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  • Working with Existential Dilemmas

    Working with Existential Dilemmas
    2025/05/30
    Existential dilemmas are one of those factors of life that no one is immune from, yet they can wreak a lot of havoc in our lives if we don't figure out how to work with them. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, explains what existential dilemmas are and how the concepts of finite and infinite can help you ease your processing of how they're impacting your life. The art therapy experiential helps you to explore your reaction to these words and imagine how it would feel to flow more naturally between them.
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    30 分
  • Your Voice + Throat Chakra

    Your Voice + Throat Chakra
    2025/05/23
    There's a strong correlation between your voice + your throat chakra. When your throat chakra is open, communication flows more easily. When it's blocked, not only can your communication falter, but you can feel a stagnancy settle over your life. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how our throat chakras get blocked, common symptoms you might experience, and how music and art can work together for healing. The art therapy experiential helps you to go inside and observe what's happening, right here, right now.
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    30 分
  • The Hero's Journey: A Tool For Reflection

    The Hero's Journey: A Tool For Reflection
    2025/05/15
    There's experiences in life that touch upon universal themes of what it means to be alive. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how you can approach reflection and inquiry using the Hero's Journey to glean insight and meaning from your experiences. The art therapy experiential helps you see the Hero's Journey in your own life, through the lens of positive psychology. May it serve you well!
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    30 分
  • How Your Heart Balances Gratitude & Grief

    How Your Heart Balances Gratitude & Grief
    2025/05/12
    Grief and gratitude are two feelings that often co-exist with one another, and yet, more often than not it's easy to find yourself feeling conflicted and in a power struggle. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how listening to your heart can bring a more natural ebb and flow between the two. The art therapy experiential helps you tune into your heart and it's messages through visualization. May it serve you well!
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    30 分
  • Looking to lessen your mental load? Let art therapy guide your way

    Looking to lessen your mental load? Let art therapy guide your way
    2025/05/05
    Your mental load is so much more than a to-do list that feels impossible to contain. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses exactly what the concept of mental load is and why it can be tricky to balance it. Then, practice letting go a bit with the art therapy experiential that helps you take a break from your mental load through the metaphor of drifting.
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    30 分
  • What is Toxic Positivity? How to find genuine gratitude without exiling difficult emotions

    What is Toxic Positivity? How to find genuine gratitude without exiling difficult emotions
    2025/04/25
    Toxic positivity happens when you, or someone you know, responds to difficult sitiuations and feelings with the belief that you must stay strong and only see the good. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses why we can fall into this trap and how art therapy can serve as a way to express your feelings with more ease. The art therapy experiential will guide you through a meditation on acceptance as inspiration as using creativity as a way to communicate and respond to your feelings, emotions, or sensations in a new way.
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    30 分
  • Working with Your Emotional Intelligence

    Working with Your Emotional Intelligence
    2025/04/18
    Your emotional intelligence (EQ) impacts every aspect of your life, whether it's your personal goals, your relationships, or how you navigate the ups and downs of life. The good news is, this is something that you can always work on. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses the 4 pillars of emotional intelligence and the traits that you can use to support your EQ work. You'll use art therapy to experience your emotions in an embodied way, and visualization to explore a difficult moment as well as something you're grateful for.
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    30 分
  • Your Next Bold Move

    Your Next Bold Move
    2025/04/03
    Acts of courage come in all shapes and sizes, and they can have a significant impact on your health and wellness. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses the behind-the-scenes work you can do internally to get mentally and emotionally prepared to make your next bold move. Using Mary Oliver's poem, The Jounrey, for inspiration, Stephanie will guide you to use art to explore what comes up when you imagine being courageous and what you need to feel capable.
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    30 分