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Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 137: Guided Meditation: A Meditation for the Holiday SeasonThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
This is a short meditation for the holiday season. Hopefully it can be a quiet moment away for you during this season, however it lands for you.
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Or check out monicadicristina.com for resources, articles...2024-12-1811 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 134 - Guided Meditation: Making a Home InternallyThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
In a world that is loud, busy, chaotic, and hurting, it can feel difficult to create a moment of space to breathe. It can also be hard to feel grounded and at home in your body with so much stress surrounding you. This is a meditation I have done in session with clients. I hope it is a calming exhale for your day.
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This short meditation can be used to prepare for something that worries or scares you. It can be used to make space for worrying about someone you love. It is also just for the fear of the everyday. Many carry a lot of fear every day, and this short meditation is a chance to process, make space, and find comfort.
...2024-06-2612 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 126 - Conversation With Dr. Terence Lester and Zion Lester: Learning to SeeI am so honored to have Dr. Terence Lester and Zion Lester on the Still Becoming podcast. They recently co-wrote a beautiful and powerful children's book: š”šŖš°šÆ šš¦š¢š³šÆš“ šµš° šš¦š¦.ā£ā£In this wonderful, moving and fun, conversation between co-authors, and also father and daughter, we talk about how š¦š·š¦š³šŗš°šÆš¦'š“ š“šµš°š³šŗ š“š©š°š¶šš„ š®š¢šµšµš¦š³ šµš° š¶š“ š£š¦š¤š¢š¶š“š¦ šŖšµ š®š¢šµšµš¦š³š“ šµš° šš°š„. We talk about combating apathy and the power of moving with compassion and kindness to everyone. ā£ā£Zion and Dr. Lester describe the fun of writing this book together, and also the message. And as a parent, child, reader, and listener you will be compelled to continue seeing other people, growing in your own compassion and action for other people, and learning to live a lifestyle of service. As a bonus, you will also walk away inspired as a parent by spending time with Dr. Lester and Zion, and getti...2024-05-1525 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 125 - Guided Meditation: Creating a Moment of SpaceThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
In a world that is loud, busy, chaotic, and hurting, it can feel difficult to create a moment of space to breathe. In your own world there may be a lot of noise, pressure, obligations, and worry too. This short meditation is a moment for all of us to create space and be present. Just for this moment: Nothing else is required of you.
2024-04-3013 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 123 - Re-Release: Creating A Moment of Emotional SafetyThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
This meditation makes space for us to create a moment of emotional safety. It is a moment away from the world to exhale, learn a little about emotional safety, and most importantly practice it in order to lay the groundwork of having a safe space within ourselves to return to.
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2023-11-0118 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 120: Conversation with Kayla Craig - Every Season SacredThe Still Becoming Podcast is back! And I can't imagine a better guest to kick this return and season off with! I am so excited to have author Kayla Craig back on the podcast! You might know Kayla already from her beautiful book To Light Their Way, and as the creator of Liturgies for Parents Instagram account. Kayla has a new book out today: Every Season Sacred. It is SO good.
There are so many reasons I love Kayla's work, but here are a few: Kayla meets us in the mess of our real ordinary lives, and shows us the...2023-09-1938 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 118 - Conversation With Marcie Alvis Walker: Everybody Come AliveI am so excited and honored to have author Marcie Alvis Walker on the Still Becoming Podcast. Marcie is the creator of Black Coffee with White Friends, as well as the newsletter Black Eyed Stories. We discuss her new book Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays. I have been a fan and an avid reader of Marcie's work for years now, and I always want to know what Marcie thinks or has to write about everything. Her writing is so layered, complex, honest, beautiful, powerful, and it will change you. I know it has changed me. Her book is...2023-05-3039 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 116 - Conversation with Molly LaCroix: Curiosity and Compassion for All the Parts of UsI am so excited to have therapist, author, and speaker Molly LaCroix on the Still Becoming Podcast. Molly was one of my very first Instagram therapist friends I made when I started sharing my work publicly, and I have always had admiration for both her presence and her clinical expertise. Molly brings great wisdom and nuance to our conversation about understanding the different parts of ourselves through the lens of Internal Family Systems. I appreciate so much the way Molly talks about things, including the integration of a faith perspective and psychological theory. I hope you leave this conversation the...2023-05-0233 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 114 - Guided Meditation: A Short Meditation for When Things SuckThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
I wasn't allowed to use the word "sucks" when I was a kid, but I did anyway apparently - and I will always remember when my grandmother used it to sum up a hard time to me in her own life. This meditation is for when things suck or are just hard. This may be the everyday grind, or even bigger and deeper - a day, week, month, or season of...2023-03-1416 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 112 - Guided Meditation: A Note to SelfThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
This meditation makes space for us to to remind ourselves of some simple loving truths. I think of this like a "note to self." We won't cover it all, but we will also make space for you to add your own personal notes to yourself. Valentine's day can be a strange holiday sometimes, even a sad one, and I thought it could be nice to create a love note to yourself...2023-02-1413 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 110 - Guided Mediation: Creating a Moment of Emotional SafetyThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming music.
