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Kindred Tree’ple PodcastParenting While Stressed: Inviting Easeful Connection for Caregivers and FamiliesAs we enter this month of transition from the school year to the summer break, we honor parents and caregivers of children of all ages; whether your school-aged children are in currently in daycare, summer camp, or home from college, this episode is for you! Pod-host Vanessa Durrant is both a mother and a licensed clinical therapist with over fifteen years of supporting children, parents, and families. She brings her expertise and empathic perspective on the things that get in the way of parents relating to our children, one another, and ourselves, and getting back to easeful connection. ...2024-06-2834 minKindred Tree’ple Podcast3 Ways To Practice Relational AttunementJoin us for a follow-up minisode all about relational attunement! If you haven't had an opportunity to listen to season 2, episode 5, go back and listen to our host and attachment therapist Vanessa Durrant, LCSW-C, share her wisdom about the importance of relational or emotional attunement. For this episode, Vanessa is sharing the "how-to" of relational attunement in a practical, 3-step process: Tuning Into Non-Verbal Communication Kindly Name What You Notice Offer Validation And Non-Judgemental Support Tune in to learn more about these steps and how to practice them in any of your own relationships with oth...2024-05-3010 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastThe Art of Relational AttunementGet nerdy with us for season 2, episode 5 of the Kindred Tree'ple Podcast! In this episode, pod-host and licensed clinical social worker Vanessa shares her expertise as an attachment based therapist to explain the art of relational attunement. Vanessa breaks down what relational attunement means, and how it enhances and deepens the human experience. She shares how relational attunement looks in nature to promote surviving and thriving in the animal kingdom, and then helps us to understand how this connection-building skill helps support humanity. Vanessa explains how and why attunement creates easeful connection between people from a neurobiological p...2024-05-0127 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastWhat Is True Strength? 2024 Tarot Card Of The YearJoin us for another episode this season, focused on relationships! Episode four is about examining our relationship to the collective through the lens of the archetypical nature of tarot theory. Vanessa talks with Kindred Tree therapist and tarot practitioner, Anna See-Jachowski, about the themes of the collective card of the year for 2024: Strength (8). Anna and Vanessa discuss the archetypal psychology of Strength, what this card is bringing up for all of us in 2024, and how individuals can engage with the themes of this card in order to be in better relationship to the collective on a global s...2024-04-0332 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastUnlocking You: How Myers-Briggs Personality Types Relate To Themselves And In RelationshipsHave you ever wondered how the Myers-Briggs Personality Types Indicator (MBTI) can support you into knowing more about yourself and how you may relate in relationships? Join our podhost, Vanessa Durrant, and Kindred Tree Healing Center therapist Daisy, as they take a deeper dive into the MBTI types and how this impacts relationships to self and others. As a certified MBTI practictioner, Daisy brings forward relavent knowledge on how we can utilize our MBTI types as our biggest strengths, and be aware of how they can be our biggest liabilities. Are you curious about the MBTI? Find out more inf...2024-03-2333 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastMeditation For Connection To Self: Queries For Supporting Your Well-BeingThis minisode features a guided meditation by our host, Vanessa Durrant. This meditation serves as a supportive companion to episode 1 of this new season; if you’re open to reflecting upon the feelings you’re experiencing as an individual in our collective world, this meditation will help guide you through your thoughts and feelings, by connecting you to self-reflection queries for total mind, body, soul awareness. 2024-03-0611 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastInterdependence: Relationships & Humanity As Our Only Saving GraceSeason 2, episode 1 is here! Join us this season as we discuss all things relationships! Love is complicated, beautiful, and integral to our lives and wellbeing. This week, podcast host, Vanessa Durrant, touches on how critical it is to be in relationships with others, but also with ourselves, and with the collective world. Her expertise as a licensed clinical social worker, trainer and consultant, in conjunction with her lived experiences inform Vanessa’s wisdom about the importance of interdependence. Vanessa speaks to interdependence and humanity’s survival being intertwined, and how each of us carry some mutual responsibility for one anot...2024-02-1328 min
ADHDAFThe ADHD AF Twixmas SpecialIf you've just discovered this podcast, this isn't the usual run of things... this is an EXTRA SPECIAL Episode reflecting on the ADHD AF Christmas Tour & bringing some festive community feels at a time when even the neurotypicals don't know what day of the week it is!Created whilst festering like a sickly Tiny Tim having once again taken on a bit 'too much', I couldn't not say thank you to all of the MANY that made the RIDICULOUS ADHD Awareness Raising Live Show possible these last few weeks and spread some last minute Christmas cheesiness with...2023-12-2756 min
ADHDAFF***k Christmas! With Mrs AuDHDHelping me close Season 2 with a bang is Sam Brown of the ADHD Adults Podcast & charity ADHDadultuk, AKA Mrs ADHD!I wonder if Sam will change her name to Mrs AuDHD?I'm so grateful to The ADHD Adults for their support of ADHDAF & all of the amazing work Sam, her husband James & Alex do!Can't wait to see Sam at the Birmingham event & her & James at the London show & all of you coming to ALL XMAS EVENTS Sam shares insights into being both Autistic & ADHD,& a very different take on self love.This legendary lady gives Christmas the finger...2023-12-031h 11
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastCaminando & Meditando - UnaMeditación Que Puede Usar La Siguiente Ves Que Esté Caminando Afuera Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Enjoy these minisodes featuring practical resources for mental health management all brought to you in Spanish by pod-host Vanessa Durrant, and special guest Silvina Ecthegoyen, LMSW. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Disfrute de estos minisodios que presentan recursos prácticos para el manejo de la salud mental, todos presentados en español por la presentadora Vanessa Durrant y la invitada especial Silvina Etchegoyen, LMSW. En este episodio les enseñamos cómo combina...2023-10-1609 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastTécnica De Escaneo de Cuerpo Para Apoyar Nuestras Emociones Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Enjoy these minisodes featuring practical resources for mental health management all brought to you in Spanish by pod-host Vanessa Durrant, and special guest Silvina Ecthegoyen, LMSW. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Disfrute de estos minisodios que presentan recursos prácticos para el manejo de la salud mental, todos presentados en español por la presentadora Vanessa Durrant y la invitada especial Silvina Etchegoyen, LMSW. ¿Sabías que el cuerpo y la mente están conectados? Todos mantenemos estrés y trauma en nuestros cuerpos. En este episodio, Silvina enseña una técnica de escaneo corporal del...2023-10-1110 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastAfirmaciones Para Usar Con Tus Hijos Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Enjoy these minisodes featuring practical resources for mental health management all brought to you in Spanish by pod-host Vanessa Durrant, and special guest Silvina Ecthegoyen, LMSW. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Disfrute de estos minisodios que presentan recursos prácticos para el manejo de la salud mental, todos presentados en español por la presentadora Vanessa Durrant y la invitada especial Silvina Etchegoyen, LMSW. En este episodio, Vanessa educa sobre las afirmaciones. Las afirmaciones son una forma poderosa de aumentar el diálogo interno positivo. Estas poderosas frases también se pueden utilizar como formas de apoyar...2023-10-1108 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastTecnica 5-4-3-2-1 Para La AnsiedadHappy Hispanic Heritage Month! Enjoy these minisodes featuring practical resources for mental health management all brought to you in Spanish by pod-host Vanessa Durrant, and special guest Silvina Ecthegoyen, LMSW. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Disfrute de estos minisodios que presentan recursos prácticos para el manejo de la salud mental, todos presentados en español por la presentadora Vanessa Durrant y la invitada especial Silvina Etchegoyen, LMSW. En este episodio, hablamos sobre la técnica de 5-4-3-2-1. Después de un trauma o momento estresante, es normal experimentar recuerdos recurrentes, ansiedad y otros síntomas incómodos...2023-10-1107 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastCoping with Change: How to Be With Your Emotions During Planetary, Seasonal, and Life Transitions!Episode 20 is here to support all of us through the end of Mercury retrograde, seasonal shifts, and other big transitions! Our host and Vedic astrology scholar, Vanessa Durrant, guides us through her knowledge of the Vedic sciences to help us understand why we might feel life’s difficulties in a more intense way at this time. Vanessa shares her wisdom of how to truly be with