In Episode 24 of Key to the Bridge, Dr. Erica Bosque sits down with Keystone's Clinical Director and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Karena Weil, for a conversation that moves from Grateful Dead parking lots to mental health leadership, and everywhere in between.
Karena shares her unconventional early journey, including leaving home as a young teen and finding belonging in collective community spaces centered around music and art. That experience shaped her belief that healing doesn't only happen in therapy offices , it happens in connection, creativity, and shared joy.

Together, Erica and Karena explore:
Why collective joy is essential for mental health
The role of music, creativity, and safe risk-taking in healing
Helping people love themselves (according to a very wise five-year-old)
Why not everything meaningful has to be monetized
How communities can reclaim connection without it costing $130 and a ticket
This episode is about reclaiming expression, expanding what "care" looks like, and imagining new ways to build community in a world that feels increasingly divided.
If you've ever felt "too much," silenced your voice, or wondered how to bring more joy into your life, this conversation is for you.

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Host:
Dr. Erica Joeverley Bosque, Ed.D, LCSW, PPSC
CEO/Executive Director, Keystone Therapy & Training Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) #81547 with Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC)

Guests:
Karena Slade Weil, LMFT
Clinical and Program Director, Keystone Therapy & Training Services
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) #90890


About Our Podcast:
Key to the Bridge explores the connections, stories, and moments that shape us through conversations about community, identity, mental health, and the relationships that help us grow.

In this festive episode of Key to the Bridge, host Erica Bosque sits down with her sisters, Veronica Bosque and Alexica Bosque, for a holiday conversation. Together they revisit the magic and chaos of growing up in a big, blended family, where celebrations were loud, food-filled, and always overflowing with community.
The sisters share hilarious memories, from stockings at every house, to epic dinner menus, to the unique traditions shaped by their African American, Irish, and Spanish roots. They dive into childhood gifts that shaped them, holiday movies they can't live without, and how they now create magic for their own kids.
They also talk about what makes their family gatherings special today: the volume, the joy, the open-door Sunday dinners, and the importance of keeping celebrations low-pressure, communal, and full of love.
If you enjoy family stories, cultural traditions, holiday nostalgia, and laughing your way through relatable sister dynamics, this episode is your perfect holiday companion.
Topics include:
• Growing up in a large, multicultural family
• Holiday traditions and food across multiple households
• Gift-giving memories, stockings, and "certificates"
• Christmas pajamas, Elf on the Shelf, and building new traditions
• Favorite holiday movies and songs
• How community shapes celebration

Host:
Dr. Erica Joeverley Bosque, Ed.D, LCSW, PPSC
CEO/Executive Director, Keystone Therapy & Training Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) #81547 with Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC)

Guests:
Veronica Bosque
Chief Program Officer, Keystone Therapy & Training Services

Alexica Bosque
Student Services Manager, Roseland Accelerated Middle School

About Our Podcast:
Key to the Bridge explores the connections, stories, and moments that shape us—through conversations about community, identity, mental health, and the relationships that help us grow.