This meditation makes space for us to create a moment of emotional safety. It is a moment away from the world to exhale, learn a little about emotional safety, and most importantly practice it in order to lay the groundwork of having a safe space within ourselves to return to.
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For more Still Becoming, follow Monica...2022-11-1618 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 91 - Conversation with Patricia Taylor: The Heart and Cost of the WorkI am so excited and so honored to have Patricia Taylor on the Still Becoming podcast. Patricia is a wife, mom, friend, Anti-Racism Educator, Director of Programs for Be the Bridge and cohost of Upside Down Podcast.Ā And she is a total delight and so incredibly wise, powerful, and insightful. In this vulnerable conversation Patricia lets us into how she came to do the important work she is doing in the world, and the heart that drives all the work she does. We also spend time talking about the cost of the work, the relationships lost, the grief and the p...2021-11-0239 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEp 90 - Mental Health Check-In: Emotional Intelligence, Compassion, and Empathy in Ourselves and Our KidsEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
In this episode, I am sharing a longer teaching that I gave to a school about Emotional Intelligence, Compassion, and Empathy - and specifically how we develop this in ourselves as adults, and then how we help our children with this too. In this...2021-10-1948 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 89 - Conversation with Kayla Craig: To Light Their WayI am so excited to have author Kayla Craig on the Still Becoming Podcast to talk about her new book: To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers and Liturgies for Parents. In this layered conversation we talk about the realities involved in parenting, the pressures and the needs we have. And we discuss the ways that prayer can be used as an exhale, as a comfort, even an anchor - rather than another thing on your to-do list. This conversation is real, authentic, and inviting - and I think that is a beautiful way to talk about prayer. I...2021-09-2837 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 88 - Mental Health Check-In: Breaking Down the Constructs of "too late" and "too old"Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
In this episode, we are unpacking the social constructs around age and size of impact. Maybe you are wanting to do something new - something from setting a new boundary to even going back to school. Whatever it is, I hope this episode will...2021-09-1422 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEp 87 - Mental Health Check-In: Therapist Thoughts on DeconstructingEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
I am so excited to have another listener request episode. The request was for deconstructing faith, what a great topic. I have decided to approach this episode from my lens, education, and experience as a therapist. I think it is the most authentic thin...2021-09-0728 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 86 - Meditative Story Episode: Allowing for All the Complexities in FaithEach month, the Still Becoming podcast brings you a Meditative Story episode. They are short essays, put to music meditative music, and a chance to pause and reflect on your own journey through story. It is like a therapeutic adult story time.
It has been a little while since we have had a meditative story episode. This episode tells a story to paint the possibility of holding together what may be perceived as contrasts as a beautiful, multifaceted whole instead. We are often taught to oversimplify things, especially when it comes to a faith practice. But, none of us, nor...2021-08-3115 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 85 - Guided Meditation: Your Inherent WorthThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic. They are short and combined with very calming beautiful music.
This is our first guided meditation based on a listener idea and question. I recently asked online what some topics are that you would like to hear more about and this response (my paraphrase) - understanding our worth, what does it really mean to be beloved? is one I think all of us have felt, or may even be feeling right now. It is easier often to see worth in...2021-08-2517 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 84 - Mental Health Check-In: If You're Feeling Burned Out...Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
This month we are talking about the concept of "burnout." This is an official diagnosis often used in reference to the workplace. Sometimes it is used in reference to parenting too. Regardless, the concept and symptoms can be very helpful for all of us t...2021-08-2021 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 83 - Guided Meditation: Accessing StillnessThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic.
This is a short meditation about accessing stillness. We may all agree that stillness is good for us, but in reality it can be really hard for some of us to find. In this short meditation we will go through the obstacles that may be keeping us from finding stillness, and practice handing those over for just a moment. And then we will practice feeling still like water - it isn't solid, it is moveable. This is a calming, grounding...2021-07-1612 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 82 - Conversation With Lea Lester: The Journey to Stop Playing SmallI am so excited and grateful to have therapist, speaker, and facilitator Lea Lester on the Still Becoming podcast. This episode feels like a therapeutic journey to unpacking, understanding, and grappling with no longer playing small. Lea's incredible wisdom, and combination or both personal and professional insights will leave you feeling braver and inspired to begin, or continue, your own journey to stop playing small. Lea defines confidence for us in a way you may have never heard before. And Lea shares with us some of the sacred grief she has walked through that played an important role in her...2021-07-0935 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 81 - Mental Health Check-In Episode: The Myth of BalanceEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
This month we are talking about the myth of balance, and how much shame an unrealistic idea of balance can produce in our lives. In this short episode we will identify why this myth isn't helpful, and how to think about ordering our live...2021-07-0218 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 80 - Conversation With Tasha Hunter: Healing Trauma, Telling Your Story, and Finding Safe PeopleI am so excited and honored to have therapist and author Tasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW on the Still Becoming podcast. This episode in itself has the potential to be a very healing experience for some listeners. Tasha embodies the kind of safety she describes in this conversation. And her description of finding, and becoming safe people for one another is incredibly impactful, and a description you may have never heard before. Tasha also describes for us the power of telling your story in healing from trauma, specifically how in the telling you are validating your own experience. We discuss forgiveness...2021-06-2544 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 79 - Guided Meditation: You Are Who You're Supposed To Be (And it is good)In this short guided meditation, we will walk through a short imagined picture, leading us to the discovery of being curious (without judgement!) of who we are made to be. This is similar to the other Still Becoming meditations in many ways, but differs in that it pulls on your imagination too. It is meant to be peaceful, grounding, and affirming of your worth.