the difficult emotions that can come up during times of struggle. She shares practical tips for coping with challenging emotions that can be easily added to your self-care routines. Both...2023-09-1230 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastBack To School Support For All!In this episode of the Kindred Tree’ple podcast, host and child development expert Vanessa discusses all the back to school SOS support you will need! She spends some time normalizing how challenging it is to start a new school year for children and parents alike. She discusses 3 important science backed strategies for supporting your children into an easeful back to school transition. If you’re a caregiver to a child, this episode is for you! Vanessa provides an empowering and insightful perspective on making sure children feel supported in the school environment and through any tough transitions. Whether your chil...2023-08-2338 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastAn Ayurvedic Approach to Holistic Living Welcome back for Episode 18 and another seasonal deep dive with our certified Ayurveda enthusiast and podcast host, Vanessa Durrant! This episode details specific ways in which we can all welcome a shift in elemental, holistic living. Vanessa offers her insights on the Pitta dosha, and practical advice around how we can make shifts in our daily living tasks to live rhythmically, rather than in opposition to this fiery summer season. From exercise and eating habits, to mindset shifts that support cooling, gentle, and healthy choices for your life- Vanessa shares it all! Fi...2023-07-2724 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastMoving Through Summer: Helping Children Cope with Big TransitionsGather ‘round, Tree’ple! We’re back with an episode for parents and caregivers as they help their children cope with the stress of big transitions that come with summer! Join our host, Vanessa Durrant, and co-host Anna See-Jachowski as they share an in-depth discussion of how children experience transitions from school to the summer routine of camps, vacations, lessons, and more free time. As an expert in child development and mental health, Vanessa lends her expertise as a licensed psychotherapist to share tips for improving the quality of life for children and caregivers as they mov...2023-07-1230 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastHonoring Our Latina Experiences: Celebrating Immigrant Heritage MonthPod-host Vanessa Durrant is joined by fellow psychotherapists and Latinas, Silvina Etchegoyen and Daisy Lopez-Duke. In this episode, they share their stories of immigration, reflecting on the impact this transition has made on their identities and life experiences! Vanessa, Silvina, and Daisy reflect on how their family systems have experienced challenges, have had to cultivate patience when met with a lack of awareness, and learned to weave deep love of their country of origin with their experience of living in North America. Learn more about Vanessa and the Kindred Tree Healing Center team at www.kindredtreehealing.com...2023-06-0843 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastSupporting the Highly Sensitive PersonLicensed psychotherapists Vanessa Durrant and Anna See-Jachowski lend their expertise to a topic that has been requested often by listeners: understanding the Highly Sensitive Person, or, HSP. They’re breaking down what it means to be on the sensitivity spectrum, and how we come to understand it as a basic, fixed human trait. This episode discusses the magic and challenges of being, parenting, and/or supporting a an HSP or a highly sensitive child (HSC). Vanessa and Anna speak to what the research is saying about the importance of navigating adversity and supporting the positive life experiences of...2023-05-2427 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastLiving and Parenting through our ‘Human-ness’, an interview with Brandon ChapmanThe Kindred Tree’ple Podcast is so excited to introduce a new person into our community of Tree’ple: Brandon Chapman, dreamer, business owner, and passionate parent! Tune into this episode to hear Brandon in conversation with pod-host and child development and mental health expert, Vanessa Durrant. Together Vanessa and Brandon discuss how to acknowledge and live in mindfulness of our “human-ness” with the people around us, while also fostering our own dreams and visions, and those of our children! They discuss everything from business-ownership to parenting, and what it means to show up in these roles as peopl...2023-05-1037 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastThe Source of ChaosHost Vanessa Durrant, LCSW-C, follows up on our last episode about Change by diving deeper into the source of Chaos! She offers beautiful intuitive insights regarding working with the chaos of our life as the catalyst for deeper healing. Vanessa invites listeners to reflect on how chaos impacts us, and makes some important distinctions between the chaotic ebb and flow we all experience, versus chronic chaos. She offers deep, thought-provoking distinctions about how chronic chaos differs in the lives of those who walk through life without systemic privileges. Vanessa guides us through specific critical questions we s...2023-04-1919 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastThe Paradox of Change and Healing: why Readiness matters!The paradox of change, and the process of healing are extremely similar. Join our Tree’ple Pod host, Vanessa Durrant, licensed therapist and clinical social worker, as she explores how these concepts work in tandem! Vanessa notes how, despite this being a great time of year to contemplate change and healing, society doesn’t necessarily support sustainability in these areas of growth. Vanessa provides expert guidance from her years as a therapist and healer as she guides listeners through the 5- stage Change Theory Model, and provides insights about how important accessibility and readiness is to our human...2023-04-0518 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastEase into Spring: an Ayurvedic Approach to the Season of RebirthJoin host Vanessa Durrant and co-host Anna See-Jachowski as they reflect on the challenges of Winter, and how to move forward with ease into Spring! These kindred tree’ple are keeping it real as they share what might be on everyone’s minds about Spring: what do I want to carry forward from Winter? What needs to be reborn? Vanessa shares her wisdom as an Ayurvedically minded therapist and herbal medicine practitioner to break down the energies of the Spring season, explore the philosophical themes present at this time of transition, and provide practical insights on how to in...2023-03-2228 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastCaregiver Mental Health: Reflecting on Healing for Those Who Care for the Next GenerationJoin us for a discussion on caregiver mental health and support this week on the Kindred Tree’ple Podcast! Host and licensed clinical social worker Vanessa Durrant will provide practical guidance for all caregivers on what areas of caregiver mental health need the most tending to. Her expertise as a therapist lends itself to providing listeners with four specific areas of caregiver mental health that need careful attention: quality of support, past trauma, pace of lifestyle, and access to resources. Vanessa illuminates the organic quality of community support caregivers have historically needed to fulfill those roles and thr...2023-03-0938 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastPrioritizing Children’s Mental Health: Working Together As a CollectiveThis episode features the expertise and wisdom of pod-host Vanessa Durrant! Vanessa is an expert in child development and attachment, and in mental health. Her experience as a licensed clinical social worker and clinical director of Kindred Tree Healing Center, not to mention her deep passion for supporting young people, makes her beyond qualified to share her knowledge on this topic with listeners! In this episode, Vanessa draws on the latest research on childhood mental health, as well as an intersectional perspective on life before and during the last several years of pandemic and social justice movements...2023-02-1747 minKindred Tree’ple PodcastTime as a Social Construct: A New YearNew Year, more Kindred Tree’ple Podcast episodes! In Episode 9, our host and KTHC practice owner, Vanessa Durrant, explores time as a social construct. Vanessa digs deep into how ancient civilizations evolved to measure time and how that impacts us today. With the month of January wrapping up, you may notice that your new year intentions may be fading in the background. Vanessa connects this new year energy to living seasonally and, well hint: time as a social construct isn’t necessarily set up to support our living in flow with the seasons! Tune in to learn more about how we...2023-01-2718 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastFostering Healthy SexualityHappy New Year! We’re starting 2023 by bringing something very special to episode 8: kindred conversations around fostering healthy sexuality! Our host is licensed clinical social worker/psychotherapist and expert in children’s mental health, Vanessa Durrant. She is joined by staff therapist Sophie Dykstra, who is certified to work with children and adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors. Their conversation is centered around how to safely and intentionally support children in learning about sexual health, and how to help parents navigate these sensitive topics with their children using the latest research in healthy sexuality and sexual violence prevention. If you’re a p...2023-01-1135 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastTarot Card of the YearThe Kindred Tree’ple Podcast’s