Cody and Rich catch up after a couple of week break over the holiday season and talk about a new idea of releasing a "mini-episode" in between the normal ones. We also spend a few minutes on mindfulness and becoming aware of our emotions and thoughts and Cody trying out a new way of living life intentionally.

Cody and Rich catch up with differences in Halloween between the US and the UK and then dive into a conversation about secondary trauma. What is it? What causes it? What are the symptoms? and What can we do about it?

Chris Huberman: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GEZVm18mwx76rWJueFHGj?si=HAWZqBB7QiCViMY3lHOkjg&nd=1

Secondary Trauma:

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/trauma-toolkit/secondary-traumatic-stress

In this episode we talk about the differences between the US and the UK in the field of therapy and what that looks like from an educational and person looking for therapy point of view. Before we jump into that topic we share our thoughts and vulnerabilities on completing our first episode, review a question from the first episode about self confidence vs self compassion and ask for more people to write in more questions. If you have thoughts, questions, or ideas for future episodes or if you are willing to come on the show and share your experience with therapy please email us at everydaytherapistpodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listeningVery Bad Therapy Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/08oWhjtnPLghCNsgaBrGmv?si=nhGbi_yNTHemhiPR8zxzLwRich's Substack (Counselor vs Psychotherapist) https://thecampbellrich.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=22342kCouples Therapy (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0b8kmch/couples-therapy

A behind the scenes episode where Rich gets open and vulnerable about needing to take a break from the podcast. Cody and Rich talk about how it feels like a breakup, but in the end are not sure if it happened or not.

After some additional thought, Cody is also looking forward to spending some extra time enjoying the warmer weather and the summer season. This may be the last episode for a little while and we appreciate everybody who has listened and supported us.

Kev House from the Art of Brilliance joins us to talk positive psychology. Kev tells us his incredible journey and what led him down this path. We explore what positive psychology is and what it isn't as well as what it means to become a 2%er.

Art of Brilliance: https://www.artofbrilliance.co.uk/

In this episode Chris Winson joins us to talk about compassion. Specifically, we cover what compassion is, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and the physiological link with gardening (UK term) and working in the yard (US term).

Chris is an author, researcher and founder of #365DaysOfCompassion, an online community of people sharing thoughts, reflections and information about compassion and mental well-being.

Links discussed throughout the episode:

#365DaysOfCompassion Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/385641661879755/?ref=share_group_link

Compassionate Nature writing on Substack

https://chriswinson.substack.com

This week we welcome Ellie Macdonald from the Capturing Calm Podcast and from Substack with the same name. Ellie is a mindfulness guru who is earning her Masters in Mindfulness and Compassion at the University of Aberdeen. She is also taking her level 2 classes in Counseling, a content creator, and somehow still finds time for her podcast and Substack.

In this episode we talk about what is mindfulness photography, meditation, and a whole lot more.

https://bio.site/capturingcalm