Managing With Dr. Meli

This week, I’m chatting with Allison Weiss- the Founder of CRE Recruiting, a boutique firm with national expertise in commercial real estate placement. Allison has over 12 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, human resources, operations, project management, marketing, and public relations.
In this episode, Allison and I talk about how these recent changes have impacted workplace dynamics and how both systems and employees can show up more authentically. Allison shares some tips and strategies about advocating for ourselves professionally, even in light of uncertainty.
Connect with Allison @allisonsweiss or CRE Recruiting @crerecruiting on Instagram www.crerecruiting.com.
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Recent studies have identified the various ways that the past two years have impacted our lives. We seem to be floundering to find ways to ease our existential anxiety and build more purpose and meaning. The changes are not just within us individuals, they’ve impacted families, communities, loved ones, and the systems we navigate day to day.

I’m Dr. Meli, clinical psychologist and fellow human. My story is founded by those who came before me. As the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors, I have always been intrigued and pulled in by survival stories. How do people manage not only horrible things, but day to day existence in the world. What makes people tick? What makes us resilient?

We are ALL managing some sort of challenge. When we think about how we can manage these challenges- it’s not only helpful for US to know how, it’s imperative that family, friends, community members, systemic leadership ALSO know about how to identify and manage these things too. This is what WE ARE MISSING. This community approach, this human approach to managing difficulties. We need to build more opportunities for community and be able to find connection through our struggles and resiliencies.

Listen in and find out what we struggle with, how to identify those struggles and how to manage those struggles. We will review data and research...but we will also HUMANIZE that data and talk about what these phenomena look like IN REAL LIFE. Each week on Managing With Dr. Meli, I’m having conversations for us to prepare both ourselves and others in navigating this crazy world. I’m talking with mental health clinicians, researchers, physicians, entrepreneurs, leaders, and other humans who are passionate about and/or experienced life’s challenges.

Join the community by hitting us up on Instagram @managingpodcast or by following me @drmeliwasserman.
The human experience is absolutely wild. Managing With Dr. Meli normalizes, builds empathy and shares new perspectives to help us manage human existence.
Let’s sprinkle a little bit more humanity back into this world.

We hear a lot about self-love and the benefits of loving yourself but what in the heck does that actually look like?
This week, I’m chatting with self-love guru and associate marriage and family therapist, Jordan Leverette. In this episode, we chat about all things self-love. Why is self-love important? What is the relationship between self-love and setting boundaries? What are the implications or risk factors for not loving ourselves? And how can we take steps toward truly loving ourselves?
Jordan is a multicultural Black-identified Orange County Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Cal State Fullerton Adjunct Professor whose work is grounded in anti-racist, queer-affirming, culturally aware, and trauma-informed care. Her clinical specialties include supporting victims and survivors of domestic violence by separating from codependency and moving towards individualization and reclaiming their sense of self. Jordan seeks to help clients make radical self-love and compassion a little less radical.
Learn more about Jordan on IG @selfloversintherapy or on her website https://jordanleverette.com/
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Being a first-generation American-born human can come with some challenges. One might feel like they are stuck or pulled both to honor the culture that their parents were raised in and make space for the possibly vastly different culture in which they currently reside.

What are some of the challenges, quirks, or resiliencies inherent in being a first-generation American? How do we unpack our parent’s cultural expectations amidst acculturation and consolidate them with our own? How do we identify what we want to hold on to and release as part of generational cycles? And how do we create our own narrative amidst it all?

This week, I’m chatting with Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional, Carla Avalos. Carla was born and raised in Los Angeles and is a daughter of a Salvadoran immigrant mother. She works full-time as a Clinical Supervisor for L.A. County Dept. Of Mental Health and also has a part-time private practice. Ms. Avalos is passionate about providing education and resources to the BIPOC and Latinx communities regarding various mental health topics such as perinatal mental health awareness, relationships, self-care, boundaries, and challenges of being a first gen.
Learn more about Carla on Instagram @NuevosCaminosTherapy or on her website https://www.nuevoscaminostherapyla.com/
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Dr. Jessica Torrecillas AKA Dr. Jess (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of CA. She has a private practice where she specializes in treating anxiety disorders, relational issues, trauma, and people-pleasing. As a recovering people-pleaser, she is passionate about educating others on how to limit the people-pleasing tendencies in their lives. Dr. Jess also has a monthly book club for those wanting to learn more about mental health, therapy, and themselves. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, watching Bay Area sports & eating hot Cheetos. If you are interested in joining her book club or learning more about people pleasing, you can find her on Instagram (@drjesspsyd) or on her website (www.drjesspsyd.com).
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