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  • What if embracing discomfort helps you feel whole?

    What if embracing discomfort helps you feel whole?
    2025/07/07
    Discomfort pushes our buttons because it brings uncertainty and the potential for a loss of control, which understandably is very tricky to sit with. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, talks about how the brain is wired to keep us safe and why discomfort can set off alarm bells unnecessarily. The art therapy experiential guide you through the process of sitting with the feeling of discomfort and using art, music, and movement to practice decreasing it's energetic hold so that you can listen to what it has to say.
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    30 分
  • The Power of Cellular Meditation

    The Power of Cellular Meditation
    2025/06/29
    Cellular meditation is a practice of self-care that embodies the belief that you can heal and grow one cell at a time. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, shares the story of how this practice evolved from reading the Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton during her cancer treatment. The art therapy experiential guide you through the process of connecting to "what is" and "what's needed" to support your health and wellbeing.
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    30 分
  • Identity Congruence = Emotional Health & Freedom

    Identity Congruence = Emotional Health & Freedom
    2025/06/23
    In honor of Pride month and Juneteenth, we explore the importance of identity congruence on your health and wellness. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, explains what exactly this is, how your subjective experience and environment contributes or challenges your ability to feel congruent, and how it relates to your self-worth and capacity to show up in life. The art therapy experiential helps you to explore times when you've felt in sync and out of sync within yourself, giving you an opportunity to explore, reflect, and discern what's needed to support your health and wellbeing.
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    30 分
  • Working with Existential Dilemmas

    Working with Existential Dilemmas
    2025/05/30
    Existential dilemmas are one of those factors of life that no one is immune from, yet they can wreak a lot of havoc in our lives if we don't figure out how to work with them. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, explains what existential dilemmas are and how the concepts of finite and infinite can help you ease your processing of how they're impacting your life. The art therapy experiential helps you to explore your reaction to these words and imagine how it would feel to flow more naturally between them.
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    30 分
  • Your Voice + Throat Chakra

    Your Voice + Throat Chakra
    2025/05/23
    There's a strong correlation between your voice + your throat chakra. When your throat chakra is open, communication flows more easily. When it's blocked, not only can your communication falter, but you can feel a stagnancy settle over your life. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how our throat chakras get blocked, common symptoms you might experience, and how music and art can work together for healing. The art therapy experiential helps you to go inside and observe what's happening, right here, right now.
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    30 分
  • The Hero's Journey: A Tool For Reflection

    The Hero's Journey: A Tool For Reflection
    2025/05/15
    There's experiences in life that touch upon universal themes of what it means to be alive. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how you can approach reflection and inquiry using the Hero's Journey to glean insight and meaning from your experiences. The art therapy experiential helps you see the Hero's Journey in your own life, through the lens of positive psychology. May it serve you well!
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    30 分
  • How Your Heart Balances Gratitude & Grief

    How Your Heart Balances Gratitude & Grief
    2025/05/12
    Grief and gratitude are two feelings that often co-exist with one another, and yet, more often than not it's easy to find yourself feeling conflicted and in a power struggle. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how listening to your heart can bring a more natural ebb and flow between the two. The art therapy experiential helps you tune into your heart and it's messages through visualization. May it serve you well!
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    30 分
  • Looking to lessen your mental load? Let art therapy guide your way

    Looking to lessen your mental load? Let art therapy guide your way
    2025/05/05
    Your mental load is so much more than a to-do list that feels impossible to contain. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses exactly what the concept of mental load is and why it can be tricky to balance it. Then, practice letting go a bit with the art therapy experiential that helps you take a break from your mental load through the metaphor of drifting.
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    30 分