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Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
What Therapy Can Do For You.
The WISDOM podcast Season 2 Episode 44
TIMESTAMPS:
Podcast Theme Intro: 0-2:02 | My Introduction and What Therapy Can Do For You: 💜 2:03 | My Client's Diagnosis of Bipolar: 3:30 | Therapy is Far More Than Talking About the Past: 4:40 | The Two Positive Outcomes of Therapy That We Will Always Arrive at Together: 5:13 | Even After Healing Has Been Complete... 6:39 | Think of Therapy As a Healing Paradigm: 9:04 | Therapy Teaches You About Yourself: 11:05 | The Tools and Best Practices of Therapy: 18:17 | Three Reflective Questions PDF: 28:06 | Good Therapy Is... 23:22 | My Client: An Afterward: 28:56 | Podcast Theme Outro: 33:00 |
- If you have ever wondered what a session of therapy could do, this episode is for you. -
How does one identify, effectively all of the ways that therapy can be of help? How do we do this without embracing the experience itself when the idea of talking with someone can be overwhelming for some who don’t know where to begin, or how it can truly help?
TRUTH SERUM: In the past, the stigma associated with mental health has been a deterrent to seeking therapy.
What we are witnessing now, in this turbulent time of ongoing change and uncertainty, and with millions of people all over the world, experiencing more alone time and isolation than in any other time during their life, the effects of prolonged stress and the lack of support of mental health strategies and skills needed to live a healthy and productive and happy life; make it important to have the best therapeutic practices that are accessible by all people and in all languages and as much as possible - affordable and or free.
REAL CLIENT STORIES: When my client (who was), diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 18, some 20 years later; is in a spell of low affect; when her cognitive ability is challenged; simple processing tasks are impeded.
It is more difficult for her to make decisions for example, and to feel motivated to complete daily tasks.
Her usual upbeat and larger than life personality becomes submersed in what is now a quiet and somber, depressed version of herself; one that lacks confidence, and is often tormented by thoughts of ‘being a burden’ to her loved ones.
Her words to me in these moments as well as when she is feeling ‘like herself’ and happy again, are substantial to us all. She reaffirms the simple truth: ‘Your mental health means everything’. She is right.
A-HA MOMENTS: Therapy is far more than talking about a traumatic childhood event and reliving its scaring impact.
In fact, the way that it helps best to deconstruct a past event or trauma is to examine it from an enlightened perspective; to understand the situation and the context in a way that allows for healing, forgiveness, acceptance, peace – and the idea that whatever happened, and for whatever was done “to you”, there are always going to be two positive outcomes that we will arrive at together.
(1) The first is a more accurate comprehension and understanding of the situation and the new insights and discoveries that arise out of a search for greater meaning and from that, the ability to come to acceptance. Acceptance does not mean agreement with what has happened, but rather the willingness to acknowledge what has already occurred.
This allows you to psychologically move into a place of action; of rendering what will be the action that you need to take whether as an approach to how you think or what physical actions will help support you best.
(2) Second, healing occurs when you hold acceptance of ‘what is’; emotional, psychological, cognitive, spiritual, and often physical in the relief of symptoms that were once related to the situation of the past and your perspective of it. This healing is the return to your wholeness that you; that we all - are inherently seeking.
PRACTICAL WISDOM: Even after the majority of healing has been completed, therapy can continue to be a place where one experiences growth in other areas of one’s life; and hence the ripple effect of what it means to learn and discover more (about one’s self, including the different choices one may choose with greater understanding and perspective).
As a side note, it’s not about making excuses for someone’s behavior, or disavowing your feelings and how you have been impacted by a situation or another.
Rather, examining the past from the vantage point of a different perspective that I or another therapist can help with, brings new insight and awareness that allows for healing and to alleviate some or all of the pain and suffering that one may have been holding onto.
