Semi-Together

Gillian Burgess and Melia Dicker
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Semi-Together Podcast

Semi-Together is a podcast by sisters Gillian Burgess and Melia Dicker about having some of your life together all of the time. It’s about working on where you want to get it together, while giving yourself credit for where you’ve got it together. As we learn to live with more calm, joy, and authenticity, we share takeaways from our research and experience that you can use, too. Topics: Perfectionism, self-compassion, personal development, anxiety, stress, coping skills, psychology, goals, authenticity, vulnerability, ADHD, optimism, happiness, humor, joy, evolving, self-care, gratitude

  1. 15 SEPT

    Ep. 88: Zoning Your Time to Reflect Your Priorities

    There’s rarely enough time in the day to do everything we want to. So how do we zone our time to reflect our priorities? We discuss strategies to sort out what we actually value, as well as experiments to build our schedules around these values. Resources: Big Rocks & Little Rocks priority setting (Stephen Covey video) Previous episodes: Ep. 86: What Makes You Feel Alive? Ep 81: What Makes a Good Life? Ep. 23: How to Make Time for What Fuels You How to Make Time for What Fuels You downloadable workbook Ep. 6: Prioritizing What Matters, Part 2 Ep. 5: Prioritizing What Matters, Part 1 -- Find us on the web for show notes and extras:⁠ www.semitogether.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/semitogether⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://facebook.com/semitogether⁠ Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD via Zoom: ⁠www.risingspiralcoaching.com ⁠

    49 min

  2. 2 AUG

    Ep. 87: What It's Like to Have a Bonus Family, with our brother, Jeff Hamilton

    We're back after a bit of a hiatus! We talk with Jeff Hamilton, our older biological half-brother, collectively telling the story of how we met as adults and became a big bonus family. This is the first time the three of us have talked about what this life-changing experience was like for each of us. Jeff grew up in Livermore, California and lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Melissa and a menagerie of pets. Jeff is a project manager for Auto-Chlor whose interests include fostering rescue animals, woodworking, and travel. Jeff and Melissa have two children, Bryce and Haley.

    1h 16m

  3. 9 MAR

    Ep. 86: What Makes You Feel Alive?

    We discuss the question: What makes you feel alive? It’s been on our minds during this mid-winter period, when we often get the blahs or the blues. We talk about what energizes, fuels us, or puts us in a flow state – and how we make time for it. We also share four strategies you can use to figure out what makes you feel most alive.  -- Find us on the web for show notes and extras: ⁠www.semitogether.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/semitogether⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://facebook.com/semitogether⁠ Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD via Zoom: ⁠www.risingspiralcoaching.com ⁠ Links: Ep. 30: Balancing Novelty & Familiarity Ep. 52: How Nostalgia Helps Us Cope with Stress Ep. 80: Finding Everyday AweWhat Maslow Overlooked: The Need to Feel Alive (ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World)

    34 min

  4. 16 FEB

    Ep. 85: How Do We Navigate Difficult Anniversaries? with Tara Blumenthal

    In this episode, we discuss how to acknowledge (vs "celebrate") emotionally complex anniversaries of life-altering challenges, like serious illness or loss. How do we process these events? What kinds of rituals help us through the peaks and valleys that accompany them? We talk with Tara Blumenthal, owner of Tara Yoga Movement and Wellness Clinic, about her experiences moving through difficult anniversaries. We’ll also share some insights from our Semi-Together patrons and other loved ones who’ve been through their own challenging anniversaries. *Note that this episode contains mature language and deals with complex topics like major illness and death, with a brief mention of self-harm. -- Links: Tara Blumenthal: Instagram: @notyouraverageyogateacher / @mellowkissroyals Tara Yoga & Wellness Clinic in Flowood, MS: @tarayogaclinic www.tarayogamovementandwellnessclinic.com ----- Find us on the web for show notes and extras: www.semitogether.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/semitogether Facebook: https://facebook.com/semitogether Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD via Zoom: www.risingspiralcoaching.com