co-host and psychotherapist, Anna See-Jachowski, joins pod-host and Kindred Tree Healing Center’s owner, Vanessa Durrant, in de-mystifying the art of interpreting Tarot cards! Join these two as they give listeners an introduction into understanding what tarot is, where it comes from, and how you can use it. Vanessa and Anna nerd out about collective energies, reflect on the big themes of the last few years, and how all of that and more is reflected back to us in the world’s Tarot Card of the Year! You can also tune into thi...2022-12-2939 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastWinter Survival WisdomIn our latest episode of the Kindred Tree’ple Podcast, pod-host and Kindred Tree Healing Center’s owner and clinical director, Vanessa Durrant, invites us to consider how to live with intention and in relationship with nature during the coldest months of the year. She shares how the wisdom of ancestral traditions can help us navigate the Winter season in modern times. Vanessa encourages us all to allow ourselves to be with the natural difficulties that come up in Winter in order to feel less like this is a season for enduring, and more like we can allow our vuln...2022-12-1443 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastTips for Staying Present this DecemberAnna See-Jachowski, licensed social worker and psychotherapist at Kindred Tree Healing Center, is our guest house and guide for this “mini” episode. Anna invites listeners to consider the things that help them feel present in the here and now by offering some prompts for the end of 2022. 2022-12-0109 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastBeing With Our Sorrow: Grief and Loss During the HolidaysVanessa Durrant, licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapy practice owner of Kindred Tree Healing Center, guides us through the intentional process of being with our deep sorrow. In this episode we discuss the different forms of grief, with a special focus on chronic grief and traumatic grief. Vanessa invites listeners to consider that unlike other conditions, one cannot strategize themselves out of feeling grief. This episode features a guide on how to make space for grief during this time of year. Vanessa shares a step-by-step practice for being with the sorrowful emotions that grief and loss may br...2022-11-1726 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastFinding meaning and joy: Social Work as Storytelling with Anna See-JachowskiJoin licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapy practice owner, Vanessa Durrant, as she interviews Anna See-Jachowski: a Kindred Tree’ple Podcast regular guest and behind-the-scenes coordinator! In this episode we discuss how we find joy, meaning, and purpose through our careers. Vanessa asks Anna about how she lives in her purpose and across her many identities. Together, they dive deep into how this translates into the work Anna does as a psychotherapist at Kindred Tree Healing Center. 2022-11-0227 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastAutumn: Be Here NowIn this episode, podcast host and licensed psychotherapist, Vanessa Durrant, invites us to “be here now” in the Autumn season. Vanessa explores this Fall season through Ayurvedic wisdom, and shares intentional ways to engage with this time of year so that you can authentically deepen into grounded presence and truly engage in the practice of letting go. She’ll get into the energetic qualities of this season, and even provide recipe suggestions and journaling prompts for this transition from Autumn to Winter. Join us for future episodes wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts! Come be a part of our Tree...2022-10-1927 min
Kindred Tree’ple PodcastThe Importance of ConnectionJoin our host, Vanessa Durrant, as she introduces the Kindred Tree’ple Podcast! Vanessa shares her vision for the podcast as an extension of her therapy practice Kindred Tree Healing Center, and how she came to intuit the name. She’ll get into who and what are “kindred tree’ple,” as well as the importance that connection plays in all of our lives. Stay tuned until the end for a beautiful grounding meditation, and expect more kindred conversations in future episodes with special guests and co-host Anna See-Jachowski. Come be a part of our Tree’ple! Follow...2022-10-0424 min
Spirit Sessions: Sex, Spirit & Self-CareEp. 92 Attachment Theory & The Science of Life with Vanessa DurrantIn this episode you’ll hear: ~Brain spotting: how where you look affects how you feel ~Healers, Ancestors and our Innocence ~Herman Hesse poem on trees ~Who can hold your heart ~Healer folk and the quality of our presence ~The power of being a witness and being witnessed ~Attachment in our physiology ~The link between Ayurveda and Attachment theory ~Why you can’t do your healing via social media ~Find Vanessa online at https://www.kindredtreehealing.com/ 2020-12-2244 min