For more Still Becoming, follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.2021-06-1812 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 79 - Guided Meditation: You Are Who You're Supposed To Be (And it is good)In this short guided meditation, we will walk through a short imagined picture of a field and a path, leading us to the discovery of being curious (without judgement!) of who we are made to be.
This is similar to the other Still Becoming meditations in many ways, but differs in that it pulls on your imagination too.
It is meant to be peaceful, grounding, and affirming of your worth.
For more Still Becoming, follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.2021-06-181h 04Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 78 - Conversation with J.S. Park: Holding Space For One AnotherI am so honored and excited to have chaplain and author J.S. Park on the Still Becoming Podcast. I admire J.S., and his work in the world, very much. In this powerful and multi-layered conversation we talk about common humanity, seeing one another up close, holding space, believing the stories people tell about their own experience, and the different ways trauma and racial trauma can impact lives. We also discuss the impact of Covid on real lives (not numbers), and the increased violence against Asian American Pacific Islanders. J.S says in this episode, when you hear someone's...2021-06-111h 04Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 77 -Guided Meditation: Learning to Try AgainThese short guided meditations are ones I wish existed. They are topical, easy to follow, and made to feel therapeutic.
This is a short meditation all about "trying again." When we are kids, we have no choice but to try again as we learn new things. But the older we get, the more difficult this can feel. This is a short moment to accept yourself fully as you are, and to remember that trying again is never a sign of failure - it is a sign of life. You have permission to try again.
For more Still Becoming, follow Monica...2021-05-2111 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 76 - Conversation With Terence Lester: We Are All InterconnectedI am so honored and excited to have author, activist, speaker, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, Terence Lester on the Still Becoming Podcast. Terence shares so much wisdom, insight, and frames seeing and helping each other in a way that empowers each of us to find where we are a piece of the whole. We discuss the dignity of each person, and the Dignity Museum - the first museum highlighting the stories and narratives of those experiencing homelessness. We also discuss Love Beyond Walls, the interconnectedness of each of us, the power of seeing people up close, and the...2021-05-1435 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 75 - Mental Health Check-In: Boundaries 101 - Answering Common QuestioinsEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
ā£This month I have put together what I like to think of a the "Greatest Hits of Boundaries," or the "Cliff Notes" of boundaries. These are very cheesy names for some of the most important things I would want you to know about bounda...2021-05-1122 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 75 - Mental Health Check-In: Boundaries 101 - Answering Common QuestionsEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
ā£This month I have put together what I like to think of a the "Greatest Hits of Boundaries," or the "Cliff Notes" of boundaries. These are very cheesy names for some of the most important things I would want you to know about bounda...2021-05-0722 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 74 - Conversation With Tiffany Rogers: Changing Course and Aligning With Your PurposeI am so honored and excited to have therapist and writer Tiffany Rogers back on the Still Becoming Podcast. In this powerful episode Tiffany shares with us part of her journey out of a corporate America career to becoming a therapist. Tiffany redefines for us what the word "successful" can even mean. This episode is like an anti-5 step plan - this is a deep, heart-centered approach. Tiffany describes for us, and lets us into some of the process, and the deep healing work that can come, with throwing off old narratives and coming more into alignment the truth of...2021-04-3037 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 73 - Meditative Story Episode: Walking Through Gardens and MemoriesEach month, the Still Becoming podcast brings you a Meditative Story episode. They are short, meditative, put to music, and a chance to pause and reflect on your own journey through story. It is like a therapeutic adult story time.
This month memories, versions of ourselves, people we were, and people and moments we've lost. Through the heaviness of this past year, I find many of us are even more reflective. Join my (host Monica DiCristina) own processing of feeling present grief, past grief, joy and the question of "did I appreciate it enough?" as I walk around some gardens...2021-04-2315 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 71 - Guided Meditation: The Ease and Freedom of the Word "And"This is a short meditation all about the word "And."
"And" is one of my favorite words because in this simple word we can find an unexpected cure to many of the contradictions we fear it is not ok to be, feel, think or believe. Many of us were taught an "either or" kind of thinking, and the word "and" blows right through that - creating both permission and space.
I hope this short meditation brings your freedom and ease for whatever bookends your "and."
