Couch Time With Cat

Catia Hernandez Holm
  • 5.0 (7)
  • MENTAL HEALTH

To connect with Catia and become a client, visit- catiaholm.com Couch Time with Cat: Mental Wellness with a Friendly Voice Welcome to Couch Time with Cat—a weekly radio show and podcast where real talk meets real transformation. I’m Cat, a marriage and family therapist (LMFT-A)  who specializes in trauma, a coach, a bestselling author, and a TEDx speaker with a worldwide client base. This is a space where we connect and support one another.  Every episode is designed to help you: Understand yourself more clearly—so you can stop second-guessing and start living with confidenceStrengthen your emotional wellbeing—with tools you can actually use in everyday lifeNavigate challenges without losing yourself—because healing doesn’t mean pretending everything’s fine Whether you're listening live on KWVH 94.3 Wimberley Valley Radio or catching the podcast, Couch Time with Cat brings you warm, grounded conversations to help you think better, feel stronger, and live more fully. Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)UK: Samaritans at 116 123Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by:  Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A, CCTP  Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com  and to become a client visit- catiaholm.com

  1. Rewiring The Brain With Gentle Gratitude

    6H AGO

    Rewiring The Brain With Gentle Gratitude

    To become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We explore gratitude as a practice of attention, not a forced feeling, and show how to hold it alongside stress, grief, and complexity. Science, story, and simple tools help you build resilience without pressure or toxic positivity. • what gratitude is and what it is not • how attention reshapes neural pathways • why stress makes gratitude feel out of reach • micro-noticing to find calm in seconds • empathy-based gratitude that honors effort • being-held gratitude through people, pets, and music • holding grief and gratitude at the same time • making gratitude “sticky” with sensory detail and meaning • gentle prompts to notice two things today Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    31 min
  2. How and Why You Love the Way You Do, It’s An Adaptation

    JAN 26

    How and Why You Love the Way You Do, It’s An Adaptation

    To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  We trace how early experiences teach our bodies what love feels like and how those lessons shape anxious, avoidant, disorganized, and secure patterns. We share body-based tools and compassionate questions that turn reactivity into choice and repair. • attachment as adaptation not identity • overview of anxious, avoidant, disorganized, secure • polyvagal safety cues and survival states • real-life signs in texting, conflict, and closeness • self-inquiry to map “what kept me safe” • tools to name patterns and slow the body • separating past from present during triggers • compassion and repair as secure moves • healing through therapy and consistent relationships • journal prompts to invite awareness and change Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    34 min

  3. JAN 20

    Postpartum Depression, Explained With Heart And Science

    To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930 We open our hearts about postpartum depression as an experience, not a verdict, blending biology, identity, and soul. We share tools, stories, and a journal prompt to trade judgment for compassion and to make room for slow, honest healing. • Talking with my daughter about anxiety, depression, and invisible thoughts • Garden metaphor for the emptiness and rebuild after birth • Honoring Robin Williams and why speaking thoughts out loud matters • Present, honest parenting over perfect parenting • Dismantling the blissful new parent myth with science and story • Hormonal cliff, nervous system overload, identity fracture • Traumatic births, PTSD, and why bounce back harms recovery • Medication without shame, therapy as support, writing as lifeline • Replacing should statements with I am truths • Practical tools: longer exhales, micro truths, reaching for help • Journal prompt for self-compassion and gentle return to self Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    31 min

  4. JAN 12

    Moving from Fear to Clarity - Writing a book with Scott James

    To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  We sit down with Pioneering Collective's VP of Author Strategies, and poet Scott James to explore how writing moves us from fear to clarity and why generous, human-centered craft matters in a shortcut culture. Along the way we share tools, timelines, and a few myths worth dropping. • writing as a path to healing and belonging • Scott’s early journaling and the power of being witnessed • expressive writing research and practical prompts • fear of not being good enough and how to move anyway • what an author strategist does and how books create impact • divergent then convergent creativity and the ruthless edit • sustainable habits, artist dates, and voice memo drafting • realistic timelines, editing as a team sport, and launch thinking • myths about talent versus the truth of rewriting Show Guest: Scott James is an acclaimed typewriter poet and the VP of Author Strategies at Pioneering Collective, a thought leadership accelerator based in New York City. As a poet, has written over 10,000 poems on-demand, published two best selling books, and had his work featured widely by tastemakers like Magnolia and Tim Ferriss. As an author strategist, he has helped hundreds of authors publish their own books, with many of them becoming best sellers and driving millions of dollars in new business. He loves the work of helping people get their ideas onto the page and out into the world. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, daughter, and their goofy pug. You can connect with Scott here: https://www.instagram.com/scottandrewjames https://scottandrewjames.com/ https://www.pioneeringcollective.com/ Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    53 min

  5. JAN 5

    What You Release And What You Devote To Will Shape 2026

    To become a client, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930.  We trade pressure-filled resolutions for a calmer framework: release what no longer fits, choose devotion over performance, and let a single guiding word shape choices and self-talk. Science, seasonality, and story meet to create change that respects capacity and honors timing. • overpacking as a metaphor for emotional baggage  • winter as a cue for rest and reflection  • why rigid goals trigger the threat response  • intrinsic motivation over external pressure  • trauma-informed timing and capacity  • question one: what to release this year  • how stress shows up in the body  • question two: devotion as the long game  • models of steady practice and patience  • question three: a word to lead your year  • integrating language, boundaries and nervous system care Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    24 min

