Intentional Therapist: Putting You In Your Schedule
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Self-care shouldn’t be another task on your to-do list! This is the show that helps you as a busy and dedicated female mental health therapist to redefine your approach to self-care. Because we need so much more than bubble baths and breathing exercises!
Hosted by Dr. Karen Dyck and Dr. Melissa Tiessen, clinical psychologists, founders of Intentional Therapist, and self-care advocates, our mission is to help you build a life where you thrive right alongside your clients, without guilt and without burning out. Join us as we explore practical strategies grounded in our 4 C’s model – Connection, Compassion, Courage, and Creativity – to help you create more space for yourself while continuing to support your clients.
Tune in for short but valuable episodes filled with relatable and insightful new perspectives, actionable ‘self-care experiments’, and the encouragement and permission you need to put more of you back in your schedule and create a life from which you don’t need to escape.
To learn more about Intentional Therapist and our 4 C’s model of self-care, visit us at: www.intentionaltherapist.ca
[Please note: This podcast was previously called Thrivival 101, and you can continue to find our original interview episodes in this podcast feed.]
Intentional Therapist: Putting You In Your Schedule
Courage is a Requirement for Self-Care: A Conversation with Our Intentional Therapist Community
In this special podcast episode, we, Dr. Melissa Tiessen and Dr. Karen Dyck, dedicate our discussion to what is perhaps our favourite 'C' from our 4 C's model of self-care—Courage. We provide a quick overview of our 4 C’s model of self-care and why Courage is the C that we like discussing the most, as well as why we view it as the essential fuel that helps to move us from thinking about and planning self-care activities to acting on them. And we had the pleasure of incorporating audio clips submitted by members of our Intentional Therapist community to highlight the importance of Courage in self-care as well as how Courage intersects with our other C’s and with a willingness to be vulnerable. We end the episode by sharing some of the ways Courage has shown up in our own self-care journeys.
Episode highlights:
- A brief overview of the 4 C’s model of self-care
- Why Courage is such an important part of our model
- How Courage can show up in both our work and personal life
- The connection between Courage and a willingness to be vulnerable
- How we have incorporated Courage into our own self-care
Thank you so much to all the like-minded Intentional Therapist community members who shared their courageous self-care examples for this episode!
We would love to hear your own courageous self-care acts and plans! Just go to: https://www.speakpipe.com/IntentionalTherapist
Send us a text message with your thoughts on the episode.
Connect with Melissa & Karen at Intentional Therapist:
intentional@intentionaltherapist.ca
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmelissatiessen/
Visit our website to get your own copy of our FREE 4 C's Self-Care Assessment:
https://www.intentionaltherapist.ca
Disclaimer: This podcast seeks to be educational in purpose and is not to be used as clinical advice. Please connect with a therapist one-on-one for personalized support.