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Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Compassion IS LOVE
The WISDOM podcast Season 2 Episode 16
TIMESTAMPS:
Podcast Intro: 0-2:08 | An Introduction to this Episode: Part Three in a Series of Six of Beautiful Guided Meditations: 2:14 | An Introduction to Compassion: 3:13 | Kindness and Love is so Powerful: 4:09 | When You Offer Yourself Compassion... 4:28 | There are Many Reasons to Practice Compassion: 5:23 | A Prose Meditation on Compassion 9:56 | Podcast Outro: 35:56
In this part three of a six-part series of beautiful guided meditations, I invite you to open your heart and your mind; to witness yourself and the world in ways that remind you of how kind and peaceful your presence can be; how soothing and comforting your actions are for yourself and others, when you choose to walk in your life with greater presence of what it means to hold compassion; to be compassionate towards yourself and all others, for this is how you are 'love in action'.
Special for this series, I have written a new meditation on the practice of compassion; and of how you may instinctively be of compassion to yourself and others.
There is no greater offering when someone is less fortunate or suffering than to be compassionate; to feel for them and their situation because this is how you offer care and kindness.
Compassion is love. It is in being compassionate that others are able to feel your genuine concern for their well being; and to hold even for a few moments, the space and the opportunity for them to know that they are not alone.
Your kindness and love is so powerful. It is this sacred action of compassion that allows others to rise up, to be heard, to heal, to take the right action for themselves.
When you offer yourself compassion, you breathe in giving yourself patience to recognize where you are in your life; and you choose to offer unto yourself this gift of kind reverence; of patience and comfort, of understanding, of reassurance that you are not alone; that you will feel better; that kindness directed within is how you help move yourself into a state of peace, responsibility to what is needed and comfort in the knowing of your presence.
*If you have a question or if you would like my guidance or help, please reach out to me. You can find me at: dorothyratusny.com.
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*Check out this audio on Self-Compassion in THE WISDOM BLOG: Self-Compassion IS Self-Love
A generous 'thank you' to Audio Engineer, Pavel Kirpikau for your incredible help! platosound.com
Podcast Theme Music: 'Aura' from the Album, Illuvia by Eternell www.eternell.net/album/illuvia
Accompanying Music: Illuvia - Past Lives & Inner Worlds - Drupad
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
How to LIVE Your Greatness
The WISDOM podcast Season 1 Episode 1
TIMESTAMPS:
Podcast Intro: 0-1:32 | Intro to Episode: What is your Greatness? 1:33-3:31 | What Does It Mean to Live Your Greatness? 5:38 | How to Begin Your Journey of Greatness: 8:36 | A Bonus Strategy for Tapping into Your True Potential Now: 10:10 | My Ideal Self ('bonus guided meditation'): 11:36 | The Importance of Living Your Life's Purpose: 6:57
Your G R E A T N E S S is both your incredible potential for all that you are becoming and what you already are.
You live your greatness most readily (and naturally) by being your authentic self.
Your authentic or genuine self is another way to describe living your truth.
Here in Episode One of The Wisdom Podcast, I define what spiritual greatness is, how it has nothing to do with ego, rather the conscious and deliberate way that you live your life ~ that aligns you with your infinite potential.
In this episode we dive into how you may live your greatness each day and how doing so actually helps you to feel far better about yourself and to own your worth.
TRUTH SERUM: Greatness is not ego-centric, rather it is a way of describing your infinite potential as a being of love.
You live your greatness through deliberate acts of kindness, generosity, compassion; through being of service and giving of yourself, and by being loving without boundaries, expectations, or conditions.
A-HA MOMENTS: You also live your greatness when you are living as your ideal or highest self.
This is living as the pure and most loving aspect of what you are. Your highest self is often referred to as your inner being, source energy, the divine, and universal consciousness.
PRACTICAL WISDOM: You live your greatness by choosing a life that is authentic, based on knowing yourself best.
When you allow yourself to expressively be your authentic self; when you follow a path of what you enjoy most; (and likely what you are naturally good at) and when you allow your inner guidance or intuition to guide you along a path of what is 'right' and 'best' for you; these are examples of living as your greatness - as your truth.