For more Still Becoming, follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.2021-04-0912 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 70 - Conversation with Laura Tremaine: The Power in "Sharing Your Stuff" with Friends and in TherapyI enjoyed every part of this conversation with Laura Tremaine. Laura's new book Share Your Stuff, I'll Go First was the foundation for this helpful conversation. In her book Laura invites all of us in to process and share our own stories by first sharing her own. I loved this book, and I loved this conversation. It is a rare gift when someone shares about their life in a way that invites you in to do the same. Laura's honesty is just like a key that makes you want to unlock and share your own story - whether that is...2021-04-0243 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 68 - Conversation With Sarah Bragg: "Just Because You're Afraid, Doesn't Mean You're Not Supposed to Do It"It was so fun to interview podcast host Sarah Bragg. She so generously walked us through our technical difficulties for this episode, and made time to share all of her podcast knowledge with me. And that is just the way she shows up in the world. Sarah is disarming in her kindness. In this episode we discuss some of the roadblocks to taking the next step in your life - whether that is a dream, calling, going back to school, or asking for a promotion. We discuss in particular roadblocks women may run into, and roadblocks mothers may run into...2021-03-2634 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 67 - Mental Health Check-In: Why Your Inner Critic is WrongEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£ā£
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ā£This week we are talking your "inner critic," and why that inner critic is wrong. This is a big topic, and there are many different ways to slice this topic - but in this episode I try to break it down into an accessib...2021-03-1920 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 66 - Guided Mediation: Validate Where You AreThis is a short meditation all about validation. I think trying to be good - performing and earning your worth - are the opposite of validation. Love begins by seeing you where you are and naming it.ā£
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In this short meditation we will listen to a poem by Mary Oliver, and walk through putting down things that keep us from validating ourselves...and then naming and making room for how we feel.ā£
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For more Still Becomi...2021-03-1213 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 63 - Mental Health Check-In: Motherhood and the PandemicEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£
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This week we are talking about Motherhood and the Pandemic. Maybe like you, I was sent the recent NYT series on motherhood during them pandemic that came out this week by so many people. This clearly hit a nerve - an underserved nerve that...2021-02-1223 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 62 - Conversation with Rachel Macy Stafford: Connecting With Yourself & Guiding Your Childrenā£ā£I am so excited to share this conversation with Rachel Macy Stafford. This is something every parent, and every adult, will be relieved and encouraged to hear. Rachel's writing, and her wisdom is this episode, are so validating, accessible, and empowering. And I cannot think of a time when we might need it more. We discuss the three roles for parents she describes in her latest book Live Love Now: Truth-teller, Encourager, and Guide. We touch on each one, and in particular the Guide. Throughout this episode, Rachel shares her own wisdom through story and vulnerability. You will leave wanting to c...2021-02-0547 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 61 - Conversation with Q. Gibson: Becoming Through WritingI am so honored to have Q. Gibson on as the first guest after a long break, and the first guest of 2021.ā£
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In this episode we discuss the power of writing in reconnecting to yourself, healing work, and becoming. Q. shares some of her own journey with writing, while also inviting all of us to the practice of writing. The way Q. describe...2021-01-2938 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 60 - Mental Health Check - In: Understanding the Pandemic and Our Mental HealthEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£
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This week we are talking about how the pandemic could impact mental health. This episode is longer than usual because there was a lot of material to cover. This episode will define some terms, explain how this could be affecting all of us, a li...2021-01-2242 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 59 - Meditative Story: Returning to What You ForgotEach month, the Still Becoming podcast brings you a Meditative Story episode. They are short, meditative, put to music, and a chance to pause and reflect on your own journey through story. It is like a therapeutic adult story time.
This month we are talking about how we find hope when we are overwhelmed and worried. It is often not by solving the worry, but by changing our posture. And we change our posture sometimes by remembering something that anchors and ground us in hope and trust.
For more, follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.2021-01-1513 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 58 - Guided Meditation: A Short Meditation for the Weary of WaitingThis is a short meditation for weary with waiting.
If you are weary of waiting, this short meditation is for you. We will make space for the hard parts, the places you have been hard on yourself, the humanness of it all, and finally some hope.
To find Still Becoming on Instagram, follow Monica at @monicadicristina.2020-12-1812 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 57 - Guided Meditation: A Short Meditation for the OverwhelmedThis is a short meditation for the overwhelmed.
If you are feeling overwhelmed right now by everything happening in the world, and in your world, this is for you. This short meditation is meant to be a pause in your day to breathe and move through the overwhelm. There is great benefit in taking a few moments to breathe. There are four parts to this meditation, and you will walk through each part as you hopefully experience an exhale and a moment to rest.