  6. 12/30/2025

    Handling the Holidays, Your Way

    To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We explore why holidays can trigger anxiety, how old family roles take over, and simple ways to return to peace without pretending everything is perfect. We ground together, name grief and pressure, and build a small plan—boundaries, breath, and values—to carry into gatherings. • science of stress responses at family gatherings • role-locking and family systems pulling us back • cultural pressure, grief, and perfection myths • guided breath and body reset to calm the nervous system • practical exit strategies to reclaim agency • boundaries as doors, not walls • choosing one guiding value for the season • creating a three-part peace plan • recommended books and podcasts for deeper work Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    31 min

  7. 12/29/2025

    Seasons Of A Year Well Lived, Thank You

    To become a client visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. We reframe the year through seasons—winter, spring, summer, and fall—to honor rest, capacity, and the quiet work beneath the surface. Stories, science, and prompts help you map renewal, release hustle guilt, and trust your rhythm without apology. • emotional seasons as a framework for meaning • fallow field metaphor for rest and renewal • expansion and contraction across day and year • trauma‑informed lens on capacity and pacing • permission to pause without losing growth • tension with goal setting • guided prompts to map winter, spring, summer, fall • gratitude and self‑recognition as integration • trusting yourself as seasons return • simple practices for daily micro‑seasons Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    30 min

  8. 12/22/2025

    What Grief Teaches About Love, Faith, And Resilience with Jena Ehlinger

    Welcome! To schedule a session, visit catiaholm.com or call/text 956-249-7930. On this episode, we explore grief as a human process, not a problem -- blending science, story, and practice with Jenna Ellinger’s hard-won wisdom. The conversation moves from survival to meaning, from pinholes of hope to the choice to live with love and loyalty. Show Guest: Jena earned her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin. There, she met and married her college sweetheart. The two made their home in Austin, Texas, where they raised their three children: Sam, Jake and Morgen. When her children were 14, 12, and 9 her husband tragically died competing in a triathlon in San Francisco. Together, she and her children formed a team of four, relying on their faith, their community, and one another to rediscover joy after loss. That season taught Jena an essential truth: grief and loss are powerful forces, and pain needs a witness and lots of support. That belief was tested again in 2021, when her middle child Jake, a gifted student and University of Texas Football Player, died from fentanyl poisoning after taking a counterfeit Xanax pill. The loss was devastating and shattering for all. But once again, Jena and her children chose to fight - not just to survive, but to keep searching for even the smallest signs of light: “pinholes of hope and joy.” Hope and joy have continued to show up in unexpected and beautiful ways. Jena is now happily remarried, her oldest son, Sam, pursued his dreams and went to the NFL and is a Quarterback for The Denver Broncos, and is also happily married, and her youngest child, Morgen, just graduated from the University of Texas, like her brothers, and is working in Dallas in commercial real estate. Inspired by her journey, Jena returned to graduate school to be a Therapist, earning her Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy. She has a private practice and uses the experiences God has bestowed on her, both extraordinary highs and lows, to help others find healing. Jena is a speaker on grief, resilience, and finding hope in dark places. She is also an advocate for the fight against fentanyl. She spoke on Capitol Hill and worked to pass a Texas law that enables law enforcement to prosecute those poisoning others with fentanyl to face a murder charge. You can connect with Jena at: Jena Ehlinger Counseling or on Instagram Support the show Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) UK: Samaritans at 116 123 Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14 Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by: Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com and To become a client visit- catiaholm.com

    46 min
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To connect with Catia and become a client, visit- catiaholm.com Couch Time with Cat: Mental Wellness with a Friendly Voice Welcome to Couch Time with Cat—a weekly radio show and podcast where real talk meets real transformation. I’m Cat, a marriage and family therapist (LMFT-A)  who specializes in trauma, a coach, a bestselling author, and a TEDx speaker with a worldwide client base. This is a space where we connect and support one another.  Every episode is designed to help you: Understand yourself more clearly—so you can stop second-guessing and start living with confidenceStrengthen your emotional wellbeing—with tools you can actually use in everyday lifeNavigate challenges without losing yourself—because healing doesn’t mean pretending everything’s fine Whether you're listening live on KWVH 94.3 Wimberley Valley Radio or catching the podcast, Couch Time with Cat brings you warm, grounded conversations to help you think better, feel stronger, and live more fully. Couch Time with Cat isn’t therapy—it’s real conversation designed to support your journey alongside any personal or professional help you're receiving. If you're in emotional crisis or need immediate support, please get in touch with a professional or reach out to a 24/7 helpline like: US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)UK: Samaritans at 116 123Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14Or find local resources through findahelpline.com You’re not alone. Let’s take this one honest conversation at a time. Follow the show and share it with someone who’s ready for healing, hope, and a more empowered way forward. Show hosted by:  Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT-A, CCTP  Supervised by Susan Gonzales, LMFT-S, LPC-S You can connect with Catia at couchtimewithcat.com  and to become a client visit- catiaholm.com

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  • Creator
    Catia Hernandez Holm
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Couch Time With Cat
  • Show Website
    Couch Time With Cat