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Elizabeth Earnshaw is one of today's most trusted relationship teachers. She's a renowned Gottman therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Fellow of The American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy, author, and influential Instagram therapist who has helped transform countless relationships. Elizabeth is one of the founders of Ours, where she works to make couples counseling mainstream and accessible. She also owns A Better Life Therapy in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, supporting clinicians who are helping couples every day. Her debut book, I Want This to Work, is a trustworthy, inclusive guide to navigating the most challenging relationship issues we face. We're talking about... Why relationships can feel so hard A common cause of conflict within relationships The importance of co-regulation in relationships How to respond if your partner is not sharing how they feel Why it's so hard to recognize your own needs in a relationship The importance of effective communication in relationships How to reduce defensiveness from your partner How passion is maintained in relationships The impact COVID had on relationships A common misconception about couples counseling Why we all need to start talking about the fact we have conflict in our relationships The difference between healthy and toxic arguing Episode goodies... Save 10% off your order of Kion coffee when you use code COURAGE at checkout. COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/elizabeth-earnshaw/ COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Today's closet conversation is inspired by the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. I'm unpacking how this horrific event can leave the world anxious and the trauma response the shooting created. Episode goodies... Ready to find freedom from your anxiety? CLICK HERE to download your freebie today! COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Dr. Paul Conti is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his training at Stanford and at Harvard, where he served as Chief Resident. He then worked in private practice while serving on the medical faculty at Harvard. Dr. Conti is a general psychiatrist who was named one of Oregon's Top Psychiatrists in 2008. He incorporates a holistic view of each client or patient into his work and treats all aspects of both mental illness and the impact of life stressors. He's also the author of Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, a book that brings his valuable insights about how we can collectively heal from trauma's effects to a larger audience. We talk about... How Dr. Conti was inspired to become a psychiatrist after his brother died by suicide What we risk if we don't look at the roots of trauma What trauma looks like and the dangers of trauma The role trauma plays in anger What happens when we hide trauma How trauma impacts your emotion systems What gives trauma its power How trauma can impact unborn children years down the road Dr. Conti's thoughts on the problems with trauma and health care How trauma is driving trauma in our world Ways you can heal trauma What keeps people from getting the help they need Episode goodies... Ready to find freedom from your anxiety? CLICK HERE to download your freebie today! COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-paul-conti/ COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Doctor David Carbonell is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders. With over thirty-five years of experience, Dr. Carbonell offers exposure-based treatment of fears and phobias. He founded the Anxiety Treatment Center in Chicago in 1990, one of the first psychological practices in the United States devoted exclusively to the treatment of clients who sought help with anxiety disorders. He is the author of four anxiety self-help books and he also teaches workshops for therapists who want to learn more about the treatment of anxiety disorders. We talk about... What a phobia is What the panic cycle looks like Why safety behaviors can become a problem How panic tricks you Why it's important to do the opposite of what your panic is telling you to do How to navigate a panic attack What triggers a panic attack What a panic attack looks like The importance of breath How someone can best support a person who's having a panic attack Tired of anxiety hijacking your life? I want to be your anxiety coach! Click here to learn more. COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-david-carbonell/ COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Have you ever been driving down the road and you see someone crying in another car? Well if you saw me driving down the road on May 11th, you might've been wondering why I was crying. To find out, hit play on today's closet conversation.

In a world obsessed with appearances, it's not surprising that body dysmorphic disorder, also known as BDD, has manifested itself as a troubling and relatively common problem for many individuals. Dr. Katherine Phillips is the world's leading expert on body dysmorphic disorder. She is a physician, educator, and scientist who has spent her career caring for patients, mentoring/teaching, and conducting groundbreaking scientific research on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and other psychiatric disorders. We talk about... What body dysmorphic disorder is The difference between BDD and body image issues Why people who live with BDD are convinced that they look abnormal What causes body dysmorphic disorder How BDD impairs people's ability to function. The treatments that do and don't help with BDD Why Dr. Phillips advises people not to get cosmetic surgery How to know if you have body dysmorphic disorder The clues that someone lives with BDD How you can best support someone who lives with BDD GOODIES... ELEMENTAL SUPERFOOD BARS: Go to https://elemental-raw.com/ and use the code CU15 for 15% off your order. TODAY'S SHOWNOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-katharine-phillips/ HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: @courageously.u