To find Still Becoming on Instagram, follow Monica at @monicadicristina.2020-12-1109 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 56 - Story Episode: On Bridges and In Tunnels - Keep GoingEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a meditative story. These episodes are short, calming, and combine music with story. Though the story is personal to me or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.ā£ā£ It is like adult story time!ā£ā£
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This month we are talking about what feels like a never ending pandemic. Maybe you feel heavy and weighed down. Maybe you feel like you are stuck on a bridge you didn't plan for. We will meditatively reflect on driving over bridges and in tun...2020-12-0415 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 55 - Mental Health Check-In: Loving Yourself as You Love Others, Holiday EditionEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£
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This week we are talking about loving ourselves in order to love others, especially as we head into the holidays. We are all able to love others well when we are loving ourselves well. We are talking about seeing and affirming ourselves, not livi...2020-11-2018 min
Still Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 6 - God is Not Afraid Even When You AreOne of my daughters pointed out that her favorite part of the "A Few Things About God" Episode (Ep 4) was the idea that God is not afraid even when you are. So I thought an episode on that comforting idea alone would be a good idea. We talk about that in this episode, and the idea that God is Love.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-11-1308 minStill Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 5- Coronavirus is the WorstIn this episode we talk about how hard the Coronavirus has been for so many of us, and how important it is to name your feelings and talk about them with a grown up. Naming your feelings won't make a problem go away, but it sure does help you to feel less overwhelmed by your feelings.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-11-1309 minStill Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 8 - It's Ok to Change Your MindIn this episode we talk about how it is ok - and even an important part of growing up and becoming yourself - to change your mind. Sometimes changing your mind about anything from broccoli to trying a new sport can feel scary. We look at this topic through a little story and some short discussionFor more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-11-1309 minStill Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 10 - What if the Holidays are Different This Year?With the Coronavirus, this year the holidays might look different for many of us. In this episode we talk about how that might be hard and how it is helpful to talk about that. We also talk about traditions - how they are formed, and the potential fun of making new ones.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-11-1310 minStill Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 9 - Standing Up for OthersIn this episode we look at the idea of standing up for others, and how it is not ok to make fun of or say mean things about others. We also talk about what empathy is - how it guides our hearts to do the right thing. We talk about how to listen to your own heart, and do the right thing, even when others are not. For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-11-1310 minStill Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 7 - How Long Is This Going To Last? (Coronavirus)I asked my kids what they would like to hear about in an episode, and they said the question: How long will this last? - about the Coronavirus. Spoiler alert: I don't know, nobody does! But we talk about some helpful things to do when we want something to be over that can help us feel a little better right now.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-11-1310 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 54 - Mental Health Check-In: It's Not You, This is HardEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodes are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, and involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.ā£
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This week we are talking all about the context we are living through in the United States. Even without knowing your specific circumstances - what you are living through right now is incredibly overwhelming. When we forget context, we often turn on and sham...2020-10-3013 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 53- Meditative Story: Returning to the Essence of YouEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a meditative story. These episodes are short, calming, and combine music with story. Though the story is personal to me or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.ā£ā£ It is like adult story time!ā£ā£
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This month we are exploring the true essence of your identity. This truth is often lost - and needed most - when we are struggling. This episode takes a therapeutic technique of remembering who we are when we are our best, truest selves - a...2020-10-1617 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 52 - Mental Health Check-In: Sameness is Not ClosenessEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.
This month we are talking about the false belief that you need to be the same to be close in any kind of relationship. In a contentious election season, I thought it might be important to address this topic from a therapeutic perspective. Maybe you ha...2020-10-0913 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 51 - Interview with Dr. ChinwĆ© Williams: Leading our Children in Conversations About RacismI am so grateful to have Dr. ChinwĆ© Williams on the Still Becoming podcast this month. Through her expertise, wisdom, and warmth Dr. Williams guides us through the topics of racial trauma, vicarious trauma, and talking to our children about racism, empathy, protests, and more. These are not one size fits all conversations, and Dr. Williams specifically addresses how these conversations will look different in Black families and white families. Dr. Williams describes parents as leaders, and leaders as learners. This is an empowering frame for parents. She guides us in how to listen to our nervous system, and ground o...2020-09-251h 15Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 50 - Mental Health Check-In: What to Do When You Don't Know What to DoEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Mental Health Check-In episode. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 30 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.
This month we are talking about what to do when you don't know what to do. It would be predictable to give you a 5 step plan to "making your best decisions." But I know that therapy, and therefore a podcast by a therapist, is...2020-09-1814 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 49 - Meditative Story: The Power Of PresenceEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a meditative story. These episodes are short, calming, and combine music with story. Though the story is personal to me or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.ā£ā£ It is like adult story time!ā£
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This month we are talking about gratitude. This is a topic I often don't teach about because I have seen gratitude often misapplied, leaving many of us to feeling invalidated and shamed for not being "more grateful." So, I didn't want to talk about this to...2020-08-2120 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 46 - Meditative Story: Waiting for the SunEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with story. Though the story is personal to me or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.ā£ā£
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In this episode we talk about Kat's incredible new books, and all about the topic of adult friendship. We dive into so many topics, including loneliness and the important work necessary to cultivate connected friendships. Kat describes for us a term she created: "platonic longing," one I am sure will be helpful. We discuss deep conversations over superficial ones and the more accurate meanings under the overused word "awkward." We discuss conf...2020-07-241h 01Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 43 - Mental Health Check In: Grounding YourselfEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 30 minutes. The idea is to take a therapeutic topic or technique and expand it to help us in our everyday lives.
