This week Hennessy touches on how to navigate our relationships and mental health when it comes to politics. She shares stories of hard conversations she’s had, things she wishes she’d done in hindsight, and tools to talk across differences in the future.

In this episode, Hennessy catches you up on all the changes, challenges, and lessons from her podcast gap year. Progress was made, but there’s still a lifelong winding road ahead. Buckle-up as we take a break from our busy lives to explore what it means to care for ourselves in different contexts.

In this episode, Hennessy shares how embracing discomfort helps us grow. Staying in what we know can feel so good, but stepping outside of our comfort zone can be a whole different kind of good, even if we don’t feel it right away.

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In this episode Hennessy shares some of her real-life experiences with the mental healthcare system. She lets us in on what it’s really like to seek professional help, the trial and error and the triumphs. We get a picture of the resources that are available and the steps we can take to keep moving forward.

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Free Resources:

• The National Alliance on Mental Illness connects communities and individuals with education, podcasts and videos, support groups, a helpline, and local chapters of volunteers to guide them through mental illness. ⁠https://www.nami.org/about-nami/⁠

• The Suicide and Crisis Hotline (988) is an easy to remember phone number that connects people with a crisis counselor via call or text to support them during a difficult moment and connect them with the appropriate resources when necessary. You can also chat with a crisis counselor and find more resources on their website: https://988lifeline.org/

• SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

• SAMHSA’s brochure that helps families know what to expect during an emergency room visit for someone in acute mental health crisis and how to care for them afterward: https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sma18-4357eng.pdf

In this episode, Hennessy shares how starting over doesn’t mean scrapping everything from the last chapter. Transitions are really just more forward progress, building on every experience, struggle, triumph and tool you’ve already passed through.

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In this episode, Hennessy talks about the importance of boundaries in both our personal and professional lives. She shares how neglecting our boundaries negatively impacts us and she also gives us some tips on how to set and maintain boundaries with ourselves and others.

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In this episode, Hennessy explains the concept of the victim circle and the creator circle. She offers visualization tools to help us reflect on our own circles and encourages us to step into our creator energy, even if we don’t think we’re ‘healed enough.’

In this episode, Hennessy sits down for a chat with therapist, Janelle James, about opening up to the nonlinear, often cloudy, healing process. Janelle shares some of her own story and the foundations of progress that help many of her clients.