100 episodes! I seriously can't even believe it. That's 100 conversations with 100 amazing humans, all in the comforts of my closet (Yup, I record in a closet). This is cause for celebration, my friend! To celebrate this major milestone, I'm sharing clips from the top 10 most downloaded episodes on The Courageously.u Podcast. These are the most listened to and most game-changing episodes over the last two years. The episode recaps are in chronological order, and the topics vary from anxiety to narcissism, to becoming a loving adult to your inner child. These episodes are the most popular, and I wanted to make sure you didn't miss out on them. I hope these clips resonate with you, inspire you, and encourage you to go back into the archives and hit play. Here's to 100 more, friend! GOODIES... ELEMENTAL SUPERFOOD BARS: Go to https://elemental-raw.com/ and use the code CU15 for 15% off your order. TODAY'S SHOWNOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/100th-episode/ HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: @courageously.u

Dr. Sherrie Campbell is a Licensed Psychologist, author, and toxic-family survivor with over two decades of clinical training experience providing counseling and psychotherapy services to residents of Orange County, California. She specializes in psychotherapy with adults and teenagers, including marriage and family therapy, grief counseling, childhood trauma, sexual issues, personality disorders, illness, and more. She also specializes in helping healthy people to cut ties with the toxic people in their lives. We talk about... How Dr. Sherrie's story influenced her work What a toxic family looks like How having a toxic family member negatively impacts your life What happens when you've been raised to believe you're the problem The impact emotional abandonment has on you Why you need to view cutting ties as a form of self-care and self-protection What happens when you set a boundary with a toxic person. Why someone becomes a toxic family member The importance of being an educated empath Why you can't find your needs in other people The significant loss you feel when you cut ties What cutting ties with a toxic family looks like What Dr. Sherrie would say to someone who's scared to cut ties GOODIES... ELEMENTAL SUPERFOOD BARS: Go to https://elemental-raw.com/ and use the code CU15 for 15% off your order. TODAY'S SHOWNOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-sherrie-campbell/ HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: @courageously.u

David Gandelman is on a mission to awaken souls on their path of growing into being human and living an enlightened, purpose-driven life. David Gandelman is a spiritual teacher, author, and guide. He is the founder of the Meditation School app, and host of the Meditation School, Energy Matters, and Grounded Sleep podcasts. We talk about... What soul energy is What spirituality looks like The role invalidation plays in perfectionism What people do to avoid pain The one teaching David wants to leave everyone with Why it's important to strengthen your spiritual muscle Why you should check your energetic weather The seven energy archetypes How we can use all seven energies in a healthy way Why you need to change your energy if you want to change your future How at the core of all energies is a memory that turned into beliefs that then turned into blocks GOODIES... I want to be your coach! Click here to learn how you can work 1:1 with me. TODAY'S SHOWNOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/david-gandelman/ HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: @courageously.u

Over thirty years, doctors diagnosed Sarah Fay with six different mental illnesses and today Sarah Fay joins us on the show to discuss what it's like to live with those diagnoses. We talk about... Sarah's mental health journey and her history of identifying with her diagnoses Why she chooses not to know her current diagnosis The events that led to Sarah living with anorexia What withdrawal from SSRIs looked like for Sarah Why Sarah chose not to apply for disability How little reliability there is in a diagnosis Why primary care physicians shouldn't diagnose people The importance of questioning your diagnosis What Sarah's ideal conversation between patient and provider would look like GOODIES... ELEMENTAL SUPERFOOD BARS: Go to https://elemental-raw.com/ and use the code CU15 for 15% off your order. TODAY'S SHOWNOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/sarah-fay/ HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: @courageously.u