This month we are talking abut "grounding." Grounding is a therapeutic technique to help bring people who are overwhelmed by a though, emotion, or memory back to the present moment. I think many of us may feel overwhelmed these days. There is a lot going on...2020-07-1728 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 42 - Meditative Story: Choose Other, You Don't Have to Fit A BoxEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with story. Though the story is personal to me or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
Story: Choose Other, You Don't Have to Fit A Box
This month I am sharing a personal story and memory about how my dad would tell me and my brother to "choose other" if we didn't see a box that fit us. My hope is that as you listen...2020-07-1013 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 40 - Interview With Aundi Kolber: Learning to Try SofterI am so excited to have therapist and author Aundi Kolber on the Still Becoming podcast. Aundi recently wrote a book called Try Softer, and it's one of the the best books I've ever read. Aundi combines sound psychological research, practical exercises, and a faith perspective. In the book, and in this interview, we discuss Aundi's concept of trying softer. We focus in particular on what "little t versus big T" trauma is, how our upbringings affect us, how we might respond in certain patterns in relationships today, and how we can stop "white knuckling" it through our lives. In...2020-05-221h 08Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 39 - Check-In: Rewiring Unhealthy Relationship PatternsEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 30 minutes.
I asked a while back on Instagram what might be one topic you guys really want to hear about in these Check-In episodes, and the consistent response was an episode about healthy and unhealthy relationship patterns, and questions about rewiring after a difficult relationship or family dynamic. We are exploring boundaries, codependency, interdependence, and attachment styles. It is a rich episode. In the episode I me...2020-05-1528 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 38 - Meditative Story: Wisdom Begins in WonderEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with story. Though the story is personal to me or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
Story: Wisdom Begins in Wonder
"Wisdom begins in wonder" is a quote attributed to Socrates that has always stumped me. What does that even mean? Through an ordinary walk, that I was not happy about going on, I discovered something new about this idea. We will wonder together if...2020-05-0817 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 37 - Guided Meditation: Listening Without JudgementThis is a meditation all about learning to listen to our feelings without judgement. You may be having a lot of feelings lately, and we often judge what we hear or feel inside. In this episode, weāll listen to sounds in nature in order to practice listening without judgement. And then weāll make space for some feelings you might be having as well. This is part story, part experience, and all calming and soothing. It is something you can listen to alone, sitting, while walking, or even with your family if that applies.ā£ā£
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Patty and I spend some time talking about the way our breath...2020-04-241h 08Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 35 - Check-In: Naming What Is (Grief, Depression, Anger) During COVID-19Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes.
This Month: Naming What Is (Grief, Depression, Anger) During COVID-19
There is enormous health and help in naming what you are experiencing during this time. In this episode we discuss grief, depression, anger, trauma, comparative suffering and more. We will learn a little about each of these topics, the importance of naming them, and some grounding ideas.
To find St...2020-04-1724 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 34 - Story: Separating Pain From ShameEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with the story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
Story: Separating Pain From Shame
Whether on our own or on the bad advice of others, we often attach false meaning to hard situations and make them harder. This month, I'm sharing a story about discovering that a painful experience I had...2020-04-1017 min
Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 4 - A Few Things About GodThis episode is a kid friendly discussion about God. As a mom, Monica wrote a little book to make sure her kids knew some things she would always want them to know about God. This episode describes those attributes of God, and leaves room at the end for all listeners to add their own ideas.
For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.
And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-03-3113 min
Still Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 4 - A Few Things About GodThis episode is a kid friendly discussion about God. As a mom, Monica wrote a little book to make sure her kids knew some things she would always want them to know about God. This episode describes those attributes of God, and leaves room at the end for all listeners to add their own ideas.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-03-3113 min
Still Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 3 - Let's Talk About FriendshipFriendship is such an important topic for all of us. When we are kids we are learning what it means to be a good friend, and to have a good friend. It can be really helpful to define what good friendship includes, and what it doesn't. This episode talks all about friendship.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-03-3116 min
Still Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 2 - What To Do About Scary ThoughtsOn this episode we are talking about scary thoughts. We have all had them. And the cool thing is once you understand scary thoughts, they are well, less scary! This episode helps you understand how thoughts work and what to do when you have some that scare you.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-03-3110 min
Still Becoming Kids with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 1 - Coronavirus: What Do We Do When Hard Things Are Happening?There is a lot happening right now in our world. You are probably staying home from school. You might feel worried, or you might feel happy to have a break from school. Either way, this episode explores our feelings, what to do with them, and some helpful ideas during this unique time of COVID-19.For more Still Becoming follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina.And for parents, check out the original Still Becoming podcast where ever you listen to podcasts.2020-03-3112 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 33 - Guided Meditation: The Permission to UnplugThis is a meditation all about taking a few minutes to unplug in order to refresh and recharge.
Things are very overwhelming right now, and we are being inundated with information that is scary, worrisome, and heartbreaking. There are also many people trying to give us positive resources. We are also often scrolling through social media seeing how others are responding during this COVID-19 pandemic, and inevitably comparing ourselves at times. There are so many new decisions to make, and it is all happening very fast.
All of this can feel overwhelming. It is so...2020-03-2713 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 32 - Check-In: Simple Instructions If You're Feeling AfraidEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes.
