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SheSez with Linda GrassoCoping With Heightened Grief Over The Holidays w Therapist Melissa Brohner-SchneiderFeelings of loss can intensify over the holidays. Whether the loved one passed several years ago or more recently, we can feel melancholy and even stressed out at the prospect of putting on a face of "good cheer." Sometimes we feel like breaking down and crying, yet we feel guilty if we do; explore the pain or ignore the pain? Licensed therapist Melissa Brohner-Schneider expects that, for some of us, this year grief will expand to all the losses due to the pandemic: freedom, jobs, connection etc. Melissa analyzes those feelings and the resulting isolation that often occurs and...2020-12-0135 minSheSez with Linda GrassoLong Days, Short Tempers, Booze Galore: Covid Coping w Therapist Melissa Brohner-SchneiderAs we enter our second month of Covid-19 quarantine, many of us are grappling with family fatigue, sleeplessness, ill humor, a lack of focus/ motivation—and I'm just gonna say it: we're boozin' way more than normal. Therapist Melissa Brohner-Schneider discusses some of those feelings and behaviors (ok? not ok? normal? not normal?) as well as some of the more unusual ones that have cropped up for some of us like craving human connection but —for some odd reason—withdrawing when opportunities to interact with others arise. Zoom call? No thanks! Plus, what Melissa believes will be the most impact...2020-04-1434 minSheSez with Linda GrassoWhy We Need To Stop Portraying Perfection & Start Sharing Our FailuresA deep dive into the topic of failure—the shameful way it makes us feel and how it (or fear of it) can present a roadblock to achieving and living full, satisfying lives. Our guests are Melissa Brohner Schneider and Sara Singer Schiff, hosts of the podcast The Other F Word. The two share what they've learned from interviewing guests like Sharon Stone and Elizabeth Craft (Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast) and some innovative mindsets aimed at not letting failure define you. Plus, Melissa, a licensed therapist, offers her take on why it is critical to share our failures with...2019-06-1122 min
Superhero of Love PodcastEPISODE 45: The Other "F" Word Gives Every Superhero More PowerSara Singer Schiff, Melissa Brohner-Schneider and Morgan Simpson created a podcast that is about to up your powers, Superhero of Love. They talk every week about failure -- in all its myriad forms -- and ease us toward letting go of our shame around it, embracing its lessons and even adding several doses of humor into the failure mix. They are all hilarious, smart and mighty hearts. You will LOVE them!
In this episode Sara, Melissa and Morgan talk about the recent college admissions scandal, parenting, aging and even plastic surgery in a way that makes you alm...2019-03-2138 min