S2 E7: Change, Resilience & Empathy

09/07/2024 38 min Temporada 2 Episodio 7

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Episode Synopsis

This episode features Brandt—husband, father, blogger, yogi, actor, seeker and friend who has been through a lot. We talk about how his marriage has navigated grief, trauma, addiction and sobriety and how a friend’s
brutal honesty sparked a commitment to being a better human, more empathic and healthier all around.
 Links & references from this episode:
·     Brandt’s blog “As Told by Brandt” https://astoldbybrandt.wordpress.com/
·     Brandt’s friend, Jackie Acho, https://jackieacho.com/ “The Currency of Empathy” available at the link
·      Brandt’s yoga story: https://soulyogaohc.com/news/brandt-butze
·      Sebastian Junger’s “In My Time of Dying” https://www.sebastianjunger.com/
·     Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(EMDR) therapy is a treatment that can help people heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences.
 
RBL hosts Samantha and Cathy are both single, over 50 and living in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, Rust Belt, USA. They have lots of feelings, thoughts and questions about love, friendship, relationships, family, single life, dating and more…
Samantha is a master’s level independently licensed clinical social worker supervisor, licensed chemical dependency counselor supervisor and DBT-Lineham Board Certified Therapist with over 20 years of experience in field of mental health therapy. She has two children.
Cathy is a program manager in a local healthcare system and is a certified yoga instructor and coach. She has four children.
Subscribe and tune in to hear their stories and conversations about life and relationships.
 
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