This Month: Simple Instructions If You're Feeling Afraid
There is a lot happening in the world right now that can understandably cause us to feel fear. Feeling afraid is normal, and it is hard. This episode is written specifically to be a calming, helpful, pause during a scary time. There's a little teaching, a little self-compassion, and some practical take aways....2020-03-2022 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 31 - Story: Beauty In the OrdinaryEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with the story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
Story: Beauty In the Ordinary
This month I share my gratitude practice of finding what I like to think of as small still life paintings in the ordinary moments. In the little toys I find left behind when the house is quiet...2020-03-1313 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 30 - Interview with Sissy Goff: Raising Worry-Free GirlsI am so happy to have therapist Sissy Goff on the Still Becoming podcast. We talk about the rise of anxiety in girls, as well as how to understand this important topic and what to do if you are encountering it. Sissy is warm, relatable, and very knowledgeable. I trust you will enjoy this interview as much as I did.
Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP, spends most of her days counseling girls and their families alongside her assistant/pet therapist, Lucy the Havanese.
Sissy serves as the Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling for Daystar Counseling...2020-02-2847 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 29 - Check-In: Brain Basics (What's happening in there?)Each month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode between interviews. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes.
This Month: Brain Basics (What is Happening In There?)
Todayās episode is all about the brain. I have found that a simple understanding of the structure of our brain not only increases our self awareness, but also our self compassion. And the combination of awareness and compassion is fantastic soil for insight and change. Think of this episode like...2020-02-2121 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 28 - Story: Your Worth Doesn't Require An AudienceEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. These episodes are short, meditative, and combine music with the story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
This month I share how I missed the beauty, worth, and magnitude of a tree standing right in front of me for years. And I learned a very valuable lesson. Your worth, my worth, does not exist once there is an audience to take...2020-02-1413 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 27 - Interview With Justin McRoberts: "You are the Content," a Thoughtful and Creative Look at PrayerI am so happy to have Justin McRoberts on the Still Becoming podcast. We talk about prayer, creativity, mental health, and listening to your own experience and life, and so much more. Justin recently created a beautiful book with artist Scott Erickson entitled May It Be So: Forty Days With the Lord's Prayer. We dive into the hopes for this book as well as some of the powerful prayers it contains, which really read like poems and stories to me.
This interview is interesting, hopeful, and inclusive. I trust you will enjoy it as much as I...2020-01-311h 02Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 26 - Check-In: Recognizing Self-Limiting Beliefs About Your IdentityEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode between interviews. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health, emotional health, or personal growth, andĀ involve a short teaching and a few take aways in around 15 to 20 minutes.
This Month: Recognizing Self-Limiting Beliefs About Your Identity
This episode is all about self-limiting beliefs and how they affect every part of our lives, from how we see ourselves to how we relate to others. By recognizing these beliefsāand challenging themāwe can replace them with beliefs that are more loving, more kind, and more true.
To fin...2020-01-2418 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 25 - Story: You Are Not Too MuchEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
Maybe you have always felt like you were too much. It was a long road for me to get to understanding that the way I am wired is by design, and it is good. And frankly, I want the same for you.
This one is for you if you have ever felt that you...2020-01-1712 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 23 - Check-In: Inside Couples TherapyEach month, Still Becoming brings you a Check-In episode between interviews. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health,Ā involve a short teaching, and include a few take aways in around 15 minutes.
This Month: Inside Couples Therapy
As a practicing couples therapist, I find myself often educating clients on similar topics over and over. I have compiled some of these essential ideas around relationships, healthy attachment, and conflict styles in this check-in episode for you! These insights are also not limited to just couples, they can be applied to other relationships as well.
To find St...2019-12-1328 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 22 - Story: Step Into Your True StoryEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
This month's story is about learning to believe the true story about yourself, not the old narrative fueled by shame or inaccurate interpretations. Listen to the calming music mixed with story as host Monica DiCristina walks you through a moment when she stepped out of the old story into the new in an old church...2019-12-0610 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 21 - Interview: Kalpana Murthy: How Trauma Affects Us and How We Can HealTrauma is a topic I hear mentioned more and more in popular culture, as our society is becoming more aware of it. However, most of us donāt know what trauma is, how to know if weāve experienced it, or how to find hope and healing if we have.
I also hear people talking about EMDR (a type of therapy), but what is it? How does it work?
I am so excited to have Kalpana Murthy on the podcast to teach us about it. Sheās a therapist who specializes in treating trauma and using...2019-11-221h 17Still Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 20 - Check-In: Boundaries with Extended FamilyEach month, Still Becoming brings you a check-in episode between interviews. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health,Ā involve a short teaching, and include a few take aways in around 15 minutes.
This Month: Boundaries with Extended Family
Well-defined boundaries, realistic expectations, and owning the right to share or not share our own stories are all parts of this timely discussion on what it looks like to have boundaries with extended family during the holidays. If seeing extended family creates anxiety or concern for you, this check-in episode is made for you.
