Can We Celebrate Going Back to Therapy? | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 32

After Hours With Amanda

Kids & Family, Parenting

5.0 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Hey friend. In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m taking a deep breath with you and talking through a tender week. I share why I took time off social media, how grief and addiction memories around my brother Adam came back up, and why I’m reminding myself that mental health is not a finish line. We also get into therapy, body image, old family patterns, Dopesick, motherhood, and the ache of wanting every human to feel seen, loved, and needed. This is not expert advice. It is just a very honest, very human check-in from someone still becoming.

00:00 Hey Friend, Let’s Take a Breath

02:37 Remembering to Actually Breathe

04:59 Why I Took a Week Off

07:02 Why This Podcast Feels Safe

07:53 Body Image, My Mom, and Old Patterns

12:39 When Our Wounds Start Bleeding

14:31 Working Out, Therapy, and Mental Health

16:02 Adam, Addiction, and Being Triggered

23:30 Watching Dopesick Hit Too Close

27:31 Mental Health Is Not a Finish Line

31:15 Be Careful What You Consume

32:36 Can We Celebrate Going Back to Therapy?

34:34 Sharing Adam’s Story

38:51 The Gift of Unconditional Love

40:34 This Is a Safe Place

42:31 We’re All Different, and That’s Okay

45:25 You Are Loved, Valued, and Needed

Transcript

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0:00.0	Um, hey, friend, it has been a hot minute. And can we just, honestly, if I'm being honest,
0:10.4	first off is this is your first episode? Um, wow, welcome. It's going to be an interesting
0:19.0	one for sure. But welcome to the After Hours with Amanda podcast.
0:23.3	The podcast that's for whoever wants to listen to it or needs it, that's just a safe space for you.
0:34.0	We are absolutely now that I've done, oh, let's just disclaimer this.
0:37.9	I am in no way telling you what to live, how to live, what to do, how to do.
0:42.1	I'm not a trained professional, nor am I a trained parent because those don't exist.
0:47.6	I am an imperfect human being who is sharing the journey of life with you.
0:52.0	So welcome.
0:53.3	That's my disclaimer. But the first thing we're
0:56.7	going to do, y'all, is we're going to take a deep breath together. That's legitimately how
1:02.9	this episode is starting. We are taking a deep breath together. This might feel basic. This might
1:08.1	feel silly. I don't know where you are. Are you driving? Are you in a
1:11.3	meeting? Are you listening at work? Are you listening school? Summer school? I don't know where you are.
1:15.9	But what we're going to do, you might not be able to close your eyes, so I'm not advising you to
1:21.4	close your eyes. All I'm saying is I want you to take a deep breath in on the count of three,
1:27.2	and I want you to focus on deep breath in on the count of three and I want you to focus
1:28.7	on the air coming into your lungs. And then when we push it out, I want you to focus on pushing
1:36.2	out whatever you need in this moment. I don't know what it is, but I can tell you this episode is bound to be emotional as I stumble
1:47.0	over my words.
1:48.4	I have a kombucha.
1:50.6	It is literally 847 at night.
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