17 episodes
AND. Life Isn’t Simple. Noel and Chelsea
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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Realistic take on life with humor from a mindfulness point of view.
Noel and Chelsea met one day and said, ”You have a degree, I have a degree, we love to laugh and discuss these things- maybe we should share these laughs and get people talking about the stuff that really matters.” The rest was herstory.
This podcast is here to shine a light on the challenges, success stories, support in place, and the just funny shit about military life and how we have all figured out how to cope.
And man, none of it has been simple.
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17. Ask a Therapist 4: Attachment Styles Wrap Up
Our favorite couple's therapist, Estefi, comes back to wrap up an introduction to attachment theory by reviewing fearful-avoidant and secure attachment styles and how that shows up in relationships. This is an episode I could listen to over and over.
TW: Mentions of self-harm & abuse.
Resources:
www.militaryonesource.com
www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html
The Attachment Style Questionnaire and Study! :
https://www.yourpersonality.net/attachment/?fbclid=IwAR3N-5jxKqowW4Slj-HSOBDQugdRsOtQ0hLLC8WAUScxnJnq25l6rH0U5UA -
15. The Second Part of the Tw*tswatting Fiasco
When a community starts using humor to cope with hard circumstances, what options would leadership of any sort have? What types of actions are helpful, and what types of actions make it substantially worse?
We explore this on a sociological and psychological level and poke fun at situations like this as a whole. Because smashing the lives of people for making stress-relieving jokes that most people actually really enjoyed would never happen in real life, right? Allegedly. -
14. The Episode That Was Here & Then Gone, & is now Quietly Back Pt. 1
The very vague discussion about a thing that allegedly happened on a base and what it even means for a community to make jokes in this way.
Explicit warning: We use the term "tw*tswatted" a lot.
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16. Ask a Therapist 3: Attachment Styles
No diagnose-ment going on here. A discussion on two of the attachment styles, a quiz to find out yours, and listen to Noel get a little therapy of her own. Part 2 is coming out soon, where we connect this to military lifestyles and go over the goals of learning your own attachment style.
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13. Military Life: Reddit Stories 1
We go to Reddit to get your stories, questions, and comments- and boy, do we answer.
Thank you for being so patient over summer break! We hope you enjoy.
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12. Ask a Therapist 2: Military Relationships and Maintaining Connection
Back by popular demand, we have Estefanía Ospina-Alikhan LMFT on to talk about relationships, communication, and connection. We laugh, we cry, we talk about throwing elbows. A good time was had by all, and I'm so excited for you to check this out too.
What is a six-second kiss, and what does it do?
In what ways can we maintain connection when our spouse is so far away?
How does this relate to family back home?
We discuss all of this, and more.