Living Table | Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression, ADHD, Self-Care, Wellness Plan, Recovery

Amy McVay
Living Table | Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression, ADHD, Self-Care, Wellness Plan, Recovery

Hope * Mental Health & Wellness Recovery * Wellness Recovery Action Plan * Peer Support Welcome friends to Living Table, a safe space to talk about our mental health and wellness. For many years, I longed for a place where I could show up as my authentic self. I lived in silence, feeling invisible. It wasn’t until I risked being vulnerable, that I found a community of peers with similar lived experiences. I believe having safe spaces to talk about our mental health and wellness is essential to recovering our lives. At Living Table you will hear from a community of peers who understand what it is like to live with mental health challenges, and who daily inspire hope that mental health and wellness recovery is possible for everyone. If you are done feeling silenced and invisible, are curious about mental health and wellness recovery, and are ready to be surrounded by love and acceptance wherever you are on your wellness journey, you’re in the right place. So grab your emotional support coffee and listen in. This is your Living Table. Championing You! Amy LEARN -> CONNECT -> COMMUNITY -> www.amymcvay.com

  1. 24 FEB

    35 | Feeling Disconnected From Yourself? Shedding an “As-If" Personality to Recover Your Mental Health & Wellness- With Special Guest Stacy Blemaster

    *Disclaimer: There is mention of suicide in this episode. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed. Welcome to Living Table! 🌊 I'm so glad you are here! 🫶 Hi friend, 🤔 Have you ever felt like you were not at home in your own body?  Like you were going through the motions but feeling totally disconnected from reality?  🤷🏻‍♀️ Have you ever wondered, who am I really? Today on the podcast I am joined by Stacy Blemaster, author of the book To Be or Not to Be, Shedding an As-If Personality.  Stacy shares about growing up in a wealthy family that kept a lot of secrets and how that affected her ability to really know who she was behind the mask of pleasing and performing.  Sharing her own lived experience with mental health challenges, Stacy provides hope that recovery is possible and how the power of one person changed the trajectory of her life. Listen in. Your presence matters here. Need support for your mental health & wellness? Find out more about peer to peer support on my website at amymcvay.com > Subscribe to Living Table Podcast & leave a review :) > Want more Living Table  🌊🫶 delivered to your inbox? Sign up for my weekly Email Newsletter at amymcvay.com Just a reminder: I am a Certified Peer Counselor and Wellness Recovery Coach. I use my own lived experience of mental health and wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911.  Also be aware that anytime we are talking about mental health, any number of topics could trigger our emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.

    44 min
  2. 11 FEB

    33 | Positive Self-Talk For Our Mental Health & Wellness- With Special Guest Jay Pyfer

    Welcome to Living Table! 🌊 I'm so glad you are here! 🫶   Hi friend, Do you struggle with negative self talk? Is there a bully in your head constantly putting you down?  Our brains are like a program that can get stuck in a loop but the good news is we can reprogram our brains by taking action with positive self talk to silence the inner critic. Today’s episode is a conversation I had with my big brother recently where we dive into some of our wellness tools, what does and doesn’t work for us when it comes to our mental health and wellness, and how we respond to negative self-talk.   Listen in. Your presence matters here. Need support for your mental health & wellness? Find out more about peer to peer support on my website at amymcvay.com > Subscribe to Living Table Podcast & leave a review :) > Want more Living Table  🌊🫶 delivered to your inbox? Sign up for my weekly Email Newsletter at amymcvay.com   Just a reminder: I am a Certified Peer Counselor and Wellness Recovery Coach. I use my own lived experience of mental health and wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911.  Also be aware that anytime we are talking about mental health, any number of topics could trigger our emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.