To find Still Be...2019-11-1518 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 19 - Story: Knowing You're Not the Only OneEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
This month's story is about knowing you are not the only one. Through a ridiculous relationship with a neighborhood mailbox, host Monica DiCristina learned over and over the idea of common humanity: you are not the only one. Knowing we are not the only one is an essential ingredient of self-compassion. The hope is that...2019-11-0109 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 18 - Interview with Meghan Klein Toups: Redefining Our Relationship With AnxietyAnxiety is such a common cause of suffering. Many of us have struggled with it, or know someone who has, and yet we often fail to understand it or how to cope with it.
Iām so excited to share this interview with you. Therapist Meghan Klein Toups specializes in anxiety, and she helps us understand and redefine our relationship with it. Meghan combines her knowledge and expertise with genuine warmth and care.
Compassion, holistic healing and higher consciousness are the tenets of Meghanās approach to facilitating healing and wellness. She is an integrative psyc...2019-10-2548 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 17 - Check-In: Why Black and White Thinking Just Doesn't WorkEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a check-in episode between interviews. These episodesĀ are focused on mental health,Ā involve a short teaching, and include a few take aways in around 15 minutes.
This Month: Why Black and White Thinking Just Doesn't Work
Black and whiteĀ thinking is often a sneaky cause of anxiety in our lives.Ā Listen as we explore what it is, how it effects us, and ideas for a new way of thinking.
To find Still Becoming on Instagram, follow Monica at @monicadicristina.2019-10-1818 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 16 - Story: Worth and WorkEach month, Still Becoming will bring you a story. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
This month's story is about our sense of self worth and our work. We have all likely struggled at some moment with getting our identity and what we do mixed up. This story walks you through some moments I wrestled through this on my Ā car ride home. Whatever you do in the world, whether you w...2019-10-1107 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 15 - Interview with Sarah Bessey: There's Room for You HereWhat do you do when what you are experiencing in your life doesn't line up with what you have always believed?
In this interview with author and speaker Sarah Bessey we discuss what to do when you are evolving, the messy long walk of healing, experiencing God when there is no tidy story, as well as her new incredibly moving book Miracles and Other Reasonable Things.
It is such a rich conversation full of the complexity of both/and thinking that Sarah walks us through.
Sarah Bessey is the author of the...2019-09-2758 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 14 - Check-In: Internal BoundariesEach month Still Becoming will bring you a Check-In Episode to listen to between interviews. These are mental health focused, involve a short teaching, and a few take aways in under 15 minutes.
This month's Check In: Internal Boundaries
Many of us are familiar with the idea of boundaries interpersonally, and how important they are for our mental health. This month we will build on that foundation with the idea of internal boundaries, meaning what you allow or don't allow to occupy space in your internal world, soul, and mind.
To find Still Becoming...2019-09-2013 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 13 - Story: We Contain MultitudesEach month, Still Becoming will bring a story to you. Though the story is personal to the host or someone else, the hope is that we can all have a moment to breathe, listen, and reflect on our own story as we listen.
This month's story is We Contain Multitudes: a story of Monica DiCristina's experience as the daughter of an immigrant to this country, and the questions that combining two cultures left her with. Let's allow our identity to be as complex as it needs to be in order to be the truth.
To...2019-09-1308 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 12 - Lesley Graham: Being Brave EverydayIn this episode I get to interview Lifestyle Blogger Lesley Graham. She is funny, accessible, and answers a lot of questions we all might wonder about putting ourselves out into the world.
This is such a fun conversation! Lesley feels like the friend we all love or wish we had. She combines relatability and inspiration seamlessly, which is not an easy thing to do.
Lesley believes in knowing your "why" for being brave, and reminds us that it is a choice we must keep making over and over. I like that, it's simple and takes...2019-08-2430 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 11 - Tina Roth Eisenberg: Ideas to ActionOn this episode I get to interview someone I admire, Tina Roth Eisenberg, about how it is she moves from creative spark to execution on an idea. I struggle with putting my ideas out into the world, and I know I am not the only one. If you are looking for the courage to become brave with your ideas, you won't want to miss this interview. Tina is warm, open, and generous with her insights and her story.
Tina Roth Eisenberg is a Swiss born, raised and trained graphic designer. In 1999 she came to NYC for a 3...2019-08-1530 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 10 - Burke Buster: Finding Purpose in LossLosing someone he loved to suicide changed the direction of Burke Busterās life.Ā
Now a licensed therapist, Burke shares how a tragedy in his family led him to his work today, helping prevent and alleviate the suffering of others as a therapist. He honors his uncle, who he lost to suicide, in his words and in the work he has done over the years. Suffering, including his own struggle with anxiety and depression, as well as the loss of his uncle, changed the course of Burke's life in many ways. Itās what gave him the energ...2019-07-0122 minStill Becoming with Monica DiCristinaEpisode 9 - Mazi Robinson: Finding Your True VoiceMazi is a licensed professional counselor and speaker specializing in helping women discover their true voices as they navigate self-worth/self-esteem challenges, relationship concerns, and life-stage transitions. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and has a Masterās degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University.Ā
Mazi is also the founder of Cultivate, which through its bi-monthly gatherings and counseling center helps women cultivate joy, courage, and freedom in the pursuit of emotional and spiritual health.
In this interview Mazi teaches us through her experience and her expertise that healing is often painful, and som...2019-06-1750 min