Don’t White Knuckle The Holiday Gatherings with Dr. Kati Wax

11/24/21 • 40 min

Today on Well, Not Perfect, I sit down with Kati Wax. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Lincoln Park Psychology. Her passion is to affect others to make meaningful change. She is an extraordinary therapist and leader in the field of psychology in the Chicagoland area.

Listen in as she explains the power of boundary setting during the holiday season and how we can approach this time of year more skillfully.

In todays episode you will learn:

How to set boundaries with others and within yourself
Why it's important to stay non-judgmental during the holiday season
How to go from a negative thought pattern to a productive and healthy reframing of those thoughts

To connect with Kati and her practice you can find them at www.lincolnparkpsychology.com and on Instagram @lincoln_park_psychology.

Listen in as she explains the power of boundary setting during the holiday season and how we can approach this time of year more skillfully.

In todays episode you will learn:

How to set boundaries with others and within yourself
Why it's important to stay non-judgmental during the holiday season
How to go from a negative thought pattern to a productive and healthy reframing of those thoughts

To connect with Kati and her practice you can find them at www.lincolnparkpsychology.com and on Instagram @lincoln_park_psychology.

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3 Ways to Improve Your Financial Mindset with Angel Arnold

Welcome to another episode of Well, Not Perfect. Today, I want you to prepare yourself because this is a conversation most of us dread, and that is discussing our financial health.

Now before you turn off this show, I want you to just take a moment and think about why this is one of the most important elements of your well being.

On today’s show, you will learn

How finances affect your mental & physical wellbeing
The importance of financial tools, like budgeting
And learn tools to cope with your anxiety while working to attain your financial goals

Today I sit down with Angel Arnold, LPC and therapist at Simply Bee Counseling. During this webinar you will learn how financial wellness affects our mental health. When your relationship to money and finances is positive, then you can free up time, mental space and energy to focus on growth in other areas in your life.

If your goal is to increase your overall wellness, but you’ve been unsure of how to balance your basic needs with things that feel like “extra”, such as therapy, taking a yoga class, cooking class, etc, then check out this conversation with Angel.

Today she will provide you with tangible skills to overcome your fear, anxiety, shame and avoidance around your financial situation so that you can boost your self-esteem, your confidence and thrive in your life.

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An Inside Look Into The World Of Psychedelic Medicine With David Gray

Hello there and welcome back to Well, Not Perfect! I’m so excited to introduce this week’s guest, David Gray. He is a fellow therapist and good friend of mine. He is a licensed psychotherapist and owner of Gray Matter Therapy, a private practice in the Chicagoland area.

He is a trained therapist who assists clients who use psychedelic medicine for therapeutic purposes and contributes to the growing evidence that psychedelic medicine is a promising option in the field of mental health treatment.

This treatment modality is up and coming in the therapy world, with groundbreaking research being done for its uses in treating major depressive disorder, PTSD, addiction, and so much more. Listen in to hear what David has to say about his professional and personal experiences with this type of treatment.

In today’s episode, you will learn:

How psychedelic medicine improves people’s biological and psychological well being
Where and why the stigma of psychedelic medicines came to be
And the importance of educating and empowering yourself to find the treatment method that work best for you

So without further ado, please listen and learn from my good friend David Gray. Welcome to another episode of Well, Not Perfect.

To connect with David and his practice, you can find him at: https://graymattertherapy.net/.

Resources:

California Institute of Integral Studies: https://www.ciis.edu/
Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies: https://maps.org/
Books:
- The Fellowship of the River by Joseph Tafur
- Sacred Knowledge by William A. Richards
- Consciousness Medicine by Françoise Bourzat and Kristina Hunter
- How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan