Mental Mages Podcast Kathy and Shayna

***Spoiler warning for season/part 1 of The Last of Us tv show and video game. Trigger warning for violence and fungus.
 Two mental health therapists, Shayna and Kathy, are joined by their nerdy editor, Ryan, to finish talking about the first season of The Last of Us. If you haven't already, listen to episode 28- talking about the first half of the season.
 Joel and Ellie continue to captivate us and break our hearts. Our discussions go into trauma, panic attacks and grief. We also talk about some differences in how children express grief versus how adults expect them to react. 
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On our first episode about Dungeons and Dragons (episode 13), Shayna was helping Kathy create her character in preparation for joining her first campaign.

Now, we are joined by our friend, and fellow therapist, Olivia to talk more about the game in general, what we like about it, how it relates to mental health, and also check in on how our campaign is going.

Citations and Credits

Recent research- How youth can build social and emotional skills with table-top role-playing games

Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com
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**Spoiler alert for episodes 1-5 of The Last of Us. 
 Shayna and Kathy are joined by their favorite nerdy editor, Ryan, to talk about the first half of the series, The Last of Us. Ryan brings his perspective of how the tv adaptation is compared to the video game. We delve into how Joel's trauma impacts how he interacts with the world, and of course talk all about Bill and Frank and their beautiful relationship. Kathy also goes into the very real information from the CDC and US Department of Defense about planning for a zombie apocalypse. 
 Credits:
From the CDC website- Preparedness 101; Zombie Pandemic 
The US Department of Defense Strategic Command CONPLAN8888 AKA Counter-Zombie Dominance


Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com
Editing by Ryan Merrill-  https://www.instagram.com/the_nerdyeditor
Intro Music is "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)-Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Shayna and Kathy are joined by chef to the stars, Severin, to finish our series on taste. He also happens to be Kathy's brother. Severin trained under Caroline Fidanza in NYC, and has cooked for the likes of Alice Waters and the Beastie Boys.

Join us on this twisty, turny ride as we discuss taste, bonding over food, Brussel sprouts, potatoes, cats, and how to be passive aggressive in your food gift giving.

Credits:

Food for Love: the role of food offering in empathetic emotion regulation

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat- Samin Nosrat

Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com
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Kathy and Shayna are joined by Joey Pagano, author, therapist, professor, licensed social worker and recovering addict. Joey talks about his own history of addiction, his recovery and his commitment to helping other people struggling with substance abuse issues.

Of note, we struggled with identifying realistic, empathetic representations of substance abuse in pop culture.

Joey's book, No Addict Left Behind: It's a Recovery Medicine State of Mind, will be out April 25, 2023 on Amazon.

You can find Joey in a bunch of places, like his website, Instagram, Facebook, Linked in, and TikTok

Kathy is sick AGAIN. When recording she hoped she sounded like "Sexy Phoebe", but after listening to the episode, realizes she sounded more like "Smelly Kat".

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Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com
Editing by Ryan Merrill- https://www.instagram.com/the_nerdyeditor
Intro Music is "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)-Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Shayna and Kathy are back from vacation and jumping back into the series on the 5 senses. On this episode they talk about scent. You get to hear Kathy geek out about one of her favorite topics. Learn about some of the ways scents impact our mental health, as well as how you can integrate scents into your routine, in a relatively unobtrusive way. Kathy will also go into some of the ways you can play around with unique scents to create something that resonates with you.

*** Note- when Kathy was talking about making a scent called "The Overlook", she referenced that she made it while watching the Stand. Obviously this is incorrect. She was watching The Shining. Please forgive her- she was being treated for pneumonia during the taping of this episode and all in all, she was impressed that she sounded coherent at all. LOL
 Citations and credits

The Essentials of Essential Oils around Pets- Information for keeping your animals safe while you play with scents
Influence of Fragrances on Human Psychophysiological Activity: With Special Reference to Human Electroencephalographic Response This is that massive resource Kathy referred to often and has specific EEG findings associated with certain scents.
 Psychology Today basic info about scents
 LA Times Article- Humans can sniff our 10 basic odors
 FragranceX- Fragrance Wheel and Scent Families Guide
 FragranceX- Fragrance Notes- Everything you Need to Know
 Interesting and emerging science on how the human sensory cortex and not the amygdala, may be responsible for storing fearful memories. 
The influence of ambient scent and music on patients’ anxiety in a waiting room of a plastic surgeon.

Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com
Editing by Ryan Merrill- https://www.instagram.com/the_nerdyeditor
Intro Music is "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)-Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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