    1h 21m

  5. 10 JAN

    Ep. 84: Celebrating Wins and Setting Intentions for the New Year

    Happy New Year! To celebrate last year's wins and set intentions for this year, we each share three "Got It Together"s from 2023 and three "Get It Together"s for 2024. That is, three areas where we've made meaningful strides, and three areas where we would most like to progress. Get It Together, Got It Together, is a segment we do in most episodes, where we share something that we’d like to work on and something that’s going well for us right now. We’ve found this framing helpful to remind us that at any given moment, there are things that are working for us as well as things that aren’t. It helps us find the wins -- especially on the days where it feels like everything is falling apart -- and helps us notice that all of it is constantly shifting. We'd love to hear your 2023 "Got It Together"s and 2024 "Get It Together"s. You can them with us at podcast@semitogether.com. -- Find us on the web for show notes and extras: www.semitogether.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/semitogether Facebook: https://facebook.com/semitogether Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD via Zoom: www.risingspiralcoaching.com  Links: 2023's new year's episode: Ep. 74: So This Is The New YearFor 2024, how about living a truly quiet life? (Susan Cain’s Substack: The Quiet Life

    42 min

  6. 21/11/2023

    Ep. 83: Handling the Holidays with Limited Capacity

    The holiday season is beginning ... and it's a lot! We talk about how we’re approaching the season when our bandwidth is limited and our plates are full: gauging capacity, setting intentions, and communicating boundaries.

    35 min

  7. 10/10/2023

    Ep. 82: Right-Sizing Our Thrills and Chills

    It’s spooky season, and we’re talking about how to find our just-right amount of thrills and chills -- what feels fun or engaging for each of us (eustress), and what’s too much (distress). The amount of challenge that we desire in each arena of life can differ quite a bit, depending on our individual nervous system and season of life. What’s brave for one of us can be too extreme for another, and only we can know for ourselves. ---- Find us on the web for show notes and extras: ⁠www.semitogether.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/semitogether⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://facebook.com/semitogether⁠ Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD via Zoom: ⁠www.risingspiralcoaching.com ⁠ Links: ⁠What to Know About Eustress⁠ (VerywellMind) ⁠Paul Rudd throws a clean-up tantrum⁠ in Wet Hot American Summer The ⁠window of tolerance⁠, a concept developed by Dr. Dan Siegel, MD

    42 min

  8. 07/09/2023

    Ep. 81: What Makes a Good Life?

    Most of us aspire to live a good life. We may assume we know what that looks like, without asking what a good life looks like for us -- which may diverge quite a bit from cultural ideals. In this episode, we share research findings on the essential elements of general well-being and discuss how our own ideas of a good life have changed over time. Links: ⁠The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness⁠, by Marc Schulz, MD, and Robert Waldinger, MD ⁠TED talk⁠ / ⁠transcript⁠ by Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development  The Blue Zones - the ⁠Power 9⁠ practices for longevity Dr. Dean Ornish - research-based ⁠lifestyle medicine⁠ ----- Find us on the web for show notes and extras: www.semitogether.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/semitogether Facebook: https://facebook.com/semitogether Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD via Zoom: www.risingspiralcoaching.com

    1h 2m
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Semi-Together is a podcast by sisters Gillian Burgess and Melia Dicker about having some of your life together all of the time. It’s about working on where you want to get it together, while giving yourself credit for where you’ve got it together. As we learn to live with more calm, joy, and authenticity, we share takeaways from our research and experience that you can use, too. Topics: Perfectionism, self-compassion, personal development, anxiety, stress, coping skills, psychology, goals, authenticity, vulnerability, ADHD, optimism, happiness, humor, joy, evolving, self-care, gratitude

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  • Creator
    Gillian Burgess and Melia Dicker
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Gillian Burgess and Melia Dicker
  • Show Website
    Semi-Together

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