Episodios

  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 127 - Don't be Negative" Is Not Actually Advice

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 127 - Don't be Negative" Is Not Actually Advice
    May 2 2025
    You've probably heard this over and over - "Don't be negative." What you won't hear is how to accomplish that. Liana talks with life coach Janet Ettele, author of "How Joyous Effort Works" about how a slight shift of focus in how we approach our relationships, our jobs, our families and ourselves can uncover sources of happiness that have always been there.
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 126 - Why Some People Hate On Immigrants

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 126 - Why Some People Hate On Immigrants
    Apr 25 2025
    Why Immigrants?
    You'd think we'd learn from history that blaming Immigrants for society's problems is never warranted and never solves any problems - just makes them worse. Yet too many haven't learned...but why? Liana lays it out in simple terms and why and how we can question our illogical urges.
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Ep 125 - The New Age of Raising Sensitive Boys

    It's Not Therapy - Ep 125 - The New Age of Raising Sensitive Boys
    Apr 18 2025
    "Suck it up, be a Man!" That's the message boys have received for generations, meant to crush their more sensitive natures. And it worked, at the cost of the spirits of these boys who became men. But when author and journalist Amy Molloy's toddler son started exhibiting troubling sensitivities, she didn't impose stern discipline, instead finding solutions from what are considered 'new age' sources. And despite the 'out-there' origins, the solutions Amy discovered have a surprisingly solid basis in common sense, which she details in her new book Wise Child.
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 124 - Cruelty Economy

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 124 - Cruelty Economy
    Mar 28 2025
    Seems as though cruelty and meanness have become greatly valued currency in how people are treated (and maybe how you're treating people). Are we living in meaner times? Is our only path retaliating or just taking it? Liana tackles these questions and more with Jennifer Keluskar, Ph.D. a professor of Biobehavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University.
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 123 - Happiness is real, and you can have it right now!

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 123 - Happiness is real, and you can have it right now!
    Mar 13 2025
    We talk about the pursuit of happiness as if it's something that will be achieved at some later date, if we just keep chasing it. But what if happiness is already here but we've been blinded to it? Dr. Gillian Mandich, a PhD in health science, believes that happiness is not a destination, it’s a practice; not something we earn, but something we learn. Liana talks with Dr. Mandich, founder of The International Happiness Institute of Health Science Research, about how to access the science of achieving happiness to enrich your life now, not at some vague future date.
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 122 - Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? - Mental Health and The Health Care System

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 122 - Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? - Mental Health and The Health Care System
    Mar 6 2025
    For the majority of patients, their primary care physician is the one who will address their mental health issues...even though they aren't trained for it. But shouldn't they be? The medical profession has separated mental health from physical health, creating two separate streams of care and separate medical practitioners for mind and body - leaving patients without access to proper care. Dr. Robert C. Smith, author of the new book Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? talks to Liana about how to fix the shortcomings of mental health care.
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 121 - How the Incredible Hulk Helped Save a Family

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 121 - How the Incredible Hulk Helped Save a Family
    Feb 28 2025
    As she explains in her new book The Unlocking - An Autism Story, Porscia Lam and her husband had a problem - their toddler, Harry, would not do anything he was asked to do. Yes, that's typical for some children, but Harry's reactions were extreme, with troubling behaviour escalating to the point it endangered Harry and his younger sibling.

    The Lams discovered Harry has Pathological Demand Avoidance, a little-understood condition in the Autism spectrum. Through much love, frustration, fear and sacrifice, the Lams got Harry the care he needed and, yes, the Hulk played a role.

    Liana talks to Porscia about her family's journey and how other parents can spot PDA in their child and get much-needed information. Learn more about Porscia's book at https://porscialam.com/
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    49 m
  • It's Not Therapy - Epi 120 - You Don't Need To Forgive

    It's Not Therapy - Epi 120 - You Don't Need To Forgive
    Feb 21 2025
    That's the title of trauma therapist Amanda Ann Gregory's new book, and her book's synopsis, "(f)eeling pressured to forgive their offenders is a common reason trauma survivors avoid mental health services and support. Those who force, pressure, or encourage trauma survivors to forgive can unknowingly cause harm and sabotage their recovery" gives Amanda and Liana a lot to unpack as they discuss a re-thinking of the 'divine virtue'.
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    49 m
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