"Your true potential is your limitless capacity for greatness"
"You live your greatness by choosing a life that is authentic, based on knowing yourself best." - dorothy zennuriye juno
As a gift, I invite you to experience a Guided Meditation; titled 'My Ideal Self'. You can experience your ideal self as a series of new thought ideas and a blueprint that inspires how you can live each day - even if you are new to the practice of Meditation.
All that you need to do is choose the space and time to be quiet and still, and to remain open without expectations.
During this meditation, allow your imagination to reveal the sacred imagery that will help you experience yourself as greatness.
I hope that you will feel encouraged to live your greatness, to appreciate every moment of your life, and to find - and live - your life's purpose.
A generous 'thank you' to Audio Engineer, P. Kirpikau https://radioplato.by/
Podcast Theme Music: 'Aura' from the Album, Illuvia by Eternell www.eternell.net/album/illuvia
Accompanying Music: Stellardrone, 'Eternity'
Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you...
Namaste!
More Resources to Support Your Greatness:
My Ideal Self: Guided Meditation
The Ultimate Self-Love Toolkit
The Spiritual Practice of Presence [S2 E23]
This Is Your Life: A Morning Meditation to Inspire Your Greatness
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
The Three Practices of Self-Love
The WISDOM podcast Season 1 Debut Episode
:: episode timestamps ::
Introduction to Self-Love: 2:11 | The First Self-Love Practice: 3:40 | The Second Self-Love Practice: 7:38 | The Third Self-Love Practice: 9:44 | One Additional Benefit to Your Self-Love 'Work': 10:50
In this debut episode of The WISDOM podcast, I share the three most important practices of self-love.
Use these practices daily to feel confident, to feel deep appreciation and love of yourself and to be autonomous and self-empowered because of what thoughts and feelings you choose to hold.
Our rearing and societal influences have taught us to look to others for approval and to feel loved, valuable and worthy.
Many of us continue to look to our existing love relationship to feel complete and to prove to others and our self that we are desirable and good enough.
We also look to our partner to love us in the ways that we need to be loved; and often without communicating our expectations of them.
Yet, without being able to provide love and care unto yourself, you never learn what it feels like to be whole.
TRUTH SERUM: How good are you at practicing self-love?
Use these three practices of self-love daily to feel confident, to feel deep appreciation and love of yourself; and to be autonomous and self-empowered because of what thoughts and feelings you choose to hold.
How you think and feel about yourself needs to reflect the truth ~ all that you are capable of and your inherent goodness; including your positive qualities and your effort to be your best self.
A-HA MOMENTS: When you acknowledge your goodness while holding the feeling of love in your heart, you validate and nourish your being.
PRACTICAL WISDOM: Acknowledging your strengths, your accomplishments, and what makes you unique and special, allows you to internalize your positive and kind words.
Your practice of thinking and writing words of love to yourself become (the) positive messages that you adorn yourself with to instill confidence, to feel positive, and which allow you to live as your best self.
Join me in this debut episode as we uncover innovative and effective ways to practice self-love as a daily habit. Discover the three best practices that curate love from within. Namaste! 💜
"When you acknowledge your goodness while holding the feeling of love in your heart, you validate and nourish your being." - dorothy zennuriye juno
+ practical wisdom for love
Download this interactive, printable journal writing exercise.
Get free instant access to this exclusive self-love Rx.
If you would like additional strategies on how to love yourself, please check out my video:
Nourish Yourself with Love...
With self-love, you nourish and grow self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth. You easily feel authentic happiness; and you hold the belief that you are deserving of all that you desire.
If you wish to dive deeper into your commitment of self-love, you must check out The Ultimate Self-Love WISDOM toolkit.... here.
"One of the most powerful things you can do for yourself is practice self-love." - dorothy
Begin here: Your Ultimate Self-Love Wisdom toolkit
*If you have a question or if you would like my guidance or help, please reach out to me. You can find me at: dorothyratusny.com.
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A generous 'thank you' to Audio Engineer, P. Kirpikau https://radioplato.by/
Podcast Theme Music: 'Aura' from the Album, Illuvia by Eternell www.eternell.net/album/illuvia
Accompanying Music: 'To See' by Ludvig Cimbrelius
Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you...
Namaste!