Soul Sessions: An All Souls Podcast
Soul Sessions is an offering from All Souls Counseling based in Asheville, NC, founded in 2000. Our mission is to serve as a leading nonprofit provider and community partner for quality mental health counseling, outreach, and education with a focus on those who are underinsured and uninsured in Western North Carolina. This monthly podcast will offer wellness information designed to enhance and inform your daily life with topics such as Mindfulness, coping skills, stress management, relationship tips, and much more. Head to allsoulscounseling.org for more information.
When is the right time to seek therapy? (and how do I even find a therapist?)
Stress in a relationship, anxiety about world events, and frustration about family dynamics are all part of being a human. Sometimes these issues can be addressed with support of others in your life to help you get through. If they have a greater impact on your day-to-day responsibilities, relationships, and well-being, it might be a good idea to seek out professional help.
If you’ve never been in therapy, it can be very daunting to consider opening up to a stranger - a professional, highly trained clinician, but a stranger nonetheless - and many folks really get st...
Stress Management, an interview with Carolina Robles, LCSW
Join us this month for a conversation with our newest staff therapist, Carolina Robles, about managing high levels of stress. We discuss the current local, federal, and global environment where targeted communities are under higher stress levels than ever before. We discuss what you can do to take care of yourself if you're one of those targeted as well as what others can do and not do to offer support to those communities.
Music credits:
The Good Life by Sarah McCoy, used with permission
May As Well Be, by all:ambient...
Standalone 10 minute Mindfulness Meditation
This practice is an extensiojn of the last episdoe from this month as an option for a longer meditation. See episode 11 for details on Why and How to practice mindful meditation. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.
Mindfulness Meditation 101
There are many styles and traditions of meditation. This is one offering that we hope you find helpful. Mindfulness meditation has its roots in ancient wisdom and can help reduce stress levels, increase awareness, and improve mood and relationships when practiced regularly. Join Adam as we explore the Why and How of Mindfulness Meditation practice and then practice together for 5 minutes. Note: there's an additional 10-minute standalone practice also uploaded if you just want to dive into that practice.
Please reach out with any questions or comments.
Music credit:
"The Good Life" by...
Loving Kindness Standalone Practice
As promised, here's just the Loving Kindness practice without the intro, etc. Feel free to utilize as many times as needed for your own practice. Please reach out for any questions or comments you might have.
Music credit:
"In our image" by Christoper Galovan (License code: 1O98ERJC6KP8Q3PV)
Intro to Loving Kindness
This month we focus on a practice that goes back centuries called Loving Kindness. There are many ways to go about utilizing this practice but, in this episode, Adam explores a basic way to offer positive or loving thoughts toward individuals in your life. This includes someone that's easy to love, yourself, and all beings throughout the world. Additionally, you can access the practice in a standalone episode to help facilitate the practice without the intro and breath practice. Please feel free to reach out for any questions or comments and take good care of yourself.
<...Microdosing Grief
This month, we explore letting out small bits of grief at regular intervals to offset the more painful grief experience that can sometimes happen when we're not expecting it. If you find you need additional support around this topic and live in the Western NC area, please reach out to our office and we will be happy to guide you. Please consider subscribing to the podcast so you can get access to the episodes each month and take good care.
All music used by permission:
The Good Life by Sarah McCoy
Moontown Shores...
Coping Around the Holidays
Happy Holidays and welcome to another Soul Sessions Podcast from All Souls Counseling. This episode we discuss some strategies for smart self-care that work any time of the year but also are helpful when the demands on our time and energy increase. Using the framework of ABC Please from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, we cover a wide range of options for caring for our needs when stress is higher. Thanks for joining us again this month. Please subscribe and comment on the podcast, if you're so inclined - we'd love to hear from you - and have a great end...
Slowing Down
This month, we're focusing on what might be counterintuitive, slowing down. While the rest of humanity seems determined to race to the finish, what would it look like to take a page from our nature friends and carve out some time to do the opposite? Please join us for another Soul Sessions podcast. Don't forget to comment and subscribe to the podcast and give us a rating, if you feel so inclined.
Music used with permission.
"The Good Life" by Sarah McCoy
"Depths of these Woods" by Josh Stewart (License code...
ADHD & Focus
Welcome to another Soul Sessions podcast from All Souls Counseling in Asheville, NC. This month we're covering a topic that has been growing steadily in prominence in the mental health world. So, if you have an ADHD diagnosis or not, or navigate issues of focus, this episode is for you. We will cover strategies for managing a need to be productive in a world that might not fully understand your needs. Thanks for being here. Please reach out with any questions or comments.
Music by Sarah McCoy, "The Good Life," used with permission.
Grief & Loss, a Helene Anniversary Episode
Nearly 12 months ago, our community in Western North Carolina was impacted dramatically and forever changed. While not everyone was affected the same way, it is generally accepted that we experienced a collective potentially traumatic event and are still working to rebuild. This episode seeks to commemorate that event, honoring the losses while also tending to what is happening right now. Wherever you are on this journey post-Helene, you are welcome here and we hope you find this offering supportive and helpful. Please reach out with any questions or comments and share with anyone else who might benefit from this...
Grounding 101
Welcome back to another Soul Sessions from All Souls Counseling, in Asheville, NC. This month we invite you to explore Grounding, a practice that can help deal with feelings of overwhelm and anxiety, encouraging you to be more present and effective. We also are excited to announce new music for our intro and outro done by a local Asheville musician, Sarah McCoy. Her song is titled "The Good Life." Thanks for listening!
Mindfulness, Part 2 - HOW skills
Welcome back to Soul Sessions, a podcast from All Souls Counseling in Asheville, NC. This episode continues our work around Mindfulness, expanding the practice from Observing, Describing, and Participating to Nonjudgmentally, One-mindfully, and Effectively. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and reach out with any questions or comments that come up for you.
Music credit: "Impossible" by Iros Young, License code: LKJH3TYBYVTPESYL
Mindfulness Part 1 - WHAT skills
Welcome to Soul Sessions, a podcast offering from All Souls Counseling Center, in Asheville, NC. In our first episode, Adam gives an introduction to Mindfulness skills from a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Perspective. This covers the first 3 steps of Mindfulness, which include Observe, Describe, and Participate and will continue with part 2, the How skills next month. We'd love to hear from you any thoughts or questions you might have about the episode. Visit allsoulscounseling.org for more information about our organization and for upcoming events and mental health resources in our community and beyond.
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