    37 min
  3. 20 JAN

    31 | Managing Your Mental Health & Wellness With Laughter in Community- with Special Guest Katie Omri (Part 2))

    *Disclaimer: There is mention of suicide and suicidal ideation in this episode. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.----more----  Welcome to Living Table! 🌊 I'm so glad you are here! 🫶 Have you ever thought you weren't a good enough friend? Is it hard to believe that you deserve loving friends in your life? What would it look like to redefine what it means to be a good friend? Today's episode is part 2 of my conversation with my dear friend Katie Omri. With raw honesty and humor we talk about giving ourselves grace, what friendship really looks like when we are navigating our mental health & wellness, and trusting each other to be our own hero.  Listen in. Your presence matters here. Need support for your mental health & wellness? Find out more about peer to peer support on my website at amymcvay.com > Subscribe to Living Table Podcast & leave a review :) > Want more Living Table  🌊🫶 delivered to your inbox? Sign up for my weekly Email Newsletter at amymcvay.com Just a reminder: I am a Certified Peer Counselor and Wellness Recovery Coach. I use my own lived experience of mental health and wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911.  Also be aware that anytime we are talking about mental health, any number of topics could trigger our emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.

    40 min
  4. 14 JAN

    30 | Managing Your Mental Health & Wellness With Laughter in Community- with Special Guest Katie Omri (Part I)

    *Disclaimer: There is mention of suicide and suicidal ideation in this episode. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.----more---- Welcome to Living Table! 🌊 I'm so glad you are here! 🫶 You know that friend that makes you laugh anytime you are with them... like belly laughing so hard you are in tears? For me, that is my dear friend Katie, and you are in for a real treat because she is joining me on the show today. Katie and I have a really cool and unusual story of how we met and became as Katie so lovingly refers to us as "mental health sisters", lol. 😂❤️ We highly recommend laying on the couch while listening to this episode preferably with your coffee and a delicious pastry and of course not wearing "hard pants". Relax and listen in Your presence matters here. Need support for your mental health & wellness? Find out more about peer to peer support on my website at amymcvay.com > Subscribe to Living Table Podcast & leave a review :) > Want more Living Table  🌊🫶 delivered to your inbox? Sign up for my weekly Email Newsletter at amymcvay.com   Just a reminder: I am a Certified Peer Counselor and Wellness Recovery Coach. I use my own lived experience of mental health and wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911.  Also be aware that anytime we are talking about mental health, any number of topics could trigger our emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.

    46 min
  5. 31/12/2024

    28 | Support Your Goals With a Wellness Recovery Action Plan

    Welcome to Living Table! 🌊 I'm so glad you are here! 🫶   Happy New Year's Eve, friend. I have so much HOPE for 2025 that mental health and wellness recovery is possible for ANYONE.  In today’s episode you will have space to reflect with me about what you’ve gained from 2024, what you want to take with you into the new year, and what your hopes and dreams are for 2025? I am also sharing the reason for my hope and what is daily supporting my mental health and wellness and helping take me where I want to go. My W.R.A.P- Wellness Recovery Action Plan. Ready to take action to support your goals in the new year?  Listen in. Your presence matters here. Need support for your mental health & wellness? Find out more about Peer-to-Peer Counseling on my website at amymcvay.com > Subscribe to Living Table Podcast & leave a review :) > Want more Living Table  🌊🫶 delivered to your inbox? Sign up for my weekly Email Newsletter at amymcvay.com Just a reminder: I am a Certified Peer Counselor and Wellness Recovery Coach. I use my own lived experience of mental health and wellness recovery to walk alongside others in their recovery. I am not a medical doctor or clinical counselor. I do not attempt to diagnose or prescribe. If you or a loved one needs immediate care, please seek out your nearest health care provider or call 911.  Also be aware that anytime we are talking about mental health, any number of topics could trigger our emotions. Please take precautions while listening and seek out support if needed.

    24 min

About

Hope * Mental Health & Wellness Recovery * Wellness Recovery Action Plan * Peer Support Welcome friends to Living Table, a safe space to talk about our mental health and wellness. For many years, I longed for a place where I could show up as my authentic self. I lived in silence, feeling invisible. It wasn’t until I risked being vulnerable, that I found a community of peers with similar lived experiences. I believe having safe spaces to talk about our mental health and wellness is essential to recovering our lives. At Living Table you will hear from a community of peers who understand what it is like to live with mental health challenges, and who daily inspire hope that mental health and wellness recovery is possible for everyone. If you are done feeling silenced and invisible, are curious about mental health and wellness recovery, and are ready to be surrounded by love and acceptance wherever you are on your wellness journey, you’re in the right place. So grab your emotional support coffee and listen in. This is your Living Table. Championing You! Amy LEARN -> CONNECT -> COMMUNITY -> www.amymcvay.com

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