Cognitive distortions list Working through a negative thought: Identify the trigger (situation): Identify the automatic negative thought (ANT): Identify the thinking trap (from the cognitive distortions list): How strongly do I believe this ANT from 1-100? Where’s the proof this is real/happening? With this proo...2021-06-2146 min

Healing with Purpose#3: Guilt + ShameIn today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss shame and guilt. They offer personal stories of how shame and guilt have presented themselves in their own lives and some helpful reflections to get to the root of negative thinking patterns and habits. Next episode will be a follow up to today's and will cover negative thinking patterns. Hang onto your journal reflections because we will use those next episode!! Episode Tool: Journal exploration for Guilt: Guilt may sound like____ Guilt may look like ____ Guilt may feel like ____ **Notice in your life what comes up in each...2021-05-3146 min

Healing with Purpose#2: Being in relationship with othersIn today's show Lydia + Sarah discuss love and belonging and boundaries and how those fit into being in relationship with others. They share real life examples and offer some great tools towards the end of the show to help you assess where you are in the relationships in your life. Episode Tool: Grab a sheet of paper and turn it landscape. Create 5 columns with a header for each column: Column 1: True believers: these people make up your fan club and celebrate your successes with you. Column 2: Confidants: these peop...2021-05-1733 min

Healing with Purpose#1: Being in relationship with yourselfIn today's show Lydia + Sarah share the story of how this podcast came to be, discuss the COVID19 pandemic and its impact on us, and share thoughts and ideas about how to be in relationship with yourself. Here are some of the tools and journal prompt we discuss in the show: Journal/Reflection Questions: How am I talking to myself? How do I show myself love? How do I prioritize my needs? Where do I need boundaries in my life + relationships? Tools: If your self-talk is negative, stop yourself and act as if you ar...2021-04-2037 min